Stephen Hawking has beenan iconic figure inphysics for the last half a century, making many groundbreaking discoveries on the nature of the universe. Yet while his mind roams to the farthest corners of reality, his body has become increasingly trapped bythe advanceof Lou Gehrig's disease, whichhas bound himto awheelchair, without speech or movement except for a few facial muscles. Told in his youth that he would not live past his 20s, Hawking will turn 70 in 2012, and today he continues to inspire millions, drawing rock-concert-sized crowds wherever he lectures. Science writer Kitty Ferguson has been working with Stephen Hawking for decades, and producedan internationally bestsellingbiography of his life in 1992. Now, she brings his life as well as his scientific discoveries up-to-date. This is a remarkable look at how one of the greatest scientific mind alive overcame the odds to become the truly inspirational figure he is today.
 

It is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. Yet, as legal star Alexander reveals, today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against convicted criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans.

The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone, Twain's uncensored autobiography is available in its entirety and exactly as he left it.

Half encyclopedia, half almanac, this book examines the physical world and different spheres of human activity, and presents facts, figures, graphics, and more in a way that tells the interconnected stories of the modern world. Full color.

In his first book for adults, the award-winning, "New York Times"-bestselling author sparks honest dialogues about the crisis in African-American relationships.

rom National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington.
In "Washington: A Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.

Following her sensational "New York Times"-bestselling memoir, "Escape," Jessop returns with the next installment of her inspiring story of flight from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.