Amy Tan

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Omar El Akkad |Amy Tan

A Covid-19 reference as comprehensive as it is devastating. Gruner presents an overview of the Covid-19 pandemic in America that also looks at global, historical, and political complexities to add context to the crisis. Even before the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019, American leaders like presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama had anticipated the possibility of a global outbreak—their preparations and warnings were largely disregarded by the Trump administration, per the author.

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Thor Hanson |Amy Tan |Walter Isaacson

Far from the first natural history of the backyard, but a good one. Exploring the wild world behind his house. Conservation biologist Hanson lives in the Pacific Northwest, so most of his property is a temperate rain forest, but its rich biome serves him well.

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | David Gessner |Amy Tan |Walter Isaacson

A well-told story of the bird that captured the imagination of New York and much of the world. The story of the owl that escaped from a New York zoo and fascinated the city. Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped from the Central Park Zoo in February 2023 after someone cut open his enclosure. He lived free in and around Central Park—with forays to other parts of the city—eating rats, pigeons, and other small game that he caught.

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | L. David Mech |Amy Tan |Walter Isaacson

A mesmerizing account of wolves and the researcher who devoted his life to understanding their world. Ellesmere Island, the second-closest landmass to the North Pole, is home to some of the world’s most intriguing species. The wild, snow-white Arctic wolves residing there have captivated renowned wolf researcher L. David Mech for 25 years, and they sustain the reader’s attention as well.

Nov 23, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Robert Verkaik |Amy Tan |Steve Martin |Harry Bliss

A disturbing reevaluation of an iconic World War II battle, not definitely proven but well argued. Unnerving findings about one of the great failed Allied operations of WWII. On Sept. 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden landed a massive Allied force by parachute and glider behind German lines in Holland, and a British division launched an offensive from Belgium to link up. Success would entail outflanking German defenses, crossing the Rhine, and ending the war in 1944.