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From the New York Times bestseller, "the most compelling and potentially the most important book on the problem of poverty in urban America in years." —Michael Pollan, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of How To Change Your MindWhat would it take?That was the...
Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms: "Deserves a prominent place in the history canon" (Scots Magazine). Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the...
One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the YearPhiladelphia, 1959: A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerford, had no way of knowing that he had stumbled upon...
The New York Times–bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars examines how governments handle worst-case scenarios.The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology....
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life—still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later.Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the...
From acclaimed psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora comes a groundbreaking understanding of how anxiety manifests in the body and mind—and what we can do to overcome it.Anxiety affects more than forty million Americans—a number that continues to climb in the wake of the...
Everything you want to know about the breakthroughs in AI technology, machine learning, and deep learning—as seen in self-driving cars, Netflix recommendations, and more. The future is here: Self-driving cars are on the streets, an algorithm gives you movie and TV...
Transform how you see the world with this insightful handbook to individual numbers and the properties, patterns, and relationships that make them unique."Here is the guide to numbers that we have all been waiting for. It's the perfect bedside reader, chock full of...
"A penetrating account of a country that has given itself over to the idea that the market always knows best." —Robert W. McChesney, award-winning author It's something most of us have sensed for years—the rise of a world defined only by "mine" and "now." A world...
Generations of students have learned Latin with this classic introductory Latin grammar textbook that remains the most highly regarded and bestselling single-volume of its kind.Wheelock’s Latin 7th Edition retains its signature core of authentic Latin readings—curated...
