Studies of depression abound, as do opinions on how best to treat it. Yet there is a question that barely gets asked: is depression a defect? Most of us take the answer as a given – whether we believe the defect is one of brain chemistry, of cognition, or of character. But psychologist Jonathan Rottenberg, […]
A sweeping history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, West from Appomattox stretches the boundaries of our understanding of Reconstruction. Heather Cox Richardson ties the North and West into the post–Civil War story that usually focuses narrowly on the South, and in so doing, shows that the […]
While the American South had grown to expect a yellow fever breakout almost annually in the 1800s, the 1878 epidemic was without question the worst ever. Moving up the Mississippi in the late summer, in the span of just a few months the fever killed more than 18,000 people. The city of Memphis was particularly […]
In Work 2.0, Bill Jensen introduces us to a new breed of managers and organizations that are maximizing productivity, developing leaders at all levels, constantly innovating, attracting exceptional talent, and winning in the marketplace. The key to their success is recognizing that the most valuable assets in the company are the time, attention, knowledge, passion, energy, […]
Marjoleine Kars is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). As an Atlanticist who hails from the Netherlands, she brings a distinctive set of skills to this study. Fluency in her native Dutch is an obvious prerequisite. But beyond this, she is a specialist in the history of rebellion and dissent. […]
One of the connected economy’s most thought-provoking mavericks, David Weinberger is a senior researcher at the Berkman Center. He is the co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, a national bestseller that has been translated into twelve languages and is considered one the seminal books about business and the Internet. A tenth anniversary edition was published in […]
Robert C. Lieberman is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University. His teaching and research interests include American political development, race and American politics, public policy, and inequality. He is the author of two books. Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State won the President’s Book Award of the […]
After almost getting expelled for exposing his prep school’s outrages in the Boston press, David Williams spent 1968 crossing the Pacific in the merchant marine and fighting the Vietnam War in the peace movement. Wanted in Oregon for jaywalking, be hitchhiked home to enjoy the mayhem of the Sixties at Harvard where he occasionally attended […]
During the years when the Revolutionary War transformed thirteen former British colonies into a new nation, a horrifying epidemic of smallpox was transforming—or ending—the lives of tens of thousands of people across the American continent. This great pestilence easily surpassed the war in terms of deaths, yet because of our understandable preoccupation with the Revolution […]
A sweeping history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, West from Appomattox stretches the boundaries of our understanding of Reconstruction. Heather Cox Richardson ties the North and West into the post–Civil War story that usually focuses narrowly on the South, and in so doing, shows that the […]
Whether you are faced with decisions momentous or trivial, how you go about resolving everyday dilemmas will definitely affect your level of satisfaction in life. In this engrossing and entertaining guide, David Welch, who has studied the decision-making process at the highest levels, shows how both the science and the art of decision-making are essential […]
Edward Achorn, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Distinguished Commentary, is the editorial pages editor of <em>The Providence Journal</em>. His first book, Fifty-Nine in ‘84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had, was published by Smithsonian Books. His most recent book, <em>The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America’s Game</em> was published by Public Affairs. The <em>New Yorker</em> wrote: “Combining the narrative skills of a sportswriter with a historian’s depth of knowledge and stockpile of detail, Achorn has produced a book that is both entertaining and informative.”
Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii is professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University’s Center for Advanced Biotechnology. Best known for his contribution in the field of DNA topology, supercoiling, and unusual structures, He was a founding member of Moscow Tribune, the Russian intellectual club organized by Andrei Sakharov. His research is focused on theoretical and experimental studies […]
Daryl Twitchell is Managing Partner of Silver Ridge Advisors (SRA), a strategic consulting and investment firm that assists Fortune 500 companies and expansion stage mid-size enterprises. He has 20 years of experience in strategic consulting, product and business innovation, building companies into high-growth businesses, venture capital and strategic M&A. Daryl is the author, with Sugata Biswas, […]
Samuel Brown is Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine at the University of Utah/Intermountain Healthcare, where his scientific focus is life-threatening infections and the ethical and humanistic implications of critical care. A faculty member of the Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, Dr. Brown has published widely in medical, ethics, and history journals. He […]