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The Folly of Fools Robert Trivers Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive -- but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-10-25 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Pearl Harbor Steven M Gillon Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." History would prove him correct; the events of that day -- when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor -- ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-10-25 ePub 7,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
1812 George C Daughan At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean -- but America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-10-04 ePub 11,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Thomas Sowell Reader Thomas Sowell A one-volume introduction to over three decades of the wide-ranging writings of one of America's most respected and cited authors These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-10-04 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
James Madison Richard Brookhiser James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story -- although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries -- is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-09-27 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Powering the Future Robert B Laughlin In Powering the Future, Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin transports us two centuries into the future, when we've ceased to use carbon from the ground -- either because humans have banned carbon burning or because fuel has simply run out. Boldly, Laughlin predicts no... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-09-27 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Epic of New York City Edward Robb Ellis In swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Edward Robb Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of America's largest metropolis. Ellis narrates some of the most... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-09-20 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Rothstein David Pietrusza History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more -- and less -- than a fixer of baseball games.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-09-13 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Art of Biblical Poetry Robert Alter Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-09-06 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Cosmic Numbers James D Stein Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children and continues throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes and end up balancing checkbooks and calculating risk. So powerful is the appeal of numbers that many people ascribe to them a mystical... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-09-06 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
100 Plus Sonia Arrison Humanity is on the cusp of an exciting longevity revolution. The first person to live to 150 years has probably already been born.What will your life look like when you live to be over 100? Will you be healthy? Will your marriage need a sunset clause? How long will you... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-08-23 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Divided We Stand Eric Darton When the World Trade Towers in New York City were erected at the Hudson's edge, they led the way to a real estate boom that was truly astonishing. Divided We Stand reveals the coming together and eruption of four volatile elements: super-tall buildings, financial... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-08-02 ePub 7,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Girls on the Edge Leonard Sax Girls are cutting themselves with razors.Girls are convinced they're fat, and starve themselves to prove it. Other girls are so anxious about grades they can't sleep at night—at eleven years of age. What's going on? InGirls on the Edge, Dr. Leonard Sax... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-07-12 ePub 7,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Battle Arthur C. Brooks America faces a new culture war. It is not a war about guns, abortions, or gays -- rather it is a war against the creeping changes to our entrepreneurial culture, the true bedrock of who we are as a people. The new culture war is a battle between free enterprise and... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-07-05 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Love at Goon Park Deborah Blum In this meticulously researched and masterfully written book, Pulitzer Prize-winner Deborah Blum examines the history of love through the lens of its strangest unsung hero: a brilliant, fearless, alcoholic psychologist named Harry Frederick Harlow. Pursuing the idea... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-07-05 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Feathers Thor Hanson As seen on PBS's American Spring Live, one of America's great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathers Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-05-31 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Measure of the Earth Larrie D. Ferreiro In the early eighteenth century, at the peak of the Enlightenment, an unlikely team of European scientists and naval officers set out on the world's first international, cooperative scientific expedition.Intent on making precise astronomical measurements at the Equator,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-05-31 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
In Defense of Flogging Peter Moskos Prisons impose tremendous costs, yet they're easily ignored. Criminals -- even low-level nonviolent offenders -- enter our dysfunctional criminal justice system and disappear into a morass that's safely hidden from public view. Our "tough on crime" political rhetoric... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-05-31 ePub 7,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Science of Evil Simon Baron-Cohen An award-winning psychologist draws on years of research to unveil “a simple but persuasive hypothesis for a new way to think about evil” (New York Times). How can we explain both cruelty and kindness? To award-winning psychologist Simon... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-05-06 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual Joachim Neugroschel , Pierre Seel On a fateful day in May 1941, in Nazi-occupied Strasbourg, seventeen-year- old Pierre Seel was summoned by the Gestapo. This was the beginning of his journey through the horrors of a concentration camp.For nearly forty years, Seel kept this secret in order to hide his... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2011-04-26 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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