A bold exploration of the human brain's potential by the internationally bestselling author of The Singularity is Near von Kurzweil, Ray

"World War Z" author Max Brooks returns with a book in the form of a guide to surviving a zombie attack, drawing from historical data, lab experiments, field research and eyewitness accounts. A videogame adaptation is also set for...

From childcare to healthcare, provision for the elderly to transparency of taxes, the Nordic countries are world leaders in organising society and it is no wonder Finland has been ranked among the happiest places in the world with an...

China in Ten Words von Yu, Hua

Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their...

Exploring everything from thermo-dynamics to sold state physics, and relating the physics in comic books to such real-world applications as microwave ovens and drivers' air bags, this book shows how comic books have often been ahead of...