Reason for Hope
Five days ago we started an important new dialogue — one that just might save us.Five days ago we started an important new dialogue — one that just might save us. We began by looking at all of the...
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There is nothing on this planet that Bryson cannot make fascinating. In his hands, exploring the minutiae of his house becomes an adventure. (Granted, his house is a Victorian vicarage in Norfolk,...
View ArticleChristopher McDougall: The Powells.com Interview
Sometimes the simplest of questions can send us on the most complicated quests. For Christopher McDougall, the question was, "Why does my foot hurt?" The story of his search for an answer is the...
View ArticleBorn to Run
Born to Run is the one of those books you just can't keep to yourself. In fact, it's probably the one title I've recommended more than any other in the last two years. It has a little bit of...
View ArticleSex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern...
Sex at Dawn is nonfiction at its best. Writing across a range of disciplines, from anthropology to philosophy, the authors explore and challenge everything we thought we knew about human sexuality in...
View ArticleThe First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Engineers
Mexico City sits in a basin ringed by mountains. Snowfall and rainwater pour down the slopes; the mountains prevent it from escaping; the basin becomes a marsh. Centuries ago, the area's first...
View Article1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
As fascinating as his bestseller 1491, Mann's 1493 recounts how the world was forever changed by a "Columbian Exchange," when plants, animals, commodities, and people crossed oceans for the first time....
View ArticleTravel Tips from Writing “1493″
Air Transport To visit most ranches in eastern Bolivia, you will need to hire a private plane. Pilots congregate at the outskirts of commercial airports, each in his (they are all men) own small...
View ArticleBreasts
When I set out to write a book about the natural history of breasts, I knew I'd have to answer some awkward questions about my book topic. At a friend's book party, I entered a discussion with an...
View ArticleThe Altruism Revolution
With the famous phrase "Nature, red in tooth and claw," the Victorian poet Tennyson expressed the challenge that the emerging science of evolution posed to his faith in a universe ruled by love and...
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