by admin | Nov 18, 2014
Where does Ebola originate? How does it spread? And what should governments do to stop it? Few people understand the answers to these questions better than Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett. In this masterful account of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Zaire,...
by admin | Sep 14, 2010
Journalist and Salon writer Rebecca Traister investigates the 2008 presidential election and its impact on American politics, women and cultural feminism. Examining the role of women in the campaign, from Clinton and Palin to Tina Fey and young voters, Traister...
by admin | May 11, 2010
A provocative, inspiring account of our neglected American ideals and the people who are living them today—and restoring our nation’s dreamPatriotism has become a loaded word: one that is wielded against people with whom we might disagree, or whose cultural origins...
by admin | Oct 20, 2009
From Smithsonian Books, The Department of Mad Scientists is the first trade book ever on DARPA—the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—the maverick and controversial agency whose futuristic work has had amazing military and civilian application, from the...
by admin | Mar 3, 2009
When activist Nell Merlino decides something needs to change, she throws everything she has into changing it. Whether it is raising the visibility of girls or helping women build their businesses, her many campaigns have helped women make dreams come true. Now she...
