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Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison
Chris Hedges - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has taught courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history since 2013 in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University at East Jersey State Prison and other New Jersey prisons. In his first class at East Jersey State Prison,... |
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The Dream Universe: How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way
Lindley, David - DOUBLEDAY & CO
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A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots. In the early 17th century Galileo broke free from the hold of ancient Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. He drastically changed... |
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The War on the West
Douglas Murray - Broadside
Format: Hardcover
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China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane... |
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Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
Peter Godfrey-Smith - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In his acclaimed 2016 book Other Minds, the philosopher and scuba diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus -- the closest thing to an intelligent alien on earth, as he put it. In Metazoa, Godfrey-Smith expands his inquiry to animals at large, investigating the evolution... |
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Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
Ferris Jabr - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voice. Earth is not simply an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather a planet that came to life.. One of humanity's oldest beliefs is that our world is alive. Though once ridiculed... |
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The Secret Life of the Human Body: Uncover the Hidden Workings of Your Body
John Clancy - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Getting to know just how intricate and fascinating our bodies are. Most of us take our body for granted and are never aware of its amazing capabilities. The Secret Life of the Human Body reveals just how intricate and fascinating our body is. Using offbeat illustrations and concise... |
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