What We Mean by the American Dream: Stories We Tell about Meritocracy, Hardcover - Doron Taussig

Reducere. Doron Taussig invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else?The American Dream is built on the idea that...

It's Good to be Here: Stories we tell about cancer is a courageous and deeply personal book about the author's 25 year journey with cancer. It is p...

In What Do We Mean When We Talk About Meaning?, Steven Cassedy tells the story ofPublisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Steven (Distingui...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998Critical acclaim for Lawrence Wright'sA Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize Finalist""This is a book about far more t...

DescriptionReports of the death of reading are greatly exaggeratedDo you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, y...

DescriptionWhy is belief in an afterlife so persistent across times and cultures? And how can it coexist with disbelief in an afterlife? Most moder...

From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward cre...

The Stories We Tell celebrates the work of twenty women who have made major contributions to the canon of American magazine writing.While each has ...

Reducere. Description"A deeply affecting work from one of the important and innovative voices in American health and medicine." -- Arianna Huffington In Well...

Wasted is a riveting exploration of the complicated, and often surprising, ways that waste occurs in our businesses, our communities, and our lives...

Reducere. An Esquire Best Book of Summer - A collection of glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of people testing the boundaries of their lives--from...

Reducere. A hard-hitting and controversial book, WHY JOHNNY CAN'T TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG will not only open eyes but change minds. America today suffers from ...

Reducere. A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pul...

Reducere. It's December 1942 and Betty Ahern is enjoying her fledgling career as a private detective, investigating everything from missing jewelry to wander...

'A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer' Evening StandardLow-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of e...

Three boys write for The Paper – England’s answer to Rolling Stone. Terry is back from Berlin, basking in his friendship ship with debauched rock l...

Every year, 400, 000 families in the United States welcome premature babies ... Ten percent of babies born in the U.S. are preemies. But that one w...

What Do We Know and What Should We Do About The Future of Work? is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues oft...

Polygyny the practice of having multiple wives has existed since ancient times and is still practiced in many countries throughout the world. In th...

Get stuck in -Ó Why do some people become demons when they get behind a wheel? Why does the other lane always move faster? Why do New Yorkers jaywa...

Reducere. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DREAMSWhy we have them, what they mean, and how to put them to work for you.

Reducere. New Stories We Tell is the third in a series of women-centric journalism text/anthologies created to celebrate the great women of American longform...

Reducere. Description"What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape is brilliant, frank, empowering, and urgently necessary. Sohaila Abdulali has created a powe...

Interviews with people of faith including Sara Maitland | Sister Wendy Beckett | Delia Smith | The Revd Richard Coles | Dermot O'Leary | Cherie Bla...

DescriptionHow new biomedical technologies--from prenatal testing to gene-editing techniques--require us to imagine who counts as human and what it...

As featured in People magazine: One LGBTQ family's inspiring, heartfelt story of the many alternative paths that lead to a loving family, with less...

A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN?Can such a place exist? It not only can--it does. But it's no utopia. It's a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people...

From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing ...

Reducere. *A New York Times Best Seller* From one of our most iconic and influential writers: a timeless collection of mostly early pieces that reveal what w...

Poor Numbers is the first analysis of the production and use of African economic development statistics.

Discover how the stories we tell reveal our deepest desires, and point to the meaning of the reality we live in.Publisher: Inter-Varsity PressAutho...

Reducere. DescriptionMalcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Gol...

Reducere. DescriptionMalcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Gol...

Blending memoir, self-help and science, and offering practical help, Tim Clare asks us to rethink anxietyPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): T...

A FRANK O'CONNOR AWARD-winning, simply stunning short-story collection by one of America's most critically acclaimed young writers.Publisher: Orion...

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Reducere. A deeply affecting work from one of the important and innovative voices in American health and medicine. -- Arianna Huffington In Well, physician S...

Reducere. Explore the intriguing answers to more than 200 questions about the past in this absorbing encyclopedia of world history for kids. Where did the fi...

Reducere. A brilliant and urgent appraisal of one of the most profound conflicts of our timeEven before George W. Bush gained reelection by wooing religiousl...

THE LOST STORYTELLER is the heartwarming debut novel from Amanda Block, celebrating the power of imagination and empathy. Perfect for fans of Jessi...