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The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
Damasio, Antonio · Vintage
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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"Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe. . . . [A] brave and honest book." - The New York Times Book Review The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition that regulates human... |
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
McCulloch, Gretchen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured... |
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
Heinerth, Jill · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planetMore people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about... |
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Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan
Hoberman, J. · The New Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed media critic J. Hoberman's masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the era The third book in a brilliant and ambitious trilogy, celebrated cultural and film critic J. Hoberman's Make My Day is a major new work... |
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Someone Has to Say It: The Hidden History of How America Was Lost
Tom Kawczynski · Independently published
Pages: 245
Format: Paperback
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Listen to any professor or read any history book published by the mainstream media, and you will be told a story about an unjust America and how we are now building a better and more prosperous society.But what if the story they tell isn't the truth, but instead a warped interpretation... |
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Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Watson, Cecelia · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing... |
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Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
Behe, Michael J. · HarperOne
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The scientist who has been dubbed the "Father of Intelligent Design" and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin's Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller... |
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Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Christakis, Nicholas A. · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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A cutting-edge exploration of the ancient roots of goodness in civilization, arguing that our genes have shaped societies for our welfare and that, in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years, societies have shaped, and are still shaping, our genes today. For too long, scientists... |
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