A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservationBillionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's...
The Preacher's Wife The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities
From the New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved, a fascinating look at the world of Christian women celebritiesSince the...
Making Up Your Own Mind Thinking Effectively through Creative Puzzle-Solving
How you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills We solve countless problems - big and small - every day. With so much practice,...
Alien Oceans The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the...
Why Trust Science?
Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyDo doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate...
The Fire Is upon Us James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America
How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divideOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd...
A World Divided The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
A global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into...
The Slow Moon Climbs The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause
The first comprehensive look at menopause from prehistory to todayAre the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Historian Susan Mattern says yes, and The Slow Moon Climbs reveals...
Gods and Robots Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life—and even invented real automated machinesThe first robot to walk the earth...
Workers' Tales Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain
A collection of political tales—first published in British workers’ magazines—selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael RosenIn the late nineteenth and...
