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  • The Traveler

    One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    **THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature."[A] thrilling biography-cum-adventure story." —Hampton Sides, author of The Wide Wide Sea“Enthralling. Superb. The ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Magnificent Rebels

    The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    **A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical ideas launched Romanticism onto the world stage, inspiring some of the greatest thinkers of the time.A BEST BOOK OF THE ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Invention of Nature

    Alexander von Humboldt's New World

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. • From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebels."Vivid and exciting.... Wulf’s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus.” —The Boston Globe**Alexander ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Chasing Venus

    The Race to Measure the Heavens

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    A “thrilling adventure story" (San Francisco Chronicle) that brings to life the astronomers who in the 1700s embarked upon a quest to calculate the size of the solar system, and paints a vivid portrait of the collaborations, rivalries, and volatile international politics that hindered them at every turn. • From the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    Series series Pantheon Graphic Library
    A breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five-year expedition in South America—from the author of Magnificent Rebels and the New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature.Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Founding Gardeners

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    A groundbreaking look at the Founding Fathers and their obsession with gardening, agriculture, and botany by the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. • “Illuminating and engrossing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFor the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their ... Read more

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    Magnificent Rebels

    The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    Narrated by Julie Teal ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 1 min

    **A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical ideas launched Romanticism onto the world stage, inspiring some of the greatest thinkers of the time.A BEST BOOK OF THE ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Invention of Nature

    Alexander von Humboldt's New World

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    Narrated by David Drummond ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 3 min

    The acclaimed author of The Brother Gardeners and Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas continue to influence how we view ourselves and our relationship with the natural world today. Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Chasing Venus

    The Race to Measure the Heavens

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    Narrated by Robin Sachs ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor—the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system.On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through that ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Founding Gardeners

    The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    Narrated by Antonia Bath ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 20 min

    A groundbreaking look at the Founding Fathers and their obsession with gardening, agriculture, and botany by the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. • “Illuminating and engrossing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFor the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their ... Read more

    $23.00 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Traveler

    One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris

    by Andrea Wulf ...
    Narrated by Catherine Bailey ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 21 min

    **THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature."[A] thrilling biography-cum-adventure story." —Hampton Sides, author of The Wide Wide Sea“Enthralling. Superb. The ... Read more

    $33.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Inside the Stargazer's Palace

    The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe

    by Violet Moller ...
    Narrated by Lillian Rachel ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 32 min

    Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories.In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view—one guided by observation, technology and logic.But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook