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Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography chronicles his rise from a self‑taught youth to a celebrated printer, inventor, diplomat, and statesman, offering insight into his life and the early United States.

Thomas J. Fleming’s biography brings to life Benjamin Franklin, the founding father who combined genius as an author, newspaper publisher, inventor, and statesman to shape America’s independence.

John Wesley Powell is portrayed as a pioneering explorer whose geological surveys and scientific studies opened up the American West for the nation.

Simon Winchester chronicles the life of Cambridge biochemist Joseph Needham, whose passion for China led him to uncover the empire's pioneering inventions—from printing to the compass—and to author the monumental *Science and Civilisation in China* series.

Elizabeth Edwards shares her inspiring story of resilience and grace after facing adversity, both in her personal life and as a politician, in her debut memoir for adults and a nonfiction bestseller for teens.

The Astronaut Wives Club follows the lives of the wives of NASA’s Mercury Seven astronauts as they navigate fame, social change, and personal trials while supporting one another during a historic era.

Discover the hidden spy life of Aleister Crowley, whose covert operations for British, American, French, and Italian intelligence shaped major 20th‑century events, from the Lusitania sinking to the 1941 flight of Rudolf Hess.

A graphic novel that follows the life of renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, chronicling her journey from Great Britain to Tanzania and her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees.

A graphic-novel biography that traces the life and scientific achievements of African‑American agronomist and inventor George Washington Carver.

Discover how Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks reveal a 15th‑century scientific mind that pushed the boundaries of his time.

Turner, Ted. Call Me Ted: A Personal History.

Fritjof Capra uncovers Leonardo da Vinci as an early architect of the scientific method, using over 6,000 notebook pages to show his pioneering work in anatomy, optics, hydraulics, and mechanical engineering, revealing a holistic, ecological worldview.

In graphic novel format, tells the life story of Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas.

At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and the state that developed out of World War II. By tracing the making—and unmaking—of Oppenheimer’s wartime and postwar scientific identity, Charles Thorpe illustrates the struggles over the role of the scientist in relation to nuclear weapons, the state, and culture.A stylish intellectual biography, Oppenheimer maps out changes in the roles of scientists and intellectuals in twentieth-century America, ultimately revealing transformations in Oppenheimer’s persona that coincided with changing attitudes toward science in society."This is an outstandingly well-researched book, a pleasure to read and distinguished by the high quality of its observations and judgments. It will be of special interest to scholars of modern history, but non-specialist readers will enjoy the clarity that Thorpe brings to common misunderstandings about his subject."—Graham Farmelo, Times Higher Education Supplement"A fascinating new perspective....Thorpe’s book provides the best perspective yet for understanding Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos years, which were critical, after all, not only to his life but, for better or worse, the history of mankind."—Catherine Westfall, Nature