Thunder and Lightning book cover Copyright Random House

Our summer book lineup comes in two parts, in June and July – with titles like Tasty, Touch, Gene, Too Much of a Good Thing, Thunder and Lightning, and Architecture’s Odd Couple.

Tasty: Art and Science of What We Eat

These aren’t  thrillers or graphic comics, but thoughtful and well-written works, many by award-winning writers and experts — everything from the history of weather, to animal intelligence, to  human senses, our digital future and our cultural past.

Lonely Planet Ultimate Travel List

Don’t miss out on your chance to decide what to buy, read or give as a gift – peruse excerpts, book reviews, author interviews, radio and video broadcasts for the books of summer.

A slice of Spirals in Time