Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
By, Adam Grant (Viking Press)
"Adam Grant is a wunderkind. He has won every distinguished research
award and teaching award in his field, and his work has changed the way
that people see the world. If you want to be surprised--very pleasantly
surprised--by what really drives success, then Give and Take is for you.
If you want to make the world a better place, read this book. If you
want to make your life better, read this book."-- Tal Ben-Shahar, author of Happier
by, Jeremy Scahill (Nation Books)
"There is no journalist in America, in the world, who has reported on
what the war on terror actually looks like under the Obama
administration better than [Scahill]. This book is an unbelievable
accomplishment. [W]hatever your politics, you should read this book. It
is incredibly carefully reported. People who come to this book expecting
a polemic, I think will be surprised to a find a book that
really...lets the facts speak for themselves. What this book does is
show a side of our unending wars that we haven't seen... I think every
member of Congress should read this book."--
Chris Hayes, host of
MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes
by, Michael Pollan (Penguin Press)
In Cooked, Michael Pollan
explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here,
he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire,
water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious
things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of
culinary masters, Pollan learns how to grill with fire, cook with
liquid, bake bread, and ferment everything from cheese to beer. In the
course of his journey, he discovers that the cook occupies a special
place in the world, standing squarely between nature and culture. Both
realms are transformed by cooking, and so, in the process, is the cook.
by, Asif Efrat (Oxford Univ. Pr.)
"This book is a major accomplishment. It is rare indeed to find a
volume in the social sciences that addresses the question of how
international cooperation occurs in the area of banned activities and
illicit goods. Asif Efrat weaves a domestic political economy account
into his analysis of international collaboration to explain why some
governments have embraced (and others have resisted) such bans, from
efforts to control trade in small arms to criminalization of human
trafficking; from illicit drugs to trade in looted antiquities. The
evidentiary basis on which this work rests is monumental, including
original evidence on the preferences of 118 governments on regulating
illicit international trade in small arms. Compelling, engaging and
rigorous, this book is one of the very best reads available on the topic
of cooperation among governments to define and address international
criminal activity."--
Beth A. Simmons, Harvard University
by, Robert J. Cottrol (Univ. of Georgia Press)
“This book is an extremely important,
groundbreaking work of comparative synthesis that will be a must-read
for students of race in the United States as well as in Latin America.
It will be the definitive book on the comparative history of race and
law in the Americas.”
—Ariela Gross, author of What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America
Robert J. Cottrol is the Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law and Professor of History and Sociology at the George Washington University.
by, Ian Morris (Princeton Univ. Pr.)
"
The Measure of Civilization is a terrific book--it will inform,
stimulate, and challenge you. Beautifully summarizing and quantifying
the major developments in energy capture, social organization, war
technology, and categorization, storage, and communication of
information over the last sixteen millennia, this book shows how far we
have come and how this journey has been a cumulative process."--
Daron
Acemoglu, coauthor of
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Edited by, Eldar Shafir (Princeton Univ. Pr.)
"Roll over economists. We have always, pridefully, thought of ourselves
as the major arbiters of good public policy: take it or leave it based
on cost-benefit analysis.
The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy
challenges that hegemony. In each interesting chapter--on topics
ranging from discrimination and poverty to health, savings, and
bureaucracy--the book shows the role of psychology in public policy.
Only one word can describe this book: wow!"--
George Akerlof, Nobel
Laureate in Economics
Edited by, Masahiro Kawai (Brookings)
Emerging markets need to balance the goals of financial development and
broader financial inclusion with the imperative of strengthening
macroeconomic and financial stability. This volume develops new
analytical frameworks and provides policy prescriptions to do just that.
"New Paradigms for Financial Regulation" presents medium- and long-term
strategies for strengthening the regulatory frameworks that facilitate
and broaden financial development while also helping to manage and
mitigate the risks involved. It provides prescriptions for how the
policy frameworks should be adapted to a world of more free (and more
volatile) capital.
by, Richard J. Hamilton (Jones & Bartlett)
Used by prescribers around the world, including physicians,
pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, dentists and medical
transcriptionists, the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia® 2013 Classic
Shirt-Pocket Edition continues its tradition as the leading portable
drug reference packed with vital drug information to help clinicians
make better decisions at the point of care.
by, Menzie D. Chinn and Jeffry A. Frieden (W.W. Norton)
"The central message of this important and lucid book is at once
sobering and optimistic. Sobering in its explanation of why the relative
cost of health care, education, and many other activities that define a
civilized society will continue to increase. Optimistic in its
demonstration of why societies can nonetheless continue to afford these
crucial activities. The causes and consequences of the 'cost disease'
have never been explained more clearly or with more attention to the
future economic choices the disease offers societies."
—Robert J. Flanagan, author, The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras
by, Nate Silver (Penguin Press)
“Nate Silver’s The Signal and the Noise is The Soul of a New Machine
for the 21st century (a century we thought we’d be a lot better at
predicting than we actually are). Our political discourse is already
better informed and more data-driven because of Nate’s influence. But
here he shows us what he has always been able to see in the numbers—the
heart and the ethical imperative of getting the quantitative questions
right. A wonderful read—totally engrossing.”
—Rachel Maddow, author of Drift
by, Joseph P. Joyce (Cambridge University Press)
"Joseph Joyce has written a masterful book tracing the history of the
IMF from inception to its current place in the international financial
system. But The IMF and Global Financial Crises is much more than a
history. In an engaging yet clear fashion, Joyce explains the geneses of
financial crises, and why the functioning of the global economy
requires an institution like the IMF. He also makes clear that the
future requires an evolving and adaptive IMF. Yet it is unclear whether
the principal shareholders will be able to rise to the challenge. This
book is sure to become the definitive work on this critically important
issue."
—Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin, Madison
by, Wole Soyinka (Yale University Press)
“The Nigerian 1986 Nobel Laureate (Literature) offers a slender, hopeful
volume about his native continent’s potential for healing the world’s
spiritual ills. . . . A brief but eloquent plea for peace.”
—Kirkus Reviews
by, Thane Gustafson (Harvard University Press)
“Thane Gustafson is the master expert on Russia’s vast oil and gas
industry. In his latest book, which is meticulously researched and
lucidly written, he tells the story of the past two decades as the
hydrocarbon-rich Eurasian giant has sought, in fits and starts, to shuck
its Soviet past and become a normal, modern nation, integrated into the
global economy.”
—Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution
