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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog
The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog
Destroyer of Worlds
Destroyer of Worlds
Shifting Sands
Shifting Sands
The Invention of Design
The Invention of Design
General Relativity
General Relativity
Freedom Season
Freedom Season
The Affirmative Action Myth
The Affirmative Action Myth
Scorched Earth
Scorched Earth
Proof
Proof
Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
Main Currents in Sociological Thought: Volume One
Main Currents in Sociological Thought: Volume One
Main Currents in Sociological Thought: Volume Two
Main Currents in Sociological Thought: Volume Two
The Evolution of Cooperation
The Evolution of Cooperation
Rome and Persia
Rome and Persia
The Once and Future World Order
The Once and Future World Order
Around the World in Eighty Games
Around the World in Eighty Games
I Am a Part of Infinity
I Am a Part of Infinity
Free Speech
Free Speech
Close to Home
Close to Home
Rot
Rot
The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius
The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius
The Trouble of Color
The Trouble of Color
Making Sense of Slavery
Making Sense of Slavery
Bismarck’s War
Bismarck’s War
Summer of Fire and Blood
Summer of Fire and Blood
More Than Words
More Than Words
Beyond the Wall
Beyond the Wall
Immaculate Forms
Immaculate Forms
Start Making Sense
Start Making Sense
Tangled Fortunes
Tangled Fortunes
Lawless Republic
Lawless Republic
Land Power
Land Power
Is Math Real?
Is Math Real?
No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
The Last Tsar
The Last Tsar
Golden Years
Golden Years
Intent to Destroy
Intent to Destroy
Hungry Beautiful Animals
Hungry Beautiful Animals
Treekeepers
Treekeepers
The Impossible Man
The Impossible Man
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory
The Middle Kingdoms
The Middle Kingdoms
Herald of a Restless World
Herald of a Restless World
Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown
Ten Birds That Changed the World
Ten Birds That Changed the World
The Web We Weave
The Web We Weave
The Collapse of Parenting
The Collapse of Parenting
Assyria
Assyria
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola
The Bible
The Bible
The Cybernetic Society
The Cybernetic Society
The Call of the Honeyguide
The Call of the Honeyguide
The End of Everything
The End of Everything
Unequal
Unequal
Peril and Promise
Peril and Promise
Mastery
Mastery
Born Equal
Born Equal
Blueprints
Blueprints
1942
1942
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Terms of Respect
Terms of Respect
Charlatans
Charlatans
The Romans
The Romans
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
Taylor’s Version
Taylor’s Version
The Whispers of Rock
The Whispers of Rock
Bloody Crowns
Bloody Crowns
The Emergent Mind
The Emergent Mind
Elderflora
Elderflora
The Giant Leap
The Giant Leap
Wolfpack
Wolfpack
Portals to a New Reality
Portals to a New Reality
The Fight of His Life
The Fight of His Life
Pax
Pax
The Great Math War
The Great Math War
Violent Saviors
Violent Saviors
Crick
Crick
Diogenes
Diogenes
The Price of Democracy
The Price of Democracy
Wakara’s America
Wakara’s America

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Bloodlands
Bloodlands
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
The Gates of Europe
The Gates of Europe
Godel, Escher, Bach
Godel, Escher, Bach
Vanguard
Vanguard
The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis
The League
The League
The Republic of Plato
The Republic of Plato
Bitch
Bitch
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

About Basic Books

Since its founding in 1950, Basic Books has shaped public debate by publishing award-winning books in history, science, sociology, psychology, politics, and current affairs. Basic’s list of influential authors includes Stephon Alexander, Isaac Asimov, Edward Baptist, H.W. Brands, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Iris Chang, George Church, Niall Ferguson, Richard Feynman, Richard Florida, Martin Ford, Howard Gardner, Victor Davis Hanson, Jonathan Haidt, Judith Herman, Christopher Hitchens, Douglas Hofstadter, Leszek Kolakowski, Kevin Kruse, Lawrence Lessig, Claude Levi-Strauss, Alice Miller, Robert Nozick, Steven Pinker, Samantha Power, Diane Ravitch, Eugene Rogan, Thomas Sowell, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Eric Topol, Sherry Turkle, Timothy Snyder, Nicholas Stargardt, Michael Walzer, George Weigel, Bee Wilson, James Q. Wilson, Richard Wrangham, Irvin Yalom, and Shing-Tung Yau. Basic Books is an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

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