Awards & Recognition
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Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Co-Winner of the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book Awards
Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book Awards
A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year
Sixth Place for the 2022 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
Sixth Place for the 2022 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
A Library Journal Fall 2021 Nonfiction Must
A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Biographies of the Year
A Waterstones Best History Book of 2021
A CapX Book of the Year
A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Biographies of the Year
A Waterstones Best History Book of 2021
A CapX Book of the Year
One of Amazon.com's 2014 Best Books of the Year: Arts & Photography
One of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014
One of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014