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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | publication date A Great and Monstrous Thing London in the Eighteenth Century London in the eighteenth century was a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666 that had destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. The century that followed was an era of vigorous expansion and large-scale projects, of... The Slumbering Masses Sleep Medicine and Modern American Life Americans spend billions of dollars every year on drugs, therapy, and other remedies trying to get a good night's sleep. Anxieties about not getting enough sleep and the impact of sleeplessness on productivity, health, and happiness pervade medical... The Terror Factory Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism Trevor Aaronson A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism exposes how the FBI has, under the guise of engaging in counterterrorism since 9/11, built a network of more than 15,000 informants... Why Nations Fail The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Games Without Rules The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan Tamim Ansary Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real; but it sits atop an older struggle, between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist... Bolivar American Liberator Marie Arana It is astonishing that Simón Bolívar, the great Liberator of South America, is not better known in the United States. A History of the Present Illness Louise Aronson A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes of San Francisco, offering a deeply humane and incisive portrait of health and illness in American today. An elderly Chinese... Winter Journal Paul Auster Facing his sixty-third winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write a history of his body and its sensations—both pleasurable and painful. Thirty years after the publication of The Invention of Solitude, in which he wrote... Sasha and Emma The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Paul Avrich, Karen Avrich Sasha and Emma is the culminating work of acclaimed historian of anarchism Paul Avrich. Before his death, Avrich asked his daughter to complete his magnum opus. The resulting collaboration, epic in scope, intimate in detail, examines the possibilities... Plato's Republic A Dialogue in 16 Chapters Alain Badiou Plato's Republic is one of the best-known and most widely-discussed texts in the history of philosophy. But how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2,500 years after its original composition? Alain Badiou breathes life into Plato's landmark... The Rebirth of History Times of Riots and Uprisings Alain Badiou Badiou has already been established as a prominent and important contemporary philosopher, and this book shows that this reputation is well deserved. In The Rebirth of History he gives an insightful reading of the flood of riots and similar political... Sparks-Tastic Twenty-One Nights with Sparks in London Tosh Berman In 2008, Tosh Berman — author and publisher of TamTam Books — got on a plane with a single motive: "Sparks Spectacular." Phantoms on the Bookshelves Jacques Bonnet The enthralling memoir on the art of living with books Phantoms on the Bookshelves considers how our personal libraries reveal our true natures: far more than merely crowded shelves, they are living labyrinths of our innermost feelings. Alfred Jarry A Pataphysical Life Alastair Brotchie When Alfred Jarry died in 1907 at the age of thirty-four, he was a legendary figure in Paris--but this had more to do with his bohemian lifestyle and scandalous behavior than his literary achievements. A century later, Jarry is firmly established as... 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>