Nature and Science
June 2025

 
 
Calling All Patrons. . .
 
Do you have a book you would love to recommend to other patrons? We would like to hear from you! Please click on the link below and fill out the form.  (Your title should be part of the Avon Lake Library collection.) The review may be posted in the library for patrons who are looking for book suggestions. 
 
http://alpl.org/patron-picks/
 
 
 
Recent Releases
The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life
by Drew Harvell

Marine biologist Drew Harvell amazes with a rich and descriptive catalog of ocean invertebrates, a group that outnumbers backboned species 30 to one and includes octopuses, jellies, crustaceans, and sea stars. Harvell details these creatures' superpowers, hardly an exaggeration given their potential benefits to the environment and human life. Those curious about exotic marine life should also check out The World Beneath by Richard Smith.
Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure
by Jennie Erin Smith

While researchers had long been aware of the alarmingly high rates of early-onset Alzheimer’s in one remote region of Colombia, the discovery that many of the patients were related sparked the search for a genetic cause. Journalist Jennie Erin Smith tells the moving story of how an inherited gene was eventually isolated, igniting hope for a cure. For other emotional narratives about genetics and disease, try My Father’s Brain by Sandeep Jauhar or A Fatal Inheritance by Lawrence Ingrassia.
The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street
by Mike Tidwell

Travel writer Mike Tidwell examines the impacts of climate change in his own Maryland suburb. Telling the story through interactions with his neighbors, all of whom had a stake in the die-off of their street’s stately old oaks, Tidwell inspires while sharing various neighborhood responses to problems both local and global. Other accessible reads about climate threats and activism include Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince and California Against the Sea by Rosanna Xia.
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