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What Kind of Creatures Are We?
Noam Chomsky · Columbia University Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover |
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Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical... |
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First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His--and the Nation's--Prosperity
Edward Lengel · Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover |
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The United States was conceived in business, founded on business, and operated as a business - all because of the entrepreneurial mind of the greatest American businessman of any generation: George Washington.Using Washington's extensive but often overlooked financial papers, Edward... |
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Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
John Mack Faragher · W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Pages: 624
Format: Print book |
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"John Mack Faragher is one fine writer, bringing early L.A. to life as the setting for all manner of horrific killings and gruesome justice. Eternity Street will keep you up at night ruminating on the roots of American violence." -- Richard Wightman Fox, University of Southern... |
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Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency
David Greenberg · W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Pages: 560
Format: Print book |
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"Anyone wishing to understand how our politics evolved from the era of Teddy Roosevelt's bully pulpit to the exquisitely calibrated constructions of today's publicists, pollsters, speechwriters, and snakes needs to read Republic of Spin. David Greenberg's book is everything that... |
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City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
Ben Rawlence · Picador
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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To the charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort. Situated hundreds of miles... |
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The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask: A Historical Detective Story
Paul Sonnino · Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Pages: 264
Format: Print book |
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The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask triumphantly solves an enduring puzzle that has stumped historians for centuries and seduced novelists and filmmakers to this day. Who was the man who was rumored to have been kept in prison and treated royally during much of the reign of Louis XIV while... |
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The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health
David Agus · Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
Bestselling author David Agus unveils the brave new world of medicine, one in which we can take control of our health like never before and doctors can fine-tune strategies and weapons to prevent illness.
In his first bestseller, The End of Illness, David Agus revealed how to add vibrant... |
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All Monsters Must Die: An Excursion to North Korea
Magnus BaÃŒ?rtaÃŒ?s · Anansi International
Pages: 276
Format: Print book |
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A finalist for the prestigious August Prize, All Monsters Must Die is the story of North Korea, past and present, offering a rare and fascinating window into the most isolated country in the world. In 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is founded by General Kim Il-sung.... |
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