Two Billion Cars

Driving Toward Sustainability

Daniel Sperling

$24.95

hardback, Dec 2008

ISBN13: 9780195376647ISBN10: 0195376641

An innovative approach to managing the climate change and energy security risks of rapidly expanding car ownership around the globe

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Embracing Our Mortality

Hard Choices in an Age of Medical Miracles

Lawrence Schneiderman

$22.95

hardback, Jan 2008

ISBN13: 9780195339451ISBN10: 0195339452

A unique approach to the trying medical choices many of us have to make at the end of our lives, combining science, empathy, and an acceptance of death.

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Real Enemies

Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11

Kathryn S. Olmsted

$29.95

hardback, Nov 2008

ISBN13: 9780195183535ISBN10: 0195183533

A fascinating history of conspiracy theories in America, from the WWI "merchants of death" to the alleged government collusion in the 9/11 attack

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In Search of the Black Fantastic

Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era

Richard Iton

$29.95

hardback, May 2008

ISBN13: 9780195178463ISBN10: 0195178467

A penetrating look at the link between black popular culture and politics in the post Civil-Rights era

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What Hath God Wrought

The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

Daniel Walker Howe

$35.00

hardback, Sep 2007

ISBN13: 9780195078947ISBN10: 0195078942

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for History!

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Trust

Self-Interest and the Common Good

Marek Kohn

$21.95

hardback, May 2008

ISBN13: 9780199217915ISBN10: 0199217912

From fascinating puzzles about the biological origins of trust, to the wider social and political implications of trust in human society, this short but thought-provoking book explores how trust works, what makes it possible, and why it matters more than ever today