Eric Schlosser has visited the state of the art labs where scientists recreate the flavours and smells of everything from cooked chicken to fresh strawberries in the test tube and he has spoken to workers at meatpacking plants with some of the...
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“Assume the cow is a sphere.” So begins this lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples,...
Yglesias’s New York Times — bestselling novel of trauma, loss, and the bonds formed between victims of catastrophe
Max Klein suffers from many anxieties — including a terrible fear of flying — but after surviving a plane crash his...
Валерия Соболь исследует топос любви как болезни в русской литературе конца XVIII–XIX века с акцентом на эпистемологическом потенциале...
Feel the Fear... and Do It...
In Feline Philosophy, the philosopher John Gray discovers in cats a way of living that is unburdened by anxiety and self-consciousness, showing how they embody answers to the big questions of love and attachment, mortality, morality, and the Self:...
This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly...
How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism? Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that...
This is the story of the largest and statistically most successful tank destroyer of World War II. The Ferdinand was a true behemoth, and although only 91 examples were built, they took a savage toll of Soviet armour in the Battle of Kursk and...
Эту трогательную историю о двух девочках, лет двенадцати, поведал мне «очарованный странник». Откройте первую страницу, и вы…...