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The Procrastinator's Handbook

Mastering the Art of Doing It Now

by Rita Emmett
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009

Almost everyone procrastinates. For some it causes problems and strains relationships at home and at work. For most people, though, procrastination is a frustrating or troublesome habit we would like to overcome. Rita Emmett will inspire you to get started. With humor and with advice drawn from her...

Willful Blindness

Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril

by Margaret Heffernan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011

"With deft prose and page after page of keen insights, Heffernan shows why we close our eyes to facts that threaten our families, our livelihood, and our self-image--and, even better, she points the way out of the darkness.†? --Daniel H. Pink In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell and...

The Great Acceleration

How the World is Getting Faster, Faster

by Robert Colvile
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

The Great Acceleration is an energizing account from a brilliant new writer of how our society is speeding up--and why we should embrace it. In this revelatory study of modern living, Robert Colvile inspects the various ways in which the pace of life in our society is increasing and examines...

Bottomfeeder

How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood

by Taras Grescoe
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011

Dividing his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set out on a nine-month, world-wide search for a delicious-and humane-plate of seafood. Along the way, he explains the cultural and commercial implications of fish production on our environment, our health, and our seas. At...

Spectrums

Our Mind-boggling Universe from Infinitesimal to Infinity

by David Blatner
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012

In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustration to illuminate the variety of spectrums that affect our lives every day: numbers, size, light, sound, heat, and time.There is actually surprisingly little in the universe that we can feel, touch, see, hear, or possibly even comprehend. It's...

Writing Movies

The Practical Guide to Creating Stellar Screenplays

by Gotham Writers Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008

To break into the screenwriting game, you need a screenplay that is not just good, but great. Superlative. Stellar. In Writing Movies you'll find everything you need to know to reach this level. And, like the very best teachers, Writing Movies is always practical, accessible, and entertaining. The...

Our Divided Political Heart

The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent

by E.J. Dionne Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012

America today is at a political impasse; we face a nation divided and discontented. Acclaimed political commentator E.J. Dionne argues that Americans can't agree on who we are as a nation because we can't agree on who we've been, or what it is, philosophically and spiritually, that makes us "Americans." Dionne...

Owning the Earth

The Transforming History of Land Ownership

by Andro Linklater
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013

From the author of the acclaimed Measuring America, a dazzling chronicle, through history and across cultures, about how the ability to own the land we inhabit has shaped modern society. Barely two centuries ago, most of the world's productive land still belonged either communally to traditional...

The Warmest Room in the House

How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth-Century American Home

by Steven Gdula
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008

The first book that puts the hearth of the American home-its many unique challenges and innovations-in its proper place in contemporary history. Thomas Jefferson once wrote that if you really want to understand the workings of a society, you have to "look into their pots" and "eat their bread." Steven...
by Robert M. Poole
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014

Gifted writer and reporter Robert Poole opens Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery with preparations for Memorial Day when thousands of families come to visit those buried in the 624-acre cemetery, legions of Rolling Thunder motorcyclists patrol the streets with fluttering POW flags, and service...

In Mortal Hands

A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age

by Stephanie Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009

This landmark history of nuclear power is perfectly timed for today, when Americans are gravely concerned with nuclear terrorism, and a nuclear renaissance is seen as a possible solution to global warming. Few have truly come to terms with the complexities of an issue which may determine the future...

American Terroir

Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields

by Rowan Jacobsen
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010

Why does honey from the tupelo-lined banks of the Apalachicola River have a kick of cinnamon unlike any other? Why is salmon from Alaska's Yukon River the richest in the world? Why does one underground cave in Greensboro, Vermont, produce many of the country's most intense cheeses? The answer...

Cyberphobia

Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet

by Edward Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015

Cybercrime is increasingly in the news on both an individual and national level--from the stolen identities and personal information of millions of Americans to the infiltration of our national security networks allowing access to both economic and trade secrets. In Cyberphobia, Edward Lucas...

The Age of Genius

The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind

by Professor A. C. Grayling
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics....
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