To anyone interested in the roots of modern science fiction, the name of Ray Cummings should be well known. He wrote science fiction and fantasy before the name "e;science fiction"e; had been coined, publishing fantastic yarns in Argosy, Munsey's Magazine, and other mainstream pulp magazines[...]

From leading researchers, this book presents important advances in understanding how growing up in a discordant family affects child adjustment, the factors that make certain children more vulnerable than others, and what can be done to help. It is a state-of-the-science follow-up to the authors sem[...]

Does your competitor always get the sale, even though your products and service are just as good?if not better? Why are some companies? once-trusted brands now deemed worthless? Do you have to continually sell to your existing customers as though they are brand-new ones? After many years of diligent[...]

We all make mistakes. Nobody's perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists[...]

This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience. Hunter-gatherers have been the focus of intense anthropological research and discussion over the last hundred years,[...]

2457 AD. The longest space voyage in history has begun: 230 light years from a ravaged Earth to the pristine star system of New Eden ? a beacon of hope following the Doom Star days. Aboard the ship are human colonizers, the Space Navy, fierce ?Monitors? once bred to fight Cyborgs, and four ?Specials[...]

A revolution is under way.In recent years, Google s autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM s Watson trounced the best human "Jeopardy " players. Digital technologies with hardware, software, and networks at their core will in the near future diagnose diseases mor[...]

"The writing is humorous, painful, awesome in its effect on both mind and heart There are few modern novels to match it." "Rolling Stone"On an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound interlopers to buy up land before the Un develops it and its value skyrockets. Martian Union leader Arnie K[...]

August Shroeder, a burned-out teacher, has been sober since his 19-year-old son died. Every year he s spent the summer on the road, but making it to Yellowstone this year means everything. The plan had been to travel there with his son, but now August is making the trip with Philip s ashes instead. [...]

We all make mistakes. Nobody s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists[...]

A revolution is under way.In recent years, Google's autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM's Watson trounced the best human "Jeopardy " players. Digital technologies?with hardware, software, and networks at their core?will in the near future diagnose diseases mor[...]