What’s behind the human fascination with athletic ability?
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Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love
How did the rapidly-changing San Francisco of the 1960s and 1970s reflect the turmoil of America at large and influence today’s continuously-evolving society?
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Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails
How does a war veteran and author come to terms with his success and his fragmented and dysfunctional family?
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Why Good People Can't Get Jobs
If millions of Americans are unemployed, why do many companies claim to be unable to find qualified applicants for the positions they do have available?
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The Global Battle for Democracy
How does 21st Century totalitarianism differ from the authoritarian rule of old?
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The Importance of Completing College
What can be done to help keep students in college and help them successfully complete their educations?
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The Right Way to Do Everything?
Could our public and private interactions with one another be improved if we just followed the rules?
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America the Philosophical
Could our consumer-oriented and consumption and celebrity-driven society really be one of the most philosophical in history?
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The New Science of Dog Behavior
How did the domesticated dog come to be and is there a better way for us to relate to our dogs?
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Bats of Texas
What do bats contribute to the ecology of Texas and how many different species share our state?
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George Grosz in Dallas
How did George Grosz, the expatriate German Dadaist and satirist end up in Dallas in 1952 and how did the work he created as a result of his visit inform his international career as an artist and documentarian of 20th Century life?
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A History of Ambergris
What’s as valuable as gold, found only on beaches, and produced only by sperm whales?
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