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After 1177 B.C.
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsedwhy some civilizations endured, why some gave way to …
Culture of Growth
From Nobel Prizewinning economist Joel Mokyr, a revealing look at why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in …
Lot of People Are Saying
How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy-and what can be done about itConspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something …
Rhetorical Presidency
Modern presidents regularly appeal over the heads of Congress to the people at large to generate support for public policies. The Rhetorical Presidency makes the case that this …
Nature of Space and Time
From two of the world's great physicists-Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose-a lively debate about the nature of space and timeEinstein said that the most …
Horizon Work
A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worldsAs carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, Earth's fragile ecosystems …
Two Paths to Prosperity
How the social organization of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millenniumIn the eleventh century, when Europe was still …
Mostly Harmless Econometrics
From Joshua Angrist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Jorn-Steffen Pischke, an irreverent guide to the essentials of econometricsThe core methods in today's econometric …
Furious Minds
';[An] excellent new book.'Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump's agendaand how it threatens American …
Gravitation
First published in 1973, Gravitation is a landmark graduate-level textbook that presents Einstein's general theory of relativity and offers a rigorous, full-year course on the …
Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World
New, practical approaches to confronting today's most daunting global issuesFighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the …
Private Government
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see itOne in four American workers says their workplace is a "e;dictatorship."e; Yet that number …