Questioning Ethics offers an unsurpassed overview of the state of ethical thinking today by some of the world's foremost philosophers, such as Habermas, MacIntyre, Ricoeur and Kristeva. more » more »

Women are the most powerful force reshaping the future of America. Stronger than political parties, mightier than religious differences, able to leap cultural schisms in a single bound, women are quietly exerting a unified power to make changes in our culture and in commerce, meeting in the middle to ... more »

An amazing, enlightening, and endlessly entertaining look at how weather has shaped our world. Throughout history, great leaders have fallen, the outcomes of mighty battles have been determined, and the tides of earth-shattering events have been turned by a powerful, inscrutable force of nature: the ... more »

Product Info The problem of moral disagreement is one of the central problems in moral thinking. This is the first anthology to bring together classic and contemporary readings on the topic. more »

Journalist and poker fanatic Andy Bellin takes readers on a raucous journey into the shut-up-and-deal world of professional poker. From basement games to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, you'll look over his shoulder as he learns to count cards, read a legendary player's body language, hang in ... more »

Teasing Secrets from the Dead is a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the most infamous sites in recent history. In this absorbing, surprising, and undeniably compelling book, forensics expert Emily Craig tells her own story of a life spent teasing secrets from the dead. Emily ... more »

Oops may be the only American cultural history to ever include flaming elephants, government-funded psychics, and a cutting-edge cinematic technology known as Smell-O-Vision. This chronicle of often overlooked snafus will delight fans of popular culture who appreciate that Americans' failures are as ... more »

This clear and compact solutions manual provides lecturers adopting 'hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering' with an invaluable support. It complements the new editionof this classical hydraulics textbook and is designed for use on civil engineering and public health engineering courses worldwide ... more »

The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems David Rakoff's collection of autobiographical essays, Fraud , established him as one of our funniest, most insightful writers. In Don't Get Too Comfortable ... more »

Examines the theoretical and practical dimensions of Habermas's debates with contemporary philosophy and the social sciences and the politically informed unity of his theory and practice. more » more »

E-Book-Exclusive Extras: ONE: Astrobiology on the Space Station: A Brief Commentary TWO: The Tides of Titan: A Short Fiction PLUS: Isaac was Right: N Equals One, an paper derived from Ben Bova's book The Living Universe Dr. Ben Bova explores one of the most thrilling and elemental questions humanity ... more »

When the cattle-borne sickness known as Mad Cow Disease first appeared in America in 2003, authorities were quick to assure the nation that the outbreak was isolated, quarantined, and posed absolutely no danger to the general public. What we were not told was that the origins of the sickness may already ... more »