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A History of Future Cities
"[An] inspired tour of the post modern city…Invigorating." —Mark Kingwell, Harper’s Hailed as an “original and fascinating book” (Times Literary Supplement), A History of Future Cities is Daniel Brook’s captivating investigation of four “instant cities”—St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai—that sought to catapult themselves into the future by emulating the West.
The Trap
"Takes dead aim at the conservative economic consensus that has dominated U.S. politics . . . Biting and necessary."—The American Prospect In this provocative, witty, and revealing polemic, Daniel Brook's The Trap argues that the exploding income gap—a product of the conservative ascendance—is systematically dismantling the American dream, as debt-laden, well-educated young people are torn between their passions and the pressure to earn six-figure incomes. Rising education, housing, and health-care costs have made it virtually impossible for all but the corporate elite to enjoy what were once considered middle-class comforts. Thousands are afflicted with a wrenching choice: take up res...
The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction
A technicolor history of the first civil rights movement and its collapse into black and white. In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook journeys to nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston and introduces us to cosmopolitan residents who elude the racial categories the rest of America takes for granted. Before the Civil War, these free, openly mixed-race urbanites enjoyed some rights of citizenship and the privileges of wealth and social status. But after Emancipation, as former slaves move to assert their rights, the black-white binary that rules the rest of the nation begins to intrude. During Reconstruction, a movement arises as mixed-race elites make common cause with the formerly ens...
The Einstein of Sex
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Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways To Be Happy
"This is a fantastic, practical, and succinct summary of evidence-based - and heartfelt, inspired - ways to cultivate resilient well-being in stressful times. What a beautiful book!" -Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness "This is a wonderful, useful, and inspiring book. What Dr. Dan Brook reveals will change your individual mind and relationships. A delight for us all." -Dacher Keltner, PhD, Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Born to Be Good and co-author of Understanding Emotions Harboring Happiness offers 101 clear, snappy, and scientifically-supported methods for achieving happiness. The goal of this easily-digestible book is to liberate readers, not burden them. Everyone wants to be happier, but most people don't want to put in the effort. Harboring Happiness will appeal to people who want fast, easy solutions. It is very easy to read this book straight through or to jump in and out at any point, making Harboring Happiness useful and accessible to all.
The Economic Structure of Corporate Law
This text argues that the rules and practices of corporate law mimic contractual provisions that parties involved in corporate enterprise would reach if they always bargained at zero cost and flawlessly enforced their agreements. It states that corporate l
Modern Revolution
Using a comparative historical methodology, this book analyzes and contrasts the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia with China's Tiananmen Square rebellion from socio-cultural and political economic perspectives.
Animal Welfare
In Hinduism, cows are sacred, respected, and treated as a motherly giving animal. The thought of eating them or using their skin for accessories is sickening. So many cultures across the globe have their own understandings of animal welfare. This fantastic collection of essays shares international beliefs about animals and animal welfare. Essays includes speeches, government documents, and articles from international magazines and news sources. Readers will explore global perspectives about cultural and religious views on animal rights. They will evaluate animal welfare in relation to biomedical research. Essays examine the world food industry. The last chapter covers animal ownership and welfare in various cultures.
Dennett's Philosophy
These essays, which grew out of a conference attended by Dennett, consider evolution, intentionality, consciousness, ontology, and ethics and free will.
Song of the Brook
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