Science

What would you do to change your life? LuAnn is beautiful, young and dirt poor. She's married to a low-level drugs dealer whose infidelities and incompetent double-dealing put her and her child's lives at risk. Enter master-criminal "Jackson" who offers her vast wealth if she agrees to help him fidd... More

A riveting read for anyone who has ever shopped for anything or tried to sell something--as well as the culmination of 15 years of meticulous research and observation--this book offers hilarious anecdotes and amazing hard facts about one of America's favorite pastimes.Is there a method to our madnes... More

This completely revised edition of the renowned guide doctors depend on features all-new, important sections about side effects, drug and food interactions, and much more. Includes A-Z listings of more than 1,000 brand-name and generic drugs. Original.Everything you need to know about prescription d... More

There isn’t a business that doesn’t want to be more creative in its thinking, products and processes. In The Art Of Innovation, Tom Kelley, general manager of the Silicon Valley- based firm IDEO, developer of hundreds of innovative products including the palm hand- held, takes readers behind the... More

God Created The Integers is Stephen Hawking's personal choice of the greatest mathematical works in history. He allows the reader to peer into the mind of genius by providing us with excerpts from original mathematical proofs and results. He also helps us understand the progression of mathematical t... More

The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly ene... More

Nancy Friday's second collection of sexual fantasies is even more explicit and outspoken than her erotic masterpiece, "My Secret Garden". The constant refrain from the thousands of women across America who read "My Secret Garden" was, "Thank God I'm not the only one..." who had those wild, exciting,... More

Tips & Tools For Observing The Night Sky Why use the traditional approach to study the stars when you can turn computers, handheld devices, and telescopes into out-of-this-world stargazing tools? Whether you're a first timer or an advanced hobbyist, you'll fi... More

The Tao of Physics is Fritjof Capra's classic exploration of the connections between Eastern mysticism and modern physics. An international bestseller, the book's central thesis, that the mystical traditions of the East constitute a coherent philosophical framework within which the most advanced Wes... More

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 ... More

This is an exceptional text one of the best I have ever read. The text is both thorough and very well written. Biological examples are incorporated throughout and give good incentive for understanding the topics.... More

" 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 peopl... More

These poems by Tagore written primarily to entertain the children moved many contemporary writers. The beauty and simplicity of these poems translated from the Bengali collection of poems Sishu (1903) are very moving. The Globe in its review (1913) described it as 'a revelation more profound and mor... More

These poems by Tagore written primarily to entertain the children moved many contemporary writers. The beauty and simplicity of these poems translated from the Bengali collection of poems Sishu (1903) are very moving. The Globe in its review (1913) described it as 'a revelation more profound and mor... More

Table of contents Chapter 1: The Foundations: Logic and Proofs Chapter 2: Basic Structures: Sets, Functions, Sequences and Sums Chapter 3: The Fundamentals: Algorithms, the Integers, and Matrices Chapter 4: Induction and Recursion Chapter 5: Counting Chapter 6: Advanced Counting Techniq... More

How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it. The secret history of codes and code breaking. Simon Singh’s best-selling title The Code Book now reissued for the young-adult market.  The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. Simon Singh brings life to an amazing story ... More