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  1. The Age of Wood : Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization

    Ennos, Roland
    Scribner 2020

    A "smart and surprising" (Booklist) "expansive history" (Publishers Weekly) detailing the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—including human evolution and...

  2. Mama's Last Hug : Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

    de Waal, Frans
    W. W. Norton & Company 2019

    A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "Game-changing." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review Mama's Last Hug is a f...

  3. Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?

    Waal, Frans de
    W. W. Norton & Company 2016

    From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal comes this groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an an...

  4. The Nurture Assumption : Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do

    Harris, Judith Rich
    Free Press 2011

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK How much credit do parents deserve when their children turn out welt? How much blame when they turn out badly? Judith Rich Harris has a message that w...