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Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae is both the biography of an extraordinary human being and the story of the greatest quest in the history of astronomy since the Copernican revolution. The book is a revealing portrait of scientific genius, an incisive engaging history of ideas, and a shimmering e... More

Newly revised and updated, How to Administer an Estate is a step-by-step, self-help resource that guides you through the entire estate and probate process from start to finish, answering every question along the way such as: What do you need to know before you agree to become an executor?What needs ... More

Rising from an illiterate family to become one of the towering intellects of science, Isaac Newton also had his quirks and a less savory side. Christianson paints an engaging portrait of Newton and the times in which he lived in this engaging volume.Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who a... More

Edwin Hubble's life emerges as the engrossing tale of a talented man in search of something worthy of his commitment, who fails to find it within himself or in the world around him, and is driven to the remotest edge of the universe before he discovers it. A fascinating view of how the scientific el... More

Loren Eiseley challenges us to this day with his uneasy interpretation of humanity's place in the world. The haunting melancholy that pervades much of Eiseley's work grew out of a loveless childhood in which he spent much time alone in the natural world. His mother was mentally ill and his father, a... More

The Lord of Uraniborg is a comprehensive biography of Tycho Brahe, father of modern astronomy, famed alchemist and litterateur of the sixteenth-century Danish Renaissance. Written in a lively and engaging style, Victor Thoren's biography offers interesting perspectives on Tycho's life and presents a... More

For most people, the threat of global warming seems a contemporary one. For Christianson, it is an absorbing historical and scientific process intertwined with two centuries of civilisation and 300 billion years in the life of the planet. He blends the research of a scholar with a novelist’s story... More

Toward the end of his life, Loren Eiseley reflected on the mystery of life, throwing light on those dark places traversed by himself and centuries of humankind. "The Night Country" is a gift of wisdom and beauty from the famed anthropologist. It describes his needy childhood in Nebraska, reveals his... More

In North America, more and more families are adding members through adoption. And there are more ways to adopt?and kinds of adoption?than ever. This quick?start resource will help prospective parents consider key emotional and spiritual issues up front..."before" they plunge into the near?overwhelmi... More