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Tales of Light and Dark: A Shaun Tan Collection
Who is that exchange student living in our cupboard? Whatever happened to all those bears with lawyers? Why do dogs bark in the middle of the night? Collected together for...
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death
When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralysed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying...
The Power of Prions: The Strange and Essential Proteins That Can Cause
Over the last decade, scientists have discovered the importance and widespread presence in the body of a remarkable family of proteins known as prion proteins. Research links various types of...
The Lives of Snakes: A Natural History of the World's Snakes
A richly illustrated introduction to the marvelous world of snakes. Descended from prehistoric lizards, snakes have been slithering across the earth for more than a hundred million years. There are...
Hegel's World Revolutions
G.W.F. Hegel was widely seen as the greatest philosopher of his age. Ever since, his work has shaped debates about issues as varied as religion, aesthetics and metaphysics. His most...
AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and
From two of TIME' s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products Confused...
Moths of the World: A Natural History
A marvelously illustrated guide to the world's moths. With more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows...
Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies
A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies. It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and...
What Is Ancient History?
From one of today's most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way...
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muammad to the birth of the modern era. This book describes and explains the major events, personalities,...
Seaweeds of the World: A Guide to Every Order
Seaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They're found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into...
Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was...
India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one...
The Shield of Achilles
Back in print for the first time in decades, Auden's National Book Awardwinning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readers. The Shield...
Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect
Wasps are far more diverse than the familiar yellowjackets and hornets that harass picnickers and build nests under the eaves of our homes. These amazing, mostly solitary creatures thrive in...
Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be
Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionising both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and...
Crabs: A Global Natural History
A richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and more This lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world's crabs....
The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years. New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic...
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed why some civilisations endured, why some gave way...
Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1
Karl Marx (18181883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication...
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television...
The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades...
Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from
A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them. Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged...
Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography
Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul...
Contemporary Figures in Watercolour: Speed, Gesture and Story
Dive into figure painting with this instinctive and expressive approach to watercolour. Celebrating the fluidity and unpredictability of the medium, painter Leo Crane and art model Roy Joseph Butler seek...
The Philosophy of Modern Song
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio...
Masters of Comics
Go inside the master's studio and explore the creative spaces and processes of the legendary artists who brought you Batman: Year One , Akira , Saga , and more! Readers...
Origins of Marvel Comics (Deluxe Edition)
Now back in print and timed for its 50th anniversary-the landmark book Origins of Marvel Comics by Stan Lee! A deluxe, collector's edition of the original Origins of Marvel Comics...
Ambition Monster: A Memoir
An " intimate, intensely resonant memoir about workaholism, unresolved trauma, and the 'addictive nature of ambition'" ( Harper's Bazaar ), this is an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers...
Alice Sadie Celine: A Novel
"Obsessed!" -Chloe Sevigny "I am literally obsessed." -Busy Philipps Hailed as "richly intimate" and "wickedly delightful" ( The New York Times Book Review ), this steamy and incisive debut adult...
Alchemy of a Blackbird: A Novel
Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot For fans of The Age of Light and Z comes a "beguiling novel of artistic ambition, perseverance, and friendship" (Katy Hays,...
Stand By Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving
"Warm, compassionate, and brimming with wisdom and expert advice" (Kate Washington, author of Already Toast ), Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional...
Brave Baby Hummingbird
Two starred reviews! An ALA Notable Children's Book From the beloved New York Times bestselling, Sibert Honor-winning author of the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus author...
Noisy Autumn: Sculpture and Works on Paper by Christy Rupp
Christy Rupp emerged as an American artist and activist in Manhattan in the late 1970s, using commodified materials to construct three-dimensional, sculptural works imbued with a dynamic sense of life....
Organizing with Tetris: A Guide to Clearing Clutter and Making Space
Harness the power of Tetris (R), one of the world's most popular puzzle games, to organize your home, office, and life! Powered by the principles of one of the world's...
Ribs, Ribs, Ribs: Over 100 Flavor-Packed Recipes
Ribs, Ribs, Ribs will take your next backyard barbecue from so-so to stupendous. This recipe book lets you experience the succulent, flavor-packed glory of all things ribs. Featuring over 100...
The Art of Evolve
A thrilling monster-hunting game unlike any other, Evolve delivers groundbreaking multiplayer and epic boss-battle experiences. The intense competitive shooter features a team of human players hunting down a fearsome player-controlled...
Artemis the Brave Graphic Novel: Volume 4
Artemis finds her courage in this fourth book in the Goddess Girls Graphic Novel series, based on the popular Goddess Girls series. Everyone sees Artemis, goddess of the hunt, as...
The Witch Hunt
Deluxe edition with special embellishments on first printing only! The lush and pulse-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Witch Haven "sparkles with magic" ( Kirkus Reviews )...
The Art of Chilling Out for Women: 100+ Ways to Replace Worry and
Banish burnout, worry, and stress once and for all with these practical tips and strategies for relaxing, going beyond simple self-care to chill your mind, body, and soul. Women are...
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy,
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy,...
(Un)Stuck
'Put down your current book and start reading this. Dr Soph delivers with her deep knowledge and disarming approach. A great book that we could all learn from' - Dr...
That Bonesetter Woman: the new feelgood novel from the author of The
'What a heroine Endurance Proudfoot is! I loved her from the start. An unconventional woman who takes us on a fascinating - if bumpy - ride through a man's world....
My Big Silver Rocket Ship
Blast off with this incredibly innovative novelty book that contains puzzle pieces young readers can use to build their own rocket ship-from bestselling and Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson!...
Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold
The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer...
Your Handwriting Can Change Your Life
When we purposefully change our handwriting, we introduce attitudes that can improve our relationships, give us the impetus to achieve and take risks, and simply bring out the best in...
Uptown Girl: A Memoir
"A thoroughly engaging glimpse into a colorful life well lived." - Kirkus Reviews "A bighearted new memoir . . . Uptown Girl tells the story of a glamorous, resilient, and...
Follow the Science: How Big Pharma Misleads, Obscures, and Prevails
Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author Sharyl Attkisson exposes the corruption that has ruled the pharmaceutical industry for decades. Through blatant lies, deep cover-ups, and high-level...