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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2025 SUMMER READS AS SEEN ON CBS MORNINGS, CNN ANDERSON COOPER, ABC NEWS LIVE, MSNBC MORNING JOE, AND MANY MORE "This eye-opening, multifaceted ode to public service. . . feels both urgent and moving." —The Guardian "Terrific." —New York...

This program includes an introduction read by the author. By the New York Times bestselling author: a provocative account of the attack on the humanities, the rise of intolerance, and the erosion of serious learning. America is in crisis, from the university to the workplace. Toxic ideas first...

Sixty percent of humanity - some four-point-three billion people - live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right, combined with aid from rich countries. But anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this approach misses the broader political forces at play. Global poverty - and the growing divide between "developing" and "developed" countries - has to do with how the global economy has been designed over the course of 500 years. Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created.

An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic...

In The Body Economic, Stuckler and Basu mine data from around the globe and throughout history to show how government policy becomes a matter of life and death during financial crises. In a series of historical case studies stretching from 1930s America, to Russia and Indonesia in the 1990s, to present-day Greece, Britain, Spain, and the U.S., Stuckler and Basu reveal that governmental mismanagement of financial strife has resulted in a grim array of human tragedies.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of...

A doctor explores diet culture in medicine from both sides of the stethoscope—offering a clear-eyed look at the weight prejudice embedded in every aspect of modern healthcare, and showing how patients, doctors, and health advocates are finding new, compassionate ways to care for all bodies. Dr...

An in-depth, nonpartisan analysis of gentrification as an opportunity to make change work for everyone from a veteran architect and urban planner. Constant transformation is a given in urban life. However, re-vitalization and growth projects can often be sources of loss and displacement for many...

The lives of the world’s poorest are already harder, hotter, and shorter, thanks to the actions and emissions of the world’s richest. But just as the rich world’s emissions are finally falling, emissions from poorer countries are set to increase drastically. We seem to be caught in an...

Prosperity should not be the preserve of a privileged few, but the birthright of everyone. New York Times bestselling author Napoleon Gómez Urrutia reveals the steps we need to take now to build a secure economy—and ensure a brighter future for all. The Mystery of Prosperity is a timely and...

"A graphic but powerful reminder of the horrors of that day—and the horrors that the first responders have faced ever since." —Booklist The untold story of an American hero who proved that one person can turn trauma into heroic action—from the wounded construction worker who became a...

What makes intelligent, thoughtful people embrace beliefs that seem irrational -- or even dangerous -- to others? In a world growing ever more fractured, understanding the mechanics of belief is no longer a luxury. It's a necessity. Why Sane People Believe Crazy Things is for those who refuse easy answers. Drawing on philosophy, science, and history, you’ll explore the ways our deepest convictions both unite and divide us. Discover: How core assumptions shape societies, values, and every “rational” argument. What makes a belief justified -- and when it’s likely to become toxic.

An acclaimed design thinker argues that our societies have been built to push us apart—but they can be rebuilt for human connection Social trust is the single most powerful predictor of human happiness. But we are living through a crisis of trust. As people lose faith in neighbours, in...

Renowned economic historian and "crisis whisperer" Adam Tooze (Crashed) tells the story of climate change as the first truly global crisis of our time—and the struggle that is shifting the center of power from the West to China For decades, climate change was framed as a Western drama...

When Springfield, Ohio, became a national symbol in America's immigration debate, the media moved quickly to impose a clean, familiar narrative—claims were debunked, concerns were invented, and heritage citizens raising them were misled, manipulated, or worse. But for many Clark County residents, the official story rang false; it sounded more like a cover-up.

Como uma das cidades mais violentas do mundo se transformou? Das fitas de um repórter nos anos 90 às vozes das periferias hoje, uma investigação sobre a nova ordem criada por facções e igrejas.

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter...

Brought to you by Penguin. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's...

A reported road trip across the American economic landscape, documenting the ties between workers’ financial struggles, big business, and broken markets, from The New York Times economics reporter Talmon Joseph Smith. Can America actually afford all that its people and workers deserve? The...

An inviting tour of modern macroeconomics―culminating in HANK, a modern framework that will transform the way we understand our economy and the policies that shape it. If discussions about interest rates, debt, or inflation sound like economic sorcery, you're not alone. Much of what we hear...