The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics)

Arrian

Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt, revised by J. R. Hamilton. 'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. Arrian's o...

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments

George Johnson

From the universally praised "New York Times" science writer George Johnson comes an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science - moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply. Contents: Chapt...

That Old Cape Magic

Richard Russo

Jack and Joy Griffin are back on Cape Cod - where they spent their hope-filled honeymoon - for a wedding. Cracks are beginning to show in Jack's peaceful family life and thirty-four year marriage. He's driving round with his father's ashes in an urn in the boot of his car, haunted by memories of bitters...

The Knowledge Gap

Wexler, Natalie

The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty.   It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it...