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This book takes a look into how rhetoric — or more simply the art of persuasion — can help us navigate the present…

The phrase dog-eat-dog might not hold as much validity as it already might lack. This book is an exploration of…

Improve your life with this philosophical reimagining of Stoicism for the contemporary age. Stoic philosophy is having a…

The remarkable story of how Atlanta was transformed, how African Americans turned the heart of the Confederacy into a…

It's time to take a journey through the natural and cultural history of bees, starting a whopping 125 million years ago…

In The Animals Among Us, anthrozoologist and author John Bradshaw explores the appeal of pets and their connection…

In this unique look into history and psychology, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that…

The #MeToo movement brought attention to sexual violence, but the focus on the offenders and their trials left…

Author Lucy Cooke has always loved animals, but studying them made her feel like a loser. Since Darwin, biologists have…

This delightful memoir is a deeply humane journey through the world of words by a former long time chief editor of the…

Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why…

Why are men in charge? After years in the male-dominated field of mathematics and in the female-dominated field of art,…

Learn how women in the margins built modern feminism. From the declaration of the "Year of the Woman" to the televising…

Surveying and interviewing thousands of college students, Donna Freitas began to develop this picture of how younger…

In this author's vision, relayed through a wide range of stories and insightful analysis, respect is not the passive…

Throughout history, many lower-income, right-wing, white Americans appear to habitually vote against their own…

Video games have come a long way from being known mainly as the preferred pastime of geeks, nerds, and slackers who live…

In Are Men Animals, Matthew Gutmann argues that predatory behavior in modern men is a result of societal and cultural…

Yes! Cats can be trained. They can play fetch. They can walk calmly into their carriers. They can get along with other…

Whether you're strictly vanilla or like a little spice in the bedroom, compared to the rest of the animal kingdom humans…

When fishing for happiness, catch and release. According to psychologist Shimon Edelman, these seven words are the key…

Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering…

In 1996, the discovery of a 9,000 year old human skeleton near Kennewick, Washington, resulted in a fierce legal battle…