Basic Books
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Discrimination and Disparities
$30.00 Add to cartAn enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell’s brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities
Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations h… [more below]- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1541645634
- Language: English
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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
$18.99 Add to cartA Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know, in this popular science classic.
Our universe has been growing for nearly 14 billion year- Author: Weinberg, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 18, 1993
- ISBN10: 0465024378
- Language: English
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Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
$35.00 Add to cartThe epic story of the planet’s oldest trees and the making of the modern world
Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora- Author: Farmer, Jared
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0465097847
- Language: English
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Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives–And How We Break Free
$30.00 Add to cartThe definitive book on how systemic racism in America really works, revealing the vast and often hidden network of interconnected policies, practices, and beliefs that combine to devastate Black lives… [more below]
- Author: Rose, Tricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 5, 2024
- ISBN10: 1541602714
- Language: English
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Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
$35.00 Read moreAn instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from one of the world’s leading economists, offering a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, but left us unsatisfie… [more below]
- Author: DeLong, J. Bradford
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 465019595
- Language: English
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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
$18.99 Add to cartWhy attractive things work better and other crucial insights into human-centered design
Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don … [more below]- Author: Norman, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0465051367
- Language: English
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Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine’s Confessions
$30.00 Read moreFINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023
The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine’s Confessions
While many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, few are aware of how his life- Author: Cooper, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541646010
- Language: English
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Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
$30.00 Read moreA biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers. Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he … [more below]
- Author: Riley, Jason L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619684
- Language: English
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What We Owe the Future
$19.99 Add to cartIn this instant New York Times bestseller, a renowned philosopher puts forth the case for longtermism
The fate of the world – and the future – is in our hands. Now with a new foreword, What We Owe t- Author: Macaskill, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604032
- Language: English
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
$21.99 Add to cartA searing and “magisterial” (Cornel West, New York Times-bestselling author of Democracy Matters) history of American racial exploitation and resistance, told through the turbulent past of the city of… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1541619587
- Language: English
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Intercourse
$19.99 Add to cartAndrea Dworkin, once called “Feminism’s Malcolm X,” has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of h
- Author: Dworkin, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07, 2006
- ISBN10: 0465017525
- Language: English
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I Am a Strange Loop
$21.99 Add to cartOne of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind asks, where does the self come from — and how our selves can exist in the minds of others. Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul,… [more below]
- Author: Hofstadter, Douglas R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 436
- Publish Date: July 8, 2008
- ISBN10: 0465030793
- Language: English
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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
The story of humanity is the story of textiles–as o- Author: Postrel, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541617622
- Language: English
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Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football
$32.00 Read moreAn acclaimed sportswriter offers an inside look at the Black quarterbacks whose skill and grit transformed the NFL
In Rocket Men, John Eisenberg offers the definitive history of Black quarterbacks in
- Author: Eisenberg, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1541600401
- Language: English
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Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan
$30.00 Add to cartHow Michael Jordan’s path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame
To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn’t enough for Michael Jordan to merel- Author: Smith, Johnny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541675657
- Language: English
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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
$45.00 Add to cartA new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires
At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It- Author: Frahm, Eckart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1541674405
- Language: English
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Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning
$18.99 Add to cartViktor Frankl, bestselling author of Man’s Search for Meaning, explains the psychological tools that enabled him to survive the Holocaust Viktor Frankl is known to millions as the author of Man’s Sea… [more below]
- Author: Frankl, Viktor E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 11 2000
- ISBN10: 0738203548
- Language: English
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Letters to a Young Therapist
$18.99 Add to cartMary Pipher’s groundbreaking investigation of America’s “girl-poisoning culture,” Reviving Ophelia, has sold nearly two million copies and established its author as one of the nation’s foremost author… [more below]
- Author: Pipher, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 9, 2016
- ISBN10: 0465039685
- Language: English
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A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
$18.99 Add to cartA bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI.
For all of neuroscience’s adva
- Author: Hawkins, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1541675797
- Language: English
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To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II
$32.00 Read moreA leading Catholic intellectual explains why the teachings of the Second Vatican Council are essential to the Church’s future–and the world’s
The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was the most import
- Author: Weigel, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0465094317
- Language: English
