Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $13.99
"A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."
*Los Angeles Times
"POWERFUL . . . A stirring defense of informed rationality. . . Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing."
*The...
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Mycelium Running
How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Written by Paul Stamets
Format: Trade Paperback, 356 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more
mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.
The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called...
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Science Set Free
10 Paths to New Discovery
Written by Rupert Sheldrake
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $13.99
The bestselling author of Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home offers an intriguing new assessment of modern day science that will radically change the way we view what is possible.
In
Science Set Free (originally published to acclaim in the UK as
The Science Delusion), Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, one of the...
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2010
Price: $11.99
Bill Bryson is one of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers. In
A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey–into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It’s a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts...
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UFOs
Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
Written by Leslie Kean
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $25.99
An Air Force major is ordered to approach a brilliant UFO in his Phantom jet over Tehran. He repeatedly attempts to engage and fire on unusual objects heading right toward his aircraft, but his missile control is locked and disabled. Witnessed from the ground, this dogfight becomes the subject of a...
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The Demon in the Freezer
A True Story
Written by Richard Preston
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $7.99
“The bard of biological weapons captures
the drama of the front lines.”-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy
The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In...
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The Hidden Reality
Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Written by Brian Greene
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $12.99
From the best-selling author of
The Elegant Universe and
The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most expansive and accessible book to date—a book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only universe?
There was a time when “universe” meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in...
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