The Origin and Evolution of the Universe" edited by Zuckerman and Malkan. ... Afterglow of Creation" by Marcus Chown. ... A book with beautiful pictures and a good non-technical introduction to cosmology. ... I haven't read "The Runaway Universe : The Race to Discover the Future of the Cosmos" by the same author, but it covers the accelerating expansion seen in the recent supernova data. ... Ripples in the Cosmos" by Michael Rowan-Robinson. ... Astronomy: The Evolving Universe" , Michael Zeilik. ...