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The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes cultural history of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune). This is the story of how a columnist...

For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and “new atheist” Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.

'WITTY, HUMANE, LEARNED' NEW YORK TIMES The New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defence of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time Not since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left. The crisis of...

Popular is a fresh and fascinating book about the science of popularity. Based on 20 years of research and written by popularity expert Mitch Prinstein, it investigates what popularity is, why we care about it so much - even if we don't think we do - what kind of popularity is worth caring about and how we can get the popularity we want, even if we didn't have it when we were younger.

The Accidental Billionaires is the inspiration behind the Oscar winning film, The Social Network, dramatising Zuckerberg’s success and proving you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies… Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg – an awkward maths prodigy and a painfully shy computer genius – were never going to fit in at elite, polished Harvard. Yet that all changed when master-hacker Mark crashed the university’s entire computer system by creating a rateable database of female students.

A manual of reflections for an increasingly stressful world Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn’t give up. The Comfort Book is a collection of little islands of hope, a gathering of consolations and stories that give us new ways of seeing ourselves and the world. Matt Haig’s mix...

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Woman and Moranthology comes a collection of Caitlin Moran’s award-winning London Times columns that takes a clever, hilarious look at celebrities, society, and the wacky world we live in today—including three major new pieces...

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS IS GWYNETH PALTROW WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING? Over the past few decades, celebrity culture's grip on our society has tightened. For Timothy Caulfield, a health science expert, this trend has had a measurable influence on individual life choices and health care decisions. In...

La antología que rinde homenaje a la obra periodística de Gabriel García Márquez. «No quiero que se me recuerde por Cien años de soledad, ni por el premio Nobel, sino por el periódico. [...] Nací periodista y hoy me siento más reportero que nunca. Lo llevo en la sangre, me tira»...

Discover the strategy behind Major League Soccer's rapid rise as it aims to compete with global football giants. Major League Soccer, armed with its massive Apple sponsorship, the imminent arrival of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, the hosting of the COPA America tournament in 2024...

From the editor-in-chief of the cult-favorite literary magazine Taco Bell Quarterly comes a narrative history of the branded objects that have shaped our culture and identities—from Happy Meal Toys to POGs to Coca-Cola bottles. Junk: We all have it. Branded collectibles we hoarded as kids, the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Are you a German person who has always felt different from your friends? Are you an autistic person who hears about German directness and feels a jolt of recognition? Or are you someone who grew up in a German household and is trying to untangle which...

From the Award Winning Author Heinrich Wilson. The most disturbing experiment in the history of behavioral science. Retold. Expanded. And aimed directly at you. In 1968, scientist John B. Calhoun built a paradise for mice. Unlimited food. Unlimited water. No predators. No disease. No struggle. He introduced eight mice and watched. They thrived. Then they broke. Violence without cause. Mothers killing their young. Males withdrawing from existence. And the beautiful ones, flawless, empty mice who groomed their perfect fur while the colony died around them. Every mouse perished.

Shatter Hollywood myths with the gritty historical reality of the working-class cowboys who built the American West. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this immersive deep dive reveals a harsh landscape where fourteen-hour days, sore muscles, and unforgiving weather replaced polished...

Debunk the myth of unwashed barbarians and explore the fascinating historical reality of medieval Scandinavian daily life. Far from the grime-covered berserkers of pop culture, these legendary seafarers maintained complex grooming rituals that rivaled their European neighbors. Perfect for an...

WE BUILT THE SMARTEST MACHINES IN HISTORY, AND WE PROGRAMMED THEM TO MAKE US FEEL INADEQUATE. A Simple Guide to Being Alive is a bold, playful, profound science-backed manual for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the modern world and wondered if there was a simpler, saner way to live. This is no ordinary book. It is a life-changing software update for your nervous system disguised as something you can listen to on a plane.

In 1999, after three years of secular living in Eastern Europe, Joelle Kidd moved back to Canada and was enrolled in the strange world of an evangelical Christian school. Immediately, she found herself in a strange world of upbeat Christan pop music, purity education, and desperately trendy Bible redesigns, trying to make sense of this unfamiliar preteen cultural landscape. In Jesusland, Joelle writes about the Christian pop culture that she was suddenly immersed in.

Plunge into the eerie heart of the world's most enduring aviation mystery and separate maritime history from dark myth. Perfect for a suspenseful commute or a late-night deep dive, this documentary-style journey puts you right inside the stormy cockpits and silent wheelhouses of vanished vessels...

Track the chilling evolution of the undead from ancient cultural folklore to apocalyptic survival horror. Perfect for a suspenseful commute, this historical deep-dive reveals how walking corpses reflect our deepest societal anxieties. Discover how these mythical monsters serve as a captivating...

Uncover the true history of a short-lived Bavarian secret society that accidentally spawned a global conspiracy myth. Perfect for an inquisitive commute or a late-night deep dive, this intriguing narrative separates verified facts from centuries of paranoid fiction. Travel from the smoky taverns...