Kari Ferrell

Nov 21, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Tao Leigh Goffe |Ethan Kross |Kari Ferrell |Gerald Easter

Alex Hutchinson. Mariner, $32.50 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-326976-7Outside columnist Hutchinson (Endure) offers an enlightening if overstuffed examination of why humans are “drawn to the unknown.” Unpacking the anthropological origins of the urge to explore, he explains how early humans’ “adaptive flexibility” drove them across oceans and helped them to survive in new and challenging environments, while the evolution of more complex planning skills and language enabled longer voyages.

Nov 19, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Tao Leigh Goffe |Ethan Kross |Kari Ferrell |Gerald Easter

Neil Shubin. Dutton, $32 (288p) ISBN 978-0-593-18652-7In this dazzling report, Shubin (Some Assembly Required), a biology professor at the University of Chicago, examines what the Earth’s poles reveal about the planet and the universe.

Nov 14, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Mike Sielski |Tao Leigh Goffe |Ethan Kross |Kari Ferrell

Mike Sielski. St. Martin’s, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-28752-6“The entire social, cultural, and athletic evolution of basketball can be traced through the slam dunk,” according to this energetic history. Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist Sielski (The Rise) notes that in the early 20th century, basketball coaches considered dunking antithetical to the sport’s higher aspirations to improve young men’s moral character, believing the technique too ostentatious.

Nov 12, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Tao Leigh Goffe |Ethan Kross |Kari Ferrell |Gerald Easter

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest RomanceIn this striking study, science writer Black (The Last Days of the Dinosaurs) presents vignettes illustrating the complex interplay between animals, plants, and the environment from 1.2 billion through 15,000 years ago.

Nov 4, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Tao Leigh Goffe |Ethan Kross |Kari Ferrell |Gerald Easter

Alan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair. Dey Street, $35 (768p) ISBN 978-0-06-300075-9Music critics Kozinn and Sinclair follow up The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 1 with another kaleidoscopic account of the musician’s post-Beatles career.