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Author: Deborah Gray WhitePublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Feb 17, 1999Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0393314812ISBN-13: 9780393314816

Elegantly contemplative....[O]ffers a powerfully human sense of the struggle it takes for new ideas to dislodge old ones. --Janet Maslin, New York Times Book Review Dramas both personal and cosmic...

People often assume a cognitive ladder, from lower to higher forms, with our own intelligence at the top. But what if it is more like a bush, with cognition taking different forms that are often...

A Pentagon defense expert and former U.S. Army Ranger explores what it would mean to give machines authority over the ultimate decision of life or death.Author: Paul ScharrePublisher: W. W. Norton &...

Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.Author:...

Author: Neil Degrasse TysonPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: May 02, 2017Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 0393609391ISBN-13: 9780393609394

A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the "definitive" (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly.Author: Serhii PlokhyPublisher: W. W. Norton &...

Rebel historian Kelly Lytle Hern?ndez reframes our understanding of U.S. history in this groundbreaking narrative of revolution in the borderlands.Author: Kelly Lytle Hern?ndezPublisher: W. W. Norton...

Finalist for The Next Big Idea Bookclub - Book of the Year Selection Behavioral Scientist and Greater Good Society "This is perhaps the richest book on belonging you'll ever read.... The inspiration...

In his brilliant, expansive second volume, Whiting Award-winning poet Roger Reeves probes the apocalypses and raptures of humanity--climate change, anti-Black racism, familial and erotic love,...

HilariousàThis book charmed my socks off. ùPatricia OÆConner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New YorkerÆs renowned copy department, helping to...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION An Instant New York Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew...

A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction.Author: Randall KenanPublisher: W. W. Norton &...

Author: Kip S. Thorne, Stephen HawkingPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Jan 17, 1995Number of Pages: 624 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0393312763ISBN-13:...

Blood r's al: Theablonski Murderand Theattle For The United Mine Workers Oamera - 9780393868395Author: Mark A. BradleyPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Oct 26, 2021Number of Pages:...

Tucker delivers a sharp-eyed expos of the deadly politics, murderous plots, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first blood transfusions in 17th-century Europe.Author: Holly TuckerPublisher: W. W...

The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. The study of sexual physiology?what happens, and why, and how...

?Lewis shows again why he is the leading journalist of his generation.??Kyle Smith, ForbesAuthor: Michael LewisPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Sep 04, 2012Number of Pages: 240...

A fresh history of the West grounded in the lives of mixed-descent Native families who first bridged and then collided with racial boundaries.Author: Anne F. HydePublisher: W. W. Norton &...

Born To Be Good: The Science Of A Meaningful LifeAuthor: Dacher KeltnerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Oct 01, 2009Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Shows us, in tender detail, a life consumed by our unholy appetites. Steve Almond, New York Times Book Review"Author: John BranchPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: October 13,...

Rooted in traditional Japanese aesthetics and meditations on contemporary neuroscience, a stunning new volume from an essential American poet. Acclaimed as "one of the most fascinating female poets...

An authoritative, accessible guide to how our lungs work and how to protect them.Author: Meilan K. HanPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Oct 10, 2023Number of Pages: 192...

The best of short literary memoirs, essays, and reflections, many of which were written expressly for this collection. Also available The late Judith Kitchen, editor of the perennially popular...

A searing, vivid memoir that investigates the dynamics of violence, power, desire, and a body pushed to the brink.Author: Margo SteinesPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Oct 03,...

Buried In The Sky: The Extraordinary Story Of The Sherpa Climbers On K2'S Deadliest DayAuthor: Peter Zuckerman, Amanda PadoanPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: May 03, 2013Number of...

The essential source for understanding how drugs affect the body and behavior.Author: Cynthia Kuhn Ph.D.Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: July 09, 2019Number of Pages: 384...

A Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction One of NPR's Books We Love in 2022 - Named a Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, Kirkus, Chicago Public Library, and Publishers...

Democracy is no longer writing the rules for capitalism; instead it is the other way around. With his deep insight and wide learning, Kuttner is among our best guides for understanding how we reached...

A fascinating look at the key components of romantic love--sex, idealization, aggression, self-pity, guilt, and commitment--argues that romance does not diminish in a long-term relationship,...