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• Author(s): Ian Stewart • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Reference

• Author(s): John Case • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Management - GeneralOver the last decade companies have struggled to balance the human dimension of business with the need to be aggressive, competitive, an...

• Author(s): Richard P. Feynman • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Physics - Atomic & Molecular"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins...

• Author(s): Richard C. Whiteley • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Management - GeneralRated by Fortune Magazine as one of the best management books of 1991, this instant business classic and bestseller is now rec...

• Author(s): Stephen Shute • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: PoliticalAre there any human rights that apply to all women and all men in all cultures at all times? Can we ground human rights in an abstract rational...

• Author(s): Stuart Ewen • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralA provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives.

• Author(s): Richard P. Feynman • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Physics - Electromagnetism"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of hi...

• Author(s): Paul Starr • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Media StudiesAmerica's leading role in today's information revolution may seem simply to reflect its position as the world's dominant economy and most powe...

• Author(s): Herbert Gans • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Popular Culture - GeneralIs NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?In this ...

• Author(s): Paul Davies • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyRagnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In The Last Three Minutes, Pau...

• Author(s): Reed Larson | Maryse Richards • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Parenting - GeneralA study of the causes of family conflict draws on the Experience Sampling Method to argue that family life breaks dow...

• Author(s): Kathleen Gerson • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Men's Studies - GeneralWhat does it mean to be a man in a world where women are almost as likely as men to shoulder the responsibilities of supporting...

• Author(s): Rosabeth Moss Kanter • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralIn this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management th...

• Author(s): Seymour A. Papert • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Science & TechnologyIn this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children...

• Author(s): Jane Gregory | Steven Miller • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsDoes the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communi...

• Author(s): Cesar Hidalgo • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Economics - Theory"Hidalgo has made a bold attempt to synthesize a large body of cutting-edge work into a readable, slender volume. This is the future o...

• Author(s): Peter Steinglass | Linda A. Bennett | Steven J. Wolin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Substance Abuse & Addictions - AlcoholThis pathbreaking book paints a radical new picture of alcoholism, off...

• Author(s): Robert B. Laughlin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsA Nobel Laureate physicist argues that ours is not an age of information but an age of disinformation and ignorance,...

• Author(s): A. C. Grayling • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralIdeas can, and do, change the world. Just as Marxism, existentialism, and feminism shaped the last century, so fundament...

• Author(s): Philip H. Melanson • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Law EnforcementRevised and updated, the definitive history of the Secret Service that reveals the chaos within Homeland Security and how Agency's a...

• Author(s): Simon Baron-Cohen • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Neuropsychology

• Author(s): Eugene P. Wigner • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Science & TechnologyOne of the greatest physicists of the 20th century recounts his journey from Hungary and the Nazi invasion to the creation of...

• Author(s): Jeff Hawkins • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Artificial Intelligence - GeneralA bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our...

• Author(s): Peter W. Cookson | Caroline Hodges Persell • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralWhy do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the a...

• Author(s): Peter W. Huber • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: EvidenceA scathing indictment of the growing role of junk science in our courtrooms. Peter W. Huber shows how time and again lawyers have used--and the...

• Author(s): Elliott Zupnick • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralThis book examines the impact of "globalization" on the American economy. Although temporarily muted by the "exceptio...

• Author(s): James Waller • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralA bold and compelling analysis of race in America and the possibility for racial reconciliation.

• Author(s): Virginia Postrel • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: World - GeneralFrom Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Str...

• Author(s): Zbigniew Brzezinski • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: International Relations - General"American power and a pervasive globalization are the central realities of today's world, and the source of its t...

• Author(s): John D. Donahue • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: American Government - GeneralWhat government activities should be contracted out to private companies? This thoughtful book by a Harvard policy analys...

• Author(s): Cornel West • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & BlCornel West is one of the nation's premier public intellectuals and one of the great p...

• Author(s): Claire Berlinski • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Historical - GeneralGreat Britain in the 1970s appeared to be in terminal decline -- ungovernable, an economic train wreck, and rapidly headed for gl...

• Author(s): Douglas Kleiber • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralDouglas Kleiber argues that the value of leisure for development lies in the particular experiences derived from those leisure activities. Expe...

• Author(s): Keith B. Richburg • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black StudiesKeith B. Richburg was an experienced and respected reporter who had paid his dues co...

• Author(s): Sharman Apt Russell • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Plants - FlowersIn Anatomy of a Rose, Sharman Apt Russell eloquently unveils the "inner life" of flowers. From their diverse fragrances to their n...

• Author(s): Seth Lipsky • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Constitutions