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Physics, once known as "natural philosophy," is the most basic science, explaining the world we live in, from the largest scale down to the very, very, very smallest, and our understandin

How Can I Keep from Singing? is the compelling story of how the son of a respectable Puritan family became a consummate performer and American rebel.

Les sept nouvelles de Nous renaîtrons peut-être dressent des ponts entre l’humain et le végétal, et entre la vie et la mort.

In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survi

This fast-paced novel takes the world to the brink of destruction when fundamentalist Islamic terrorists acquire nuclear materials, threatening global security and stability.

But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman.

Solving a cold case is extremely difficult and many are left unresolved. In this book, retired NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy details the methodology he created to solve cold case murders.

A landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote’s life’s work in the form he called his “great love,” The Complete Stories confirms Capote’s status as a master of the short story.

Short fiction examining the mysteries of human character, from a New York Times–bestselling author acclaimed as “among the best in American literature” (Kirkus Reviews).

Addiction: What's Really Going On? contains powerful true-life stories woven together to form a tapestry filled with pain, joy, defeat, and success.

The stories collected in Bear and His Daughter span nearly thirty years - 1969 to the present - and they explore, acutely and powerfully, the humanity that unites us.

Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia.

"Excellent...Tucker's chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating." -The Economist.

Essence and emblem of life—feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times—human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commer

Needless to say, moments like now, when the hurdles to becoming a respected author are at their lowest.