Political & Social Science

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“. . . an excellent read for technophiles as well as readers wishing to get a glimpse of the near future . . .”

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“Until one understands what incentives motive people, it is impossible to predict how new policies will actually work.”

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In the introduction to her book The XX Factor: How the Rise of Working Women Has Created a Far Less Equal World Alison Wolf states that “until now all women’s lives, whether rich or poor,

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“We—mainstream society—cannot afford to ignore their needs and potential contributions.”

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In her insightful and absorbing new book Catherin Steiner-Adair exposes how the Internet and technology are disintegrating family systems.

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Anne Katherine is a boundaries expert: what they are, what they do, why you need them, and how to set them.

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Reading Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience is a bit like reading one really long college research paper—which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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“. . . a book written by economists for policy nerds . . .”

The strength in Brave New World of Healthcare Revisited is its brevity.

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This entertaining and well-structured book is an ethnography of the New Domesticity movement which the author sees as sweeping America.

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When Raymond Sokolov took on the daunting task of replacing the legendary food editor Craig Claiborne who retired from the New York Times in 1971, he was head of a four-person department t

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“Bravo, Dr. Farmer, for saying what most clinicians are loathe to admit.”

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The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom is an accessible, mesmerizing, and compelling argument for the importance o

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“The authors . . . ‘can show scientifically that people discriminate even when they don’t know they’re doing it. [They] just don’t know how to fix that.’”

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“In writing Out of Order, Sandra Day O’Connor has created a worthy and captivating historical document.”

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“Nafis Sadik is a woman who set out to ‘change the world’—and in many ways she did just that.”

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“It is noble and inspiring that so many families turn out strong and resilient in the face of adversity, but it is sad that they are so often left to fight their fights on their own . .

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“. . . interesting . . . attractive to an audience much broader than social scientists.”

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