Day Life History

Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human - big breakthroughs that made whole new ways of life possible - including cell division and multicellularity, hard skeletons, the move to land, the origin of forests, the move to the air. 

From the alarm clock to the toilet, discover the incredible history all around you in this hilarious and fascinating book from popular historian and podcaster Greg Jenner. Thought history was only in museums? Think again! Join Greg Jenner as he takes you on a trip through the amazing history...

Short Stories for Seniors: 30 Inspiring and Interesting True Stories of Ordinary People in History Whose Inventions Made Everyday Life Better (Includes Surprising Trivia)

What if you were marooned amidst an endless ocean, forced to construct a world capable of protecting and sustaining you? In How to Build a World, Federico Campagna invites the reader to join him in a sustained thought experiment, reimagining the most fundamental questions of philosophy...