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Télécharger le livre :  The Words That Made Us
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The Words That Made Us


Akhil Reed Amar


From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades   When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty...

Parution : 2021-05-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Stalin's War
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Stalin's War


Sean Mcmeekin


A prize-winning historian reveals how Stalin—not Hitler—was the animating force of World War II in this major new history.World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events....

Parution : 2021-04-20
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Télécharger le livre :  The Ledger and the Chain
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The Ledger and the Chain


Joshua D. Rothman


An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing forgotten story of America's internal slave trade—and its role in the making of America.Slave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of American slavery. But these men—who trafficked and sold...

Parution : 2021-04-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Meditations
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Meditations


Marcus Aurelius


A handsome hardcover edition of Robin Waterfield’s definitive translation, with rich annotations providing everything readers need to understand this timeless masterpiece of practical philosophy. “A treat (and an eye-opening experience) … If you...

Parution : 2021-04-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Hawking Hawking
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Hawking Hawking


Charles Seife


Stephen Hawking was widely recognized as the world's best physicist and even the most brilliant man alive–but what if his true talent was self-promotion?WhenStephen Hawking died, he was widely recognized as the world's best physicist, and even its smartest...

Parution : 2021-04-06
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Télécharger le livre :  A Thousand Brains
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A Thousand Brains


Jeff Hawkins


A "fascinating book" that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI (Financial Times) For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create...

Parution : 2021-03-02
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Télécharger le livre :  The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
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The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy


Molyn Leszcz , Irvin D. Yalom


The classic work on group psychotherapy. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has been the standard text in the field for decades. In this completely updated sixth edition, Dr. Yalom and Dr. Leszcz draw on a decade of new research as well as their broad...

Parution : 2020-12-01
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Télécharger le livre :  The Janus Point
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The Janus Point


Julian Barbour


In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time -- and shapes the destiny of the universe. Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics...

Parution : 2020-12-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Mediocre
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Mediocre


Ijeoma Oluo


From the TIME 100 author of the Sunday Times and number 1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity -- now with a new preface.'One of the most admired writers and "internet yellers" around... [Mediocre...

Parution : 2020-12-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Operation Moonglow
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Operation Moonglow


Teasel Muir-Harmony


The moon landing was an important moment in history, but many forget what was happening behind the scenes -- discover the groundbreaking political history of the Apollo program in this riveting exploration of America's space missions.Since July 1969, Neil Armstrong's...

Parution : 2020-11-24
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Télécharger le livre :  White Fright
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White Fright


Jane Dailey


A major new history of the fight for racial equality in America, arguing that fear of black sexuality has undergirded white supremacy from the start.In White Fright, historian Jane Dailey brilliantly reframes our understanding of the long struggle for African American...

Parution : 2020-11-17
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Télécharger le livre :  South to Freedom
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South to Freedom


Alice L Baumgartner


A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico.The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the...

Parution : 2020-11-10
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Télécharger le livre :  The Pattern Seekers
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The Pattern Seekers


Simon Baron-Cohen


A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of...

Parution : 2020-11-10
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Télécharger le livre :  The Fabric of Civilization
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The Fabric of Civilization


Virginia Postrel


“A journey as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself...[The Fabric of Civilization is] like a swatch of a Florentine Renaissance brocade: carefully woven, the technique precise, the colors a mix of shade and shine...

Parution : 2020-11-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Dog-eared
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Dog-eared


Duncan Wu


From Homer to Wordsworth to Gwendolyn Brooks, learn about history's greatest writers and the furry best friends that inspired them.Dogs are at once among the most ordinary of animals and the most beloved by mankind. But what we may not realize is that for as long as we...

Parution : 2020-10-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Distracted
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Distracted


James M. Lang


Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions—which is why a renowned educator created a scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems. Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention? Conventional wisdom...

Parution : 2020-10-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Philip and Alexander
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Philip and Alexander


Adrian Goldsworthy


This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world -- and their rise and fall from power.Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles,...

Parution : 2020-10-13
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Télécharger le livre :  What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots
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What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots


Laura Major , Julie Shah


The next generation of robots will be truly social, but can we make sure that they play well in the sandbox?Most robots are just tools. They do limited sets of tasks subject to constant human control. But a new type of robot is coming. These machines will operate on...

Parution : 2020-10-13
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Télécharger le livre :  The Illness Narratives
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The Illness Narratives


Arthur Kleinman


From one of America's most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than just diagnosing their illness.Modern medicine treats sick patients like broken machines -- figure out what is physically wrong,...

Parution : 2020-10-13
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Télécharger le livre :  The Connected Parent
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The Connected Parent


Urs Gasser , John Palfrey


An essential guide for parents navigating the new frontier of hyper-connected kids.Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be...

Parution : 2020-10-06
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