What have we not done to live forever? Adam Leith Gollner, the critically acclaimed author of The Fruit Hunters, weaves together religion, science, and mythology in a gripping exploration of the most
In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clini
“Nothing about us without us” has been a core principle of American disability rights activists for more than half a century. It represents a response by people with disabilities to being treated with
Just after sunrise on 16 June 1915, two infantry brigades of British 3rd Division leapt out of their shallow trenches and charged out into No Man’s Land. Their objective was a spur of German-occupied
There is a road every woman must travel in order to truly discover who she is in the Lord. We are all buried beneath voices of what people have told us about ourselves, messages telling us who and wha
Finally, a much-needed voice for the spouses and partners of prostate cancer survivors—an unflinchingly honest and beautifully written memoir about one couple's struggles and transformation tha
Finally, a much-needed voice for the spouses and partners of prostate cancer survivors—an unflinchingly honest and beautifully written memoir about one couple's struggles and transformation tha
The war in Iraq is not only controversial, it's also astronomically expensive. Now Rob Simpson answers the question many concerned Americans have been asking: Wasn't there some other way the governmen
The inhabitants of New Hope, Nebraska, have done their best to put the Civil War with all its turmoil and devastation behind them. By 1878, the town is prospering. Three daily railroad stops. Grocerie
From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each themed issue of Granta turns the attention of the world's best writers on to one aspect of the way
In this #1 New York Times best-selling book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical, and accessible plan to bring the world's greenhouse gas emissions down to zero in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal.He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function
