Between 543 and 538 million years ago, something remarkable happened. After hundreds of millions of years of gradual and painstaking evolution, suddenly the process exploded into life. For the first t
Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's astounding explanation is that it was the development of vision in primitive an
Timed to coincide with the subject’s retirement and the 10th anniversary of mentor Dale Earnhardt’s death, an account of the colorful NASCAR driver’s career describes his hardscrabble upbringing and s
An account of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt's career describes his hardscrabble upbringing and strained relationship with brother Darrell while recounting his historic win at the 2001 Daytona 500. Rep
Outraged by the downward spiral of intellect and culture, Michael LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, Blink, which theorized that our best decision-making is do
Every sale is made or lost in 60 seconds—make them count Cold calling and pushing your way into an office or a living room creates an atmosphere of adversity and distrust you must overcome befor
Beginning with one of the most remarkable ecological collapses of recent time, that of the passenger pigeon, Hadlock goes on to survey collapse processes across the entire spectrum of the natural and
Drawing upon her experience in a data-driven school system, Blink describes how such practice interacts with a culture of continuous improvement, the needs of individual students, an environment of hi
Kids grow up in the blink of an eye, so before they do, take advantage of every moment with 366 ideas for making unforgettable family memories—from deciding where to go on vacation by throwing a dart
In the fall of 2012, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, embarked on a series of high-energy experiments. No one knows exactly what went wrong, but in the blink of an eye,
A deeply moving memoir about two lives that were changed in the blink of an eye, and the love that helped them rewrite their future Five months pregnant, on a flight to their “babymoon,” Allison Pat
Every flower petal is unique, just as each of our life stories is unique. In the blink of an eye, Anne Alexander's world was turned upside down and inside out when her thirty-seven-year-old husban
