Dan: 4385 books
Tesla's Secret Papers
Keeping Nikola Tesla's Dream Alive, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Would free energy save the world...or destroy it?
Jack Cullen's life changes when he finds long lost papers from Nikola Tesla. With secrets obtained from these classified documents, Cullen hopes to transform the way the world uses energy today. But he never suspected sinister forces would want...
Extreme Makeover
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Dan Well's Extreme Makeover is a satirical new suspense about a health and beauty company that accidentally develops a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA.
Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As...
by Dan Casey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Perfect for Star Wars fans who think they already know everything
On May 25, 1977, the world of science fiction, film, and pop culture was changed forever with the release of Star Wars. The beginning of this epic space opera franchise would inspire an expanded universe of creativity, including...
Python Tricks
A Buffet of Awesome Python Features
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
“I don’t even feel like I’ve scratched the surface of what I can do with Python” With Python Tricks: The Book you’ll discover Python’s best practices and the power of beautiful & Pythonic code with simple examples and a step-by-step narrative. You'll get one step closer to mastering...
The Commitment
Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2005
Dan Savage’s mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says “no thanks” because he doesn’t want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren’t “allowed” to get married, but that he’d like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into...
Before I Forget
Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
**“A powerful portrait of Alzheimer’s…marked by strong emotions and often bleak honesty.”
—The Washington Post
“The vulnerability, courage, and honesty in Before I Forget are heart-opening. Fear can be paralyzing…yet B. and Dan beautifully demonstrate that there is a different...
Nine Lives
Death and Life in New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.
“Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that...
Toms River
A Story of Science and Salvation
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award • “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times
The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting,...
The Upside of Irrationality
The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
“Dan Ariely is a genius at understanding human behavior: no economist does a better job of uncovering and explaining the hidden reasons for the weird ways we act.” — James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds
Behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably...
Mass Made Simple
A Six-Week Journey Into Bulking
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
What does it take to build solid power and size? Gaining lean body mass is the Holy Grail and the Lost City of Gold and the Atlantis of bodybuilding. It gets talked about a lot, but few seem to unlock the secrets. In the past few decades, Dan John, author of the bestseller, Never Let Go, has found the...
The Cactus Eaters
How I Lost My Mind—and Almost Found Myself—on the Pacific Crest Trail
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from Mexico to Canada, a distance of 2,650 grueling, sun-scorched, bear-infested miles. When Dan White and his girlfriend announced their intention to hike it, Dan's parents—among others—thought they were nuts. How could two people who'd never even shared an apartment...
Smoke
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Readers of the Harry Potter seriesand Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta’s thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders—and dangerous secrets.
“Dan...
by Dan Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man.
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the...
The Country House Revealed
A Secret History of the British Ancestral Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Spanning the architectural history of the country house from the disarming Elizabethan charm of South Wraxall, the classical rigour of Kinross in Scotland, the majesty and ingenuity of Hawksmoor's Easton Neston, the Palladian sweep of Wentworth Woodhouse, with over 300 rooms and frontage of 600 feet,...