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scientists have focused on the dark side of our biological heritage: our capacity for aggression

Adrian Selby's debut takes an unblinking look at the price we pay for our pasts

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The Ungovernable City a no f*cks given guide scientists have focused on theVincent Cannato takes us back to the time when John Lindsay stunned New York with his liberal Republican agenda, WASP sensibility, and movie star good looks. With peerless authority, Cannato explores how Lindsay Liberalism failed to save New York, and, in the opinion of many, left it worse off than it was in the mid 1960's.