Science Civilization

Why do civilizations rise, flourish, weaken, and fall? Centuries before sociology had a name, before modern economics became a discipline, and before historians spoke of systems theory, one fourteenth-century Muslim thinker looked at the rise and fall of nations and saw a hidden pattern. His name was Ibn Khaldun. In his masterpiece, the Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun transformed history from a record of kings and battles into a science of civilization itself. He asked questions that still haunt the modern world: What holds a society together? Why do ruling classes decay? How does wealth weaken the...

Janice Fiamengo was once a true believer, completing a PhD with specialization in feminist literature and theory. Her reading as a university student convinced her that women had been unjustly oppressed for centuries, and that empowered women would lead their societies into a better future. Then she confronted the reality of female rage, false claims, the denial of merit, shattered families, and heartbroken fathers. She saw young men blatantly discriminated against in academic hiring. She came to see that feminism is a false god that leads women to hate by telling them that they are victims.

Why did some thinkers reshape the world—while others were forgotten? Do you wish you could understand the greatest philosophers without reading dozens of heavy books? Are you searching for a clear, engaging introduction to the lives and ideas that shaped human thought? If so, keep reading. First published nearly a century ago, The Story of Philosophy made complex ideas accessible to everyday readers. Will Durant's gift for storytelling brings history’s greatest minds to life—from ancient Egyptian sages to modern European philosophers. Now, this updated and revised edition restores ...

The story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused. They have dictated how we build, eat, communicate, wage war, create art, travel, and worship. Some, such as stone, iron, and bronze, lend their names to the ages. Others, such as gold, silver, and diamond, contributed to the rise and fall of great empires.

#1 New York Times Bestseller New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates Official U.S. edition From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and...

Western civilization has given us modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of law, a sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts we take for granted.

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal “Fascinating.”—TIME ...

Based on a hugely popular Internet documentary, this exploration of historic signs and symbolism determines what the future holds for humanity come 2012. "If you believe there is no special significance to the year 2012, then prepare yourself for a guided tour through the most incredible...

THE SYSTEM: THE LIVING WORLDS SAGA, BOOK 4 The first refugee ship arrives without a name. It descends over Ilara carrying survivors who can still walk, speak, and breathe, but something essential has been cut out of them. They remember affection without names, prayers without gods, treaties they can no longer read, and songs with missing lines. This is not ordinary war. It is cultural murder by precision. Queen Camilla Ilaris has survived siege, conspiracy, and the weapon hidden in her own blood. Now she faces an enemy who does not merely want to conquer worlds, but to edit the memories by ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world...

"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal "Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers...

Six years after the breach event, the sun started transmitting. Commander Elena Vasquez returns to 0.31 AU aboard Helio-8 with one mission: receive what the photosphere has been trying to send. What arrives is not a signal. It's a record—four billion years of operational history from a stellar civilization network that has been watching this neighborhood since before complex life existed on Earth. The record carries a count. Forty-one coherent states, active and transmitting. And a boundary—a propagating threshold moving through the local stellar neighborhood for two centuries, ...

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street...

Think there's an unbridgeable gulf between human and alien thought? Not so! There's a common tongue, all right - and Nicholas Van Rijn speaks it fluently: trade. For behind the buffoonish blarney and bawdy bonhomie of the Falstaffian Van Rijn is a man who gets things done. A born wheeler-dealer who usually leaves both sides better off in the bargain. (While pocketing a hefty cut of the profits himself, of course!)

History books can lie. Rocks don’t; they tell us the real story. We have been taught that civilization began slowly—that the Ancient Egyptians were simple farmers who suddenly learned to stack millions of stones with copper chisels and hemp ropes. We are told the Great Pyramid was a tomb, the Sphinx is a portrait of a pharaoh, and the granite boxes of the Serapeum were for burying bulls. But the stone tells a different story. In The Forbidden Truth of Ancient Egypt, researcher Mohamed Elshenawy dismantles the official narrative—not with speculation, but with hard evidence. By ...

A 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Best Science Fiction! The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! This program is read by Jess Hong, who plays Jin Cheng in 3 Body Problem. Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America. "[Jess] Hong, who stars in the...

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★Amusing Facts For Adventurous Minds★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Are you ready to become the ultimate trivia master? Look no further than "Amusing Facts For Adventurous Minds: 1608 Random Facts In the Realm of History, Human Body, Natural Disasters, Ancient Civilizations, Science and Unbelievable Facts Mashup." Do you want to impress your friends and family with an endless supply of fascinating facts? Discover the benefits of reading this book, including expanding your knowledge and entertaining your loved ones ...

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street...

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. "What I’ll remember most is how [Adrian Tchaikovsky]...

The abyss is waking again. After surviving the nightmare beneath the Mariana Trench, Jack Sullivan hoped humanity had finally escaped extinction. The ancient seals hidden beneath Earth’s oceans remain stable. The terrifying creatures known as the Sleepers have once again been imprisoned. But something older is stirring beneath the Arctic ice. When a classified research expedition vanishes near Iceland after discovering impossible resonance signals beneath frozen Atlantic waters, Jack and Elena are pulled back into the abyss. Hidden beneath miles of ice lies a lost underwater civilization ...