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With a sprightly dose of insightful inspiration, a sprinkling of practical advice, and a bounty of exuberant stories by great writers, O's Little Book of Happiness features some of the best work ever to have appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine. Inside you'll find Elizabeth Gilbert's ode to the...

In Westworld and Philosophy, philosophers, filmmakers, scientists, activists, and ethicists ask the questions you're not supposed to ask and suggest the answers you're not supposed to know. There's a deeper level to this game, and this book charts a course through the maze of the mind, examining how we think about humans, hosts, and the world around us on a journey toward self-actualization. 

There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural is an emotional look back at the beloved television show Supernatural as it wraps up its final season after 15 unprecedented years on air. With heartfelt chapters written by both the series' actors and its fans, There'll Be Peace When You Are Done traces Supernatural's evolution, the memorable characters created by its writers and brought to life by its talented actors, and the many ways in which the show has inspired and changed the lives of both its viewers and cast.

If recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote Lives of the Caesars, perhaps the greatest negative leadership book of all time. In How to Be a Bad Emperor, Josiah Osgood provides crisp new translations of Suetonius's briskly paced, darkly comic biographies of the Roman emperors Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero. Entertaining and shocking, these ancient anti-role models show how power inflames leaders' worst tendencies.

The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, 15 educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. It includes honest reflection on what makes ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative. 

The collected memoirs of a 1913 San Francisco sex worker, their effect on society at the time, and where they fit in today’s world.

Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan. 

Into the darkness within; or else the light.... When Margaret Atwood wrote these words, she left open the possibility that even our darkest tales may harbor a glimmer of hope. In Or Else the Light, the third and final entry in the Dystopia Triptych, more than a dozen of the best minds in science fiction conclude their stories with a descent into darkness, or perhaps a ray of light.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience...

Published in English for the first time, and the only Arabic epic named for a woman, The Tale of Princess Fatima recounts the thrilling adventures of a legendary medieval warrior universally known throughout the Middle East and long overdue to join world literature's pantheon of female heroes. A...

Detective Princess King is taking on her toughest case yet: find the "pea"—a priceless emerald that's disappeared from Mrs. Snell's jewelry collection. But as Princess searches for clues, she discovers that Snell Manor holds many mysteries—from secret passageways to a towering bed of stacked mattresses.

30 Stories about Making it Work and Not Giving Up Making It Work Wasn't the First Love Story in a Garden We Didn't Give Up on Us Live, Love, Laugh!...

Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as the most influential thinker of our time, but never before has he devoted a major book to one topic: income inequality. Requiem for the American Dream is not an essay collection but an entire work of some 70,000 words, based on four years of interviews with Chomsky by the editors. It is a book that makes Chomsky's breadth and depth accessible and at the same time gives us his most powerful political ideas with unprecedented, breathtaking directness.

Redningsaktion Europa er et rumeventyr, der foregår i år 3048. Et søskendepar er gæster ombord på ekspeditionsrumskibet Kepler, da der kommer besked fra Jorden. En ukendt asteroide er på kollisionskurs med ismånen Europa og vil ødelægge den. Kepler får til opgave at redde så mange som...

Ein brutaler Schuldeneintreiber wurde aus dem Königreich verbannt. Jetzt hängt sein Leben von seiner Fähigkeit ab, den weniger Glücklichen zu helfen Vireo Reinhold genießt es, die Abgaben seines Monarchen einzutreiben. Der egozentrische Adelige arbeitet hart, um den nicht enden wollenden...

Unser Gehirn hat ein Betriebssystem aus der Steinzeit. Das macht Politik komplizierter, als sie sein müsste und Social Media macht es noch schlimmer. Das Resultat? Zu viel Lärm, zu wenig Lösungen. Dabei ist die Schweizer Demokratie robuster, als sie im Moment wirkt. Wer hinter die Kulissen...

¿Cómo funciona el mundo realmente? Cada viernes a las 17 h, Álvaro Palau Arvizu, fundador de Arpa, habla con un invitado de referencia sobre pensamiento, ciencia, cultura, política, negocios, psicología, etc. Disponible en YouTube, Spotify, iVoox y Apple Podcasts. Suscríbete para no perderte ningún episodio. Dale a me gusta y deja una reseña de cinco estrellas para ayudarnos a llegar a más gente.

Four Alchemists. One book. A constellation of ideas. The fourth annual ALCHEMY LECTURE features award-winning fiction writers, a lauded scholar, and a prize-winning musician in an astonishing, immersive investigation of the meaning of sound in this moment in the world's soundtrack. Sound—at...

„Wenn das jemand liest, dann wir!“ Gregor Gysi „Ich spreche Marx, weil ich so aussehe, und da ist dann für Gregor Gysi nur noch Engels übrig geblieben, obwohl er nicht so aussieht“ Harry Rowohlt Es erwartet Sie eine spannende Lesung aus den persönlichen Briefen und Texten der...

Elizabeth Deutsch Earle reflects on her original This I Believe Essay, first aired in the 1950s when she was then the youngest contributor to the program, in "Have I Learned Anything Important Since I was Sixteen?" This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from...