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Solved: How the World's Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis
David Miller · Aevo UTP
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments... |
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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
Adrian Goldsworthy · Basic Books
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II of Macedon.Philip inherited... |
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A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
Judith Flanders · Basic Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated... |
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Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing
Diana Lind
Format: Hardcover
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Over the past century, American demographics and social norms have shifted dramatically. More people are living alone, marrying later in life, and having smaller families. At the same time, their lifestyles are changing, whether by choice or by force, to become more virtual, more mobile,... |
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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Les Payne · Liveright
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Beginning in 1990 on a quest that would consume him for the rest of his life, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Les Payne... |
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Human Work In the Age of Smart Machines
Jamie Merisotis · RosettaBooks
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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We are living through a time of upheaval and social unrest, with increasing threats to global health, democratic institutions, and the world's economies. But behind the alarming headlines is another issue that must be quickly addressed: the role of workers is being transformed-and often... |
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War: How Conflict Shaped Us
Margaret MacMillan · Random House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The instinct to fight may be innate in human nature, but war - organized violence - comes with organized society. War has shaped humanity's history, its social and political institutions, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, and some of our greatest... |
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