Overview :In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest,... Read More
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Overview :RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sag... Read More
Overview :From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestselle... Read More
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Overview :From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to... Read More
Overview :A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed ... Read More
Overview :Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inve... Read More
Overview :From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and mo... Read More
Overview :Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdepe... Read More
Overview :A dazzling, irresistible collection of the ten most groundbreaking and beautiful experiments in scientific history. With the attention to de... Read More
Overview :Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today The fall of Co... Read More
Overview :China fragments, a new Cold War with Russia, Mexcio challenges U.S., the new great powers Turkey, Poland and Japan. The Next 100 Years is a ... Read More
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Overview :From Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a grand tour ... Read More
Overview :The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate c... Read More