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Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear (PB) (2022)
9781101981665$17.00"Hart's argument that we need to drastically revise our current view of illegal drugs is both powerful and timely . . . when it comes to the legacy of this country's war on drugs, we should all share his outrage." --The New York Times Book Review From... -
The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy (HC) (2018)
9780062740397$27.99In the compelling popular science tradition of Sapiens and Guns, Germs, and Steel, a groundbreaking and eye-opening exploration that applies evolutionary science to provide a new perspective on human psychology, revealing how major challenges from our... -
Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear (HC) (2021)
9781101981641$28.00"Hart's argument that we need to drastically revise our current view of illegal drugs is both powerful and timely . . . when it comes to the legacy of this country's war on drugs, we should all share his outrage." --The New York Times Book Review From... -
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age (CD) (2021)
9781665115636$39.99In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes listeners on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall... -
Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind (PB) (2013)
9780393344202$18.95A unique trait of the human species is that our personalities, lifestyles, and worldviews are shaped by an accident of birth--namely, the culture into which we are born. It is our cultures and not our genes that determine which foods we eat, which... -
What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City (HC) (2018)
9780399590832$28.00A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power. "Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that 'the world . . . should be full of people raising their... -
Walking Through Mirrors (PB) (1999)
9780671568948$17.99In his breathtaking debut, The View From Here, Brian Keith Jackson took us inside the heart of black family life in the rural South. Now, in a novel that resonates with pure emotion, he sends photographer Jeremy Bishop back to Elsewhere, Louisiana, for... -
Tyrants of Matriarchy: Feminism and the Myth of Patriarchal Oppression (PB) (2021)
9780977526130$15.99The edifice of feminist theory stands on the myth of patriarchal oppression. In dispensing with this myth, Stephen Jarosek shows that feminism is a bankrupt ideology that has never been substantiated. He factors in emerging developments in the life and... -
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time (HC) (2020)
9780465094905$30.00In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, a winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books shows how four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our speciesA wondrous, visionary work. --Tim Flannery, scientist and author...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$30.00Subtotal: -
The Serpent and the Rainbow (PB) (1997)
9780684839295$17.00A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist.In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis--people who had reappeared... -
The Sensitives: The Rise of Environmental Illness and the Search for America's Last Pure Place (PB) (2021)
9781982128524$17.00A compelling exploration of the mysteries of environmental toxicity and the community of "sensitives"--people with powerful, puzzling symptoms resulting from exposure to chemicals, fragrances, and cell phone signals, that have no effect on "normals."... -
The New Possible: Visions of Our World beyond Crisis (HC) (2021)
9781725285828$35.002020 upended every aspect of our lives. But where is our world heading next? Will pandemic, economic instability, and social distance lead to deeper inequalities, more nationalism, and further erosion of democracies around the world? Or are we moving... -
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall (HC) (2019)
9780465055685$32.00The epic story, ultimate big history, and "remarkable intellectual achievement" (Quarterly Review of Biology) describing how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating speciesIf a...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$32.00Subtotal: -
The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars (PB) (2021)
9780593183045$18.00A Best Book of 2020 (NPR)A Best Book of 2020 (The Economist)A Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 (Smithsonian) A Best Science and Technology Book of 2020 (Library Journal)A Must-Read Book to Escape the Chaos of 2020 (Newsweek)Starred review (Booklist)...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$18.00Subtotal: -
The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars (HC) (2020)
9780593183014$28.00A Best Book of 2020 NPRA Best Book of 2020 The EconomistA Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 Smithsonian A Best Science & Technology Book of 2020 Library JournalA Must-Read Book to Escape the Chaos of 2020 NewsweekStarred review Booklist Starred review... -
The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness (HC) (2020)
9780374166632$28.00An Architectural Record Notable BookA fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment Modern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling between homes and offices, schools and stores, restaurants and...