Prometheus Books
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Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us
$28.95 Read moreA revealing trip down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories -their appeal, who believes them, how they spread -with an eye to helping people deal with the alt-right conspiracists in their own lives.C… [more below]
- Author: Neiwert, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1633886263
- Language: English
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The Milestones of Science: How We Came to Understand the Universe
$27.95 Read moreIf we were to judge humanity’s greatest accomplishments, science is almost certainly at the top of the list. The Milestones of Science is a collection of the most important and impressive breakthrough
- Author: Stein, James D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888487
- Language: English
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Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History
$28.00 Add to cartThis illuminating, in-depth studypresents a wealth of case material, demonstrating the many manifestations of religious violence-not just war and terrorism, which are the focus of so many discussions … [more below]
- Author: Eller, Jack David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 451
- Publish Date: November 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1616142189
- Language: English
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The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health
$24.95 Add to cartWhy do we say we have zero tolerance for bullying, but adult society is rife with it and it is an epidemic among children?
Because the injuries that all forms of bullying and abuse do to brains are in
- Author: Fraser, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887782
- Language: English
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Solving the Price Is Right: How Mathematics Can Improve Your Decisions on and Off the Set of America’s Celebrated Game Show
$29.95 Read moreThe Price is Right is television’s longest-running game show. Since its inception in 1956, contestants have won cars, tropical vacations, diamond jewelry, even a live horse, and the hosts’ excited cat
- Author: Bergner, Justin L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888517
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics for Poets
$34.95 Add to cartQuantum theory is the bedrock of contemporary physics and the basis of understanding matter in its tiniest dimensions and the vast universe as a whole. But for many, the theory remains an impenetrable… [more below]
- Author: Lederman, Leon M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1616142332
- Language: English
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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend
$18.99 Add to cartHave you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, “How could someone be so twisted? So evil?” Prompted by clues in her sister’s diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the … [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Oakley, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026652
- Language: English
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Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity
$28.95 Read moreHow much of ourselves do we disclose when we speak or write? A person’s accent may reveal, for example, whether they hail from Australia, or Ireland, or Mississippi. But it’s not just where we were bo
- Author: Kreuz, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888975
- Language: English
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Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
$27.95 Read moreHalley’s Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial
- Author: Goodrich, Richard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888568
- Language: English
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Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth
$34.95 Add to cartHow will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up? You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would … [more below]
- Author: Veronese, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1616149728
- Language: English
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King David and Boss Daley: The Black Disciples, Mayor Daley, and Chicago on the Edge
$36.95 Add to cartIn Chicago in mid-twentieth century amid the haze and smoke of urban renewal and the sounds of the wrecking balls and bulldozers, there lived two men, both street-savvy, one Black, one Irish, one youn
- Author: Williams, Lance
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1633887863
- Language: English
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Footprints of Schizophrenia: The Evolutionary Roots of Mental Illness
$28.95 Add to cartOf all the mental illnesses, schizophrenia eludes us the most. No matter the strides scientists have made in neurological research nor doctors have made in psychiatric treatment, schizophrenia remains
- Author: Lesk, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1633889289
- Language: English
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Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting
$28.50 Add to cartIn contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Profes… [more below]
- Author: Douglas, Joshua A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 1633885100
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics for Poets
$22.95 Add to cartQuantum theory is the bedrock of contemporary physics and the basis of understanding matter in its tiniest dimensions and the vast universe as a whole. But for many, the theory remains an impenetrable
- Author: Lederman, Leon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493086960
- Language: English
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Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition
$25.00 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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Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species
$29.95 Read moreDoes God exist? This straightforward question has spawned endless debate, ranging from apologists’ supposed proofs of God’s existence to New Atheist manifestos declaring belief in God a harmful delusi
- Author: Gervais, Will M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889246
- Language: English
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Everyday Rituals: The Liberating Power of Our Routines
$26.95 Read moreWhen we are in painfully difficult or confusing life situations, especially amidst ever-uncertain times, our minds grapple for structure: a funeral ceremony definitively lays the dead to rest; the exa
- Author: Katz, Pearl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889548
- Language: English
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Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons
$28.95 Read moreFunny Stuff is a tribute to a unique art form: the single-panel gag cartoon. It looks at why so many of us enjoy cartoons, and what makes for a great cartoon. Authors Phil Witte and Rex Hesner conside
- Author: Witte, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889807
- Language: English
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Distorting Democracy: The Forgotten History of the Electoral College–And Why It Matters Today
$21.95 Add to cartThe complicated history of how America elects presidents and why this matters to the next election
An engaging mix of history and political science, Distorting Democracy will awaken Americans to the p
- Author: DuPont, Carolyn Ren?e
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1493085980
- Language: English
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Blood in the Water: How the Us and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty
$27.00 Add to cartPresents evidence suggesting collusion between US and Israeli intelligence in the attack on a US naval surveillance vessel during the Six-Day War and the more than fifty-year long cover-up. On June 8,… [more below]
- Author: Mellen, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: December 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884643
- Language: English
