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Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided
Catherine Pelonero · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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Absolute Madness tells the disturbing true story of Joseph Christopher, a white serial killer who targeted black males and struck fear into the residents of Buffalo and New York City in the 1980s. Dubbed both the .22-Caliber Killer and the Midtown Slasher, Christopher allegedly claimed... |
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A Theory of the Drone
Grégoire Chamayou · The New Press
Format: Hardcover
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Drone warfare has raised profound ethical and constitutional questions both in the halls of Congress and among the U.S. public. Not since debates over nuclear warfare has American military strategy been the subject of discussion in living rooms, classrooms, and houses of worship. Yet as this... |
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Great Dialogues of Plato
Plato · Signet
Format: Paperback
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Written in the form of debates, Great Dialogues of Plato comprises the most influential body of philosophy of the Western world—covering every subject from art and beauty to virtue and the nature of love., |
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Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls
Dr. Lana Staheli · Seal Press
Format: Print book
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Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls is full of quick solutions to every relationship's most common problems. Dr. Lana Staheli and Dr. Pepper Schwartz offer 40 practical, immediate fixes (or "snaps") that partners can use to end the fighting,... |
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The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation
Harold Schechter · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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2015 Edgar Award Nominee Beekman Place, once one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, had a curious way of making it into the tabloids in the 1930s: "SKYSCRAPER SLAYER," "BEAUTY SLAIN IN BATHTUB" read the headlines. On Easter Sunday in 1937, the discovery of a grisly... |
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Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
Leah Vincent · Nan A. Talese
Format: Book
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In the vein of Prozac Nation and Girl, Interrupted, an electrifying memoir about a young woman's promiscuous and self-destructive spiral after being cast out of her ultra-Orthodox Jewish family Leah Vincent was born into the Yeshivish community, a fundamentalist sect of ultra-Orthodox... |
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The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World
Scott Hartley · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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One of the nation's leading venture capitalists offers surprising revelations on who is going to be leading innovation in the years to comeScott Hartley first heard the terms fuzzy and techie while studying political science at Stanford University. If you majored in the humanities or social... |
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The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
Matthew B. Crawford · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 305
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as SoulcraftIn his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant... |
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Jane on the Brain: Exploring the Science of Social Intelligence with Jane Austen
WENDY JONES · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An Austen scholar and therapist reveals Jane Austen's intuitive ability to imbue her characters with hallmarks of social intelligence -- and how these beloved works of literature can further illuminate the mind-brain connection. Why is Jane Austen so phenomenally popular? Why do we read... |
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Aging Wisely: Strategies for Baby Boomers and Seniors
Robert A. Levine M.D. · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone ages. Not everyone ages well. Aging Wisely explains that much of what happens to our minds and bodies as we grow older depends on our approach to life and our attitudes and feelings about ourselves. Though there are elements beyond our control, we must take advantage of those things... |
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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Damion Searls · Crown
Pages: 405
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed inkblots. For years he had grappled with the theories... |
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Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
Mckenzie Funk · Penguin Press
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming worldMcKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming... |
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Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth About Women and Rivalry
Susan Shapiro Barash · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Tripping the Prom Queen is a groundbreaking investigation into the dark secret of female friendship: rivalry.Susan Shapiro Barash has exploded the myth that women help one another, are supportive of one another, and want each other to succeed. Based on interviews with women across a broad... |
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