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Plutocracy in America: How Increasing Inequality Destroys the Middle Class and Exploits the Poor

Ronald P. Formisano

"An accessible overview of recent trends in economic inequality. Formisano has a gift for presenting abstract information in compelling, even gripping, terms."—Angus Burgin, author of The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets since the Depression

To learn more, watch the book trailer.

The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals

Gerardo Ceballos, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Paul R. Ehrlich

"A gorgeously illustrated book on a riveting subject: the charismatic bird and mammal species that we have already lost or are at risk of losing, the reasons for their demise, and what we can do to minimize our future losses."—Jared Diamond, author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

To learn more, preview an excerpt from the book.

Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People: The Misuse and Abuse of Science in Political Discourse

Richard J. Perry

"Written in a lively, engaging style, the book takes evolutionary psychology to task in a perceptive and penetrating fashion."—Paul Farber, author of Mixing Races: From Scientific Racism to Modern Evolutionary Ideas

The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year

Alice Callahan, PhD

"Alice Callahan has written a breakthrough book, combining the compassion, warmth, and angst of a mother with the measured reasoning of a scientist. She helps parents not only understand how science works, but how they can access that science to answer their questions. She's found a way to access the scientist in all of us."—Paul A. Offit, MD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

For more information, read the Science of Mom Blog and listen to the author’s interview on NPR's Weekend Edition.

Democracy in Decline?

edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

essays by Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Larry Diamond, Thomas Carothers, Marc F. Plattner, Philippe C. Schmitter, Steven Levitsky, and Lucan Way

foreword by Condoleezza Rice

Eight preeminent scholars debate the future of democracy in this short collection of essays. Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the latest thinking on one of the most critical questions of our era.

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