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One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and

Nathan Myhrvold and the culinary wizards at The Cooking Lab redefined what a cookbook can be with Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking.

Dr. Jensen and his team have developed a method of reprogramming the bodyΓÇÖs own immune system to kill cancer without the devastating side effects of radiation and chemotherapy.

Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and GoogleΓÇöand how itΓÇÖs reshaping the way we think about technology The rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the business of making computers.

In 1969, physicist Gerard OΓÇÖNeill began looking to space colonies as humanityΓÇÖs new frontier; a decade later, engineer Eric Drexler turned his attention to the molecular world.

The human body has undergone numerous changes over millions of yearsΓÇöweΓÇÖve moved onto two feet, away from a fruit-based diet, into superlative athletic abilities, and with very large brains.

For decades, organizational leaders have been instructed in the same conventional way: try to think outside the box. The problem is that doing this is often enormously difficult.

Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century.

How to get past the most common myths about creativity to design truly innovative strategies We tend to think of creativity in terms reminiscent of the ancient muses: divinely-inspired

What happens when an old-school management guru leaves the books and lectures behind to lead a young team at a revolutionary company, with no email, no offices, and no rules?

On June 10, 2006, Jordan Hanssen and four college friends stepped into a 29-foot rowboat as the only American competitors in the first North Atlantic Rowing Race, pulling across the northern ocean.

MEET DON TILLMAN, a brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics, whoΓÇÖs decided itΓÇÖs time he found a wife.

Jaron Lanier is the bestselling author of You Are Not a Gadget, the father of virtual reality, and one of the most influential thinkers of our time.

David Ewalt recounts the development of Dungeons & Dragons from the gameΓÇÖs roots on the battlefields of ancient Europe, through the hysteria that linked it to satanic rituals and teen suicides, to

For six months Andrew Skurka skied, hiked, and packrafted 4,700 miles in a giant loop around Alaska and CanadaΓÇÖs Yukon. His route passed just beneath Mt.

How do you infer the 3D properties of the world from a single image?

Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller.

We all make mistakes, because nobody is perfectΓÇöand that includes five of the greatest scientists in history: Darwin, Lord Kelvin, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Einstein.

Mobile devices and the web have invaded our lives.

Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw, offers his most provocative---and dazzling---book yet.

Are you where you want to be professionally?

Our society is at a crossroads. Smart technology is transforming our world, making many aspects of our lives more convenient, efficient and - in some cases ΓÇô fun.

The world is quickly changing in ways we find hard to comprehend. Successful methods of dealing with problems have become outmoded.

Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that transformed the basic concept of human-powered

Maria SempleΓÇÖs new Seattle-based book, WhereΓÇÖd You Go, Bernadette, is a hilarious take on our fair city and all it has to offer ΓÇö Craftsman houses, helicopter parents and, of course, the

Join us on a whirlwind journey through the internetΓÇÖs recent history, telling the stories of innovators and entrepreneurs that have shaped the online marketing industry and left their indelible

When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum.

We're beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself.

January 2013 marks a historic moment in publishing: A MEMORY OF LIGHT, the 14th and final volume in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time®, brings to a close the legendary epic fantasy series that

We live in a world thatΓÇÖs increasingly social, interdependent and transparent. And in this world, feminine values are ascendant.