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The definitive account of the 1945 Potsdam Conference: the historic summit where Truman, Stalin, and Churchill met to determine the fate of post-World War II Europe

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A global tour of energy--the catalyst of human civilization and one of the biggest challenges facing mankind today

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A leading computer scientist shows why understanding computation is the key to understanding life

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From a prize-winning Harvard legal scholar, "a damning portrait" of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals (New York Review of Books).

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A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals

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Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.

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"In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to b"

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For readers of John McPhee and Stephen Jay Gould, this engaging armchair guide to the making of the rock record shows how to understand messages written in stone

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An inside account of the Curiosity rover's quest to determine whether life is possible on Mars

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An international security expert shows how competitive organizations can get-and stay-ahead by thinking like their adversaries

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The definitive history of the Communist Party USA, revealing how its members contributed to struggles for justice and equality in America even as they championed a brutal, totalitarian state, the USSR

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"Bold and provocative... Regenesis tells of recent advances that may soon yield endless supplies of renewable energy, increased longevity and the return of long-extinct species."-New Scientist

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A prize-winning political scientist untangles the deep roots of tribalism in America

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With conviction and deep insight (Ibram X. Kendi), the author of The Memo guides women of color on how to healand thrivein the workplace

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"A rewarding read for anyone who wants to know the unvarnished truth about how science really gets done."--Financial Times

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A preeminent scholar of Catholicism transports readers to Rome for the traditional station churches pilgrimage, offering a vivid and informative guide to the Eternal City and the Lenten season.

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The first years of human life are more important than we ever realized. Karr-Morse connects psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, and genetics to demonstrate how chronic fear in infancy and early childhood--when we are most helpless--lies at the root of common diseases in adulthood.

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"Despite its wickedly subversive premise, Mr. Caplan's book is cheery and intellectually honest... And the bedrock of his argument is solid: Modern parenting is insane."--Wall Street Journal

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A history of the Kerner Commission, whose revelatory findings on race and urban unrest reshaped American politics and our debates about race and inequality

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The groundbreaking examination of the construction of sexual identity -- now updated to reflect the latest research

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A "gripping and poignant" account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico (Wall Street Journal).

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A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico

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The classic work on the rules of sex, still as provocative as the day it was published, updated for a new generation.

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From a prominent young historian, the untold story of the rich variety of gay life in America in the 1970s