Basic Books

Basic Books is a publisher who has published at least 413 editions.

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Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
  • Matthew Dallek
20233 reads4
Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems
Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems
  • Ian Stewart
20130 reads0
James Madison
James Madison
  • Richard Brookhiser
20115 reads3.5
In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950
In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950
  • Nick Bunker
20230 reads0
Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth
Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth
  • Richard John Neuhaus
20060 reads0
Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
  • Andrés Reséndez
20070 reads0
Feyman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feyman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics
  • Richard P. Feynman
20050 reads0
Einstein's Dream: The Search For A Unified Theory Of The Universe
Einstein's Dream: The Search For A Unified Theory Of The Universe
  • Barry Parker
19861 read0
Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet
Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet
  • Howard Gardner
  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
20010 reads0
Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin
Faust's Metropolis: A History of Berlin
  • Alexandra Richie
19981 read4
The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America
The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America
  • Cara Fitzpatrick
20230 reads0
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Peniel E. Joseph
20200 reads0
Simplicity: Working Smarter In A World Of Infinite Choices
Simplicity: Working Smarter In A World Of Infinite Choices
  • William D Jensen
20000 reads0
The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy
The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy
  • Hardy Green
20100 reads0
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
  • Diane Ravitch
20100 reads0
A Weekend with Warren Buffett: And Other Shareholder Meeting Adventures
A Weekend with Warren Buffett: And Other Shareholder Meeting Adventures
  • Randy Cepuch
20070 reads0
The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
  • Scott E. Page
20180 reads0
Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America
Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America
  • James Davison Hunter
19911 read4
The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy
The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy
  • Karl Sigmund
20230 reads0
No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
  • Jacqueline A. Jones
20230 reads0
The Logic Of The Law
The Logic Of The Law
  • Gordon Tullock
19710 reads0
Private Wants-public Means
Private Wants-public Means
  • Tullock
19701 read5
From Know How to Nowhere: The Development of American Technology
From Know How to Nowhere: The Development of American Technology
  • Elting E. Morison
19750 reads0
The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight
The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight
  • Thomas Suddendorf
  • Jonathan Redshaw
  • Adam Bulley
20220 reads0
The Language Imperative: How Learning Languages Can Enrich Your Life
The Language Imperative: How Learning Languages Can Enrich Your Life
  • Suzette Haden Elgin
20000 reads0
Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories
Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories
  • John Allen Paulos
19981 read3
Mind At Play
Mind At Play
  • David Loftus
  • Elizabeth F. Loftus
19830 reads0
The End Of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy
The End Of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy
  • Russell Jacoby
19990 reads0
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men, Revised Edition
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men, Revised Edition
  • Anne Fausto-Sterling
19870 reads0
Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain
Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain
  • Werner R. Loewenstein
20131 read0
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
  • Leonard Susskind
  • George Hrabovsky
201311 reads3.5
Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound
Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound
  • David Rothenberg
20080 reads0
Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 2: Mainly Electromagnetism & Matter
Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 2: Mainly Electromagnetism & Matter
  • Richard P. Feynman
  • Robert B. Leighton
  • Matthew Sands
19630 reads0
Huey: Spirit of the Panther
Huey: Spirit of the Panther
  • David Hilliard
20051 read0
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 3: Quantum Mechanics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 3: Quantum Mechanics
  • Richard P. Feynman
  • Robert B. Leighton
  • Matthew Sands
19641 read0
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
  • Diane Ravitch
20100 reads0
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics
  • Leonard Susskind
20140 reads0
A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age
A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age
  • João Magueijo
20091 read0
Red Acropolis, Black Terror: The Greek Civil War And The Origins Of The Soviet-American Rivalry, 1943-1949
Red Acropolis, Black Terror: The Greek Civil War And The Origins Of The Soviet-American Rivalry, 1943-1949
  • André Gerolymatos
20041 read3
What mad pursuit
What mad pursuit
  • Francis Crick
19880 reads0
The Working Brain: An Introduction to Neuropsychology
The Working Brain: An Introduction to Neuropsychology
  • Alexander R. Luria
19730 reads0
Managing By The Numbers: A Commonsense Guide To Understanding And Using Your Company's Financials
Managing By The Numbers: A Commonsense Guide To Understanding And Using Your Company's Financials
  • Chuck Kremer
  • Ron Rizzuto
  • John Case
20000 reads0
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
  • Steven Weinberg
19770 reads0
Thread Of The Silkworm
Thread Of The Silkworm
  • Iris Chang
19950 reads0
What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration
What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration
  • Laura Major
  • Julie Shah
20200 reads0
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach
  • Howard Gardner
19950 reads0
The life of super-Earths how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet
The life of super-Earths how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet
  • Dimitar Sasselov
20112 reads4
The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art
The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art
  • Hector Feliciano
19970 reads0
The Last Secret: The Delivery to Stalin of Over Two Million Russians by Britain & the United States
The Last Secret: The Delivery to Stalin of Over Two Million Russians by Britain & the United States
  • Nicholas Bethell
19740 reads0
Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels
Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels
  • Antonio Santosuosso
20041 read4
The Arch of Kerguelen: Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
The Arch of Kerguelen: Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
  • Jean-Paul Kauffmann
  • Patricia Clancy (Translator)
19920 reads0
The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer
The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer
  • Laurent Dubois
20180 reads0
A Nation Forged by Crisis: A New American History
A Nation Forged by Crisis: A New American History
  • Jay Sexton
20180 reads0
Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
  • Adrian Goldsworthy
20230 reads0
What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
  • Gregory Berns
20173 reads3.5
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
  • Professor Peter Sarris
20240 reads0
Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
  • David H. Levy
19950 reads0
The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe
The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe
  • Steve Nadis
  • Shing-Tung Yau
20240 reads0
Judaism For Everyone: Renewing Your Life Through The Vibrant Lessons Of The Jewish Faith
Judaism For Everyone: Renewing Your Life Through The Vibrant Lessons Of The Jewish Faith
  • Shmuley Boteach
20020 reads0
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
  • Neil Price
202030 reads4.17
Homer and His Iliad
Homer and His Iliad
  • Robin Lane Fox
20231 read5
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
  • Adam Becker
20181 read4
Roman Warfare
Roman Warfare
  • Adrian Goldsworthy
20002 reads3.5
Extra Innings: More Baseball Between the Numbers from the Team at Baseball Prospectus
Extra Innings: More Baseball Between the Numbers from the Team at Baseball Prospectus
  • The Baseball Prospectus
20121 read2
The Meaning of Science: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
The Meaning of Science: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
  • Tim Lewens
20151 read0
The Ways of the Will and Other Essays
The Ways of the Will and Other Essays
  • Leslie H. Farber
19681 read0
The Constitution: An Introduction
The Constitution: An Introduction
  • Michael Stokes Paulsen
  • Luke Paulsen
20150 reads0
The Birth Of A Mother
The Birth Of A Mother
  • Daniel N. Stern
19980 reads0
The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need 3rd E: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets
The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need 3rd E: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets
  • Ellen Karsh
20030 reads0
Social Justice Fallacies
Social Justice Fallacies
  • Thomas Sowell
20234 reads4.67
Evil: An Investigation
Evil: An Investigation
  • Lance Morrow
20031 read3
The Psychology of the Child
The Psychology of the Child
  • Jean Piaget
  • Barbel Inhelder
19501 read0
A Well-ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev And The Shadow Of The Periodic Table
A Well-ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev And The Shadow Of The Periodic Table
  • Michael D. Gordin
20040 reads0
Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
  • Paul Bloom
20040 reads0
Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life
Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life
  • Mario Livio
  • Jack Szostak
20240 reads0
Escape from Shadow Physics: The Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory
Escape from Shadow Physics: The Quest to End the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory
  • Adam Forrest Kay
20240 reads0
Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space
Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space
  • Chris Lintott
20240 reads0
Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity
Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity
  • Charles Seife
20211 read3
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
  • Alfred Lansing
1959198 reads4.5
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions―and the Art of Knowing When Not To
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions―and the Art of Knowing When Not To
  • Kit Yates
20230 reads0
The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World
The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World
  • John Palfrey
  • Urs Gasser
20201 read0
Nazi Science: Myth, Truth, And The German Atomic Bomb
Nazi Science: Myth, Truth, And The German Atomic Bomb
  • Mark Walker
19950 reads0
Ecocide in the USSR: Health And Nature Under Siege
Ecocide in the USSR: Health And Nature Under Siege
  • Murray Feshbach
19930 reads0
The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe
The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe
  • John C. Mather
  • John Boslough
19961 read0
The Recollections Of Eugene P. Wigner: As Told To Andrew Szanton
The Recollections Of Eugene P. Wigner: As Told To Andrew Szanton
  • Eugene Paul Wigner
  • Andrew Szanton
19922 reads0
The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human
The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human
  • John Bradshaw
20170 reads0
Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live
Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live
  • Kennon M. Sheldon
20220 reads0
The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
  • Massimo Pigliucci
20220 reads0
Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
  • Jacob Mchangama
0 reads0
Algebra the Beautiful: An Ode to Math's Least-Loved Subject
Algebra the Beautiful: An Ode to Math's Least-Loved Subject
  • G. Arnell Williams
20220 reads0
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots From a Hidden War
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots From a Hidden War
  • Greg Marinovich
  • João Silva
20001 read0
Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
  • Erez Yoeli
  • Moshe Hoffman
20220 reads0
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds
  • Brian Butterworth
20221 read0
The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need --And What We Can Do about It
The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need --And What We Can Do about It
  • Tony Wagner
19800 reads0
The Idea of the Brain: A History
The Idea of the Brain: A History
  • Matthew Cobb
20200 reads0
The Day Without Yesterday: Lemaitre, Einstein, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology
The Day Without Yesterday: Lemaitre, Einstein, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology
  • John Farrell
20051 read0
The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
  • Rudy Rucker
20051 read0
Conned Again, Watson! Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math, and Probability
Conned Again, Watson! Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math, and Probability
  • Colin Bruce
20002 reads2
Caliphate: The History of an Idea
Caliphate: The History of an Idea
  • Hugh Kennedy
20160 reads0
Nature's fortune how business and society thrive by investing in nature
Nature's fortune how business and society thrive by investing in nature
  • Mark R. Tercek
  • Jonathan S. Adams
20131 read3