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Storm of the Century by Stephen King

For the first time in Stephen King's remarkable publishing history, the master storyteller presents an all-new, original tale written expressly …

What if? by Randall Munroe

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …

How to Live Like a Gentleman by Sam Martin

Cosmos by Carl Sagan

This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the …

For the Love of Physics by Walter Lewin

An engaging book for the Physics aficionado 'For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the …

Getting Things Done by David Allen

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares …

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell

The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were …

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power is a 2012 book by Rachel Maddow. Her first book, Drift explores the …

The God delusion by Richard Dawkins

A preeminent scientist—and the world's most prominent atheist—asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has …

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980, ISBN 0-345-39181-0) is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to …

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh

Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

Catching fire by Richard W. Wrangham

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. …

The Age of Entanglement by Louisa Gilder