After her father dies, a falconer trains a wild goshawk, mirroring her struggle with loss and the bird's untamed spirit, while also dealing with another falconer's legacy.
Daniel Gilbert explains why people are bad at predicting what will make them happy, exposing the mental errors that trip us up when imagining our future.
Neuroscience shows that our best decisions come from a complex mix of emotion and reason, offering practical ways to use this understanding in everything from choosing a home to investing.
In an era of scientific marvels and Edwardian opulence, a meek doctor's desperate attempt at the perfect murder collides with Marconi's revolutionary wireless, igniting the first global manhunt across the vast, once-silent Atlantic.
With a healthy dose of skepticism and a Barbie doll, Ben Goldacre hilariously dissects the poor science peddled by the media and advertisers, empowering readers to spot the 'brown sludge' in everyday claims.
Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" uncovers humanity's destructive use of pesticides, sparking a global awakening that created the modern environmental movement.
Sam Harris critiques fundamentalist Christianity, challenging its role in public life with arguments about science, ethics, and the link between faith and violence.
Michio Kaku examines the fantastic technologies of science fiction, from invisibility to time travel, showing how close or far we are from making the 'impossible' real.
Bertrand Russell's single volume traces Western philosophy from ancient Greece to logical analysis, showing the interconnected journey of ideas with clarity and wit.
Freud explores the inherent tragedy of human existence, showing how civilization's demands for conformity perpetually clash with our primal aggressive and erotic urges, leaving us burdened with an inescapable, pervasive guilt.
Stephen Hawking explains the universe's biggest mysteries, from the Big Bang to black holes, in a way that makes sense, inviting everyone to understand space and time without complex math.
Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' changed philosophy by examining how human reason works, showing how our minds create experience and setting limits on what we can know.
Sam Harris argues that free will is an illusion, showing how this scientific truth can improve our understanding of morality, justice, and personal responsibility.
Unplug from the modern world and reclaim your focus, productivity, and happiness through science-backed detoxes and biohacking strategies for mind and body.
Two rival deep wreck divers risk their lives in the treacherous Atlantic to identify a mysterious, officially nonexistent WWII German U-boat and its lost crew, forming an unlikely brotherhood with each other and the dead.
Kuhn shows that science progresses through 'paradigm shifts' rather than steady discovery, fundamentally changing our view of how we understand the universe.
During a rare total solar eclipse, three different teenagers meet at a remote campground, where they discover themselves and form unexpected friendships.
