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The extent of lateral gene transfer among diverse microbes has effectively broken down our concept of species when we seek to apply it to the microbial world. The explosive growth of whole genome sequences for a great number of microbes give us an unprecedented perspective on the entire process of cellular evolution known. The field is rife with...

Crossroads in the Black Aegean is a compendious, timely, and fascinating study of        African rewritings of Greek tragedy. It consists of detailed readings of six dramas        and one epic poem, from different locations across the African diaspora. Barbara        Goff and Michael Simpson ask why the plays of Sophocles' Theban Cycle figure...

A Lesson in History of PhilosophyKechagia rehabilitates Plutarch as a thinker and historian of philosophy by        offering a critical analysis of Against Colotes, an anti-Epicurean treatise in which        Plutarch discusses some of the most important philosophical theories. The book        argues that Plutarch produces insightful philosophical...

Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global      TerrorismPreparing for climate change, averting a cold war with China, defeating terrorism:        all of this requires geographic knowledge, argues Harm de Blij. Why Geography        Matters, de Blij makes an urgent call to restore geography to America's...

Terry Pinkard draws on Hegel's central works as well as his lectures on aesthetics, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of history in this deeply informed and original exploration of Hegel's naturalism....

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