Come sail away with this month's picks, including a courageous and ongoing voyage in search of self and surf.

Do you know what to do when a black widow spider lurks on the underside of the toilet seat, or raccoons are coming through the cat door? Rachel Levin's Look Big has survival tips for encounters with 50 creatures on the scale from man-eating to merely irritating.

If you like history books, you're going to like the month of April.

Here's a promotional video that really captures the essence of the book it's promoting.

Greg Prato, author of The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s, presents his Top 10 Y.R. Album Covers of All-Time.

READER ADVISORY: Get ready for some bare chests, feathered hair, and stylized ampersands.

“We make all kinds of timing decisions in life. We think it’s an art. It’s actually a science.” – Daniel H. Pink

It's a dangerous world out there, folks. Former CIA officer and Survive Like a Spy author Jason Hanson shares one essential skill to help you become the best Jason Bourne you can be.

Some books for those of us getting spring fever, thinking about how we'll transform our homes and outdoor spaces in the coming warm weather months...

In this month's selection of true grit, we go in search of headhunters, positive vibes, and fresh takes on hippie history.

Concerned about enemies taking over the power grid or our nuclear facilities? These seven books won't reassure you, but at least you'll finally put together a good bug-out bag.

This month's picks include an unexpectedly tragic true-crime story, the women who pioneered some of the Internet's most crucial technologies, and a recreation of a historic voyage that explores the present as much as the past.

Sir Roger Bannister, the first human to be recorded running a mile in under four minutes, died on March 3 at the age of 88. Neal Bascomb, author of The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It, reflects on Bannister's triumph.

Get ready to see some of the coolest birds you've ever laid eyes on in the newest book of Joel Sartore's photographs for the Photo Ark project. 

There's a lot of variety in this list of the Best History Books of February.

Why did a successful rock and roll photographer go in search of some of the 20th century's most celebrated mountaineers? Because they're (still) there.