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Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Den Xiaoping. Dang was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late twentieth century.
From one of Outside magazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983.In the spring...
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The river of doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The river of doubt - it is a black,...
New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the captivating, little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"Sensitive, exacting, and lit with the wonder of discovery."--Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer...
"Insightful...draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us."-- The New York Times Book Review Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels,...