After having a nationally televised panic attack, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor and a self-help guru.
&nbsp;&nbsp;Eventually, after learning more about neuroscience, he realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had propelled him through the ranks of a hypercompetitive business but had also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.

Veronica

10% Happier

Susan

‍100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People is a valuable design-psychology hybrid book for UX designers (and those aspiring to become one) that teaches you how to be more effective at guiding user responses.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Tackling some central UX design thinking questions such as what grabs and holds attention on a page or screen? and how do you motivate people to continue on to the next step? Susan Weinschenk guides you through practical steps to increase the effectiveness, conversion rates, and usability of your UX design.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Like many good UX books, 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People is not written to be read continuously. Instead, it will prove far more valuable over time as you reference it and build on your foundational knowledge of design thinking and UX design knowledge.

Johnnie

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

Jordan

Humorous, surprising, and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too quickly, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life?
Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant, and vengeful?
Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure, and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life.
12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith, and human nature while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

Eric

Andrew

12 Rules for Life

Greg

Entrepreneurs succeed when they say “no” to the wrong projects, leaving them time, energy, and focus to devote to doing what really matters. Greg McKeown’s Essentialism emphasizes that if you want to do the right things, you have to stop doing the wrong things.&nbsp;&nbsp;
To help you achieve your goals and live a more focused life, McKeown gives readers permission to stop trying to do everything and encourages them to only pursue their most critical objectives while letting go of lesser tasks, which he calls “the disciplined pursuit of less. ”

Justin

Matt

Essentialism

Harris's book explores how contemplative wisdom (largely influenced by religion and spirituality) and modern science are married in meditation. This marriage is a controversial one, in that many scientists are skeptical of its legitimacy.&nbsp;
&nbsp;The author, Sam Harris, is also a scientist and a skeptic who has spent years researching this spiritual practice.

Waking Up

Steven

Stephen

Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics.
The long-awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to challenge once again our view of the way the world really works.

Bill

Malcolm

SuperFreakonomics

William

In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plums the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, showing how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can still direct us toward a better life.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Using the psychological insights and the practical techniques of the Stoics, Irvine offers a roadmap for anyone seeking to avoid the feelings of chronic dissatisfaction that plague so many of us. He looks at various Stoic techniques for attaining tranquility and shows how to put these techniques to work in our own life.

Marc

Derek

A Guide to the Good Life

Sarah

I read sad stories to inoculate myself against grief. I watch action movies to identify with the quick-witted heroes. Both the same fantasy: I’ll escape the worst of it. ―from 300 Arguments
A “Proustian minimalist on the order of Lydia Davis” (Kirkus Reviews), Sarah Manguso is one of the finest literary artists at work today. To read her work is to witness acrobatic acts of compression in the service of extraordinary psychological and spiritual insight.
300 Arguments, a foray into the frontier of contemporary nonfiction writing, is at first glance a group of unrelated aphorisms. But, as in the work of David Markson, the pieces reveal themselves as a masterful arrangement that steadily gathers power.
Manguso’s arguments about desire, ambition, relationships, and failure are pithy, unsentimental, and defiant, and they add up to an unexpected and renegade wisdom literature.

Frank

300 Arguments

Sebastian

We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.
Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species.
The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today.
Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that for many veterans, as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations.
Tribe explains why we are stronger when we come together and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world.

Alfred

Tribe

Thich

In this guide, Nhat Hanh offers anecdotes and exercises to help you live in the present moment with mindfulness—waking up and paying attention.  He reminds us that we can practice mindfulness whenever we are doing something—from washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange. 

Kevin

The Miracle of Mindfulness

psychology

James

Who doesn't love a great book recommendation? 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die offers an eclectic array of titles that are sure to please. Even if the author didn't actually read all the books in the book, it's still a great source for recommendations from friends and family. So go ahead and flip to any page and discover a fresh take on your favorite books!

David

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die

Clint

100 Deadly Skills is an action-packed survival guide to eluding pursuers, evading capture, and surviving any dangerous situation. In today’s increasingly dangerous world, threats to your personal safety are everywhere.
&nbsp;&nbsp;From acts of terror to mass shootings, and from the unseen (and sometimes virtual) matrix of everyday crime, the danger is no longer confined to dark alleys or unstable regions. Potentially life-threatening circumstances can arise anywhere, anytime, and Clint Emerson—former Navy SEAL—wants you to be prepared.&nbsp;
&nbsp;His book contains proven self-defense skills, evasion tactics, and immobilizing maneuvers—modified from the world of black ops—to help you take action in numerous “worst case” scenarios from escaping a locked trunk, to making an improvised Taser, to tricking facial recognition software.

100 Deadly Skills

Chris

Chris Guillebeau, the self-employment guru who dispenses sound financial advice in his book The $100 Startup and on the Side Hustle School podcast, is back with a colorful idea-packed book that will maybe get you to quit your day job.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Inspired by true stories of regular people who have turned their talents into side businesses while they continue to earn a living at their day jobs, this playbook showcases 100 business ideas that are within reach of anyone who's ready to take their business dreams seriously.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Licensed masseuses, jewelry makers, website developers, and food truck bakers—readers can learn from the best in each field as they discover the tools and steps required to achieve similar business success.
&nbsp;&nbsp;These are some of the most inspiring examples of side hustling ever collected in one place, and you can use them as inspiration for your own side-hustle business!

Seth

100 Side Hustles

Don’t just read about it—do it! From the creator of the viral sensation Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings (5+ million views and hundreds of thousands of shares) comes the must-have book you never knew you needed, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings. In this illustrated guide, you will learn how to appear smart in less than half the time it takes to actually learn anything.&nbsp;&nbsp;
It’s available now from Avery Hill Publishing, a division of Workman Publishing Company. You know those subtle tricks your coworkers are all guilty of? The constant nodding, pretend concentration, useless rhetorical questions?&nbsp;
These tricks make them seem like they know what they’re doing when in fact they have no clue. This behavior is so ingrained, so subtle, and so often mistaken for true intelligence that identifying it, calling it out, or compiling it into an exhaustive digest has never been attempted. Until now.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Complete with illustrated tips, examples, and scenarios, 100 Tricks gives you actionable ways to use words like “actionable,” in order to sound smart.

Jake

Adam

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

Jonathan

Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. Once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions by traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits.&nbsp;
&nbsp;He writes in part memoir and part investigative report about how certain animals have become so closely linked to certain human populations, that it is difficult for individuals in those populations to accept the humane eating practices of people within other cultures who hold different views about which animals can be eaten.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The book covers a lot of ground, from the treatment of food animals by modern factory farming to ancient taboos against eating horses and dogs.

Earthling

Dr. Michael

Eating Animals

self-improvement

Sophia

Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two, she had dropped out of school and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school—a job she’d taken for health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay.
Flash forward to today, and she’s the founder of Nasty Gal and the founder and CEO of Girlboss. Sophia was never a typical CEO or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers.
#GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break, when to button up, and when to let your freak flag fly.

Lena

Audrey

#GIRLBOSS

Introducing the new Fisher Investment Series, which offers essential insights into the worlds of investing and finance. Over the course of nearly two centuries, the innovations, mistakes, and scandals of different market participants have played an important role in shaping today's financial markets.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Now, in 100 Minds That Made the Market, Ken Fisher delivers cameo biographies of these pioneers of American financial history. From Joe Kennedy's sexcapades to Jesse Livermore's suicide, this book details the drama, the dirt, and the financial principles of an amazingly inventive group of financial minds.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fisher digs deep to uncover the careers, personal lives, and contributions of these individuals and leads you through the lessons that can be learned from each one.

Scott

100 Minds That Made the Market

Nilofer

Nilofer Merchant has written a wonderful book about the new era in which we are living and working. Finally, someone said it: social isn’t about marketing or putting a new veneer on an old thing – it’s that everything is social.
Nilofer integrates the social aspects of people - as humans, employees, and consumers - with what institutions need to know. Today, connected individuals can now do what once only large behemoth organizations could.
The unit of value creation is no longer some machine with humans, simply a cog to be plugged in or pulled out. No. Value creation in the 21st century starts with each of us -- something that was lost in the industrial times but can be found again.
Take advantage of the fundamental shift we all experience by knowing what they are, and what they mean for you, and the work you do. It doesn't matter if you're in the C-Suite, the creative designer, the soccer mom, or the government worker - as long as you want to create value, there will be something here for you.
And, as you progress on your journey of finding and providing value in this new era, you'll want to reread this work. 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era is one of those books we'll all look back at 20 years from now and see how clearly the future was outlined.

Kathryn

11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era

Joel

In 2005, Joel Greenblatt published a book that is already considered one of the classics of finance literature. In The Little Book that Beats the Market, a New York Times bestseller with 300,000 copies in print, Greenblatt explained how investors can outperform the popular market averages by simply and systematically applying a formula that seeks out good businesses when they are available at bargain prices.
Now, with a new Introduction and Afterword for 2010, The Little Book that Still Beats the Market updates and expands upon the research findings from the original book. Included are data and analyses covering the recent financial crisis and model performance through the end of 2009. In a straightforward and accessible style, the book explores the basic principles of successful stock market investing and then reveals the author's time-tested formula that makes buying above-average companies at below-average prices automatic.
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Mr. Money

The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

Richard

The book clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Richard Rumelt proves that there has been a growing and unfortunate tendency to equate Mom-and-apple-pie values, fluffy packages of buzzwords, motivational slogans, and financial goals with “strategy. ”
&nbsp;He debunks these elements of “bad strategy” and awakens an understanding of the power of a “good strategy. ” A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to—and approach for overcoming—the obstacles to progress.

Daniel

Michael

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

business & management

A game-changing exploration of how we can solve seemingly unsolvable problems and achieve progress that is limitless by David Deutsch, a leading physicist, and an amazing writer.
Packed with humor, rich examples and lots of insight, The Beginning of Infinity explains the conditions under which progress can happen, why scientists have made so many errors in the past, what the most important unsolved problems are, and what it will take to keep progressing into the future.
Deutsch probed all areas of knowledge- among them philosophy, science, mathematics, politics, art, and morals- showing how we form new theories and drop bad ones by improving explanations. This book is strongly recommended for anyone who is curious about scientific principles or human nature in general!

Albert

The Beginning of Infinity

Yuval Noah

In his new book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari examines today’s most pressing issues: How does the rise of artificial intelligence change our understanding of what it means to be human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?
Harari offers a probing and visionary investigation into these propitious times.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Rebecca

The author of The Mind-Body Problem is a witty and intoxicating novel of ideas that plunges into the great debate between belief and non-belief.&nbsp;&nbsp;
At the center is a brilliant academic whose book on the varieties of religious experience has become a surprise bestseller and whose name -- Cass Seltzer -- has been coined by a female admirer as "the atheist with a soul.&nbsp;
" Hilarious, heartbreaking, and intellectually rich, 36 Arguments explores the rapture and torments of religious experience in all its variety.

36 Arguments for the Existence of God

Robert

Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a profound and intelligent book, a narrative of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son.&nbsp;
It also contains incisive philosophical reflections on how to live, demonstrated by the narrator’s project of teaching his young son about tools and values. The book became an instant bestseller when it appeared in 1974, and since then has sold millions of copies around the world.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

The acclaimed author of The Great Kosmic Mind War offers a fascinating, groundbreaking, and thought-provoking new exploration of the universe.&nbsp;
Join one of the greatest contemporary philosophers on a breathtaking tour of time and the Kosmos—from the Big Bang right up to the eve of the twenty-first century.&nbsp;
This accessible and entertaining summary of Ken Wilber’s great ideas has been expanding minds now for two decades, providing a kind of unified field theory of the universe and, along the way, creating a host of issues related to that universe, from gender roles to multiculturalism, to environmentalism, and even the meaning of the Internet.

Dave

A Brief History of Everything

philosophy

Mimi

This life-list of the world's best food has 1,000 dishes your mouth will want to try before you die! It's the marriage of an irresistible subject with the perfect writer.
&nbsp;&nbsp;Award-winning cookbook author Mimi Sheraton—the grande dame of food journalism and former restaurant critic for The New York Times—has selected from the best cuisines around the world (French, Italian, Chinese, of course, but also Senegalese, Lebanese, Mongolian, Peruvian and many more)—the tastes, ingredients dishes, and restaurants that every reader should experience and dream about. In more than 1,000 pages and over 550 full-color photographs.

Nassim Nicholas

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die

Dwyane

Dwyane Wade has dazzled NBA fans for more than 15 years with his on-court artistry. In his new book, he reveals how the game is influenced by one’s personal brand, and how the brand strengthens one’s sense of self.&nbsp;
Featuring more than 100 never-before-seen photos from Bob Metelus, who has been documenting Wade’s career for more than a decade, this beautiful 4-color memoir takes readers inside the fascinating life and career of basketball’s most impressive athlete.

3 Dimensional

The success of the 5/3/1 Method has been nothing short of extraordinary. For the 3 years, the response to this simple but brutally effective training system has been overwhelming. This is because it works. And works for just about anyone willing to put in the discipline and work that getting stronger requires—elite-level lifters to absolute beginners have all used the 5/3/1 Method; the basic tenets of strength training have and will never change. Big exercises, constant progress, and personal records will never go out of style.

Mark

5/3/1

Shoshana

A Beginner’s Guide to the End by B. J. Miller and Shoshana Berger is the first and only comprehensive execution plan for the end of life. “There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” hospice physician B. J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End.&nbsp;
&nbsp;“Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do. ”Their book offers everything from step-by-step instructions for how to do your paperwork and get through the healthcare system to answers to questions you might be afraid to ask your doctor, like whether or not sex is still okay when you are sick.

A Beginner’s Guide to the End

In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island.
In college, I ran against Kenyans and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa.
At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team could consist of five men who run next to one another, stride for stride, day after day, and nonetheless turn out five entirely different runners. How could this be?

Kelly

The Sports Gene

The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning.  The Inner Game of Tennis is now available in a revised paperback edition and can change the way the game of tennis is played. 

Brad

The Inner Game of Tennis

Pete

In his long and illustrious career, Pete Sampras--the greatest tennis player in history--became the first man to hold the No. 1 ranking for 286 weeks, winning 14 Grand Slam titles during a 15-year career.&nbsp;&nbsp;
With a work ethic that verged on obsessive, Pete concentrated solely on the sport, blocking out distractions and naysayers and leaving his racket to do the talking. But while his singular focus contributed mightily to his success, it exacted a steep price: Pete was often perceived as unapproachable, aloof, and even angry.&nbsp;
Now he opens up about everything from life off the court to innovations in modern tennis equipment. A captivating portrait of an intensely private athlete who has never before been known for sharing much about himself, A Champion’s Mind is a rare glimpse into the mind of this great champion and what made him so special.

A Champion's Mind

In his role as the legendary founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dan Rooney will forever be known for his exceptional business acumen and personal kindness. His most important achievements, however, took place off the playing field as he sought to bring about equity in the league’s hiring practices and peace in his ancestral homeland of Ireland.&nbsp;
While he was always known to support equal opportunity in sports and education, he also fought tirelessly for a better life for the Irish people. While he would have preferred that everyone agreed with him, Rooney understood that compromise is an important part of everyday life. While he may not have been a household name in America, Rooney was a man who quietly changed lives and made the world better by simply being among us.

Barack

A Different Way to Win

In 1999, Sam Sheridan—after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around the world—found himself in Australia, loaded with cash, and intent on not working until he’d spent it all. It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could finally indulge in a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with the greatest fighter in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history and stepping through the ropes for a professional bout.&nbsp;
That one fight wasn’t enough. Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey into how and why we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, Ultimate Fighting champions—and even cavemen, who were once known to settle disputes with fists and clubs.&nbsp;
Along the way, Sheridan delivers an insightful look at violence as a career and a spectator sport—and offers an inspiring message about embracing our animal nature to become our best selves.&nbsp;

Josh

A Fighter's Heart

health & fitness

Winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in physics, physicist Richard Feynman recounts his experiences and adventures as a scientist.
&nbsp;&nbsp;In his book, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!", he shares stories that include: trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein, cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets―and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature.&nbsp;
&nbsp;In his stories, Feynman's life shines through in all its eccentric glory―a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.

Terrance

Sahil

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Sonia

Humanity is on the cusp of a new longevity revolution, and the first person to live 150 years has probably already been born.&nbsp;
Futurist Sonia Arrison brings together over a decade of experience researching and writing about cutting-edge advances in science and technology to paint a vivid picture of a future that only recently seemed like science fiction but is now very real.
&nbsp;&nbsp;The first book to give readers a comprehensive understanding of how life-extending discoveries will change our social and economic worlds, 100 Plus is an illuminating and indispensable text that will help us navigate the thrilling journey of life beyond 100 years.

Peter

100 Plus

From biochemistry to cosmology, chemistry to psychology, and physics, Michael Brooks’s new book thrillingly captures the excitement of scientific discovery. History has shown us that science’s best-kept secret is this: Even today, there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists cannot explain.&nbsp;
&nbsp;If history is any precedent, we should look to today’s unexplained results to forecast tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Brooks tackles thirteen modern-day anomalies and what they might reveal about tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

Charles

Charles C. Mann's breakthrough work of science, history, and archaeology shows the Americas as you've never seen them before. Contrary to what you used to think, the pre-Columbian Indians did not live in a pristine wilderness; there were huge numbers of them who actively molded and influenced their world.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that some say is an early example of genetic engineering.
&nbsp;&nbsp;Challenging and surprising, this entirely new look at a rich and fascinating world will change your mind about what you thought we knew.

Cleo

1491

Elizabeth

A major book about the future of the planet, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes over the last half-billion years, there have been Five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us.&nbsp;&nbsp;
In prose that is at once frank, entertaining, and deeply informed, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before.

The Sixth Extinction

Carl

The starry sky reminds me to look up more often to spark my creativity. Carl Sagan’s book, “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space” (1994), makes me think more about space and the surrounding galaxies. Sagan wrote this piece in honor of Voyager’s journey, which took place in 1990.&nbsp;
&nbsp;The passage goes something like "How is it that I can feel liberated by being on a spaceship where I cannot escape its bounds except through death? It is that very boundary, that demarcation between the known and the unknown-the very real possibility of death-that allows us to feel truly alive.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Carl Sagan's most memorable work inspires people just as it inspired me when I first read it. "

Pale Blue Dot

Juan

Steve

I am a business school graduate. Despite completing a degree in business, I never enrolled in many science courses. Although I became interested in a number of scientific topics during my time in college—including artificial intelligence and renewable energy—I was fascinated to learn about genetics for the first time while reading Evolving Ourselves.&nbsp;
Enriquez and Gullans make complex issues easily accessible to the general reader. The power of genetics truly surprised me. All those science fiction books and movies over the years might carry a possibility that is both scary and exciting.&nbsp;
&nbsp;If you want to learn more about the next stage in human evolution or what life could look like 100 years from now, grab a copy of Evolving Ourselves.

Evolving Ourselves

science & nature

Thomas

What do artists consider their best-kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the leading players in the global art market? In 100 Secrets of the Art World, the most powerful international individuals share their insights.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Edited by Thomas Girst and Magnus Resch (author of the bestselling Management of Art Galleries), this indispensable and fun guide to contemporary art contains exclusive anecdotes, advice, and personal stories from artists, museum directors, gallerists, auction house insiders, collectors, and many more.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Contributors include Jeff Koons, Zaha Hadid, Marina Abramovic, Ólafur Elíasson, and John Baldessari, as well as directors and curators from the Centre Pompidou, the Guggenheim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, the Nationalgalerie , and elsewhere.

100 Secrets of the Art World

Lewis

This updated edition of the classic book on 20th-century graphic design surveys trends in typography and design to show how current typographic trends are part of a continuously changing movement that can be plotted through the decades.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Generously illustrated with over three hundred examples—more than two hundred of which are in color—the book charts significant topics including the appearance of the grid (and its subsequent rejection); the coming of non-print media; and the launch of the Macintosh computer and its ushering in of a new generation of designers enfranchised by digital technology.&nbsp;
&nbsp;This revised edition of a fundamental work brings the story up to date with new text and images covering type on screen and, in particular, type for the internet.

Jeremiah

20th-Century Type

Award-Winning Bestseller. You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Starbucks and JetBlue and Krispy Kreme and Apple and DutchBoy and Kensington and Zespri and Hard Candy have that you don't?
&nbsp;How did they confound critics and achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last? Face it, the checklist of tired Ps marketers have used for decades to get their product noticed -- Pricing, Promotion, Publicity -- isn't working anymore. There's an exceptionally important P that has to be added.
It's Purple Cow. Cows, after you've seen one, two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow is something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat-out unbelievable.

Noah

John

Purple Cow

Jake Knapp’s book, Sprint, was written as a distillation of his insights from 100+ design sprints run with Google Ventures. The book is a working methodology that helps UX designers, product managers, and teams solve huge problems in just five days.&nbsp;
Think of it as old-school design thinking on crack. When Sprint was published in 2016, it overhauled many dated project management processes in lieu of Google’s faster, smarter approach. Knapp’s goal with this book is to help you design and build better products faster.

Andy

Sprint

In The War of Art, Steven Pressfield demands that we reconsider what it is to be a professional in any field. It's about mettle, and the wisdom within it to trust yourself, confront your fears &amp; inner demons, and move forward.
It's a story about the struggle to pursue one's dreams, about the many reasons we give up on them…and why we should never. At its core, it's an inspiring book that instills optimism and hope in us all.

Antonio García

The War of Art

Christopher

At the core of A Pattern Language is the philosophy that in designing their environments people always rely on certain ‘languages,’ which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate designs within a formal system that gives them coherence.&nbsp;
This book provides a language of this kind and will enable making designs for almost any aspect of the built environment.&nbsp;
‘Patterns,’ the units of this language, are answers to design problems: how high should a window sill be?; how many stories should a building have?; how much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees? Over 250 of the patterns in this language are outlined, each consisting of a problem statement and a solution.

Naval

Stewart

A Pattern Language

Since its publication in 1965, A Technique for Producing Ideas has helped thousands of advertising copywriters smash through internal barriers to unleash their creativity.&nbsp;
Professionals from poets and painters to scientists and engineers have also used the techniques in this concise, powerful book to generate exciting ideas on demand, at any time, on any subject. Now let James Webb Young's unique insights help you tap into your own creativity.

Patrick

A Technique for Producing Ideas

The authors of this manual remain practical and hands-on in their approach throughout, speaking clearly to beginning graphic designers and others involved with type not only about the complex meeting of the message, image, and history surrounding typography, but also about the unique personalities often associated with different typefaces. 

A Type Primer

Laura

10 steps to accessibility: learn about disability and impairment issues; understand important laws and guidelines; and discover how to plan for, evaluate, and test accessible design.  A solid set of best practices: clear copywriting, well-structured IA, meaningful HTML, thoughtful design. 

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When English teacher Jake Epping is grading essays by his GED students, he reads a bizarre essay by janitor Harry Dunning: fifty years ago, Harry survived his father’s bloody massacre of his family with only a sledgehammer injury to one arm.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Jake is baffled—but a new mystery arises when Al, the owner of the local diner and Jake's best friend, asks him to take over the mission that has become Al’s obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Jake steps through a portal in the diner’s storeroom and finds himself in Jodie, Texas, in 1963. He begins a new life—but he must constantly deal with the troubled loner Lee Harvey Oswald. And it seems that any turn of events could lead to the death of U. S. President John F. Kennedy...

Mindy

11/22/63

Marquis

The 120 Days of Sodom is a book written by Marquis de Sade while he was imprisoned in the Bastille.  He wept blood over the loss of the manuscript and he sent copies to many philosophers and scholars for review.  This book has inspired much controversy among literary critics since its existence was revealed in 1839. 

120 Days of Sodom

J.R.R.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his power so that he could rule all others. But it was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, this Ring remained lost to him.&nbsp;
After many ages, it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor—where his power spread far and wide—the Dark Lord gathered all the Great Rings to him, but he always searched for the one Ring that would complete his dominion over Middle-earth.&nbsp;
When Bilbo reached the eleventy-first birthday, he disappeared, bequeathing his young cousin Frodo with a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by throwing it into The Cracks of Doom.

Alexey

The Lord of the Rings

Antoine

The Little Prince, one of the most published and translated books in the world, is a story about a pilot marooned in the Sahara after his plane crashes. He meets a little man with golden hair who has ‘fallen’ from space by chance.
&nbsp;&nbsp;As the pilot tries to repair his plane, the little man requests him to draw a sheep as well as a box to keep the sheep in, so that it may not harm any flowers nearby. Seeing this, the pilot becomes curious and asks him why he cares so much about a flower when there are hundreds of other things around them.&nbsp;
&nbsp;The little man says that he loves that particular flower because it is unique and has special powers of giving pleasure to others around it—and therein begins a friendship that leads us to re-examine things we take for granted in our everyday life.
&nbsp;&nbsp;This book is written as much for children as for adults, bringing home the message ‘what is essential, is invisible to the eye’.

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