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Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953

by Simon Ings

Published: 2017-02-21

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Scientists throughout history, from Galileo to today’s experts on climate change, have often had to contend with politics in their pursuit of knowledge. But in the Soviet Union, where the ruling elites embraced, patronized, and even fetishized science like never before, scientists lived ...

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Village Atheists: How America's Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation

by Leigh Eric Schmidt

Published: 2016-10-04

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A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God. Yet, village atheists--as these godless freethinkers came to be known by ...

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Temporary People

by Deepak Unnikrishnan

Published: 2017-03-14

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Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing"Guest workers of the United Arab Emirates embody multiple worlds and identities and long for home in a fantastical debut work of fiction, winner of the inaugural Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.… The author's cr...

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Class Mom: A Novel

by Laurie Gelman

Published: 2017-08-01

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Laurie Gelman’s clever debut novel about a year in the life of a kindergarten class mom?a brilliant send-up of the petty and surprisingly cutthroat terrain of parent politics.Jen Dixon is not your typical Kansas City kindergarten class mom?or mom in general. Jen already has two college-a...

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Pull Me Under: A Novel

by Kelly Luce

Published: 2016-11-01

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A searing debut novel from one of the most imaginative minds in fictionChizuru Akitani is the twelve-year-old daughter of the famous violinist and Japanese “Living National Treasure” Hiro Akitani. Overweight and hafu (her mother is white), she is tormented by her classmates and targete...

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The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics

by John B. Judis

Published: 2016-10-05

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Featured as one of "Six Books to Help Understand Trump's Win" by The New York Times A Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the Week: "An intelligent guide to a phenomenon by no means over." -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN "Well-written and well-researched, powerfully argued and perfectly timed." ? The Econ...

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The Arrogance of Religious Thought: Information Kills Religion

by William A. Zingrone

Published: 2016-10-05

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A provocative, challenging, and irreverent expose' of the obnoxious arrogance inherent in all religious thinking: condemning one another to eternal torment, relegating women and gays to second class citizenship, dividing humanity into arbitrary factions, sexual repression, denial of knowledge, promoting...

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Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life Without Religion

by Karen L. Garst

Published: 2016-10-01

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Women have made great strides toward equal rights over the past hundred years, especially in the West. But when considering the ongoing fight over reproductive rights and equal pay?and the prevalence of sexual violence and domestic abuse?it is clear that a significant gap still exists. With scripture...

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Published: 2017-05-02

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no bett...

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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far: Why Are We Here?

by Lawrence M. Krauss

Published: 2017-03-21

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Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality—a grand poetic vision of nature—and ...