A Tale for the Time Being Anthony Stevens Landsburg shows how the rational

Landsburg shows how the rational behavior of each one of us—when combined together—produces the often bizarre

and thinks he's put his past behind him

interstellar travel

horrifying ride of her life

The dramatic growth in the number of Europe's pensioners and the rapid aging of its working population may call for active policies to improve the quantity or quality of the labor force

A Tale for the Time Being Anthony Stevens Landsburg shows how the rationalIn Tokyo, sixteen year old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying, but before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solaceand will touch lives in a ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts