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June Clemson's mother Rachel is laundering 22 million reasons to keep her past a secret, even from her daughter. But when June's innocent DNA test reveals relatives she didn't know existed, she puts her life and that of everyone she meets in grave danger.

Randall Story isn't from around here. He knows he can get home. He just has to work to make the world a better place, a little bit at a time. But a lifetime of work is now threatened by people who have learned how to extract energy from the order of the universe. They seem to be unaware that every watt they extract makes the world descend a little more into chaos.

What if someone from the future could send messages into the head of someone in our time? And what if the only possible recipient was a schizophrenic who was used to hearing voices, and everyone he knows is used to him hearing voices? And when he starts getting rich from lottery and horse-racing wins and stock tips, he gets the interest of the police, the mob, and the SEC?

Wade Bennet was shot in the arm while rescuing the kidnapped daughter of a crime boss.\ But that is only the beginning of his problems. The daughter is now missing after maybe shooting her father with a gun taken from the kidnappers Wade killed. At every turn, new evidence brings to light new mysteries, and no one can be trusted. And that is just the beginning of Wade's problems.

When she's not on the medication that keeps her sane, Raven is highly intelligent. But during one of her lucid periods, she discovers that she is transmitting radio signals from an implanted device in her spine. Is this what causes her symptoms? Who is tracking her? And why? She and her new friends race to find out because the medications are killing her, and she doesn't have a lot of time left.

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How much do you really know about how the human body works and how it reacts to food, exercise, nutrition, and the environment? While most people have read about at least one fad diet, they're left wondering about the greater biochemistry, psychology, sociology, and physiology of the obesity crisis in the United States. This book by chemist Simon Quellen Field shows readers how their bodies react to food and the environment and how their brain...

Sandra is in the business of finding people. It turns out she can even find people in the federal witness protection program. Unfortunately, the man she found was murdered shortly after being found. Her partner is not answering his phone. Only he knew who had hired them. She is on the run, hiding from her murderous client, and now from the police, who think she is killing people. But Sandra is in the business of finding people. She knows how t...

A Selection of the Scientific American Book ClubExplaining why antifreeze is a component of toothpaste and how salt works in shampoo, this fascinating handbook delves into the chemistry of everyday household products. Decoding more than 150 cryptic ingredients, the guide explains each component's structural formula, offers synonymous names, and describes its common uses. This informative resource can serve curious readers as a basic primer to ...

Organized by scientific topic, most of the devices in this collection of 20 projects can be built using common household products or components. Each experiment contains illustrated step-by-step instructions with photographs and diagrams that make construction easy.

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Sarah has awakened in unfamiliar places before. But this time the memory loss covers seven years. In that time, she learns, she has married a billionaire, and also apparently murdered him. It is only a matter of time before the police find her. But her doctors now have a treatment for her condition, and with time and work she should get back the memories of what happened during her blackout periods. And those memories may be the key to whether...

Exploring the scientific principles behind everyday recipes, this informative blend of lab book and cookbook reveals that cooks are actually chemists. Following or modifying recipes is shown to be an experiment with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. This easy-to-follow primer includes recipes that demonstrate the scientific concepts, such as Whipped Creamsicle Topping (a foam), Cherry Dream Cheese (a protein gel), and...

Black powder, the world's first chemical explosive, was originally developed in the seventh century, during China's Tang dynasty. It was a crude mixture at first, but over time chemists discovered the optimum proportion of sulfur, charcoal, and nitrates, as well as the best way to mix them so that the particles of each component were tiny and homogenous, resulting in a complete and powerful reaction. Author and chemistry buff Simon Quellen Fie...