Matthew: 5036 books
Social
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
We are profoundly social creatures--more than we know.
In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter. Because...
Dominion
The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2003
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." --Genesis 1:24-26
In this crucial...
Bounce
Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics, award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success—in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you’d want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will find many interesting and helpful insights in Bounce.
by Larry Niven, Matthew Joseph Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
The Goliath Stone is a visionary tale from Larry Niven and Matthew Joseph Harrington.
Doctor Toby Glyer has effected miracle cures with the use of nanotechnology. But Glyer's controversial nanites are more than just the latest technological advance, they are a new form of life-and they have...
Before Space Recon
Mission:SRX, #101
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An unwitting sacrifice. A spark to ignite the galaxy.
Ten years before Commander Grant and his SR-X experimental fighter left the ground, the U.S.C. Defiance became the flashpoint for humanity’s First Contact War. While unprepared for the devastating assault from an alien race that was by...
by Matthew Sawyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
This is a short Jon Pertwee Doctor Who tale - the third Time Lord in the BBC science fiction television series. This time, the Doctor comes to early America - the colonies. Despite cold stares, he has only one thing on his mind, even here in the midst of the American Revolution. Women.
by Matthew Harris
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Imagine, The first novel written by Matthew Harris The imagination is said to be the most powerful thing on the planet. For Drake Jones this could not be truer. Running from a past that haunts him at every step Drake Jones invents people and worlds to hide himself away from the truth, eventually forgetting...
The Dark Lord Trilogy: Star Wars Legends
Labyrinth of Evil Revenge of the Sith Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
For the first time in one thrilling volume, three novels–Labyrinth of Evil, Revenge of the Sith, and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader–that follow an epic chain of events: the last days of the Republic, the creation of the Empire, and the ultimate transformation of Jedi Anakin Skywalker into...
by Matthew Stover
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
The turning point for the entire Star Wars saga is at hand
After years of civil war, the Separatists have battered the already faltering Republic nearly to the point of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate watches anxiously as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away more and more...
by Terry Brooks, R.A. Salvatore, Matthew Stover
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
For the first time in one stunning volume, here is the complete, epic story arc: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. Experience the sweeping tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power–and witness the tragic transformation of Anakin Skywalker from...
by Matthew Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Navarr, an office worker with a dead-end job in accounts, wishes for a more exciting life. And on the night before the big storm, that's exactly what he gets when Mizzell lands on his doorstep - beautiful, mysterious, and in desperate need.Chased from the narrow cobbled streets of the big city,...
by Matthew S. Hart
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
They had barely begun a life together and already the king and queen had suffered greatly. The king had none but his wife to give him hope, to give him an heir, and after the loss of one infant prince and then another, they welcomed their third child, Gwynknell , with great apprehension. Just as her...
Tapped Out
Rear Naked Chokes, the Octagon, and the Last Emperor: An Odyssey in Mixed Martia l Arts
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
The author of American Shaolin tells a hilarious and fascinating insider's account of mixed martial arts, the fastest growing sport in the country.
Since the first Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993, mixed martial arts (MMA) has punched, kicked, and wrestled its way into the public's consciousness....
That's The Way It Crumbles
The American Conquest of the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until now.
In...