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How to Be a Stoic Massimo Pigliucci A philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-05-09 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A Sovereign People Carol Berkin The momentous story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams navigated the crises of the 1790s and in the process bound the states into a unified nation Today the United States is the dominant power in world affairs, and that status seems assured.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-05-02 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Bit by Bit Andrew Ervin An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time Video games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-05-02 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Scienceblind Andrew Shtulman "A fascinating, empathetic book" -- Wall Street Journal Humans are born to create theories about the world -- unfortunately, we're usually wrong and bad theories keep us from understanding science as it really is Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-25 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Oppose Any Foe Mark Moyar The epic story of America's most elite warriors: the Special Operations Forces. Born as small appendages to the conventional armies of World War II, the Special Operations Forces have grown into a behemoth of 70,000 troops, including Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-25 ePub 13,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Jefferson John B. Boles From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-25 ePub 16,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Language of the Spirit Jan Swafford A preeminent composer, music scholar, and biographer presents an engaging and accessible introduction to classical music For many of us, classical music is something serious -- something we study in school, something played by cultivated musicians at fancy gatherings.... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-11 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-11 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
God's Red Son Louis S. Warren The definitive account of the Ghost Dance religion, which led to the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890Winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-04 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris Peter Brooks From a distinguished literary historian, a look at Gustave Flaubert and his correspondence with George Sand during France's "terrible year" -- summer 1870 through spring 1871From the summer of 1870 through the spring of 1871, France suffered a humiliating defeat in its... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-04 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Making of Modern Zionism Shlomo Avineri An expanded edition of a classic intellectual history of Zionism, now covering the rise of religious Zionism since the 1970s For eighteen centuries pious Jews had prayed for the return to Jerusalem, but only in the revolutionary atmosphere of nineteenth-century Europe... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-04 ePub 10,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Rigor Mortis Richard Harris An essential book to understanding whether the new miracle cure is good science or simply too good to be true American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design,... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-04-04 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Toxic Inequality Thomas M. Shapiro From a leading authority on race and public policy, a deeply researched account of how families rise and fall today Since the Great Recession, most Americans' standard of living has stagnated or declined. Economic inequality is at historic highs. But inequality's impact... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-03-14 ePub 11,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
No Friends but the Mountains Judith Matloff A veteran war correspondent journeys to remote mountain communities across the globe-from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia-to investigate why so many conflicts occur at great heights Mountainous regions are home to only ten percent of the world's population... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-03-07 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Wild Nights Benjamin Reiss Why the modern world forgot how to sleepWhy is sleep frustrating for so many people?Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-03-07 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A Big Bang in a Little Room Zeeya Merali An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own? What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-02-14 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Locked In John Pfaff A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system, challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates “A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world’s most imprisoned nation.”... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-02-07 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Data for the People Andreas Weigend A long-time chief data scientist at Amazon shows how open data can make everyone, not just corporations, richer Every time we Google something, Facebook someone, Uber somewhere, or even just turn on a light, we create data that businesses collect and use to make... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-01-31 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
What Love Is Carrie Jenkins A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-01-24 ePub 14,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Big Stick Eliot A. Cohen "Speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry but today many Americans doubt the utility of their global military... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2017-01-03 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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