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The fascinating three-thousand-year history of the census, revealing why the true boundaries of any nation today aren't lines on a map but columns in a census tabulation

The first biography of Missy Meloney, the most important woman you've never heard of

From an award-winning historian, a "vivid" account of the revolution that created the modern world (Wall Street Journal)

Written to help the business person gain a grammatical advantage on his or her competition, "Working with Words in Business and Legal Writing" is a quick and complete guide to writing clear and concise e-mails, letters, and reports.

"a revealing look at the dark underbelly of our rapidly advancing electronics"-Salon.com

A beautiful and surprising exploration of a phenomenon that is at once familiar and baffling: the mystery of why birds sing.

An original and timely analysis of one of the country's most contentious issues: the hard right turn taken by the federal courts, and why balance must be restored to the judiciary branch

"Boys will be boys," the saying goes -- but what does that actually mean? A leading anthropologist investigates

A prizewinning historian's epic account of the scramble to control equatorial Africa

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic on creativity, essential for individuals and teams who want to think outside the box.

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated

"[A] gem of a book... enlivened by incisive analysis, exquisite detail and an elegant and witty style."-Alison Weir, BBC History Magazine

A mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence-and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think

Since it was first published in 1993, Creating Minds has served as a peerless guide to the creative self. Now available as a paperback reissue with a new introduction by the author, the book uses portraits of seven extraordinary individuals to reveal the patterns that drive the creative process,and to demonstrate how circumstance also plays an indispensable role in creative success.

Armies and empires, statesmen and tyrants--the acclaimed historian Robin Lane Fox vividly recounts the history of two great civilizations and one thousand years that forged the Western world

A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectualsThroughout much of the nineteenth century, both secular and Catholic leaders assumed that the Church and the modern world were locked in a battle to the death. The triumph of modernity would not only finish the Church as a consequential player in world history; it would also lead to the death of religious conviction. But today, the Catholic Church is far more vital and consequential than it was 150 years ago. Ironically, in confronting modernity, the Catholic Church rediscovered its evangelical essence. In the process, Catholicism developed intellectual tools capable of rescuing the imperiled modern project. A richly rendered, deeply learned, and powerfully argued account of two centuries of profound change in the church and the world, The Irony of Modern Catholic History reveals how Catholicism offers twenty-first century essential truths for our survival and flourishing.

A prize-winning historian offers a major new history of the United States, placing faith and oil at the center of America's rise to global power

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements

The surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world

A preeminent scholar explores the history of the "new immigrants" who came to the United States in the late nineteenth century and describes how they became insiders by the end of World War II.

How anyone can become a data ninja

The history of the most acrimonious presidential handoff in American history--and of the origins of twentieth-century liberalism and conservatism

The definitive guide to leadership development, now fully revised, updated, and expanded for a new generation of leaders

A Prize-winning historian presents a vivid revisionist account of the Soviet Union's collapse over the final five months of 1991.

From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science of quantum mechanics.

"Mr Close's magisterial work is sure to become the definitive account"-The Economist

A rich brew of political intrigue that dwarfs even the most salacious political scandal today.

A wholly original way of looking at Tupac Shakur that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him

A veteran journalist describes how the cultural upheavals of the sixties rocked the balances of political power in America - and continue to do so

Stern contends that the motherhood experience is simultaneously universal and intensely personal, and it affects the emotional, psychological realm of experience as well as the physical being of the mother. He chronicles the subjective aspects of motherhoodthe thoughts, feelings, and fearsto produce a generalized picture of the motherhood experience.