Basic Books
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General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum
$32.00 Add to cartThe latest volume in the New York Times-bestselling physics series explains Einstein’s masterpiece: the general theory of relativity
He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special re
- Series: Theoretical Minimum
- Author: Susskind, Leonard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601777
- Language: English
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The Word: How We Translate the Bible–And Why It Matters
$32.00 Add to cartFrom a distinguished Oxford scholar and the author of A History of the Bible, an examination of how biblical translation works and why it matters
Throughout history, most Jewish and Christian believ- Author: Barton, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603680
- Language: English
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Love’s Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
$19.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
An “utterly absorbing” collection of ten classic tales from the therapist’s chair by renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author Irvin D. Yalom (Newsday) Why was Saul t- Author: Yalom, Irvin D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 05, 2012
- ISBN10: 0465020119
- Language: English
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How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions–And the Art of Knowing When Not to
$32.50 Read moreA “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them right
- Author: Yates, Kit
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604938
- Language: English
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Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them)
$30.00 Add to cartAn astronomer “who writes like a poet” (Wall Street Journal) gives a sweeping, “beautifully written” (Nature) inquiry into how the night sky has shaped human history
For as long as humans have lived- Author: Trotta, Roberto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541674774
- Language: English
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1923: The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler’s Putsch
$32.00 Read moreHow Germany’s fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923–and how pro-democracy forces fought back
In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a series of crises, including foreign occupation of its industr- Author: Jones, Mark William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1541600207
- Language: English
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Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
$32.00 Add to cartHow a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism
At the height of the John Birch Society’s activity in the 1960s, critics dismissed its members as a par- Author: Dallek, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: 21-Mar-23
- ISBN10: 1541673565
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
$21.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - An “important, deeply affecting–and regrettably relevant” (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedo… [more below]
- Author: Cowie, Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: 2-Jan-24
- ISBN10: 1541605128
- Language: English
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The Interpretation of Dreams
$16.99 Add to cartThe most complete edition of Sigmund Freud’s classic work on the psychology and significance of dreams.
What are the most common dreams and why do we have them? What does a dream about death mean? W- Author: Freud, Sigmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 0465019773
- Language: English
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America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
$35.00 Read moreThe remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today’s Black mecca
Atlanta is home to some of America’s most prominent Black po… [more below]- Author: Ogbar, Jeffrey O. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601998
- Language: English
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The Library: A Fragile History
$22.99 Add to cartThe “engaging” and “ambitious” (Washington Post) history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age.
The history of the library is rich, varied, and
- Author: Pettegree, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603729
- Language: English
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The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country
$32.00 Add to cartHow small-town America’s surprising success reshapes our understanding of the nation’s urban-rural divide, offering “the most balanced and broadest-ranging look at the topic” (Tyler Cowen, George Maso
- Author: Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 154164672X
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950
$35.00 Read moreAn evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War
Halfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 elec- Author: Bunker, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541675541
- Language: English
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
$18.99 Add to cartA master teacher presents the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physics
“Beautifully clear explanations of famously ‘difficult’ things,” — Wall St- Series: Theoretical Minimum
- Author: Susskind, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: 22-Apr-14
- ISBN10: 0465075681
- Language: English
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Homer and His Iliad
$32.50 Read moreA “compelling and impressive” (Sunday Times) reassessment of the Iliad, uncovering how the poem was written and why it remains enduringly powerful
The Iliad is the world’s greatest epic poem–heroic- Author: Fox, Robin Lane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1541600444
- Language: English
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American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle Between Immigrant Radicals and the Us Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
$35.00 Add to cartA “lively, fast-paced history” (Adam Hochschild, bestselling author of American Midnight) of America’s anarchist movement and the government’s tireless efforts to destroy it
In the early twentieth ce- Author: Willrich, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1541697375
- Language: English
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The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes
$30.00 Add to cart“A rich and rewarding history of one of the most astounding ideas in physics and astronomy” (Marcia Bartusiak) – that the universe we know isn’t the only one
Our books, our movies–our imagin- Author: Halpern, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 154160217X
- Language: English
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Economic Facts and Fallacies
$19.99 Add to cartThomas Sowell “both surprises and overturns received wisdom” in this indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies (The Economist)
Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most po- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 22, 2011
- ISBN10: 0465022030
- Language: English
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Nobody’s Fool: Why We Get Taken in and What We Can Do about It
$32.00 Add to cartFrom two New York Times-bestselling psychologists, “an engaging master class in how to foil purveyors of false promises” (Philip E. Tetlock, author of Superforecasting)
From phishing scams to Ponzi s- Author: Simons, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1541602234
- Language: English
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Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
$19.99 Add to cartAn awesome, globe-spanning, and New York Times bestselling journey through the beauty and power of mathematics
What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence?- Author: Frenkel, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09, 2014
- ISBN10: 0465064957
- Language: English
