A memoir from the Newsweek foreign correspondent in which he explores his relationship with his father, a spy with the CIA whose murky past causes a lifetime of suspicion and deception.
A memoir from the Newsweek foreign correspondent in which he explores his relationship with his father, a spy with the CIA whose murky past causes a lifetime of suspicion and deception.
Chronicles the ancient history of Israel and its prophets, from Samson to Elijah.
Chronicles the ancient history of Israel and its prophets, from Samson to Elijah.
Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.
Revealing the secret history of punctuation, this tour of two thousand years of the written word, from ancient Greece to the Internet, explores the parallel histories of language and typography throughout the world and across time.
"Science writing as detective story at its best."?Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific AmericanA New York Times NotableEbola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pa…
"This ... is a new annotated translation ... in which Corngold follows the German text closely, never knowingly using a word that was not current in English at the time the novel was written. "Backgrounds and Contexts" contains letters and diary entries written by Goethe and Joh…
Debunks beliefs based on the assumption that human beings have finished evolving and defends the assertion that modern man is not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors.
Debunks beliefs based on the assumption that human beings have finished evolving and defends the assertion that modern man is not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors.