Nonfiction

The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

Isaac Newton

The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended is an approximately 87,000-word composition written by Sir Isaac Newton, first published posthumously in 1728. Since then it has been republished. The work represents one of Newton's forays into the topic of...

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Isaac Newton

Part of the contents originally planned for the first book was divided out into a second book, which largely concerns motion through resisting mediums. Just as Newton examined consequences of different conceivable laws of attraction in Book 1, here h...

The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain

A major theme of the book is that of the conflict between history and the modern world. Twain continually encounters petty profiteering and trivializations of history as he journeys, as well as a strange emphasis placed on particular past events. He...

AROUND THE WAY GIRL

Today, in 2016, Taraji P. Henson is one of the most prominent African-American actresses in the world, and she's a role model for countless young women around the globe. She has more than enough prestigious awards behind her back, and now she's ready...

ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ

In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devil’s Island and Alcatraz ceased to be a prison. Author J. Campbell Bruce chronicles in spellbinding detail the Rock’s transition from...

DISRUPT YOURSELF: PUTTING THE POWER OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION TO WORK

Whitney Johnson

Consider this simple yet powerful idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different—they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist...

WHAT IF?: SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC ANSWERS TO ABSURD HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS

Randall Munroe

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-f...

KILLING LINCOLN

Bill O'Rielly

Bill O'Reilly's groundbreaking Killing series received more positive reviews and prestigious international awards than you can count, and every single time the author manages to deliver yet another gripping, thrilling, facts-based book that conquers...

THE PRINCESS DIARIST

Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher delivers a funny, engaging and deeply intimate story about the "ins and outs" of the very first Star Wars movie. If you're a fan of the saga and want to know what really happened behind the scenes of that legendary film, grab a copy of...

NO-DRAMA DISCIPLINE

Daniel J. Siegel

If you're having trouble with one of the most difficult challenges in raising your kids - discipline - you'll be happy to learn that the bestselling author of Brainstorm, Mr. Daniel J. Siegel, is back with a fundamental work on the subject. There is...