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Why settle for quick dopamine hits when you can experience vibrant joy that lasts? Discover the surprising scientific benefits of shared euphoria, and how these special events can supercharge wellbeing for the long run. You know it when you feel it: that electric, magnetic feeling of being part...

Ancient wisdom for modern life. This is a liberating and comforting guide to happiness, from the philosopher and founder of @philosophyminis Drawing on time-tested, ancient Greek wisdom, The Art of Enough offers a new way of thinking about the good life – one that feels lived-in rather than...

Indecision is a fact of life. We can't decide what film to watch, dinner to make or wine to buy. We hesitate before committing to romantic relationships and then again before breaking up. We worry about how best to invest our money, time, and energy. In contrast, we admire those individuals who...

What is philosophy and how can it help us think about questions that matter? In fifth-century Athens, Socrates discussed ideas with ordinary people in the marketplace. He wanted to get a clear sense of the most important questions people ask about the topics that matter to them, and in...

What if you were marooned amidst an endless ocean, forced to construct a world capable of protecting and sustaining you? In How to Build a World, Federico Campagna invites the reader to join him in a sustained thought experiment, reimagining the most fundamental questions of philosophy...

A grave warning from one of the world's great scientists “What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my professions, theoretical physics. My sole aim is to help avert what seems to me to be the unintended, yet scarcely avoidable, endpoint of the current actions of the governments we...

Social media’s “smell queen” reveals the secrets of our most overlooked sense Roses. Rotten eggs. Perfume. Sweat. Smells transport, attract, and seduce us, but they also disgust, unsettle, even anger us. Why do some smells comfort us while others repel us? And what does that reveal about...

The runaway Japanese bestseller from a 102-year-old: a charming and inspirational manifesto about living a long and happy life and finding peace in difficult times. When Tetsuyo Ishii was interviewed by her local paper in Hiroshima, her positive outlook, wholesome lifestyle, and connection to...

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In the tradition of Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence and the work of Adam Grant comes an invigorating journey through the full range of intelligences that exist—from humans to animals to plants and beyond—arguing that, in the age of AI, understanding the unique smarts within us, and...

A modern-day guide to the ancient philosophy of Epicureanism, celebrating a radical new mindset: We already have what we need in order to be happy. Life can be exhausting; there is always more to do and more to strive for. This quest for optimization has found a popular ally in Stoicism, a...

A BOLD REFRAMING OF ONE OF SCIENCE’S DEEPEST MYSTERIES Drawing on conversations with some of the world's leading scientists and philosophers, Annaka Harris takes readers to the frontier of mind and reality, challenging the dominant assumption that consciousness is an emergent property of the...

A transformational guide to the seven essential questions that will sharpen your judgment, deepen your integrity, and change the way you lead, at every level and in every arena, by the New York Times bestselling author and Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy...

An introduction to the philosophy of revolution that Thomas Jefferson expressed in the Declaration of Independence, tracing key ideas to John Locke and other influences. Even in Thomas Jefferson’s lifetime comparisons were being drawn between the Declaration of Independence and John Locke's...

A groundbreaking guide to finding purpose—rooted in science and guaranteed to change the way you see your life Dr. Jessica Tracy spent twenty years climbing the academic ladder—publishing papers, winning praise and running one of Canada’s leading psychology labs. From the outside, she had...

A compelling examination of our relationship with scientific truth, dogma, and the human need to make meaning in our lives, from an expert in the field Thanks to rigorous work in the fields of psychology and philosophy, Dr. Jess Tracy presents an argument against the standard materialist belief...

From the widely beloved and bestselling author Oliver Burkeman, the book that we need: a guide to feeling fully alive in the face of paralyzing overwhelm. Aliveness, the bold successor to Four Thousand Weeks, once again offers a radically fresh way of engaging with life. This is Oliver...

24 witty essays channelling the ancient wisdom of Socrates for the modern age. It was Socrates who asked the question we’re still trying to answer today: what does it mean to live a good and meaningful life? Tom Hodgkinson, the noted bon viveur and the bestselling author of How to Be Idle...

Get grounded in your personal non-negotiables and radically let go of the rest: this is Stoicism that works for women. It will help you reclaim your sanity, serenity, and ultimately, your life. It is impossible to become the best version of yourself while you are lost in everyone else’s needs...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A globe-spanning adventure through history, philosophy, science, nature and travel writing to discover how trails – from the miniscule to the massive – help us understand the world around us. From the dawn of animal life to the digital era and on every scale of...