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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of When the Body Says No and The Myth of Normal—The definitive book for understanding the roots and behaviours of addiction. Dr. Gabor Maté is one of the world’s most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings—based on...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX FILM PENGUIN BLOOM “A triumph that will make your heart soar” (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus), this true story follows a family’s journey of recovery, hope, and courage as they nurse an injured magpie back to health—from the New York...

A New York Times bestseller and “a passionate, urgent” (The New Yorker) examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. Central to the very idea of America is the principle that we are...

Brought to you by Penguin. Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times. September 11, 2001, the financial collapse of 2008 and - most of all - COVID-19. Each was an asymmetrical threat, different from anything the world had experienced before. Fareed Zakaria...

Während Politik und Medien die fortlaufende Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen als selbstverständlich betrachten und humanitäre Verantwortung betonen, haben die staatlichen Rahmenbedingungen seit 2015 einen ausufernden Asylkomplex geschaffen. Immobilienkonzerne, Sozialverbände oder...

With her characteristic brilliance, grace, and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. In Are Prisons Obsolete?, Professor Davis seeks to illustrate that the time for the prison is approaching an end. She argues forthrightly for "decarceration," and argues for the transformation of the society as a whole. 

I næsten 20 år arbejdede Kim Knudsen som fængselsbetjent i det hårdeste hjørne af Kriminalforsorgen. På Politigårdens Fængsler tog han og kollegerne imod de indsatte, de andre fængsler ikke kunne håndtere. Her herskede et regime så hårdt, at reglerne næsten var umulige at overholde...

Desentraña la compleja historia sociológica de los estupefacientes y nuestra incesante búsqueda de alivio y placer. Perfecto para tu trayecto diario, este revelador recorrido histórico conecta de forma fascinante los ritos del pasado con los dilemas de poder y salud pública actuales...

Retracez l'histoire captivante des psychotropes pour saisir pourquoi l'humanité désire altérer sa conscience. Des rituels ancestraux aux débats sociologiques contemporains sur la prohibition, cette exploration culturelle objective analyse nos usages chimiques sans aucun tabou. Idéal pour...

Power rarely sits with one person alone. Behind every iconic CEO, cultural figure or global influencer is a small, trusted circle shaping decisions, managing crises and steering influence behind the scenes. This book lifts the curtain on those figures: the fixers, advisors and powerbrokers who...

The period following the Civil War was one of the most controversial eras in American history. This comprehensive account of the period captures the drama of those turbulent years that played such an important role in shaping modern America. Eric Foner brilliantly chronicles how Americans, black...

You are no doubt a busy person with a lot to do, which means finding time to study for the ASWB LCSW exam can be challenging. That is why the author Teresa Mayfield, a Social Work professional, developed the ASWB LCSW Study Guide. This practice question edition covers all categories included in the exam. It contains hundreds of practice test questions that you can listen to or read wherever life takes you.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. #MenToo is Bettina Arndt’s detailed examination of the modern debate around men, women, sex, family, fatherhood, domestic violence, universities, consent, and the growing influence of feminist ideology on public life. Drawing on statistics, public...

Charlotte har altid kunnet klare sig. Presset sig selv. Leveret. Holdt sammen på det hele. Lige indtil hun ikke kan længere. Da hun bryder sammen, forsvinder ikke kun hendes arbejdsliv, men også det billede, hun har haft af sig selv. For hvem er hun, når hun ikke længere kan præstere? Når...

Human beings are a brilliant species, but also a dangerously unfinished one. Again and again, societies place extraordinary power in the hands of people who deceive, exploit, divide, and destroy. We tell ourselves that the problem is a few bad leaders. But the deeper question is more troubling...

You worked hard, paid into the system, and did what you were told. Yet when it is finally time to claim Social Security and enroll in Medicare, the rules can feel like they were written to confuse you. One wrong date, missed deadline, or misunderstood form can reduce your monthly deposit, trigger a lifetime penalty, or create a costly surprise you never saw coming.

What if the government of the future does not need to watch everyone, because its software already knows where to look? Every search, purchase, movement, message, biometric scan, and border crossing leaves a digital trace. When those fragments are connected by artificial intelligence, the state no longer sees isolated facts. It sees relationships, patterns, risks, and predictions. At the center of this transformation stands Palantir, one of the world’s most powerful and controversial technology companies.

Offers a new conceptual framework to help readers engage in productive, civil dialogues about public policy, liberty, and the role of government in modern American society. This book addresses the central question: How much government do we need to be free? This question has been at the core of...

John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and...

In Application Empire, the author V.E. Mouton provides us with an extremely detailed picture of the factors that bring about so many of the problems that plague us: wars, poverty, crime, pollution, ineffective politicians, greed, ignorance and so on. We're an advanced civilization yet we still deal with problems that have been with us for thousands of years. Why is that?