Prometheus Books
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Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays
$21.00 Add to cartIn this wide-ranging collection of insightful, controversial, and often-witty essays, the renowned author of Why I Am Not a Muslim has created a representative selection of his best work on the Koran … [more below]
- Author: Warraq, Ibn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 27 2010
- ISBN10: 1616141700
- Language: English
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Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes–Looking at Murder Through the Words of Killers
$24.00 Read moreThis is the first book to examine murder through the written word–not only the writings of the killers themselves, but also the story of murder as told in literary fiction and the crime dramas that a… [more below]
- Author: Arntfield, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1633882535
- Language: English
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Disarmed: Unconventional Lessons from the World’s Only One-Armed Special Forces Sharpshooter
$24.00 Add to cartThe inspiring story of a young American who volunteered to fight in the Israel Defense Forces, lost his arm in combat, and then returned to the battlefield. Combining refreshing candor with self-depre… [more below]
- Author: Ezagui, Izzy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884279
- Language: English
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Genius Weapons: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weaponry, and the Future of Warfare
$19.00 Read moreArtificial intelligence is playing an ever-increasing role in military weapon systems. Going beyond the bomb-carrying drones used in the Afghan war, the Pentagon is now in a race with China and Russia… [more below]
- Author: Del Monte, Louis a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 163388452X
- Language: English
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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
$25.00 Read more“In his new book, The Case For Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility, famed astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin talks about the how and the why of our new e
- Author: Zubrin, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1633885348
- Language: English
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Good Thinking: What You Need to Know to Be Smarter, Safer, Wealthier, and Wiser
$17.00 Add to cartCritical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. In this follow-up to his introductory guide Think, and continuing his trademark of hopeful skepticism, Guy Harrison demonstrates in… [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Guy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1633880648
- Language: English
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Think Before You Like: Social Media’s Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed
$18.00 Add to cartAt a time when the news cycle turns on a tweet, journalism gets confused with opinion, and facts are treated as negotiable information, applying critical thinking skills to your social media consumpti… [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Guy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1633883515
- Language: English
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The Well-Spoken Woman Speaks Out: How to Use Your Voice to Drive Change
$18.00 Read morePractical and inspiring, this book is a valuable asset for women seeking to drive change with #MeToo, March for our Lives, Time’s Up, Black Women Lead, Climate Action, She Should Run, Power to the Pol… [more below]
- Author: Jahnke, Christine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1633885003
- Language: English
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How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcissists, and Psychotic Visionaries
$25.00 Add to cartThis book considers the impact of psychology on world events, looking at how mental illness and personality disorders have affected history.How have mental illness and personality disorders influenced… [more below]
- Author: Ferguson, Christopher J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1633885747
- Language: English
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Bad Data: Why We Measure the Wrong Things and Often Miss the Metrics That Matter
$25.00 Add to cartBig data is often touted as the key to understanding almost every aspect of contemporary life. This critique of “information hubris” shows that even more important than data is finding the right metri… [more below]
- Author: Schryvers, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1633885909
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$24.95 Add to cartForget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this… [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 161614923X
- Language: English
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The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World
$34.95 Add to cartPast works have reinforced misconceptions about Africa, from its oral traditions and languages to its resistance to colonial powers. Other books have treated African achievements as a parade of honora
- Author: Pearce, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887707
- Language: English
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God the Failed Hypothesis?: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist
$28.99 Read more- Author: Stenger, Victor J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 287
- Publish Date: January 02 2007
- ISBN10: 1591024811
- Language: English
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The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War
$29.95 Read moreWINNER of the Journal of American Revolution’s Book of the Year for 2023!
In 1785, just a few years after U.S. Independence, a young American named James Leander Cathcart is kidnapped at sea and carrie
- Author: Ekin, Des
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888630
- Language: English
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Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained
$18.00 Read moreOne woman’s professional battle against systemic gender bias in the Marines and the lessons it holds for all of us. The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separate… [more below]
- Author: Germano, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1633884139
- Language: English
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The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside: A Maverick of Electrical Science
$26.00 Read moreFINALIST 2019 IEEE William and Joyce Middleton Electrical Engineering History Award This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contribut… [more below]
- Author: Mahon, Basil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1633883310
- Language: English
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Shadows of Science: How to Uphold Science, Detect Pseudoscience, and Expose Antiscience in the Age of Disinformation
$34.95 Add to cartIn this enlightening and entertaining book, author and Skeptical Inquirer editor Kendrick Frazier takes readers on a journey to the contentious boundary zone between science and its antagonists: pseud
- Author: Frazier, Kendrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1633889386
- Language: English
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Edmond Halley: The Many Discoveries of the Most Curious Astronomer Royal
$26.95 Add to cartEdmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705. While that discovery would be enough to make the career of any scientist, Ha
- Author: Love, David K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888916
- Language: English
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Failure to Communicate: Why We Misunderstand What We Hear, Read, and See
$26.95 Read more“Why didn’t they understand me? I was as clear as I could be.” Everyone has had this thought at one time or another. Research from the fields of psychology and cognitive science can provide concrete a
- Author: Kreuz, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888894
- Language: English
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The Dealer: How One California Dealership Fueled the Rise of Ferrari Cars in America
$24.95 Read moreWhen Ferrari of Los Gatos opened, few people could afford an expensive sports car. In 1976, the average annual income was $12,686, and a new home cost about $48,000. Motorists in California could only… [more below]
- Author: Ciardella, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887553
- Language: English
