This book examines the food chains that sustain us, and the environmental and moral implications of our food choices.
Category Archives: Non-fiction
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
This book explores the contours of knowledge and why we think the way we think–specifically, the impact of the highly improbable.
Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America
“Gun grabbers,” “gun nuts,” the Second Amendment, and the complex, emotional debate over the right to bear arms.
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
The thrilling race to electrify the world: Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse collide.
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
The criss-crossing of opiates and black tar heroin throughout the United States, and the havoc it wreaks.
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super-rich and Cheat Everyone Else
To those who believe we all should pay our fair share of taxes, discovering the intricacies of the plans the uber-wealthy use (which correlate with how desperately they want to evade taxes, thus placing the burden on everyone else) will be infuriating.
The Zookeepers’ War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War
Two zoos, one in West Berlin and the other in East Berlin, mere miles apart and separated by the Berlin Wall, wrestle with each other at the apex of their popularity.
An American Sickness
Unsettling and cruel tactics that actors in the healthcare industry use to profit lucratively off patients, and how to resist.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World
How two men battled Victorian London’s deadliest cholera outbreak, and what we can learn from their public health efforts.
Enhancing Government: Federalism for the 21st Century
A re-imagining of federalism and how to restructure it to empower both federal and state governments.