Administrative Council Recomendations: Books on the Natural Sciences. A baker's dozen of books themed around the natural sciences:

Kendall Cameron: Grand Design, by Hawking
Sherry Claypool: Edge of the Sea, by Carson
Roger Dillow: Omnivore's Dilemma, by Pollan
Jesse Dougherty: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Kingsolver
Rose Hagan: Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Eliz Bailey
Chris Jefferson: Outermost House, by Beston
Terry Kessel: A Walk in the Woods, by Bryson
Michael J. Noonan: National Geographic Migrations (Children's version), by Carney
Michael J. Noonan: The True Story of the Rescue of Leo the Snow Leopard, by Hatkoff
Colleen Puckett: Wild Animals I Have Known, by Seton
Ed Rhee: No Turning Back, by Ellis
Amy Segel,  Teaching a Stone to Talk, by Dillard
David Wood, Into the Wild,  by Krakaurer