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Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time.

There's a fundamental tension buried within the heart of the CIA's mission to protect the American people: between democratic accountability and the inherent need for secrecy.

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity.

"The New Testament gives us 27 canonical texts-gospels, letters, and more-but these works are only a tiny fraction of the many volumes written about the life of Jesus, his family, and the apos

Nicknamed the "Real-Life Lorax" by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman--aka "CanopyMeg"--Takes us on an adventure into the "eighth

"For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math-and the people who have mastered its inherent power throug

Since antiquity, people have been asking themselves what it means to live a good life. How should I live? What constitutes a good life? What's the role of fate? What's the role of money?

Spirituality is the birthright of every human on earth.

Named Most Anticipated Crime Book of the Year by CrimeReads - A chilling true story--part memoir, part crime investigation--reminiscent of Ann Rule's classic The Stranger Beside Me, about a li

The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with.

From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the first history of New York's most famous residential hotel--The Barbizon--and the remarkable women who lived there.

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski that is already being hailed as "an instant sports classic" (New York Post), The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and mas

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept ...

The history of human civilization is an astonishing story of migration, innovation, and social development.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "Moneyball" and "Liar's poker" comes the story of a young man's rise to football stardom.