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A Short History of Living Longer
“Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” —President Barack Obama (on Twitter) �...
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a "cultural critic with a poet's heart" (The Village Voice), tak...
The Natural History of Innovation
Where do good ideas come from? And what do we need to know and do to have more of them? In Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson, one of our most...
A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America
From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the “exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) ...
How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted Forget everything you’ve ever read about the age of dumbed-down, inst...
A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.
In Ghost Map Steven Johnson tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes – anaesthet...
The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan
A young readers adaptation of Steven Johnson's Extra Life, the story of how humans have doubled our lifespan in less than a century—and what to do w...
Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
A brilliant, head-spinning exploration of today's cutting-edge brain research, "Mind Wide Open" is an unprecedented exploration of the nature of the s...
The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now, Farsighted, and Extra Life Combining the deft social analysis of Where Good Ideas Com...
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Extra Life, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this ...
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life “By turns a me...
How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter
Tune in, turn on and get smarter ... The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, The Apprentice, The Sopranos, Grand Theft Auto: We're constantly being told t...
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
“Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wa...
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the...
How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right? Big, life-altering decisions matter so m...
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How Play Made the Modern World
'The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author of Steve JobsWhat connects Pal...
Innovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to p...
How the Digital Medium--from Windows to the Web--Changes the way We Write, Speak
"As our machines are increasingly jacked into global networks of information, it becomes more and more difficult to imagine the dataspace at our finge...
Parents love their children, and nothing makes them more happy than to be able to reward their children with a well deserved reward. To watch their ch...
Drawing on his own expertise in the humanities and on the Web, Steven Johnson not only demonstrates how interfaces - those buttons, graphics, and word...
The Heels
A comprehensive look at the colourful villains, bad guys and heels who give professional wrestling so much of its character - from Gorgeous George and...
A Real-World Approach to CompTIA A+ Soft Skills
Get the communication skills you need for career success with this unique book. Preparing you for exams and beyond, the valuable content delves into t...
Papers presented at the March 1994 symposium are organized into five sections that progress from basic understanding of mechanical damage mechanisms a...
Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport
Four noted wrestling writers discuss the life and death of Chris Benoit, a Canadian professional wrestler who became one of the most popular athletes ...
A Guide to Debating in the Style of the World Universities Debating Championships
Powering the Future brings together material that assesses innovative solutions to the global climate and energy crises. It explores the fundamental d...
The Road from Theory to Practice
Photonic Crystals: The Road from Theory to Practice explores the theoretical road leading to the practical application of photonic band gaps. These ne...
Of interest to researchers and practitioners in materials science, especially in the aerospace industry, 16 papers from a symposium in Atlanta, Georgi...
Testing, Analysis, and Failure Modes
Fourteen peer-reviewed papers on testing techniques, analysis approaches, and descriptions of various failure processes. From the Symposium on [title]...
A Global History
Student Achievement Series (SAS): The Earth and Its Peoples is an innovative survey text and part of a program developed in partnership with teachers ...
A complete, winning approach to the number one small business solution Do you have 75 or fewer users or devices on your small-business network? Find o...
The Complete Blues/Rock Drummer is an advanced instruction book specializing in blues and blues/rock beats. This book includes fills and instrumentals...
Conservatism, Responsibility, and Authority in a Mexican Town
My Brother's Cross By: Steven Johnson My Brother's Cross is a work that is the culmination of verses that came together piece by piece over the years....
Theagood guys of professional wrestling take the spotlight in this comprehensive examination ofathe memorable characters who inspired fans, aproviding...
The official film tie-in to the March 2007 action-packed supernatural blockbuster from Marvel Comics and Sony Pictures - starring Nicolas Cage and Pet...
Bunny Hunt has been kidnapped. Ransom? $50,000 Delivery? Off the end of a pier Problem? Wrong pier. Can George save his Bunny before the kidnapper fee...
Most comprehensive ever look at the colourful villains, heels, bad guys and rule breakers who give pro wrestling so much of its character. With their ...
25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up
A Walk in Our Cleats is an exciting, inside look at 25 notable NFL players and their faith journeys. Each player has faced unique circumstances in sta...
The Storytellers (From the Terrible Turk to Twitter)
The legendary storytellers worthy of a spot in the pro wrestling hall of fame You can’t escape pro wrestling today, even if you want to. Its stars a...