A new, completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the New York Times best seller that launched the entire Don't Know Much About series. When Don't Know Much About History first appeared, it created a sensation. With humor, great stories, and a trademark conversational style, the audiobook brought Americans a fresh new take on history. Davis proved that Americans don't hate history - they just hate the dull textbook version they were force-fed in school.

The Roots of Reason: Philosophical Essays on Rationality, Evolution, and Probability

David Papineau presents a controversial view of human reason, portraying it as a normal part of the natural world, and drawing on the empirical sciences to illuminate its workings. In these six interconnected essays he discusses both theoretical and practical rationality, and shows how evolutionary theory, decision theory, and quantum mechanics offer fresh approaches to some long-standing problems.

Whip up 6-Minute Healthy Potato Chips, 15 Bean Soup, Fizzy Fruit Slushies, and other healthy vittles with this coloring book/cookbook combo. More than 50 nutritious recipes encourage kids to take an interest in following a balanced diet and to delight in preparing and savoring fresh foods.

This is the first book to examine the working world of the playwright in nineteenth-century Britain. It was often a risky and financially uncertain profession, yet the magic of the theater attracted authors from widely different backgrounds--journalists, lawyers, churchmen, civil servants, printers, and actors, as well as prominent poets and novelists. In a fascinating account of the frustrations and the rewards of dramatic authorship, Stephens uncovers fresh information on the playwright's earnings, relationships with actors, managers, publishers, and audience, and offers a new perspective on his growing status as a professional.

"The book is an important one. Historians of the family, social historians, and literary critics will in future have to view the family and its network both in a wider and yet more precisely focused light. With Naomi Tadmor's guidance, they will approach their readings of novels, diaries, and letters in a fresh way." Journal of Modern History.