Mariner Books imprint: 1531 books
The Goldilocks Enigma
Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
An acclaimed physicist and cosmologist considers the multiverse and more: “Very readable indeed . . . This is Doctor Who, but for real.” —*TheGuardian***
The Goldilocks Enigma is Paul Davies’s eagerly awaited return to cosmology, the successor to his critically acclaimed bestseller...
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe
The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A Princeton astrophysicist explores whether journeying to the past or future is scientifically possible in this “intriguing” volume (Neil deGrasse Tyson).
It was H. G. Wells who coined the term “time machine”—but the concept of time travel, both forward and backward, has always provoked...
Water
The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2001
An award-winning, alarming account of “one of the central challenges facing civilization” (The Washington Post Book World).
Offering ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, this “well-researched and thought-provoking book” (Minneapolis Tribune) explains how we are using, misusing,...
What the Robin Knows
How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
A guide to listening to songbirds—the key to observing nature in a whole new way. Includes audio of bird vocalizations!
A lifelong birder, tracker, and naturalist, Jon Young is guided in his work and teaching by three basic premises: the robin, junco, and other songbirds know everything important...
Patterns of Culture
An Enduring Classic
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
An anthropologist compares three diverse societies in this groundbreaking, “unique and important” cultural study (The New York Times).
A remarkable introduction to cultural studies, Patterns of Culture made history in exploring the role of culture in shaping our lives. In it, the renowned...
Driving Mr. Yogi
Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
“A warm, sentimental look at a baseball icon” (The Tampa Tribune).
Driving Mr. Yogi is the story of a unique friendship between two New York Yankees legends—a pitcher and catcher—who share rides, meals, and a bond that transcends the twenty-five-year difference in their ages.
The...
That First Season
How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
The story of a team, a town, and a leader: Vince Lombardi’s first year as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, and how he turned them into a powerhouse.
The once-vaunted Green Bay Packers were a laughingstock by the late 1950s. They hadn’t fielded a winning team in more than a decade, and...
by Stanislaw Lem
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1991
From the author of Solaris, this novel of an encounter with an alien intelligence creates “a terrifyingly plausible picture of a world gone mad” (Kirkus Reviews).
Six explorers—the Captain, Doctor, Engineer, Chemist, Physicist, and Cyberneticist—crash land on a beautiful but strange...
by Stanislaw Lem
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
“A stunningly inventive fantasy about cosmic travel” from the Kafka Prize–winning author of Solaris (The New York Times).
The Hermes explorer ship represents the epitome of Earth’s excellence: a peaceful mission sent forth to make first contact with an alien civilization, and to use...
Peace on Earth
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2002
Robot armies, an arms race in space, and a brain at war with itself add up to “a futuristic version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (The Boston Phoenix).
Anxious to avoid a war that would destroy the entire planet, the major powers of Earth have come to an ingenious compromise. Each country...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
“When it comes to infographics…the best work in this field grabs those eyes, keeps them glued, and the grip is sensual—and often immediate. A good graphic says ‘See what I see!’ and either you do or you don’t. The best ones…pull you right in, and won’t let you go.”
—From the...
Of a Feather
A Brief History of American Birding
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
Beyond Audubon: A quirky, “lively and illuminating” account of bird-watching’s history, including “rivalries, controversies, [and] bad behavior” (The Washington Post Book World).
From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash with birds—great...
I'm Feeling Lucky
The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
A marketing director’s story of working at a startup called Google in the early days of the tech boom: “Vivid inside stories . . . Engrossing” (Ken Auletta).
Douglas Edwards wasn’t an engineer or a twentysomething fresh out of school when he received a job offer from a small but growing...
After Birth
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A fierce novel about the postpartum experience filled with “dark humor and brutal honesty” (People).
A year has passed since Ari gave birth to Walker, though it went so badly awry she has trouble calling it “birth” and she still can’t locate herself in her altered universe. Amid the...