Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order
7 best books like Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order (George Johnson): The Bookshop on the Shore, Playing for Pizza, In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology & the Survival of the Indian Nations, The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World, The Colors of All the Cattle
The Bookshop on the Shore
| Author | Jenny Colgan |
| ISBN | 0062850180 |
A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan.
Desperate to escape from London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new life...
| Author | John Grisham |
| ISBN | 0385525001 |
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance...
| Author | Jerry Mander |
| ISBN | 0844669512 |
Mander goes beyond television (which he proclaimed as being dangerous to personal health and sanity in Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television) to critique our technological society as a whole, challenge its utopian promises, and track its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide....
| Author | Philip Slater |
| ISBN | 0807042013 |
Even though this was written in 1970, sadly enough the social commentary is as applicable today. This book does a great job of dissecting the American psyche and pointing out what needs to change for us to survive as a viable community. While some of the examples are a bit dated (there's a lengthy discussion...
| Author | Elizabeth L. Eisenstein |
| ISBN | 0521607744 |
What difference did printing make? Although the importance of the advent of printing for the Western world has long been recognized, it was Elizabeth Eisenstein in her monumental, two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject....
The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World
| Author | Laura J. Snyder |
| ISBN | 0767930487 |
The Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to meet on Sunday mornings...
The Colors of All the Cattle
| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
| ISBN | 1524747807 |
In this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe finds herself running for office--much to her dismay.
When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the Gaborone City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first...
