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View book details for The Cure in the Code
How 20th Century Law is Undermining 21st Century Medicine
Basic Books
Never before have two revolutions with so much potential to save and prolong human life occurred simultaneously. The converging, synergistic power of the biochemical and digital revolutions now allows us to read every letter of life's code, create precisely targeted …
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The Secret History of American Counterterrorism
Basic Books
In this revelatory new account, national security historian Timothy Naftali relates the full back story of America's attempts to fight terrorism. On September 11, 2001, a long history of failures, missteps, and blind spots in our intelligence services came to …
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Big Ideas for America
PublicAffairs
The Plan offers a bold vision of what America can be. It shows the way for both parties to move beyond the old political arguments and make progress for the American people. And it offers an innovative agenda for America …
Basic Books
A classic study of military leadership uncovering why generals fail The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps …
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The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law for Unity in Physical Law
Basic Books
At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a phrase for such ideas: He would describe them as "not even …
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A History of the United States in South Asia
Basic Books
The two-hundred-year history of the United States' involvement in South Asia -- the key to understanding contemporary American policy in the region South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of …
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The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis
PublicAffairs
In this controversial book, Anatole Kaletsky puts the upheavals of 2007-2009 in historical and ideological perspective. He shows how the forces that precipitated the financial meltdown are now creating a new and stronger version of the global capitalist system-- one …
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The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare
PublicAffairs
In 16th century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: to follow their monarch or their God. The era was one of unprecedented authoritarianism: England, it seemed, had become a police state, fearful …
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Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology
Basic Books
In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A …
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America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
PublicAffairs
Author Joseph Wheelan has marvelously captured the story of America's war against the Barbary pirates, our first war against terror and the nations that support it. The Barbary pirates, a Muslim enemy from Tripoli, attacked European and American merchant shipping …
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Where They Are, How To Get Them
Basic Books
From teaching English to analyzing intelligence for the federal government, the international field offers a broad spectrum of exciting job opportunities. For over twenty years, International Jobs has been the authoritative guide for researching and launching an international career. In …
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The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families
Basic Books
The U.S. economy is wrapping up twenty-five years of some of the strongest, smoothest growth in its history-a performance so sweet economists have given it a name: "the Great Moderation." So why have so many of us, even those making …
View book details for The Last Time Around Cape Horn
The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir
Basic Books
In 1949, a young Dartmouth student named William Stark left his study-abroad program in Zurich for a berth as an Ordinary Seaman on a Finnish windjammer that would carry 60,000 sacks of barley 12,000 miles in 128 days from Australia …
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The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East
Basic Books
By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U.S. as a "hyperpower," to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented in world history, and to assume that American dominance would continue …
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The Lost Victory of World War I
Basic Books
The definitive account of Passchendaele, the months-long battle that epitomizes the immense tragedy of the First World War Passchendaele. The name of a small, seemingly insignificant Flemish village echoes across the twentieth century as the ultimate expression of meaningless, industrialized …
Basic Books
Why has the "War on Cancer" languished, focusing mainly on finding and treating the disease and downplaying the need to control and combat cancer's basic causes -- tobacco, the workplace, radiation, and the general environment? This war has targeted the …
View book details for The Coregasm Workout
The Revolutionary Method for Better Sex Through Exercise
Da Capo Press
The Coregasm Workout is a revolutionary new book that provides natural, safe, and effective techniques for enhancing sex through fitness. Developed by leading sex researcher, educator, and columnist Dr. Debby Herbenick, The Coregasm Workout introduces simple, science-backed exercises to make …
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The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge
Basic Books
The intriguing theory of a land bridge periodically linking Siberia and Alaska during the coldest pulsations of the Ice Ages had been much debated since Jose de Acosta, a Spanish missionary working in Mexico and Peru, first proposed the idea …
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The Last of the Old Media Empires
PublicAffairs
Rupert Murdoch is the most significant media tycoon the English-speaking world has ever known. No one before him has trafficked in media influence across those nations so effectively, nor has anyone else so singularly redefined the culture of news and …
Da Capo Press
An expanded edition of 55,000+ Baby Names with over 60,000 names and 200 fun, helpful lists of names to consider. It also has the latest rankings for the top 100 boys' and girls' names and 1,500 names used for both …
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Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn
Basic Books
The Northeastern United States -- home to abolitionism and a refuge for blacks fleeing the Jim Crow South -- has had a long and celebrated history of racial equality and political liberalism. After World War II, the region appeared poised …
Basic Books
When it comes to the Balkans, most people quickly become lost in the quagmire of struggle and intractable hatred that consumes that ancient land today. Many assume that the genesis of the past ten years of atrocity in the region …
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Women Write About Leaving Men for Women
Da Capo Press
The new buzzword in female sexuality is "sexual fluidity: the idea that for many women, sexual identity can shift over time, often in the direction of same-sex relationships.Examples abound in popular culture, from actress Cynthia Nixon, who left her male …
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From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are
Little, Brown and Company
When a teaspoon of soil contains millions of species, and when we pave over the earth on a daily basis, what does that mean for our future? What is the risk to our food supply, the planet's wildlife, the soil …
Little, Brown and Company
Pilot Jack Flynn is about to commit the perfect crime at 500 miles an hour . . . all he has to do is steal a $24 million jet for a ring of criminals.All his life, pilot Jack Flynn dreamed …
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