
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Bestselling author Nassim
Nicholas Taleb continues his
exploration of randomness in
his fascinating new book,
The Black Swan, in which he
examines the influence of
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
New York Times bestselling
author Steven Pinker
possesses that rare
combination of scientific
aptitude and verbal
eloquence that enables him
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times columnist and
best-selling author of The
Lexus and the Olive Tree
gives a bold, timely, and
surprising picture of the
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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Updated Edition: Thomas L.
Friedman is not so much a
futurist, which he is
sometimes called, as a
presentist. His aim in The
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The Digital Photography Book
Scott Kelby, the man who changed the "digital darkroom" forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most ... > read more -
Stumbling on Happiness
Do you know what makes you happy? Daniel Gilbert would bet that you think you do, but you are most likely wrong. In his witty and engaging new book, Harvard professor Gilbert reveals his take on how ... > read more -
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
An April 2007 Significant 7 Editors' Pick: Funny, engaging, and oh-so-practical, Send is the ultimate etiquette handbook for email, making David Shipley and Will Schwalbe the "Miss Manners" resource ... > read more -
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way ... > read more -
The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and ... > read more -
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Head First Java, 2nd Edition
It has taken four years, but with Head First Java the introductory Java book category has finally come of age. This is an excellent book, far more capable than any of the scores of Java-for-novices ... > read more -
Biology, Sixth Edition
The Sixth Edition of BIOLOGY by Neil Campbell and Jane Reece builds upon the earlier versions' dual goals to both help readers develop a conceptual appreciation of life within the context of ... > read more -
Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
Want to tap the power behind search rankings, product recommendations, social bookmarking, and online matchmaking? This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build Web 2.0 applications to mine ... > read more -
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region (Eastern)
For the untrained observer, it can be quite a challenge to sort out the many trees that make up a stand of older forest in, say, New England or the Ozarks. This well-illustrated guidebook, covering ... > read more -
The Design of Everyday Things
With the many recent advances in technology, it seems, there has followed a diminution of quality. Electronic books have several advantages over their print counterparts, for instance. But for the ... > read more
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