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No Time to Lose
W. W. Norton |
May 6, 2013 |
304 pages
A microbiologist describes his adventure-filled career, discussing his time spent in Central Africa in the 1970s identifying the Ebola virus and his work there again in the 1980s as part of the area's first international AIDS efforts. 20,000 first printing.
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$31.00
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
W. W. Norton |
May 6, 2013 |
384 pages
One of the world's leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments.
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The Price of Inequality
W. W. Norton |
April 8, 2013 |
560 pages
A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
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Of Woman Born
W. W. Norton |
May 25, 1995 |
322 pages
Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood.
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
W. W. Norton |
April 1, 2013 |
352 pages
The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. “America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach... More Info
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Funeral for a Dog: A Novel
W. W. Norton |
March 28, 2011 |
322 pages
“The kind of writing that makes us want to read the whole book as soon as possible; a shot of adrenaline that immediately takes us to a new world.”—David Varno, Words Without Borders Journalist Daniel Mandelkern leaves Hamburg on assignment to interview Dirk Svensson, a reclusive children's... More Info
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End This Depression Now!
W. W. Norton |
January 28, 2013 |
304 pages
A New York Times best-selling call to arms from Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman.
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P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
W. W. Norton & Company |
February 4, 2013 |
640 pages
This collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends and great literary figures of the 20th century, including Agatha Christie, George Orwell and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 10,000 first printing.
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The Obituary Writer
W. W. Norton |
March 4, 2013 |
320 pages
A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or... More Info
$26.00
Queer Street
W. W. Norton & Company |
January 1, 2005 |
592 pages
A startling anecdotal history of gay life in twentieth-century New York explores the confluence of historical and social factors that made Manhattan a mecca for homosexuals in the second half of this century. Reprint. 13,000 first printing.
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The Red Book
W. W. Norton |
December 17, 2012 |
600 pages
This portable edition of the infamous journal by the Swiss psychologist presents his thoughts, experiences and everything he felt after a period of time spent seeing visions, hearing voices and inducing hallucinations. 25,000 first printing.
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Policy Paradox
W. W. Norton |
December 16, 2011 |
408 pages
The most accessible policy text available.
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Universal Rights Down to Earth
W. W. Norton |
December 3, 2012 |
160 pages
A path-blazing lesson on how to reconcile lofty human rights ambitions with political and cultural realities.
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Pills Are Not for Preschoolers
W. W. Norton |
August 27, 2012 |
243 pages
A reference for parents who want to avoid psychiatric medications outlines a child-focused family therapy plan that treats children's problems not as biologically determined disorders but as responses to relationships that can be altered with the help of therapists, in a guide that includes... More Info
Death of a Pirate
W. W. Norton |
July 9, 2012 |
305 pages
Describes the pirate radio stations operating in coastal waters off Britain in the 1960s and how competition between the free-market entrepreneurs came to a head when pirate operator Oliver Smedley shot and killed rival Reg Calvert.
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How Much Is Enough?
W. W. Norton & Company |
May 25, 1992 |
200 pages
It discusses the use of resources, pollution, and the distortions created in the economies of both wealthy industrialized nations and Third World countries.
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Nelson Mandela
W. W. Norton & Company |
June 23, 2009 |
193 pages
Presents the life of the South African leader in graphic novel format, from his early efforts working as an activist against apartheid, to his twenty-seven year imprisonment, to his election to the presidency of the country in 1994.
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A Free Man
W. W. Norton |
October 22, 2012 |
240 pages
An intimate portrait of an invisible man—a powerful story of one man’s life that contains multitudes. Like Dave Eggers’s Zeitoun and Alexander Masters’s Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage. Mohammed Ashraf studied biology, became a butcher, a tailor, and an... More Info
Air
W. W. Norton |
August 20, 2012 |
416 pages
The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth. Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and fall again, fertilizing the dirt. Twenty... More Info
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Vindication
W. W. Norton & Company |
January 1, 2004 |
448 pages
Leaving her uncomprehending family behind, a gifted young woman becomes a writer and travels to London, where she is taken under the wing of artist Henry Fuseli, poet William Blake, and writer William Godwin. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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Climate Matters
W. W. Norton |
July 23, 2012 |
224 pages
A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate. Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy and examines the issue through an invigorating new lens. As he considers the moral dimensions of climate change, he reasons clearly through... More Info
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Karl Marx
W. W. Norton & Company |
July 1, 2001 |
448 pages
Looks at the life of the father of Communism, focusing primarily on the human side of the man rather than his works.
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The Swerve
W. W. Norton |
September 4, 2012 |
356 pages
Describes the impact that the translation of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius had on history, inspiring artists, great thinkers, and scientists of the fifteenth century and fueling the beginning of the Renaissance.
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The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax
W. W. Norton |
December 10, 2012 |
136 pages
A new look at the legendary folklorist and his work. More than fifty years ago, on a trip dubbed “the Southern Journey,” Alan Lomax visited Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee, uncovering the little-known southern backcountry and blues music that we now consider... More Info
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The life and death of democracy
W. W. Norton & Company |
August 17, 2009 |
958 pages
A provocative history of world democracy chronicles the practices of the ancient Myceans through the manifestations of democracy in today's world while considering such notions as the origins of democracy and whether or not the western world lives up to democratic ideals. By the author of The Media... More Info
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Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes
W. W. Norton |
June 25, 2012 |
208 pages
America's frosty favorite goes 21st century in this collection of 100 classic and contemporary recipes.
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Epigenetics
W. W. Norton |
June 4, 2012 |
256 pages
Epigenetic means "on the gene," and the term refers to the recent discovery that stress in the environment can impact an individual's physiology so deeply that those biological scars are actually inherited by the next several generations. "Epigenetics" is the first book for general readers on this... More Info
The Influencing Machine
W. W. Norton & Company |
May 7, 2012 |
192 pages
Gladstone pens a visionary and opinionated work of graphic nonfiction on the media and its discontents. 192 pp.
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The Ayatollahs' Democracy
W. W. Norton & Company |
September 12, 2011 |
282 pages
The grandson of an ayatollah and a New York Times best-selling author discusses the blend of “Islamic democracy” favored by Iran's current leaders in a tour of the political and social landscape of the country. Reprint.
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The Great Escape
W. W. Norton & Company |
August 1, 2004 |
264 pages
Records the efforts of six hundred British and American officers to escape from a Nazi prison camp.
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The Decision Book
W. W. Norton & Company |
January 30, 2012 |
176 pages
This illustrated, interactive workbook offers 50 different strategies and models for making better choices and decisions, including explanations and guidance for applying the Rubber Band Model, the Personal Performance Model, the Pareto Principle and others to tackle life's challenges. 20,000 first... More Info
The Ethics of Psychoanalysis 1959-1960
W. W. Norton & Company |
July 1, 1997 |
342 pages
The ethics of psychoanalysis, 1959-1960
W. W. Norton & Company |
July 1, 1997 |
342 pages
One of the most influential French intellectuals of this century, Jacques Lacan is seen here at the height of his powers. Lacan dedicates this seventh year of his famous seminar to the problematic role of ethics in psychoanalysis. His exploration leads us to startling insights on "the consequence... More Info
The ego in Freud's theory and in the technique of psychoanalysis, 1954-1955
W. W. Norton & Company |
January 17, 1991 |
343 pages
A complete translation of the seminar that Jacques Lacan gave in the course of a year's teaching within the training programme of the Socie'te' Francaise de Psychanalyse. The French text was prepared by Jacques-Alain Miller in consultation with Jacques Lacan, from the transcriptions of the seminar.
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Serious Men
W. W. Norton & Company |
August 2, 2010 |
310 pages
Ayyan Mani, a member of India's lowest caste and resident of the slums of Mubmai, discovers an illicit romance between his married boss and a married female researcher at the institute where he works. Original.
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The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book XVII: The Other Side of Psychoanalysis
W. W. Norton & Company |
November 27, 2007 |
224 pages
Revolutionary and innovative, Lacan's work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual difference, and enjoyment.
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