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Our Babies, Ourselves

How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent

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A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do--and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting.New parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn ... Read more

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A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do--and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting.New parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn
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Inventing the World

Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

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An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions—from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency—shaped modernity.How did a small, isolated city—with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday—come to transform western civilization? Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small, the author of the groundbreaking Our Babies, Ourselves examines the the unique ... Read more

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An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions—from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency—shaped modernity.How did a small, isolated city—with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday—come to transform western civilization? Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small, the author of the groundbreaking Our Babies, Ourselves examines the the unique
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Kids

How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Young Children

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To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Our Babies, Ourselves, Cornell anthropologist Meredith Small now takes on these and other crucial questions about the development of preschool children aged one to six.“A revealing ... Read more

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To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Our Babies, Ourselves, Cornell anthropologist Meredith Small now takes on these and other crucial questions about the development of preschool children aged one to six.“A revealing
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Fall Creek

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A once beautiful woman in a little black dress, designer stiletto heels, and a long string of expensive pearls floats face down in a turbulent pool at the base of a local waterfall, her long auburn hair streaming in the current and her skull bashed in. Homicide Detective First Grade Grace McLeod, a Big City exile now living and working a small college town, knows one thing immediately: this is no ... Read more

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A once beautiful woman in a little black dress, designer stiletto heels, and a long string of expensive pearls floats face down in a turbulent pool at the base of a local waterfall, her long auburn hair streaming in the current and her skull bashed in. Homicide Detective First Grade Grace McLeod, a Big City exile now living and working a small college town, knows one thing immediately: this is no
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What's Love Got to Do with It?

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**In this refreshingly down-to-earth exploration of human mating and sexuality, an acclaimed anthropologist looks at why we fall in love with the people we do."A personal feminist take on the mating game." —Scientific American**An acclaimed anthropologist looks at the fascinating intersection between the imperatives of our glands and genes, and the culture in which we live. Why do we fall in love ... Read more

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**In this refreshingly down-to-earth exploration of human mating and sexuality, an acclaimed anthropologist looks at why we fall in love with the people we do."A personal feminist take on the mating game." —Scientific American**An acclaimed anthropologist looks at the fascinating intersection between the imperatives of our glands and genes, and the culture in which we live. Why do we fall in love
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Social Warming

How Social Media Polarises Us All

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‘Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm’ Dorian Lynskey‘Cooly prosecutorial’ GuardianNobody meant for this to happen.Facebook didn’t mean to facilitate a genocide.Twitter didn’t want to be used to harass women.YouTube never planned to radicalise young men.But with billions of users, these platforms need only tweak their algorithms to generate more ‘engagement’. In so doing, t... ... Read more

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‘Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm’ Dorian Lynskey‘Cooly prosecutorial’ GuardianNobody meant for this to happen.Facebook didn’t mean to facilitate a genocide.Twitter didn’t want to be used to harass women.YouTube never planned to radicalise young men.But with billions of users, these platforms need only tweak their algorithms to generate more ‘engagement’. In so doing, t...
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Surviving Katyn

Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth

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WINNER OF THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE‘A gripping reconstruction… utterly compelling reading.’ Adam Zamoyski‘This is a grim story, thoroughly researched and brilliantly told.’ Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher EducationThe Katyn Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war is a crime to which there are no witnesses.Committed... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE‘A gripping reconstruction… utterly compelling reading.’ Adam Zamoyski‘This is a grim story, thoroughly researched and brilliantly told.’ Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher EducationThe Katyn Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war is a crime to which there are no witnesses.Committed...
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The Red Prince

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War, revolution, treason and love – the thrilling tale of Sir John of Gaunt brought to life by medieval history's rising star.‘The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.’ Dan JonesSon of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all the Tudors. Always close to the English throne, John of Gaunt left a complex ... Read more

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War, revolution, treason and love – the thrilling tale of Sir John of Gaunt brought to life by medieval history's rising star.‘The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.’ Dan JonesSon of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all the Tudors. Always close to the English throne, John of Gaunt left a complex
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The First 1,000 Days

A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children -- And the World

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An award-winning journalist and anti-hunger advocate explores the promise of-and challenges to-a transformative initiative to end early childhood malnutrition“Your child can achieve great things.” A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true; among them, Esther in rural Uganda, Jessica in a violence-scarred Chicago neighborhood, ... Read more

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An award-winning journalist and anti-hunger advocate explores the promise of-and challenges to-a transformative initiative to end early childhood malnutrition“Your child can achieve great things.” A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true; among them, Esther in rural Uganda, Jessica in a violence-scarred Chicago neighborhood,
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Loot

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A Prospect Best Book of 2021‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT‘Compelling…humane, reasonable, and ultimately optimistic.’ Evening Standard‘[A] valuable guide to a complex narrative.’ The TimesIn 1897, Britain sent a punitive expedition to the Kingdom of Benin, in what is today Nigeria, in retali... ... Read more

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A Prospect Best Book of 2021‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT‘Compelling…humane, reasonable, and ultimately optimistic.’ Evening Standard‘[A] valuable guide to a complex narrative.’ The TimesIn 1897, Britain sent a punitive expedition to the Kingdom of Benin, in what is today Nigeria, in retali...
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You Don't Belong Here

How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZEThe long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war.**Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZEThe long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war.**Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to
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The Power of Geography

Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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