This wonderful book, based on a previously unpublished three-part public lecture, shows us another side of Richard P.…

How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All. Kniha 9780465057962 Deadly Choices | PAUL A OFFIT Brožovaná…

In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side…

This is a homage to Trieste, a city that has always tantalized Jan Morris. Her meditation on it is layered with history and…

A collection of short works by the noted scientist includes his report on the space shuttle Challenger disaster and his…

In his classic, bestselling work, the masterful therapist and novelist Irvin Yalom describes his sometimes tragic, sometimes…

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A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the…

The best-selling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Art of Travel revisits his utterly charming debut novel,…

In this bold and important book, Garry Kasparov argues that Vladimir Putin's dangerous global ambitions have been ignored…

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A nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Nazi extermination camps, Shoah (the Hebrew word for "Holocaust") was…

Today's parents often worry that their children will be at a disadvantage if they are not engaged in constant learning, but…

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Though perhaps better known for her tumultuous marriages to the painter Lucian Freud and poet Robert Lowell, Caroline…

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The painful and baffling mystery as to why some obviously bright children do not begin talking until long after the "normal"…

A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done right, socialism leads to…

"This complete and definitive text, translated and edited by James Strachey, was first published in the United States in…

Betty Jean Lifton, whose Lost and Found has become a bible to adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption…

The seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know itMost people are familiar with history's great equations:…

Unleash the Warrior Within shows you how to think and act like the warrior you are so that you can conquer your fears and…

"In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker answers questions about the miraculous human ability called language, and does it in the…

Based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives, as well as diaries and letters, Kershaw focuses on a small…

Since its original publication in 1976, "The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism" has been hailed as an intellectual tour…

A high-velocity chronicle of the open source movement-and its impact on computing, business, and culture Kniha 9780738206707…

This controversial book challenges the accepted theories on the genetic mechanism of evolution. The story these three…

Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship,…

The greatly esteemed essayist, novelist, and philosopher reflects on the art of translation and on rainer maria rilke's…

A genuine classic of literary criticism, On Moral Fiction argues that true art is by its nature moral.. Kniha 9780465052264…

What happens to Old World memories in a New World order? Svetlana Boym opens up a new avenue of inquiry: the study of…

Explains how analogies help people find order in chaos, and help our brains interpret everyday situations. Kniha…

From urging us to drop outdated ideas of the Internet to showing how to design more humane and democratic technological…

Humans are born to create theories about the world--unfortunately, they're usually wrong, and keep us from understanding the…

A preeminent composer, music scholar, and biographer presents an engaging and accessible introduction to classical musicFor…