Harpercollins E Books: 5637 books
Mind of the Raven
Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process,...
You Are Here
A Portable History of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“You Are Here is not just physics for poets, but as close to poetry or music as science is ever likely to get. Christopher Potter’s narrative is as imaginative, ingenious, and elegantly concise as it is user-friendly.” — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
“A personal, brilliant,...
Lab 257
The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds -- and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island in the...
This Will Change Everything
Ideas That Will Shape the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
“This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Editor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic...
The Whale
In Search of the Giants of the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
“Unpredictable and amusing and informative and original, cavorting between biology, history, travel writing, and memoir.”
—Mark Kurlansky
The Whale by Philip Hoare is a enthralling and eye-opening literary leviathan swimming in similar bestselling waters as Cod and The Secret Life...
The Science of Liberty
Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
“Ferris is a master analogist who conveys his insights on the history of cosmology with a lyrical flair.” —The New York Times Book Review
In The Science of Liberty, award-winning author Timothy Ferris—called “the best popular science writer in the English language today” by the...
Vaccinated
Triumph, Controversy, and An Uncertain F
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Maurice Hilleman's mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister stillborn. As an adult, he said that he felt he had escaped an appointment with death. He made it his life's work to see that others could do the same. Born into the life of a Montana chicken farmer, Hilleman ran off to the...
Periodic Tales
A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of...
Small Wonder
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. From its opening parable gleaned from recent news about a lost child saved in an astonishing way, the book moves on to consider...
The Story of Sushi
An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Everything you never knew about sushi—its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, and the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it
Trevor Corson takes us behind the scenes at America's first sushi-chef training academy, as eager novices strive to master the elusive...
Why We Run
A Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In Why We Run, biologist, award-winning nature writer, and ultramarathoner Bernd Heinrich explores a new perspective on human evolution by examining the phenomenon of ultraendurance and makes surprising discoveries about the physical, spiritual -- and primal -- drive to win. At once lyrical and scientific,...
by Annie Dillard
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "mystery, death, beauty, violence."
Warped Passages
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for now.
Warped Passages is a brilliantly readable and altogether exhilarating journey...
The Bond
Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
“If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.”
—Jane Goodall
“The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving.”
—John Mackey, CEO and Co-founder of Whole Foods Market
“The...