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What Doesn’t Kill Us
What Doesn’t Kill Us, according to psychologist and author Stephen Joseph, definitely makes us stronger. He was a guest on CBC Radio’s “The Current” on Monday, November 14 to d… more →
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Peter Gray: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris
wrote 2 weeks ago: Peter Gray, research professor of psychology at Boston College, has conducted and published research … more →
Letters to a Young Contrarian - Christopher Hitchens
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wrote 2 months ago: Title: Letters to a Young Contrarian Author: Christopher Hitchens Year: 2001 Publisher: Basic Books … more →
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism - $285
wrote 3 months ago: Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is dea … more →
On the Book Table and Under the iPad Glass: 2.3.2013
wrote 3 months ago: Good Sunday afternoon everyone! On the book table this week is Anthony Marra’s A Constellation … more →
On the Book Table and Under the iPad Glass: 2.3.2013
wrote 3 months ago: Good Sunday afternoon everyone! On the book table this week is Anthony Marra’s A Constellation … more →
Consider the Fork
wrote 4 months ago: Consider the Fork, A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson, Basic Books 2012, $26.99 hardback … more →
Is anybody still editing Basic Books?
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wrote 4 months ago: As a Certified Math Blogger I sometimes get new popular math books in the mail. I just got one from … more →
The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self - $275
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wrote 4 months ago: This is a radical rethinking of the nature of consciousness. “The Ego Tunnel“, a … more →
Much Ado About Something
wrote 4 months ago: Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts are Everywh … more →
Coming Up Next...
wrote 4 months ago: A review of Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts … more →
New Book On Physics By WSU Prof Explains Life As We Know It
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wrote 6 months ago: DETROIT — A new book that delves into the unexpected properties of life at the nanoscale was release … more →
The Essential McLuhan - $325
wrote 8 months ago: Marshall McLuhan’s insights are fresher and more applicable today than when he first announced them … more →
Richard Florida, Second Interview, by Bob Morris
wrote 9 months ago: Richard Florida is author of the global best-sellers, The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your … more →
All Roads Lead to Monopsony? Moyo on China's Commodity Grab
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wrote 11 months ago: Following the success of Dead Aid (which I enjoyed very much), Dambisa Moyo tried a repeat with Winn … more →
A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind
wrote 11 months ago: Title: A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind Author(s) / Editor(s): Michael Axworthy (Author) Publis … more →
How to get your organization to and then remain at "The Center for the Edge"
wrote 1 year ago: The Center for the Edge, part of Deloitte LLP, helps senior executives make sense of and profit from … more →
The Cultural Contradictions Of Capitalism: 20th Anniversary Edition - $260
wrote 1 year ago: With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society cont … more →
America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation
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wrote 1 year ago: In 1960, a little pill that would revolutionize women’s lives went on the market. The availabi … more →
What Doesn't Kill Us
wrote 1 year ago: What Doesn’t Kill Us, according to psychologist and author Stephen Joseph, definitely makes us … more →
