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Who Really Cares Arthur C. Brooks We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? In his controversial study of America's giving habits, Arthur C. Brooks shatters stereotypes about charity in America-including the myth that the political Left is more compassionate than the Right. Brooks, a... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-12-04 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A Land So Strange Andrés Reséndez From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, the gripping tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century “Once you start this book, it's nearly impossible to put it down.” ―Washington Post In 1527, a mission set out... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-11-20 ePub 9,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Secret History of the War on Cancer Devra Lee Davis 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 wrong enemies... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-11-20 ePub 11,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Presidential Doodles N.C. What were the leaders of the free world really doing during all those meetings? As the creators of Cabinet magazine reveal here for the first time, they were doodling. Our Founding Fathers doodled, and so did Andrew Jackson. Benjamin Harrison accomplished almost nothing... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-30 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Berlin David Clay Large In the political history of the past century, no city has played a more prominent-though often disastrous-role than Berlin. At the same time, Berlin has also been a dynamic center of artistic and intellectual innovation. If Paris was the "Capital of the Nineteenth... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 15,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
High Tech Harvest Paul Lurquin Genetically engineered plant products line the shelves of our grocery stores but we don't know which ones they are because no label identifies them. Should we be concerned? Biotech companies claim that engineered corn and canola are safe, but are they telling the truth?... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
This Is Cuba Ben Corbett Beyond the throngs of tourists streaming through Central Havana's broad Prado Avenue, and outside the yoke of Castro's 43-year-old Revolutionary program, there exists a parallel Cuba - a separate evolution of a people struggling to survive. With personal stories that... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Simplicity Survival Handbook William D Jensen In a world of more-better-faster, the challenges and stresses have never been greater: too much to do, not enough time. And in an economy where worker talent (know-how, energy, attention, commitment, and creativity) is at a premium, everyone is trying to maximize... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Life Everywhere David Darling To many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life is whether or not it exists. But to the scientific community, that question has already been answered: It does. So confident are scientists of the existence of life on other planets that they've invested... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 5,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Courage To Be Catholic George Weigel The Catholic Church in America is in a state of crisis. Yet few understand what the crisis really is, why it happened, or how the Church must respond to it. As no other commentator or critic has done, George Weigel situates the current crisis of sexual abuse and... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Soft Cage Christian Parenti On a typical day, you might make a call on a cell phone, withdraw money at an ATM, visit the mall, and make a purchase with a credit card. Each of these routine transactions leaves a digital trail for government agencies and businesses to access. As cutting-edge... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-15 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market John Allen Paulos Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market , best-selling author John Allen Paulos employs his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles to address... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-11 ePub 5,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
False Prophets James Hoopes According to Jim Hoopes, the fundamental principles on which business is based-authority, power, control-are increasingly at odds with principles of life in a democratic society-freedom, equality, individualism. False Prophets critically examines the pioneering theories... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-11 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Ever Is a Long Time W. Ralph Eubanks Like the renowned classics Praying for Sheetrock and North Toward Home , Ever Is a Long Time captures the spirit and feel of a small Southern town divided by racism and violence in the midst of the Civil Rights era. Part personal journey, part social and political... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-10-11 ePub 6,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence M. Krauss How does the Star Trek universe stack up against the real universe? What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What is the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born? Anyone who has... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-08-02 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
What Would the Founders Do? Richard Brookhiser What would George Washington do about weapons of mass destruction? How would Benjamin Franklin feel about unwed mothers?What would Alexander Hamilton think about minorities in the military? Examining a host of issues from terrorism to women's rights, acclaimed historian... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-08-02 ePub 8,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The First Scientific American Joyce Chaplin Famous, fascinating Benjamin Franklin -- he would be neither without his accomplishments in science. Joyce Chaplin's authoritative biography considers all of Franklin's work in the sciences, showing how, during the rise and fall of the first British empire, science... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-08-02 ePub 12,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Suicide of Reason Lee Harris Whether by choice or not, the West finds itself in a low-grade yet bitter war with Islamic fanaticism. It is a war the West is singularly ill-equipped to fight. The foe is resistant to any of the normal methods of conflict resolution such as negotiation, economic... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-08-02 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Why Beauty Is Truth Ian Stewart At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth, world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study. Stewart... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-08-02 ePub 9,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Idea That Is America Anne-Marie Slaughter The Washington Post Book World namedThe Idea That This is America one of the best books of 2007 When Army Captain Ian Fishback decided to blow the whistle on prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, he posed the central question facing America in the new century: "Will... Editeur : Basic Books Parution : 2007-08-02 ePub 7,99 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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