Results for "Yarbrough, Marshall"

“A fleet-footed and propulsive account . . . Brilliantly sifting a massive history for its ideological through lines, this is a must-read." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs and postwar A... Read More about Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

"Hugely entertaining." –Mac Barnett for The New York Times Does something exist even if you can’t see it? A humorous bedtime story for budding philosophers.“There's a rhinoceros in my room!” Ludwig claims. His father doesn't think so. He looks for the huge pachyderm in every corner, but he just can'... Read More about Ludwig and the Rhinoceros

"Five stars out of five." –NY Journal of Books A Bank Street Best Book of the Year, 2024 A Eureka! Nonfiction honor book An illustrated collection about animal noses and their amazing functions! Early STEM has never been more fun. Everything kids ever wanted to know about animal noses around the wo... Read More about Genius Noses: A Curious Animal Compendium (Genius Animals)

This little ladybug will rock you! Ladybugs are so cute, small, and fly so gently. Not so for the “Jitterbug”— Lady B. Marie! Her heart beats for rock 'n' roll. She holds the electric guitar in her hands, her voice belts out melodies, she sings and grooves like crazy. Papa, Mrs. Snail, and Grasshopp... Read More about Jitterbug (Band of Bugs)

A legendary literary figure who initiated a one-man Beat Generation in his native Germany, Wolf Wondratschek “is eccentric, monomaniacal, romantic—his texts are imbued with a wonderful, reckless nonchalance” (Patrick Süskind). Now, he tells a story of a man looking back on his life in an honest port... Read More about Self-Portrait with Russian Piano: A Novel

A biography of the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) told through seven critical days spanning his life and revealing his contributions to our modern world. Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. These individuals share the venerable title of polymat... Read More about The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days