Rebecca GilpinThis fantastic activity book is packed wtih things to do, so just grab a pen and have fun!

Jean M AuelThe Clan of the Cave Bear is the start of Jean M Auel's epic Earth's Children series. When her parents are killed by an earthquake, five-year-old Ayla wanders...

Erich FrommIn this provocative book, the distinguished author writes to break the deadlock in the struggle between the instinctivism of Konrad Lorenz and behavior psychologist B.F. Skinner.

Carl SaganHow can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer...

Robert Burnham, Alan Dyer, Robert A Garfinkle, Martin George, Jeff Kanipe, David H LevyThis highly acclaimed, best-selling series takes field guides to a breathtaking new level. Filled with full-color maps,...

Jane B. Mason and Sarah Hines Stephens The automobile. The microscope. The Internet. Without these amazing inventions, our lives would be totally different. But how did these cool creations come...

Joel Salinas, MDChallenging our understanding of what it means to be human, Joel Salinas, a Harvard-trained researcher and neurologist at Massachusetts General, shares his experiences with mirror-touch synesthesia, a rare...

Daniel J. LevitinWhether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life—even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful...

Dava SobelWith her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Now Sobel brings her full...

Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface David Standish Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as...

The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy Sharon Bertsch McGrayne Bayes' rule...

Hal HellmanThe dramatic stories of ten historic feuds: How they altered the course of discovery-and shaped the modern worldHall Hellman tells the lively stories of ten of the most outrageous...