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Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites—some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies). "Astonishing, eye-opening, and inspiring." —Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare There is the tapeworm, which can grow 120 feet in length within the gut...

What if the Internet goes dark? We think of the Internet as wireless, weightless, ever-present—but its true foundation lies in the ocean’s depths, where nearly 900,000 miles of fiber-optic cables quietly pulse with all the world’s information. In The Web Beneath the Waves, the acclaimed...

A dazzling journey into the hidden lives of synanthropes, the wild animals who’ve found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities—from award-winning writer and scientist Dan Werb Synanthropes have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They are the reason...

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 Hunter rose...

From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks, a...

A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universe—and our place within it—in this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos. The universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, minds and memories, purpose and pain. But it doesn’t care about us. It follows its own...

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shared with her audience an abiding sense of wonder at...

From an award-winning University of Oxford professor comes a brilliant, urgent new look at prophecies—the predictions that determine our lives, from our personal finances and the quality of our healthcare to the news and social media we consume and the products foisted upon us. Today’s...

Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature. "[A] thrilling biography-cum-adventure story." —Hampton Sides...

An evocative, uplifting, and thoughtful collection of poems steeped in the natural world, examining life and healing in the aftermath of trauma “An achievement . . . This book reminds us what poetry is capable of.”—José Olivarez, author of Promises of Gold See how the eagles lift now...

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize In this dazzling new biography, Richard Holmes, critically acclaimed author of The Age of Wonder, discovers in Young Tennyson an astonishingly magnetic and mercurial personality, a secretly expressive and highly emotional man haunted by the great...

Man kann nur dann ein harmonisches Leben führen, wenn es einem gelingt, alle Anteile des Lebens nicht nur zu akzeptieren, sondern auch in Balance miteinander zu bringen - Glück und Unglück, Liebe und Verlust, Vergnügen und Arbeit. Ken Mogi, der Autor von »Ikigai«, zeigt auf verständliche Weise, wie man Nagomi in den Alltag integrieren kann, um stressfreier, entspannter und widerstandsfähiger zu werden und somit seinem Leben eine positive Wendung geben kann.

A groundbreaking book about the past, present, and future of pandemics, and a behind-the-scenes portrait of the intrepid and innovative community of scientists working tirelessly to stop the next one before it starts In 1955, the vaccine that eliminated polio was celebrated as a “planned...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Imagine living the life you want to lead, not the one you’re willing to accept. This profound but practical book offers clear steps to stop people pleasing and start living your truth. “A powerful book. If you’ve ever compromised your principles to please others...

An award-winning author and photographer returns to the Arctic to document the effects of climate change. Forty years ago, the park ranger Jon Waterman took his first journey into the Alaskan Arctic, to the Noatak headwaters. He was astonished by the abundant wildlife, the strange landscape, and...

Wie aus den Visionen einer Handvoll Programmierer eine wirtschaftliche und politische Weltmacht erwuchs. Noch nie hat sich ein entscheidendes Kapitel der Menschheitsgeschichte so schnell vollzogen wie die digitale Revolution. Davon handelt das neue Buch von Andrian Kreye. Der renommierte Kulturjournalist hat den Aufstieg der digitalen Technologien von einer Subkultur der Programmierer, Wissenschaftler und utopischen Denker in den 1980er-Jahren zur kulturellen, sozialen und politischen Superkraft der Gegenwart genau verfolgt, vor Ort und mit den zentralen Figuren dieser Bewegung.

One of The New Statesman's Best Books of the Year One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 One of The New Yorker's 'Best Books We've Read in 2024 So Far' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing...

A Most Anticipated Book from Boston Globe, Parade, & Literary Hub From the award-winning author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural world The world is more astonishing, more miraculous, and more wonderful...

A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals'...

An eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and fractured communities—and a call for a more just, sustainable path forward “Megan Kimble manages to turn a book about transportation and infrastructure into a fascinating human drama...