Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

8 best books like Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea (Kennedy Warne): Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, Death of a Dapper Snowman, A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs, The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M. R. James - Volume 1

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Author	Jared Diamond
ISBN	0143036556

Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond...

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Author	Isabel Wilkerson
ISBN	0679444327

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. 

From...

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

Author	Jared Diamond
ISBN	0670024813

The bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us? Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and...

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Author

Albert Camus

One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan, and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide: the question of living or not living in an absurd universe devoid of order or meaning....

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Author

Michael Pollan

The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects...

Death of a Dapper Snowman

Author

Angela Pepper

Gift shop owner Stormy Day is settling into her new life until she comes across a frozen body, hidden inside a well-dressed snowman.

When her own father is implicated in the murder, Stormy must chase down clues and uncover the town's secrets herself.

As she draws closer to identifying...

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs

Author

Ben Garrod

Publisher's Summary
Most children go through a dinosaur phase. Learning all the tongue-twisting names, picking favourites based on ferocity, armour, or sheer size. For many kids this love of ‘terrible lizards’ fizzles out at some point between starting and leaving primary school. All...

The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M. R. James - Volume 1

Author

M.R. James

A collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James.

Casting the Runes - adapted by Stephen Gallagher

When academic Jo Harrington (Anna Maxwell Martin) is sent a paper - The Truth of Alchemy, by Anton Karswell - for peer review, she pulls no punches. It has no place in a serious...