Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar even when you've never been there before, or felt that you've known someone...
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our world, and our daily lives, from the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in...
The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring...
Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at...
Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught...
Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize"The best large-scale synthesis in any language of what we currently know and understand about this multidimensional, cataclysmic...
One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China's rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States....
For decades, top scientists in colleges and universities pursued a clear path to success: enroll in a prestigious graduate program, conduct research, publish papers, complete the PhD, pursue...
Did you know that you are more closely related to a mushroom than to a daisy? That crocodiles are closer to birds than to lizards? That dinosaurs are still among us? That the terms "fish,"...
How is life related to the mind? This book explores the gap between biological life and consciousness. It argues that where there is life, there is mind: life and mind share common principles of...
What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we - in the West, at least - largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed...
Told by one of our greatest chroniclers of technology and society, the definitive biography of iconic serial visionary Stewart Brand, from the Merry Pranksters and the generation-defining Whole...
Britain, 1941. The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, including a group of kids cut adrift żeby the war and who, for official purposes, do not exist....
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection illuminates many previously unexplored aspects of the Basilica of San Lorenzo's history, extending from its Early Christian foundation to the...
Jana Novak's history sounds like a classic model cliche: tall and gangly, she's uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she's unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to...
Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international bestseller Man s Search for Meaning.Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi...
No.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom No.1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past-and the lies that bind us together-as the...
The fifth novel in the bestselling Graceling Realm series is told from the point of view of Hava, Queen Bitterblue s sister and spy, and bronicles the harrowing journey back to Monsea.Hava sails...
A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Crime Novel of the Year From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw. "You...
"No one has written with more penetrating skepticism about the history of human rights."--Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal"Moyn breaks new ground in examining the relationship between...
Borrowing some scissors is the beginning of an adventure for the Famous Five, as George manages to get mixed up with some burglars. Julian, Dick and Anne are too busy eating ice cream to realise...