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Avskärmad : En memoar inifrån Silicon Valley
Anna lämnar sitt förlagsjobb i New York och beger sig till Sillicon Valley där hon hoppas på en framgångsrik karriär i den tekniskbransch som formar vår samtid. Hon upptäcker snart …
Risk vs. Risk
We see the stories in the newspaper nearly every day: a drug hailed as a breakthrough treatment turns out to cause harmful side effects; controls implemented to reduce air …
Set the Night on Fire
Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black …
I Told You So: Gore Vidal Talks Politics
 I exist to say,  No, that isn't the way it is,' or  What you believe to be true is not true for the following reasons.' I am a master of the obvious. I mean, if there's a hole …
Reality of Precaution
The 'Precautionary Principle' has sparked the central controversy over European and U.S. risk regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond …
Set the Night on Fire
Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black …
Policy Shock
Policy Shock examines how policy-makers in industrialized democracies respond to major crises. After the immediate challenges of disaster management, crises often reveal new …
Meditation from the Heart of Judaism
Techniques explained by the masters—for today's spiritual seeker Meditation is designed to give you direct access to the spiritual. Whether it’s through deep breathing during a …
Reality of Precaution
The 'Precautionary Principle' has sparked the central controversy over European and U.S. risk regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond …
How We Forgot the Cold War
Hours after the USSR collapsed in 1991, Congress began making plans to establish the official memory of the Cold War. Conservatives dominated the proceedings, spending millions to …
Professors, Politics and Pop
"It is frightening to think the [Jon Wiener] teaches history at a university ... "-Jacques Derrida"Wiener takes the modern university as his beat, and covers it like a police …
Risk vs. Risk
We see the stories in the newspaper nearly every day: a drug hailed as a breakthrough treatment turns out to cause harmful side effects; controls implemented to reduce air …