Prometheus Books
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Duped: Why Innocent People Confess – And Why We Believe Their Confessions
$29.95 Add to cartWhy do people confess to crimes they did not commit? And, surely, those cases must be rare? In fact, it happens all the time–in police stations, workplaces, public schools, and the military. Psycholo
- Author: Kassin, Saul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1633888088
- Language: English
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Armed in America: A History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry
$18.00 Read moreThis illuminating study traces the transformation of the right to arms from its inception in English and colonial American law to today’s impassioned gun-control debate. As historian and legal scholar… [more below]
- Author: Charles, Patrick J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 558
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 163388564X
- Language: English
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Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors
$28.99 Add to cartFirst developed in 1955, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is the original form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and one of the most successful psychotherapeutic techniques in the world. Its found… [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Ellis, Albert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: November 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1573928798
- Language: English
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All Out!: An Autobiography
$30.99 Add to cartThis candid autobiography, the last work by renowned psychologist Albert Ellis, is a tour de force of stimulating ideas, colorful descriptions of memorable people and events, and straightforward, no-n… [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Ellis, Albert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 668
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1591024528
- Language: English
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Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us
$28.95 Read moreA revealing trip down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories -their appeal, who believes them, how they spread -with an eye to helping people deal with the alt-right conspiracists in their own lives.C… [more below]
- Author: Neiwert, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1633886263
- Language: English
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The Milestones of Science: How We Came to Understand the Universe
$27.95 Read moreIf we were to judge humanity’s greatest accomplishments, science is almost certainly at the top of the list. The Milestones of Science is a collection of the most important and impressive breakthrough
- Author: Stein, James D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888487
- Language: English
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Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History
$28.00 Add to cartThis illuminating, in-depth studypresents a wealth of case material, demonstrating the many manifestations of religious violence-not just war and terrorism, which are the focus of so many discussions … [more below]
- Author: Eller, Jack David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 451
- Publish Date: November 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1616142189
- Language: English
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The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health
$24.95 Read moreWhy do we say we have zero tolerance for bullying, but adult society is rife with it and it is an epidemic among children?
Because the injuries that all forms of bullying and abuse do to brains are in
- Author: Fraser, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1633887782
- Language: English
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Solving the Price Is Right: How Mathematics Can Improve Your Decisions on and Off the Set of America’s Celebrated Game Show
$29.95 Read moreThe Price is Right is television’s longest-running game show. Since its inception in 1956, contestants have won cars, tropical vacations, diamond jewelry, even a live horse, and the hosts’ excited cat
- Author: Bergner, Justin L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888517
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics for Poets
$34.95 Add to cartQuantum theory is the bedrock of contemporary physics and the basis of understanding matter in its tiniest dimensions and the vast universe as a whole. But for many, the theory remains an impenetrable… [more below]
- Author: Lederman, Leon M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1616142332
- Language: English
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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother’s Boyfriend
$18.99 Add to cartHave you ever heard of a person who left you wondering, “How could someone be so twisted? So evil?” Prompted by clues in her sister’s diary after her mysterious death, author Barbara Oakley takes the … [more below]
- Series: Psychology
- Author: Oakley, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: October 21 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026652
- Language: English
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Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity
$28.95 Read moreHow much of ourselves do we disclose when we speak or write? A person’s accent may reveal, for example, whether they hail from Australia, or Ireland, or Mississippi. But it’s not just where we were bo
- Author: Kreuz, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888975
- Language: English
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Comet Madness: How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
$27.95 Read moreHalley’s Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial
- Author: Goodrich, Richard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888568
- Language: English
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Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth
$34.95 Add to cartHow will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up? You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would … [more below]
- Author: Veronese, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1616149728
- Language: English
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King David and Boss Daley: The Black Disciples, Mayor Daley, and Chicago on the Edge
$36.95 Add to cartIn Chicago in mid-twentieth century amid the haze and smoke of urban renewal and the sounds of the wrecking balls and bulldozers, there lived two men, both street-savvy, one Black, one Irish, one youn
- Author: Williams, Lance
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1633887863
- Language: English
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Footprints of Schizophrenia: The Evolutionary Roots of Mental Illness
$28.95 Add to cartOf all the mental illnesses, schizophrenia eludes us the most. No matter the strides scientists have made in neurological research nor doctors have made in psychiatric treatment, schizophrenia remains
- Author: Lesk, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1633889289
- Language: English
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Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting
$28.50 Add to cartIn contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Profes… [more below]
- Author: Douglas, Joshua A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 1633885100
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics for Poets
$22.95 Add to cartQuantum theory is the bedrock of contemporary physics and the basis of understanding matter in its tiniest dimensions and the vast universe as a whole. But for many, the theory remains an impenetrable
- Author: Lederman, Leon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493086960
- Language: English
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Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition
$25.00 Add to cartAlthough much has been written about Al Capone, there has not been–until now–a complete history of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition. This exhaustively researched book covers the entire … [more below]
- Author: Binder, John J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1633882853
- Language: English
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Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species
$29.95 Add to cartDoes God exist? This straightforward question has spawned endless debate, ranging from apologists’ supposed proofs of God’s existence to New Atheist manifestos declaring belief in God a harmful delusi
- Author: Gervais, Will M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889246
- Language: English
