The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
By: Robert D. Putnam
3.95
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An eminent political scientist’s brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over …
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1. How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
By: Sherwin B. Nuland
4.07
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
A runaway bestseller and National Book Award winner, Sherwin Nuland's How We Die has become the def… read more
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"Hope can still exist even when rescue is impossible."-Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
"Every life is different from any that has gone before it, and so is every death."-Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
"Though everyone may yearn for a tranquil death, the basic instinct to stay alive is a far more powerful force"-Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
"Not death but disease is the real enemy, disease the malign force that requires confrontation. Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost."-Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
2. The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
By: James Burnham
4.31
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, … read more
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"There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social…"-James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
"Independence, the first condition of liberty, can be secured in the last analysis only by the armed strength of the citizenry itself, never by mercenaries or allies or money; consequently arms are th…"-James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
"Formally, a new election for an office many be held every year or two. But, in practice, the moere fact that an invidual has held the office in the past is thought by him and by the members to give h…"-James Burnham, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
3. Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
By: Garry Kasparov , None
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Audio CD
Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in… read more
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4. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
By: William Egginton
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more
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5. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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7. Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
By: Daniel J. Levitin
3.93
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Debunks the idea that aging inevitably brings infirmity and unhappiness and instead offers a trove … read more
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"Spend time with people who encourage you to grow, to explore new things, and who take joy in your successes."-Daniel J. Levitin, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
"The Greek physicians Herophilus and Erasistratus discovered the nervous system in 322 BC, placing the seat of thought in the brain. It might be fair to say that they were the first neuroscientists. P…"-Daniel J. Levitin, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
"Booker T. Washington wrote that "character, not circumstances", makes the person. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character." While character makes for a…"-Daniel J. Levitin, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
"A large part of people who manage to stay young, in spite of their chronological age, relates to synaptic plasticity - the ability of the brain to make and form new connections. As we've seen, plasti…"-Daniel J. Levitin, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
8. Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
By: Evan Osnos
4.24
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize– winning writer Evan Osnos retur… read more
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"In all, just 158 American families had donated half of all the money to candidates on the ballot [in the 2016 election]."-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
"You've got your CEOs pulling four hundred or five hundred times what the American man does. Is there any man worth four hundred or five hundred other men? I've never met one. Have you?" -David Efaw i…"-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
"It's not as simple as "this guy is with us on everything - or he's not!" she said. "I think the left imagines that in order for us to make progress, everyone has to agree about everything. I don't th…"-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
"After residents had secured the major markers of wealth - the home, the right schools, the serenity of private aviation - they turned their attention to the real game in town: the refining of advanta…"-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
9. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more
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"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
10. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
By: Rhaina Cohen
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more
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11. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
By: Jean M. Twenge
4.05
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United Stat… read more
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"John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke to hundreds of young people for his 2022 book, Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Sa…"-Jean M. Twenge, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
12. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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13. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
14. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy
By: Dominic Erdozain
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more
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15. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
By: David Leonhardt
4.28
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more
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16. Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
By: Pete Davis
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A profoundly inspiring and transformative argument that purposeful commitment and civic engagement … read more
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17. Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
By: Rebecca Solnit
4.19
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books including the international bestseller Men E… read more
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"Cynicism is, first of all, a style of presenting oneself, and more than anything, cynics take pride in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is fr…"-Rebecca Solnit, Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
"The current President's verbal abuse of language itself - with his slurred, sloshing semi-coherent word salad and his insistence that truth and fact are whatever he wants them to be, even if he wants…"-Rebecca Solnit, Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
18. The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
By: Craig Wright
3.95
Format: 336 pages, ebook
“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam Grant Looki… read more
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19. The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
By: Robert D. Putnam
3.95
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An eminent political scientist’s brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over … read more
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20. The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods
By: Cormac Russell
4.27
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Find out how to uncover the hidden talents, assets, and abilities in your neighborhood and bring th… read more
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21. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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