Science:

Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Written by Carl Sagan

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2012
Price: $7.99

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen... Read more >

The Big Idea
How Breakthroughs of the Past Shape the Future
Written by National Geographic
Foreword by Timothy Ferris

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $35.00

From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity—the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the... Read more >

The Science Book
Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works
Written by National Geographic
Foreword by Marshall Brain

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $25.95

The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one volume. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions, scientific facts, and the most up-to-date questions are all explained in detailed text that is complemented by visually arresting graphics.
 
Six major sections... Read more >

Quest For Speed - Simple Guides

Written by Peter Gosling

Format: eBook
On Sale: July 26, 2011
Price: $10.95

Man’s quest for speed is driven by two ambitions. One is the competitive urge to excel — to go as fast as possible by any available means, and preferably to go faster than anybody else. The other, more practical, aim is to make travel and transport as swift and efficient as... Read more >

Theory of Evolution - Simple Guides

Written by John Scotney

Format: eBook
On Sale: July 26, 2011
Price: $10.95

Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the... Read more >

Rocks of Ages
Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life
Written by Stephen Jay Gould

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2011
Price: $13.99

"People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could be unified, or even synthesized, under any common scheme of explanation or analysis; but I also do not understand why the two enterprises should experience any conflict."... Read more >

Billions & Billions
Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Written by Carl Sagan

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $11.99

In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the... Read more >

Broca's Brain
Reflections on the Romance of Science
Written by Carl Sagan

Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $7.99

Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consquences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future that we want to see today.


From... Read more >

Cosmos

Written by Carl Sagan

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $7.99

This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan’s thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan’s remarkable ability to make scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting, Cosmos is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up... Read more >

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... Read more >

Pale Blue Dot
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $13.99

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."
--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around... Read more >

Quest For Speed - Simple Guides

Written by Peter Gosling

Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95

Man’s quest for speed is driven by two ambitions. One is the competitive urge to excel — to go as fast as possible by any available means, and preferably to go faster than anybody else. The other, more practical, aim is to make travel and transport as swift and efficient as... Read more >

Theory of Evolution - Simple Guides

Written by John Scotney

Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95

Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the... Read more >

The Discoveries
Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
Written by Alan Lightman

Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2009
Price: $16.99

In this captivating and lucid book, novelist and science writer Alan Lightman chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing... Read more >

The New York Times Second Book of Science Questions and Answers
225 New, Unusual, Intriguing, and Just Plain Bizarre Inquiries Into Everyday Sci entific Mysteries
Written by C. Claiborne Ray

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99

What would kill you if you fell into a black hole? Once people finally get to Mars, how will they get back? What makes the holes in Swiss cheese? Are there any carnivorous plants that are harmful to humans? Are there really caterpillars that scream to protect themselves? How do birds... Read more >

The Discoveries
Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers
Written by Alan Lightman

Format: Trade Paperback, 594 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2006
Price: $21.00

In this captivating and lucid book, novelist and science writer Alan Lightman chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing... Read more >

New How Things Work
From Lawn Mowers to Surgical Robots and Everthing in Between
Written by John Langone

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $35.00

Covering all areas of technology, The New How Things Work contains the most up-to-date, elaborately illustrated, fascinating, and fun entries that explain how our technology-driven world functions.

Learn about the objects and ideas we encounter every day, and that are changing our lives, from DVDs and MP3s to plasma screen TVs and... Read more >