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An eye-popping study of the history of infectious diseases, how they spread, and especially how they have been thwarted by experimentation on the bodies of soldiers, slaves, and colonial subjects...a...

The unique relationship between dogs and humans has had huge evolutionary consequences, changing the physical, behavioral, genetic, and emotional characteristics of both species. Pat Shipman looks to...

Author: Vincent BrownPublisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University PressPublication Date: Jan 04, 2022Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

?A fascinating history of corporate America?s efforts to shape our habits and desires.? ?Sean Illing, Vox ?[A] compulsively readable book about bad habits becoming big business...In crisp and playful...

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than one hundred and fifty years later, that number has...

Author: Peter FrankopanPublisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University PressPublication Date: Oct 17, 2016Number of Pages: 296 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Cundill Prize Finalist A Financial Times Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Five Books Book of the Year ?Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. Favereau subjects the Mongols to a...

Author: Oscar Wilde, Nicholas FrankelPublisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University PressPublication Date: Aug 13, 2012Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

What was it like to travel while Black under Jim Crow? Mia Bay brings this dramatic history to life. With gripping stories and a close eye on the rail, bus, and airline operators who implemented...

At a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers welcome news for old age: our lives evolve in our later years and...

In 1869, some seven hundred Catholic bishops traveled to Rome to participate in the first church-wide council in three hundred years. The French Revolution had shaken the foundations of the church...

The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with humane, doable, and inspiring help for students who want to get the most out of their education. The first thing they...

Author: Iris BohnetPublisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University PressPublication Date: Oct 15, 2018Number of Pages: 400 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Author: Catherine A. SandersonPublisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University PressPublication Date: Mar 08, 2022Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...