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The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009 offers a groundbreaking assessment of the current health and well-being of the United States
For more information please visit www.measureofamerica.org or download a podcast with the authors.
Calculate your own human development level using the Well-O-Meter.
Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology
Read an interview with Geoffrey Kabat | Read the introduction | Read a review from the Wall Street Journal.
The Shape of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century
"Laurent Cohen-Tanugi . . . has written a guide for those who care where we are all going next." — Richard Reeves
Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History
Read an excerpt from the book published in Natural History.
Endnotes: An Intimate Look at the End of Life
"Ray has written something as startling and unflinching as good fiction can be." — Margaret Morganroth Gullette, author of Aged by Culture
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Read an interview with Charles Calomiris, editor of Sustaining India's Growth Miracle.
Watch a video of Geoffrey Heal's talk at the Carnegie Council or read an interview.
Elementary This
Hervé This on the 10 elements of basic kitchen knowledge.
Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor — now available in paper!
Gazetteer
The revised Columbia Gazetteer of the World is now available! The definitive A-Z guide to the world's geography.
Documentary Films
Jonathan Kahana, author of Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary, on the best documentaries and on hard-to-find classics.