"Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own.
Kissinger: Portrait of a Mind provides the fullest view possible of the development of Kissinger's approach to foreign policy. It is essential reading for courses that deal with American...
In this account of the protracted struggle to launch the Human Genome Project, the author unravels the tangled scientific and political threads of the story, relying on primary documents and...
In One Mind, New York Times best-selling author Larry Dossey, M.D., proposes an inspiring view of consciousness that may reshape our destiny. Dossey's premise is that all individual minds are...
Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir....
This incredible word-of-mouth hit that became a New York Times bestseller, translated into 30 languages, now has an equally amazing sequel. In E-Squared, Pam Grout electrified the spiritual world...
Unknown beyond the avant-garde at the time of his death, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) has been one of the most destructive and liberating influences on early 20th-century culture. This new work by...
This book is the first to present Wordsworth's greatest poem in all three of its separate form. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of "The Prelude" was was completed in 1805,...
Feted and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But breasts are changing - they are getting bigger, arriving earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are...