Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life PB_Gift_Guide Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told

Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told

tidy homes—the epitome of “good” moms

and dissolute power that ruled Ancient Assyria

The classic translation of The Odyssey

completing Christopher Tolkien’s life-long achievement as the editor and curator of his father’s manuscripts

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life PB_Gift_Guide Brilliantly imagined and beautifully toldA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life. In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; shes presented news on the color of dinosaur eggs, ice worms that live on mountaintop glaciers, and