This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

December 5, 2013

Speaking To My Madness: How I Searched For Myself In Schizophrenia. By Roberta Payne. Kindle and print-on-demand.

Reviewed by Thomas Levenson

Continue reading “Schizophrenia Finds Its Virgil” →

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

November 13, 2013

Uncontrolled Substances: How The Chemical Underground is Going Mainstream. By Mike Power.  Matter, Kindle Single, $.99.

Reviewed by Maia Szalavitz

Continue reading “The New World of Legal Highs” →

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

October 28, 2013

Switzerland, by Sir Frank Fox. Originally published by Adam and Charles Black in 1914. Published by Project Gutenberg for Kindle and in other file types. Free.

Reviewed by Veronique Greenwood

Continue reading “Get Out Your Monocle! Exploring the Past in the Public Domain” →

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

October 24, 2013

Review of “Sea Change,” by Steve Ringman and Craig Welch, Seattle Times. Web site.

Review of “The Course of Their Lives,” by Mark Johnson and Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Web site.

Reviewed by Carl Zimmer

Continue reading “Snowfallization” →

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

August 26, 2013

Obsessed, by Steve Volk. Published by Discover In-Depth. Available at Kalmbach Bookstore, $1.99.

Reviewed by Virginia Hughes

Continue reading “Seduced By Character” →