Technology & The Future

Richard Dawkins’s classic remains the definitive argument for our modern understanding of evolution.   The Blind Watchmaker is the seminal text for understanding evolution today. In the eighteenth century, theologian William Paley developed a famous...

From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the...

Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so...

This work has become a benchmark of popular anthropology and psychology.Zoologist Desmond Morris considers humans as being simply another animal species in this classic book first published in 1967. Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal in love,...

"A profoundly intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain." —Oliver Sacks   In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases—from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb...

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day—"the longitude problem."Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)Boardwalk Empire meets The Vanishing Half with a touch of earth magic in this sexy and action-packed historical fantasy set in the luminous Golden Twenties from debut author Desideria Mesa, where a part-time reporter...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer is a story told across Christmases, rooted in loneliness, horror, and the ever-lurking presence of Krampus written by World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winning author M...

The stakes couldn’t be higher in the newest novel in the New York Times bestselling, pulse-pounding Jane Yellowrock series.Jane Yellowrock is the queen of the vampires, and that makes her a target as she fights to maintain control and keep peace in the...

“Amazing! One of the twistiest time-tales I’ve ever read.”–Diana Gabaldon“Crichtonesque thrillers don’t come much better than this... Readers won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough.”–Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)From the worldwide bestselling...

A Chicago cul-de-sac is about to get a new neighbor...of the demonic kind.Amy Foster considers herself lucky. After she left the city and moved to the suburbs, she found her place quickly with neighbors Liz, Jess, and Melissa, snarking together from the...

(Available after 3-20 days)“Bianca Marais is a genius” — Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat.Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish...

A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance."Never make a deal...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)"[A] cheeky lesbian stoner fantasy . . . This is gallows humor with a light touch."—The New York Times Book ReviewA Most Anticipated Pick for Autostraddle | LGBTQ ReadsAward-winning author Kelly Robson returns...

(Available after November 30th, 2022) From Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall comes “a layered and incisive examination of power.”—Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder GirlsAll martyrdoms are difficult.Elfreda Raughn will avoid...

An effortlessly rich and lyrical mystery wrapped in a love story that bends space, time, myth and science, perfect for fans of Octavia Butler and Emily St. John Mandel.Sol has disappeared. Their Earth-born wife Lumi sets out to find them but it is no...

When an army of giant robot AIs threatens to devastate Earth, a virtuoso pianist becomes humanity's last hope in this bold, lightning-paced, technicolor space opera series from the author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe.   Jazz pianist Gus...

A dark, gorgeous reimagining about what happened to Captain Hook after Neverland from the bestselling author of Wendy, Darling – filled with eerie suspense and heart-breaking anguishOnce invited, always welcome.Once invited, never free.Captain James...

A sweeping near future dystopic fantasy in the Octavia Butlerian vein of the Parable of the Sower novels.Political activist and anarchist author Aric McBay (Full Spectrum Resistance) toggles between the years 2028 and 2051 to give us the experience, with...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Best Book of 2021—Bloomberg Businessweek; A Best Science Book of 2021—The Guardian; A Best Science Book of 2021—Financial Times; A Best Philosophy Book of 2021—Five Books; A Best Book of 2021—The EconomistAnil Seth's quest to...