Here are plenty of great anecdotes, quotes, homespun advice, and true accounts--and some of the biggest fishing stories you'll ever encounter.

In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...

"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...

In question-and-answer format, this book introduces the world of transport, detailing cars, trucks, planes, and spacecraft.

This book, divided into one hundred illustrated topic panels, presents information on plants, from acacia trees to ylang-ylangs.

This book, divided into one hundred illustrated topic panels, presents information on birds, from the adelie penguin to the yellow-vented bulbul.

Offers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity.

Having spent over 150 days on his first tour of the International Space Station, it's safe to say that Clayton C. Anderson knows a thing or two about space travel. Now retired and affectionately known as "Astro Clay" by his many admirers on social media and the Internet, Anderson has fielded thousands of questions over the years about spaceflight, living in space, and what it's like to be an astronaut. Written with honesty and razor-sharp wit, It's...