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    Warfare in the Classical World from Agamemnon to Alexander

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  • The Pathology of Normalcy

    de Erich Fromm ...
    The legendary social psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author meditates on ideas of mental health and normalcy in contemporary society.At the beginning of the 1950s, Erich Fromm increasingly questioned whether people in contemporary industrial society were mentally healthy. Eventually the topic of various lectures, Fromm's new social psychoanalytic approach enabled him to further develop ... Leer más

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  • Walking With Gorillas

    The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

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  • CRISPR People

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    A leading authority on the scientific, ethical, and legal aspects of genetic biotechnologies asks: What does the birth of gene-edited babies mean—for science and for all of us?“An accessible, clearly written, fact-filled analysis of a new biological frontier.” —The Washington PostIn November 2018, the world was shocked to learn that two babies had been born in China with DNA edited while they were ... Leer más

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  • Zero-Sum Victory

    What We're Getting Wrong About War

    2021 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner for War & HistoryWhy have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in the United States' favor, significant capacity-building efforts, and repeated tactical victories by what many observers call the world's best military, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable. The US government's fixation on ... Leer más

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  • Politics for Everybody

    Reading Hannah Arendt in Uncertain Times

    de Ned O'Gorman ...
    Rediscover what politics actually is and what miracles it can achieve—once it's separated from partisanship, polarization, and pointless yelling.In this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you'd be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics. In his provocative and sharp book, however, Ned O'Gorman argues just the opposite: Politics for Everybody contends ... Leer más

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  • The Heart of Man

    Its Genius for Good and Evil

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    The acclaimed social psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving discusses the nature of evil and humanity's capacity for it.Originally published in 1964, The Heart of Man was influenced by turbulent times. Average Americans were suffering from different forms of evil, including a rise in juvenile delinquency. On a grander scale, the threat of nuclear war loomed over ... Leer más

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  • The ABC of Relativity

    The Nobel Prize winner offers "an ideal introduction to the theories of special and general relativity" in clear, comprehensible language ( Nature ).A renowned mathematician and philosopher , and as well as recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bertrand Russell was acclaimed for his ability to address complex subjects in accessible ways. In this classic reference book, Russell delve... ... Leer más

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  • Usurpers, A New Look at Medieval Kings

    This examination of six usurper kings of England, and the people and circumstances surrounding them, is "a masterpiece of academic scholarship" ( Midwest Book Review).In the Middle Ages, England had to contend with a string of usurpers who disrupted the British monarchy—and ultimately changed the course of European history by deposing England's reigning kings and seizing power for themselves. Some ... Leer más

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