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  Science Is Culture -...

  Adam Bly

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  Seed magazine brings together a unique gathering of prominent scientists, artists, novelists, philosophers and other thinkers who are tearing down the wall between science and culture.We are on the cusp of a twenty-first-century scientific renaissance. Science is driving our culture and conversation unlike ever before, transforming the social, political, economic, aesthetic, and intellectual landscape of our time. Today, science is culture. As global issues—like energy and health—become increasingly interconnected, and as our curiosities—like how the mind works or why the universe is expanding—become more complex, we need a new way of looking at the world that blurs the lines between scientific disciplines and the borders between the sciences and the arts and humanities.In this spirit, the award-winning science magazine Seed has paired scientists with nonscientists to explore ideas of common interest to us all. This book is the result of these illuminating Seed Salon conversations, edited and with an introduction by Seed founder and editor in chief Adam Bly. Science Is Culture includes:E. O. Wilson + Daniel C. DennetSteven Pinker + Rebecca GoldsteinNoam Chomsky + Robert TriversDavid Byrne + Daniel LevitinJonathan Lethem + Janna LevinBenoit Mandelbrot + Paola AntonelliLisa Randall + Chuck HobermanMichel Gondry + Robert StickgoldAlan Lightman + Richard ColtonLaurie David + Stephen SchneiderTom Wolfe + Michael GazzanigaMarc Hauser + Errol Morris

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  Risking and Resisting -...

  Marie LeFebvre

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  It all began with a letter from a stranger. A single message from across the Atlantic launched a journey of discovery to an unknown chapter of Marie Le Febvre's family’s past—a chapter filled with extraordinary courage and unexpected connections. Marie’s journey uncovered a heritage of risking and resisting during World War II, and forged in her a new understanding of freedom.

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  Wake Up America - The Nine...

  Eric Bolling

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  Instant New York Times BestsellerAmerica  was built on nine distinct virtues which shaped the character of  our  nation and made it great. Grit, manliness, individualism, merit, profit  and providence, dominion over our environment, thrift, and above all  pride in our country—these  qualities define us, and are the reason that  hundreds of millions of  people worldwide look to America for hope,  inspiration, and opportunity.But it’s precisely these virtues that  now are under attack by the radical Left of Barack Obama, Hillary  Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and their followers. America as we know it is  eroding before our eyes and becoming what Fox News Channel personality  and co-host of “The Five” Eric Bolling calls a “politically correct  nanny state.”  The rewards for individual achievement and hard work, our  basic constitutional rights, religious faith, national identity, and  capitalism itself, are being replaced by a dangerous socialistic  ideology that is the polar opposite of what our Founding Fathers  intended America to be. It’s time for us to wake up and heed the  clear-cut warning signs that America is heading in the wrong  direction--before we’re too far gone. Eric Bolling knows firsthand what  makes America great. Raised in a struggling blue-collar family in  Chicago, his parents showed him that hard work and firm values can get  you far in life. Those values drove him as a young baseball player to  being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, then success as a New York  Mercantile Exchange trader, and now his daily role on Fox News Channel. A  celebration of America that is informed by Bolling’s personal story, Wake Up America is a much-needed call to arms for America’s citizens to preserve and protect our country's present and future.

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  NFL Confidential - True...

  Johnny Anonymous

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  A current pro player takes fans on a pseudonymous trip through one of the most infamous years of football—the very long, sometimes funny, often controversial 2013-2014 season—sharing raucous, behind-the-scenes, on-the-field, and in-the-locker-room truth about life in the National Football League. 
  “Well, to hell with being safe. I’m going to be honest.” 
  Johnny Anonymous' life goal was to be nothing greater or less than the Best NFL Back-Up of All Time™. For two years, he was content earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to stand on the sidelines doing absolutely nothing. But early in his third year, a starting lineman is injured, and he suddenly finds himself on the field. 
  For most players, this moment is a dream come true. But not so for our author, one of the incredibly rare birds in football who reach the highest echelons, but who actually hate America’s favorite game. That’s right. Johnny Anonymous hates football. He hates what it does to his body, his brain, his life. Luckily, he can see the humor in his own situation, but also in the machinations of the NFL. 
  Part truth-telling narrative, part whip-smart commentary that only a true insider could bring, part hilarious, NFL Confidential gives football fans a look at a world most would give anything to see, and gives non-fans a wild ride through the strange, and sometimes disturbing customs and realities of football today. Here is a truly unaffiliated look at the nation’s biggest, most lucrative pastime over the course of one of its most transformative seasons. 
  From hard-to-stomach diets, showdowns in the weight room, shenanigans in the locker room, the looming dread of being cut from the team, the racial issues that still exist in modern-day football, the rock-star lifestyle that players find themselves able to afford and sometimes enjoy a little too much, the notion of being lauded in a league plagued by controversy and the sharp contrast between the love/hate of the game and the reality of the job, Johnny reveals a never-before-seen side of the NFL.

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  Jesse James My Father

  Jr. Jesse James

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  A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr.  We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after the war and how he became a wanted man.  Since it was written by his son, it is a little biased and we are not told anything about any crimes Jesse and his gang committed.  Some of the stories of Jesse's war adventures are a little hard to believe, but a good read nonetheless. - Summary by Barry Eads

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  First Mothers - The Women Who...

  Bonnie Angelo

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  In this highly acclaimed book, Bonnie Angelo celebrates a group of remarkable women who played a pivotal role in developing the characters of the modern American presidents — their mothers. Angelo, a veteran reporter and writer for TIME magazine, explores the lives, thoughts and feelings of these women who so influenced the twentieth century’s most powerful leaders.  From the aristocratic and formidable Sara Delano Roosevelt to diehard Democrat Martha Truman, from stoic Hannah Milhous Nixon to the hard-living Virginia Clinton Kelly, First Mothers is an in-depth look at the special mother-son relationship that has nurtured America’s presidents and helped them to achieve great things.  A veteran correspondent at TIME magazine and the first woman to head a TIME foreign bureau, Bonnie Angelo has reported on the White House and presidential families throughout eight administrations. As a Washington correspondent and bureau chief in London and New York, she has covered newsmakers and major events in all fifty states and around the world.  “A fascinating book, gracefully written ... gives the reader fresh insights into how the characters and values of our recent presidents were shaped.” — Washington Post Book World

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