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Reveals common themes in today's most hotly debated issues, explaining how disparate opinions stem from false assumptions and how major conflicts can be resolved by making the most recent scientific discoveries available to all.
How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war,…
Explains how to gain the upper hand in political discussions and provides essential facts on current topics to counter common liberal assertions.
Explains how to gain the upper hand in political discussions and provides essential facts on current topics to counter common liberal assertions.
"The political and social revolutions of the nineteenth century, the pivotal writings of Goethe, Marx, Dostoevsky, and others, and the creation of new environments to replace the old - all have thrust us into a modern world of contradictions and ambiguities. In this fascinating …
"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered p…
How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world -- from American shooters and ISIS to Donald Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media? In Age of Anger, Pa…
"The book suggests subsequently that, provided Africans remain impervious to the anti-Asian agitation which is sweeping the Euro-American world today, they have invaluable lessons in standpoint development to learn from India's and China's experiences with liberalism as well as …
This book examines modern Europe, from 1789, the start of the French Revolution, to the present day, discussing the Industrial Revolution, the growing power of urban centers, the 18th century Enlightenment, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
In this book the author transports readers to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. In this work he has crafted both a work of history and a story of d…
Reveals common themes in today's most hotly debated issues, explaining how disparate opinions stem from false assumptions and how major conflicts can be resolved by making the most recent scientific discoveries available to all.
Reveals common themes in today's most hotly debated issues, explaining how disparate opinions stem from false assumptions and how major conflicts can be resolved by making the most recent scientific discoveries available to all.
Presents a reference guide that provides authoritative maps, charts, and chronologies complemented by informative essays covering all the major periods of human history between the time of the Neanderthals and the nuclear age.
Maps, illustrations, time lines, essays, articles, and sidebars chronicle major milestones, events, and figures in world history.
Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challenge. In this keenly a…
Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.
Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.