The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems

5 best books like The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems (Henry Petroski): Royal Holiday, The Canterbury Tales, Frankly in Love, The Downstairs Girl, Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Royal Holiday

Author

Jasmine Guillory

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal and “rising star in the romance genre” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a dazzling new novel about a spontaneous holiday vacation that turns into an unforgettable romance.

Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of...

The Canterbury Tales

Author	Geoffrey Chaucer
ISBN	0140424385

The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions...

Frankly in Love

Author	David Yoon
ISBN	1984812203

High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo–his term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents’ traditional expectations and their own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance–“Date Korean”–which proves complicated...

The Downstairs Girl

Author

Stacey Lee

By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, "Dear Miss Sweetie." When her column becomes wildly popular, she...

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

Author	Mark Miodownik
ISBN	0544236041

A New York Times Bestseller

An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science

Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave...