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THE EXPERIMENT SPRING 2019 FRONTLIST & KEY BACKLIST DISTRIBUTED BY WORKMAN PUBLISHING NEW RELEASES Humanimal . 1 Making Dogs Happy . 12 Engineering Eden . 2 Supernavigators . 13 The Shortest History of Germany . 3 My Caesarean . 14 Who’s Afraid of AI? . 4 The Blink of an Eye . 15 A Handbook for New Stoics . 5 Running Is My Therapy . 16 The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook . 6 Own It . 17 In Tune . 7 How to Land a Plane . 18 Baby-Led Weaning . 8 How to Play the Piano . 19 An Appetite for Life . 9 A Field Guide to Clean Drinking Water . 20 The New Vegetarian . 10 Atom Land . 21 East Meets Vegan . 11 2020 Moon Calendar Card . 21 KEY BACKLIST New & Notable . 22 Nature & Gardening . 34 Creativity & Puzzles . 25 Science . 35 Vegan . 26 Fitness . 36 Food & Cooking . 28 Logic . 36 Special Diets . 29 Reference . 36 Parenting . 29 Memoir & Biography . 37 Self-Help . 32 INFORMATION How to Order . 38 Photo Credits . 39 Contact Us . 39 Index . 40 The Experiment NEW RELEASES | MARCH Humanimal HOW HOMO SAPIENS BECAME NATURE’S MOST PARADOXICAL CREATURE A New Evolutionary History Adam Rutherford The author of A Brief History of u Breakthroughs in genetics uncover new answers to a fundamental Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates question: What makes us human? what it means to be human—and the u In the vein of Harari’s Sapiens and ways we are (and aren’t) unique among Mukherjee’s The Gene u By an award-winning, bestselling animals science author and journalist » See also: A Brief History of Everyone We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but are we really Who Ever Lived, page 22 more special than other animals? In this original and entertaining tour of life on Earth, Adam Rutherford explores how many of the things once considered to be exclusively human are not: We are not the only species that communicates, makes tools, uses fire, or has sex Multicity tour including The Free for reasons other than procreation. Evolution has, however, allowed Library of Philadelphia and Politics us to develop a culture far more complex than any other observed in and Prose in DC nature. Humanimal explains how we became the creatures we are National feature coverage in mainstream and popular science today, uniquely able to investigate ourselves. Illuminating the latest publications genetic research, it is a thrilling account of what unequivocally fixes First serial to popular science and us as animals—and what makes us truly extraordinary. general-interest publications National satellite radio tour focusing “An outstandingly clear and witty account.” on popular science shows including —Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm Science Friday Father’s Day gift guide outreach “This delightful and charming book will change the way you see yourself and your place in the natural world.” AdamRutherford.com —Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes ADAM RUTHERFORD wrote A Brief History of HARDCOVER Everyone Who Ever Lived—finalist for the National $25.95 US | $33.95 Can. | USC+OM* Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction—and 6 x 9 | 256 pages Creation, which was shortlisted for the Wellcome 9 B&W illustrations Book Prize. He writes and presents BBC’s flagship weekly Radio 4 program Inside Science; The Cell for Science/Life Sciences/Genetics & BBC Four; and Playing God (on the rise of synthetic Genomics (SCI029000) biology) for leading science series Horizon; in 978-1-61519-531-2 | No. 779531 addition to writing for the Guardian. SHIPS FEBRUARY 1 The Experiment MARCH | NEW RELEASES Engineering Eden A VIOLENT DEATH, A FEDERAL TRIAL, AND THE STRUGGLE TO RESTORE NATURE IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS Jordan Fisher Smith Foreword by Jack E. Davis u For readers of John McPhee, Jon Told through the prism of a tragic Krakauer, and the 330+ million visitors to US national parks death in Yellowstone, an epic account u Now including a foreword by Jack E. of our century-long attempt to control Davis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Gulf; an author Q&A; and a the American wilderness reader’s guide In 1972, 25-year-old Harry Walker was killed by a bear in u Makes difficult environmental issues of urgent interest through gripping Yellowstone. The ensuing civil trial brought to the fore longstanding, storytelling and familiar settings high-stakes debates about wilderness management. In this remarkable excavation of American environmental history, acclaimed writer and former park ranger Jordan Fisher Smith weaves the story of Walker’s tragic death into the larger narrative of our attempts Coverage in nature/environmental to remake wilderness in the name of preservation. Moving across publications decades and among Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, and Sequoia Outreach to national parks, outdoor retailers, and specialty wholesalers National Parks, Engineering Eden shows how efforts to manage Digital media outreach targeting wilderness are always undone by one fundamental problem: The nature outlets idea of what is “natural” dissolves as soon as we begin to examine it. National radio campaign Winner of the California Book Award, Silver Medal for National speaking tour Nonfiction JordanFisherSmith.com “Narrative of the highest caliber.” —Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, authors of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea TRADE PAPERBACK “Rousingly readable.”—The Wall Street Journal $16.95 US | $21.95 Can. | World 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | 408 pages 8-page color photo insert | 2 in-text JORDAN FISHER SMITH worked for 21 years maps as a park ranger in California, Wyoming, Idaho, and Alaska. The author of Nature Noir and narrator of the Nature/Environmental documentary Under Our Skin, he has written for The Conservation & Protection New Yorker, Men’s Journal, and many other outlets. (NAT011000) JACK E. DAVIS won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for 978-1-61519-545-9 | No. 779545 History for The Gulf: The Making of an American Previous ed .: 978-0-307-45426-3 Sea. SHIPS FEBRUARY 2 The Experiment NEW RELEASES | MARCH The Shortest History of Germany FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO ANGELA MERKEL— A RETELLING FOR OUR TIMES James Hawes An internationally bestselling, fresh, u A #1 international bestseller—more than 100,000 copies sold in the UK and entertaining take on the 2,000-year alone! history of Germany—a country at the u In the era of Trump, Angela Merkel garners headlines as the “new heart of the West’s survival leader of the free world” As the West grapples with the rise of populism, some cite Germany u A bold and timely addition to the ever popular “short history” genre as one of the last global powers capable of restoring Europe’s fading glory and upholding Western liberal values seemingly under threat around the world. But how did Germany get here? How did it rebuild in the tragic aftermath of WWII? What about Germany allowed for Coverage in history, political, and the rise of Nazism in the first place? And what can we learn from the general-interest publications history of a people who did not develop a modern nation until 1871? National radio tour focusing on James Hawes answers all these questions and more. With over political outlets 100 maps, images, and diagrams, The Shortest History of Germany Outreach to history museums and educators locates the true roots of the horrors of Nazi Germany in a way that no book has done before, and it shows how an ancient Roman divide—the Limes Germanicus—has fundamentally defined not only German history, but also the Germany we think we know today. “Sweeping and confident . has a frightening urgency.” —Observer “Fascinating . an introduction to the most important country in Europe today.”—Tribune magazine TRADE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL JAMES HAWES studied German at Hertford $15.95 US | $21.00 Can. | USC+OM* College, Oxford, and UCL, followed by lectureships 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 | 256 pages in German literature, history, and culture at the More than 100 B&W maps and universities of Maynooth, Sheffield, and Swansea. illustrations His eight previous books include Speak for England and Englanders and Huns, which was shortlisted History/Europe/Germany for the 2015 Political Books of the Year Awards. He (HIS014000) leads the MA in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes 978-1-61519-569-5 | No. 779569 University. SHIPS FEBRUARY 3 The Experiment APRIL | NEW RELEASES Who’s Afraid of AI? FEAR AND PROMISE IN THE AGE OF THINKING MACHINES Thomas Ramge u AI is everywhere—in our homes, A penetrating guide to artificial cars, offices, and all over the news. Now’s the time to understand what it intelligence: what it is, how it works, is—and where it’s heading and the ways it will define our lives— u From Thomas Ramge, winner of the Financial Times Business Book for better and worse Award and the Herbet Quandt Media Prize Computer programs can recognize human faces more reliably than » See also: The Global Economy as humans. They beat us at board games, they bluff better than the best You’ve Never Seen It, page 22 poker players in the world, and some of them can almost pass as human. At a breathtaking pace, machines are becoming better and faster at making complex decisions—even compared to us. In Who’s Afraid of AI?, a guide to the most awe-inspiring AI First serial to popular science and achievements—as well as the most frightening—award-winning tech publications author Thomas Ramge expertly explains how machines are learning Feature coverage in popular science, general interest, and to learn. Plus, he turns our gaze toward the future as he ponders the science publications greatest AI conundrum: What will become of humans when smart Coverage in Science Times and machines become more intelligent than us? What happens when, in other mainstream print media many ways, we’re obsolete? Father’s Day gift guide outreach ThomasRamge.de THOMAS RAMGE, author of The Global TRADE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Economy as You’ve Never Seen It, writes $9.95 US | $12.95 Can.