"Confused by the Odds" is a fascinating historical survey of theories of probability—and their practical implications. David Lockwood’s social science text "Confused by the Odds" introduces theories of probability and shows how... Read More

One in four Americans belongs to no religion, the majority of those having been raised in, and having left, Christianity. In his engaging book "Nonverts", Stephen Bullivant unearths the stories behind these statistics and presents cogent... Read More

"Conspiracy" is a fascinating, timely psychological study of those who believe conspiracy theories and of the elusive truths behind those beliefs. Citing an astonishing range of examples, the book defines a conspiracy as two or more... Read More

"Angel of the Garbage Dump" is the biography of a courageous change-maker, Hanley Denning. Denning first encountered the Guatemala City dump that she came to think of as “home” in 1999. Though her early experiences there were... Read More

These sobering essays reveal how movements to address racial injustice and other inequities faltered during the pandemic era. The essays of "Transforming Disruption to Impact" concern the ripple effects of COVID-19 on volunteering and... Read More

"The Risk Paradox" is a valuable psychological exploration in which the experiences of a hundred adventurous risk-takers are mined for lessons in decision-making. Alan Ying and Doug Schneider’s "The Risk Paradox" explores the... Read More

David Chanoff and Louis W. Sullivan’s "We’ll Fight It Out Here" covers the historical fight for equal access to health care. In the 1890s, Fredrick Hoffman, the leading statistician of the Progressive Era, wanted to find out why... Read More

The situation is stark: those in less developed countries are “twenty times more likely to be affected by climate-related disasters.” In her forthright work of research and witness, "State of Disaster", Maria Cristina Garcia... Read More