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The Great DerangementMatt Taibbi "Matt Taibbi is the best American journalism has to offer. As The Great Derangement shows, he has absolutely no shred of fear in confronting the corruption that plagues our government and exploring the desperation that is rising in America. And somehow, he pulls it off while making us simultaneously weep in sorrow and laugh our asses off." -David Sirota |
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Stealing God's ThunderPhilip Dray "We forget, living in this era of heavily patented research and closely guarded results, how wonderfully exciting the scientific world used to be. In Stealing God's Thunder, the story of Benjamin Franklin's invention of the lightening rod and the resulting consequences, that sense of wonder and excitement and even fear comes beautifully to life. Philip Dray does a remarkable job of illuminating the ever-fascinating Franklin and, more than that, the way that he, and his invention, helped create the new scientific world." -Amazon |
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John AdamsDavid McCullough "This life of Adams is an extraordinary portrait of an extraordinary man who has not received his due in America's early political history but whose life work significantly affected his country's future. McCullough is here following his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Truman, and his subjects have much in common as leaders who struggled to establish their own presidential identities as they emerged from the shadows of their revered predecessors." - Library Journal |
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The Varieties of Scientific ExperienceCarl Sagan/Ann Druyan Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, he illuminates his explanations with examples from cosmology, physics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural anthropology, mythology, theology, and more. Sagan's humorous, wise, and at times stunningly prophetic observations on some of the greatest mysteries of the cosmos have the invigorating effect of stimulating the intellect, exciting the imagination, and reawakening us to the grandeur of life in the cosmos. -Amazon |
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InfidelAyaan Hirsi Ali "Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more significant." -Amz |
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Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyondedited by Andrew J. Petto, Laurie R. Godfrey Fervent fundamentalist religious groups have exhibited chronic allergies to science ever since Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species" convincingly presented his theory of evolution by natural selection. Unweaving rainbows could be tolerated - but dismantling cherished creation myths spawned an array of pseudoscientific hives and rashes ranging from 'creation science' to 'Intelligent Design'. (Carl Flygare) |
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The Age of American UnreasonSusan Jacoby This is one of the most eye-opening books I've read in a long time. Jacoby charts the intellectual and cultural currents that have characterized the United States since its founding and explains just how and why Americans have recently become so, well, dumb. Anyone who cares about the future of our country will want to read it. |
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The Demon-Haunted WorldCarl Sagan Revealing the dangers associated with widespread scientific ignorance, a cautionary study explains how scientific thought has served to overcome prejudice and hysteria while debunking the myth that science destroys spirituality. |
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It Can't Happen HereSinclair Lewis It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. |
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The Mind of the MarketMichael Shermer Bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy-and why people are so irrational about money How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? |
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The Shock DoctrineNaomi Klein "The Shock Doctrine is a valuable addition to the corpus of popular books that have attempted to rethink the big ideas of our post-Cold War age." |
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The Great DerangementMatt Taibbi "Matt Taibbi is the best American journalism has to offer. As The Great Derangement shows, he has absolutely no shred of fear in confronting the corruption that plagues our government and exploring the desperation that is rising in America. And somehow, he pulls it off while making us simultaneously weep in sorrow and laugh our asses off." -David Sirota  All Books |
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Acoustic LadylandLast Chance Disco "Acoustic Ladyland have been rattling minds since 2001 when Pete Wareham, Tom Cawley, Tom Herbert and Polar Bear's Seb Roachford united on the basis of their mutual distaste of jazz sterility and respect for Jimi Hendrix. Their lofty ambition was to create something as "musically substantial as Coltrane, but was as much fun as Waiting For the Man by The Velvet Underground." -Drowned in Sound All Music
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HellohikimoriNathalie Melato/David Cambou Hellohikimori is Nathalie Melato and David Rondel Cambou. Colours walk with us. Together, we fight. For brands, for design, for interaction and even for glory, sometimes. We breathe creativity. Together. Always. We love to walk and ride but always out of the beaten tracks. It is painful, sometimes, but it's worth it. Really. They say audacious. We say proud. All Sites |
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Gazeta MercantilJWT, Pedro Izique "In this print campaign, JWT Sao Paulo shows that the newspaper makes deeper analyses of the financial market and informs readers on political and social events exercising influence on the world economy. On Dollar, Euro and Yen notes, some of the most important events of the last century." -JWT, Sao Paulo All Artists
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