Using the apple, cannabis, the tulip and the potato as case studies, this book sets forth a theory that these plants evolved in such a way as to have man select them for survival because of their benefits to him.
This book reconstructs the history of the last voyage of the whaling ship Essex, which sailed in 1819 from Nantucket to the Pacific Ocean, where it sank after being rammed by a whale.
A history of the evolution of cryptographic methodologies that paralleled the development of the modern computer.
A fictional account of a man turned to desperation by the circumstances of his life.
An evocative novel of self discovery about a woman trying to cope with the death of a loved one, and the life that remains beyond it.
The story of the sinking of the steamship Arctic in the Atlantic Ocean in 1854.
An account of the disastrous 1979 Fastnet Boat Race from England to Ireland and back during one of the worst storms ever to strike the area.
The true story of a group of army rangers who successfully rescued over five hundred inmates of Japanese POW camp Cabanatuan Prison in the Phillippines during World War II.
An articulate and erudite pursuit through the temporal and spatial ramifications of the universe described by Albert Einstein's theories of general and special relativity.
Accounts of all known deaths in the Grand Canyon.
The story of William Stone's 1994 expedition that explored the underground Huautla Cave System in southeastern Mexico.
The true story of the pursuit, capture, trial and conviction of John Orr, a California arson inspector who set a series of tragic fires across the state during the late nineteen eighties.
This memoir of a prisoner residing in the Nevada State Penitentiary for twelve years after plea bargaining a voluntary manslaughter charge tells how he became reconciled to his sentence.
An anthology of stories, some true and some fictional, about getting away.
An accessible tale of mathematician Andrew Wiles' successful pursuit to prove Pierre de Fermat's Last Theorem.
An alternative history, and view, of the turbulent events that shaped the nineteen sixties in the United States.
An exploration of the nature of living, or dying, in post-modern America.
A fictional prequel about the defection of a Russian communications officer to the United States in the early nineteen eighties.
A dense, difficult cyberpunk science fiction novel about the merging of reality and virtual reality at the threshold of sensory overload.
A book of essays by a roving correspondent about everything from forest fires to war torn Afghanistan, with stops in Bosnia, Cypress, Kashmir and Sierra Leone.
An activist liberal's rant about the state of the nation, with a moral - get involved.
The Chairman and CEO of Starbucks, tells about the founding and building of that company, one cup at a time.