Women in the military, fighting alongside their male counterparts seems to be a thing of science fiction when looking at today’s military. In WWII though, brave women took to the sky, committed themselves to dangerous missions, and at times sacrificed so that others may live. They are the embodiment of the brave soldier that we come to applaud. The difference is they are all women, typically the unsung heroes of the war. This book covers just some of the amazing feats that women performed in WWII era […]

This cookbook does for pies what cupcakes did for the cake: shrink the size so they’re easy to cook, freeze, serve, or pack for lunch while keeping ALL the flavor of the original. Featuring 116 recipes both savory and sweet, the delicious choices range from Gooey Chicken Pies, Argentinean Empanadas, and Spiced Apple Parcels to White Chocolate and Ginger Mousse Tarts. [VidConnect vidp=’25564′ vidn=’0′ vidt=’default’ vidv=’yD841YxNEdw’]

Data visualization is an essential means of making visible the invisible patterns that surround us, and of seeing beyond the numbers. In Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply collaborative, deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects. Completed over the course of 12 months and spanning 12 different topics – from the Olympics to Presidents & Royals and from Movies to Myths & Legends – each pair of “wondrously eccentric” visualizations explores different technologies and forms, blurring the boundary between visualization as […]

“A Humane Economy is like a seminar on integral freedom conducted by a professor of uncommon brilliance.” —Wall Street Journal “If any person in our contemporary world is entitled to a hearing it is Wilhelm Röpke.” —New York Times A Humane Economy offers one of the most accessible and compelling explanations of how economies operate ever written. The masterwork of the great twentieth-century economist Wilhelm Röpke, this book presents a sweeping, brilliant exposition of market mechanics and moral philosophy. Röpke cuts through the jargon and statistics that […]

How we present ourselves to others and how our identities are represented in society is something that we have to negotiate every day. For members of the trans community – transgender, transsexual, or some new gendered selfhood – representation has tremendous psychological and social weight. Trans men and trans women must negotiate their representation in multiple domains, with life-changing significance. These include high stakes negotiations of representation in interactions with the legal system and with medical practice, and in the most superficial interactions and social exchanges with […]