Science & Technology

Space 2.0

by Rod Pyle; foreword by Buzz Aldrin; read by Jack de Golia

In Space 2.0, space historian Rod Pyle, in collaboration with the National Space Society, will give you an inside look at the next few decades of spaceflight and long-term plans for exploration, utilization, and settlement.
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Spelunky

by Derek Yu; read by Austin Ku

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available July

Spelunky is Boss Fight's first autobiographical book: the story of a game's creation as told by its creator. Using his own game as a vehicle, Derek Yu discusses such wide-ranging topics as randomization, challenge, indifferent game worlds, player feedback, development team dynamics, and what's required to actually finish a game. Learn More

Splinters of Infinity

by Mark Wolverton; read by Steve Marvel

The riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize–winning scientists over the nature of cosmic rays and the universe. Learn More

Still Waters

by Curt Stager; read by Matthew Josdal

Still Waters is a fascinating exploration of lakes around the world, from Walden Pond to the Dead Sea. Learn More

Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think

by Byron Reese; read by Stephen Bel Davies

What makes the human mind so unique? And how did we get this way? This fascinating tale explores the three leaps in our history that made us what we are—and will change how you think about our future. Learn More

Storming the Heavens

by Gerald Horne; read by Bill Quinn

The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this account and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African Americans to gain the right to fly. Learn More

A Story of Us

by Lesley Newson, Pete Richerson; read by Mike Cooper

Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson, a husband-and-wife team based at the University of California, Davis, have spent years researching and collaborating with scholars from a wide range of disciplines to produce a deep history of humankind. In A Story of Us, they present this rich narrative and explain how the evolution of our genes relates to the evolution of our cultures. Learn More

The Sun

by Philip Judge; read by Patrick Lawlor

This Very Short Introduction explores what we know about the Sun—its physics, its structure, origins, and future evolution. Learn More

Supernavigators

by David Barrie; read by David Barrie

A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals—by land, sea, and sky. Learn More

Swearing Is Good for You

by Emma Byrne; read by Henrietta Meire

In a sparkling debut in the entertaining pop science vein of Mary Roach, scientist Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. Learn More

Symphony in C

by Robert M. Hazen; read by Paul Brion

An enchanting biography of the most resonant—and most necessary—chemical element on Earth. Learn More

Take to the Trees

by Marguerite Holloway; read by Marguerite Holloway

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available June

An empowering journey into the overstory with the arborists and forest experts safeguarding our iconic trees. Learn More

A Taste for the Beautiful

by Michael J. Ryan; read by Eric Martin

In A Taste for the Beautiful, Michael Ryan, one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, tells the remarkable story of how he and other scientists have taken up where Darwin left off and transformed our understanding of sexual selection, shedding new light on human behavior in the process. Learn More

Tasting the Past

by Kevin Begos; read by PJ Ochlan

A chance encounter with an obscure vintage made near Jerusalem leads journalist Kevin Begos to seek the origins of wine. What he discovers is a whole world of forgotten grapes, each with distinctive tastes and aromas, as well as the archaeologists, chemists, and botanists who are deciphering wine down to molecules of flavor. Learn More