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How Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology
"Bold and intriguing."--Wall Street Journal - "Penetrating. . . . Provocative and profound."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) - "Offers plenty of food for thought."--Kirkus …
Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
Winner of the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism, Water Always Wins is a hopeful journey around the world and across time, illuminating better ways to …
Friedrich Durrenmatt
The Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–90) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the years of the cold war, …
Probably Overthinking It
An essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making. Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock …
Beautiful Experiments
A New Scientist Best Book of 2023 Featuring two hundred color plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments whose stories it shares. …
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced, and Rational Thinking
An invitation to the habits of good thinking from philosopher Julian Baggini. By now, it should be clear: in the face of disinformation and disaster, we cannot hot take, life …
Floating University
The Floating University sheds light on a story of optimism and imperialist ambition in the 1920s. In 1926, New York University professor James E. Lough-an educational reformer …
Certain Justice
A much-needed account of the hierarchy of justice that defines China's unique political-legal culture. To many outsiders, China has an image as a realm of Oriental despotism where …
Dissertation-to-Book Workbook
Writing an academic book is a daunting task. Where to start? This workbook. So, you've written a dissertation. Congratulations! But how do you turn it into a book? Even if you …
American Imperialist
This biography of "e;African explorer"e; Richard Dorsey Mohun, written by one of his descendants, reveals how American greed and state power helped shape the new imperial …
When Death Falls Apart
Through an ethnographic study inside Japan's Buddhist goods industry, this book establishes a method for understanding change in death ritual through attention to the dynamic …