The Papacy What the Pope Does and Why It Matters 9781621642169, 9781642290561

Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters 9781400888597

A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life Reputation touches almost everyth

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The Science of Sleep: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters 9780226387338

We often hear that humans spend one third of their lives sleeping—and most of us would up that fraction if we could. Whe

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What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters 9780300194319

This book is the most comprehensive analysis ever written about the American public’s factual knowledge of politics. Dra

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Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters 2020952203, 9781950665792, 9781953295248

“Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.” “Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.” “Clim

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Faith Alone—The Doctrine of Justification. What the Reformers Taught ... and Why It Still Matters 9780310515791

Historians and theologians have long recognized that at the heart of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation were f

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Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters 9781400887989

A groundbreaking new theory of religion Religion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sci

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The Religion and Science Debate: Why Does It Continue? 9780300165005

Eighty-one years after America witnessed the Scopes trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools, the debate b

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Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What the Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters 9780226713137

In recent decades, and particularly since the US Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision, lawmakers and o

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Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters [2 ed.] 0231180640, 9780231180641

Donald R. Prothero’s Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the

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The World of Natural Wine: What It Is, Who Makes It, and Why It Matters 9781648291579, 1648291570

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