Browsing: Science

“A masterpiece of science writing” (The Washington Post): A leading paleontologist uses cutting-edge research to bring dinosaur history to life. This “vivid” New York Times bestseller “is scientific storytelling at its most visceral” (Nature).

“My new favorite book of all time” (Bill Gates): This New York Times bestseller argues that the values championed by the Enlightenment are essential for our future. “Pinker’s sober, lucid, and meticulously researched vision of human progress is heartening and important” (Publishers Weekly).

Eleanor Estes’s The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been out of print since. At…

If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?When offered a one-way trip…

An “entertaining and engaging” read (Kirkus Reviews) from a New York Times bestselling author: After Allie makes a scavenger hunt app at coding camp, it takes her school by storm! But when a glitch threatens to spill everyone’s secrets, can she make things right?

1272 A.D. Recovering from a great tragedy that had befallen his family, Scott de Wolfe, eldest son of William de Wolfe…

A New York Times bestseller The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert–Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley’s…

A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2017 One of Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017…

“Beautifully written… Will leave its imprint on a reader of any age” (The New York Times Book Review): A red oak tree bears witness to a neighborhood’s wishes and fears in this poignant New York Times bestseller with over 12,600 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A Publishers Weekly Top Science Book of 2017: This “vivid” PEN/E. O. Wilson Award winner (NPR) explores surgery during the 19th century — and details the work of Joseph Lister, the visionary surgeon who merged medicine and science. With over 2,000 five-star Goodreads ratings!