Madison and Jefferson

by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

In Madison and Jefferson, esteemed historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg join forces to reveal the crucial partnership of two extraordinary founders, creating a superb dual biography that is a thrilling and unprecedented account of early America.

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The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

by Jonathan Schneer

A book crucial to understanding the Middle East as it is today, The Balfour Declaration is a rich and remarkable achievement, a riveting volume about the ancient faiths and timeless treacheries that continue to drive global events.

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True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World

by Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd

From the author of The Official Preppy Handbook, Lisa Birnbach's True Prep looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV, and polar fleece.

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Forever Young: Dr. Perricone's Nutrigenomic Science for Glowing, Wrinkle-Free Skin and Radiant Health at Every Age

by Nicholas Perricone

Pioneering scientist, inventor, and dermatologist Dr. Nicholas Perricone's latest field of research is Nutrigenomics. This fascinating new science demonstrates how we can alter our genetic blueprint for total face and body rejuvenation.

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

From beloved author Bryson comes a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place people call home. Bryson, writer of A Short History of Everything, takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, and finds it crammed with 10,000 years of fascinating historical bric-a-brac.

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Paint with the Watercolor Masters: A Step-by-Step Guide to Materials and Techniques for Today's Artists

by Jonathan Stephenson

With the aid of this practical guide, amateur artists can explore every aspect of watercolor, from understanding the historical background to learning how to master the many different techniques. The author's own research and experiments shed light on how the watercolor masters actually worked.

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The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

by Roy Clark

In this practical guide, readers learn everything from the different parts of speech to why effective writers prefer concrete nouns and active verbs. The Glamour of Grammar gives readers all the tools they need to take advantage of grammar to perfect their use of English.

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The Grand Design

by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
The first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's great thinkers — a marvelously concise book with new answers to the ultimate questions of life. Here in one brilliantly succinct volume is the accumulative wisdom of a lifetime of thinking about the questions that were once addressed by philosophy, but are now the province of science.

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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception

by Charles Seife

Proofiness, as Charles Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure mathematics for impure ends, and he reminds readers that bad mathematics has a dark side. This penetrating look at the intersection of math and soceity will appeal to readers of Freakonomics and the books of Malcolm Gladwell.

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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

by Susan Casey

Casey follows a unique tribe of extreme surfers as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport, a 100-foot wave. In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Laird Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed against scientists' urgent efforts to understand the destructive powers of waves.

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