The world of work has changed. People in previous generations tended to pick one professional path and stick to it. Switching companies every few years wasn't the norm, and changin...
From Publishers WeeklyThis sprawling text reconstructs the history of civilization in order to illuminate the importance of water in human development from the first civilizations ...
Swan SongLike the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And...
In this rich, irreverent, compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and t...
This book gathers all seven of the dramas of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane. Support...
"That rarest of beasts: the perfect thriller. This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing—I quite literally couldn’t put it down. I told myself I'd just dip in; eleven hours late...
The Tales of Alvin Maker, Volume 1 by Orson Scott Card (c) 1987 by Orson Scott Card v1.1 (Jan-24-1999) If you find and correct errors in the text, please update the version number ...