A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction - Science & Technology - Earth Sciences
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
On Sale: October 2009
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-73810-1 (0-385-73810-2)

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson

Category: Travel
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: September 2004
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7679-0818-4 (0-7679-0818-X)

A Brief History of Time
The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
Written by Stephen Hawking

Category: Science
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: September 1998
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-38016-3 (0-553-38016-8)

The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes

Category: Science - History; Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: July 2009
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42222-5 (0-375-42222-6)

Cosmos

Written by Carl Sagan

Category: Science - Cosmology; Science - Meteorology; Science - Reference
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: October 1985
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-33135-9 (0-345-33135-4)

The Code Book
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Written by Simon Singh

Category: Science - History
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 2000
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49532-5 (0-385-49532-3)

The Origin of Species

Written by Charles Darwin
Foreword by Edward J. Larson

Category: Science
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 1998
Price: $11.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75146-2 (0-375-75146-7)

The History of Sexuality
An Introduction
Written by Michel Foucault

Category: Philosophy
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 1990
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-72469-8 (0-679-72469-9)

A History of Knowledge
Past, Present, and Future
Written by Charles Van Doren

Category: History - Civilization; History - World; History - Reference
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: March 1992
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-37316-8 (0-345-37316-2)

American Prometheus
The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Category: Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 2006
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72626-2 (0-375-72626-8)