Nature and ScienceApril 2025 Announcement: Next month we're launching a brand new catalog that will make finding library materials even easier. The new catalog will show materials from the MAIN Library Alliance, which you can borrow.    To get ready, we have to suspend placing holds in the middle of April. Once we go live with the new catalog, we will add back all of your unfilled holds.    If you opted in to save your loan history in the current catalog, that history will not transfer to the new catalog. If you want a copy of your loan history, email your name and library card number to reference@warrenlib.org.     Recent Releases When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black Science writer Riley Black stuns with a panoramic natural history that acquaints readers with the interactive nature of life among Earth’s plants, animals, and habitats through the eons. Black’s accessible writing “illuminat[es] natural history into sparkling descriptions of what the Earth was like millions of years ago” (Publishers Weekly). Read-alike: A Brief History of Earth by Andrew H. Knoll. After the North Pole : a story of survival, mythmaking, and melting ice /Erling Kagge ; translated by Kari Dickson. by Erling Kagge A memoir from the Norwegian explorer recounts his 58-day ski journey to the North Pole, offering a gripping adventure story and a deep reflection on nature, human resilience and the profound significance of this remote region. 20,000 first printing. Illustrations. Good soil : the education of an accidental farmhand by Jeff Chu A reflective journey exploring nature, belonging and spirituality, weaving lessons from farm life, relationships and personal heritage into a meditation on growth, connection and the transformative power of listening to the earth and each other. Out of Your Mind: The Biggest Mysteries of the Human Brain by Jorge Cham & Dwayne Godwin Want a book about the complexities of the human brain that isn’t quite so…well, brainy? Author and cartoonist Jorge Cham teams with neuroscientist Dwayne Godwin to tackle the subject and answer some difficult questions in an amusing, upbeat, and accessible style, complete with illustrations. Other entertaining books about brain function include The Brain by David Eagleman and Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness by Patrick House. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Debut memoirist Chloe Dalton, a political consultant, spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic raising a baby hare she rescued near her country home. This fascinating, endearing, and rarely domesticated creature became Dalton’s companion for a time, awakening her senses to the natural world around her. For more moving encounters with wildlife, try The Puma Years by Laura Coleman or Alfie & Me by Carl Safina. Carbon : the book of life by Paul Hawken An exploration of carbon's vital role in sustaining life, revealing its profound connections to nature, humanity and the planet's history, while offering a hopeful perspective on embracing its potential to shape a sustainable future. Pillars of creation : how the James Webb Telescope unlocked the secrets of the cosmos by Richard Panek The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes—and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science and what its revolutionary images are revealing. How To Feed the World: The History and Future of Food by Vaclav Smil Geography professor Vaclav Smil’s book about the world’s food supply, while sounding some alarms, takes an optimistic view provided we start implementing sustainable agricultural practices and changing food policy immediately, and provides abundant data to back up his arguments. For other practical discussions about world food issues, try The End of Plenty by Joel K. Bourne Jr. or How the World Eats by Julian Baggini. Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe by Carl Zimmer Science writer Carl Zimmer puts airborne pathogens under the microscope, taking readers on a tour spanning from the 14th century to COVID-19 that exposes how much we have yet to learn about communicable diseases in the Earth’s atmosphere. Other accessible reads about microbes and disease include The Secret Body by Daniel M. Davis and Immune by Catherine Carver. Contact your librarian for more great books! Warren County Library 2 Shotwell Drive Belvidere, New Jersey 07823 908-818-1280 www.warrenlib.org