St. Martins Press

Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization

Tim Queeney

The widespread adoption of nylon kernmantle ropes in the early 1960s revolutionized rock climbing—their ability to stretch nearly forty percent absorbed the energy of a fall, protecting climbers from rope injuries and opening the door to bold risk-taking. But as…

Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World

M.R. O’Connor

“I had forgotten that my phone knew nothing of whether humans can fly, or the seasonal flow of the Rio Grande, that it had no actual experience because it had never been born, only programmed by someone who might never…

Wolvers

Taylor Brown

Trace Temple’s family lost their New Mexico ranch after somebody shot an endangered wolf, and he’s living out of his truck, broke and furious at the government. A secretive militia offers him money to kill One-Eleven, the she-wolf leading the…