NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"Provocative, smart, densely argued--and deserving of a wide audience and wider discussion."
A tour de force of Big Picture thinking in which the former vice president gets his inner wonk on.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 24, 2013
"An enjoyable exploration of the evolution and implications of online dating."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 22, 2013
"A smorgasbord of ideas, best when judiciously sampled."
From a broad array of thinkers come answers to the question: "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?"
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"An intelligent, eloquent account of our relations with the inanimate universe."
In a follow-up to
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (2008), Shubin (Biological Sciences/Univ. of Chicago) delivers an equally engrossing history of life's connections to everything else.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A provocative reframing of a problem that still awaits a solution."
A compelling, plainspoken piece of advocacy in which the author maintains that everything we think we know about nuclear weapons is wrong.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Important themes obscured by jargon-filled writing."
A telecommunications policy expert draws parallels between today's Internet providers and late-19th-century monopolies.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A useful guide for policymakers, doctors and the patients who need protection against deliberate disinformation."
An explanation of why pharmaceutical companies have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 7, 2013
"A delightful, informative guide to an often-intimidating subject."
How to analyze "the numbers behind the news [and appreciate] the extraordinary (and growing) power of data" in today's market-driven economy.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 2, 2013
"An enjoyable debut appropriate for both specialists and general readers."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 2, 2013
"Mostly laudatory history mixed with a provocative treatise on creating neat new things."
A celebratory exploration of American tinkerers and the spirit of innovation that moves them.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2013
"An important book by a visionary with his feet planted on the ground."
The director of Duke University's Environmental Laboratory offers an exciting evaluation of the potential for colonizing Mars by the end of the century.
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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 31, 2012
"A symphonic yet unromantic portrait of traditional societies and the often stirring lessons they offer."
A supple and engaged journey into traditional societies and an exploration of their ways of life, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997).
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