From the acclaimed author of 'The Information' and 'Chaos', this is a mind-bending exploration of time travel. Gleick examines its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the twentieth century with the young H.G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation, The Time Machine. A host of...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From her very first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, twenty-three-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into the gruesome daily tasks of her curious new profession. From caring for bodies of all shapes and sizes, picking up corpses from the hospital morgue, sweeping ashes from the cremation machines (sometimes onto her clothes) and learning to deal with mourning families, Caitlin comes face-to-face with the very thing...