Katherine S Newman Examines the decreasing likelihood of achieving the American dream, as shifting social and economic conditions force a middle-class loss of earnings and self-respect June 27, 1988 by...

Bill Bryson From one of the most beloved authors of our timeâ more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country aloneâ a fascinating excursion...

Tom Shachtman Science and experimentation were at the heart of the Founding Fathers' philosophies and actions. The Founders relentlessly tinkered, invented, farmed by means of scientific principles, star-gazed, were fascinated...

John Bloom In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light years ahead of...

Richard E Leakey and Roger Lewin Through the discovery of fossil remains in Africa, the author draws conclusions about the nature of prehistoric life and its influence on modern culture....

Gaby Waters January 1, 1986 by Edc Pub

Jeremy Rifkin When two Scottish scientists successfully cloned a sheep in July 1996, the news sparked fierce scientific, ethical, theological, and philosophical debate, momentarily pulling biotechnology from the laboratories and...

Laura Suzuki and Peter Cook Illustrated in a comic-book style, this informative book is full of answers to all manner of questions about light and sight. January 1, 1990 by...

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Information, details and illustrations in black and white about the sea. Prepared by the Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. January 1, 1978 by Bantam

Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, MD From the author of How to Create a Mind comes a book about the science behind radical life extension.Startling discoveries in the areas of...

Paul Davies How did life begin? Did it start here, by blind chance or by necessity, or was Earth seeded by extraterrestrial visitors? (And, if so, how did they arise?)...

Mark Lynas The No Logo of climate change - a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened...