List 52 of books by Nick

History Bytes Bundle

by Nick Vulich
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016

Don’t like history? You’re probably reading the wrong books. Read History Bytes, and you’re gonna think, wow! Why didn’t somebody tell me that? American history is full of strange paradoxes, and that’s what makes it so interesting. The truth is much of what we learn about...

The Grizzly Maze

Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears

by Nick Jans
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2006

With a new introduction on Werner Herzog’s film entitled The Grizzly Man Timothy Treadwell, self-styled “bear whisperer” dared to live among the grizzlies, seeking to overturn the perception of them as dangerously aggressive animals. When he and his girlfriend were mauled, it created...

Power, Sex, Suicide

Mitochondria and the meaning of life

by Nick Lane
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria...

Rivers: A Very Short Introduction

by Nick Middleton
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012

Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live. They create landscapes and provide water to people, plants and animals, nourishing both town and country. The flow of rivers has enthused poets and painters, explorers and pilgrims. Rivers have acted as cradles...

Encounter in Rendlesham Forest

The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident

by Nick Pope, John Burroughs, Jim Penniston
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

Roswell was only the beginning! An in-depth look at the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident, the world's most sensational and compelling series of UFO encounters. In 1980, a UFO was tracked on military radar in Rendlesham Forest, England. It landed near two of the most strategically important military...

Dog Gone, Back Soon

by Nick Trout
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014

When Dr. Cyrus Mills returned home after inheriting his estranged father's veterinary practice, The Bedside Manor for Sick Animals, the last thing he wanted was to stay in Eden Falls, Vermont, a moment longer than absolutely necessary. However, the previously reclusive veterinarian pathologist quickly...

Deserts: A Very Short Introduction

by Nick Middleton
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009

Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A wasteland? A drought? A place devoid of all life forms? Deserts are remarkable places. Typified by drought and extremes of temperature, they can be harsh and hostile; but many deserts are also...

The Gun Digest Book of the Remington 870

by Nick Hahn
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012

While more than a few gun makers over the centuries have sold guns in numbers that meet the million mark, it's rare to do so with just a single model. But Remington did it, and they did it with a gun that defines simplicity, reliability, and dependability: the Model 870 shotgun. Now, Gun Digest, in...

Monster Files

A Look Inside Government Secrets and Classified Documents on Bizarre Creatures and Extraordinary Animals

by Nick Redfern
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013

Does the Pentagon have the body of Bigfoot on ice? What is the U.S. military hiding from us about lake monsters? What is the link between the CIA and the abominable snowman? Why is there a British government file on sea serpents? What do the Russians know about animal ESP? For decades there...

Alone in a Silent World

The Story of the Stephensons and the Sheffield Deaf

by Nick Waite
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018

For centuries the deaf community endured a mixture of derision, ignorance and poverty; they suffered what Dr Johnson described as ‘one of the most desperate of human calamities’. A few schools for deaf children had been founded from the 1780s but it was only in the early decades of the 19th century...

Matter, Gravity and Dark Energy

by Nick Summers
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013

A thought provoking read for those with an interest in what causes gravity and matter's close relationship with dark energy.The book is written for the layman. There are no mathematics but some prior knowledge of physical principles will help provide a clearer understanding. It is more of a philosophical approach to some of science's unanswered questions.

Cancer: A Very Short Introduction

by Nick James
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011

In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard Nixon echoed this pledge by declaring a 'war' on cancer. More than 30 years later, however, cancer remains one of the largest...

Inside Pitch

Playing and Broadcasting the Game I Love

by Nick Cafardo, Nick Cafardo, Tom Glavine
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

One of the greatest pitchers of his generation, Tom Glavine delivered the defining moment of the Atlanta Braves' 1990s dynasty. Glavine took the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium mound for Game 6 of the 1995 World Series and allowed just one hit as the Braves won 1–0 to clinch Atlanta's first, and only,...

365 WWJD

Daily Answers to What Would Jesus Do?

by Nick Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009

What Would Jesus Do? Ask the questions and live the answers, every day of the year This one-of-a-kind collection of devotional readings will help you nourish and deepen your faith through the simple yet powerful daily practice of answering the question, "What would Jesus do?" A...