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  • Alan Turing: The Enigma

    The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game - Updated Edition

    by Andrew Hodges, Andrew Hodges ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades—all before his suicide at ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Flinders

    The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH

    by Grantlee Kieza ...
    The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the mapIn 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French. Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead - a premature, tragic end to one of the world's greatest maritime adventurers who circumnavigated and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition

    A Family Manual

    by E. Fuller Torrey ...
    Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, treatment plans, commonly asked questions and more, the bestselling resource on schizophrenia is back—now in its seventh edition.“E. Fuller Torrey is a brilliant writer. There is no one writing on psychology today whom I would rather read.”— Los Angeles TimesSince its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • I've Seen the End of You

    A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know

    by W. Lee Warren M.D. ...
    This gripping inspirational memoir grapples with the tension between faith and science—and between death and hope—as a seasoned neurosurgeon faces insurmountable odds and grief both in the office and at home.WINNER OF THE ECPA CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD® • “Beautiful, haunting, powerful.”—Daniel G. Amen, MDDr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Gunpowder & Glory

    The Explosive Life of Frank Brock OBE

    by Harry Smee, Henry Macrory ...
    The thrilling biography of the brilliant British inventor and daredevil war hero whose efforts saved countless lives during WWI.Though he only lived to be 33, Wing Commander Frank Brock had accomplished much in his short life. The scion of the world-famous Brock Fireworks company, he is best known as the inventor of the Brock Bullet—the explosive bullet used to destroy German Zeppelins. He also ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lovely One

    A Memoir

    by Ketanji Brown Jackson ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji BrownJackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America’s highest court within the span ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Breaking Through

    My Life in Science

    by Katalin Karikó ...
    A powerful memoir from Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines“Katalin Karikó’s story is an inspiration.”—Bill Gates“Riveting . . . a true story of a brilliant biochemist who never gave up or gave in.”—Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in ChemistryA KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Elon Musk

    by Walter Isaacson ...
    **#1 New York Times bestsellerFrom the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.**When Elon Musk was a kid in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Ignition!

    An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

    by John Drury Clark ...
    This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John Drury Clark writes with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Le Médecin malgré lui

    by Molière ...
    "Le Médecin malgré lui" est une pièce en trois actes écrite par Molière qui se situe entre la farce et la comédie. Elle a été montée pour la première fois le 6 août 1666 par la troupe du Roi.RésuméSganarelle, un pauvre bûcheron, rend la vie un enfer vivant pour sa femme et sa famille en dépensant peu qu'il gagne sur la nourriture et des boissons. Comme le jeu ouvre, on le voit discuter avec et ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Between Two Kingdoms

    A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

    by Suleika Jaouad ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American SymphonyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • The Girl With Nine Wigs

    A Memoir

    by Sophie van der Stap ...
    'It's Saturday and everything is different. No, I didn't go to the market this morning and I didn't have my usual coffee on Westerstraat. And no, I wasn't getting ready for a new semester at college. Next Monday, January 31st, I have to admit myself at the hospital for my first chemotherapy session. For the next two months, I'm expected each week for a fresh shot of vincristine, etoposide, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

    And Other Clinical Tales

    by Oliver Sacks ...
    **THE INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING NBC SERIES BRILLIANT MINDS *•*In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and "poet laureate of medicine” (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who gain extraordinary new skills.“Oliver ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Bringing Columbia Home

    The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

    by Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward ...
    Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space HipstersThe dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    by Lori Gottlieb ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing.”—Katie Couric“This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book.”—Arianna Huffington, Founder, Huffington Post and Founder & CEO, Thrive Global“Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book.”—... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Thunderstruck

    by Erik Larson ...
    A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $5.99 USD

  • How to Be a Wildflower

    A Field Guide

    by Katie Daisy ...
    A field guide to finding calm, creativity, and self-discovery through encounters with nature.A fresh perspective, an outdoor exploration, a new adventure about to begin—How to Be A Wildflower is a book for celebrating these and other wide-open occasions. Encouraging self-discovery through encounters with nature, beloved artist Katie Daisy brings her beautiful paintings and lettering to this ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Diary of a Young Girl

    by Anne Frank ...
    Among the most powerful accounts of the Nazi occupation, "The Diary of Anne Frank" chronicles the life of Anne Frank, a thirteen-year old girl fleeing her home in Amsterdam to go into hiding. Anne reveals the relationships between eight people living under miserable conditions: facing hunger, threat of discovery and the worst horrors the modern world had seen. In these pages, she grows up to be a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

    Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

    by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ...
    Now a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a SlaveWilliam Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Chaser

    Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words

    by John W. Pilley, Hilary Hinzmann ...
    “This marvelous blend of good science and heartwarming dog story will inspire all of us to reexamine our canine friends.” —Booklist, starred reviewThe *New York Times–*bestselling story of a very smart Border collie who redefined animal intelligence. A joyous explanation of behavior, learning, and perception—any pet owner, parent, teacher, or psychologist will be enriched by this book.When retired ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Knife Man

    Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery

    by Wendy Moore ...
    The vivid, often gruesome portrait of the 18th-century pioneering surgeon and father of modern medicine, John Hunter.When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.From humble origins, John ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

    by Richard Munson ...
    "[A] penetrating biography…Munson makes vivid the genius’s eventful life." —Barbara Kiser, NatureNikola Tesla invented radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories. In the early 1900s, he designed plans for cell phones, the Internet, death-ray weapons, and interstellar communication. His ideas have lived on to shape the modern economy, yet he ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Contrarian

    Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power

    by Max Chafkin ...
    **A New York Times Notable BookA biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics“Max Chafkin’s The Contrarian is much more than a consistently shocking biography of Peter Thiel, the most important investor in tech and a key supporter of the Donald ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • American Prometheus

    The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER

    by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ...
    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD