Prometheus Books
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Psychology According to Shakespeare: What You Can Learn about Human Nature from Shakespeare’s Great Plays
$28.95 Add to cartWilliam Shakespeare has undergone psychological analyses ever since Freud diagnosed Hamlet with an Oedipus complex. But now, two psychologists propose to turn the tables by telling how Shakespeare him
- Author: Zimbardo, Philip G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889602
- Language: English
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Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism
$47.48 Add to cart- Author: Warraq, Ibn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 556
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591024846
- Language: English
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Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town
$25.95 Add to cartBy 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn’t your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination for mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-s
- Author: Martin, Bitty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887766
- Language: English
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Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition
$34.95 Add to cartAlthough much has been written about Al Capone, there has not been–until now–a complete history of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition. This exhaustively researched book covers the entire … [more below]
- Author: Binder, John J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1633882853
- Language: English
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Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If the Universe Doesn’t
$29.95 Add to cartA psychiatrist presents a compelling argument for how human purpose and caring emerged in a spontaneous and unguided universe. Can there be purpose without God? This book is about how human purpose an… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Ralph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 17 2018
- ISBN10: 163388385X
- Language: English
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Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism
$29.95 Read more2022 History Book Festival Official Selection.
The 1930s still conjure painful images: the great want of the Depression, and overseas, the exuberant crowds motivated by self-appointed national saviors
- Author: Hanna, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 163388676X
- Language: English
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The Unhackable Internet: How Rebuilding Cyberspace Can Create Real Security and Prevent Financial Collapse
$29.95 Read moreLike most aspects of modern existence, more and more of our financial lives have migrated to the digital realm. With the benefits of ease that our Internet allows us, that transition also raises numer
- Author: Vartanian, Thomas P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888835
- Language: English
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Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio–Raising the Standards of Popular Culture
$29.99 Read moreAs a key player in the creative excellence that made TV’s Golden Age so memorable, Steve Allen is disgusted and outraged by what he sees on television today. Whereas talent and quality were the benchm… [more below]
- Author: Allen, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 419
- Publish Date: April 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1573928747
- Language: English
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Shockingly Close to the Truth!: Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist
$27.99 Add to cartThis amusing, revealing, and entertaining romp through the confused and controversial history of the UFO craze is a must for believers and skeptics alike. Shockingly Close to the Truth! is the first a… [more below]
- Author: Moseley, James W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929913
- Language: English
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Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World
$30.99 Read moreWhat Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock was to the 20th century, Our Molecular Future will be to the 21st century.What will happen to our jobs, health care, and investments when the molecular revolution hit… [more below]
- Author: Mulhall, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929921
- Language: English
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Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe
$19.99 Add to cartWhen scientists peer through a telescope at the distant stars in outer space or use a particle-accelerator to analyze the smallest components of matter, they discover that the same laws of physics gov… [more below]
- Author: Lederman, Leon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 363
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1591025753
- Language: English
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Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays
$21.00 Add to cartIn this wide-ranging collection of insightful, controversial, and often-witty essays, the renowned author of Why I Am Not a Muslim has created a representative selection of his best work on the Koran … [more below]
- Author: Warraq, Ibn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 27 2010
- ISBN10: 1616141700
- Language: English
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Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes–Looking at Murder Through the Words of Killers
$24.00 Read moreThis is the first book to examine murder through the written word–not only the writings of the killers themselves, but also the story of murder as told in literary fiction and the crime dramas that a… [more below]
- Author: Arntfield, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1633882535
- Language: English
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Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons from the World’s Only One-Armed Special Forces Sharpshooter
$24.00 Read moreThe inspiring story of a young American who volunteered to fight in the Israel Defense Forces, lost his arm in combat, and then returned to the battlefield. Combining refreshing candor with self-depre… [more below]
- Author: Ezagui, Izzy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884279
- Language: English
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Genius Weapons: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weaponry, and the Future of Warfare
$19.00 Read moreArtificial intelligence is playing an ever-increasing role in military weapon systems. Going beyond the bomb-carrying drones used in the Afghan war, the Pentagon is now in a race with China and Russia… [more below]
- Author: Del Monte, Louis a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 163388452X
- Language: English
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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
$25.00 Read more“In his new book, The Case For Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility, famed astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin talks about the how and the why of our new e
- Author: Zubrin, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1633885348
- Language: English
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Good Thinking: What You Need to Know to Be Smarter, Safer, Wealthier, and Wiser
$17.00 Add to cartCritical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. In this follow-up to his introductory guide Think, and continuing his trademark of hopeful skepticism, Guy Harrison demonstrates in… [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Guy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1633880648
- Language: English
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Think Before You Like: Social Media’s Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed
$18.00 Add to cartAt a time when the news cycle turns on a tweet, journalism gets confused with opinion, and facts are treated as negotiable information, applying critical thinking skills to your social media consumpti… [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Guy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1633883515
- Language: English
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The Well-Spoken Woman Speaks Out: How to Use Your Voice to Drive Change
$18.00 Read morePractical and inspiring, this book is a valuable asset for women seeking to drive change with #MeToo, March for our Lives, Time’s Up, Black Women Lead, Climate Action, She Should Run, Power to the Pol… [more below]
- Author: Jahnke, Christine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1633885003
- Language: English
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How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcissists, and Psychotic Visionaries
$25.00 Add to cartThis book considers the impact of psychology on world events, looking at how mental illness and personality disorders have affected history.How have mental illness and personality disorders influenced… [more below]
- Author: Ferguson, Christopher J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1633885747
- Language: English
