Trevor Norton is a professor of marine biology at the University of Liverpool. From a starred Publisher's Weekly review: "This delightfully wry account of a lifetime enchanted by the sea should enshrine marine biologist Norton in the pantheon of sea-struck pioneers he brilliantly profiled in his earlier Stars Beneath the Sea."

Awe-inspiring and familiar, comforting yet sometimes frightening, the sun is the center around which all life revolves. Now, an expert on solar images teams up with a noted science writer to present a photographic book devoted entirely to the sun, illustrating the star we know and revealing recent discoveries. Dramatic images from photographers, observatories, and satellites are organized as viewed first from the ground, then from earth's atmosphere and the edge of space, and finally from the surface of the sun itself.

Peter Friederici, a Flagstaff, Ariz. freelance, wrote this book about people who really care and put their efforts into restoration of ailing Mother Nature. He writes that from the Hawaiian Islands to Appalachia's forests ordinary citizens are changing the way we think about nature. In Chicago and its suburbs, for example, legions of volunteers replant prairies in the shadow of freeways. On a deserted Bermudan island, a man has spent 40 years single-handedly restoring the nesting habitat of a rare seabird.

Sandra Cusack is Guttman-Gee Research Fellow and adjunct professor in Educational Gerontology at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada. She is a member of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging. Thompson is an educational gerontologist and the author of five books. A former Olympic speed skater, she has encouraged thousands as a speaker and trainer. The authors insist that by establishing and continually pursuing mental clarity throughout life you can actually help prevent degenerative brain diseases further down the road.