Most Popular Books by The Editors of TIME

In film, pirates are romanticized as swashbuckling outlaws who defy authority, pursue danger, and cruise the world''s oceans in search of wealth and adventure. They are celebrated in books, comics and rock ''n'' roll lyrics. Their ruffled shirts and tricorne hats inspire fashion designers; their cruel exploits are immortalized in art. But pirates through time have not been lovable, witty tricksters, they were often societal outcasts and pioneers who helped forge political and social revolt.

TIME For Kids Heroes of Black History presents the stories of four great American heroes every child should know about in one volume: Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama. Featuring an introduction by journalist and civil rights activist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Heroes of Black History shines a light on the long fight for social justice in the United States as it highlights the accomplishments and personal histories of these four pivotal Americans. Young readers learn about the life of Harriet Tubman—born a slave around 1820, she escaped to the North, but returned to the South nineteen times as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to lead 300 slaves to freedom. An incredibly gifted athlete, Jackie Robinson endured taunts, slurs, and death threats when he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus in 1955 and paved the way for a Supreme Court decision that declared segregation on Alabama’s public buses was unconstitutional. On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as our country’s first African American president. Illustrated with a dynamic mix of photographs and illustrations, the biographies of these Americans delve deeper than their accomplishments to reveal details on their childhoods, early experiences, schooling, family life, and more. Sidebars about related topics—Underground Railroad routes, sports firsts, the Harlem Renaissance, and more—give context and additional insights for young readers. Heroes of Black History also gives readers a timeline overview of three centuries of African American history, beginning with the slave trade, touching upon the formation of the NAACP, the civil rights movement, the March on Washington, and other pivotal events, up through the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement. Brief profiles of more than twenty additional heroes of black history, a glossary of key terms, and a detailed index are also included in this comprehensive book.

TIME introduces the Heroes of History series—life stories of extraordinary Americans, illustrated in full-color. Forget everything you think you know about George Washington. The father of our country remains a mystery to too many of us. Now TIME tells the full, fascinating story of the Virginia planter who fought for Britain in the French and Indian War, led a rag-tag colonial army to victory over the British Empire, and was elected the first President of the United States. Young adult readers ready to look beyond the “Who Was” series deserve a collection of biographies all their own with the details, nuance, and depth they crave. With dozens of reproductions of artworks, artifacts from the period, photographs, and illustrations created to bring the subject alive, this first book in the new series, Heroes of History, captures “the essential American” and brings his life and chaotic, revolutionary times into fresh focus.

As a unique window on the world, the cover of Time is the most celebrated and coveted showcase in print journalism. People who have had their faces on Time''s cover-Presidents and movie stars, corporate titans and sporting legends-consider it one of the highest forms of recognition. To Time''s worldwide audience of nearly 50 million, the cover declares, "Dear reader, we''ve decided this is important for you to know." In this book, thousands of weekly statements of who and what matters are telescoped into a single, never-before-assembled volume that traces our modern history through Time''s iconic artwork and cover stories that became an influential part of the news they were covering. Time''s cover, "has never lost its power to immediately send the signal...that in some way history is being made before our eyes." That power was reasserted as recently at May 2012 by Time''s instantly famous cover, "Are You Mom Enough?" Interviews with former and current magazine editors will bring insight and a revealing look at how TIME chooses to cover historic moments within its iconic red borders

Hillary Clinton embodies a world of "firsts": The first First Lady to have an active - and controversial role - in her husband''s presidency, the first American First Lady to run for political office (and win it), the first female United States Senator from the state of New York, and certainly not last, nor the least, the most widely traveled Secretary of State in history. With reporting that only TIME magazine can bring to you, this book touches upon the high and low points of her life and career - from her time as First Lady, where she was often criticized for her active and assertive role in Bill Clinton''s presidency, to her time in the United States Senate, her historic campaign for the nomination for president, and her decision to serve under the man who would defeat her - Barack Obama - as Secretary of State. This book will also help to dissect what the future might hold for Hillary, whether she chooses to run for office again or decides to remain a private citizen and devote her time to lecturing, teaching, and philanthropy.

In 1964, the battle for Civil Rights in the United States reached a climactic moment, sparking a new wave of activism by politicians, thinkers, writers, preachers, and citizens that would challenge the nation to live up to the principles of its founding fathers. The movement remains a cultural touchstone for those who were part of it, for those who teach it, and for those who have been given opportunity because of it. And it remains an active struggle, the subject of Congressional legislation and Supreme Court decisions. Now, through oral history, exclusive photographs and commentary by Presidential biographer Jon Meacham and other eminent writers, TIME celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights movement and the many trailblazers who helped to re-shape America.

Each year Time Annual reports on the most important stories of the past 12 months with all the resources of the world''s leading news magazine. Global vision detailed reporting, insightful analysis, memorable photography. The Time Annual combines the immediacy of the weekly magazine with the lavish pictorial display of an oversized, hardbound, 190 page book to create a unique, lasting portrait of the year. The Time Annual is part scrapbook, part almanac, and part photo album. Above all it is news, the news as only Time can tell it. The book''s value as an enduing reminder of time will only increase as the years go by.

TIME For Kids The Book of What: Everything Animals presents kids 8-12 years old with answers to the kinds of intriguing questions that appeal to their sense of curiosity. Colorful graphics, spectacular photos and clear, engaging diagrams will help answer questions such as: What is the most deadly animal? What is the brain made out of? What is a Narwhal? What is the strongest muscle in the body? TIME For Kids The Book of What: Everything Animals is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

TIME For Kids The Book of How: All About Space presents kids 8-12 years old with answers to the kinds of intriguing questions that appeal to their sense of curiosity. Colorful graphics, spectacular photos and clear, engaging diagrams will help answer questions such as: How do astronauts train? How does the sun stay hot? How do you launch a rocket? And many more. TIME For Kids goes beyond just answering the question, and engages kids with hands-on activities at the end of each chapter that bring life to a topic or idea they just read about. The Book of How: All About Space is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

TIME For Kids The Big Book of How presents kids 8-12 years old with answers to the kinds of intriguing questions that appeal to their sense of curiosity. Colorful graphics, spectacular photos and clear, engaging diagrams will help answer such questions as: How does a chameleon change colors?; How can a person survive in the jungle?; How do you build a teepee?; How do diamonds form?; How do light sticks work?; How are 3-D movies made?; How do astronauts train for a space mission?; How do we get cavities?; How does solar energy work? Divided by subject area-from animals, the human body and technology to sports, food and green issues-kids will discover the background behind the questions through the book''s photos, diagrams and art as well as its clear text. Of course, TIME For Kids goes beyond just answering the question, and engages kids with hands-on activities at the end of each chapter that bring life to a topic or idea they just read about. For example: If in the technology chapter kids learn how an airplanefl ies, the "How to" spread might include step-by-step instructions about how to fold a paper airplane or create a rotating helicopter. TIME For Kids The Big Book of How is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

Robots is the first book in an exciting, new series from TIME For Kids. Aimed squarely at readers who want to know more, this book answers the questions that children ages 8-12 want to learn the answers to. Do you know what makes something a robot? Can you name the six types of robots? Can robots really fly? What kinds of robots are being designed by spy agencies, the military, and our first responders? And best of all, what''s next? Rich with photos, facts, and fun, Robots will cover the world of robots as it exists today - and will exist tomorrow.

This unique reference explores the subjects kids are most interested in, and the issues that are most relevant today --from cloning to global warming to space travel --and more! Packed with photos and illustrations, there''s something eye-catching and mind-boggling on every page. For budding scientists, aspiring inventors, and kids who are just curious about the world around them, this book will stimulate the mind, provide answers to questions big and small, and open up new ways of thinking about science and technology.

Long known as "The Great Communicator," Ronald Reagan has been credited with leading an ideological renaissance of the Republican Party and has become an icon to many Republicans and party leaders. Now, ten years following his death, and twenty-five years following the end of his two terms in office, the man who was credited with so much, including "Reaganomics," ending the Cold War, and "The War on Drugs," has become the ideological standard-bearer for a party that bears little resemblance to the one that he helped to define. So much so, that in hindsight, many of his views and policies appear to be centrist in comparison. This provides the perfect opportunity for The Editors of TIME magazine, in conjunction with many highly-regarded and well-respected writers and journalists familiar with Reagan, including Lou Cannon, Jon Meacham, Nick Clooney, Bob Spitz, and more with an introduction by Joe Scarborough, to examine the man, the politician, and the President, and the paradox of an ideological hero who no longer represents the party that he helped to define, or in fact, does he?

TIME for Kids The BIG Book of Why: Awesome Animal Kingdom answers the why, what, when, where, who and how questions about humans and animals that kids commonly ask, but adults can rarely answer. Why do we have eyebrows? What''s the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? How does aspirin know where to go in the body to take care of pain? What''s the fastest a human is capable of running? Why do animals'' eyes glow in the dark? Written in an upbeat manner, each answer is accompanied by either a photo or an illustration to show the reasons why. Of course, TIME For Kids goes beyond answering the question, and dips into the science or history to further explain the answer in an easy-to-follow, straightforward manner. TIME for Kids The BIG Book of Why: Awesome Animal Kingdom is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

TIME For Kids The Book of What: Everything Space presents kids 8-12 years old with answers to the kinds of intriguing questions that appeal to their sense of curiosity. Colorful graphics, spectacular photos and clear, engaging diagrams will help answer questions such as: What is acid rain? What is the biggest star in the universe? What is the driest place on Earth? What is the difference betweena comet and an asteroid? TIME For Kids The Book of What: Everything Space is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

TIME For Kids The Book of What: Everything Inventions presents kids 8-12 years old with answers to the kinds of intriguing questions that appeal to their sense of curiosity. Colorful graphics, spectacular photos and clear, engaging diagrams will help answer questions such as: What are some inventions made by kids? what is Kevlar? What is a geodesic dome? TIME For Kids The Book of What: Everything Inventions is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

Finally! A book for kids ages 8–12 that gets them to solve puzzles while absorbing relevant information, facts, and trivia about their world. TIME For Kids The Amazing Fact and Puzzle Book is an engaging collection of puzzles and games created by master puzzle-makers and the editors of Time For Kids. Word puzzles, brain teasers, optical and picture puzzles, mazes, anagrams, and math and logic puzzles will challenge children to use all of their thinking and learning skills while discovering fascinating information. One hundred puzzles will be themed and accompanied by more than 200 informative photographs and text. The puzzles'' themes are ones that young people have told us are cool and interesting, from animals, nature, and the environment to sports, pop culture''s TV, movies, music, and books. Visual puzzles will keep kids deciphering illustrations and photo images for hours, while the pencil puzzles will have them noodling as they increase their vocabulary and improve their language skills. TIME For Kids The Amazing Fact and Puzzle Book is sure to captivate kids for hours and satisfy parents because they know their child is learning and having fun at the same time.

Understanding science means understanding the world around you. It also means having fun! The Super Science Book uses stuff you can find around the house to explain and demonstrate dozens of science concepts. The explanations are clear and the experiments and activities let you see and understand the science close-up. Use the book to satisfy your scientific curiosity, or to provide ideas for science fair projects.

Leonardo and Einstein ... Beethoven and Michelangelo ... Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs: they are among the great minds who dazzled us with their brilliance, astounded us with their creative gifts and seemed to carry the human race into the future through sheer force of will. Yet even as we admire the outsized nature of their contributions to civilization, such exceptionally gifted people provoke us to ask: What are the wellsprings of genius? How is it acquired? What are its hallmarks, its drawbacks, its surprising side-effects? Now TIME profiles history''s most gifted and inventive humans and explores the work of scientists who are using advanced technologies in their attempts to isolate and quantify the nature of genius itself. We''ll explore the tantalizing questions surrounding human brilliance: Is genius the product of nature-or nurture? Is there a genetics of genius? Can science find new ways to enhance our intellectual and creative powers? How are child prodigies shaped? Is there a link between genius and mental instability? And can the experience of those with brain injuries open new windows into the nature of genius? Calling all Tiger Moms, brainiacs, rocket scientists and whiz kids: For a close encounter with the extremes of human possibility, read Genius, from the editors of TIME.

Inspirational women tell their stories in their own words in this young people’s edition of FIRSTS, the groundbreaking book of pioneers from the editors of TIME. More than 30 women are profiled in this gift book showcasing women in all spheres of life: business and politics, the arts and sciences, sports and academics. Based on the multi-platform documentary project from TIME Magazine, She Changed the World is essential reading for girls who crave information about their sheroes, including Madeleine Albright, Aretha Franklin, Selena Gomez, Rita Moreno, Nancy Pelosi, Shonda Rhimes, Serena Williams, Oprah Winfrey, and many more.

Join the editors of TIME for a fascinating and illuminating journey inside a world that we ought to know well, but are too close to see: the human body. Harnessing the most advanced visual technologies available to medical science-CAT scans and ultrasound, MRIs, EKGs and more-the book shows the workings of the body''s systems in revelatory new ways. Yet this splendidly illustrated volume is far more than eye candy: it offers views you can use. Your Body is a practical "owner''s manual" that explores the latest laboratory research on good health and wellness. This user''s guide to the body is brimming with hands-on information: which foods promote longevity and a healthy heart (and which don''t); which diets are effective (and which are fads); which exercises are right for your gender, age and body type. It will help you understand the workings of your body as never before, so you can shop better, eat better, exercise better-and live longer. And it offers fascinating new insights into the ways our minds, our bodies and our spirits work together to keep us happy, healthy and energetic. Caution: This book may not be for everybody-but it is for every person who cares about their body.

The Middle East is suddenly a world transformed. In just one year since the Arab Spring was sparked, millions of citizens from Tunisia to Yemen have taken to the streets in revolution against the old regimes. Tyrants have been overthrown, repression is faltering, and a new generation has asserted itself in the Islamic world. From the editors of TIME comes The New Middle East, a fascinating book chronicling revolution and its impact on the world with eyewitness reporting, exclusive pictures and insightful analysis. In the midst of this upheaval, so much is new and changing: the rights of women, social media, national identity, the role of Islam in politics. Will the people get the economic and social opportunity they yearn for? What new benefits-and dangers-present themselves for the United States? TIME Middle East experts Bobby Ghosh, Aryn Baker, Karl Vick and other contributors paint a vivid portrait of a society in the throes of historic change.

TIME For Kids The Book of How: All About Animals presents kids 8-12 years old with answers to the kinds of intriguing questions that appeal to their sense of curiosity. Colorful graphics, spectacular photos and clear, engaging diagrams will help answer questions such as: How does a chameleon change colors? How do sharks find prey? How do elephants communicate? And many more. TIME For Kids goes beyond just answering the question, and engages kids with hands-on activities at the end of each chapter that bring life to a topic or idea they just read about. The Book of How: All About Animals is a must-have book to satisfy the most curious of kids.

Sharpen those pencils! TIME For Kids delivers hours and hours of puzzle fun with more than 100 spot the difference picture puzzles featuring adorable animals with serious awww factor. Full-color photographs of pet puppies, farm-frolicking lambs and dozens of other super adorable animals are paired with must-know facts on every page of this super-value activity book. Entertainment for the whole family, kids can test their observation and concentration skills as they compare two pictures, spot the differences between them, and circle the changed elements. Don’t forget to check the easy-to-use answer key in the back of the book to make sure you spotted them all.

Grab your 3D glasses and get ready for a wild adventure around the world. Featuring 100 large-scale, action photos of wild animals in their natural habitats, Animals Adventures 3D is a one-of-a-kind reading experience. TIME for Kids and master 3D photographer David Klutho present incredible photos, taken only with a 3D camera, along with fascinating facts about Komodo dragons, polar bears, camels, anteaters and more amazing animals. Accompanied by two sets of 3D glasses, this dynamic visual collection of some of the planet''s diverse animal life will entertain and educate any animal fan. Look for other books in the TIME For Kids 3D series: Dinosaurs 3D and Zoo 3D.

Eating healthy meals shouldn''t be complicated or bland. To make it simple and delicious, TIME''s editors have curated a list of the 100 healthiest foods you should be eating now, based on the latest science and the current wisdom about nutrition. Highlights of this special edition: -100+ recipes to make it no-excuses easy to eat healthfully on a regular basis -Shopping lists and seasonal tips to get the best value from fresh food -Calorie and nutritional information for every food, as well as their health-promoting properties.

Discover what makes America unique in this comprehensive timeline and photographic overview of American history-pre-Columbus through the present-highlighting the milestone events and important people that have made America awesome. Perfect for both dip-in reference and longer-form reading, Awesome America is organized into thematic sections, each comprised of bite-sized articles, engaging factoid sidebars, colorful charts, graphics and interactive quizzes to help make learning about American history interesting, interactive, and fun. From America''s early history all the way to present day, kids will learn about what it was like to grow up in the 1700''s, 1800''s, 1900''s and today and discover the inventions, innovations, and important social movements great American''s have created over the years.

The editors of TIME reveal the new data on how best to live, not just a longer, but also a happier life. Join TIME to find out what diet helps people live the longest, to learn if brain games can keep your mind young, and to discover the latest news from the frontiers of longevity.Learn how your outlook can change how you age - at the cellular level.Find out why married people really do live longer.Discover the truth about a modern antiaging elixir.