Stirrings from good times past! This third installment of Greg and Doc is derived from letters and notes found in Dr. R. W. Hiatt’s Makoshika journals from 1966 through 1968, a narrative from Siberia, and Greg’s diary and memoirs. Join me as we go back in time, and as we peruse these pages be ready for some deep thought, surprises, and adventure in the badlands.

In this continuing story of Greg and Doc, a young boy turned fossil hunter and an optometrist, author Gregory Hagenston tells the story of Makoshika, Montana’s largest state park. Drawing on the real-life Dr. Hiatt’s rich correspondence and news clippings about this “geological Disneyland,” Greg and Doc, Two Souls Surrounded by Badlands: Part II Makoshika is a book like no other—a biography of a stunning place millions of years in the making.

A chronologically detailed account of the founding of Makoshika, Montana’s largest state park, and how almost single-handedly Dr. R. W. Hiatt, a true renaissance man, cradled Makoshika from its fragile beginning to its maturity as a state park. Through his meticulous record-keeping, the rich historical details of Makoshika Park come to life. Greg is a boy thirty years younger than his optometrist, Dr. Hiatt, and they form an inseparable bond. The youthful adventures of Greg weave in and out of the unfolding story of Makoshika, taking the reader along for a look as the two souls, Greg and Doc, go about their interrelated lives.

For author Meva J. Scarff, love groomed her from childhood, and it has always been a big part of her life. With a large extended family, she experienced it from all directions. In Surrounded by Love, Scarff shares her life story and provides insight and background into the family that enveloped her warmly. This memoir narrates the key elements of Scarffs life beginning with her birth in January of 1936 to her parents Glenn and Frances Johnson. She tells of carefree days growing up as the oldest of four children and of her marriage, raising her own children, and graduating from college in 1970. Scarff discusses her passion for teaching, an enjoyable career that spanned thirty years in West Virginia. With her personal works of poetry included, Surrounded by Love offers insight into Scarffs life and all of the wonderful years that were filled with fun and laughter.

The paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells a “compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human” (Oliver Sacks). By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finest—enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.

The authoritative account of the rise of Amazon and its intensely driven founder, Jeff Bezos, praised by the Seattle Times as "the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life." Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. The Everything Store is the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.

A Harvard biologist and master inventor explores how new biotechnologies will enable us to bring species back from the dead, unlock vast supplies of renewable energy, and extend human life. In Regenesis, George Church and science writer Ed Regis explore the possibilities of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology, in which living organisms are selectively altered by modifying substantial portions of their genomes, allows for the creation of entirely new species of organisms. These technologies-far from the out-of-control nightmare depicted in science fiction-have the power to improve human and animal health, increase our intelligence, enhance our memory, and even extend our life span. A breathtaking look at the potential of this world-changing technology, Regenesis is nothing less than a guide to the future of life.