Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality
The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand...
Back when the millenium was new, Vago Damitio decided he’d had enough of the corporate world and decided to see what it was like being homeless. Actually, he’d only been in the corpoate world for about six months and he became house-less, not...
Fighter is Len Deighton's brilliant analysis of that most famous of all air battles: the Battle of Britain. Combining his vast knowledge of technology with his skill as a writer, Deighton has produced a superbly balanced account of this crucial...
1917. Free History” is a project that enables participants to find out about the history of 1917 from those who lived during this defining moment of twentieth century history.
The project consists entirely of primary sources. It includes not a...
The Schutzstaffel-SS-(Protection Squad) were the black uniformed elite corps of the Nazi Party. Founded by Adolf Hitler in April 1925 as a small personal bodyguard, the SS grew with the success of the Nazi movement and, gathering immense police and...
A non fiction bookEnormously visceral, emotionally gripping, and imbued with the belief that justice is possible even after the most horrific of crimes, Alice Sebold's compelling memoir of her rape at the age of eighteen is a story that...
This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft — which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.
The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy...