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		FATAL SYSTEM ERROR The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet Joseph Menn This gripping espionage tale penetrates the network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers, and attack government networks READ more		THE GREAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why it Must Be Protected Jonathan R. Cole "The central contention of Jonathan Cole’s book is that these mighty institutions are 'creative machines unlike any other that we have known in our history'...His book is really three, each a magisterial work."—The Economist READ more

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		THE IRRATIONAL ECONOMIST Making Decisions in a Dangerous World Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic, editors “The Irrational Economist challenges conventional wisdoms, overturns traditional economic models, and brings to light new discoveries in decision sciences: The result is a profound revolution in thinking. This book will help us cope better with the myriad of important decisions under uncertainty that we face.” —Joseph Stiglitz READ more		FOOD, INC. How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer—And What You Can Do About It A Participant Media Guide In theaters now A whole new kind of movie tie-in—the first in a series—goes behind the scenes and deeper into the issues and ideas raised by a provocative documentary on the contemporary way of eating READ more

		THE SOROS LECTURES At the Central European University George Soros Five lectures George Soros recently delivered at the Central European University in Budapest—which he founded in 1991—distill a lifetime of his thinking on finance, capitalism, and open society READ more		LIBBY PRISON BREAKOUT The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison Joseph Wheelan A suspenseful narrative of an exhilarating moment during the Civil War—the February 1864 escape of 109 Union officers from "The Bastille of the South" READ more



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