{"title":"Hannah Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003eHANNAH HOLMES is an American writer, journalist, and science commentator and the author of four books. Her recent books include \u003cem\u003eQuirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSuburban Safari\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolmes holds a B.A. from the University of Southern Maine. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiscover\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e, and she has served as a science commentator for Maine Things Considered and as a contributor to Discovery Channel Online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Holmes continues to engage with science and nature subjects across print, broadcast, and digital media. That same curiosity about the natural world and human biology runs throughout her books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah lives in Portland, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Holmes’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-dust","title":"The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eHannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world\u003cbr\u003eSome see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we discover, built the planet we walk upon. And it tinkers with the weather and spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of it rise annually into the air--the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales from butterfly wings, shreds of T-shirts, and fireplace soot. Eventually, though, all this dust must settle.\u003cbr\u003eThe story of restless dust begins among exploding stars, then treks through the dinosaur beds of the Gobi Desert, drills into Antarctic glaciers, filters living dusts from the wind, and probes the dark underbelly of the living-room couch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlong the way, Holmes introduces a delightful cast of characters--the scientists who study dust. Some investigate its dark side: how it killed off dinosaurs and how its industrial descendants are killing us today. Others sample the shower of Saharan dust that nourishes Caribbean jungles, or venture into the microscopic jungle of the bedroom carpet. Like The Secret Life of Dust, however, all of them unveil the mayhem and magic wrought by little things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471426350\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471426356\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Hannah Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43212288721112,"sku":"9780471426356","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212288753880,"sku":"9781630262273","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470589144_FC_mockup_v2_1738739710_940ec781-29a2-4c8d-8735-79cf000c3332.jpg?v=1790994846"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-hannah-holmes.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}