The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of ScienceSam Kean “…when we sacrifice morals for scientific progress, we often end up with neither.” Scientific research and testing has brought us incredible knowledge about everything from biodiversity to treating and curing disease. But dig through the notebooks or…

The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. rex and How It Shook Our WorldDavid R. Randall “The T. rex, the king of our prehistoric world, played an outsized role in the making of the modern one…Rather than a mirror into the past, the creature proved to reflect the concerns of the present.” With the discovery…

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the CenturyRoseanne Montillo “And the violence that caused the death of Billy Woodward would, as recounted by Truman Capote in 1975, incite fresh violence that would ultimately destroy them both.” When wealthy socialite Ann Woodward shoots her husband Billy in 1955, New York society…

Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of LivingDavid FidelerNon-fiction, paperback “Virtue, or excellence of one’s inner character, is the only true good.” More than any other ancient philosophy, Stoicism has stood the test of time because of its universal relevance. No matter where/when we live or the specifics of our circumstances, we…

A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltBecky ChambersFiction, hardback, library book “…every component has been recycled over and over and over again into infinitely incredible configurations, and sometimes, those configurations are special enough to be able to see the world around them. You and I — we’re just atoms that arranged themselves the right way, and we…