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The Blind Watchmaker
From the author of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker has been acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution in the last hundred years. In 1802 the Rev. William Paley's argued in Natural Theology that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must ex...
Augustus - A Novel
A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs. A mere eighteen years of age when his uncle, Julius Caesar, is mu...
A History of Judaism
Judaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions and, despite the extraordinarily varied forms it has taken and diverse beliefs it has contained over three millennia, it has been generally understood by both Jews and gentiles as a single entity. There have been many histories of t...
The Pleasures of Leisure
'Almost everybody I know has done it at least once. Some of my friends indulge on a regular basis. Women seem especially susceptible to giving it a go. I?ve been at it since I was at least five. What on earth do we imagine we?re doing??Many of us lack a talent for leisure. We are working longer hours as...
Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal
How does Italy actually work? The bestselling writer on Italian culture sets out to answer this question -- and the results are often surprising'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The TimesHow does Italy really work?When Valeria travels...
Just Us: An American Conversation
Citizen changed the conversation. Just Us moves it forward again - and this time, urges all of us to take part At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, ho...
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture
We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Illness and trauma are defining how we live. In his new...
Dictionary of Gestures: Expressive Comportments and Movements in Use around the World
An illustrated guide to more than 850 gestures and their meanings around the world, from a nod of the head to a click of the heels. Gestures convey meaning with a flourish. A vigorous nod of the head, a bold jut of the chin, an enthusiastic thumbs-up- all speak louder than words. Yet the same gesture ma...
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