From the acclaimed Los Angeles Times  science writer, a wise, witty, and elegant study of how math provides practical solutions to everyday problems.   Are the secrets of the universe written in words—or is it all about the digits? K.C. Cole follows up her paean to the power of physics,... Read More →

Early dramatic works—plus two essays—by the author of Lolita and Pale Fire .   Including The Man from the USSR , The Event , The Pole , and The Grand-dad , this volume collects works for the theater written during Vladimir Nabokov’s émigré years, before his writings in English earned him... Read More →

He is perhaps the ultimate human achievement: a sentient artificial life-form -- self-aware, self-determining, possessing a mind and body far surpassing that of his makers, and imbued with the potential to evolve beyond the scope of his programming. Created by one of the most brilliant and... Read More →

An exhilarating thriller from bestselling author Dayton Ward set in the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, following Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew as they explore the previously uncharted and dangerous Odyssean Pass. Surveying a nebula as part of their continuing exploration of... Read More →

A trio of mind-blowing explorations of space and time from a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author, “one of science fiction’s most revered writers” ( USA Today ).   For SFWA Grand Master Poul Anderson, humanity’s expansion into space exploration was the logical extension of the... Read More →

“A lively and anecdotal history” of the tiny family-run studio where jazz greats from Jelly Roll Morton to Louis Armstrong made their first recordings ( Jazz Times ).   From 1917 to 1932, in a primitive studio next to the railroad tracks, the Gennett family of Richmond, Indiana, recorded some... Read More →

Four volumes of short stories featuring the iconic British aristocrat and sleuth from “one of the greatest mystery story writers” ( Los Angeles Times ).   A gentleman needs hobbies. For Lord Peter Wimsey—a Great War veteran with a touch of shell shock—collecting rare books, sampling fine... Read More →

Her people uprooted by broken promises. Her heart torn by conflicting desires. The Trail of Tears: The forced exodus of the Cherokee people from their homeland in Georgia to make way for the white gold miners and settlers. Katherine Blue Song’s family never lived to see the Trail of Tears.... Read More →