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Addy ProssSeventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists ever since.Living...

Dave EggersFrom the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along...

Modechai SchmutterA rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this - some kind of joke?" No, the rabbi routinely hangs out with...

Nancy Polette Have you ever wandered through a museum, looked at an artifact, and wondered, What IS This Thing? So did Nancy Polette as she toured the Montgomery County Historical...

Diane Carey The threat of the Gateways--portals that allow for travel to other times and places--is finally destroyed, in this explosive conclusion to the Gateways series, in which Captain James...

Fay WeldonWith inimitable wit and insight, this encouraging tome humorously leaps into what makes women happy and what women can do to lead more rounded and balanced lives. Women can...

James Hollis, PhD Why are we here? What is the meaning of existence? What truly matters the most in life? We have all felt the looming presence of these questions,...

Rachel Biale A well-written list of solid, common-sense advice. Convenient chapter organization allows readers to pick their problem and look it up! Easy-to-understand and down-to-earth.- Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, author...

Paula Marantz CohenAn award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare’s greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy"Thoughtful, astute, invitingly readable—and uncommonly timely. Especially now that so many...

Josephine AngeliniA thriller about Magda, who's desperate to get over a scandal at her New York private school.This is Magda's last chance. Recovering from a scandal at her elite New...

TR RichmondAlice Salmonyoung, smart, ambitious -with her whole life ahead of her.Until the night she mysteriously drowns.Nobody knows how or why.But Alice left a few clues:her diary, texts, emails, and...