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The Atlas of New Librarianship

Posted on September 26, 2011
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Author(s): R. David Lankes
Publisher: The MIT Press (2011)
Binding: Hardcover, 408 pages
List Price: $55.00

The Atlas of New Librarianship by R. David Lankes. MIT Press. 2011. 408 pages. Illustrated. $55.

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Posted on March 1, 2012
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Author(s): Steven Pinker
Publisher: Viking Adult (2011)
Binding: Hardcover, 832 pages
List Price: $40.00

Humanity is becoming more peaceful, and the proof is all around us, asserts Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. In The Better Angels of Our Nature, he retraces the last few millennia of human history to show a clear evolution across the globe away from violence, war, and exploitation, and toward nonviolence, compassion, and equality.

The Economics of Integrity: From Dairy Farmers to Toyota, How Wealth Is Built on Trust and What That Means for Our Future

Posted on January 11, 2011
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Author(s): Anna Bernasek
Publisher: HarperBusiness (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 208 pages
List Price: $19.99

The businessman who says he created his wealth all by himself is mistaken, states financial reporter Anna Bernasek in The Economics of Integrity. She points out that any successful enterprise is the result of a number of people lending their cooperation and their time. For all these people to cooperate effectively, they must first be able to trust each other.

The Ecotechnic Future: Envisioning a Post-Peak World

Posted on September 17, 2010
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Author(s): John Michael Greer
Publisher: New Society Publishers (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages
List Price: $18.95

by John Michael Greer. New Society Publishers. 2009. 153 pages. Paperback. $18.95.

The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?

Posted on September 17, 2010

by Ian Bremmer. Portfolio. 2010. 221 pages. $26.95.

The free-market economic system of Europe and North America could be undone by a new rival, called state capitalism, warns political consultant Ian Bremmer.

The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change

Posted on September 26, 2011
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Author(s): Philip Conkling, Richard Alley, Wallace Broecker, George Denton
Publisher: The MIT Press (2011)
Binding: Hardcover, 232 pages
List Price: $29.95

The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change by Philip Conkling, Richard Alley, Wallace Broecker, and George Denton. Photographs by Gary Comer. MIT Press. 2011. 216 pages. Illustrated. $29.95.

The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You

Posted on July 9, 2011
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Author(s): Eli Pariser
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (2011)
Binding: Hardcover, 304 pages
List Price: $25.95

In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly popular result, Google now tries to predict what you are most likely to click on. According to MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, Google's change in policy is symptomatic of the most significant shift to take place on the Web in recent years-the rise of personalization.

The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps

Posted on September 15, 2010
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Author(s): Peter D. Ward
Publisher: Basic Books (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages
List Price: $25.95

by Peter Ward. Basic. 2010. 252 pages. Paperback. $25.95.

The Future of God in the Global Village: Spirituality in an Age of Terrorism and Beyond

Posted on March 1, 2012
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Author(s): Thomas R. McFaul
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publishing (2011)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
List Price: $18.04

Religion thrives at the start of the twenty-first century, despite a plethora of predictions that it would die out a century ago, according to retired religion professor Thomas McFaul. In The Future of God in the Global Village, he looks at the myriad faith traditions that flourish today and the reasons for their continuing strength.

The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World

Posted on October 12, 2011
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Author(s): Paul Gilding
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press (2011)
Binding: Hardcover, 304 pages
List Price: $25.00

In World War II, the United States and its Allies rallied their citizens to labor, sacrifice, and produce like never before to defeat fascism. Ecologist Paul Gilding expresses hope in The Great Disruption that, as the depth of the climate crisis hits, the world will in like fashion launch into wartime-like mobilization to avert ecological and socioeconomic catastrophe.