History & Philosophy

her Name Was Henrietta Lacks, But Scientists Know Her As Hela. She Was A Poor Southern Tobacco Farmer Who Worked The Same Land As Her Slave Ancestors, Yet...

Author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he of...

A fascinating exploration of the relationship between music and the mind-and the role of melodies in shaping our lives Whether you load your iPod with Bach...

rediscover The Most Famous Relationship Book Ever Published once Upon A Time Martians And Venusians Met, Fell In Love, And Had Happy Relationships Together...

One Of The Most Famous Science Books Of Our Time, The Phenomenal National Bestseller That Buzzes With Energy, Anecdote And Life. It Almost Makes You Want To...

An instant bestseller, The Language of God provides the best argument for the integration of faith and logic since C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity.It has l...

Popular marriage counselor and seminar leader John Gray provides a unique, practical and proven way for men and women to communicate and relate better by a...

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science ...

With more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, The Elements is the most entertaining, comprehensive, and visually arresting book on all 118 elements in th...

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet...

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory is a groundbreaking scientific work written by Albert Einstein, one of the most renowned physicists of all ti...

Chronicles the history of America's secret counterterrorist unit, tells how members are recruited and trained, and explains its key role in the Iran hostage...

The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order t...

A BELIEF IN FREE WILL touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate re...

This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism. Now, with a new introduction a...

The author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories. Early studies of the...

A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, v...

In How Brains Make Up Their Minds, Walter J. Freeman Charts The Brain's Mind, Progressing From Single Nerve Cells To Cooperative Nerve Cell Assemblies To Th...

Which Is More Dangerous, A Gun Or A Swimming Pool? What Do Schoolteachers And Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common? Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?...

Offers The Renowned Scientist's Final Thoughts On Using Science To Address The Most Important Challenges Facing Humanity. The World-famous Cosmologist And #...

with Its Unique Combination Of Depth, Clarity, And Humor That Has Enchanted Millions, This Beloved Classic By Bestselling Author Gary Zukav Opens The Fasci...

Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all th...

Elon Musk, The Entrepreneur And Innovator Behind Spacex, Tesla, And Solarcity, Sold One Of His Internet Companies, Paypal, For $1.5 Billion. Ashlee Vance Ca...

In the tradition of bestsellers likeThe Plant Paradox andThe Keto Reset Diet,The Carnivore Code reveals the shocking truth about so-called healthy foods,...

Robert Kemp Adair. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Reference Encyclopedias & Subject GuidesSports Science & MathHisto...

this Collection Includes Essays By; William T. Bluhm, Lou Massa, Thomas Payel, John F. Post, Stephen Toulmin And David Weissman. booknews contains English ...

"Walk upstairs, open the door, and look in the crib.What do you see: Most of us see a picture of innocence and helplessness, a clean slate. But in fact, wh...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

The human genome, the complete set of genes housed in twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, is nothing less than an autobiography of our species. Spelled out ...

A Preeminent Scientist Asserts The Irrationality Of Belief In God And The Grievous Harm Religion Has Inflicted On Society From The Crusades To 9/11. He Crit...

In this first US edition, the author of the The Map That Changed the World portrays the 19th-century eruption of a Javanese volcano that still has global r...

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...

The future is now. Acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain explains how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient machines and artificial intell...

One of science's great unsung heroes, Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern el...

In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker from NBC’s Today and the Weather Channel vividly examines the deadliest natural disaster in American history—a...

No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He played baseball for Yale, graduated wi...

The book you hold in your hands is revolutionary, a groundbreaking exploration of the science of intention.Drawing on the findings of leading scientists fr...

According To The Mayan Elders, At The Moment Of Birth Every Human Being Is Given A Destiny. Our Life Challenge Is To Develop Ourselves And Our Skills In Ord...

The PETERSON FIRST GUIDE TO FISHES features 220 common and conspicuous fishes of North America, with full-color illustrations and a clear, precise descrip...

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Farsighted, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.In this illust...

In December 1942, A Team At The University Of Chicago Achieved A Milestone In Human History: A Nuclear Chain Reaction. At The Forefront Of This Breakthrough...

From The Author Of The Bestselling The Professor And The Madman Comes The Fascinating Story Of William Smith, The Orphaned Son Of An English Country Blacksm...

america's First Frontier Was Not The West; It Was The Sea—and No One Writes More Eloquently About That Watery Wilderness Than Nathaniel Philbrick. In His ...

A Riveting Medical Mystery About A Young Woman's Quest To Uncover The Truth About Her Likely Fatal Genetic Disorder That Opens A Window Onto The Exploding F...

"A deeply spiritual, deeply moving book" about life on the Great Plains, by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Cloister Walk (The New York Times B...

We've All Asked, What Is The World Coming To? But We Seldom Ask, How Bad Was The World In The Past? In This Startling New Book, Cognitive Scientist Steven P...