A popular podcaster delivers a wry and rollicking deep-dive into Rome during the years 135-80 BCE--the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic, just before the rise of Julius Caesar--and asks: if America is Rome, where are we now on the historical timeline?
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter - in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world - backed by the United States.
A provocative, entertaining exploration of the newest research in personality psychology and what it reveals about out traits, emotional states, and potential for success and happiness, by a renowned scholar and expert
An explanation of Einstein's equation that explores the principles of physics through everyday life. It considers the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation.
Parkinson's Disease has reached pandemic levels. The top doctors and experts offer the tools to help prevent it, improve care and treatment, and end the silence associated with the disease.
From their beginnings as teenagers experimenting in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell Hole" to headlining major music festivals around the world, Do What You Wanttells the whole story of Bad Religion's 40-year career in irreverent style.
Based on twenty years of clinical experience studying and treating chronic illness, a Harvard psychiatrist and anthropologist argues that diagnosing illness is an art tragically neglected by modern medical training, and presents a compelling case for bridging the gap between patient and doctor.
The extraordinary life story of the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, whose absolute integrity provides the inspiration we need as our constitutional system and political tradition are being tested to the breaking point.
Dark Days is a memoir centreing around one of the more extraordinary stories in heavy metal in recent years, that of the arrest, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter-in the Czech Republic-of D. Randall Blythe, lead singer of the hugely successful metal band Lamb of God.
This fascinating psychological, sociological, and historical look into the minds of white-collar criminals-based on interviews with the famous (Bernie Madoff, executives from Enron, Worldcom, and Tyco) and the obscure-explains why people who seemingly had it all would risk everything just to acquire more.
A skewering of the American underbelly by the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins and You're Making Me Hate You
A leading global public intellectual explains how, while America became arrogant and distracted, a three-thousand-year-old civilization is well on the way to becoming the number one power in the world.
The visionary quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, concern about the future of humanity, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier
What makes some people so spectacularly innovative, producing triumph after triumph, often in fields in which they had no specialized training?
A modern classic, revised and expanded: How the age-old art of storytelling can transform the way we communicate-and the way we do business
The runaway international bestseller with more than 600,000 copies sold, now expanded to make its message even more compelling for today's market leaders.
Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite , Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.
A preeminent music historian and critic presents a global history of music from the bottom up
How anyone can become a data ninja
The fast-paced, riveting story of the hacking collective that is using technology as a force for good, and fighting back against corporations and countries that are going after our freedom, privacy, even our democracy.
The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone contributing editor David Browne, in time for the band's 50th anniversary
Distinguished ambassador Wendy Sherman combines personal storytelling and expert insight to show readers how they can put diplomatic values like courage, persistence, and empathy to work in their own lives.
Outlasting competition is difficult. Doing so for decades is nearly impossible. Yet some pioneering companies have endured and even prospered for generations. How did they do it? And what can we learn from them?
The story of one of the Afghanistan war's most decorated units and their fifteen-month ordeal, culminating in the Battle of Wanat, the deadliest battle of the war
A bestselling military historian provides a comprehensive account of how World War II was fought, showing how disparate conflicts waged across the globe in the air, on land, and at sea coalesced into a single war-and how the Allied powers won it
According to a leading cognitive scientist, we've been teaching reading wrong. The latest science reveals how we can do it right.
The established go-to resource for expectant parents written by a doctor, fully revised and updated to address today's most pressing concerns.
A natural history of the coyote-whose success story and adaptability mirror humanity's own
The philanthropist and former CEO of Willis Group Holdings and Citibank North America shares lessons on being true to your emotions and using them to guide you.
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