Island Press: 819 books

The global trends documented in Vital Signs 1999--from a decline in nuclear power generating capacity to the proliferation of genetically modified crops--will play a large part in determining the quality of our lives and our children's lives in the next decade.

Although food-production systems for the world's rural poor typically have had devastating effects on the planet's wealth of genes, species, and ecosystems, that need not be the case in the future. In Ecoagriculture, two of the world's leading experts on conservation and developmexamine the idea that...

‘The Night’ on Boneyard Beach was over fifteen years ago, but for Jenna Sinkler it is replayed each time she closes her eyes. His hands touching her, the salt marsh taste of his lips, and the ultimate “first time” every girl dreams of. In the real world, she’s a New York City cop...

Britty’s twenty-four year old daughter just had another ‘bout’ last week, this time she tossed her boyfriend’s air conditioning unit out the window and onto the hood of his car three stories down… while he was sitting in it.  With her daughter tucked away for a few months in a behavioral...

The Beatles Irish Concerts chronicles the Fab Four's riotous, entertaining and historic visits to Ireland in 1963 and 1964, at the height of Beatlemania. Based on over 200 interviews, this book brings you backstage at the Adelphi in Dublin and the ABC Ritz in Belfast in 1963, and also features the...

<b>Another steamy romance from 2013 Indie Romance Writer Nominees and International Bestselling Authors of SEMPER FI, SHADES OF SHAME, BONEYARD BEACH, GOODY TWO SHOES and the popular SEVEN DEADLY SINS series.</b><br/><br/> Normal relationships just never seemed to satisfy...

First published in 1740, Samuel Richardson's "Pamela," the story of a maid who marries way up, was scandalous in its time. For those familiar with its profound influence on the romance genre, it continues to be scandalous today, though for quite different reasons. Unfortunately, the...

"VAST lives up to its name -- big, important, yet written to a human scale so the perspectives of science emerge all the more strongly. Among hard sf writers, Linda Nagata is a pearl, able to render her complex landscapes in moving, quick-paced stories that linger in the mind." --Gregory...

"...This payoff puts Deception Well firmly in the company of Stapledon, Benford, Bear, McAuley, and Niven..." ***—***Russell Letson, Locus In a war of belief, faith is a virus, and it’s spreading fast: Remnants of an alien nanotechnology infest the surface of the planet,...

"...phenomenal....This one is a winner--grab it when you see it..." --Tom Easton, Analog Science Fiction & Fact An award-winning novel of nanotechnology, adventure, and high-tech revolution. Nikko is the first "post human" genetically engineered to survive in...

"...an excellent protrayal of how nanotechnology may one day penetrate human society..." –Tom Easton, Analog "...Nagata's theme is both ambitious and important: the attempted political regulation of new technologies, especially as they relate to human rights..." –Gary...

Survive long enough, and strangeness becomes cliché. Virgil Copeland, Randall Panwar, and Gabrielle Villanti are all brilliant young biotechnologists, working together on an artificial life-form affectionately known as “LOVs,” an acronym for Limit Of Vision, because in size LOVs are just...

Forewarned - the follow-up to Colm Keane's No. 1 bestseller Going Home and The Distant Shore - is a riveting collection of stories concerning premonitions and predictive dreams. Featuring 60 real-life stories, the book recounts dark tales of deaths, car crashes and ill health, along with brighter...

"...a thrilling novel that lays bare the imminent future of warfare." —Publishers Weekly starred review Scarred by war. In pursuit of truth: Army veteran True Brighton left the service when the development of robotic helicopters made her training as a pilot obsolete. Now she works...