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Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World: Understanding Power Structures in the 21st Century (International Political Economy Series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology,...

Arthur: God and Hero in Avalon

Reaktion Books, 2019

For fifteen centuries, legends of King Arthur have enthralled us. Born in the misty past of a Britain under siege, half-remembered events became shrouded in ancient myth and folklore. The resulting tales were told and retold, until over time Arthur, Camelot, Avalon, the Round Table, the Holy Grail, Excalibur, Lancelot, and...

Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

Verso, 2021

How two centuries of Indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming “Water is life”

In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the...

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

Scribner, 2019

A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION

The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century.

When...

Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare: From the Bounty to Safety?4,162 Miles across the Pacific in a Rowing Boat

Skyhorse Publishing, 2019

At dawn on April 28, 1789, Captain William Bligh and eighteen men from HMS Bounty were herded onto a twenty-three-foot launch and abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Thus began their extraordinary journey to Java. Covering 4,162 miles, the small boat was battered by continuous storms, and the men on board suffered crippling...

Predictive Biomarkers in Oncology: Applications in Precision Medicine

Springer, 2018

“Precision/personalized or stratified medicine” refers to the tailoring of medical treatment or drug administration to the individual characteristics of each patient treatment. It does not literally mean that a pharmaceutical company makes a drug for an individual patient for consumption and treatment but rather means the...

New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You

Doubleday, 2018

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The definitive guide to spreading ideas, building movements, and leaping ahead in our chaotic, connected age. Get the book New York Times columnist David Brooks calls "the best window I’ve seen into this new world."

Why do some leap ahead while others...

The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America

St Martin Press, 2019

"Timely and urgent...The core of The Edge of Anarchy is a thrilling description of the boycott of Pullman cars and equipment by Eugene Debs’s fledgling American Railway Union..." ?The New York Times

"During the summer of 1894, the stubborn and irascible Pullman became a...

Einstein's War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I

Dutton Juvenile, 2019

"Stanley is a storyteller par excellence."--The Washington Post
Kirkus Review starred review; Publishers Weekly starred review; Booklist starred review

The birth of a world-changing idea in the middle of a bloodbath
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And Every Word Is True: Newfound evidence reveals Truman Capote's

Literati Editions, 2019

Truman Capote’s bestselling book “In Cold Blood” has captivated worldwide audiences for over fifty years. It is a gripping story about the consequences of a trivial robbery gone terribly wrong in a remote village of western Kansas.But what if robbery was not the motive at all, but something more sinister? And why would the...

Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy

Hanover Square Press, 2021

A President on Trial. A Reputation at Stake.

Dan Abrams and David Fisher take us inside the courtroom to witness the epic case that would define Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy. The former president had accused the leader of the Republican Party of corruption, setting off a trial that caught the attention...

Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power (Women in Antiquity)

Oxford University Press, 2019

Eurydice (c.410-340s BCE) played a significant part in the public life of ancient Macedonia, the first royal Macedonian woman known to have done so, though hardly the last. She was the wife of Amyntas III, the mother of Philip II (and two other short-lived kings of Macedonia), and grandmother of Alexander the Great. Her career marks a...

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