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New Books in New York. Imagine life without leavened bread. Or beer. Or a properly functioning gastrointestinal tract. A life without these staples of humanity would be reality without the existence and utilization of the tiny organisms we know as yeast, or the “sugar fungus”.

New Books in New York. What string of events brought ultimately led to the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918?

New Books in New York. Happy March and happy Women’s History Month! What better way to start of the month than by taking a look at some of the incredible females that paved the way for today’s women scientists?

New Books in New York. What happened during the 13 years when the United States went dry?

New books in New York. Who knew there was once a palace within the hustle and bustle of New York City? While fleeting, it was certainly a magnificent five years...

New Books in New York. Despite where you think you are on the character spectrum, we all have serious character flaws that prevent us from being as good as we think we are. We may not even recognize that these flaws exist but by understanding the notion of “character” and what it means today, we can be better in sync with the kind of people we want to be in the New Year.

New Books in New York. How did positive psychology, one of the most influential academic fields of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, infuse American culture with captivating promises for a happier society?

New Books in New York. Balls and soirees, battles and high society. This week, we’re hunkering down and transporting ourselves to Tolstoy’s Russia in the nineteenth century.