Faith vs Science: The Next Chapter
(CBS/Penguin Press HC)
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November 12, 2009 11:31 AM Faith vs. science. The debate has played out dramatically and controversially, especially in recent years.
November 4, 2009 1:54 PM 
Google. Perhaps no other company is more useful in our modern lives. Perhaps no other company elicits so many important modern-day questions. What would I do without it? What will they do next? What will it mean?
Googling The End Of The (Media) World As We Know It
(CBS/Penguin Press HC)
November 3, 2009 3:31 AM 
Jonathan Safran Foer, the wunderkind behind "Everything is Illuminated," is out with his first work of non-fiction, Eating Animals, a unique take on the food debate taking place in this country.
A New Way To Talk About Eating Animals
(Little, Brown & Company)
October 28, 2009 11:52 PM 
Time was when science was considered a value-neutral pursuit. That seems like an eternity ago. Nowadays, science is all too often viewed as as a political constituency and not always in our best interest.
The Cost To the Planet of Fearing Science
(CBS/Penguin Group )
October 19, 2009 11:13 AM 
In her new book, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, New York Times columnist Gail Collins examines the transformation in the lives of American women since the upheaval of the counterculture.
Tracking The Journey Of American Women
(CBS)
October 13, 2009 11:07 AM 
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest.
A Way To Predict Your Opponent's Next Move
(CBS)
October 11, 2009 11:35 PM 
The Interrogative Mood is one of the most audacious literary high-wire acts since Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine
Five Questions For Padgett Powell
(CBS)
October 7, 2009 3:09 PM 
Michael Chabon has won popular and literary acclaim for his novels including The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000) and Wonder Boys (1995), which was later turned into a movie. Now the Berkeley, Calif.-based author is turning his considerable talents to non-fiction -- specifically, a new collection of essays published this week about parenting and fatherhood called Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son.
Michael Chabon: On Life, Fatherhood, And Parenting
(Merkley)
September 29, 2009 12:20 AM 
A stutterer until the age of 20 who goes on to use his voice professionally, eventually becoming a correspondent at 60 Minutes? Byron’s story is impressive and inspiring.
Byron Pitts: More than a Feel-Good Story
(CBS)
September 14, 2009 8:45 AM 
James Workman is the author of Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought -- a nonfiction narrative of the Central Kalahari San’s ongoing struggle besieged by Botswana’s government, with water deployed as the decisive weapon of last resort.
Taking Our Cues From Africa's Bushmen
(CBS)
Author Thomas Friedman on Obama's Afghanistan plan and the war on terror.
