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Flow

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:49:41 PST

Mturro put "Flow" onto shelf

The bestselling introduction to "flow"--a groundbreaking psychological theory that shows readers how to improve the quality of life. "The way to happiness lies not in mindless hedonism, but in mindful change."--New York Times Book Review

Oil on the Brain

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:48:15 PST

Mturro put "Oil on the Brain" onto shelf

Oil on the Brain is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry—the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day. Americans buy ten thousand gallons of gasoline a second, without giving it much of a thought. Where does all this gas come from? Lisa Margonelli’s desire to learn took her on a one-hundred thousand mile ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:47:09 PST

Mturro put "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning" onto shelf
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A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in 1977, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning is the story of two epic battles: the fight between Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin, and the battle between Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch for the city's mayorship. Buried beneath these parallel conflicts--one for the soul of baseball, the other for the soul of a city--was the subtex ...

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:44:57 PST

Mturro put "The Omnivore's Dilemma" onto shelf

The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature ...

Everything Is Miscellaneous

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 1:54:23 PST

Mturro put "Everything Is Miscellaneous" onto shelf

From Publishers Weekly In a high-minded twist on the Internet-has-changed-everything book, Weinberger (Small Pieces Loosely Joined) joins the ranks of social thinkers striving to construct new theories around the success of Google and Wikipedia. Organization or, rather, lack of it, is the key: the author insists that "we have to get rid of the idea that there's a best way of organizing the world ...

The Assault on Reason

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 1:53:45 PST

Mturro put "The Assault on Reason" onto shelf

A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their mi ...