Salt: A World History
The only rock we eat once financed wars, secured empires, and sparked revolutions. How did this humble mineral shape civilizations from ancient China to modern times?
The Gene: An Intimate History
From Aristotle to CRISPR, a Pulitzer Prize-winning oncologist weaves science, history, and his family's struggle with mental illness into a gripping story of heredity and human identity.
When Breath Becomes Air
A neurosurgeon at 36 faces terminal lung cancer and must confront what makes life worth living. A profound memoir on mortality, meaning, and the doctor who became the patient.
Into the Wild
A young man abandons everything after college, renames himself Alexander Supertramp, and ventures into Alaska's wilderness where he dies alone in an abandoned bus. What drove him to this fate?
Cosmos
Carl Sagan's groundbreaking journey through 15 billion years of cosmic evolution reveals how science and civilization grew together, transforming matter into consciousness.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Learn how to escape the mental traps of ego and time by anchoring yourself in the present moment for lasting peace and spiritual awakening.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Why introverts are undervalued in a culture obsessed with extroversion and how their hidden strengths can reshape leadership, creativity, and success.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Learn how ordering consciousness unlocks true happiness. A state of deep enjoyment, creativity, and total involvement with life awaits those who control their inner experience.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
How did our species go from unremarkable apes to world dominators? Learn why Homo sapiens outlasted six other human species and what our future holds.
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking explains how the universe began, why time moves forward, and what black holes reveal about reality in this bestselling journey from the Big Bang to the boundaries of space.