John McWhorter – Trump's Historic Win

In this monumental biography, Max Boot illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, drawing on over 100 interviews with Reagan's aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents. Boot portrays Reagan as a man of profound contradictions—a strong ideologue and a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills, cut deals with Democrats, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. The book contextualizes Reagan's life against American history, from his early successes as a lifeguard and sportscaster to his career in Hollywood and his eventual rise to the presidency. Boot also critically examines Reagan's opposition to civil rights, his handling of the AIDS epidemic, and the income inequality that marked his era. This biography is not a hagiography but a thoughtful, reflective, and critically nuanced account of Reagan's life and legacy.

In this revolutionary, richly illustrated book, Richard Dawkins demonstrates how the body, behavior, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book—an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. Dawkins explains that in the future, a zoologist will be able to decode the ancestral history of any unknown animal, reading its unique 'book of the dead'. This approach is already revealing the remarkable ways animals overcome obstacles, adapt to their environments, and develop similar solutions to life’s problems.

In 'The Ancestor's Tale', Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong present a unique and expansive look at evolution. Loosely based on the structure of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', the book takes readers on a pilgrimage back through four billion years of life, joining with other organisms at forty 'rendezvous points' where common ancestors are found. The authors shed light on various aspects of evolutionary history and theory, including sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, and geographical dispersal. This work highlights the intimate connections between humans and all other life forms, offering a fascinating history of life on Earth and the latest thinking in biology.

In 'The God Delusion', Richard Dawkins argues that the belief in a supernatural creator, God, is almost certainly false and qualifies as a delusion. He examines God in various forms, from the Old Testament to the Celestial Watchmaker, and critiques the major arguments for religion. Dawkins discusses how religion fuels war, fosters bigotry, and abuses children, and he advocates for atheism as a morally and intellectually fulfilling worldview. The book also explores the relationship between religion and morality, suggesting that morality can exist independently of religion, and argues against the teaching of religion in schools as a form of indoctrination.

In 'The Selfish Gene', Richard Dawkins presents a gene-centred view of evolution, arguing that genes are the primary units of selection and that they behave selfishly to ensure their own replication. The book explains concepts such as kin selection, inclusive fitness, and the evolutionarily stable strategy, highlighting how these mechanisms can lead to altruistic behaviors in organisms. Dawkins emphasizes that the 'selfishness' of genes is a metaphorical concept, describing their evolutionary consequences rather than any intentional behavior. The book has been influential in shaping modern evolutionary thought and remains relevant today.