The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel
Katie picked this book based on the cover she saw in Libby. This book is the true story of Stephane Breitwieser and his girlfriend, Anne-Catherine Kleinklaus. Breitweiser stole art amassing …
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, by Andrea Pitzer
A crew of Dutch explorers, including navigator William Barents, get icebound in the arctic circle in Nova Zembla in 1596. The crew spends 10 months stuck in the arctic, fighting …
The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age, by Steve Olson
If you’re interested in the development of the atomic bombs and the implications for our world, this book is for you. Steve Olson makes the argument that Hanford was the …
grayson, by Lynne Cox
While out on a training swim in the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles at 17 years old, Lynne Cox is followed by a baby gray whale and spends …
A Complex Coast, by David Norwell
Katie was drawn to the cover of this book by the beautiful watercolor art on the front and the words “a kayak journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska.” This is …
Quietly Hostile, by Samantha Irby
Katie picked up this book in the library in the section titled, “You May Have Missed These.” Drawn to the title, combined with the image of an angry skunk (or …
Our First Episode! Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, by Jill Heinerth
We’re siblings! And on our first episode of By Its Cover, we talk about the book Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, written by Jill Heinerth. Katie picked …