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With increasing violence, widening ideological divides, and growing economic inequality, a deeper sense of community is desperately needed. Yet typical ways of engaging people civically and organizationally remain unchanged. In Community, Peter Block explores how authentic community can emerge...

絶対的な権力による支配と服従が渦巻くディストピア社会を舞台に、自由を求める逃亡という過酷な選択を迫られた一家の静かなる抵抗と生存への渇望を描き出す、感情を揺さぶる社会派スリラー。通勤電車の中や就寝前...

An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface) When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and "a work of heretical madness" by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set forth the following theory: Western society's...

当生命走到尽头，等待我们的是轮回、审判，还是与祖先重聚的永恒安宁？这是一场跨越全球宗教史与文化人类学的生死奇旅。无论你正处于对未知的迷茫、面临失去的哀痛，还是在深夜独自思索存在的意义，这段平和而深邃...

恋愛至上主義やカップル中心の付き合いに息苦しさを感じているあなたへ、立場を超えて心から安心できるコミュニティとフラットな人間関係を築くための実践的なアプローチをお届けします。休日のカフェや静かな夜の...

死という絶対的な未知への畏怖と、魂の永遠性を信じる希望の狭間を紐解き、宗教学と歴史の交差点から世界の死後の世界を巡る壮大な文化比較の旅へとお連れします。古代から現代に至るまで、多様な信仰や燃え上がる...

愛がもたらす深い喜びと執着による苦しみの狭間で揺れる心を癒やし、人間関係の心理学と普遍的な感情のメカニズムを解き明かすことで、真の自己理解へと導きます。眠りにつく前の静かな夜や、一人静かに自分と向き...

個人の努力だけでは越えられない経済格差の壁と、少数の勝者に富の集中をもたらす社会構造のからくりを鮮やかに解き明かす没入型リスニング体験。毎日の通勤電車の中で「なぜこんなに頑張っているのに報われないの...

人類が土を耕し定住を選んだその瞬間、豊かな文明の輝きとともに、残酷な格差と不平等の歴史が幕を開けました。毎日の通勤時間や静かな夜のひとときに、壮大な人類史のパラダイムシフトへと没入し、知的な思索に浸...

Writer Kovie Biakolo became inspired to publish Conversations for Smart People while having rooftop drinks in Brooklyn with a few of her colleagues. In her classic uninhibited style, Kovie deftly weaves through such topics as: being a woman, growing up African, the meaning of beauty, and love. And of course the essay collection includes thoughtful commentary on sociopolitical issues--like race--that Kovie often finds herself discussing in her work.

Experience Nietzsche’s Powerful Exploration of Morality — Now in Audiobook Form. On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche is a groundbreaking exploration of morality, guilt, conscience, and the origins of human values. In this audiobook edition, Nietzsche’s powerful ideas come to life through engaging narration, offering an immersive way to experience one of philosophy’s most influential works.

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research, an acclaimed author demonstrates how so much of our thinking is informed by false assumptions—making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals. “Move over, truthiness: Todd Rose is here...

Slavoj Žižek's first book is a provocative and original work looking at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. In a thrilling tour de force that made his name, he explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society. 

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland. Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are...

Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems—individually and collectively—using scientists’ tricks of the trade. In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A long overdue and urgent manifesto.” —Seth Godin "Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" —Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED An exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our...

For over 25 years, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the trusted, leading anthology to cover a wide range of social justice issues. With full sections dedicated to racisms, classism, religious oppression, ableism, youth and elder oppression, and sexism, heterosexism, and...

Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize - and what Daniel Hillis' short book brilliantly demonstrates - is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operations of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle. 

From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a “fascinating” (Financial Times), brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the...

A witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and what it means to live A Book of the Year in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Economist and the Financial Times Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Hu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he...