What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as co...
Up from the sands of Egypt rises the Great Pyramid, where Hemiunu, Pharaoh’s Grand Vizier, commands the historic building project as he orders his life—with justice, truth, and pre...
From Publishers WeeklyDespite her cushy Pasadena life and marriage to the preciously nicknamed "Milky," part-time college teacher Dahlia Chang suffers blackouts and headaches, can'...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Her new husband may be handsome - but his heart is black Desperate to safeguard the future of her precious nephew, penniless Lady Artemis Dearing will do anything...
He rarely kills in anger; his is a war of cold methodology and precise maneuvers - but in this Boston campaign we find our warrior moving with a blazing determination to shake that...
In the 24th installment of Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones series of illustrated early chapter books, Boo... And I Mean It!, the precocious first grader is worried about Halloween--w...
Product DescriptionMelville's short stories are masterpieces. The best are to be appreciated on more than one level and those presented here are rich with symbolism and spiritual d...
Lonely Planet BarcelonaLeave your preconceptions about architecture behind at the curving, coral-like facade of Gaudí’s whimsical Casa BatllóSend your tastebuds to sea...
Product DescriptionHere is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep a...