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Human curiosity has led us to explore our solar system, landing on the moon and sending spacecraft to study distant planetary objects.

Computer software and its structures, devices and processes are woven into our everyday life.

The six essays that make up this compelling book view the long shadow of past guilt as a German experience as well as a global one.

The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showca

Nothing fascinates us more than explorations of human origins, and nobody tells the story better than Ian Tattersall.

For a quarter century, the annual Best American Sports Writing has showcased the greatest sports journalism of the previous year.

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In the tradition of E.M. Forster, John Gardner, and James Wood, Douglas Glover has produced a book on writing at once erudite, anecdotal, instructive, and amusing.

The essays and reportage in 'How to Breathe Underwater' offer a panoramic overview of this age of radical change from the online gambling boom in the Caribbean to Cyberjaya, the Malaysian governmen

In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that mark his novels and non-fiction.

In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's surface, there is always a chance an unseen pebble will knock your ball in an unexpected direction.

What would Obama's 2004 campaign have looked like if it unfolded in an African nation? What does it mean to be an African writer today?

In this essay collection, Henighan ranges across continents, centuries and linguistic traditions to examine how literary culture and our perception of history are changing as the world grows smalle

Clark Blaise is a North American treasure, one of a handful of the truly important short story writers in the last 50 years.