Anchor imprint: 1481 books
The God Gene
How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God; this conviction has existed since the beginning of recorded time and is shared by billions around the world. In The God Gene, Dr. Dean Hamer reveals that this inclination towards religious faith is in good measure due to our genes and may even...
by Sallie Tisdale
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
We live in a world in which almost every public image—every interaction—carries an element of sexual desire. And yet it is nearly impossible for us to talk openly and honestly about sex. Talk Dirty to Me is author Sallie Tisdale's frank, funny, and provocative invitation to the conversation we've...
Little Demon in the City of Light
A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A delicious true crime account of a murder most gallic—think CSI Paris meets Georges Simenon—whose lurid combination of sex, brutality, forensics, and hypnotism riveted first a nation and then the world.
In 1889, the gruesome murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless...
The Shield of Achilles
War, Peace, and the Course of History
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
"We are at a moment in world affairs when the essential ideas that govern statecraft must change. For five centuries it has taken the resources of a state to destroy another state . . . This is no longer true, owing to advances in international telecommunications, rapid computation, and weapons...
In Pursuit of Silence
Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
A brilliant, far-reaching exploration of the frontiers of noise and silence, and the growing war between them.
Between iPods, music-blasting restaurants, earsplitting sports stadiums, and endless air and road traffic, the place for quiet in our lives grows smaller by the day*. In Pursuit of Silence*...
by Byron Hollinshead
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
I Wish I’d Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians’ responses to the question “What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessed—and why?” The answers illuminate crucial moments in our past and give readers a front-row seat at...
The Two Faces of Islam
Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2003
Since its formation in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been ruled by two interdependent families. The Al Sa’uds control politics and the descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab impose Wahhabism—a violent, fanatical perversion of the pluralistic Islam practiced by most Muslims. Stephen Schwartz argues that Wahhabism,...
The Fire This Time
Young Activists and the New Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Young feminists today are becoming activists on behalf of many causes beyond the classic—and indispensable--feminist ones of reproductive rights and equal pay for equal work. In The Fire This Time, Dawn Martin, one of four founders of The Third Wave Foundation--a multiracial, multi-issue, and multicultural...
The New York Times Second Book of Science Questions and Answers
225 New, Unusual, Intriguing, and Just Plain Bizarre Inquiries Into Everyday Sci entific Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
What would kill you if you fell into a black hole? Once people finally get to Mars, how will they get back? What makes the holes in Swiss cheese? Are there any carnivorous plants that are harmful to humans? Are there really caterpillars that scream to protect themselves? How do birds have sexual intercourse?...
Word Power Made Easy
The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The most effective vocabulary builder in the English language provides a simple, step-by-step method that will increase your knowledge and mastery of written and spoken English. Word Power Made Easy does more than just add words to your vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening your...
Embracing the Beloved
Relationship as a Path of Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Stephen and Ondrea Levine devoted more than eighteen years to investigating the mind/body relationship, particularly as it relates to the states healing, dying, and grieving. Their work has affected healing and medical practices worldwide. In Embracing the Beloved, the Levines turn their attention...
Family History of Fear
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
“Family History of Fear has been in me for years. Along with this secret. From the instant I found out I was not who I thought I was.”
Every family has its own history. Many families carry a tragic past. Like the author’s mother, many Poles did not tell their children a complete story...
Design in Nature
How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single principle of physics, the Constructal Law, accounts for the evolution of these and all other designs in our world.
Everything—from...
Brain Fuel
199 Mind-Expanding Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
National Bestseller
From the #1 bestselling author – a cornucopia of mind-expanding insights into the science of the real world.
Dr. Joe – as he is affectionately known to millions of readers, listeners, viewers, and students – brings his magic formula to Doubleday Canada with...