David PapineauIntroducing Consciousness starts with the problem of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, explains the historical origins of this problem, and traces different scientific attempts to explain consciousness....

Henry Kressel and Thomas V Lento Without venture capital, many of the companies whose technical innovations sparked the digital revolution would not exist. Venture investments funded these firms to develop...

Stephen Lovely One windy April afternoon, a young woman bicycles alone along a stretch of Iowa highway. She's pedaling hard, hurrying to get home in time for dinner . ....

Nigel Barley Many men dream of running away to a tropical island and living surrounded by beauty and exotic exuberance. Walter Spies did more than dream. He actually did it....

Robert Penn Robert Penn's It's All About the The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels is a paean to the humble bike; it's the story of why we ride, and...

Annie Barrows   A Netflix Original Film SeriesA New York Times Bestselling SeriesOver 8 Million Copies SoldFinally! After months of begging their parents for ballet lessons, Ivy and Bean finally...

Kenneth L Marcus "What does it mean to be Jewish? This ancient question has become a pressing civil rights controversy. Despite a recent resurgence of anti-Semitic incidents on American college...

Lawrence Fine, Eitan Fishbane, Or N. Rose Leading scholars and teachers share their favorite texts of the Jewish mystical tradition―many available in English for the first time―and explore why these...

Author: Jules Verne A Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves a German professor who believes there...

Megan McDonald The book that started it all--now in paperback!Judy Moody was in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood.A mad-faced mood.Judy Moody doesn't have high hopes for...

Anne Fortier Book Summary of Juliet A stunning debut novel that follows a young woman who discovers that her family's origins reach all the way back to literature's greatest star-crossed...

Patti SmithJust Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to...