Co-op Notable Books of 2016
Unscientifically gathered, based on unquantifiable criteria, and ordered simply by title, this list was compiled by Co-op buyers and is comprised of the books that helped define 2016 at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore. We expect these books to endure for years to come. View as a downloadable PDF here.
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Turing's fascinating and remarkable theory, which now forms the basis of computer science, explained for the general reader.
In 1936, when he was just twenty-four years old, Alan Turing wrote a remarkable paper in which he outlined the theory of computation, laying out the ideas...
Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope, investigating the deepest foundations of Western politics and thought.
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When Dan, a writer with a passion for underground comics, and his wife Bekah, a potter dedicated to traditional Japanese ceramics, met through a mutual friend, they swiftly fell in love. "Of all the women I've ever met," Dan told a friend, "she's the first one who felt like family." But at...
2016 Staff Favorite
Timely. Perhaps even prescient. Chang's small volume of essays is a tightly packed collection of diagnosis, frustration, illumination, and hope ready to explode. His take on #BlackLivesMatter as well as the resegregation of our communities that has been happening for several years will provoke and incite. This is a call to empathy and a spotlight on race relations in America, as well as a pondering of where we are headed next.
-Kevin
A provocative and timely collection of essays from a celebrated cultural critic on race, diversity, and resegregation.
The Smartest Book of the Year (The Washington Post)
"Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that understanding can lead to victory" -- New York Times Book Review
A lively and accessible guide to understanding...
Pulitzer Prize finalist
A poetic history of the twentieth century from one of our most beloved, popular, and highly lauded poets--a stirring, strikingly original, intensely imagined recreation of the most potent voices and searing moments that have shaped our collective...