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A Plague of Prisons

The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America

by Ernest Drucker ...

The public health expert and prison reform activist offers "meticulous analysis" on our criminal justice system and the plague of American incarceration ( The Washington Post).An internationally recognized public health scholar, Ernest Drucker uses the tools of epidemiology to demonstrate that incarceration in the United States has become an epidemic—a plague upon our body politic. He argues that ... Read more

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The public health expert and prison reform activist offers "meticulous analysis" on our criminal justice system and the plague of American incarceration ( The Washington Post).An internationally recognized public health scholar, Ernest Drucker uses the tools of epidemiology to demonstrate that incarceration in the United States has become an epidemic—a plague upon our body politic. He argues that
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Decarcerating America

From Mass Punishment to Public Health

Edited by Ernest Drucker ...

**“A powerful call for reform.”—NPRAn all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarceration**Mass incarceration will end—there is an emerging consensus that we’ve been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America ... Read more

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**“A powerful call for reform.”—NPRAn all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarceration**Mass incarceration will end—there is an emerging consensus that we’ve been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America
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Decarcerating America

From Mass Punishment to Public Health

Edited by Ernest Drucker ...

"A powerful call for reform."— NPRAn all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarcerationMass incarceration will end—there is an emerging consensus that we've been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America collects ... Read more

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"A powerful call for reform."— NPRAn all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarcerationMass incarceration will end—there is an emerging consensus that we've been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America collects
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The Tragedy of American Science

From Truman to Trump

by Clifford D. Conner ...

A look at the destructive history of science-for-profit, including its toll on the US pandemic response, by the author of A People's History of Science.Despite a facade of brilliant technological advances, American science has led humanity to the brink of interrelated disasters. In The Tragedy of American Science, historian of science Clifford D. Conner describes the dual processes by which this ... Read more

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A look at the destructive history of science-for-profit, including its toll on the US pandemic response, by the author of A People's History of Science.Despite a facade of brilliant technological advances, American science has led humanity to the brink of interrelated disasters. In The Tragedy of American Science, historian of science Clifford D. Conner describes the dual processes by which this
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Invisible Countries

Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood

by Joshua Keating ...

A journalist explores how our world's borders came to be and how self-proclaimed countries across the globe could change the map.What is a country? While certain basic criteria—borders, a government, and recognition from other countries—seem obvious, journalist Joshua Keating investigates what happens in areas of the world that exist as exceptions to these rules. Invisible Countries looks at ... Read more

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A journalist explores how our world's borders came to be and how self-proclaimed countries across the globe could change the map.What is a country? While certain basic criteria—borders, a government, and recognition from other countries—seem obvious, journalist Joshua Keating investigates what happens in areas of the world that exist as exceptions to these rules. Invisible Countries looks at
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Naming Names

by Victor S. Navasky ...

Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC from a longtime editor of The Nation and former Chair of the Columbia Journalism Review .Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee—including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and A... ... Read more

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Winner of the National Book Award: The definitive history of Joe McCarthy, the Hollywood blacklist, and HUAC from a longtime editor of The Nation and former Chair of the Columbia Journalism Review .Drawing on interviews with over one hundred and fifty people who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee—including Elia Kazan, Ring Lardner Jr., and A...
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Zero-Sum Victory

What We're Getting Wrong About War

by Christopher D. Kolenda ...

The military expert and author of Leadership presents "the most thoughtful analysis yet of America's recent conflicts—and future challenges" (Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal).Why have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in America's favor, capacity-building efforts, and tactical victories, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable ... Read more

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The military expert and author of Leadership presents "the most thoughtful analysis yet of America's recent conflicts—and future challenges" (Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal).Why have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in America's favor, capacity-building efforts, and tactical victories, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable
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The Finance Curse

How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer

by Nicholas Shaxson ...

An "artfully presented [and] engaging" look at the insidious effects of financialization on our lives and politics by the author of Treasure Islands ( The Boston Globe).How did the banking sector grow from a supporter of business to the biggest business in the world? Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson takes us on a terrifying journey through the world economy, exposing tax havens, monopolists, ... Read more

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An "artfully presented [and] engaging" look at the insidious effects of financialization on our lives and politics by the author of Treasure Islands ( The Boston Globe).How did the banking sector grow from a supporter of business to the biggest business in the world? Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson takes us on a terrifying journey through the world economy, exposing tax havens, monopolists,
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Vanishing Acts

by Daniel Abraham, M. Shayne Bell, Michael Cadnum, Ted Chiang, Avram Davidson, Karen Joy Fowler, Joe Haldeman, Paul McAuley, Ian McDowell, A. R. Morlan, David J. Schow, William Shunn, Brian M. Stableford, Mark W. Tiedemann, Bruce McAllister, Suzy McKee Charnas ...

"A diverse and thoughtful array of 16 stories written around the theme of endangered species—be they human or animal, mythical or alien." — Publishers WeeklyIn this poignant yet uplifting anthology about extinction, science fiction stories draw you into compelling, adventurous, and even humorous tales that will make you think about the future of animals, humanity, and the world around us. You'll ... Read more

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"A diverse and thoughtful array of 16 stories written around the theme of endangered species—be they human or animal, mythical or alien." — Publishers WeeklyIn this poignant yet uplifting anthology about extinction, science fiction stories draw you into compelling, adventurous, and even humorous tales that will make you think about the future of animals, humanity, and the world around us. You'll
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Of Sound Mind

How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World

by Nina Kraus ...

**An NPR “Book of the Day”A “deeply scientific yet often poetic” study that will forever change the way you think about everyday sounds—with fun illustrations that make complex processes easier to understand (Wall Street Journal).How sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are . . .**Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. In Of Sound Mind, Nina Kraus ... Read more

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**An NPR “Book of the Day”A “deeply scientific yet often poetic” study that will forever change the way you think about everyday sounds—with fun illustrations that make complex processes easier to understand (Wall Street Journal).How sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are . . .**Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. In Of Sound Mind, Nina Kraus
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Quantum Legacies

Dispatches from an Uncertain World

by David Kaiser ...

"Engrossing . . . Leave[s] us with a richer picture of physics as a lived activity." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn Quantum Legacies, David Kaiser introduces readers to iconic episodes in physicists' still-unfolding quest to understand space, time, and matter at their most fundamental. In a series of vibrant essays, Kaiser takes us inside moments of discovery and debate among the great minds of ... Read more

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"Engrossing . . . Leave[s] us with a richer picture of physics as a lived activity." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn Quantum Legacies, David Kaiser introduces readers to iconic episodes in physicists' still-unfolding quest to understand space, time, and matter at their most fundamental. In a series of vibrant essays, Kaiser takes us inside moments of discovery and debate among the great minds of
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The Force of Nonviolence

An Ethico-Political Bind

by Judith Butler ...

“The most creative and courageous social theorist working today” examines the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence (Cornel West).“ . . . nonviolence is often seen as passive and resolutely individual. Butler’s philosophical inquiry argues that it is in fact a shrewd and even aggressive collective political tactic.” —New York TimesJudith Butler shows how an ethic of ... Read more

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“The most creative and courageous social theorist working today” examines the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence (Cornel West).“ . . . nonviolence is often seen as passive and resolutely individual. Butler’s philosophical inquiry argues that it is in fact a shrewd and even aggressive collective political tactic.” —New York TimesJudith Butler shows how an ethic of
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