Empathy Machines
The first book-length treatment of This American Life, Empathy Machines contextualizes the influential show within the history of radio, looking back to radio’s
Category: Social Sciences
A Shellshocked Nation
After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun – the lights of
The Road Map: Escaping the Maze of Madness
David Icke’s 1998 book The Biggest Secret was dubbed the Rosetta Stone of conspiracy research for connecting the dots that
The Edges of the World
We tend to think that everything important comes from the centre: from big cities, from established orthodoxies in the sciences
Tinder Box
When the Iroquois Theater opened in Chicago on November 23, 1903, it was considered one of the grandest structures of
This Ain’t No Holiday Inn
During its heyday, the Chelsea Hotel in New York City was a home and safe haven for Bohemian artists, poets,
Think Like a Stoic
In a world overflowing with abundance and information, the calm and clarity of stoicism has never been more necessary. In
The War on History
America is hopelessly divided, but more worryingly, the ideas and “mystic chords of memory” that rest at the cornerstone of
Unsolved Child Murders
An estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. Only one in 10,000 are found dead.
A High Price for Freedom
The author and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Publishing Project gives voice to long silent African Americans