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  • - How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace
    av Eric Rauchway
    545,-

    An absorbing narrative history showing how FDR and his advisors pulled the levers of monetary policy to save the domestic economy and propel the United States to unprecedented prosperity and superpower status

  • - How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time
    av Kara Platoni
    506,-

    An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses-and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future of human perception

  • - Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
    av James Horn
    322

    An extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand

  • - The Ways Of Medieval Warfare
    av Antonio Santosuosso
    454,-

    This vibrant and action-driven narrative examines the motivations for warfare in the Middle Ages, asserting that waging war was a condition defining the ruling groups of all societies

  • - Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
    av Frank Wilczek
    368

  • - From the Higgs Boson to the New Physics
    av Gordon Kane
    271,-

    "Kane elegantly makes the case for a theory that, if confirmed, could alter our understanding of how matter works."-Discover

  • - Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps
    av Peter Ward
    338

    "A beautifully written, thoroughly researched and relentlessly terrifying work, and a must-read for anybody with an interest in the environment or the future of our planet."--Salon.com

  • - The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
    av Stephanie Coontz
    355

    "An illuminating analysis of the book that helped launch the movement that freed women to participate more fully in American society."--Wall Street Journal

  • - The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets
    av Emily Lambert
    338

    "In The Futures, Emily Lambert addresses the subject with as much affection as is ever likely to be stirred by the pork-belly business... Captivating." --Wall Street Journal

  • - How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future
    av Arthur Brooks
    355

    The battle is on between the forces of social democracy and America's great tradition of free enterprise--and the stakes couldn't be higher

  • - Transformations In Masculinity From The Revolution To The Modern Era
    av E.Anthony Rotundo
    491

    "In the first comprehensive history of American manhood, E. Anthony Rotundo sweeps away the groundless assumptions and myths that inform the current fascination with men's lives. Opposing the views of"

  • - Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion
    av Ed Offley
    423,-

    Blind Man's Bluff meets The Hunt for Red October in the shocking untold story of an American submarine torpedoed at the height of the Cold War--and the decades long cover-up that followed

  • - Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child
    av Paul Pearsall
    474,-

    Although the tenets of self-help have been attacked before, Pearsall is the first psychologist to expose these deeply entrenched ideas to scientific scrutiny. And unlike other debunking books, The Last self-help Book You'll Ever Need goes beyond skepticism to propose a set of life-affirming (and refreshingly contrarian) axioms that can help anyone lead the Good Life.

  • av John Gardner
    273,-

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

  • - Letters to a Young Doctor
    av Perri Klass
    273,-

    Offers a glimpse inside the doctor's mind for aspiring physicians, medical buffs, and those who have ever been a patient. This book addresses the primary issues in the life of any doctor and, by extension, the lives of those for whom they care including: expertise versus commonsense practice, and moral judgments on young patients or their parents.

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    - Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint
    av John Holl
    276

    From an award-winning journalist and beer expert, a thoughtful and witty guide to understanding and enjoying beer

  • - Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans
    av Simon Head
    286,-

    The tools of corporate efficiency-expert systems, databases, and operations management-have improved our lives significantly, but with a cost: they're turning us into mindless drones.

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    av Yoram Hazony
    233 - 339

  • - How America's Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country
    av Shelby Steele
    526,-

    A prominent conservative scholar traces the post-1960s divisions between the Right and the Left, taking aim at liberals' victimization of African Americans and their failure to offer a viable way forward for American society.

  • av Jeffrey Miron
    389,-

    The dictionary that teaches you how to think like a libertarian

  • - A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers
    av Andrea Tone
    389,-

    The definitive history of America's tranquilizer culture--from the Miltown sensation in the 1950s to Valium in the 1960s and 1970s to Xanax in the twenty-first century.

  • - How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions
    av Richard Harris
    201

    An award-winning science journalist pulls the alarm on the dysfunction plaguing scientific research-with lethal consequences for us all.

  • - Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era
    av Akhil Reed Amar
    225

    A leading legal scholar addresses the most important constitutional controversies of the past two decades and illuminates the Constitution's spirit and ongoing relevance.

  • - How to Look at Ballet
    av Laura Jacobs
    286,-

    A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of ballet

  • - The Epic Story of Hunting in America
    av Philip Dray
    479,-

    An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.

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    - The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao's China
    av Lian Xi
    320,-

    The staggering story of the most influential Chinese political dissident of the Mao era, a devout Christian who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the regime

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    - The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
    av Jason Sokol
    358,-

    A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with Martin Luther King Jr.'s death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination

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    - How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
    av David Patrikarakos
    292,-

    A leading foreign correspondent looks at how social media has transformed the modern battlefield, and how wars are fought

  • - An Unconventional History of Love
    av Marilyn Yalom
    286,-

    An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquity

  • - The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science
    av Karl Sigmund
    465,-

    A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and science

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