Books like The night is large by Martin Gardner

Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" explains how two distinct mental systems shape our judgments and decisions, offering insights into the biases that influence everyday choices.

A collection of David Sedaris essays that humorously traverse continents, from French dental quirks to Australian kookaburras, highlighting the absurdities of travel and everyday life.

An essay that blends personal experiment, philosophical reflection, and detailed natural observation, chronicling Thoreau’s two‑year cabin life by Walden Pond and his quest for simple, self‑reliant living.

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.

A biography of the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős, detailing his restless travels, groundbreaking collaborations, and the mathematical problems that shaped his legacy.

A biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., detailing his brilliance, his 31‑year battle with schizophrenia, and his eventual remission.

Carrie Fisher reflects on her teenage years, early fame, and the impact of her love for science‑fiction, captured in unpublished journals that reveal her humor, vulnerability, and personal struggles.

A vivid portrait of how Jean‑Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Raymond Aron reshaped 20th‑century philosophy, tracing the birth of existentialism in 1930s Montparnasse and its lasting influence on freedom, politics and culture.

Rick Perlstein traces Richard Nixon’s ascent from a young congressman to the 37th president, detailing the political maneuvers that shaped U.S. politics between 1969 and 1974.

A raw, lyrical memoir tracing the life of T. Kira Madden, a queer biracial teenager who navigates privilege, drug‑addicted parents, and racial divides in Boca Raton while finding refuge among “fatherless girls,” confronting trauma and reclaiming identity.

Ann Patchett shares a candid memoir that traces her commitments to writing, family, and friendship, revealing the everyday moments that sustain a happy marriage and a vibrant creative life.

Jessi Klein’s witty memoir follows her coming‑of‑age journey as a tomboy, late-blooming comedian, and woman navigating modern femininity, sexuality, and the quirks of everyday life.

In the three decades that Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk has devoted himself to writing fiction, he has also produced scores of witty, moving, and provocative essays and articles. He engages the work of Nabokov, Kundera, Rushdie, and Vargas Llosa, among others, and he discusses his own books and writing process. We also learn how he lives, as he recounts his successful struggle to quit smoking, describes his relationship with his daughter, and reflects on the controversy he has attracted in recent years. Here is a thoughtful compilation of a brilliant novelist's best nonfiction, offering different perspectives on his lifelong obsessions with loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped his experience.From the Trade Paperback edition.