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Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant...

An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics, and exobiology. ?Kirkus Reviews Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in...

The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air,...

An astonishingly brave memoir of life in prostitution and its lingering influence on a woman s psyche and life."Author: Rachel MoranPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: September 08,...

Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We LiveAuthor: Marlene ZukPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: February 03, 2014Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage:...

Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of...

Explains how to achieve emotional, sexual, and personal fulfillment and intimacy while in a committed relationship.Author: David Schnarch PhDPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: April...

A Nobel prize winner challenges us to throw off the free market fundamentalists and reclaim our economy.Author: Joseph E. StiglitzPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: April 21,...

Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary shared utility: the Global Positioning System. Even as it guides us across town, GPS helps land planes, route mobile calls,...

A practical guide to the new economy that is transforming the way we live, work, and play.Author: Geoffrey G. ParkerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: August 29, 2017Number of Pages:...

Finalist for the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry A piercing, unflinching new volume offers necessary music for our tumultuous...

Polyvagal Card Deck: 58 Practices for Calm and Change, 9781324019763

An evocative debut novel of trans-masculinity, addiction, and the pain and joy of becoming. In the first of three acts, Ponyboy's titular narrator--a pill-popping, speed-snorting trans-masculine...

Stunning new editions of Patrick O'Brian's beloved Aubrey/Maturin series - "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times) - make a triumphant return.Author: Patrick...

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes Of The American HeartlandAuthor: Miriam HornPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Aug 08, 2017Number of Pages: 416 pagesLanguage:...

Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom Of Black Life And Literature - 9781324022046Author: Farah Jasmine GriffinPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Aug 02, 2022Number of Pages:...

A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. Virtual reality is genuine reality; that?s the central thesis of...

A best-selling expert on education shows how to make the school system work for your child.Author: Susan Wise BauerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Jan 08, 2019Number of Pages: 288...

As lives offline and online merge ever more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, one of the twentieth century's pivotal ideas...

The groundbreaking debut by the award-winning author of Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, revised and updated. Saidiya Hartman has been praised as ?one of our most brilliant contemporary...

Sixty years of poems from pioneering writer, activist, and intellectual Adrienne Rich?the Blake of American letters?(Nadine Gordimer). Adrienne Rich was the singular voice of her generation, bringing...

Shares observations about the subculture of contemporary art, in a narrative that tours such arenas as a Christie's auction and the Basel Art Fair to reveal how art has become an entertainment venue,...

One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A "brilliant London historian" (BBC Radio) tells the story of Britain as never before--through its abandoned villages and towns.Author: Matthew...

Author: Keith HoustonPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Oct 20, 2014Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0393349721ISBN-13: 9780393349726

A collection of poems in which Joy Harjo explores themes of female despair, awakening, power, and love.Author: Joy HarjoPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: December 17, 2008Number of...

Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch?s riveting, humane pieces about ordinary...

A war correspondent? masterful blow-by-blow account of the Battle of Khe Sanh, reissued with a new preface by Mark Bowden for the battle? 50th anniversary. The six-month siege of Khe Sanh in 1968 was...

A poetic translation of the classic Arthurian story is an edition in alliterative language and rhyme of the epic confrontation between a young Round Table hero and a green-clad stranger who compels...

The best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul. What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's...

Author: Ian W. TollPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Mar 01, 2008Number of Pages: 592 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 039333032XISBN-13: 9780393330328