{ "\"Our Crowd\": The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History)": { "author": "Stephen Birmingham", "description": "The #1 New York Times bestseller that traces the rise of the Guggenheims, the Goldmans, and other families from immigrant poverty to social prominence.
They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses into imposing enterprises and amassed spectacular fortunes. But despite possessing breathtaking wealth that rivaled the Astors and Rockefellers, they were barred by the gentile establishment from the lofty realm of \"the 400,\" a register of New York's most elite, because of their religion and humble backgrounds. In response, they created their own elite \"100,\" a privileged society as opulent and exclusive as the one that had refused them entry.

\"Our Crowd\" is the fascinating story of this rarefied society. Based on letters, documents, diary entries, and intimate personal remembrances of family lore by members of these most illustrious clans, it is an engrossing portrait of upper-class Jewish life over two centuries; a riveting story of the bankers, brokers, financiers, philanthropists, and business tycoons who started with nothing and turned their family names into American institutions.", "pageCount": 396, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-12-01", "publisher": "Open Road Media", "isbn": "9781504026284", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=V9PSCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:%22Our+Crowd%22:+The+Great+Jewish+Families+of+New+York&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "\"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!\": Adventures of a Curious Character": { "author": "", "description": "A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire": { "author": "Daniel Gross", "description": "Who was Edmond J. Safra? \"The greatest banker of his generation,\" in the estimation of a former World Bank President. The founder of four massive financial institutions on three continents, and a proud child of Beirut's Jewish quarter. An innovative avatar of financial globalization, and a faithful heir to a tradition of old-world banking. The leading champion and protector of the Sephardic diaspora. In A Banker's Journey, financial journalist and historian Daniel Gross, who, like Safra, traces his heritage to Aleppo, Syria, reconstructs the public life of an intensely private man. With exclusive access to Safra's personal archives, Gross tracks the banker's remarkable journey from Beirut to Milan, São Paulo, Geneva, and New York—to the pinnacle of global finance. Edmond Safra was fifteen in 1947, when his father sent him to establish a presence in Milan, Italy. Fluent in six languages, and with an eye for value, managing risk, and personal potential, Safra was in perpetual motion until his tragic death in 1999. The modern, global financial empire he built was based on timeless principles: a banker must protect his depositors and avoid excessive leverage and risk. In an age of busts and bailouts, Safra posted remarkable returns while rarely suffering a credit loss. From a young age, Safra assumed the mantle of leadership in the Syrian-Lebanese Jewish community, providing personal aid, supporting the communities that formed in exile, and championing Sephardic religious and educational efforts in Israel and around the world. Edmond J. Safra's life of achievement in the twentieth century offers enduring lessons for those seeking to make their way in the twenty-first century. He inspired generations to make the world a better place.", "pageCount": 471, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-08-30", "publisher": "Radius Book Group", "isbn": "9781635767896", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1kFTEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:A+Banker%27s+Journey:+How+Edmond+J.+Safra+Built+a+Global+Financial+Empire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)": { "author": "", "description": "THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the second book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A CLASH OF KINGS A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel . . . and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles. A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 4)": { "author": "", "description": "Narrated by Feyre and Rhysand, this bridges the events in A Court of Wings and Ruin and the upcoming novels in the series. New in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series, A Court of Frost and Starlight is a glimpse into the lives of Feyre and Rhys as they begin to recover from the war that changed their world. Feyre, Rhysand, and their close-knit circle of friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated -- scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their Court.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 2)": { "author": "", "description": "The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she's now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people. As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre's hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She might just be the key to stopping it, but only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future―and the future of a world in turmoil. Bestselling author Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her dazzling, sexy, action-packed series to new heights.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 5)": { "author": "", "description": "Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Court of Thorns and Roses": { "author": "", "description": "Lose yourself in a world so sumptuous that you may never return home ... The tantalising start to a seductive fantasy series from global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas for fans of E.L. James and Deborah Harkness", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 3)": { "author": "", "description": "Be swept away as a world of seductive beauty reaches the brink of war ... The tempestuous third book in the fantasy series from global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas for fans of E.L. James and Deborah Harkness", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "", "description": "The Wheel of Time ® is a PBS Great American Read Selection! Now in development for TV! Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of women who can channel--Sea Folk, Windfinders, Wise Ones, and some surprising others. And above all, Rand faces the dread Forsaken Sammael, in the shadows of Shadar Logoth, where the blood-hungry mist, Mashadar, waits for prey. TV series update: \"Sony will produce along with Red Eagle Entertainment and Radar Pictures. Rafe Judkins is attached to write and executive produce. Judkins previously worked on shows such as ABC’s “Agents of SHIELD,” the Netflix series “Hemlock Grove,” and the NBC series “Chuck.” Red Eagle partners Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon will executive produce along with Radar’s Ted Field and Mike Weber. Darren Lemke will also executive produce, with Jordan’s widow Harriet McDougal serving as consulting producer.\" —Variety The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan Warrior of the Altaii By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5)": { "author": "", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES Don’t miss the thrilling sneak peek of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Six, The Winds of Winter Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series—as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever. Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice. From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all. Praise for A Dance with Dragons “Filled with vividly rendered set pieces, unexpected turnings, assorted cliffhangers and moments of appalling cruelty, A Dance with Dragons is epic fantasy as it should be written: passionate, compelling, convincingly detailed and thoroughly imagined.”—The Washington Post “Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers.”—The New York Times “One of the best series in the history of fantasy.”—Los Angeles Times", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)": { "author": "", "description": "THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the fourth book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece in the making. A FEAST FOR CROWS After centuries of bitter strife, the seven powers dividing the land have beaten one another into an uneasy truce. But it’s not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters of the Seven Kingdoms gather. Now, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—emerge from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges of the terrible times ahead. Nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages, are coming together to stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors. A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)": { "author": "", "description": "NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON Here is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A GAME OF THRONES In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones. A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Gentleman in Moscow": { "author": "Amor Towles", "description": "The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers • A New York Times “Readers’ Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century” Pick

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.", "pageCount": 482, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-09-06", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780670026197", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lHDNDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:A+Gentleman+in+Moscow+inauthor:Towles&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion": { "author": "", "description": "The author traces series of philosophical and theological ideas that Judaism has created and shows how they are still relevant in our time.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market": { "author": "", "description": "The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street. A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting, proving the seemingly impossible: that you could beat the dealer at the blackjack table. As a result he launched a gambling renaissance. His remarkable success—and mathematically unassailable method—caused such an uproar that casinos altered the rules of the game to thwart him and the legions he inspired. They barred him from their premises, even put his life in jeopardy. Nonetheless, gambling was forever changed. Thereafter, Thorp shifted his sights to “the biggest casino in the world”: Wall Street. Devising and then deploying mathematical formulas to beat the market, Thorp ushered in the era of quantitative finance we live in today. Along the way, the so-called godfather of the quants played bridge with Warren Buffett, crossed swords with a young Rudy Giuliani, detected the Bernie Madoff scheme, and, to beat the game of roulette, invented, with Claude Shannon, the world’s first wearable computer. Here, for the first time, Thorp tells the story of what he did, how he did it, his passions and motivations, and the curiosity that has always driven him to disregard conventional wisdom and devise game-changing solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom that can guide us all in uncertain financial waters, A Man for All Markets is an instant classic—a book that challenges its readers to think logically about a seemingly irrational world. Praise for A Man for All Markets “In A Man for All Markets, [Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager. Along the way we learn important lessons about the functioning of markets and the logic of investment.”—The Wall Street Journal “[Thorp] gives a biological summation (think Richard Feynman’s Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!) of his quest to prove the aphorism ‘the house always wins’ is flawed. . . . Illuminating for the mathematically inclined, and cautionary for would-be gamblers and day traders”— Library Journal", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Memory of Light: Book Fourteen of The Wheel of Time": { "author": "Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books.

In A Memory of Light, the fourteenth and concluding novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, the armies of Light gather to fight in Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, to save the Westland nations from the shadow forces of the Dark One.

Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, is ready to fulfill his destiny. To defeat the enemy that threatens them all, he must convince his reluctant allies that his plan—as foolhardy and dangerous as it appears—is their only chance to stop the Dark One’s ascension and secure a lasting peace. But if Rand’s course of action fails, the world will be engulfed in shadow.

Across the land, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene engage in battle with Shadowspawn, Trollocs, Darkfriends, and other creatures of the Blight. Sacrifices are made, lives are lost, but victory is unassured. For when Rand confronts the Dark One in Shayol Ghul, he is bombarded with conflicting visions of the future that reveal there is more at stake for humanity than winning the war.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 1042, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2013-04-09", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9781429997171", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mikPQFhIPogC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:A+Memory+of+Light:+Book+Fourteen+of+The+Wheel+of+Time&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)": { "author": "George R. R. Martin", "description": "THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.

Here is the third book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.

A STORM OF SWORDS
 
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons left in the world. As opposing forces maneuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a supernatural army of the living dead. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . . .
 
A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS", "pageCount": 994, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2000-10-31", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780553106633", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=bjn_DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:A+Storm+of+Swords&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "A Strategy for Daily Living: The Classic Guide to Success and Fulfillment": { "author": "", "description": "Featuring common sense tactics for overcoming feelings of inadequacy, breaking bad habits, improving relationships, discovering hidden talents, and maximizing personal performance in all areas of life, this book provides a series of profound yet practical guidelines, along with a daily checklist to ensure that each day is more fulfilling than the one before.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "A Treatise of Human Nature [with Biographical Introduction]": { "author": "", "description": "One of the most significant works of Western philosophy, Hume's Treatise was published in 1739-40, before he was thirty years old. A pinnacle of English empiricism, it is a comprehensive attempt to apply scientific methods of observation to a study of human nature, and a vigorous attack upon the principles of traditional metaphysical thought. With masterly eloquence, Hume denies the immortality of the soul and the reality of space; considers the manner in which we form concepts of identity, cause and effect; and speculates upon the nature of freedom, virtue and emotion. Opposed both to metaphysics and to rationalism, Hume's philosophy of informed scepticism sees man not as a religious creation, nor as a machine, but as a creature dominated by sentiment, passion and appetite.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order": { "author": "Kai-Fu Lee", "description": "THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee--one of the world's most respected experts on AI and China--reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid and unexpected pace.

In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to heat up, Lee urges the US and China to both accept and to embrace the great responsibilities that come with significant technological power. Most experts already say that AI will have a devastating impact on blue-collar jobs. But Lee predicts that Chinese and American AI will have a strong impact on white-collar jobs as well. Is universal basic income the solution? In Lee's opinion, probably not. But he provides a clear description of which jobs will be affected and how soon, which jobs can be enhanced with AI, and most importantly, how we can provide solutions to some of the most profound changes in human history that are coming soon.", "pageCount": 275, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018", "publisher": "Harper Business", "isbn": "9781328546395", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Xb9wDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:AI+Superpowers:+China,+Silicon+Valley,+and+the+New+World+Order&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Abundance": { "author": "Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 • NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 • KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025

“A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for working people.” —Barack Obama • “A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.” —Fareed Zakaria • “Spectacular…Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward…Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.” —David Brooks, The New York Times

From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.

To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all. The crisis that’s clicking into focus now has been building for decades—because we haven’t been building enough.

Abundance explains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryear’s villains. Rather, one generation’s solutions have become the next gener­ation’s problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 1970s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially. In the last few decades, our capacity to see problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished.

Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and pre­serves but also builds, Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel.", "pageCount": 304, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-03-18", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781668023488", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=kMNHEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Abundance&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Advanced Portfolio Management: A Quant's Guide for Fundamental Investors": { "author": "", "description": "You have great investment ideas. If you turn them into highly profitable portfolios, this book is for you. Advanced Portfolio Management: A Quant’s Guide for Fundamental Investors is for fundamental equity analysts and portfolio managers, present, and future. Whatever stage you are at in your career, you have valuable investment ideas but always need knowledge to turn them into money. This book will introduce you to a framework for portfolio construction and risk management that is grounded in sound theory and tested by successful fundamental portfolio managers. The emphasis is on theory relevant to fundamental portfolio managers that works in practice, enabling you to convert ideas into a strategy portfolio that is both profitable and resilient. Intuition always comes first, and this book helps to lay out simple but effective \"rules of thumb\" that require little effort to implement and understand. At the same time, the book shows how to implement sophisticated techniques in order to meet the challenges a successful investor faces as his or her strategy grows in size and complexity. Advanced Portfolio Management also contains more advanced material and a quantitative appendix, which benefit quantitative researchers who are members of fundamental teams. You will learn how to: Separate stock-specific return drivers from the investment environment’s return drivers Understand current investment themes Size your cash positions based on Your investment ideas Understand your performance Measure and decompose risk Hedge the risk you don’t want Use diversification to your advantage Manage losses and control tail risk Set your leverage Author Giuseppe A. Paleologo has consulted, collaborated, taught, and drank strong wine with some of the best stock-pickers in the world; he has traded tens of billions of dollars hedging and optimizing their books and has helped them navigate through big drawdowns and even bigger recoveries. Whether or not you have access to risk models or advanced mathematical background, you will benefit from the techniques and the insights contained in the book—and won't find them covered anywhere else.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Adventures of Tom Sawyer": { "author": "", "description": "Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy with an undying hunger for adventure, and a knack for getting into trouble. He lives with his Aunt Polly in the Mississippi River town of St Petersburg, Missouri. He plays hooky from school; hangs around with Huck Finn, the unsophisticated son of the village drunkard; and deceives his friends into trading their treasures with him. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new arrival in town, who returns his affection initially, and even agrees to an 'engagement'. However, after a slip of the tongue from Tom, she walks off in a huff. From innocent and imaginary adventures, Tom's life suddenly takes a new turn. One night, while Tom and Huck Finn are in a graveyard, they witness an incident they should not have. Terrified, they flee from the spot, and swear a blood oath that they will never reveal their secret to anyone. Tom and Huck then find themselves entangled in a series of real and exciting adventures, with dangerous men constantly at their heels. Can the boys stand up to the occasion, and become real-life heroes? Will they ever be able to reclaim their normal, carefree lives again?", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk": { "author": "Peter L. Bernstein", "description": "

A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller

\"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism.\"
—The New York Times

\"An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book.\"
—The Wall Street Journal

\"A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it.\"
—Business Week

\"Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read.\"
—The Economist

\"[A] challenging book, one that may change forever the way people think about the world.\"
—Worth

\"No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement.\"
—Robert Heilbroner author, The Worldly Philosophers

\"With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. I speak carefully: no one should miss it.\"
—John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University

In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today.

\"An extremely readable history of risk.\"
—Barron's

\"Fascinating . . . this challenging volume will help you understand the uncertainties that every investor must face.\"
—Money

\"A singular achievement.\"
—Times Literary Supplement

\"There's a growing market for savants who can render the recondite intelligibly-witness Stephen Jay Gould (natural history), Oliver Sacks (disease), Richard Dawkins (heredity), James Gleick (physics), Paul Krugman (economics)-and Bernstein would mingle well in their company.\"
—The Australian

", "pageCount": 404, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 33, "publishedDate": "1998-09-14", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780471295631", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uTje6PYAijUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Against+the+Gods:+The+Remarkable+Story+of+Risk&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Alaska: A Novel": { "author": "James A. Michener", "description": "In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.
 
Praise for Alaska
 
“Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review
 
“Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”—Boston Herald
 
“Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”—The New York Times", "pageCount": 1178, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2002-11-12", "publisher": "Dial Press Trade Paperback", "isbn": "9780375761423", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-CiJDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Alaska:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Alexander the Great": { "author": "", "description": "

Born a prince of Macedonia in 356 BCE, Alexander the Great became one of the greatest military leaders of all time. He conquered the entire Persian Empire, defeating King Darius III four times. He invaded India, defeating a seven-foot-tall Indian king and extending the boundaries of his empire into most of Asia. Brutal in his drive for power, Alexander maintained supremacy by forcing his soldiers to marry the foreigners that they conquered. He amassed a huge fortune by plundering the riches of his enemies and married two foreign princesses, one of them King Darius III's daughter. By the time of his death at age thirty-two, Alexander had conquered most of the known ancient Greek world, a remarkable achievement in only twelve years. Demi's storytelling skills bring Alexander the Great's exploits to life. Her splendid illustrations were painted with Chinese inks and gold overlays and with frames inspired by jewels from the tomb of Philip II of Macedonia at Verghina. An author's note describing Demi's research and source material is included.

", "pageCount": 64, "categories": [ "Juvenile Nonfiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010", "publisher": "Marshall Cavendish", "isbn": "9780761457008", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aUcf6drrrTIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Alexander+the+Great&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Alter Your Life: A Life-Changing Biblical Meditation Program for Success, Health, and Prosperity": { "author": "", "description": "A rousing action program for overcoming adversity and taking charge of life -- by one of our century's greatest mystics. For unhappiness, frustration, loneliness, and other afflictions of the spirit, Dr. Emmet Fox prescribes a powerful remedy based on the life and message of Jesus. In Alter Your Life, Fox explains that these \"dreary\" problems are actually bad habits of mind -- habits from which we can free ourselves. \"There is no necessity for anything but success, good health,prosperity, and an abounding interest and joy in life,\" Fox writes Through a series of brief meditations, Fox shows us how to exchange our bad habits of mind for the healthy ones demonstrated by Jesus. Based upon biblical texts, Alter Your Life offers a progressive, life-changing course designed for all readers, whether or not they have read a religious book before.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel": { "author": "Neil Gaiman", "description": "

Since it was first published, American Gods became an instant classic. Now discover the mystery and majesty of American
Gods in this beautiful reissue of the Author's
Preferred Text edition. Featuring a new preface by Neil Gaiman in honor of the novel's 20th anniversary, this commemorative volume is a true celebration
of a modern masterpiece.

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. 
But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself. 
Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined—it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own.

", "pageCount": 486, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2011-06-21", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062109590", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XpYXARD6BjYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:American+Gods:+The+Tenth+Anniversary+Edition:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History": { "author": "", "description": "The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraq War, called him 'The Legend'; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they named him al-Shaitan ('the devil') and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war—including the deaths of two close SEAL teammates—and in moving first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History—A Navy SEAL's Memoir of War and Family": { "author": "Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice", "description": "

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraq War, called him “The Legend”; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war—including the deaths of two close SEAL teammates—and in moving first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.

", "pageCount": 640, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-10-15", "publisher": "HarperLuxe", "isbn": "9780062297877", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mRkkmwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:American+Sniper:+The+Autobiography+of+the+Most+Lethal+Sniper+in+US+Military+Hist&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity": { "author": "Frank Slootman", "description": "

Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller

The secret to leading growth is your mindset

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading ServiceNow and Data Domain to exponential growth and the public market before that. In Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity, he shares his leadership approach for the first time.

Amp It Up delivers an authoritative look at what it takes to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale. Slootman shows that most leaders have significant room to improve their organization's performance without making expensive changes to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model—and they don’t need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. What they do need is to align people around what matters and execute with urgency and intensity every day.

Leading for unprecedented growth means declaring war on mediocrity, breaking the status quo, and making conflicted choices daily, all with a relentless focus on the mission. Amp It Up provides the first principles to guide that change, and the tactical advice for organizing a company around them.

Perfect for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and leaders of all kinds, Amp It Up is a must-read resource for anyone who seeks to unleash the growth potential of a company and scale it to heights they never thought possible.

", "pageCount": 217, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-01-13", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781119836414", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KjxZEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Amp+It+Up:+Leading+for+Hypergrowth+by+Raising+Expectations,+Increasing+Urgency,&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "An Offer From a Gentleman: Bridgerton: Benedict's Story, The Inspiration for Bridgerton Season Four (Bridgertons Book 3)": { "author": "", "description": "Coming soon to Netflix New York Times Bestseller A special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Benedict Bridgerton, in the third of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family. BENEDICT'S STORY Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball--or that \"Prince Charming\" would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other--except, perhaps, this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid's garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation. He has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting her. Yet, if he offers her his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy-tale love?", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships": { "author": "", "description": "Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompson, M.D., on an amazing journey to discover the surprising pathways for transformation hidden inside your own mind. Integrating new findings in neuroscience and attachment with Christian spirituality, Dr. Thompson reveals how it is possible to rewire your mind, altering your brain patterns and literally making you more like the person God intended you to be. Explaining discoveries about the brain in layman’s terms, he shows how you can be mentally transformed through spiritual practices, interaction with Scripture, and connections with other people. He also provides practical exercises to help you experience healing in areas where you’ve been struggling. Insightful and challenging, Anatomy of the Soul illustrates how learning about one of God’s most miraculous creations—your brain—can enrich your life, your relationships, and your impact on the world around you.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "And Another Thing... (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 6)": { "author": "", "description": "And Another Thing ... will be the sixth novel in the now improbably named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Eight years after the death of its creator, Douglas Adams, the author's widow, Jane Belson, has given her approval for the project to be continued by the international number one bestselling children's writer, Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl novels. Douglas Adams himself once said, 'I suspect at some point in the future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book. Five seems to be a wrong kind of number, six is a better kind of number.' Belson said of Eoin Colfer, 'I love his books and could not think of a better person to transport Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new.' Colfer, a fan of Hitchhiker since his schooldays, said, 'Being given the chance to write this book is like suddenly being offered the superpower of your choice. For years I have been finishing this incredible story in my head and now I have the opportunity to do it in the real world.' Prepare to be amazed...", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Andrew Carnegie": { "author": "", "description": "In this biography, author and scholar Harold C. Livesay examines the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the \"Library of American Biography Series\" focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times. This best-selling biography offers students a lively and compelling portrait of one of the twentieth century' s greatest businessmen, while providing an avenue for exploring industrialism, capitalism, and the foundations of big business. Andrew Carnegie, The Gilded Age, Industrialism, Capitalism, American Steel, Carnegie Steel Company, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh, Readers interested in Andrew Carnegie and American Industrialism.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Anna Karenina": { "author": "Leo Tolstoy", "description": "Love... it means too much to me, far more than you can understand. At its simplest, Anna Karenina is a love story. It is a portrait of a beautiful and intelligent woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties - to her marriage and to the network of relationships and moral values that bind the society around her. The love affair of Anna and Vronsky is played out alongside the developing romance of Kitty and Levin, and in the character of Levin, closely based on Tolstoy himself, the search for happiness takes on a deeper philosophical significance. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina combines penetrating psychological insight with an encyclopedic depiction of Russian life in the 1870s. The novel takes us from high society St Petersburg to the threshing fields on Levin's estate, with unforgettable scenes at a Moscow ballroom, the skating rink, a race course, a railway station. It creates an intricate labyrinth of connections that is profoundly satisfying, and deeply moving. Rosamund Bartlett's translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Like her acclaimed biography of Tolstoy, it is vivid, nuanced, and compelling.", "pageCount": 1237, "categories": [ "Literary Criticism" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-08-28", "publisher": "OUP Oxford", "isbn": "9780191662249", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fkf1AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Anna+Karenina&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto Book 3)": { "author": "", "description": "Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls “antifragile” is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In Antifragile, Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. Furthermore, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, why is debt bad for you, and why is what we call “efficient” not efficient at all? Why do government responses and social policies protect the strong and hurt the weak? Why should you write your resignation letter before even starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine. And throughout, in addition to the street wisdom of Fat Tony of Brooklyn, the voices and recipes of ancient wisdom, from Roman, Greek, Semitic, and medieval sources, are loud and clear. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, Taleb’s message is revolutionary: The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it. Praise for Antifragile “Ambitious and thought-provoking . . . highly entertaining.”—The Economist “A bold book explaining how and why we should embrace uncertainty, randomness, and error . . . It may just change our lives.”—Newsweek", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)": { "author": "Robin Hobb", "description": "Young Fitz is a bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the court of the Six Duchies by his father's gruff stableman. He is ignored by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill - and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. For longer than anyone remembers, the Farseers have ruled the stormswept kingdoms of the Six Duchies - using the wild and perilous magic of the Skill. But now, as the barbarous Red Ship Raiders ravage the coasts and sleepwalkers prowl the heartland, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. For Fitz is a threat to the throne...but he may also be the key to the survival of the kingdom.", "pageCount": 356, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "1995", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553374452", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-_4EAAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Assassin%27s+Apprentice&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 3)": { "author": "", "description": "“An enthralling conclusion to this superb trilogy, displaying an exceptional combination of originality, magic, adventure, character, and drama.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz—or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest—perhaps to death. Only Verity’s return—or the heir his princess carries—can save the Six Duchies. But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him—currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was. Praise for Robin Hobb and Assassin’s Quest “Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin “Superbly written, wholly satisfying, unforgettable: better than any fantasy trilogy in print—including mine!”—Melanie Rawn", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Atlas Shrugged": { "author": "", "description": "Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this book. You will discover why a productive genius becomes a worthless playboy...why a great steel industrialist is working for his own destruction...why a composer gives up his career on the night of his triumph...why a beautiful woman who runs a transcontinental railroad falls in love with the man she has sworn to kill. Atlas Shrugged, a modern classic and Rand’s most extensive statement of Objectivism—her groundbreaking philosophy—offers the reader the spectacle of human greatness, depicted with all the poetry and power of one of the twentieth century’s leading artists.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love": { "author": "Amir Levine, M.D., Rachel Heller", "description": "Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love

“Over a decade after its publication, one book on dating has people firmly in its grip.”
—The New York Times

We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle through adult attachment. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that everyone behaves in one of three distinct ways while in a relationship:

• Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back
• Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness
• Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving

Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.", "pageCount": 305, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-12-30", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101475164", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vCh9fXUiUjwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Attached:+The+New+Science+of+Adult+Attachment+and+How+It+Can+Help+You+Find--and&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)": { "author": "", "description": "Autobiography of a Yogi is one of the best-selling Eastern philosophy titles of all time, with millions of copies sold since its first publication in 1946. Named one of the 100 most important spiritual books of the twentieth century, Yogananda was the first yoga master of India whose mission brought him to live and teach in the West. His firsthand account of his life experiences includes childhood revelations, stories of his visits to saints and masters in India, and long-secret teachings of yoga and Self-realization that he first made available to the Western reader. The book introduces the reader to Yogananda's encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West, from finding his guru to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World": { "author": "", "description": "From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America. International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. The members of Autocracy, Inc, aren't linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. In this urgent treatise, which evokes George Kennan's essay calling for \"containment\" of the Soviet Union, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial": { "author": "Anthony Robbins", "description": "Anthony Robbins, the nation's leader in the science of peak performance, shows you his most effective strategies and techniques for mastering your emotions, your body, your relationships, your finances, and your life. The acknowledged expert in the psychology of change, Anthony Robbins provides a step-by-step program teaching the fundamental lessons of self-mastery that will enable you to discover your true purpose, take control of your life and harness the forces that shape your destiny.", "pageCount": 538, "categories": [ "Control (Psychology)" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2001-01-01", "publisher": "Pocket", "isbn": "9780743409384", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=l5XBQgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Awaken+the+Giant+Within:+How+to+Take+Immediate+Control+of+Your+Mental,+Emotional&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company": { "author": "", "description": "From Jim Collins, the most influential business thinker of our era, comes an ambitious upgrade of his classic, Beyond Entrepreneurship, that includes all-new findings and world-changing insights. What's the roadmap to create a company that not only survives its infancy but thrives, changing the world for decades to come? Nine years before the publication of his epochal bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins and his mentor, Bill Lazier, answered this question in their bestselling book, Beyond Entrepreneurship. Beyond Entrepreneurship left a definitive mark on the business community, influencing the young pioneers who were, at that time, creating the technology revolution that was birthing in Silicon Valley. Decades later, successive generations of entrepreneurs still turn to the strategies outlined in Beyond Entrepreneurship to answer the most pressing business questions. BE 2.0 is a new and improved version of the book that Jim Collins and Bill Lazier wrote years ago. In BE 2.0, Jim Collins honors his mentor, Bill Lazier, who passed away in 2005, and reexamines the original text of Beyond Entrepreneurship with his 2020 perspective. The book includes the original text of Beyond Entrepreneurship, as well as four new chapters and fifteen new essays. BE 2.0 pulls together the key concepts across Collins' thirty years of research into one integrated framework called The Map. The result is a singular reading experience, which presents a unified vision of company creation that will fascinate not only Jim's millions of dedicated readers worldwide, but also introduce a new generation to his remarkable work.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up": { "author": "", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z’s mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad and fearful of growing up. What’s gone wrong with America’s youth? In Bad Therapy, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn’t the kids—it’s the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids. She reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits. Among her unsettling findings: Talk therapy can induce rumination, trapping children in cycles of anxiety and depression Social Emotional Learning handicaps our most vulnerable children, in both public schools and private “Gentle parenting” can encourage emotional turbulence – even violence – in children as they lash out, desperate for an adult in charge Mental health care can be lifesaving when properly applied to children with severe needs, but for the typical child, the cure can be worse than the disease. Bad Therapy is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to bolster America’s kids have backfired—and what it will take for parents to lead a turnaround.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Baptism of Fire (The Witcher Book 5 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 3)": { "author": "D D Evans", "description": "

Has God left his children defensless, in a violant and wicked world? Jesus said, (Lu 10:19) \"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.\"

Was he lying or are we just ignorant? And, again he said, (Acts 1:8) \"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.)

We begin to see scriptural bread grums that lead us to \"Understanding the Baptism of Fire\".

", "pageCount": 126, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-03-16", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781393469872", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=H8FizgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Baptism+of+Fire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Beach Read": { "author": "Emily Henry", "description": "FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FUNNY STORY!

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

As featured in The New York Times Book Review ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ Betches ∙ Shondaland ∙ Good Morning America ∙ The New York Post ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ CNN ∙ and more!

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They’re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-05-19", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781984806734", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vDTgDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Beach+Read&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Because of Miss Bridgerton: A Bridgerton Prequel (The Rokesbys Book 1)": { "author": "", "description": "Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places... This is not one of those times. Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one would make a perfect husband... someday. Sometimes you fall in love with exactly the person you think you should... Or not. There is only one Rokesby Billie absolutely cannot tolerate, and that is George. He may be the eldest and heir to the earldom, but he's arrogant, annoying, and she's absolutely certain he detests her. Which is perfectly convenient, as she can't stand the sight of him, either. But sometimes fate has a wicked sense of humor... Because when Billie and George are quite literally thrown together, a whole new sort of sparks begins to fly. And when these lifelong adversaries finally kiss, they just might discover that the one person they can't abide is the one person they can't live without...", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Become What You Are: Expanded Edition": { "author": "Alan Watts", "description": "Discover the path to your authentic self and embrace your true identity with these insightful teachings from celebrated author and spiritual luminary Alan Watts.
 
In this collection, Watts displays the intelligence, playfulness of thought, and simplicity of language that has made him so perennially popular as an interpreter of Eastern thought for Westerners. He draws on a variety of religious traditions and covers topics such as the challenge of seeing one’s life “just as it is,” the Taoist approach to harmonious living, the limits of language in the face of ineffable spiritual truth, and the psychological symbolism of Christian thought. Throughout, he shows how our true self is never to be found anywhere other than this very life and this very moment.", "pageCount": 145, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-07-16", "publisher": "Shambhala Publications", "isbn": "9781645472865", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=oKfdEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Become+What+You+Are:+Expanded+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon": { "author": "Dr. Joe Dispenza", "description": "A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER by DR. JOE DISPENZA , the author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain.

Becoming Supernatural draws on epigenetics, quantum physics & neuroscience research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform their consciousness, mindset, and beliefs to heal and live SUPERNATURAL lives.
 
“From a gifted scientist and passionate teacher, this unique and practical guide shows us—step by step—how to move beyond the limits of the known and into an extraordinary new life.”
— Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Unshakeable
 
Becoming Supernatural marries some of the most profound scientific information with ancient spiritual wisdom to show how people like you and me can experience a more mystical life.
 
Readers will learn that we are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge and instruction, and when we learn how to apply that information through various healing meditations, we should experience a greater expression of our creative abilities.
 
We have the capacity to tune in to frequencies beyond our material world and receive more orderly coherent streams of consciousness and energy; that we can intentionally change our brain chemistry to initiate profoundly mystical transcendental experiences; and how, if we do this enough times, we can develop the skill of creating a more efficient, balanced, healthy body, a more unlimited mind, and greater access to the quantum field and the realms of spiritual truth.

Topics include:
• Demystifying the body’s 7 energy centers and how you can balance them to heal
• How to free yourself from the past by reconditioning your body to a new mind
• How you can create reality in the generous present moment by changing your energy
• The difference between third-dimension creation and fifth-dimension creation
• The secret science of the pineal gland and its role in accessing mystical realms of reality
• The distinction between Space-Time vs. Time-Space realities
• And much more
 
Chapters include:

· Opening the Door to the Supernatural
· The Present Moment
· Tuning In to New Potentials in the Quantum
· Blessing of the Energy Centers
· Reconditioning the Body to a New Mind
· Case Studies: Living Examples of Truth
· Heart Intelligence
· Mind Movies/Kaleidoscope
· Walking Meditation
· Case Studies: Making It Real
· Space-Time and Time-Space
· The Pineal Gland
· Project Coherence: Making a Better World
· Case Studies: It Could Happen to You

Using tools and disciplines ranging from cutting-edge physics to practical exercises such as a walking meditation, Dr. Joe offers nothing less than a proven program for stepping outside our physical reality and into the quantum field of infinite possibilities.
 
“Dr. Joe Dispenza is a doctor, a scientist, and a modern-day mystic. . . . In a style that is simple, straightforward, and easy to understand, [he] has woven into a single volume the paradigm-altering discoveries of quantum science and the deep teachings that adepts of the past dedicated their entire lifetimes to master.”
— from the foreword by Gregg Braden, New York Times best-selling author of Human by Design and The Divine Matrix
 
“I wrote this book to take what I’ve always thought was possible to the next level of understanding. I wanted to demonstrate to the world that we can create better lives for ourselves—and that we are not linear beings living linear lives, but dimensional beings living dimensional lives. Hopefully, reading it will help you understand that you already have all the anatomy, chemistry, and physiology you need to become supernatural sitting latent within you, waiting to be awakened and activated.” - Dr. Joe Dispenza
 
New York Times best-selling author
Researcher of epigenetics, quantum physics & neuroscience", "pageCount": 409, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-03-05", "publisher": "Hay House, Inc", "isbn": "9781401953119", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5WH6DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Becoming+Supernatural:+How+Common+People+are+Doing+the+Uncommon&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys": { "author": "Joe Coulombe", "description": "

Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love—and a work environment that your employees love being a part of—using this blueprint from Trader Joe’s visionary founder, Joe Coulombe.

Infuse your organization with a distinct personality and culture that draws customers in a way that simply competing on price cannot.

Joe Coulombe founded what would become Trader Joe’s in the late 1960s and helped shape it into the beloved, quirky food chain it is today. Realizing early on that he could not compete and win by playing the same game his bigger competitors were playing, he decided to build a store for educated people of somewhat modest means. He brought in unusual products from around the world and promoted them in the Fearless Flyer, providing customers with background on how they were sourced and their nutritional value. He also gave the stores a tiki theme to reinforce the exotic trader ship concept with employees wearing Hawaiian shirts.

In this way, Joe laid down a blueprint for other business owners to follow to build their own unique shopping experience that customers love, and a work environment that employees love being a part of.

In Becoming Trader Joe, Joe shares the lessons he learned by challenging the status quo and rethinking the way a business operates. He shows readers of all types:

", "pageCount": 297, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-06-22", "publisher": "HarperCollins Leadership", "isbn": "9781400225415", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_cIEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Becoming+Trader+Joe:+How+I+Did+Business+My+Way+and+Still+Beat+the+Big+Guys&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End": { "author": "Atul Gawande", "description": "

#1 New York Times Bestseller

In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.

Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.

Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.

", "pageCount": 300, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-10-07", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780805095159", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=w5EcCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Being+Mortal:+Medicine+and+What+Matters+in+the+End&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Bel Canto: A Novel": { "author": "Ann Patchett", "description": "

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.

Without the demands of the world to shape their days, life on the inside becomes more beautiful than anything they had known before. At once riveting and impassioned, the narrative becomes a moving exploration of how people communicate when music is the only common language. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.

Ann Patchett has written a novel that is as lyrical and profound as it is unforgettable. Bel Canto engenders in the reader the very passion for art and the language of music that its characters discover. As a reader, you find yourself fervently wanting this captivity to continue forever, even though you know that real life waits on the other side of the garden wall. A virtuoso performance by one of our best and most important writers, Bel Canto is a novel to be cherished.

", "pageCount": 335, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2001-05-22", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780060188733", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zl428tiTsA4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Bel+Canto:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious": { "author": "", "description": "An Instant New York Times Bestseller \"Truly a Mere Christianity for the 21st century\"--World magazine From the host of the Interesting Times podcast Do you ever wish you had more faith? Here is a blueprint for thinking your way from doubt to belief. As a columnist for the New York Times who writes often about spiritual topics for a skeptical audience, Ross Douthat understands that many of us want to have more faith than we do. Douthat argues that in light of what we know today it should be harder to not have faith than to have it. With empathy, clarity, and rigor, Douthat explores: Why nonbelief requires ignoring what our reasoning faculties tell us about the world How modern scientific developments make a religious worldview more credible, not less Why it's entirely reasonable to believe in mystical and supernatural realities How an open-minded religious quest should proceed amid the diversity of religious faiths How Douthat's own Christianity is informed by his blueprint for belief With clear and straightforward arguments, Believe shows how religious belief makes sense of the order of the cosmos and our place within it, illuminates the mystery of consciousness, and explains the persistent reality of encounters with the supernatural. Highly relevant for our current moment, Believe offers a pathway for thinking your way from doubt into belief, from uncertainty about our place in the universe into a confidence that we are here for a reason.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life": { "author": "", "description": "In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin’s life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Walter Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the runaway apprentice who became, over the course of his eighty-four-year life, America’s best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders. He explores the wit behind Poor Richard’s Almanac and the wisdom behind the Declaration of Independence, the new nation’s alliance with France, the treaty that ended the Revolution, and the compromises that created a near-perfect Constitution. In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin’s amazing life, showing how he helped to forge the American national identity and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel Book 3)": { "author": "", "description": "

Jeremiah was once the most feared name in the world for anyone who had heard of him.  He was the ruthless general of the demonic hordes on Earth.  Now, he works for the other side.  Trying to reform, the demon is now working with the prophets of the world to train some of their best and brightest youth. 

Raul Habsburg is one of the most powerful members of a secretive organization called The Society of Minds.  For time immemorial, the Society has striven to stay hidden, while promoting the intellectual growth of humanity.  Like the world’s prophets, they have supernatural powers that set them apart from the rest of mankind, as well as help them overcome their enemies: evil and ignorance.  Unlike the prophets, the Society doesn’t have a devotion to a deity, but their enemies are, nevertheless, the same. 

Though they have never met, Jeremiah and Raul have a common foe.  A new enemy, going by the name of Adversary, is forming a demonic army of his own to fill the void of power in the ranks of the fallen.  It falls on both Jeremiah and Raul to investigate this situation for their own sake and the sakes of those whom they’ve sworn to protect. 

Despite a need to stay hidden, Raul and Jeremiah must step into the light to face Adversary and keep him from being able to create his demonic army.  But neither of them has any idea what to expect as they step Beyond the Shadows.

", "pageCount": 62, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-10-31", "publisher": "Aaron Babbitt", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AEK4BgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Beyond+the+Shadows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot series)": { "author": "", "description": "Sir Claud Amory's formula for a powerful new explosive has been stolen, presumably by a member of his large household. Sir Claud assembles his suspects in the library and locks the door, instructing them that the when the lights go out, the formula must be replaced on the table -- and no questions will be asked. But when the lights come on, Sir Claud is dead. Now Hercule Poirot, assisted by Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp, must unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames, and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.", "pageCount": 128, "categories": [ "Coffee" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1902", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gzMEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Black+Coffee&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Manon Wall Street": { "author": "Sheelah Kolhatkar", "description": "\"The story of billionaire trader Steven Cohen, the rise and fall of his hedge fund SAC Capital, and the largest insider trading investigation in history--for readers of The Big Short, Den of Thieves, and Dark Money Steven A. Cohen changed Wall Street. He and his fellow pioneers of the hedge fund industry didn't lay railroads, build factories, or invent new technologies. Rather, they made their billions through speculation, by placing bets in the market that turned out to be right more often than wrong--and for this, they gained not only extreme personal wealth but formidable influence throughout society. Hedge funds now oversee more than $3 trillion in assets, and the competition between them is so fierce that traders will do whatever they can to get an edge. Cohen was one of the industry's biggest success stories, the person everyone else in the business wanted to be. Born into a middle-class family on Long Island, he longed from an early age to be a star on Wall Street. He mastered poker in high school, went off to Wharton, and in 1992 launched the hedge fund SAC Capital, which he built into a $15 billion empire, almost entirely on the basis of his wizardlike stock trading. He cultivated an air of mystery, reclusiveness, and excess, building a 35,000-square-foot mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut, flying to work by helicopter, and amassing one of the largest private art collections in the world. On Wall Street, Cohen was revered as a genius: one of the greatest traders who ever lived. That image was shattered when SAC Capital became the target of a sprawling, seven-year investigation, led by a determined group of FBI agents, prosecutors, and SEC enforcement attorneys. Labeled by prosecutors as a \"magnet for market cheaters\" whose culture encouraged the relentless pursuit of \"edge\"--And even \"black edge,\" which is inside information--SAC Capital was ultimately indicted and pleaded guilty to charges of securities and wire fraud in connection with a vast insider trading scheme, even as Cohen himself was never charged. Black Edge offers a revelatory look at the gray zone in which so much of Wall Street functions. It's a riveting, true-life legal thriller that takes readers inside the government's pursuit of Cohen and his employees, and raises urgent and troubling questions about the power and wealth of those who sit at the pinnacle of modern Wall Street. Advance praise for Black Edge \"A tour de force of groundbreaking reporting and brilliant storytelling, a revealing inside account of how the Feds track a high-profile target--and, just as important, an unsettling portrayal of how Wall Street works today.\"--Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times bestselling author of American Heiress \"Black Edge is not just a work of major importance, it is also addictively readable--and horrifyingly compelling. Sheelah Kolhatkar pulls back the curtain on the cheating, corruption, and skulduggery that underlie large swaths of the hedge fund industry and some of Wall Street's most fabled fortunes. This book is as hard to put down as it is to stomach.\"--Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Money \"Fast-paced and filled with twists, Black Edge has the grip of a thriller. It is also an essential expose of our times--a work that reveals the deep rot in our financial system. Everyone should read this book.\"--David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of Z\"--", "pageCount": 370, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780812995800", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DUwdDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Black+Edge:+Inside+Information,+Dirty+Money,+and+the+Quest+to+Bring+Down+the+Mos&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Blood Meridian": { "author": "Cormac McCarthy", "description": "One of The Atlantic’s “Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years,” now with a new foreword by Marlon James

Widely considered one of the finest novels by a living writer, Blood Meridian is an epic tale of the violence and corruption that attended America’s westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the “Wild West.” Its wounded hero, the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennessean, must confront the extraordinary brutality of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians. Seeming to preside over this nightmarish world is the diabolical Judge Holden, one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction.

Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian represents a genius vision of the historical West, one whose stature has only grown in the years since its publication.", "pageCount": 369, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1992-05-05", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780679728757", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=_2KKDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Blood+Meridian+inauthor:McCarthy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Blood of Elves (The Witcher Book 3 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 1)": { "author": "Andrzej Sapkowski", "description": "Andrzej Sapkowski’s New York Times bestselling Witcher series has inspired the hit Netflix show and multiple blockbuster video games, and has transported millions of fans around the globe to an epic, unforgettable world of magic and adventure.

★ The New York Times bestselling series
★ Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide
★ World Fantasy Award Winning Author
★ David Gemmell Legend Award Winning Author
★ Named One of the Greatest Book Series of All Time by Forbes

For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But that peace has now come to an end.

Geralt of Rivia, the hunter known as the Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. The one who has the power to change the world for good—or for evil.

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is pursued for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt’s responsibility to protect them all. And the Witcher never accepts defeat.

Join Geralt of Rivia; his beloved ward and the child of prophecy, Ciri; and his ally and love, the powerful sorceress Yennefer as they battle monsters, demons, and prejudices alike in Blood of Elves, the first novel of The Witcher Saga.


Witcher story collections
The Last Wish
Sword of Destiny

Witcher novels
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire
The Tower of Swallows
Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Crossroads of Ravens

Hussite Trilogy
The Tower of Fools
Warriors of God
Light Perpetual

Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok

 

", "pageCount": 333, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 10, "publishedDate": "2009-05-01", "publisher": "Orbit", "isbn": "9780316073714", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ki3qy_OwVnEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Blood+of+Elves&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Book Lovers": { "author": "Emily Henry", "description": "

One holiday. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...

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'Her best yet' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising
'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us
'Magical, delightful, and utterly one of a kind' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books.

Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis.

Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the one men date before finding their happy-ever-after. To prevent another dating dud, Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her city desk for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls.

It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, Nora keeps bumping into...Charlie.

She's no heroine. He's no hero. So can they take a page out of an entirely different book?

Brimming with witty banter, characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, BOOK LOVERS is Emily Henry's best novel yet.

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'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant

'So smart, so funny, so sexy' Beth O'Leary, The No-Show

'Emily Henry has another hit on her hands' Sophie Cousens, Just Haven't Met You Yet

'A thoroughly modern yet classic romance' Sunday Times

'Heartfelt, funny, and full of joy. (Also, three cheers for Nora's super-relatable bangs journey!)' Tia Williams, Seven Days in June

'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail

'Super fun, sassy, smart, sexy... Emily Henry is now an auto-buy author for me' Red Magazine

'Book Lovers is Schitt's Creek for book nerds' Casey Mcquiston, One Last Stop

'The most phenomenal portrayal of enemies to lovers I have ever read. . .' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022", "publisher": "Penguin Books Limited", "isbn": "9780241995341", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=G1GbzgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Book+Lovers&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Born to Run": { "author": "Bruce Springsteen", "description": "The revealing, wildly entertaining, and bestselling memoir from the legendary Bruce Springsteen, one of the greatest songwriters and performers of any era. Born to Run is the greatest rock ‘n’ roll story ever told.

Essential reading for the 50th anniversary of Springsteen’s seminal album Born to Run, the long-awaited release of Nebraska ’82, and a companion to the acclaimed film Deliver Me from Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, about the writing and recording of Springsteen’s classic Nebraska record.

Following his 2009 Super Bowl halftime performance, Bruce Springsteen privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is “an utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir” (Rolling Stone) that offers the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.

He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as “The Big Bang”: seeing Elvis Presley’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work.

Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (“Thunder Road,” “Badlands,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River” “Born in the USA,” “The Rising,” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.

“Both an entertaining account of Springsteen’s marathon race to the top and a reminder that the one thing you can’t run away from is yourself” (Entertainment Weekly), Born to Run is much more than a legendary rock star’s memoir. This book is a “a virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band’s famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more” (NPR).", "pageCount": 528, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-09-27", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781501141539", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=L2yOCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Born+to+Run&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior": { "author": "", "description": "Here's a simple four-step method for overcoming Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder that is so effective, it is now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method does not rely on psycho-pharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essense they use the mind to fix the brain. aUsing the real-life stories of actual patients,Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Breakfast at the Victory: A Galactic Memoir on Mystical Vision and the Journey into Boundlessness": { "author": "James P. Carse", "description": "

\"This was true mystical vision. This I could never have anticipated. But I knew that we were both on the same galactic journey into the great void that contains us all. I was standing before a boundlessness that could swallow the stars in a heartbeat.\"--from Breakfast at the Victory

", "pageCount": 232, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061860164", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=tuhqw13l0UkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Breakfast+at+the+Victory:+A+Galactic+Memoir+on+Mystical+Vision+and+the+Journey+i&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Breaking BUD/S: How Regular Guys Can Become Navy SEALs (formerly The SEAL Training Bible)": { "author": "D. H. Xavier, Mark Owen", "description": "They didn't almost call it the SEAL Training Bible for no reason: this book contains over 400 pages of insight into Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Training. Inside you'll find details and advice you can't find anywhere else. Navy SEAL DH Xavier wrote you the book he wishes he'd had. Now you can benefit from his experiences. Topics include mental toughness techniques, physical conditioning tips, step-by-step application guides, and detailed evolution walkthroughs completed with tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to ensure you have the best chance at completing training. He's done what he can; the rest is on you. Delivered in a clear, funny manner, the author's crass humor may offend sensitive readers - but for those who want to join the elite Navy SEALs, this book is the Bible.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-04-28", "publisher": "Createspace Independent Publishing Platform", "isbn": "9781484087152", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=C1vKmwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Breaking+BUD/S:+How+Regular+Guys+Can+Become+Navy+SEALs&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Bridgerton: The Duke and I (Bridgertons Book 1)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

A #1 New York Times Bestseller

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her beloved Regency romance novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.

In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable...but not too amiable.

Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen.

Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, the brooding Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society—just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar.

The plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty in this tale of emotional scars and redemption: love ignores every rule...

This novel includes the second epilogue, a peek at the story after the story.

", "pageCount": 446, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2015-04-28", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062424037", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Nu0QBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Bridgerton:+The+Duke+and+I&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Brighter Than the Sun (Lyndon Sisters Book 2)": { "author": "Liang Chen", "description": "

This is book 1 of You Are Brighter than the Sun.

She randomly grabbed a man off the streets after finding out her stepmother had been plotting to marry her off to a forty-year-old man. 

"Do you want to marry me?" Jin Liyuan's girlfriend had just stood him up, so his lips curved into a small smile as he said, "Sure. I just happen to have my household registration booklet with me. Let's go register our marriage." 

This was how 23-year-old Yin Xiaoxiao ended up in a whirlwind marriage with a man who she had only met twice.


", "pageCount": 410, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sFG7EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Brighter+Than+the+Sun&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Brisingr: Book III (The Inheritance Cycle 3)": { "author": "Christopher Paolini", "description": "Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh!

The Empire is at war and the stakes have never been higher in Book Three of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation. 

\"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.\" —The Washington Post

Oaths sworn . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide... Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king? Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.

When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices-choices that will take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.

This updated edition of Brisingr includes:
· A sneak peek of Murtagh
· One section of a brand-new Alagaësia map by Christopher, with a unique code that will unlock a different piece of exclusive digital content. Collect all 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle to see the full map and unlock all bonus content!
· A redesigned cover using the iconic original art", "pageCount": 817, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-04-13", "publisher": "Knopf Books for Young Readers", "isbn": "9780375826740", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=EZqODQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Brisingr:+Book+III&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Bronze Age Mindset": { "author": "Bronze Pervert", "description": "The Atlantic named this author as possibly Steve Bannon's contact in the White House (Rosie Gray, The Atlantic Feb 10 2017: \" 'Think you should speak directly to my WH cutout / cell leader,' Yarvin said in an email. 'I've never met him and don't know his identity, we just DM on Twitter. He's said to be 'very close' to Bannon...Goal is to intimidate Congress with pure masculine show of youth, energy. Trump is said to know, will coordinate with powerful EOs...\"); and a recent Vox article (Tara Isabella Burton, Vox June 1 2018) claimed that he is the \"text\" to Jordan Peterson's \"subtext,\" and a \"distilled\" form of Peterson. Distilled means purer: yes, so why not read and understand the purer version? T. I. Burton also adds in this article that this author BAP is a kind of priest-king to thousands on Twitter and outside and is possibly leading a spiritual reawakening.Some say that this book, found in a safebox in the port area of Kowloon, was dictated, because Bronze Age Pervert refuses to learn what he calls \"the low and plebeian art of writing.\" It isn't known how this book was transcribed. The contents are pure dynamite. He explains that you live in ant farm. That you are observed by the lords of lies, ritually probed. Ancient man had something you have lost: confidence in his instincts and strength, knowledge in his blood. BAP shows how the Bronze Age mindset can set you free from this Iron Prison and help you embark on the path of power. He talks about life, biology, hormones. He gives many examples from history, both ancient and modern. He shows the secrets of the detrimental robots, how they hide and fabricate. He helps you escape gynocracy and ascend to fresh mountain air.The pricing, he insisted on against all advice. It refers to the lucky 969 Movement of Burma, led by the noble monk Wirathu.Praise be to the Pervert. Praise be to his teaching of peace.Be careful.", "pageCount": 198, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-06-06", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781983090448", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5IqjuAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Bronze+Age+Mindset&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Brooklyn: A Novel (Eilis Lacey Series)": { "author": "Colm Toibin", "description": "Winner of the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's internationally bestselling novel is a story of devastating emotional power.

At the centre of Colm Tóibín's internationally celebrated novel is Eilis Lacey, one among many of her generation who has come of age in 1950s Ireland but cannot find work at home. When she receives a job offer in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country behind, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation.
     Slowly, however, the pain of parting and a longing for home are buried beneath the rhythms of her new life—until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, tragic news summons her back to Ireland, where she unexpectedly finds herself facing an impossible decision.", "pageCount": 274, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-04-06", "publisher": "McClelland & Stewart", "isbn": "9780771085406", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3-_H26ZJbNQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Brooklyn:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds": { "author": "David Goggins", "description": "

New York Times Bestseller


Over 7 million copies sold


For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him The Fittest (Real) Man in America.


In this curse-word-free edition of Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.

", "pageCount": 395, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2021-04-01", "publisher": "David Goggins", "isbn": "9781544507866", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=IeYmEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Can%27t+Hurt+Me:+Master+Your+Mind+and+Defy+the+Odds&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Capital Allocators: How the world's elite money managers lead and invest": { "author": "", "description": "The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds are the leaders in the world of finance. They marshal trillions of dollars on behalf of their institutions and influence how capital flows throughout the world. But these elite investors live outside of the public eye. Across the entire investment industry, few participants understand how these holders of the keys to the kingdom allocate their time and their capital. What’s more, there is no formal training for how to do their work. So how do these influential leaders practice their craft? What skills do they require? What frameworks do they employ? How do they make investment decisions on everything from hiring managers to portfolio construction? For the first time, CAPITAL ALLOCATORS lifts the lid on this opaque corner of the investment landscape. Drawing on interviews from the first 150 episodes of the Capital Allocators podcast, Ted Seides presents the best of the knowledge, practical insights, and advice of the world’s top professional investors. These insights include: - The best practices for interviewing, decision-making, negotiations, leadership, and management. - Investment frameworks across governance, strategy, process, technological innovation, and uncertainty. - The wisest and most impactful quotes from guests on the Capital Allocators podcast. Learn from the likes of the CIOs at the endowments of Princeton and Notre Dame, family offices of Michael Bloomberg and George Soros, pension funds from the State of Florida, CalSTRS, and Canadian CDPQ, sovereign wealth funds of New Zealand and Australia, and many more. CAPITAL ALLOCATORS is the essential new reference manual for current and aspiring CIOs, the money managers that work with them, and everyone allocating a pool of capital.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Capital Allocators: How the world’s elite money managers lead and invest": { "author": "Ted Seides", "description": "

The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds are the leaders in the world of finance. They marshal trillions of dollars on behalf of their institutions and influence how capital flows throughout the world.


But these elite investors live outside of the public eye. Across the entire investment industry, few participants understand how these holders of the keys to the kingdom allocate their time and their capital.


What’s more, there is no formal training for how to do their work.


So how do these influential leaders practice their craft? What skills do they require? What frameworks do they employ? How do they make investment decisions on everything from hiring managers to portfolio construction?


For the first time, CAPITAL ALLOCATORS lifts the lid on this opaque corner of the investment landscape.


Drawing on interviews from the first 150 episodes of the Capital Allocators podcast, Ted Seides presents the best of the knowledge, practical insights, and advice of the world’s top professional investors.


These insights include:


- The best practices for interviewing, decision-making, negotiations, leadership, and management.


- Investment frameworks across governance, strategy, process, technological innovation, and uncertainty.


- The wisest and most impactful quotes from guests on the Capital Allocators podcast.


Learn from the likes of the CIOs at the endowments of Princeton and Notre Dame, family offices of Michael Bloomberg and George Soros, pension funds from the State of Florida, CalSTRS, and Canadian CDPQ, sovereign wealth funds of New Zealand and Australia, and many more.


CAPITAL ALLOCATORS is the essential new reference manual for current and aspiring CIOs, the money managers that work with them, and everyone allocating a pool of capital.

", "pageCount": 198, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-03-23", "publisher": "Harriman House Limited", "isbn": "9780857198877", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=y6QWEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Capital+Allocators:+How+the+world%E2%80%99s+elite+money+managers+lead+and+invest&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle": { "author": "", "description": "This book uses numerous examples to demonstrate how the capital cycle approach to investments works, and how it has provided investors with market-beating returns over the past decade.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager’s Reports 2002-15": { "author": "Edward Chancellor", "description": "This book uses numerous examples to demonstrate how the capital cycle approach to investments works, and how it has provided investors with market-beating returns over the past decade.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-09-21", "publisher": "Palgrave Macmillan", "isbn": "9781349555413", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=6_OmAQAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Capital+Returns:+Investing+Through+the+Capital+Cycle:+A+Money+Manager%E2%80%99s+Reports&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Cards on the Table: A Hercule Poirot Mystery": { "author": "", "description": "Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s “private collection.” Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.…", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Cards on the Table: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "At an exhibition of snuff boxes Hercule Poirot meets Mr Shaitana a mysterious foreign man Shaitana jokes about Poirot's visit to the snuff box exhibition and claims that he has a better \"collection\" that Poirot would enjoy -- people who have gotten away with murder Though apprehensive Poirot accepts an invitation to a dinner party where Shaitana will show off his collection Upon his arrival Poirot is joined by mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver Scotland Yard's Superintendent Battle Colonel Rice of the Secret Service and four more guests Having brought them all to dinner Shaitana manipulates the topic of conversation to possible motives for murder He makes allusions to crimes being committed yet their culprits getting away scotfree During this conversation several of the guests exhibit nervous reactions A postdinner bridge game results in Shaitana's murder -- stabbed in the chest with a jeweled stiletto There are only four suspects -- each of th", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Detective and mystery stories" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013", "publisher": "Center Point", "isbn": "9781611736120", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=j9ezMgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Cards+on+the+Table:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Catch-22": { "author": "Joseph Heller", "description": "Presents the contemporary classic depicting the struggles of a United States airman attempting to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II airbase.", "pageCount": 456, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 67, "publishedDate": "1966", "publisher": "Simon & Schuster", "isbn": "9781451626650", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SPlHAAAAMAAJ&dq=isbn:9781451626650&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Centennial: A Novel": { "author": "James A. Michener", "description": "NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies; Levi Zendt, fleeing with his child bride from the Amish country; the cowboy, Jim Lloyd, who falls in love with a wealthy and cultured Englishwoman, Charlotte Seccombe. In Centennial, trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters are brought together in the dramatic conflicts that shape the destiny of the legendary West—and the entire country.
 
Praise for Centennial
 
“A hell of a book . . . While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“An engrossing book . . . imaginative and intricate . . . teeming with people and giving a marvelous sense of the land.”—The Plain Dealer
 
“Michener is America’s best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial. . . . If you’re a Michener fan, this book is a must. And if you’re not a Michener fan, Centennial will make you one.”—The Pittsburgh Press

“An absorbing work . . . Michener is a superb storyteller.”—BusinessWeek", "pageCount": 1105, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-05-29", "publisher": "Dial Press Trade Paperback", "isbn": "9780812978421", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=evuKDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Centennial:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life": { "author": "Alan Deutschman", "description": "

Change or Die. What if you were given that choice? If you didn't, your time would end soon—a lot sooner than it had to. Could you change when change matters most?

This is the question Alan Deutschman poses in Change or Die, which began as a sensational cover story by the same title for Fast Company. Deutschman concludes that although we all have the ability to change our behavior, we rarely ever do. From patients suffering from heart disease to repeat offenders in the criminal justice system to companies trapped in the mold of unsuccessful business practices, many of us could prevent ominous outcomes by simply changing our mindset.

A powerful book with universal appeal, Change or Die deconstructs and debunks age-old myths about change and empowers us with three critical keys—relate, repeat, and reframe—to help us make important positive changes in our lives. Explaining breakthrough research and progressive ideas from a wide selection of leaders in medicine, science, and business (including Dr. Dean Ornish, Mimi Silbert of the Delancey Street Foundation, Bill Gates, Daniel Boulud, and many others), Deutschman demonstrates how anyone can achieve lasting, revolutionary changes that are positive, attainable, and absolutely vital.

", "pageCount": 258, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061843556", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=D5DKh-HLMhgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Change+or+Die:+The+Three+Keys+to+Change+at+Work+and+in+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Book 2)": { "author": "Kevin Kwan", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of the international sensation Crazy Rich Asians delivers a “snarky … wicked … funny” follow-up (The New York Times) that’s a deliciously fun romantic comedy of family, fortune, and fame in Mainland China. 

It’s the eve of Rachel Chu’s wedding, and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won’t be there to walk her down the aisle. 

Then a chance accident reveals his identity. Suddenly, Rachel is drawn into a dizzying world of Shanghai splendor, a world where people attend church in a penthouse, where exotic cars race down the boulevard, and where people aren’t just crazy rich … they’re China rich.", "pageCount": 460, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2015-06-16", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780385539098", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uNiWBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:China+Rich+Girlfriend:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall In Love With the Process of Becoming Great": { "author": "Joshua Medcalf", "description": "Guided by \"Akira-sensei,\" John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror. This powerful story of one boy's journey to achieve his life long goal of becoming a samurai warrior, brings the Train to be CLUTCH curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way. Some things you will learn... —No matter how it feels, you are always building your own house. —How and why you must surrender to the outcome in order to be at your best. —Why you never want to have your identity wrapped up in what you do. —Why your strength lies in faithfulness to the little things. —How to develop a heart posture of gratitude. —How to use the biggest challenges as a training ground for greatness. —Why the process is more important than the goal. —Why comparison is the thief of all joy. —How to develop a growth mindset. —Why talent is more of a curse than a blessing. \"So many valuable stories and lessons!\" —Nick Ahmed, Arizona Diamondbacks", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-12-02", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781735123561", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=a8PF0QEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Chop+Wood+Carry+Water:+How+to+Fall+In+Love+With+the+Process+of+Becoming+Great&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Churchill: Walking with Destiny": { "author": "Andrew Roberts", "description": "THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians

Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.

There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present.

During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man, 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.'

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Great Britain" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018", "publisher": "Allen Lane", "isbn": "9780241205631", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9WuQtAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Churchill:+Walking+with+Destiny&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave (The Stoic Virtues Series)": { "author": "Ryan Holiday", "description": "The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!

Ryan Holiday’s bestselling trilogy—The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key—captivated professional athletes, CEOs, politicians, and entrepreneurs and helped bring Stoicism to millions of readers. Now, in the first book of an exciting new series on the cardinal virtues of ancient philosophy, Holiday explores the most foundational virtue of all: Courage.

Almost every religion, spiritual practice, philosophy and person grapples with fear. The most repeated phrase in the Bible is “Be not afraid.” The ancient Greeks spoke of phobos, panic and terror. It is natural to feel fear, the Stoics believed, but it cannot rule you. Courage, then, is the ability to rise above fear, to do what’s right, to do what’s needed, to do what is true. And so it rests at the heart of the works of Marcus Aurelius, Aristotle, and CS Lewis, alongside temperance, justice, and wisdom.

In Courage Is Calling, Ryan Holiday breaks down the elements of fear, an expression of cowardice, the elements of courage, an expression of bravery, and lastly, the elements of heroism, an expression of valor. Through engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including Charles De Gaulle, Florence Nightingale, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday shows you how to conquer fear and practice courage in your daily life.

You’ll also delve deep into the moral dilemmas and courageous acts of lesser-known, but equally as important, figures from ancient and modern history, such as Helvidius Priscus, a Roman Senator who stood his ground against emperor Vespasian, even in the face of death; Frank Serpico, a former New York City Police Department Detective who exposed police corruption; and Frederick Douglass and a slave named Nelly, whose fierce resistance against her captors inspired his own crusade to end slavery.

In a world in which fear runs rampant—when people would rather stand on the sidelines than speak out against injustice, go along with convention than bet on themselves, and turn a blind eye to the ugly realities of modern life—we need courage more than ever. We need the courage of whistleblowers and risk takers. We need the courage of activists and adventurers. We need the courage of writers who speak the truth—and the courage of leaders to listen.

We need you to step into the arena and fight.", "pageCount": 305, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-09-28", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593191675", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3gdAEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Courage+Is+Calling:+Fortune+Favors+the+Brave&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Crazy Rich Asians": { "author": "Kevin Kwan", "description": "

Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
 
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should not--marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.
 

", "pageCount": 451, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-06-11", "publisher": "Doubleday Canada", "isbn": "9780385679060", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=7nDPUjKVDHcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Crazy+Rich+Asians+inauthor:Kevin+Kwan&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Crime and Punishment": { "author": "Fyodor Dostoevsky", "description": "Hailed by Washington Post Book World as “the best [translation] currently available\" when it was first published, this second edition of Crime and Punishment has been updated in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME

With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky's astounding pyschological thriller, newly revised for his bicentenniel. 

In Crime and Punishment, when Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that is almost unequalled in world literature for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its depth of characterization and vision. Dostoevsky’s drama of sin, guilt, and redemption transforms the sordid story of an old woman’s murder into the nineteenth century’s profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel.", "pageCount": 591, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-08-08", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780307829603", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=U5NhxE67JjMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Crime+and+Punishment+inauthor:Dostoevsky&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows": { "author": "Leigh Bardugo", "description": "The hotly-anticipated sequel to SIX OF CROWS, this is GAME OF THRONES meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN in a fantasy epic from the number 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.Welcome to the world of the Grisha.After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker feels unstoppable. But life is about to take a dangerous turn - and with friends who are among the deadliest outcasts in Ketterdam city, Kaz is going to need more than luck to survive in this unforgiving underworld.As gripping, sweeping and memorable as the Grisha trilogy - SHADOW AND BONE, SIEGE AND STORM and RUIN AND RISING - this novel is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Kristin Cashore and GAME OF THRONES.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Brigands and robbers" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016", "publisher": "Indigo", "isbn": "9781780622309", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=w8GloAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Crooked+Kingdom:+A+Sequel+to+Six+of+Crows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy (Politics and Culture)": { "author": "Jonathan Rauch", "description": "Why the crisis of Christianity has become a crisis for democracy



\"Concise and elegant. . . . Rauch applies careful research and incisive prose to examine, diagnose, and prescribe a cure for the maladies afflicting contemporary religious-political dynamics.\"--Michael M. Rosen, Commentary



What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends? In this provocative book, the award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch--a lifelong atheist--reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of secularism and the corrosion of Christianity.



Thin Christianity, as Rauch calls the mainline church, has been unable to inspire and retain believers. Worse, a Church of Fear has distorted white evangelicalism in ways that violate the tenets of both Jesus and James Madison. What to do? For answers, Rauch looks to a new generation of religious thinkers, as well as to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has placed the Constitution at the heart of its spiritual teachings.



In this timely critique Rauch addresses secular Americans who think Christianity can be abandoned, and Christian Americans who blame secular culture for their grievances. The two must work together, he argues, to confront our present crisis. He calls on Christians to recommit to the teachings of their faith that align with Madison, not MAGA, and to understand that liberal democracy, far from being oppressive, is uniquely protective of religious freedom. At the same time, he calls on secular liberals to understand that healthy religious institutions are crucial to the survival of the liberal state.", "pageCount": 168, "categories": [ "Political Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-01-28", "publisher": "Yale University Press", "isbn": "9780300273540", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=jhM3EQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Cross+Purposes:+Christianity%27s+Broken+Bargain+with+Democracy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In Crossroads of Twilight, the tenth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al'Thor and his allies endure trials by fire amidst battles, sacrifices, and treachery.

Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit.

Perrin Aybara will stop at nothing to free his wife Faile from the Shaido Aiel. Consumed by rage, he offers no mercy to those he takes prisoner. And when he discovers that Masema Dagar, the Prophet of the Dragon, has been conspiring with the Seanchan, Perrin considers making an unholy alliance.

Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared—even one prophesied to save the world. Now, Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

", "pageCount": 724, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 36, "publishedDate": "2003-01-07", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780312864590", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-RfzDkklkmkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Crossroads+of+Twilight:+Book+Ten+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass Book 2)": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "Never trust an assassin.

Celaena's story continues in the second book in this complete, #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.

Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade becomes more difficult when she realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. Her search for answers ensnares those closest to her, and no one is safe from suspicion-not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a princess with a rebel heart.

Then, one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie . . . and what she is willing to fight for.

The second book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series returns readers to a land destroyed by liars, where one woman's truth is the only thing that can save them all.

Other books in this series include:
Throne of Glass
Heir of Fire
Queen of Shadows
Empire of Storms
Tower of Dawn
Kingdom of Ash
The Assassin's Blade (prequel novellas)", "pageCount": 452, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 6, "publishedDate": "2013-08-27", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing USA", "isbn": "9781619630635", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=837-dQy_GsEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Crown+of+Midnight&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Cured: Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life": { "author": "Jeff Rediger", "description": "

'Ground-breaking. Everyone should read this book' Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score

When it comes to understanding the connection between our mental and physical health, we should be looking at the exceptions, not the rules.

Dr Jeff Rediger, a world-leading Harvard psychiatrist, has spent the last fifteen years studying thousands of individuals from around the world, examining the stories behind extraordinary cases of recovery from terminal illness.

Observing the common denominators of people who have beaten the odds, Dr Rediger reveals the immense power of our immune system and unlocks the secrets of the mind-body connection. In Cured, he explains the vital role that nutrition plays in boosting our immunity and fighting off disease, and he also outlines how stress, trauma and identity affect our physical health.

In analysing the remarkable science of recovery, Dr Rediger reveals the power of our mind to heal our body and shows us the keys to good health.

'In an era of incurable chronic diseases causing 60% of all deaths worldwide, this book provides one potential way out' Dr Mark Hyman, author of The Blood Sugar Solution

'Seasoned with the author's penetrating insights about healing, clearly articulated science and illuminating case histories, Cured opens genuine vistas of transforming illness into health' Gabor Maté, author of When the Body Says No

", "pageCount": 371, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-03-19", "publisher": "Penguin UK", "isbn": "9780241327609", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvimDwAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Cured:+Strengthen+Your+Immune+System+and+Heal+Your+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dancing at Midnight: A Sweeping Regency Historical Romance – A Wounded War Hero and a Bluestocking Lady Find Love (Blydon Book 2)": { "author": "", "description": "When a suitor tells Arabella he's willing to overlook her appalling bluestocking tendencies on account of her looks and fortune, she decides to take a break from the Marriage Mart. During a stay in the country, she never expects to meet Lord John Blackwood, a wounded war hero who intrigues her like no other man.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Dandelion Wine (Greentown Book 1)": { "author": "Ray Bradbury", "description": "From one of the 20th century’s most beloved storytellers, a moving evocation of the wonder found on the cusp of adolescence and a powerful depiction of small town American life

“[Dandelion Wine] is Bradbury’s masterpiece, his fullest, most deeply felt and lyrical expression, touching on his usual themes of youth, old age and small-town life but stripped of their usual layer of sci-fi remove.”—Electric Literature

“[Ray] Bradbury is an authentic original.”—Time

The summer of 1928 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, and new sneakers. Of half-burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical, timeless summer in the life of a twelve-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding—remembered forever in moving, interconnected vignettes, by the incomparable Ray Bradbury.", "pageCount": 254, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1985-03-01", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553277531", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=v893HLDSLQAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Dandelion+Wine&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead": { "author": "Brené Brown", "description": "The #1 New York Times bestseller. More than 2 million copies sold!

Look for Brené Brown’s new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us!

From thought leader Brené Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.
 
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”—Theodore Roosevelt

Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on twelve years of pioneering research, Brené Brown PhD, MSW, dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage.

Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity. She writes: “When we shut ourselves off from vulnerability, we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.”

Daring Greatly is not about winning or losing. It’s about courage. In a world where “never enough” dominates and feeling afraid has become second nature, vulnerability is subversive. Uncomfortable. It’s even a little dangerous at times. And, without question, putting ourselves out there means there’s a far greater risk of getting criticized or feeling hurt. But when we step back and examine our lives, we will find that nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous, and hurtful as standing on the outside of our lives looking in and wondering what it would be like if we had the courage to step into the arena—whether it’s a new relationship, an important meeting, the creative process, or a difficult family conversation. Daring Greatly is a practice and a powerful new vision for letting ourselves be seen.", "pageCount": 302, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-09-11", "publisher": "Avery", "isbn": "9781592407330", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=K4naCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Daring+Greatly:+How+the+Courage+to+Be+Vulnerable+Transforms+the+Way+We+Live,+Lov&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dark Age (Red Rising Series Book 5)": { "author": "Pierce Brown", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.
 
“Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline. His pacing is 100% him standing over it all with a lit match and a smile, waiting for us to dare him to drop it.”—NPR (Best Books of the Year)

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….
 
A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.
 
Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy?
 
In his darkening shadow, a new hero rises. 
 
Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old empire, has returned to bridge the divide between the Golds of the Rim and Core. If united, their combined might may prove fatal to the fledgling Republic. 
 
On Luna, the embattled Sovereign of the Republic, Virginia au Augustus, fights to preserve her precious demokracy and her exiled husband. But one may cost her the other, and her son is not yet returned.
 
Abducted by enemy agents, Pax au Augustus must trust in a Gray thief, Ephraim, for his salvation. 
 
Far across the void, Lyria, a Red refugee accused of treason, makes a desperate bid for freedom with the help of two unlikely new allies.
 
Fear dims the hopes of the Rising, and as power is seized, lost, and reclaimed, the worlds spin on and on toward a new Dark Age.

Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga:
RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER", "pageCount": 906, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-07-30", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780425285954", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AmNDDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Dark+Age&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Daughter of the Moon Goddess: A Novel (Celestial Kingdom Book 1)": { "author": "Sue Lynn Tan", "description": "

The acclaimed national and international bestseller

“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series

“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.\"—BookPage, starred review

A captivating and romantic debut epic fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm.

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice—where love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and hope emerges triumphant.

", "pageCount": 426, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2022-01-11", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780063031326", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-eEoEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Daughter+of+the+Moon+Goddess:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dead Man's Mirror: A Hercule Poirot Story (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "Poirot arrives for dinner at the country estate of the imperious Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore to find his host in his study, shot dead. The room is locked, making it appear a suicide, but Poirot is skeptical and launches his own investigation.", "pageCount": 196, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1981-11", "publisher": "Dell Publishing Company", "isbn": "9780440116998", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=i7eQyMTlT6EC&q=intitle:Dead+Man%27s+Mirror:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Story&dq=intitle:Dead+Man%27s+Mirror:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Story&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Death in the Clouds: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 12)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "

From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No. 13, sat a countess with a poorly concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No. 8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No. 2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.

", "pageCount": 274, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2011-06-14", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062073747", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RcZEmoVwcCMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Death+in+the+Clouds:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Death's End (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 3)": { "author": "Cixin Liu", "description": "

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America

PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”—Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”—GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”—NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”—The Washington Post

The New York Times bestselling conclusion to the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.

Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early twenty-first century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?

The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

", "pageCount": 605, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2016-09-20", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780765377104", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gebBDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Death%27s+End&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World": { "author": "Cal Newport", "description": "

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

'Cal Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors' New York Times

'Deep work' is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. Coined by author and professor Cal Newport on his popular blog Study Hacks, deep work will make you better at what you do, let you achieve more in less time and provide the sense of true fulfilment that comes from the mastery of a skill. In short, deep work is like a superpower in our increasingly competitive economy.

And yet most people, whether knowledge workers in noisy open-plan offices or creatives struggling to sharpen their vision, have lost the ability to go deep - spending their days instead in a frantic blur of email and social media, not even realising there's a better way.

A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories -- from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air -- and surprising suggestions, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored.

Put simply: developing and cultivating a deep work practice is one of the best decisions you can make in an increasingly distracted world. This book will point the way.

", "pageCount": 190, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2016-01-05", "publisher": "Hachette UK", "isbn": "9780349411910", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lZpFCgAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Deep+Work:+Rules+for+Focused+Success+in+a+Distracted+World&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Demon Copperhead: A Novel": { "author": "Barbara Kingsolver", "description": "

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller • A New York Times \"Ten Best Books of the Year\"

\"Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient.” —Beth Macy, author of Dopesick

\"May be the best novel of [the year]. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post

From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees and the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.

", "pageCount": 651, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-10-18", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780063251991", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=bMxZEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Demon+Copperhead:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture": { "author": "Designing The Mind, Ryan Bush", "description": "

The Instant Cult Classic on the Art of Reprogramming Your Own Psychological Software


A bold and fascinating dive into the nuts and bolts of psychological evolution, Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture is part philosophical manifesto, part practical self-development guide, all based on the teachings of legendary thinkers like Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Abraham Maslow. The ideas and techniques it offers are all integrated into a vital theory for helping individuals scale the heights of self-mastery and lead great lives.


\"A fascinating framework\" - Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, author of Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization


This visionary guide argues that the mind can be compared to software, made up of many interwoven algorithms which were originally programmed by natural selection. Though most never learn to alter their default programming, it is possible to rewire cognitive biases, change ingrained habits, and transform emotional reactions. The process of psychitecture enables you to unplug from your own mind, identify its underlying patterns, and become the architect of your own enlightenment.


\"It has already changed my life, and I know it will change others as well\" - Aaron T. Perkins, Executive Leadership Coach


Simultaneously ancient and futuristic, Designing the Mind defies categorization, masterfully linking mindfulness to transhumanism, evolutionary psychology to Stoicism, and neuroscience to Buddhism. It frames the ideas of ancient sages as open-source code for the mind, putting forth a new, rational vision of spiritual enlightenment centered around gradual self-optimization.


\"Super intriguing\" - Jason Silva, global keynote speaker and Emmy-nominated host of Brain Games


This book will teach you to cultivate deep introspective insight. It will show you how to effortlessly change your automatic behaviors and manipulate your own desires so you always get what you want. It will provide a toolkit for building perpetual peace into your operating system. If you have ever longed for an operating manual for your own mind, this book will serve as a crucial guide for turning your own mind into a palace.

", "pageCount": 270, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-01-10", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781737846208", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=UD6kzgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Designing+the+Mind:+The+Principles+of+Psychitecture&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)": { "author": "Epictetus", "description": "

Contains The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion

'I must die. But must I die bawling?'

Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of Stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love.

Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Robert Dobbin

", "pageCount": 365, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-08-28", "publisher": "Penguin UK", "isbn": "9780141917481", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=tzQGy8kdCykC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Discourses+and+Selected+Writings&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?": { "author": "Manis Friedman, J. S. Morris", "description": "The central theme of this book is modesty, a notion so simple and common that most of us would dismiss it as irrelevant to our daily lives. But Rabbi Manis Friedman asks us to look again. And as we do he explains, clearly and succinctly, how modesty can become a powerful tool for change. Gently and with humor, Rabbi Friedman helps us redirect our thinking about sexuality and refocus our ideas about intimacy. In so doing, he moves us toward a truer understanding of ourselves and how we can cope with the changing world around us.", "pageCount": 144, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-06-01", "publisher": "Createspace Independent Pub", "isbn": "9781477520314", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=2OejLwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Doesn%27t+Anyone+Blush+Anymore%3F&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Don Quixote": { "author": "Miguel de Cervantes", "description": "

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read Don Quixote.

\"Though there have been many valuable English translations of Don Quixote, I would commend Edith Grossman's version for the extraordinarily high quality of her prose. The Knight and Sancho are so eloquently rendered by Grossman that the vitality of their characterization is more clearly conveyed than ever before. There is also an astonishing contextualization of Don Quixote and Sancho in Grossman's translation that I believe has not been achieved before. The spiritual atmosphere of a Spain already in steep decline can be felt throughout, thanks to her heightened quality of diction.

Grossman might be called the Glenn Gould of translators, because she, too, articulates every note. Reading her amazing mode of finding equivalents in English for Cervantes's darkening vision is an entrance into a further understanding of why this great book contains within itself all the novels that have followed in its sublime wake.\"

From the Introduction by Harold Bloom

Miguel de Cervantes was born on September 29, 1547, in Alcala de Henares, Spain. At twenty-three he enlisted in the Spanish militia and in 1571 fought against the Turks in the battle of Lepanto, where a gunshot wound permanently crippled his left hand. He spent four more years at sea and then another five as a slave after being captured by Barbary pirates. Ransomed by his family, he returned to Madrid but his disability hampered him; it was in debtor's prison that he began to write Don Quixote. Cervantes wrote many other works, including poems and plays, but he remains best known as the author of Don Quixote. He died on April 23, 1616.

", "pageCount": 980, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-10-21", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780060188702", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=V2-ChsYrvloC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Don+Quixote+inauthor:Cervantes&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dragonfly In Amber (Outlander, Book 2)": { "author": "Diana Gabaldon", "description": "From the author of Outlander, a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland.

For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones, about a love that transcends the boundaries of time and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his.

Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart, in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves.", "pageCount": 1170, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-12-17", "publisher": "Doubleday Canada", "isbn": "9780385674669", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ypdyqaQxacwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Dragonfly+In+Amber&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Drums Of Autumn (Outlander, Book 4)": { "author": "Diana Gabaldon", "description": "It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle.  There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the past--or the grave.  Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once buy twice.  Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legend--a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child.  Her second journey, two decades later, brought them together again in frontier America.  But Claire had left someone behind in the twentieth century.  Their daughter Brianna...

Now, Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown.  In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to change history...and to save their lives.  But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past...or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong...", "pageCount": 1441, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2010-12-17", "publisher": "Doubleday Canada", "isbn": "9780385674720", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=q-emUttWF74C&dq=intitle:Drums+Of+Autumn&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dumb Witness: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "

In Agatha Christie’s Dumb Witness, Hercule Poirot investigates the very suspicious death of an elderly spinster who, fearing the very worst, had written to the great detective prior to her demise.

Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.…

On April 17th she wrote her suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. Mysteriously, he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th…by which time Emily was already dead.…

", "pageCount": 338, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005-01-25", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061741425", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=53C0Ox9I8MIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Dumb+Witness:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dune": { "author": "Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert", "description": "\"At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past - including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica - to use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in two safe-deposit boxes for a decade, Sandworms of Dune will answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades: the origin of the Honored Matres, the tantalizing future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between Man and Machine.\"--", "pageCount": 612, "categories": [ "Dune (Imaginary place)" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-03-20", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780340837528", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TeZJPgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Dune&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Dune Messiah": { "author": "Frank Herbert", "description": "Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family’s dynasty...", "pageCount": 354, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-06-04", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593098233", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uryWDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Dune+Messiah&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "East of Eden": { "author": "John Steinbeck", "description": "A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a deluxe Centennial edition

In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden \"the first book,\" and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. Adapted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan introducing James Dean, and read by thousands as the book that brought Oprah’s Book Club back, East of Eden has remained vitally present in American culture for over half a century. This Centennial edition, specially designed to commemorate one hundred years of Steinbeck, features french flaps and deckle-edged pages.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.", "pageCount": 609, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-06-18", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780142004234", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=PI1PEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:East+of+Eden+inauthor:Steinbeck&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most": { "author": "Greg McKeown", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard.
“In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown’s work is essential.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human 

 “At a time when fear, uncertainty, and our ever-growing list of responsibilities have come to feel like much too much to handle, Effortless couldn’t be timelier, or more necessary.”—Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play

Do you ever feel like:

• You’re teetering right on the edge of burnout?
• You want to make a higher contribution, but lack the energy?  
• You’re running faster but not moving closer to your goals?
• Everything is so much harder than it used to be?

As high achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough.

But lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat,” we’re often working twice as hard to achieve half as much.

Getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it. No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path. 

Effortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out.  

Effortless teaches you how to:
• Turn tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals
• Prevent frustration by solving problems before they arise  
• Set a sustainable pace instead of powering through
• Make one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions
• Simplify your processes by removing unnecessary steps
• Make relationships easier to maintain and manage
• And much more   

The effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. It may even be the only way. 

Not every hard thing in life can be made easy. But we can make it easier to do more of what matters most.", "pageCount": 274, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-04-27", "publisher": "Crown Currency", "isbn": "9780593135648", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AnwmEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Effortless:+Make+It+Easier+to+Do+What+Matters+Most&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Einstein: His Life and Universe": { "author": "Walter Isaacson", "description": "The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award­–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as Einstein.

How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how Einstein’s scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Einstein explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk—a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn’t get a teaching job or a doctorate—became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom, and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals.

Einstein, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller, is a brilliantly acclaimed account of the most influential scientist of the twentieth century, “an illuminating delight” (The New York Times). The basis for the National Geographic series Genius, by the author of The Innovators, Steve Jobs, and Benjamin Franklin, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein.", "pageCount": 704, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-04-11", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781501171383", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=d2WZDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Einstein:+His+Life+and+Universe&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Eldest: Book II (The Inheritance Cycle 2)": { "author": "Christopher Paolini", "description": "Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh!

New magic and new threats take flight in Book Two of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation. 

\"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.\" —The Washington Post

Darkness falls… despair abounds… evil reigns… Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix. Now Eragon must travel to Ellésmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.

Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life. . . .

This updated edition of Eldest includes:
· A sneak peek of Murtagh
· One section of a brand-new Alagaësia map by Christopher, with a unique code that will unlock a different piece of exclusive digital content. Collect all 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle to see the full map and unlock all bonus content!
· A redesigned cover using the iconic original art", "pageCount": 721, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2007-03-13", "publisher": "Knopf Books for Young Readers", "isbn": "9780375840401", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=x5mODQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Eldest:+Book+II&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Elon Musk": { "author": "Ashlee Vance", "description": "

A New York Times Bestseller

In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark—and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”

Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius’s life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Vance uses Musk’s story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk—one of the most unusual and striking figures in American business history—is a contemporary, visionary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.

Thorough and insightful, Elon Musk brings to life a technology industry that is rapidly and dramatically changing by examining the life of one of its most powerful and influential titans.

", "pageCount": 339, "categories": [ "Science" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 7, "publishedDate": "2015-05-19", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062301260", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Yd99BAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Elon+Musk&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Embrace the Suck: The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life": { "author": "Brent Gleeson", "description": "Get into the Navy SEAL mindset with this raw, brutally honest, in-your-face self-help guide that will teach you how to thrive on adversity.

During the brutal crucible of Navy SEAL training, instructors often tell students to \"embrace the suck.\" This phrase conveys the one lesson that is vital for any SEAL hopeful to learn: lean into the suffering and get comfortable being very uncomfortable. In this powerful, no-nonsense guide, Navy SEAL combat veteran turned leadership expert Brent Gleeson teaches you how to transform every area of your life—the Navy SEAL way. Can anyone develop this level of resilience? Gleeson breaks it down to a Challenge-Commitment-Control mindset. He reveals how resilient people view difficulties as a Challenge, where obstacles and failures are opportunities for growth. Next, they have a strong emotional Commitment to their goals and are not easily distracted or deterred. Finally, resilient people focus their energy on the things within their Control, rather than fixating on factors they can't impact. Embrace the Suck provides an actionable roadmap that empowers you to expand your comfort zone to live a more fulfilling, purpose-driven life. Through candid storytelling, behavioral science research, and plenty of self-deprecating humor, Gleeson shows you how to use pain as a pathway, reassess your values, remove temptation, build discipline, suffer with purpose, fail successfully, transform your mind, and achieve more of the goals you set", "pageCount": 186, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-12-22", "publisher": "Hachette Go", "isbn": "9780306846328", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XmHbDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Embrace+the+Suck:+The+Navy+SEAL+Way+to+an+Extraordinary+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Emma (Oxford World's Classics)": { "author": "Jane Austen", "description": "Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as \"handsome, clever, and rich\" but is also rather spoiled. Prior to starting the novel, Austen wrote, \"I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like.\"", "pageCount": 536, "categories": [ "England" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1898", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BSERx2AJfAQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Emma&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Empire of Storms (Throne Of Glass Series Book 5)": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "Only the greatest sacrifice can turn the tide of war.

War is brewing in the fifth book in this complete, #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves increasingly at odds with those who don't.

With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side and her fealty pledged to the people she is determined to save, Aelin will delve into the depths of her power to protect those she loves. But as monsters emerge from the horrors of the past, dark forces stand poised to claim her world. The only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may take more from Aelin than she has to give, a quest that forces her to choose what-and who-she's willing to sacrifice for the sake of peace.

Kingdoms collide in this fifth book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series.

Other books in this series include:
Throne of Glass
Crown of Midnight
Heir of Fire
Queen of Shadows
Tower of Dawn
Kingdom of Ash
The Assassin's Blade (prequel novellas)", "pageCount": 724, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 5, "publishedDate": "2016-09-06", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing USA", "isbn": "9781619636088", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhZjCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Empire+of+Storms&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage": { "author": "Alfred Lansing", "description": "Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand miles of pack ice and now only a day’s sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice.
\t
For ten months the ice-moored Endurance drifted northwest before it was finally crushed. But for Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men the ordeal had barely begun. It would end only after a near-miraculous journey by Shackleton and a skeleton crew through over 850 miles of the South Atlantic’s heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization.
\t
This astonishing tale of survival by Shackleton and all twenty-seven of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, “defined heroism.” Alfred Lansing’s brilliantly narrated book has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance’s fateful trip.
", "pageCount": 418, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-04-29", "publisher": "Basic Books a Member of Perseus Books Group", "isbn": "9780465058785", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WOEZAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Endurance:+Shackleton%27s+Incredible+Voyage&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Eragon: Book I (The Inheritance Cycle 1)": { "author": "Christopher Paolini", "description": "Perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings, the New York Times bestselling Inheritance Cycle about the dragon rider Eragon has sold over 35 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.


Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy--until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save--or destroy--the Empire.

\"An authentic work of great talent.\"--The New York Times Book Review

\"Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.\"--People

\"Unusual, powerful, fresh, and fluid.\"--Booklist, Starred

\"An auspicious beginning to both career and series.\" --Publishers Weekly

A New York Times Bestseller

A USA Today Bestseller

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

A Book Sense Bestseller


From the Hardcover edition.", "pageCount": 530, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 39, "publishedDate": "2003", "publisher": "Knopf Books for Young Readers", "isbn": "9780375840548", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zKl_4L9AWccC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Eragon:+Book+I&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Escape from Freedom": { "author": "Erich Fromm", "description": "

If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern society or penetrated so deeply into the causes of authoritarian systems. If the rise of democracy set some people free, at the same time it gave birth to a society in which the individual feels alienated and dehumanized. Using the insights of psychoanalysis as probing agents, Fromm's work analyzes the illness of contemporary civilization as witnessed by its willingness to submit to totalitarian rule.

", "pageCount": 324, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "1994", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780805031492", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=d2g8L1sLykwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Escape+from+Freedom&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less": { "author": "Greg McKeown", "description": "THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Now in a 10th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and bonus 21-day challenge.

“Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again

Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done.

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?
Are you often busy but not productive?
Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked?

If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.
 
Essentialism is more than a time-management technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.
 
By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for where to spend our precious time and energy, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices, instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.
 
Essentialism is not one more thing to do. It’s a whole new way of doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Join the millions of people who have used Essentialism to change their outlook on the world.", "pageCount": 305, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-12-29", "publisher": "Crown Currency", "isbn": "9780804137409", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=q-QdEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Essentialism:+The+Disciplined+Pursuit+of+Less&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Every Man Dies Alone": { "author": "Hans Fallada", "description": "This never-before-translated masterpiece—by a heroic best-selling writer who saw his life crumble when he wouldn’t join the Nazi Party—is based on a true story.

It presents a richly detailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis and tells the sweeping saga of one working-class couple who decides to take a stand when their only son is killed at the front. With nothing but their grief and each other against the awesome power of the Reich, they launch a simple, clandestine resistance campaign that soon has an enraged Gestapo on their trail, and a world of terrified neighbors and cynical snitches ready to turn them in.

In the end, it’s more than an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more than a moving romance, even more than literature of the highest order—it’s a deeply stirring story of two people standing up for what’s right, and for each other.", "pageCount": 593, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-09-10", "publisher": "Melville House", "isbn": "9781612198279", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=yDqYDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Every+Man+Dies+Alone&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis": { "author": "Jonathan Blitzer", "description": "A National Bestseller • A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Christian Science Monitor, and Counterpunch • One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Picks • Named a Notable Book by New York Times and Washington Post • Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

“What an incredibly thorough documentation of the causes of the immigration crisis, the discussions that have been going on through multiple administrations.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

“Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is sure to take its place as one of the definitive accounts of the U.S. and Central American immigration puzzle. . . . Hopefully, those with the power to change things will listen.” —Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate, by New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone who makes the journey faces an impossible choice. Hundreds of thousands of people who arrive every year at the US-Mexico border travel far from their homes. For years, the majority came from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, but many more have begun their journey much farther away. Some flee persecution, others crime or hunger. They may have already been deported, but the United States remains their only hope for safety and prosperity. They will take their chances.

As Jonathan Blitzer dramatizes with forensic, unprecedented reporting, this crisis is the result of decades of misguided policy and sweeping corruption. Brilliantly weaving the stories of Central Americans whose lives have been devastated by chronic political conflict and violence with those of American activists, government officials, and the politicians responsible for the country’s tragically tangled immigration policy, Blitzer reveals the full, layered picture of this vast and unremitting conflict.

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here tells the epic story of the people whose lives ebb and flow across the border, delving into the heart of American life itself. This vital and remarkable story has shaped the nation’s turbulent politics and culture in countless ways—and will almost certainly determine its future.", "pageCount": 545, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-01-30", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781984880819", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=m3G8EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Everyone+Who+Is+Gone+Is+Here:+The+United+States,+Central+America,+and+the+Making&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir": { "author": "Dolly Alderton", "description": "

New York Times Bestseller

Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”

“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from thirty onwards, get ready to meet someone absolutely brimming with history, complications and demands.”

When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, writer Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.

Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut memoir about navigating your twenties weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age.

Perfect for fans of Nora Ephron and Caitlin Moran, this book is a hilarious and heartfelt look at the messiness of growing up:

", "pageCount": 313, "categories": [ "Humor" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-02-25", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062968807", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zFSaDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Everything+I+Know+About+Love:+A+Memoir&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Everything and the Moon (Lyndon Sisters Book 1)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "When Robert Kemble stumbles across Victoria Lyndon in a hedgerow maze, he can't believe his eyes. Victoria's father told her an earl would never marry a vicar's daughter, & he was right. But even though Victoria doesn't enjoy her new life as a governess, when Robert asks her to be his mistress, she refuses, unable to sacrifice her honour.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "England" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008", "publisher": "Piatkus Books", "isbn": "9780749908959", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CdxOPwAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Everything+and+the+Moon&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact": { "author": "Phil M. Jones", "description": "

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count. Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over fifty countries in the lost art of spoken communication. In Exactly What to Say, he delivers the tactics you need to get more of what you want.

Best-selling author and multiple award-winner Phil M. Jones is highly regarded as one of the world's leading sales trainers. He has trained more than two million people across five continents and fifty-six countries and coached some of the biggest global brands in the lost art of spoken communication. In 2013 he won the British Excellence in Sales and Marketing Award for Sales Trainer of the Year, the youngest-ever recipient of that honor. He has also written a series of best-selling books and developed a number of online training courses that have enrolled tens of thousands of members around the world. Phil divides his time between London and New York.

Praise for Exactly What to Say:

\"Abracadabra--you are a millionaire! That is what will happen if you follow the advice from Phil Jones in this book.\"
--Jeffrey Hayzlett, primetime TV and podcast host, chairman of C-Suite Network

\"Indeed, the right words spoken the right way, while perhaps not actually magic, can sure have the results of such.\"
--Bob Burg, co-author of The Go-Giver

\"I think Phil says it best himself at the end of this fabulous read: \"Everything you have learned in this book is simple, easy to do and works.\" It's tried and tested, proven and guaranteed to help you get your own way more often.\"
--Philip Hesketh, professional speaker and author on the psychology of persuasion and influence

\"If you want to get prospects, clients, colleagues, bosses or anybody to say \"yes\" to what you want, I have three magic words of advice for you: \"Get this book!\"
--Sylvie di Giusto, keynote speaker and corporate image consultant

\"This book is packed with ideas and easy-to-implement suggestions that will assist any individual in obtaining the outcomes they require from the conversations they have.\"
--Grant Leboff, CEO, StickyMarketing.com

\"Exactly What to Say is packed full of real-world solutions that will lead you to achieving the outcomes you desire in life and business.\"
--Richard Dixon, director, Holidaysplease

\"If you want to sell more and influence better, then this book is as close as you'll get to a magic wand or silver bullet to success!\"
--Rob Brown, founder Networking Coaching Academy and bestselling author of Build Your Reputation

\"Phil Jones helps uncover the truth in complex selling situations. These powerful phrases demonstrate how to influence others with integrity while never seeming pushy. You'll use these gems each and every day.\"
--Ian Altman, co-author of Same Side Selling, Forbes.com columnist

\"Exactly What to Say could replace just about every other book on human behavior--it's that useful.\"
--John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing

\"In this short but powerpacked book, [Jones] shares how to use certain key phrases to help you with the winning edge.\"
--Bryan Eisenberg, NYT bestselling author of Waiting for Your Cat to Bark? and Be Like Amazon

\"Exactly What to Say is a must-read for anyone looking to be more persuasive in their business and personal lives.\"
--Seth Price, bestselling author of The Road to Recognition

", "pageCount": 137, "categories": [ "Business communication" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-07-26", "publisher": "Box of Tricks Publishing", "isbn": "9780692881958", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=N5kszgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Exactly+What+to+Say:+The+Magic+Words+for+Influence+and+Impact&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Expected Returns: An Investor's Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards": { "author": "Antti Ilmanen", "description": "This comprehensive reference delivers a toolkit for harvesting market rewards from a wide range of investments. Written by a world-renowned industry expert, the reference discusses how to forecast returns under different parameters. Expected returns of major asset classes, investment strategies, and the effects of underlying risk factors such as growth, inflation, liquidity, and different risk perspectives, are also explained. Judging expected returns requires balancing historical returns with both theoretical considerations and current market conditions. Expected Returns provides extensive empirical evidence, surveys of risk-based and behavioral theories, and practical insights.", "pageCount": 102, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2011-04-20", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781119990772", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WqFf6imwTsUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Expected+Returns:+An+Investor%27s+Guide+to+Harvesting+Market+Rewards&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (Extreme Ownership Series Book 1)": { "author": "Jocko Willink, Leif Babin", "description": "

The #1 New York Times bestseller

Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations. From promising startups to Fortune 500 companies, Babin and Willink have helped scores of clients across a broad range of industries build their own high-performance teams and dominate their battlefields.

Now, detailing the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult missions in combat, Extreme Ownership shows how to apply them to any team, family or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain, explaining what they are, why they are important, and how to implement them in any leadership environment.

A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership revolutionizes business management and challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.

", "pageCount": 317, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-10-20", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9781250067050", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ywaJCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Extreme+Ownership:+How+U.S.+Navy+SEALs+Lead+and+Win&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "FALLING IN LOVE : WHY WE CHOOSE THE LOVERS WE CHOOSE": { "author": "Ayala Malakh-Pines", "description": "

Falling in Love is the first book to unlock the mysteries of how and why we fall in love. Renowned psychologist Ayala Pines shows us why we fall for the people we do, and argues convincingly that we love neither by chance nor by accident. She offers sound advice for making the right choices when it comes to this complicated emotion. Packed with helpful suggestions for those seeking love and those already in it, this book is about love's many puzzles.

The second edition furthers the work of the popular and successful first edition. With expanded research, theory, and practice, this book once again provides one of a kind understandings of the experience of love. The new edition offers updated references to recent research, new chapter exercises, and \"case examples\" of romantic stories to begin each chapter.

", "pageCount": 291, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005", "publisher": "Taylor & Francis", "isbn": "9780415951876", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=a4pIiFqpUtEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:FALLING+IN+LOVE+:+WHY+WE+CHOOSE+THE+LOVERS+WE+CHOOSE&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Fear: A Powerful Guide to Overcoming Uncertainties and Personal Terrors, and Finding Peace and Freedom from Anxiety, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh": { "author": "Thich Nhat Hanh", "description": "

“Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart….Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most important voices of our time, and we have never needed to listen to him more than now.”
—Sogyal Rinpoche

Fear is destructive, a pervasive problem we all face. Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar,  peace activist, and one of the foremost spiritual leaders in the world—a gifted teacher who was once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr.—Thich Nhat Hanh has written a powerful and practical strategic guide to overcoming our debilitating uncertainties and personal terrors. The New York Times said Hanh, “ranks second only to the Dalai Lama” as the Buddhist leader with the most influence in the West. In Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting through the Storm, Hanh explores the origins of our fears, illuminating a path to finding peace and freedom from anxiety and offering powerful tools to help us eradicate it from our lives

", "pageCount": 176, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-03-04", "publisher": "HarperOne", "isbn": "9780062004734", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8RLElgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Fear:+A+Powerful+Guide+to+Overcoming+Uncertainties+and+Personal+Terrors,+and+Fin&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway: Dynamic Techniques for Turning Fear, Indecision, and Anger into Power, Action, and Love": { "author": "Susan Jeffers", "description": "

The classic bestseller that has inspired millions to face their fears once and for all is newly revised with an updated version.

Are you afraid of making decisions . . . asking your boss for a raise . . . leaving a relationship . . . facing the future? The world is a scary place right now--day to day stress and worry is at an all-time high--but the hard truth, and the foundation of anxiety management, is that fear won't just go away on its own. The only way to get rid of fear is to approach it, and this book is your essential guide to connecting with your inner power in order to do just that.

In this enduring work of self-empowerment, now updated for the post-pandemic new normal, Dr. Susan Jeffers shares dynamic techniques for confidence building and profound concepts that have helped countless people grab hold of their fears and move forward with their lives. You'll discover:

- How to raise your self-esteem

- How to become more assertive

- How to connect to the powerhouse within

- How to create more meaning in your life

- How to experience more enjoyment

With warmth, insight and humor, Dr. Jeffers shows you how to become powerful in the face of your fears--and enjoy the elation of living a creative, joyous, loving life. Whatever your fear, here is your chance to push through it with positive thinking and find true and lasting fulfillment on the other side.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-03-14", "publisher": "Harvest", "isbn": "9780063291294", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=PLk6zwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Feel+the+Fear%E2%80%A6+and+Do+It+Anyway:+Dynamic+Techniques+for+Turning+Fear,+Indecision&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Feeling Good: Overcome Depression and Anxiety with Proven Techniques": { "author": "David D. Burns", "description": "

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other ′black holes′ of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist David D. Burns, M.D. outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life.

Now, in this updated edition, Dr Burns adds an all-new Consumer′s Guide To Antidepressant Drugs, as well as a new introduction to help answer your questions about the many options available for treating depression.

Recognise what causes your mood swings.

Nip negative feelings in the bud.

Deal with guilt.

Handle hostility and criticism.

Overcome addiction to love and approval.

Build self-esteem.

Feel good everyday.

", "pageCount": 738, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1999-04-06", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780380731763", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZaqP5ylITGMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Feeling+Good:+Overcome+Depression+and+Anxiety+with+Proven+Techniques&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Find and Use Your Inner Power": { "author": "Emmet Fox", "description": "

This rich resource is for everyone seeking more happiness and success in life. Now with a new introduction, this treasure of Emmet Fox's wise and inspirational gems offers enduring spiritual truth and practical advice for mining the gold to be found in our daily lives. Included here, also, are real-life examples of those who have followed Fox's signposts to happier living.

Fox's friendly, commonsense suggestions have shown millions how to get the most out of our life and provide new spiritual strength to those who use his techniques for personal meditation.

", "pageCount": 244, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-08-17", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062010452", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8OCmIUez3OcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Find+and+Use+Your+Inner+Power&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Finite and Infinite Games": { "author": "James P. Carse", "description": "There are at least two kinds of games,\" states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. \"One could be called finite; the other infinite.\" Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules may change, the boundaries may change, even the participants may change--as long as the game is never allowed to come to an end. What are infinite games? How do they affect the ways we play our finite games? What are we doing when we play--finitely or infinitely? And how can infinite games affect the ways in which we live our lives? Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely. He surveys our world--from the finite games of the playing field and playing board to the infinite games found in culture and religion--leaving all we think we know illuminated and transformed. Along the way, Carse finds new ways of understanding everything, from how an actress portrays a role to how we engage in sex, from the nature of evil to the nature of science. Finite games, he shows, may offer wealth and status, power and glory, but infinite games offer something far more subtle and far grander. Carse has written a book rich in insight and aphorism. Already an international literary event, \"Finite and Infinite Games \"is certain to be argued about and celebrated for years to come. Reading it is the first step in learning to play the infinite game.", "pageCount": 166, "categories": [ "Mathematics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1986", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QOgKAQAAMAAJ&q=intitle:Finite+and+Infinite+Games&dq=intitle:Finite+and+Infinite+Games&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Fire Child, Water Child: How Understanding the Five Types of ADHD Can Help You Improve Your Child's Self-Esteem and Attention": { "author": "Stephen Cowan", "description": "

Fire Child, Water Child is a revolutionary guide to parenting a child with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that does not rely on medication or pathologizing your child’s challenges. This method, created by pediatrician and ADHD specialist Stephen Scott Cowan, helps you identify your child’s unique focusing style—wood, fire, earth, metal, or water—and calm the stress that can contribute to your child’s ADHD symptoms. This personalized approach will help your child reduce impulsive behavior, regulate attention, and handle school and home routines with confidence.

What is your child’s ADHD style?
• The Wood Child An adventurous explorer, the Wood child is always on the move and gets frustrated easily.
• The Fire Child The Fire child is outgoing, funny, and can be prone to mood swings and impulsive actions.
• The Earth Child The cooperative, peacemaking Earth child can feel worried or indecisive when stressed.
• The Metal Child The Metal child is comforted by routine and finds it difficult to shift attention from task to task.
• The Water Child An imaginative dreamer, the Water child struggles to keep track of time.

", "pageCount": 226, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-04-01", "publisher": "New Harbinger Publications", "isbn": "9781608820917", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=W4JxUaiRgwsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Fire+Child,+Water+Child:+How+Understanding+the+Five+Types+of+ADHD+Can+Help+You+I&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "First Comes Scandal: A Bridgerton Prequel (The Rokesbys Book 4)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this historical romance, the fourth in the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn

She was given two choices...

Georgiana Bridgerton isn’t against the idea of marriage. She’d just thought she’d have some say in the matter. But with her reputation hanging by a thread after she’s abducted for her dowry, Georgie is given two options: live out her life as a spinster or marry the rogue who has ruined her life.

Enter Option #3

As the fourth son of an earl, Nicholas Rokesby is prepared to chart his own course. He has a life in Edinburgh, where he’s close to completing his medical studies, and he has no time—or interest—to find a wife. But when this honorable hero discovers that Georgie Bridgerton—his literal girl-next-door—is facing ruin, he knows what he must do.

A Marriage of Convenience

It might not have been the most romantic of proposals, but Nicholas never thought she’d say no. Georgie doesn’t want to be anyone’s sacrifice, and besides, they could never think of each other as anything more than childhood friends in this charming Regency romance... or could they?

But as they embark upon their unorthodox courtship they discover a new twist to the age-old rhyme. First Comes Scandal, then comes marriage. But after that comes love...

", "pageCount": 272, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-04-21", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062956170", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=jLaeDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:First+Comes+Scandal:+A+Bridgerton+Prequel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto Book 1)": { "author": "Nassim Nicholas Taleb", "description": "Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes.

Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. Nassim Nicholas Taleb–veteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur, and New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan–has written a modern classic that turns on its head what we believe about luck and skill.

This book is about luck–or more precisely, about how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill–the world of trading–Fooled by Randomness provides captivating insight into one of the least understood factors in all our lives. Writing in an entertaining narrative style, the author tackles major intellectual issues related to the underestimation of the influence of happenstance on our lives.

The book is populated with an array of characters, some of whom have grasped, in their own way, the significance of chance: the baseball legend Yogi Berra; the philosopher of knowledge Karl Popper; the ancient world’s wisest man, Solon; the modern financier George Soros; and the Greek voyager Odysseus. We also meet the fictional Nero, who seems to understand the role of randomness in his professional life but falls victim to his own superstitious foolishness.

However, the most recognizable character of all remains unnamed–the lucky fool who happens to be in the right place at the right time–he embodies the “survival of the least fit.” Such individuals attract devoted followers who believe in their guru’s insights and methods. But no one can replicate what is obtained by chance.

Are we capable of distinguishing the fortunate charlatan from the genuine visionary? Must we always try to uncover nonexistent messages in random events? It may be impossible to guard ourselves against the vagaries of the goddess Fortuna, but after reading Fooled by Randomness we can be a little better prepared.

Named by Fortune One of the Smartest Books of All Time

A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year", "pageCount": 369, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 8, "publishedDate": "2008-10-14", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9781588367679", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DCqFYOrGyegC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Fooled+by+Randomness:+The+Hidden+Role+of+Chance+in+Life+and+in+the+Markets&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "For Whom the Bell Tolls": { "author": "Ernest Hemingway", "description": "In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight,” For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving, and wise. “If the function of a writer is to reveal reality,” Maxwell Perkins wrote to Hemingway after reading the manuscript, “no one ever so completely performed it.” Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, it stands as one of the best war novels of all time.", "pageCount": 2, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XCLbNcLkJwsC&q=intitle:For+Whom+the+Bell+Tolls&dq=intitle:For+Whom+the+Bell+Tolls&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Forever My Girl (The Beaumont Series Book 1)": { "author": "Heidi McLaughlin (Romance fiction writer)", "description": "

I was never supposed to be a rock star. I had my life all planned out for me. Play football in college. Go to the NFL. Marry my high school sweetheart and live happily ever after.

I broke both our hearts that day when I told her I was leaving. I was young. I made the right decision for me, but the wrong decision for us. I've poured my soul into my music, but I've never forgotten her. Her smell, her smile.

And now I'm going back.

After ten years.

I hope I can explain that after all this time.

I still want her to be my forever girl.

", "pageCount": 248, "categories": [ "First loves" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-06-16", "publisher": "Books by Heidi McLaughlin", "isbn": "9780692909027", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=40cVwQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Forever+My+Girl&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Foundation": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
 
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire—both scientists and scholars—and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. 
 
The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best—and worst—that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.", "pageCount": 255, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 81, "publishedDate": "2004-06-01", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553900347", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=IwywDY4P6gsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Foundation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Foundation and Empire": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION

Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire—the mightiest force in the Galaxy—is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who—or what—is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation?

Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity’s perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light—and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.", "pageCount": 257, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 52, "publishedDate": "2004-06-01", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553900354", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BJcgLVibkrEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Foundation+and+Empire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Fourth Wing (The Empyrean Book 1)": { "author": "Rebecca Yarros", "description": "

A #1 New York Times bestseller • TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society • Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 • Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 • NPR “Books We Love” 2023 • Audible Best Books of 2023 • Hudson Book of the Year • Google Play Best Books of 2023 • Indigo Best Books of 2023 • Waterstones Book of the Year finalist • Goodreads Choice Award Winner • Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Books of 2023 • Paste Magazine's Best Books of 2023

\"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy.\" —Booklist, starred review

\"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before.\" ―#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout


Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Book #3 Onyx Storm

", "pageCount": 420, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2023-05-02", "publisher": "Entangled: Red Tower Books", "isbn": "9781649374080", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=E-OLEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Fourth+Wing&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Fragments (Penguin Classics)": { "author": "Parmenides", "description": "\"This volume contains a text and a new translation of the extant fragments of Parmenides' philosophical poem. It also offers the first complete translation into English of the contexts in which the fragments have come down to us, and of the ancient testimonia concerning Parmenides' life and thought. All of these secondary materials are collected in the comprehensive work of Diels-Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (6th edition, Berlin 1951), hereafter referred to as D-K, and all have been included here. The purpose of the translation is to provide an English version that will be of service to modern readers who wish to explore the poem in detail.\"--Preface", "pageCount": 168, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1984", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ztMDAQAAIAAJ&dq=intitle:Fragments&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Free Food for Millionaires": { "author": "Min Jin Lee", "description": "From the New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko, a \"mesmerizing\" novel about the Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants striving to join Manhattan's inner circle (USA Today).

Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to carve a space for herself in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth–but at what cost?

Set in a city where millionaires scramble for free lunches that the poor are too proud to accept, this epic of love, greed, and ambition is a compelling portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility. Free Food for Millionaires exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways in a city packed with haves and have-nots.

Includes a Reading Group Guide.", "pageCount": 663, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2007-07-02", "publisher": "Grand Central Publishing", "isbn": "9780446504386", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5ZfpSiQYsLYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Free+Food+for+Millionaires&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Funny Story": { "author": "Emily Henry", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024

Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME ∙ NPR ∙ ELLE ∙ Parade ∙ Woman’s World and more!

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right?", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-04-23", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593441282", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wcHMEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Funny+Story&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae": { "author": "Steven Pressfield", "description": "NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “powerful, historically accurate novel” (The New Yorker), the sole Spartan survivor recounts the bloody and epic battle of Thermopylae that decimated his fearsome society.

“Vivid and exciting . . . Pressfield gives the reader a perspective no ancient historian offers: a soldier’s-eye view.”—The New York Times Book Review

At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.

Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .", "pageCount": 402, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005-09-27", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780553383683", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wdKJDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Gates+of+Fire:+An+Epic+Novel+of+the+Battle+of+Thermopylae&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters": { "author": "Ridley", "description": "The genome's been mapped.But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Questions that will affect the rest of your life. Genome offers extraordinary insight into the ramifications of this incredible breakthrough. By picking one newly discovered gene from each pair of chromosomes and telling its story, Matt Ridley recounts the history of our species and its ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine. From Huntington's disease to cancer, from the applications of gene therapy to the horrors of eugenics, Matt Ridley probes the scientific, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome. It will help you understand what this scientific milestone means for you, for your children, and for humankind.", "pageCount": 356, "categories": [ "Human genetics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780007635733", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=UOrOnUW_ORYC&q=intitle:Genome:+The+Autobiography+of+a+Species+in+23+Chapters&dq=intitle:Genome:+The+Autobiography+of+a+Species+in+23+Chapters&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Get Real Get Married: Get Over Your Hurdles and Under the Chuppah": { "author": "Aleeza Ben Shalom", "description": "Wondering whether you'll ever find your soulmate? Do you wish you had someone to listen and help guide you through your dating process? Aleeza Ben Shalom, the Marriage Minded Mentor, is going public with the expertise that has enabled so many of her clients to get engaged and married - regardless of their age, status or stage of life. Get Real with: Personal growth action plans Success strategies for the marriage-minded Step-by-step instructions for identifying your key mentors and matchmakers Exercises to help you confront and overcome the hurdles that are holding you back Get Married with: Tools to help you date with ease Advice about putting your best self forward Guidance on how to feel confidence and find satisfaction on your journey With compassion, humor and real-life stories, Aleeza leads you through a new approach to successfully dating for marriage.", "pageCount": 136, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-05-14", "publisher": "Aleeza Ben Shalom", "isbn": "9781480045903", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=McqFnAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Get+Real+Get+Married:+Get+Over+Your+Hurdles+and+Under+the+Chuppah&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations": { "author": "William Ury", "description": "We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no?
How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?
In Getting Past No, William Ury of Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. You'll learn how to:
- Stay in control under pressure
- Defuse anger and hostility
- Find out what the other side really wants
- Counter dirty tricks
- Use power to bring the other side back to the table
- Reach agreements that satisfies both sides' needs
Getting Past No is the state-of-the-art book on negotiation for the twenty-first century. It will help you deal with tough times, tough people, and tough negotiations. You don't have to get mad or get even. Instead, you can get what you want!

\"From the Trade Paperback edition.\"", "pageCount": 184, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1991", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=td9-AAAAMAAJ&q=intitle:Getting+Past+No:+Negotiating+in+Difficult+Situations&dq=intitle:Getting+Past+No:+Negotiating+in+Difficult+Situations&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition": { "author": "Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD", "description": "

The New York Times bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, now fully revised with a new forward and a brand new chapter.

Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of people experience more satisfying relationships and is recommended every day by professional therapists and happy couples around the world. Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt explain how to revive romance and remove negativity from daily interactions, to help you:

· Discover why you chose your mate
· Resolve the power struggle that prevents greater intimacy
· Learn to listen – really listen – to your partner
· Increase fun and laughter in your relationship
· Begin healing early childhood experiences by stretching into new behaviors
· Become passionate friends with your partner
· Achieve a common vision of your dream relationship

Become the most connected couple you know with this revolutionary guide, combining behavioral science, depth psychology, social learning theory, Gestalt therapy, and interpersonal neuroscience to help you and your partner recapture joy, enhance closeness, and experience the reward of a deeply fulfilling relationship.

", "pageCount": 184, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-01-22", "publisher": "St. Martin's Griffin", "isbn": "9781250310545", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Pu9WDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Getting+the+Love+You+Want:+A+Guide+for+Couples:+Third+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In": { "author": "Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton", "description": "INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Learn the secret to successful negotiation with this proven, step-by-step strategy—now updated and revised.

“The authors have packed a lot of commonsensical observation and advice into a concise, clearly written little book.”—Bloomberg Businessweek

One of the key business texts of the modern era, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution, it offers readers a straightforward, universally applicable method for reaching mutually satisfying agreements—at home, in business, and with people in any situation. Read Getting to Yes to learn, step-by-step, how to

• disentangle the people from the problem
• focus on interests, not positions
• work together to find creative and fair options
• negotiate successfully with anybody at any level", "pageCount": 242, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2011-05-03", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101539545", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=W89fHCJZrcwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Getting+to+Yes:+Negotiating+Agreement+Without+Giving+In&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ghostwritten (Vintage Contemporaries)": { "author": "David Mitchell", "description": "By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas


A gallery attendant at the Hermitage. A young jazz buff in Tokyo. A crooked British lawyer in Hong Kong. A disc jockey in Manhattan. A physicist in Ireland. An elderly woman running a tea shack in rural China. A cult-controlled terrorist in Okinawa. A musician in London. A transmigrating spirit in Mongolia. What is the common thread of coincidence or destiny that connects the lives of these nine souls in nine far-flung countries, stretching across the globe from east to west? What pattern do their linked fates form through time and space?

A writer of pyrotechnic virtuosity and profound compassion, a mind to which nothing human is alien, David Mitchell spins genres, cultures, and ideas like gossamer threads around and through these nine linked stories. Many forces bind these lives, but at root all involve the same universal longing for connection and transcendence, an axis of commonality that leads in two directions—to creation and to destruction. In the end, as lives converge with a fearful symmetry, Ghostwritten comes full circle, to a point at which a familiar idea—that whether the planet is vast or small is merely a matter of perspective—strikes home with the force of a new revelation. It marks the debut of a writer of astonishing gifts.", "pageCount": 444, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 10, "publishedDate": "2007-12-18", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780307426024", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ig7p_Lro5X8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Ghostwritten&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism": { "author": "Abraham Joshua Heschel", "description": "

Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and God in Search of Man and its companion volume, Man Is Not Alone, two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. God in Search of Man combines scholarship with lucidity, reverence, and compassion as Dr. Heschel discusses not man's search for God but God's for man--the notion of a Chosen People, an idea which, he writes, \"signifies not a quality inherent in the people but a relationship between the people and God.\" It is an extraordinary description of the nature of Biblical thought, and how that thought becomes faith.

", "pageCount": 466, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1955", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780374513313", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=UpUSbJXpzOAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:God+in+Search+of+Man:+A+Philosophy+of+Judaism&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "God’s Debris: The Complete Works": { "author": "Scott Adams", "description": "

Created by provocative bestselling author Scott Adams, this book features the internationally influential God's Debris (2001) and its sequel, The Religion War (2004), plus a short story entitled Lucky House that is set in 2120 after the AI War.

Nothing about this book is normal.

The author is a trained hypnotist, and the book is written to create an experience you don't normally get from words on a page. You will feel the effect most profoundly before the end of the first novel, God's Debris, and in the short story Lucky House.

The middle piece, The Religion War, has a more traditional story structure and serves as a vehicle for Adams' predictions. That novel is set in 2040, but you might see some of its predictions taking form already. When judging the predictions, consider that it was published in 2004.

Years after writing the original novels, Adams became nationally recognized for controversial yet accurate predictions in the domains of politics and technology.

If you know anyone who has read God's Debris, they probably had a hard time describing it. Some say it is the best book they have ever read, which is a big claim. That won't be true for everyone. But you will probably find this adventure thoroughly original; God's Debris: The Complete Works is guaranteed to make your brain spin around in your skull.

You will never forget how it made you feel.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-06-06", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9798988534983", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9XS50AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:God%E2%80%99s+Debris:+The+Complete+Works&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Golden Son (Red Rising Book 2)": { "author": "Pierce Brown", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BUZZFEED, AND BOOKLIST • “Gripping . . . On virtually every level, this is a sequel that hates sequels—a perfect fit for a hero who already defies the tropes. [Grade:] A”—Entertainment Weekly

As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within.
 
A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people.
 
He must live for more.

Praise for Golden Son

“Stirring . . . Comparisons to The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones series are inevitable, for this tale has elements of both.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Brown writes layered, flawed characters . . . but plot is his most breathtaking strength. . . . Every action seems to flow into the next.”—NPR

Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga:
RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER", "pageCount": 508, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 6, "publishedDate": "2015-01-06", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780345539823", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=B4zIAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Golden+Son&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't": { "author": "Jim Collins", "description": "

The Challenge
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.

But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study
For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

The Standards
Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.

The Comparisons
The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good?

Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't.

The Findings
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:

“Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, \"fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.”

Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?

", "pageCount": 320, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2001-10-16", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780066620992", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=pJNt2ZFFT3sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Good+to+Great:+Why+Some+Companies+Make+the+Leap...And+Others+Don%27t&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Great Expectations [with Biographical Introduction]": { "author": "Charles Dickens", "description": "\"Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations was serialised in All the Year Round from December 1, 1860, to August 1, 1861. It is considered one of his best and most sophisticated novels, as well as one of his most successful, having been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times.Great Expectations is a semi-autobiographical novel that tells the storey of the orphan Pip from childhood to adulthood. The novel, like most of Dickens' work, can be considered semi-autobiographical, as it draws on his own life and experiences.From Christmas Eve, 1812, when the protagonist is about seven years old, to the winter of 1840, the storey takes place.\"", "pageCount": 637, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-04-07", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9798734690840", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=jr_IzgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Great+Expectations+%5Bwith+Biographical+Introduction%5D&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies": { "author": "Jared Diamond", "description": "

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize • New York Times Bestseller • Over Two Million Copies Sold

“One of the most significant projects embarked upon by any intellectual of our generation” (Gregg Easterbrook, New York Times), Guns, Germs, and Steel presents a groundbreaking, unified narrative of human history.

Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this “artful, informative, and delightful” (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, a classic of our time, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond dismantles racist theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for its broadest patterns.

The story begins 13,000 years ago, when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the entire human population. Around that time, the developmental paths of human societies on different continents began to diverge greatly. Early domestication of wild plants and animals in the Fertile Crescent, China, Mesoamerica, the Andes, and other areas gave peoples of those regions a head start at a new way of life. But the localized origins of farming and herding proved to be only part of the explanation for their differing fates. The unequal rates at which food production spread from those initial centers were influenced by other features of climate and geography, including the disparate sizes, locations, and even shapes of the continents. Only societies that moved away from the hunter-gatherer stage went on to develop writing, technology, government, and organized religions as well as deadly germs and potent weapons of war. It was those societies, adventuring on sea and land, that invaded others, decimating native inhabitants through slaughter and the spread of disease.

A major landmark in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way in which the modern world, and its inequalities, came to be.

", "pageCount": 728, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2017-03-07", "publisher": "W. W. Norton & Company", "isbn": "9780393609295", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XLo9DgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Guns,+Germs,+and+Steel:+The+Fates+of+Human+Societies&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article \"How Will You Measure Your Life?\" by Clayton M. Christensen)": { "author": "Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, Daniel Goleman", "description": "

The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror.

If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read these 10 articles (plus the bonus article \"How Will You Measure Your Life?\" by Clayton M. Christensen). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself will inspire you to:

This collection of best-selling articles includes: bonus article \"How Will You Measure Your Life?\" by Clayton M. Christensen, \"Managing Oneself,\" \"Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?\" \"How Resilience Works,\" \"Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time,\" \"Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform,\" \"Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life,\" \"Reclaim Your Job,\" \"Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership,\" \"What to Ask the Person in the Mirror,\" and \"Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance.\"", "pageCount": 210, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010", "publisher": "Harvard Business Press", "isbn": "9781422157992", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=_9xbj9I3Sb8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:HBR%27s+10+Must+Reads+on+Managing+Yourself&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Happy Place": { "author": "Emily Henry", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

“The beach-read master hooks us again.\"—People

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.

They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?", "pageCount": 417, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-03-05", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593441190", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=EObnEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Happy+Place&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets": { "author": "J. K. Rowling", "description": "Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone ... Dobby's sinister predictions seem to be coming true.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON ...", "pageCount": 373, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-01-01", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing", "isbn": "9781408855669", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SJnHBAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Chamber+of+Secrets&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows": { "author": "J.K. Rowling", "description": "

'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin - Harry must stand and face his enemy...


Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.

", "pageCount": 771, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 176, "publishedDate": "2015-12-08", "publisher": "Pottermore Publishing", "isbn": "9781781102435", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=_oaAHiFOZmgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Deathly+Hallows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire": { "author": "J.K. Rowling", "description": "

'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways ... their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course, their ability to cope with danger.'

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!


Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.

", "pageCount": 757, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 80, "publishedDate": "2015-12-08", "publisher": "Pottermore Publishing", "isbn": "9781781100523", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=etukl7GfrxQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Goblet+of+Fire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince": { "author": "J. K. Rowling", "description": "Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.", "pageCount": 652, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-06-26", "publisher": "Arthur A. Levine Books", "isbn": "9781536443776", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KCl-vgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Half-Blood+Prince&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix": { "author": "J.K. Rowling", "description": "

'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time...


Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.

", "pageCount": 992, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 82, "publishedDate": "2015-12-08", "publisher": "Pottermore Publishing", "isbn": "9781781100530", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zpvysRGsBlwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Order+of+the+Phoenix&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban": { "author": "J. K. Rowling", "description": "Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harary can't wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. (Who wouldn't if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?) But when Harry gets to Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school... 'The most eagerly awaited children's book for years' The Evening Standard 'The Harry Potter books are that rare thing, a series of stories adored by by parents and children alike'. The Daily Telegraph All the Harry Potter books are now available in large print.", "pageCount": 640, "categories": [ "Children's audiobooks" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2002", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing PLC", "isbn": "9780747560777", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sD5bvgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Prisoner+of+Azkaban&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone": { "author": "J.K. Rowling", "description": "

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!


Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.

", "pageCount": 312, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 312, "publishedDate": "2015-12-08", "publisher": "Pottermore Publishing", "isbn": "9781781100486", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wrOQLV6xB-wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Harry+Potter+and+the+Sorcerer%27s+Stone&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Hawaii: A Novel": { "author": "Sarah Tieck", "description": "Invite your students to explore the state of Hawaii in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text draws in reluctant readers, while vibrant, oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers journey through Hawaii as they learn about its history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A \"Tour Book\" spread highlights kid-friendly things to do in Hawaii. Other features include a table of contents, fact boxes, a timeline, regional and state maps, a facts page with vital information, a glossary with phonetic spellings, and an index. Up-to-date population statistics are taken from the 2010 US census. In this title, students will find valuable information for first reports! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.", "pageCount": 34, "categories": [ "Juvenile Nonfiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-09-01", "publisher": "ABDO Publishing Company", "isbn": "9781614801979", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RQNyMp4E438C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Hawaii:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Heart of the Sun Warrior: A Riveting Tale of Love, Sacrifice and Unyielding Valor, inspired by Mythology": { "author": "", "description": "Sue Lynn Tan's sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess continues Xingyin's journey through Chinese mythology as she battles celestial enemies and fights to free her mother, the imprisoned Moon Goddess.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Heart of the Sun Warrior: A Riveting Tale of Love, Sacrifice and Unyielding Valor, inspired by Mythology—The Sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Part of the Celestial Kingdom Duology": { "author": "", "description": "The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin--the daughter of Chang'e and the mortal archer, Houyi--as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope. After winning her mother's freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin thrives in the enchanting tranquility of her home. But her fragile peace is threatened by the discovery of a strange magic on the moon and the unsettling changes in the Celestial Kingdom as the emperor tightens his grip on power. While Xingyin is determined to keep clear of the rising danger, the discovery of a shocking truth spurs her into a perilous confrontation. Forced to flee her home once more, Xingyin and her companions venture to unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm, encountering legendary creatures and shrewd monarchs, beloved friends and bitter adversaries. With alliances shifting quicker than the tides, Xingyin has to overcome past grudges and enmities to forge a new path forward, seeking aid where she never imagined she would. As an unspeakable terror sweeps across the realm, Xingyin must uncover the truth of her heart and claw her way through devastation--to rise against this evil before it destroys everything she holds dear, and the worlds she has grown to love . . . even if doing so demands the greatest price of all.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass Book 3)": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "

Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak-but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life-and her future-forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed?

The bestselling series that has captured readers all over the world reaches new heights in this sequel to the New York Times best-selling Crown of Midnight. Packed with heart-pounding action, fierce new characters, and swoon-worthy romance, this third book will enthrall readers from start to finish.

", "pageCount": 580, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2014-09-02", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing USA", "isbn": "9781619630659", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cwkbBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Heir+of+Fire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things": { "author": "Adam Grant", "description": "#1 New York Times Bestseller

“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would’ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.”
—Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights.

We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.

Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess—it’s about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.

Many writers have chronicled the habits of superstars who accomplish great things. This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.", "pageCount": 497, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-11-14", "publisher": "Random House Large Print", "isbn": "9780593676738", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wVu_EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Hidden+Potential:+The+Science+of+Achieving+Greater+Things&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis": { "author": "J. D. Vance", "description": "

Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...

From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

\"You will not read a more important book about America this year.\"—The Economist

\"A riveting book.\"—The Wall Street Journal

\"Essential reading.\"—David Brooks, New York Times

This bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans in the Rust Belt. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like, offering a searing inside look at poverty in America.

The Vance family story, a powerful example of the struggle for social mobility, begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.'s grandparents were \"dirt poor and in love,\" and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, addiction, poverty, and family trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history.

A deeply moving story about Appalachian culture, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

What does it take to break a cycle of poverty and trauma that spans generations?

", "pageCount": 270, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2018-05-01", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062872258", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=7Y9KDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Hillbilly+Elegy:+A+Memoir+of+a+Family+and+Culture+in+Crisis&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (The Dr. Sue Johnson Collection Book 1)": { "author": "Dr. Sue Johnson", "description": "Strengthen and deepen your relationships with this \"much-needed\" (Harville Hendrix, PhD) guide that has sold over one million copies, through revelatory practical exercises, seven profound conversations, and sage advice from “the best couple’s therapist in the world” (John Gottman, PhD, bestselling author)

 
Are you looking to enrich a healthy relationship, revitalize a tired one, or rescue one gone awry? We all want a lifetime of love, support, and companionship. But sometimes we need a little help.
 
Enter Dr. Sue Johnson, developer of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and “the most original contributor to couple’s therapy to come along in the last thirty years,” according to Dr. William J. Doherty, PhD. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Johnson shares her groundbreaking and remarkably successful program for creating stronger, more secure relationships.
 
The message of Hold Me Tight is simple: Forget about learning how to argue better, analyzing your early childhood, making grand romantic gestures, or experimenting with new sexual positions. Instead, get to the emotional underpinnings of your relationship by recognizing that you are emotionally attached to and dependent on your partner in much the same way that a child is on a parent for nurturing, soothing, and protection. Dr. Johnson teaches that the way to enhance or save a relationship is to be open, attuned, and responsive to each other and to reestablish emotional connection. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations, including:    These conversations give you insight into the defining moments in your relationship and guide you in reshaping these moments to create a secure and lasting bond.
 
Through stories from Dr. Johnson’s practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, you will learn how to nurture, protect, and grow your relationship, ensuring a lifetime of love.
 
 
 ", "pageCount": 162, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-04-08", "publisher": "Little, Brown Spark", "isbn": "9780316031998", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=jPLaqKhumPQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Hold+Me+Tight:+Seven+Conversations+for+a+Lifetime+of+Love&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect": { "author": "Nathaniel Branden", "description": "From the acclaimed author of The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem comes a powerful guide to growing your self-confidence and creating a more fulfilled life.

The challenge to honor the self calls on the heroic possibilities of our nature—on the will to think, to understand, to remain true to our understanding, to struggle, to endure, to persevere, and to remain open and responsive to life, sometimes in the face of dread, despair, confusion, and loneliness.—from the introduction

What is the most important judgement you will ever make? The judgement you pass on yourself. Self-esteem is the key to success or failure.

“Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem,” says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Branden, “and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence—and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself—your self-esteem—is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.”

In Honoring the Self, Branden offers comprehensive, thoughtful advice for raising your self-esteem and teaches you how to:

• Grow in self-confidence and self-respect.
• Nurture self-esteem in children.
• Break free of guilt and fear of others’ disapproval.
• Honor the self—the ethics of rational self-interest.

Self-concept is destiny. Using the sage advice and self-reflective prompts in Honoring the Self, you can discover the power of personal transformation and build a better life.", "pageCount": 290, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2011-04-06", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780307790408", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SwzbxkZ3CwQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Honoring+the+Self:+The+Pyschology+of+Confidence+and+Respect&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How Will You Measure Your Life?": { "author": "Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon", "description": "

From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom, offering a powerful business philosophy for life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said \"deeply influenced\" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life is a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights for personal development, designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.

Applying the same world-renowned theories he used to predict disruption in business, Christensen provides powerful decision-making strategies to help you answer life’s most important questions:

", "pageCount": 144, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2012-05-15", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062102423", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lTOmLQYDxrYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life%3F&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving": { "author": "David Richo", "description": " This beloved book has touched hundreds of thousands of lives with its profound and actionable advice. Retaining the core message of becoming more mindful in our relationships, this edition includes new and revised material that addresses how we live and love today. A new preface touches on David Richo’s experience with the book over time and outlines the key updates, including attention to online dating and modern communication styles as well as new perspectives on anger and ending relationships.

  “Most people think of love as a feeling,” says Richo, “but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present.” How to Be an Adult in Relationships explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a key role in our relationships. Adult love is based on a mutual commitment to what Richo calls the “five A’s”: attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing. Brimming with practical exercises for couples and singles, How to Be an Adult in Relationships offers heartening insights into a lifelong journey of love. Topics include:


   • Becoming conscious of our relationship patterns and how they relate to childhood

   • Recognizing and attracting someone who can show adult love

   • Understanding the phases relationships go through

   • Creating and maintaining healthy boundaries

   • Overcoming fears of abandonment and engulfment

   • Expressing anger and other emotions in adult and loving ways

   • Surviving break-ups with our self-esteem intact

   • Understanding love as a spiritual journey", "pageCount": 313, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-11-02", "publisher": "Shambhala Publications", "isbn": "9781611809541", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3i1GEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Be+an+Adult+in+Relationships:+The+Five+Keys+to+Mindful+Loving&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices": { "author": "Annie Duke", "description": "Through a blend of compelling exercises, illustrations, and stories, the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets will train you to combat your own biases, address your weaknesses, and help you become a better and more confident decision-maker.

What do you do when you're faced with a big decision? If you're like most people, you probably make a pro and con list, spend a lot of time obsessing about decisions that didn't work out, get caught in analysis paralysis, endlessly seek other people's opinions to find just that little bit of extra information that might make you sure, and finally go with your gut.

What if there was a better way to make quality decisions so you can think clearly, feel more confident, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more decisive and be more productive?

Making good decisions doesn't have to be a series of endless guesswork. Rather, it's a teachable skill that anyone can sharpen. In How to Decide, bestselling author Annie Duke and former professional poker player lays out a series of tools anyone can use to make better decisions. You'll learn:

- To identify and dismantle hidden biases.
- To extract the highest quality feedback from those whose advice you seek.
- To more accurately identify the influence of luck in the outcome of your decisions.
- When to decide fast, when to decide slow, and when to decide in advance.
- To make decisions that more effectively help you to realize your goals and live your values.

Through interactive exercises and engaging thought experiments, this book helps you analyze key decisions you've made in the past and troubleshoot those you're making in the future. Whether you're picking investments, evaluating a job offer, or trying to figure out your romantic life, How to Decide is the key to happier outcomes and fewer regrets.", "pageCount": 290, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020", "publisher": "Portfolio", "isbn": "9780593084601", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9VT4DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Decide:+Simple+Tools+for+Making+Better+Choices&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials Book 2)": { "author": "Ellyn Satter", "description": "Ellyn Satter's Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family takes a leadership role in the grassroots movement back to the family table. More a cooking primer than a cookbook, this book encourages singles, couples, and families with children to go to the trouble of feeding themselves well. Satter uses simple, delicious recipes as a scaffolding on which to hang cooking lessons, fast tips, night-before suggestions, in-depth background information, ways to involve kids in the kitchen, and guidelines on adapting menus for young children. In chapters about eating, feeding, choosing food, cooking, planning, and shopping, the author entertainingly helps readers have fun with food while not eating unhealthily or too often. She cites current studies and makes a convincing case for lightening up on fat and sodium without endangering ourselves or our children. The book demonstrates Satter's dictum that “your positive feelings about food and eating will do more for your health than adhering to a set of rules about what to eat and what not to eat.”
", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-10-01", "publisher": "Kelcy Press", "isbn": "9780967118925", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=qJTmAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Eat&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life": { "author": "Scott Adams", "description": "

The World’s Most Influential Book on Personal Success

The bestselling classic that made Systems Over Goals, Talent Stacking, and Passion Is Overrated universal success advice has been reborn.

Once in a generation, a book revolutionizes its category and becomes the preeminent reference that all subsequent books on the topic must pay homage to, in name or in spirit.

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, is such a book for the field of personal success.

A contrarian pundit and persuasion expert in a class of his own, Adams has reached hundreds of millions directly and indirectly through the 2013 first edition’s straightforward yet counterintuitive advice—to invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket.

The second edition of How to Fail is a tighter, updated version, by popular demand. Yet new and returning readers alike will find the same candor, humor, and timeless wisdom on productivity, career growth, health and fitness, and entrepreneurial success as the original classic.

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Second Edition is the essential read (or re-read) for anyone who wants to find a unique path to personal victory—and make luck find you in whatever you do.

", "pageCount": 222, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-08-17", "publisher": "Scott Adams, Inc.", "isbn": "9798988534969", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cbDNEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Fail+at+Almost+Everything+and+Still+Win+Big:+Kind+of+the+Story+of+My+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life": { "author": "Caroline Webb", "description": "In How to Have a Good Day, economist and former McKinsey partner Caroline Webb shows readers how to use recent findings from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience to transform our approach to everyday working life.
 
Advances in behavioral sciences are giving us an ever better understanding of how our brains work, why we make the choices we do, and what it takes for us to be at our best. But it has not always been easy to see how to apply these insights in the real world--until now.
 
In How to Have a Good Day, Webb explains exactly how to apply this science to our daily tasks and routines. She translates three big scientific ideas into step-by-step guidance that shows us how to set better priorities, make our time go further, ace every interaction, be our smartest selves, strengthen our personal impact, be resilient to setbacks, and boost our energy and enjoyment. Through it all, Webb teaches us how to navigate the typical challenges of modern workplaces—from conflict with colleagues to dull meetings and overflowing inboxes—with skill and ease.
 
Filled with stories of people who have used Webb’s insights to boost their job satisfaction and performance at work, How to Have a Good Day is the book so many people wanted when they finished Nudge, Blink and Thinking Fast and Slow and were looking for practical ways to apply this fascinating science to their own lives and careers.
 
A remarkable and much-needed book, How to Have a Good Day gives us the tools we need to have a lifetime of good days.", "pageCount": 370, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-02-02", "publisher": "Crown Currency", "isbn": "9780553419641", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=YNDvCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Have+a+Good+Day:+Harness+the+Power+of+Behavioral+Science+to+Transform+You&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Hypnotise Anyone - Confessions of a Rogue Hypnotist": { "author": "Everest Media,", "description": "Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 After reading this book, I hope you’ll begin to see how hypnosis is going on all around you quite a lot of the time. I’ll teach you how to hypnotise anyone using words. That is my promise to you.", "pageCount": 18, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-05-25T22:59:00Z", "publisher": "Everest Media LLC", "isbn": "9798822523425", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gr56EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Hypnotise+Anyone+-+Confessions+of+a+Rogue+Hypnotist&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen": { "author": "David Brooks", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person and fostering deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain

“More than a guide to better conversations, it’s a blueprint for a more connected and humane way of living. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their relationships and broaden their perspectives.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes (Summer Reading Pick)

As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”

And yet all around are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.", "pageCount": 321, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-10-21", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9780593230077", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HZRqEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Know+a+Person:+The+Art+of+Seeing+Others+Deeply+and+Being+Deeply+Seen&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials Book 3)": { "author": "John R. Buri", "description": "But because the majority of marriages in this country consist of unions in which wives are more heavily invested in marital success than are their husbands, much of this sensible effort by reasonable people needs to be consistently initiated and maintained by men. In fact, men often hold the keys to bringing about the type of loving marriage they had hoped for when they first said 'I do.' In How To Love Your Wife, Dr. Buri makes these keys clear, understandable, and accessible.", "pageCount": 217, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2006-11", "publisher": "Tate Publishing", "isbn": "9781598864854", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=l-8yauuP0rEC&pg=PA58&dq=intitle:How+to+Love&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short": { "author": "William J. O'Neil, Gil Morales", "description": "There are two sides to everything, except the stock market. In the stock market there is only one side--the right side. In certain market conditions, selling short can put you on the right side, but it takes real knowledge and market know-how as well as a lot of courage to assume a short position.

The mechanics of short selling are relatively simple, yet virtually no one, including most professionals, knows how to sell short correctly. In How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short, William J. O'Neil offers you the information needed to pursue an effective short selling strategy, and shows you--with detailed, annotated charts--how to make the moves that will ultimately take you in the right direction.

From learning how to set price limits to timing your short sales, the simple and timeless advice found within these pages will keep you focused on the task at hand and let you trade with the utmost confidence.", "pageCount": 215, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2004-12-24", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780471710493", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CsVqDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Make+Money+Selling+Stocks+Short&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Make a Few Billion Dollars": { "author": "Brad Jacobs", "description": "

Do you have a burning passion to make a lot of money in business? Are you ready to turbocharge your chances of professional and personal success?

 

During his more than four decades as a CEO and serial entrepreneur, Brad Jacobs has created eight flagship companies across different industries, delivering tens of billions of dollars of value to shareholders. In How to Make a Few Billion Dollars, Jacobs defines the mindset that drives his remarkable success in corporate America—and distills a lifetime of business brilliance into a tactical road map.

 

From provocative recommendations for “rearranging your brain”—an essential prerequisite to accomplishing enormous goals—to practical advice for dealing with colleagues, Jacobs will have you rethinking what it means to win big. He explains why it’s critical to spot key trends and capitalize on them, including the biggest trend of all—the rapid evolution of technology relative to human development. And, he shares his techniques for:

 

• turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage,

• achieving lots of high-quality M&A without imploding,

• building an outrageously talented team,

• catalyzing electric meetings, and

• transforming a company into a superorganism that kills the competition.

 

How to Make a Few Billion Dollars is an inside look at how this entrepreneurial titan leads with humility, compassion, and accountability, while running hard toward the American Dream. If your personal dream is to create wealth through free markets or to triumph in sports, the arts, politics, philanthropy, or any other part of your life, this book will help you make that a reality.

", "pageCount": 140, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-01-15", "publisher": "Greenleaf Book Group", "isbn": "9798886451757", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Pd0BEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Make+a+Few+Billion+Dollars&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Marry a Marquis: A Witty Regency Romance Where the Matchmaker Becomes the Match (Agents of the Crown Book 2)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

When James Sidwell, Marquis of Riverdale, offered to help Elizabeth Hotchkiss find herself a husband, he never dreamed that the only candidate he could propose would be himself..

", "pageCount": 254, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-03-17", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061745621", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zzheHntkxccC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Marry+a+Marquis:+A+Witty+Regency+Romance+Where+the+Matchmaker+Becomes+the&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence": { "author": "Nathaniel Branden", "description": "A step-by-step guide to strengthening your sense of self-worth, from the renowned author of The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and high self-esteem is the difference between passivity and action, between failure and success. In How to Raise Your Self-Esteem, Nathaniel Branden, one of America’s foremost psychologists and a pioneer in self-esteem development, offers simple, straightforward, and effective techniques that will dramatically improve the way you think and feel about yourself.

You’ll learn how to:
• Break free of negative self-concepts and self-defeating behavior.
• Dissolve internal barriers to success in work and love.
• Overcome anxiety, depression, guilt, and anger.
• Conquer the fear of intimacy and success.
• Find—and keep—the courage to love yourself.

Courage, confidence, success: They begin with self-esteem, and self-esteem begins with you. How to Raise Your Self-Esteem shows how you can build a better life—starting today.", "pageCount": 177, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2011-07-06", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780307790422", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=0zsVGQ-4_5wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:How+to+Raise+Your+Self-Esteem:+The+Proven+Action-Oriented+Approach+to+Greater+Se&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders (Dale Carnegie Books)": { "author": "Dale Carnegie", "description": "Updated for the first time in more than forty years, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People—a classic that has improved and transformed the personal and professional lives of millions.

This new edition of the most influential self-help book of the last century has been updated under the care of Dale’s daughter, Donna, introducing changes that keep the book fresh for today’s readers, with priceless material restored from the original 1936 text.

One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking publication has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated into almost every known written language, and has helped countless people succeed.

Carnegie’s rock-solid, experience-tested advice has remained relevant for generations because he addresses timeless questions about the art of getting along with people. How to Win Friends and Influence People teaches you:
-How to communicate effectively
-How to make people like you
-How to increase your ability to get things done
-How to get others to see your side
-How to become a more effective leader
-How to successfully navigate almost any social situation
-And so much more!

How to Win Friends and Influence People is a historic bestseller for one simple reason: Its crucial life lessons, conveyed through engaging storytelling, have shown readers how to become who they wish to be. With the newly updated version of this classic, that’s as true now as ever.", "pageCount": 320, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-05-17", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781982171476", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=GZBOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=intitle:How+to+Win+Friends+and+Influence+People:+Updated+For+the+Next+Generation+of+Lead&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life": { "author": "Brad Formsma", "description": "Rich with inspiring stories and practical suggestions, I Like Giving will help you create a lifestyle of generosity.
 
Choosing to live a generous life can transform you and the world around you. Something incredible happens when giving becomes your own idea, not something you do out of duty or obligation. When you move from awareness to action, miracles happen. As you make giving a lifestyle, you’ll realize you’re not only loving life more, you’re also creating a more generous world— a better world for all of us.

Inside you’ll find tips about:
• Thinking of giving as something you get to do, not something you have to do.
• How to raise kids with a sensitivity to others’ needs.
• Making a difference without being a millionaire. 
• Practical ideas for ways to give to people around you every day.

I Like Giving shows you how to experience the joy of giving because we all have something to give. Beyond money or things, giving can be a listening ear, a touch, or simply the gift of time. Giving is living.", "pageCount": 226, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-02-18", "publisher": "WaterBrook", "isbn": "9781601425751", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=_QdwDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:I+Like+Giving:+The+Transforming+Power+of+a+Generous+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "I and Thou, Trans. Kaufmann": { "author": "Martin Buber", "description": "Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as one of its prophets. The need for a new English translation has been felt for many years. The old version was marred by many inaccuracies and misunderstandings, and its recurrent use of the archaic \"thou\" was seriously misleading. Now Professor Walter Kaufmann, a distinguished writer and philosopher in his own right who was close to Buber, has retranslated the work at the request of Buber's family. He has added a wealth of informative footnotes to clarify obscurities and bring the reader closer to the original, and he has written a long \"Prologue\" that opens up new perspectives on the book and on Buber's thought. This volume should provide a new basis for all future discussions of Buber.", "pageCount": 160, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1970", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780684717258", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-9yYEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:I+and+Thou,+Trans.+Kaufmann&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life": { "author": "Héctor García, Francesc Miralles", "description": "

AVAILABLE NOW: The Four-Way Path, a guide to how Indian spirituality holds the key to a life of happiness and purpose - the new book from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.

THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER

Find purpose, meaning and joy in your work and life

We all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. The place where your needs, ambitions, skills and satisfaction meet. A place of balance.

This book will help you unlock what your ikigai is and equip you to change your life. There is a passion inside you - a unique talent that gives you purpose and makes you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is discover and live it.

Do that, and you can make every single day of your life joyful and meaningful.

'A refreshingly simple recipe for happiness' Stylist

'Ikigai gently unlocks simple secrets we can all use to live long, meaningful, happy lives' Neil Pasricha, bestselling author of The Happiness Equation

", "pageCount": 160, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 5, "publishedDate": "2017-09-07", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9781473539600", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=MDksDwAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Ikigai:+The+Japanese+Secret+to+a+Long+and+Happy+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student (Kindle Single)": { "author": "Richard Bach", "description": "37. When his mortal sought understanding, the Master offered ideas, spoken through coincidence, in the language of events and in the adventures of life. . . . 41. Every test, most of them, the Master designed to be a more advanced challenge for his dear mortal, eac . . . uthor Richard Bach was listed in critical condition Saturday at Harborview Medical Center . . . Bach's plane struck high-tension wires, crashed inverted, leaving the pilot unconscious in the cockpit, near fires from broken wires. The author remains in a coma to date.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Bach, Richard" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014", "publisher": "Createspace Independent Publishing Platform", "isbn": "9781495345012", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=knrpngEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Illusions+II:+The+Adventures+of+a+Reluctant+Student&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah": { "author": "Richard Bach", "description": "Richard Bach made a promise, fifty years ago, to come back through time and teach himself everything he had learned from living. The pledge was forgotten until the day when, midair in his paraglider, Richard met Dickie Bach, age nine, who expected the promise to be kept. In this intimate adventure of mind and heart, Richard sets out to show Dickie the things that matter, and finds his teaching doesn't go as planned. Here is a book spun from delight and disaster, and from surprising notions about old questions: Who are we? What do we want to do with our lives, and why aren't we doing it? Must we be the victim of circumstance instead of its master? How do we learn to love? Throughout, Leslie Parrish-Bach shares the journey, offering her counterpoint to some of Richard's more challenging beliefs. This is a journal of terror and triumph, of forgotten childhood and its keys to grown-up mysteries. Running from Safety entertains, exhilarates, inspires; a gift to those convinced that angels can meet us in the midst of storms to remind us why we've chosen to live.", "pageCount": 145, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1998", "publisher": "Delta", "isbn": "9780385319256", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=G2GskmYw9J0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Illusions:+The+Adventures+of+a+Reluctant+Messiah&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today": { "author": "Jane McGonigal", "description": "

World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear.

How can we be confident about making plans?
How might we feel secure despite the future being unknown?
How do we learn to feel at peace with the unexpected?

Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures.

By learning to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable you can better plan for a future you'd like to see. And by seeing what's coming faster, you can adapt to new challenges, reduce anxiety, and build hope and resilience.


'An accessible, optimistic field guide to the future.'-San Francisco Chronicle

'Jane McGonigal is unusually adept at anticipating events that most of us can't even fathom. In this eye-opening, actionable book, she teaches you how to widen your peripheral vision, extend your imagination farther into the future, and conceive of the inconceivable.' Adam Grant, #1 Bestselling Author of Think Again
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'Top 10 innovators to watch' Business Week

10 most powerful women to watch' Forbes

'Top 100 creative people in business' Fast Company

", "pageCount": 277, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-03-24", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9781473598546", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=iMgyEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Imaginable:+How+to+See+the+Future+Coming+and+Feel+Ready+for+Anything%E2%80%94Even+Things&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions": { "author": "Carmen Simon", "description": "

A groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore—using the latest in brain science

Audiences forget up to 90 percent of what you communicate. But people make decisions and act based on what they remember, so a pragmatic approach for the effective communicator is to be deliberate about the 10 percent that audiences do retain. Otherwise, content recall is random and inconsistent.

Many experts have offered techniques on how to improve your own memory, but not how to influence other people’s memory. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Impossible to Ignore is a practical step-by-step guide that will show you how to control the 10 percent that your audiences do remember by creating content that attracts attention, sharpens recall, and guides decision-making toward a desired action.

", "pageCount": 289, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-06-03", "publisher": "McGraw Hill Professional", "isbn": "9781259584145", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lvnnCwAAQBAJ&q=intitle:Impossible+to+Ignore:+Creating+Memorable+Content+to+Influence+Decisions&dq=intitle:Impossible+to+Ignore:+Creating+Memorable+Content+to+Influence+Decisions&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington": { "author": "Robert E. Rubin, Jacob Weisberg", "description": "Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony attended only by his wife and a few colleagues. As soon as the ceremony was over, he began an emergency meeting with President Bill Clinton on the financial crisis in Mexico. This was not only a harbinger of things to come during what would prove to be a rocky period in the global economy; it also captured the essence of Rubin himself--short on formality, quick to get into the nitty-gritty.

From his early years in the storied arbitrage department at Goldman Sachs to his current position as chairman of the executive committee of Citigroup, Robert Rubin has been a major figure at the center of the American financial system. He was a key player in the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. With In an Uncertain World, Rubin offers a shrewd, keen analysis of some of the most important events in recent American history and presents a clear, consistent approach to thinking about markets and dealing with the new risks of the global economy.

Rubin's fundamental philosophy is that nothing is provably certain. Probabilistic thinking has guided his career in both business and government. We see that discipline at work in meetings with President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, Alan Greenspan, Lawrence Summers, Newt Gingrich, Sanford Weill, and the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. We see Rubin apply it time and again while facing financial crises in Asia, Russia, and Brazil; the federal government shutdown; the rise and fall of the stock market; the challenges of the post-September 11 world; the ongoing struggle over fiscal policy; and many other momentous economic and political events.

With a compelling and candid voice and a sharp eye for detail, Rubin portrays the daily life of the White House-confronting matters both mighty and mundane--as astutely as he examines the challenges that lie ahead for the nation. Part political memoir, part prescriptive economic analysis, and part personal look at business problems, In an Uncertain World is a deep examination of Washington and Wall Street by a figure who for three decades has been at the center of both worlds.", "pageCount": 484, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-11-18", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9781588363381", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=oUz_orYBwPcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:In+an+Uncertain+World:+Tough+Choices+from+Wall+Street+to+Washington&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Infinite Jest": { "author": "David Foster Wallace", "description": "The 30th anniversary edition of the virtuosic, wickedly comic modern classic about the pursuit of happiness in America, with a new foreword by Michelle Zauner, author of the New York Times bestselling sensation Crying in H Mart. 

“To my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. Catch-22 is one; this is the other.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

Set in an addicts’ halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.

Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human—and one of those rare books that renews the idea of what a novel can do.

“Uproarious ... Infinite Jest shows off Wallace as one of the big talents of his generation, a writer … who can seemingly do anything.” ―Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“The next step in fiction ... Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty ... Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think.” —Sven Birkerts, The Atlantic

One of Time magazine’s “100 Best Novels” (1923—2005)", "pageCount": 1558, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 22, "publishedDate": "2009-04-13", "publisher": "Back Bay Books", "isbn": "9780316073851", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Nhe2yvx6hP8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Infinite+Jest+inauthor:Wallace&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion": { "author": "Robert B. Cialdini, PhD", "description": "

The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for the science of influence and persuasion—a renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold—now revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications.

In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert Cialdini—New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion—explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights on human behavior ethically in business and everyday settings. Using memorable stories and relatable examples, Cialdini makes this crucial aspect of behavioral science surprisingly easy to understand. With Cialdini as a guide, you don’t have to be a scientist to learn how to use this science in your own decision-making.

You’ll learn Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence, including new research and new uses so you can become an even more skilled persuader—and just as importantly, you’ll learn how to defend yourself against unethical influence attempts. You may think you know these principles of social psychology, but without understanding their intricacies, you may be ceding their power to someone else.

Cialdini’s Principles of Persuasion:

Understanding and applying the principles ethically is cost-free and deceptively easy. Backed by Dr. Cialdini’s 35 years of evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific research—including a three-year field study on what leads people to change—Influence, New and Expanded EPB is a comprehensive guide to using these principles to move others in your direction.

", "pageCount": 694, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-05-04", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062937674", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=4uf8DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Influence,+New+and+Expanded:+The+Psychology+of+Persuasion&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Inheritance: Book IV (The Inheritance Cycle 4)": { "author": "Christopher Paolini", "description": " Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh!

The astonishing, masterful conclusion to the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! The New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.

\"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.\" —The Washington Post

Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.

Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must defeat Galbatorix. There will be no second chances. The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?", "pageCount": 897, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 908, "publishedDate": "2011-11-08", "publisher": "Knopf Books for Young Readers", "isbn": "9780307974181", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fgCnGzN9NakC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Inheritance:+Book+IV&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson": { "author": "", "description": "

In Jeff Bezos's own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin.

In this collection of Jeff Bezos's writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas—you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us.

Written in a direct, down-to-earth style, Invent and Wander offers readers a master class in business values, strategy, and execution:

Each insight offers new ways of thinking through today's challenges—and more importantly, tomorrow's—and the never-ending urgency of striving ahead, never resting on one's laurels. Everyone from CEOs of the Fortune 100 to entrepreneurs just setting up shop to the millions who use Amazon's products and services in their homes or businesses will come to understand the principles that have driven the success of one of the most important innovators of our time.

Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos is co-published by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, and Harvard Business Review Press.

", "pageCount": 240, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-11-17", "publisher": "Harvard Business Press", "isbn": "9781647820725", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XPjrDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Invent+and+Wander:+The+Collected+Writings+of+Jeff+Bezos,+With+an+Introduction+by&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Iron Flame (The Empyrean Book 2)": { "author": "Rebecca Yarros", "description": "Tutti si aspettavano che Violet Sorrengail morisse durante il suo primo anno all'accademia militare di Basgiath, compresa lei stessa. Ma la Trebbiatura è stata solo la prima, difficilissima prova per eliminare i candidati più insicuri, indegni e sfortunati. Ora inizia l'addestramento vero e proprio, e Violet già si chiede come farà a superarlo. Perché non sarà soltanto terribilmente estenuante, brutale e progettato per testare la capacità dei cavalieri di resistere al dolore oltre ogni limite.
Il vero pericolo è il nuovo vicecomandante, che ha deciso di dimostrare a ogni costo quanto la ragazza sia inadatta al posto che si è guadagnata a fatica, a meno che non tradisca l'uomo che ama.
Forse il corpo di Violet è più debole di quello degli altri, ma di certo non le mancano né l'ingegno, né una volontà di ferro. E soprattutto, il vicecomandante non tiene conto della lezione più importante di Basgiath: i cavalieri di draghi si fanno le regole da soli. Ma la determinazione a sopravvivere non sarà sufficiente quest'anno. Perché Violet conosce il vero segreto nascosto da secoli all'accademia militare di Basgiath e niente, nemmeno il fuoco dei draghi, potrebbe essere sufficiente a salvarli.", "pageCount": 837, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-01-30", "publisher": "SPERLING & KUPFER", "isbn": "9788892745513", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9mXpEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Iron+Flame&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Iron Gold (Red Rising Series Book 4)": { "author": "Pierce Brown", "description": "'Another sizzling space epic to entice, excite and tease. 5 STARS' - Starburst Darrow was born a slave. He became a weapon. He ended centuries of Gold rule, broke the chains of an empire, and now he's the hero of a brave new republic. But at terrible cost. At the edge of the solar system, the grandson of the emperor he murdered dreams of revenge. In his hidden fortress in the oceans of Venus, the Ash Lord lies in wait, plotting to crush the newborn democracy. And, at home, a young Red girl who's lost everything to the Rising questions whether freedom was just another Gold lie. In a fearsome new world where Obsidian pirates roam the Belt, famine and genocide ravage Mars, and crime lords terrorise Luna, it's time for Darrow and a cast of new characters from across the solar system to face down the chaos that revolution has unleashed. ********** Further praise for Iron Gold 'Fascinating . . . This is one you absolutely will have to read' - The BiblioSanctum '[Iron Gold] offers us both a continuation of the story Brown has been telling for years right alongside an eye-opening widening of his universe, as though we're watching it all through an exquisitely calibrated telescope that can slide on perfect bearings from one side of the solar system to the other without the slightest blur . . . Mature science fiction existing within the frame of blazing space opera' - NPR Books 'The books are an exhilarating fusion of The Hunger Games, Blade Runner and Dune. Amid a pulse-pounding narrative, they fearlessly tackle major issues like the fragility of democracy and the fallibility of human nature to betray its ideals even when freedom is attained' - Express '[A] thoughtful blend of action, intrigue, and prosaic human drama' - Publishers Weekly 'Iron Gold offers more of everything we loved about the first three books. Pierce Brown builds upon the foundations of the incredible universe and story he spun in the first trilogy, pivoting on his characters' flaws and fallibility to steer the narrative in unexpected directions. Suffice it to say, readers will be soon be dying to read the next one' - Barnes & Noble 'This book lives up to every expectation I have for Pierce Brown . . . you MUST read this, it will not disappoint!' - The Speculative Herald 'Brown succeeds not only in writing a great book, but adding to the world and Red Rising's mythos . . . The mix of political intrigue, action and thematic journeys elevate this book from a simple sci-fi adventure into something more thought-provoking and rewarding. Fans of Brown and his series should really enjoy this latest addition to Red Rising' - FlickeringMyth.com", "pageCount": 601, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-01-11", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781473646568", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XevenAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Iron+Gold&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Irrational Exuberance: Revised and Expanded Third Edition": { "author": "Robert J. Shiller", "description": "

Why the irrational exuberance of investors hasn't disappeared since the financial crisis

In this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, cautions that signs of irrational exuberance among investors have only increased since the 2008–9 financial crisis. With high stock and bond prices and the rising cost of housing, the post-subprime boom may well turn out to be another illustration of Shiller's influential argument that psychologically driven volatility is an inherent characteristic of all asset markets. In other words, Irrational Exuberance is as relevant as ever. Previous editions covered the stock and housing markets—and famously predicted their crashes. This edition expands its coverage to include the bond market, so that the book now addresses all of the major investment markets. It also includes updated data throughout, as well as Shiller's 2013 Nobel Prize lecture, which places the book in broader context. In addition to diagnosing the causes of asset bubbles, Irrational Exuberance recommends urgent policy changes to lessen their likelihood and severity—and suggests ways that individuals can decrease their risk before the next bubble bursts. No one whose future depends on a retirement account, a house, or other investments can afford not to read this book.

", "pageCount": 393, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-01-25", "publisher": "Princeton University Press", "isbn": "9781400865536", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=_aIpBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Irrational+Exuberance:+Revised+and+Expanded+Third+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Israel: An Echo of Eternity": { "author": "Abraham Joshua Heschel, Abraham Rattner", "description": "

Israel: An Echo of Eternity is Dr. Heschel's book about the past, present, and future home of the Jews. According to Dr. Heschel the presence of Israel has tremendous historical and religious significance for the whole world: \"History is not always made by men alone...Israel is a personal challenge, a personal religious issue. We are God's stake in human history. We are the dawn and the dusk, the challenge and the test. The presence of Israel is the repudiation of despair. Israel calls for a renewal of trust in the Lord of history.\" Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the foremost religious figures of our time, died in 1972. Israel: An Echo of Eternity is his powerful and eloquent book on the meaning of Israel today.

", "pageCount": 214, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-10-16", "publisher": "Macmillan + ORM", "isbn": "9781466801172", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=FFdUjvVbdGUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Israel:+An+Echo+of+Eternity&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go": { "author": "M. Flores", "description": "

Overview:

"Surviving Everyday Struggles: How to Keep It Together When Life Gets Tough" is an informal and relatable guide designed to help you navigate life's daily challenges without losing your cool. It doesn't sugarcoat the fact that life can be hard but focuses on practical, no-nonsense advice for handling stress, emotional ups and downs, and the pressures of modern living.

", "pageCount": 30, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-11-05", "publisher": "My Self-help, Feel Good Ebooks", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=MeIxEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&dq=intitle:It+Will+All+Work+Out:+The+Freedom+of+Letting+Go&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "It's In His Kiss: Bridgerton (Bridgertons Book 7)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

Meet Our Hero . . .
Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past . . . and the key to his future. The problem is—it's written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word.

Meet Our Heroine . . .
All the ton agreed: there was no one quite like Hyacinth Bridgerton. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according to Gareth, probably best in small doses. But there's something about her—something charming and vexing—that grabs him and won't quite let go . . .

Meet Poor Mr. Mozart . . .
Or don't. But rest assured, he's spinning in his grave when Gareth and Hyacinth cross paths at the annual—and annually discordant—Smythe-Smith musicale. To Hyacinth, Gareth's every word seems a dare, and she offers to translate his diary, even though her Italian is slightly less than perfect. But as they delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek lie not in the diary, but in each other . . . and that there is nothing as simple—or as complicated—as a single, perfect kiss.

", "pageCount": 384, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005-06-28", "publisher": "Avon", "isbn": "9780060531249", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9O2rlwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:It%27s+In+His+Kiss:+Bridgerton&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty Book 2)": { "author": "Jenny Han", "description": "Now a blockbuster original series on Prime Video! Will Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad?

Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny Han.

It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come. But when Jeremiah calls saying Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way it started—at Cousins Beach.", "pageCount": 320, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2011-04-05", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781416995562", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=THqGpKpcgxYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:It%27s+Not+Summer+Without+You&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Jane Eyre": { "author": "Charlotte Bronte", "description": "

A fine exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories with full page call-outs with quotes from summer.

It was quiet at the other end of the house; but I knew my way; and the light of the unclouded summer moon, entering here and there at passage windows, enabled me to find it without difficulty.

Throughout the hardships of her childhood, Jane Eyre clings to a sense of self-worth, despite the maltreatment from those close to her. At the age of eighteen, sick of her narrow existence, Jane seeks work as a governess. The monotony of her new life at Thornfield Hall is derailed by the arrival of her peculiar and volatile employer, Mr. Rochester.

A flagship of Victorian fiction, Jane Eyre intrigues readers through the vigorous courage of Jane's voice, a forceful depiction of childhood injustice, an unflinching examination of the restraints placed upon women, and a worthy exploration into the complexities of both faith and passion.

Jane Eyre (Seasons Edition--Summer) is one of four titles available in June 2020. The summer season also will include The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Persuasion, and The Wonderland Collection.

", "pageCount": 656, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-06-30", "publisher": "Thomas Nelson", "isbn": "9780785239475", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aP8yEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Jane+Eyre&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition": { "author": "RICHARD BACH", "description": "Japanese edition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition by Richard Bach. Jonathan is a seagull who pursues flight more than the others who are finding food. His journey of self realization soars to spiritual heights. Now the never finished last chapter by the author is finally added to this spiritual classic. Itsuki Hiroyuki's challenging work presented here. In Japanese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.", "pageCount": 132, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1970", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fL4CeqLawrAC&q=intitle:Jonathan+Livingston+Seagull:+The+Complete+Edition&dq=intitle:Jonathan+Livingston+Seagull:+The+Complete+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Julian Robertson: A Tiger in the Land of Bulls and Bears": { "author": "Daniel A. Strachman", "description": "Julian Robertson is one of the most successful and well-known hedge fund managers of our time. For nearly twenty years his infamous fund--Tiger Management--was the talk of the town, routinely delivering double-digit performance. This biography will explore this legendary fund manager's role in the development and popularity of hedge funds, examine his investment methodology and strategy, and look at the growth of his fund and his 'Tigers'--individuals who have gone on to great success themselves.
* Includes candid interviews of Robertson, his colleagues, and his peers
* Uncovers the trading strategies and investment style of a legendary fund manager
* Offers a rare glimpse inside the personal world of Julian Robertson
READERSHIP: Those with any interest in or knowledge of hedge funds, business readers, investment professionals.
Daniel A. Strachman is Managing Director of Answers Company, a New York-based money management firm that offers investment management services to individuals and institutions. He has contributed many articles on investment management and strategies to publications including the New York Post and the Financial Times and is also the author of Getting Started in Hedge Funds (Wiley 2000).
Also available by Daniel Strachman, Getting Started in Hedge Funds, 0471316962 Paper.
EAN - 9780471323631
Carton Quantity - 41", "pageCount": 294, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-08-31", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781119087090", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1lrKCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Julian+Robertson:+A+Tiger+in+the+Land+of+Bulls+and+Bears&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet Book 1)": { "author": "Marc Levy", "description": "What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet, particularly when she's surprised that you can even see her -- and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her body is actually in a coma on the other side of town? Should you have her see a psychiatrist or should you consult one yourself? Or do you take a chance and believe in her, and allow yourself to be swept up in an extraordinary adventure?

This is the beginning of the dilemma that Arthur, a young San Francisco architect, is faced with when he discovers Lauren in his apartment.

Arthur is the only man who can share Lauren's secret, the only one who can see her, hear her, and talk to her when no one else so much as senses her presence. So when doctors prepare to end Lauren's physical care -- which would destroy the magical bond she and Arthur cherish -- he must find a way to save her. For, after all, it is only her love that can save him.

A heartwarming love story that's impossible to forget, an adventure that is by turns breathtaking and hilarious, \"Just Like Heaven\" is a captivating tale that evokes the essence of romance and our boundless capacity to believe.", "pageCount": 242, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2005", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781416513117", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=if8lQ_NmHiYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Just+Like+Heaven&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles 1)": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a \"research experiment\" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. From the creator of the hit Percy Jackson series.", "pageCount": 548, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-05-04", "publisher": "Disney Hyperion Digital", "isbn": "9781423142492", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=EiSuEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Kane+Chronicles,+The,+Book+One:+The+Red+Pyramid&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Kane Chronicles, The, Book Three: The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles 3)": { "author": "Rick Riordan, Orpheus Collar", "description": "He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. The Kanes' only hope is an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for a millennia. To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician who might be able to lead them to the serpent's shadow . . . or might lead them to their deaths in the depths of the underworld. Nothing less than the mortal world is at stake when the Kane family fulfills its destiny in this thrilling conclusion to the Kane Chronicles.
This non-stop thrill ride is adapted and brought to life by Orpheus Collar, who developed the other Kane Chronicles graphic novels and worked on The Lightning Thief; The Graphic Novel; The Lost Hero, The Graphic Novel; and many other titles including The Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men.", "pageCount": 160, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-10-03", "publisher": "Disney-Hyperion", "isbn": "9781484782347", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BBU-MQAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Kane+Chronicles,+The,+Book+Three:+The+Serpent%27s+Shadow&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Kane Chronicles, The, Book Two: The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles 2)": { "author": "Rick Riordan, Orpheus Collar", "description": "In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them. This non-stop thrill ride is adapted and brought to life by Orpheus Collar, who developed the first Kane Chronicles graphic novel and worked on The Lightning Thief; The Graphic Novel; The Lost Hero, The Graphic Novel; and many other titles including The Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men.", "pageCount": 160, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-11-10", "publisher": "Disney Hyperion Digital", "isbn": "9781484719343", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1ieuEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Kane+Chronicles,+The,+Book+Two:+The+Throne+of+Fire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel": { "author": "Dan Ephron", "description": "

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History and one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year.

The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel’s recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory for both Israel and the Palestinians. In Killing a King, Dan Ephron relates the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them planned political deals he hoped would lead to peace, and the other plotted murder. \"Carefully reported, clearly presented, concise and gripping,\" It stands as \"a reminder that what happened on a Tel Aviv sidewalk 20 years ago is as important to understanding Israel as any of its wars\" (Matti Friedman, The Washington Post).

", "pageCount": 259, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-10-01", "publisher": "W. W. Norton & Company", "isbn": "9780393242102", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=2udwBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Killing+a+King:+The+Assassination+of+Yitzhak+Rabin+and+the+Remaking+of+Israel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics)": { "author": "Thomas Malory", "description": "King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of all time. From the magical moment when Arthur releases the sword in the stone to the quest for the Holy Grail and the final tragedy of the Last Battle, Roger Lancelyn Green brings the enchanting world of King Arthur stunningly to life. One of the greatest legends of all time, with an inspiring introduction by David Almond, award-winning author of Clay, Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and The Fire-Eaters. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is King Arthur's famed table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his Knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has equal status. The table was first described in 1155 by Wace, who relied on previous depictions of Arthur's fabulous retinue. The symbolism of the Round Table developed over time; by the close of the 12th century it had come to represent the chivalric order associated with Arthur's court, the Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table stories are about how, many years ago, Arthur the once and future King of England, set out to save his country from the troubles that plagued it, aided by the brave knights of the Round Table, and the most famous sword in the world, Excalibur. How Merlin the Wizard fought against the wicked Morgana le Fay's enchantments, and how Arthur loved and lost the beautiful Guinevere, his Queen. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a book highly recommended to read. \"king arthur\" \"king arthur and the knights of the round table\" \"knights of the round\" \"arthur king\" \"king arthur facts\" \"knights of the round table names\" \"the nights king\" \"king arthur legend\" \"legend of king\" \"the knights of the round table\" \"king arthur and the knights of justice\" \"legend of king arthur\" \"king artur\" \"knight of the round table\" \"round table knights\" \"the legend of king arthur\" \"king arther\" \"king author\" \"knights of round table\" \"knights of the round table king arthur\" \"how did king arthur die\" \"king arthur summary\" \"knights table\"", "pageCount": 136, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-03-08", "publisher": "Createspace Independent Publishing Platform", "isbn": "9781530397044", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KgXojwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:King+Arthur+and+His+Knights+of+the+Round+Table&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering Masculinity Through the Lens of Archetypal Psychology - A Journey into the Male Psyche and Its Four Essential Aspects": { "author": "Robert Moore", "description": "

THE BESTSELLING, WIDELY HERALDED, JUNGIAN INTRODUCTION TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF A MATURE, AUTHENTIC, AND REVITALIZED MASCULINITY.

\"The author take on the difficult task of separating man from boy by excavating 'psychological facts' from", "pageCount": 195, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": 2, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "1991-08-16", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062506061", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=23rqsjvcRuwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:King,+Warrior,+Magician,+Lover:+Rediscovering+Masculinity+Through+the+Lens+of+Ar&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, 7)": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "'One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIME

Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights for her life, her people, and the promise of a better world.


Together they will rise. Or together they will fall.

The epic finale to the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.

Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people - but at a tremendous cost. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve unravels with each passing day.

With Aelin captured, her friends and allies have scattered. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. But as destinies weave together at last, all must stand together if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.", "pageCount": 998, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-10-01", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing", "isbn": "9781526634412", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cMwAEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Kingdom+of+Ash&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Knife of Dreams: Book Eleven of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In Knife of Dreams, the eleventh novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is upon Rand al'Thor—and now the Dragon Reborn must confront the Dark One as humanity's only hope.

The dead are walking, men die impossible deaths, and it seems as though reality itself has become unstable...

Abandoning Rand’s war against the Dark One, Perrin Aybara has made his own truce with the Seanchan in his obsessive quest to save his wife Faile from the Shaido and destroy their mutual enemies. To achieve victory, Perrin must render the Shaido Wise One channelers in Malden powerless. But even as he puts his desperate plan into action, Masema Dagar, the Prophet of the Dragon, moves against him.

Traveling with circus performers through Seanchan-controlled Altara, Mat Cauthon attempts to court Tuon, the Daughter of the Nine Moons, to complete their fateful prophesized marriage. Despite being surrounded by Seanchan seeking to kill her, Mat’s intended leads him on a merry chase while he wages guerrilla warfare to protect her.

Knowing he cannot defeat the Dark One while at war with the Seanchan, Rand brokers for a truce with the Daughter of the Nine Moons. Unaware of Tuon’s actual location, the Dragon Reborn walks into a trap set by the Forsaken Semirhage, who possesses knowledge about his powers that will either shatter or steel his resolve in the forthcoming conflict.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 890, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 34, "publishedDate": "2010-08-24", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9781429960816", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cejrfFAbiz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Knife+of+Dreams:+Book+Eleven+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Laughter Yoga: Daily Practices for Health and Happiness": { "author": "Madan Kataria, M.D.", "description": "Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health!

Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humor!

Laughter yoga is all about voluntary laughter--how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss, heightened immunity, and, especially, enhanced mood: If you act happy, you'll become happy--your body can't tell the difference!

Children laugh more than 300 times a day, adults fewer than fifteen. But it's easy to start laughing again. The exercises in this book combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full body-mind workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: Ten minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine.

With Laughter Yoga, join the growing worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine.

A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE", "pageCount": 266, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-04-07", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780525506614", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BE-iDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Laughter+Yoga:+Daily+Practices+for+Health+and+Happiness&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Leonardo da Vinci": { "author": "Walter Isaacson", "description": "'To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging, informed, and insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar and a spellbinding writer. And what a wealth of lessons there are to be learned in these pages.' David McCullough

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.

He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius.

His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history’s most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo’s lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions.

Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it—to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.", "pageCount": 591, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-10-17", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781471166778", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OBGEDgAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Leonardo+da+Vinci&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Les Miserables": { "author": "Victor Hugo", "description": "Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed. \"From the Paperback edition.\"", "pageCount": 1506, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1987", "publisher": "Dutton Books", "isbn": "9781532404610", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cR_uAAAAMAAJ&q=Les+Miserables+Victor+Hugo&dq=Les+Miserables+Victor+Hugo&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api" }, "Lessons from Experience: Perspectives on Fund Management": { "author": "", "description": "In 10½ Lessons from Experience, Paul Marshall distils the experience of 35 years of investing, including over 20 years at Marshall Wace, the global equity hedge fund partnership. He describes the disconnect between academic theory and market practice, in particular the reality and persistence of 'skill' - the continuing ability of the best practitioners to beat the market. But he also underscores the prevalence of uncertainty and human fallibility, showing how a successful investment management business must steer a path which recognises both the persistence of skill and the pitfalls of cognitive bias, human fallibility and hubris.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)": { "author": "Rainer Maria Rilke", "description": "A perfect gift for a writer, artist, or thinker

These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the 20th century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. Letters to a Young Poet is a classic that should be read by everyone who dreams of expressing themselves creatively. This luminous translation offers inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth.

This edition features a new foreword by Kent Nerburn, author of Small Graces and Letters to My Son.

", "pageCount": 129, "categories": [ "Language Arts & Disciplines" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2000", "publisher": "New World Library", "isbn": "9781577311553", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CjEuAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Letters+to+a+Young+Poet&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Life of Pi: A Novel": { "author": "Yann Martel", "description": "Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them \"the truth.\" After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true? Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God. Publisher Fact Sheet. A fabulist novel that combines the delight of Kipling's Just So Stories with the metaphysical adventure of Jonah and the Whale", "pageCount": 418, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 39, "publishedDate": "2001", "publisher": "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt", "isbn": "9780151008117", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wgHPjx2UPGEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Life+of+Pi:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 3)": { "author": "Douglas Adams", "description": "\"HYSTERICAL!\" --The Philadelphia Inquirer The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox. How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert \"universal\" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it! \"ADAMS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE TREASURES: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.\" --The Arizona Daily Star", "pageCount": 244, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "1982", "publisher": "Random House Value Publishing", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=J6QgAQAAIAAJ&q=intitle:Life,+the+Universe+and+Everything&dq=intitle:Life,+the+Universe+and+Everything&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Light Bringer (Red Rising Series Book 6)": { "author": "Pierce Brown", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.

The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.

But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend.

Marooned far from home after a devastating defeat on the battlefields of Mercury, Darrow longs to return to his wife and sovereign, Virginia, to defend Mars from its bloodthirsty would-be conqueror Lysander.

Lysander longs to destroy the Rising and restore the supremacy of Gold, and will raze the worlds to realize his ambitions.

The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow, and Darrow needs the people he loves—Virginia, Cassius, Sevro—in order to defend the Republic.

So begins Darrow’s long voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield.

Because Eo’s dream is still alive—and after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.

Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga:
RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER", "pageCount": 823, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-07-25", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780425285985", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AbV5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Light+Bringer&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Living the Way of Love: A 40-Day Devotional": { "author": "Mary Bea Sullivan", "description": "

Reflections follow the practices of The Way of Love—Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bless, Go, Rest

Living the Way of Love offers forty brief reflections about the seven Jesus-centered practices identified by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry in “The Way of Love” initiative. Sullivan tells stories from her own and others’ experiences as a starting point for discussion about how to seek and find a deeper connection to God. Rotating through each practice so that each is covered once a week, going deeper into the practice throughout the forty days, each reflection ends with questions designed to spur further discussion and assist readers in making the practices their own. Perfect for using as a Lenten devotional or at any time of the year, the book includes a guide for creating a personal rule of life, and a downloadable Facilitator’s Guide.

", "pageCount": 137, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-01-30", "publisher": "Church Publishing", "isbn": "9781640652309", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=A-2ADwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Living+the+Way+of+Love:+A+40-Day+Devotional&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Lonesome Dove": { "author": "Larry McMurtry", "description": "A love story and an epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last, defiant wilderness of America. Richly authentic, beautifully written, Lonesome Dove is a book to make readers laugh, weep, dream and remember. Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.", "pageCount": 864, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "1986", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781439195260", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=GXYH1C_esq0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Lonesome+Dove+inauthor:McMurtry&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Lord Edgware Dies: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 8)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "

When Lord Edgware Dies a most unnatural death, detective Hercule Poirot must solve a most confounding conundrum: if the obvious killer, the slain peer’s spiteful wife, didn’t do it, who did? A classic from the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie.

When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen visiting him just before his death and Hercule Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to “get rid” of him.

But how could she have stabbed Lord Edgware in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? It’s a case that almost proves to be too much for the great Poirot.

", "pageCount": 270, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-12-15", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061748653", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NYmnrJsLJQQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Lord+Edgware+Dies:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In Lord of Chaos, the sixth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, builds his army of Light even as sworn enemies--and supposed allies--move against him.

Now ruling Tear, Andor, and Caemlyn, among other nations, Rand is recruiting all men capable of channeling to be trained as his Asha'man soldiers. The warrior Aiel clans have pledged loyalty to Rand, acknowledging him as their chief of chiefs, even though the Shaido Aiel remain a threat.

Split into two factions, the Aes Sedai of the White Tower and their rebel counterparts both seek to ally themselves with the Dragon Reborn. Rand knows all too well the manipulative nature of the Aes Sedai, no matter which side of their internal war they stand upon. But even he cannot predict just how desperate, cruel, and treacherous they can be.

And in the shadows, the Forsaken and the Dark One are conjuring even more chaos...

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 943, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2010-03-16", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429960533", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=yLmG1BB4XUQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Lord+of+Chaos:+Book+Six+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Love Energy: Improve Your Life Through a Basic Understanding of Energy and Energy Work": { "author": "David Kulp, Jack Moon, Sherrie Dolby", "description": "Improve your happiness, relationships, health, wellness, and your enjoyment of life through a basic understanding of energy and energy work. We are energetic beings living in an energetic world where energies are constantly interacting. This is a short simple guide that describes the basics of energy (for the novice or professional) and how we interact with our world. Love Energy Invites You to Explore: -The Basics of Energy -Your Human Energy System and How to Manage Your Energy -Emotions as Energy and How they Affect You -How Beliefs Impact Your Emotions -The Basics of Energy Work and How this Knowledge can Benefit You -How to Work with Your Energy Love Energy includes 22 activities for you to discover how to work with and play with your energy in the everyday world. Read \"Love Energy\" and experience the Power of YOUR Energy today!", "pageCount": 90, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-11-19", "publisher": "Createspace Independent Pub", "isbn": "9781494236656", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TWLunQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Love+Energy:+Improve+Your+Life+Through+a+Basic+Understanding+of+Energy+and+Energ&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Love on the Brain": { "author": "Ali Hazelwood", "description": "An Instant New York Times Bestseller

A #1 LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
 
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
 
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?", "pageCount": 369, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-08-23", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593336847", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TnB9EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Love+on+the+Brain&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Lying": { "author": "Karen McManus", "description": "

Op maandagmiddag moeten vijf studenten nablijven. Ze hebben tot dat moment niks met elkaar gemeen, maar een moord brengt hen samen. Tegelijkertijd ontvouwt zich om hen heen een dodelijk kat-en-muisspel waarin duistere geheimen uitkomen. Is er nog iemand te vertrouwen?

Allemaal hebben ze een motief.
Allemaal hebben ze iets te verbergen.
En een van hen liegt.

Dit spannende Young Adult-boek voor jongeren vanaf 15 jaar is als serie te zien op Netflix.

Lees verder in deze serie:

One of us is next (deel 2)

One of us is back (deel 3)


Lees ook van Karen M. McManus:

Twee kunnen een geheim bewaren

Familie liegt nooit

Jij wordt nog eens mijn dood

Niets meer te zeggen



", "pageCount": 256, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-02-13", "publisher": "Van Goor", "isbn": "9789000393114", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1Rb0EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Lying&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mad Ship (Liveship Traders Trilogy Book 2)": { "author": "Robin Hobb", "description": "The second book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.”

As the ancient tradition of Bingtown’s Old Traders slowly erodes under the cold new order of a corrupt ruler, the Vestrits anxiously await the return of their liveship—a rare magic ship carved from sentient wizardwood, which bonds the ships mystically with those who sail them. And Althea Vestrit waits even more avidly, living only to reclaim the ship as her lost inheritance and captain her on the high seas.
 
But the Vivacia has been seized by the ruthless pirate captain Kennit, who holds Althea’s nephew and his father hostage. Althea and her onetime sea mate Brashen resolve to liberate the liveship—but their plan may prove more dangerous than leaving the Vivacia in Kennit’s ambitious grasp.

Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy:
SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY", "pageCount": 864, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2000-02-29", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553575644", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=xu7aCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mad+Ship&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1: The Sword of Summer": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "

The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus.

My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse.

My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god.

Nothing normal about that. And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise.

A fire giant attacking the city?

Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces?

Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes?

It's all coming up.

But first I'm going to die. This is the story of how my life goes downhill from there...

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Boston (Mass.)" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-10-06", "publisher": "Puffin", "isbn": "9780141342412", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=rcROrgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Magnus+Chase+and+the+Gods+of+Asgard,+Book+1:+The+Sword+of+Summer&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time": { "author": "", "description": "

 


A new selection from the national epic of India

Originally composed in Sanskrit sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD, The Mahabharata-with one hundred thousand stanzas of verse-is one of the longest poems in existence. At the heart of the saga is a conflict between two branches of a royal family whose feud culminates in a titanic eighteen-day battle. Exploring such timeless subjects as dharma (duty), artha (purpose), and kama (pleasure) in a mythic world of warfare, magic, and beauty, this is a magnificent and legendary Hindu text of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.", "pageCount": 913, "categories": [ "Poetry" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-07-28", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780140446814", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=bNkvEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mahabharata&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion": { "author": "Abraham Joshua Heschel", "description": "

Man Is Not Alone is a profound, beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence, explores it, accepts it, and builds life upon it. Abraham Joshua Heschel's philosophy of religion is not a philosophy of doctrine or the interpretation of a dogma. He erects his carefully built structure of thought upon foundations which are universally valid but almost generally ignored. It was Man Is Not Alone which led Reinhold Niebuhr accurately to predict that Heschel would \"become a commanding and authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America.\" With its companion volume, God in Search of Man, it is revered as a classic of modern theology.

", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1976-06", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780374513283", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CxrIckdtX9wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Man+Is+Not+Alone:+A+Philosophy+of+Religion&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Man's Quest for God: Studies in Prayer and Symbolism": { "author": "Abraham Joshua Heschel", "description": "\"Dr Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907Chr(45)1972), professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, was one of the outstanding philosophers and theologians of our time. Internationally acclaimed author, scholar, activist and theologian, Dr Heschel's classic, \"Man's Quest for God\", originally published in 1954, continues to be a significant contribution to contemporary Jewish literature. In his poetic and inspiring style, Heschel offers insights that speak deeply to the essence of prayer.\" -- from amazon.com.", "pageCount": 186, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1954", "publisher": "Macmillan Reference USA", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=s68PAQAAIAAJ&q=intitle:Man%27s+Quest+for+God:+Studies+in+Prayer+and+Symbolism&dq=intitle:Man%27s+Quest+for+God:+Studies+in+Prayer+and+Symbolism&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Man's Search for Meaning": { "author": "Viktor E. Frankl", "description": "This author's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 he labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, he argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. His theory, known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos (\"meaning\") holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.", "pageCount": 228, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 17, "publishedDate": "1985", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780671023379", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=W3q8R4dRZTwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Man%27s+Search+for+Meaning&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mansfield Park (ArcadianPress Edition)": { "author": "Jane Austen", "description": "Mansfield Park is the novel that featured Jane Austen's own favorite among her heroines—the modest, unassuming, but quietly determined Fanny Price.

\"Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values.\"—Virginia Woolf

With a new introduction by Lauren Groff.

Mansfield Park encompasses not only Jane Austen’s great comedic gifts and her genius as a historian of the human animal, but her personal credo as well—her faith in a social order that combats chaos through civil grace, decency, and wit.

At the novel’s center is Fanny Price, the classic “poor cousin,” brought as a child to Mansfield Park by the rich Sir Thomas Bertram and his wife as an act of charity. Over time, Fanny comes to demonstrate forcibly those virtues Austen most admired: modesty, firm principles, and a loving heart. As Fanny watches her cousins Maria and Julia cast aside their scruples in dangerous flirtations (and worse), and as she herself resolutely resists the advantages of marriage to the fascinating but morally unsteady Henry Crawford, her seeming austerity grows in appeal and makes clear to us why she was Austen’s own favorite among her heroines.", "pageCount": 513, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-09-04", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780307386885", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OshfDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mansfield+Park&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mansfield Park (With 24 Illustrations by C.E.Brock)": { "author": "Jane Austen", "description": "Mansfield Park is the novel that featured Jane Austen's own favorite among her heroines—the modest, unassuming, but quietly determined Fanny Price.

\"Never did any novelist make more use of an impeccable sense of human values.\"—Virginia Woolf

With a new introduction by Lauren Groff.

Mansfield Park encompasses not only Jane Austen’s great comedic gifts and her genius as a historian of the human animal, but her personal credo as well—her faith in a social order that combats chaos through civil grace, decency, and wit.

At the novel’s center is Fanny Price, the classic “poor cousin,” brought as a child to Mansfield Park by the rich Sir Thomas Bertram and his wife as an act of charity. Over time, Fanny comes to demonstrate forcibly those virtues Austen most admired: modesty, firm principles, and a loving heart. As Fanny watches her cousins Maria and Julia cast aside their scruples in dangerous flirtations (and worse), and as she herself resolutely resists the advantages of marriage to the fascinating but morally unsteady Henry Crawford, her seeming austerity grows in appeal and makes clear to us why she was Austen’s own favorite among her heroines.", "pageCount": 513, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-09-04", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780307386885", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OshfDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mansfield+Park&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives": { "author": "Brian L. Weiss", "description": "From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic New York Times bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved—now featuring a new afterword by the author.

As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the “space between lives,” which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss’ family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career. With more than one million copies in print, Many Lives, Many Masters is one of the breakthrough texts in alternative psychotherapy and remains as provocative and timeless as it was when first published.", "pageCount": 224, "categories": [ "Medical" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 12, "publishedDate": "1988-07-15", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780671657864", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vVHT7djpPG4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Many+Lives,+Many+Masters:+The+True+Story+of+a+Prominent+Psychiatrist,+His+Young&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders": { "author": "Jack D. Schwager", "description": "

THE INVESTMENT CLASSIC

\"I've read Market Wizards at several stages of my career as it shows the staying power of good down-to-earth wisdoms of true practitioners with skin in the game. This is the central document showing the heuristics that real-life traders use to manage their affairs, how people who do rather than talk have done things. Twenty years from now, it will still be fresh. There is no other like it.\"
NASSIM N. TALEB, former derivatives trader, author of The Black Swan, and professor, NYU-Poly

\"Market Wizards is one of the most fascinating books ever written about Wall Street. A few of the 'Wizards' are my friends and Jack Schwager has nailed their modus operandi on the head.\"
MARTIN W. ZWEIG, PhD, Editor, The Zweig Forecast

\"It is difficult enough to develop a method that works. It then takes experience to believe what your method is telling you. But the toughest task of all is turning analysis into money. If you don't believe it, try it. These guys have it all: a method, the conviction, and the discipline to act decisively time after time, regardless of distractions and pressures. They are heroes of Wall Street, and Jack Schwager's book brings their characters vividly to life.\"
ROBERT R. PRECHTER, JR., Editor, The Elliott Wave Theorist

", "pageCount": 349, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-05-04", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781118538715", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=K_wdDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Market+Wizards:+Interviews+with+Top+Traders&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough": { "author": "Lori Gottlieb", "description": "An eye-opening, funny, painful, and always truthful in-depth examination of modern relationships, and a wake-up call for single women about getting real about Mr. Right, from the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

You have a fulfilling job, great friends, and the perfect apartment. So what if you haven’t found “The One” just yet. He’ll come along someday, right?
 
But what if he doesn’t? Or what if Mr. Right had been, well, Mr. Right in Front of You—but you passed him by? Nearing forty and still single, journalist Lori Gottlieb started to wonder: What makes for lasting romantic fulfillment, and are we looking for those qualities when we’re dating? Are we too picky about trivial things that don’t matter, and not picky enough about the often overlooked things that do?
 
In Marry Him, Gottlieb explores an all-too-common dilemma—how to reconcile the desire for a happy marriage with a list of must-haves and deal-breakers so long and complicated that many great guys get misguidedly eliminated. On a quest to find the answer, Gottlieb sets out on her own journey in search of love, discovering wisdom and surprising insights from sociologists and neurobiologists, marital researchers and behavioral economists—as well as single and married men and women of all generations.", "pageCount": 278, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2010-02-04", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101185209", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cXT7pKChZF8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Marry+Him:+The+Case+for+Settling+for+Mr.+Good+Enough&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mastering The Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side": { "author": "Howard Marks", "description": "

A NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Named one of the Best Business Books of 2018 by Business Insider

The legendary investor Howard Marks shows how to identify and master the cycles that govern the markets.

We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black or white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a market cycle comes when you learn the patterns of ups and downs that influence not just economics, markets and companies, but also human psychology and the investing behaviors that result.

If you study past cycles, understand their origins and remain alert for the next one, you will become keenly attuned to the investment environment as it changes. You'll be aware and prepared while others get blindsided by unexpected events or fall victim to emotions like fear and greed.

By following Marks's insights--drawn in part from his iconic memos over the years to Oaktree's clients--you can master these recurring patterns to have the opportunity to improve your results.

In Mastering the Market Cycle, Marks reveals his framework for superior investing, offering a practical guide to:

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018", "publisher": "Harper Business", "isbn": "9781328479259", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-VNAtAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Mastering+The+Market+Cycle:+Getting+the+Odds+on+Your+Side&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mastering Trading Stress: Strategies for Maximizing Performance (Wiley Trading Book 330)": { "author": "Ari Kiev", "description": "In Mastering Trading Stress, author Ari Kiev—a psychiatrist who specializes in stress management and works extensively with traders—offers examples, transcripts of conversations, and personality profiles of real-life traders to illustrate how stress affects their ability to perform at their best. Drawing on his vast experience, Kiev describes a variety of practical techniques that can be used to handle destructive emotions and out-of-control feelings, including his “Most Basic” stress busters, and tells what to do if a breakdown should occur.", "pageCount": 224, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2008-03-14", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780470222652", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8ERkkyTmj94C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mastering+Trading+Stress:+Strategies+for+Maximizing+Performance&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence": { "author": "Esther Perel", "description": "

A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.

One of the world’s most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home.

Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist, Perel examines the complexities of sustaining desire. Through case studies and lively discussion, Perel demonstrates how more exciting, playful, and even poetic sex is possible in long-term relationships. Wise, witty, and as revelatory as it is straightforward, Mating in Captivity is a sensational book that will transform the way you live and love.

", "pageCount": 274, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2006-09-05", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780060753634", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-HIhMOQanIEC&dq=intitle:Mating+in+Captivity:+Unlocking+Erotic+Intelligence&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed": { "author": "ZIP Reads", "description": "

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, please paste this link in your browser: https://amzn.to/2HzBaUT

In Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, popular writer Lori Gottlieb has managed to provide a moving, uplifting, and surprisingly entertaining insight into the human condition by relating her patients’ and her own difficult struggle toward resolution through therapy.


What does this ZIP Reads Summary Include?

- Synopsis of the original book

- Key takeaways from each chapter

- Detailed retellings of therapy sessions with specific patients

- Stories from the author's own therapy sessions

- Editorial Review

- Background on Lori Gottlieb


About the Original Book:

In Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, the New York Times best-selling author Lori Gottlieb takes the reader through the long and complex process of therapy by not only sharing examples of recovery of some of her patients but also her own arduous efforts to seek resolution to a range of personal difficulties. Written with great concern for her patients, the book handles serious issues that most readers will find familiar while keeping the tone entertaining and illuminating. 


DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. ZIP Reads is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way.


Please follow this link: https://amzn.to/2HzBaUT to purchase a copy of the original book.

", "pageCount": 47, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-05-24", "publisher": "ZIP Reads", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=apCqDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Maybe+You+Should+Talk+to+Someone:+A+Therapist,+HER+Therapist,+and+Our+Lives+Reve&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Me & Issy: A Four Seasons Romance": { "author": "Rosalie Wise Sharp", "description": "

The rags to riches tale of a larger-than-life romance of over seven decades


Me and Issy is a love story about how a troubled and deprived child chanced to meet a man who worshipped her, brought her a fantasy life of four boys and extraordinary opulence — and banished her self-doubt. She in her turn was awestruck and mystified by his acumen and daring during his founding of the Four Seasons Hotels.


Beginning with her childhood in North Toronto, in a very Jewish home surrounded by non-Jews, Rosalie enchants us with anecdotes about her family, Isadore Sharp’s family, and the growth of their own in the light of the expanding Four Seasons chain. How did she go to the Ontario College of Art & Design while simultaneously raising four rambunctious boys? How did Issy open hotel after hotel with only his collateral of confidence and charisma? Rosalie is a rapt follower of his astonishing success and the first fan of his legendary town hall talks to 40,000 employees.


And with success came tragedy. The devastating death of their son Chris shook them, but they coped. Here, all of Rosalie’s life is opened up for viewing, the good and the bad, the success and the failures, but especially her inspired romance with Issy. In the words of their second eldest son, Greg, “Their mutual love and respect growing stronger over the past 69 years is as extraordinary as it is beautiful.”

", "pageCount": 402, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-09-06", "publisher": "ECW Press", "isbn": "9781778520594", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9HpvEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Me+%26+Issy:+A+Four+Seasons+Romance&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Meditations (Classic bestseller)": { "author": "Marcus Aurelius", "description": "The \"Meditations\" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius are a readable exposition of the system of metaphysics known as stoicism. Stoics maintained that by putting aside great passions, unjust thoughts and indulgence, man could acquire virtue and live at one with nature. The Meditations were composed in periods of inaction during the wars which Marcus hated but was compelled to fight.", "pageCount": 228, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "1997", "publisher": "Wordsworth Editions", "isbn": "9781853264863", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=VVsmU-4YwFsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Meditations&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mental Toughness: The Extreme Guide to Build an Unbeatable, Strong and Resilience Mind, With the Leadership's Mindset. The Training for Success Like a Navy Seals.": { "author": "Ray Manson, Jocko Babin", "description": "


TURN PROMISE INTO PERFORMANCE!


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If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Mental Toughness is the right book for you.
In today's world, everyone needs mental toughness, and the people with the strongest minds have an advantage - an edge that you can benefit from if you want to get through life and accomplish your goals while feeling more confident, more resilient, healthier and happier.

Mental toughness gives you the ability to set goals and formulate effective plans to achieve them. It gives you the willpower and determination to stop procrastinating and staying focused. It is what allows you to face challenges and obstacles and gives you the follow through to achieve your goals.
Mental toughness can help you in every facet of your life. It can help you manage your emotions, take control of your negative thoughts, form goals that are in line with your current values and beliefs, and reduce and alleviate some stress. Everyone would love to become mentally stronger, but most people never thought about why mental strength is necessary and how it should be developed. Mental strength can be developed from a variety of techniques, many of which are detailed throughout this book.
Furthermore, stress, fear, and mental toughness have a direct correlation to each other. Both stress and fear can lower our mental strength; however, a mind that is trained to withstand these powerful emotional forces can excel and go on to accomplish its set goals.


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", "pageCount": 130, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-02-27", "publisher": "Independently Published", "isbn": "9781798107782", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SZvCwgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Mental+Toughness:+The+Extreme+Guide+to+Build+an+Unbeatable,+Strong+and+Resilienc&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900": { "author": "Stephen R. Bown", "description": "

Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world
It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. They managed their territories as business interests, treating their subjects as employees, customers, or competitors. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.
The merchant kings of the Age of Heroic Commerce were a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life men who, for a couple hundred years, expanded their far-flung commercial enterprises over a sizable portion of the world. They include Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the violent and autocratic pioneer of the Dutch East India Company; Peter Stuyvesant, the one-legged governor of the Dutch West India Company, whose narrow-minded approach lost Manhattan to the British; Robert Clive, who rose from company clerk to become head of the British East India Company and one of the wealthiest men in Britain; Alexandr Baranov of the Russian American Company; Cecil Rhodes, founder of De Beers and Rhodesia; and George Simpson, the \"Little Emperor\" of the Hudson's Bay Company, who was chauffeured about his vast fur domain in a giant canoe, exhorting his voyageurs to paddle harder so he could set speed records.
Merchant Kings looks at the rise and fall of company rule in the centuries before colonialism, when nations belatedly assumed responsibility for their commercial enterprises. A blend of biography, corporate history, and colonial history, this book offers a panoramic, new perspective on the enormous cultural, political, and social legacies, good and bad, of this first period of unfettered globalization.

", "pageCount": 338, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-12-07", "publisher": "Macmillan + ORM", "isbn": "9781429927352", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DWeUzzrFNX4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Merchant+Kings:+When+Companies+Ruled+the+World,+1600%E2%80%931900&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Merger Masters: Tales of Arbitrage (Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing Series)": { "author": "Kate Welling, Mario Gabelli", "description": "

Merger Masters presents revealing profiles of monumentally successful merger investors based on exclusive interviews with some of the greatest minds to practice the art of arbitrage. Michael Price, John Paulson, Paul Singer, and others offer practical perspectives on how their backgrounds in the risk-conscious world of merger arbitrage helped them make their biggest deals. They share their insights on the discipline that underlies their fortunes, whether they practice the “plain vanilla” strategy of announced deals, the aggressive strategy of activist investment, or any strategy in between on the risk spectrum.

Merger Masters delves into the human side of risk arbitrage, exploring how top practitioners deal with the behavioral aspects of generating consistent profits from risk arbitrage. The book also includes perspectives from the other side of the mergers and acquisitions divide in the form of interviews with a trio of iconic CEOs: Bill Stiritz, Peter McCausland, and Paul Montrone. All three took advantage of M&A opportunities to help build long-term returns but often found themselves at odds with the short-term focus of Wall Street and merger investors. Told in lively, accessible prose, with bonus facts and figures for transaction junkies, Merger Masters is an incomparable set of stories with plenty of unfiltered lessons from the best managers of our time.

", "pageCount": 389, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-11-06", "publisher": "Columbia University Press", "isbn": "9780231548915", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=n2NbDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Merger+Masters:+Tales+of+Arbitrage&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul": { "author": "Richard Bach", "description": "

InIllusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach met Donald Shimoda, a fellow pilot with the keys to the universe who barnstormed the Midwest in a Travel Air biplane. Part of Shimoda's secret was a small book, bound in what looked like suede:Messiah's Handbook, Reminders for the Advanced Soul. \"Open it,\" he said, \"and whatever you need to know is there. \"Lost for decades and rediscovered, here it is in print at last--reminders for those who have outgrown cynicism and doubt.

", "pageCount": 216, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2004", "publisher": "Hampton Roads Publishing Company Incorporated", "isbn": "9781571744210", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mudHAAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Messiah%27s+Handbook:+Reminders+for+the+Advanced+Soul&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success": { "author": "Carol S. Dweck", "description": "From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.

“Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes

“It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.”

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 13, "publishedDate": "2006-02-28", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9781400062751", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fT6U0Ee7_kQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mindset:+The+New+Psychology+of+Success&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Minx: By The Bestselling Author of Bridgerton (Blydon Book 3)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

It takes a minx to tempt a rogue...Beautiful and feisty Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian′s estate, prefers to wear breeches rather than dresses, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. But when her guardian passes away, her beloved home falls into the hands of a distant cousin.

And it takes a rogue to tame her...William Dunford, London′s most elusive bachelor, is stunned to learn that he′s inherited property, a title...and a ward bent on making his first visit his last. Henry is determined to continue running the Cornwall estate without help from the handsome new lord, but Dunford is just as sure he can change things...starting with his wild young ward. But turning Henry into a lady makes her not only the darling of the town, but an irresistible attraction to the man who thought he could never be tempted.

", "pageCount": 348, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061748035", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OVE-Dp5_jDgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Minx:+By+The+Bestselling+Author+of+Bridgerton&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) Third Edition: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts": { "author": "Meryl Wilsner", "description": "

\"This blazing-hot forbidden romance manages to sensibly, and compassionately, capture the complexities of starting adult life after college and finding love and your identity in middle age. Cassie and Erin’s romance is by turns delightfully raunchy and deeply emotional. This reader hopes Wilsner keeps these scorchers coming.\" - The Washington Post

“[Wilsner writes] erotic yearning in a class all their own.” - Entertainment Weekly

From Meryl Wilsner, the acclaimed author of Something to Talk About, comes Mistakes Were Made, a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend’s mom.

When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup—it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom—the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.

Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they'd met. To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. And despite Erin's better judgement—how could sleeping with your daughter’s friend be anything but bad?—she and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did last night.

What should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, and soon Cassie and Erin are sneaking around. Worst of all, they start to realize they have something real. But is being honest about the love between them worth the cost?

\"Wilsner proves their serious romance range with a sophomore novel that laughs in the slow-burning face of their debut by kicking off with a hookup that'll have you fanning your face for days.\" - Buzzfeed

“A steaming hot, thoughtful story about all kinds of love, featuring a firecracker of a couple that’s impossible not to root for.” - Women's Health

", "pageCount": 302, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2022-10-11", "publisher": "St. Martin's Griffin", "isbn": "9781250841018", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lZpVEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mistakes+Were+Made&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mistborn: The Final Empire": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

Once, a hero arose to save the world. He failed.

Ever since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist controlled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler.

But hope survives. A new uprising is forming, one built around the ultimate caper, the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind, and the determination of an unlikely heroine: a street urchin who must learn to master the power of a Mistborn.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War
● Wind and Truth

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax & Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity
● Lux (with Steven Michael Bohls)

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 686, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 78, "publishedDate": "2010-04-01", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9781429914567", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=t_ZYYXZq4RgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mistborn:+The+Final+Empire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mixed Magics: Four Fast-Paced Adventure Tales for Kids (Ages 8-12) About the Enchanter Chrestomanci Across Multiple Worlds (Chronicles of Chrestomanci)": { "author": "Diana Wynne Jones", "description": "

Dapper, debonair, and wise, the great enchanter Chrestomanci has nine lives and a strong personality as well as strong magic. That personality reverberates in each of these four dazzling stories.

A warlock tries to escape Chrestomanci's justice by fleeing to another world-with hilarious results. Cat Chant and Tonino Montana reluctantly join forces when Chrestomanci sends them on a visit that turns suddenly dangerous. The youngest best-selling dreamer needs Chrestomanci's help when she finds she can't dream anymore. And as the gods of an ever-so-orderly world try to destroy the young Sage of Dissolution, Chrestomanci lends a hand.

Like Chrestomanci himself, acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones has a graceful flair, which sparkles in the remarkable wit, imagination, and intelligence of these fast-paced tales.

", "pageCount": 212, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061756894", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gqPZMgvXMqEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Mixed+Magics:+Four+Fast-Paced+Adventure+Tales+for+Kids&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Moby Dick": { "author": "Herman Melville", "description": "A literary classic that wasn't recognized for its merits until decades after its publication, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick tells the tale of a whaling ship and its crew, who are carried progressively further out to sea by the fiery Captain Ahab. Obsessed with killing the massive whale, which had previously bitten off Ahab's leg, the seasoned seafarer steers his ship to confront the creature, while the rest of the shipmates, including the young narrator, Ishmael, and the harpoon expert, Queequeg, must contend with their increasingly dire journey. The book invariably lands on any short list of the greatest American novels.", "pageCount": 576, "categories": [ "Adventure stories" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 291, "publishedDate": "1892", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XV8XAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Moby+Dick&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Models of My Life": { "author": "Herbert A. Simon", "description": "The autobiography of an intellectual, this volume traces the dauntingly diverse career of a pioneer in artificial intelligence. Aside from his work in computer science, Simon has achieved important breakthroughs in political theory and cognitive psychology, and won the Nobel Prize for economics. He begins with his Wisconsin boyhood, sheds considerable light on the science and politics of academe, and clarifies how computers imitate human thought when devising innovative solutions to new problems. Comparing life to a maze, Simon defines the search for a path as the essential mental task of being human. ISBN 0-465-04640-1: $26.95.", "pageCount": 460, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1991-04-09", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=I826AAAAIAAJ&q=intitle:Models+of+My+Life&dq=intitle:Models+of+My+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays": { "author": "Abraham Joshua Heschel", "description": "Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72), one of the foremost Jewish savants of our time, was internationally known as scholar, author, activist, and theologian. In his lifetime Heschel spoke and published widely. Arriving in the United States in flight from the brutalities of Nazi Germany, he never forgot that the search for the divine and for human spirituality is inseparable from the search for a just society. As a revered and beloved teacher, he impressed on his students, first at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and then during his many years as Professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the spiritual imperatives of prayer, of ecumenism, of social decency. This first collection of Dr. Heschel's essays is arranged in five groups: \"Existence and Celebration\", \"No Time for Neutrality\", \"Toward a Just Society\", \"No Religion Is an Island\" (on ecumenism), and \"The Holy Dimension\". The essays include a tribute to Reinhold Niebuhr and a discussion of Father Bernard Haring, the moral theologian. The appendix contains Carl Stern's famous television interview with Dr. Heschel, recorded shortly before his death. The book also includes an introduction to Dr. Heschel's life and thought by the editor, his daughter, Susannah Heschel, who holds the Abba Hillel Silver chair in Jewish Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She is also the editor of the landmark collection On Being a Jewish Feminist.", "pageCount": 466, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1996", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780374199807", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8ON8Mp8vWiwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Moral+Grandeur+and+Spiritual+Audacity:+Essays&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Morning Star (Red Rising Series Book 3)": { "author": "Morning Morning Star", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star. Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come. But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.", "pageCount": 134, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-07-24", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781490307664", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WP4VngEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Morning+Star&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 5)": { "author": "Douglas Adams", "description": "Arthur Dent hasn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth was blown up. Depressed and alone, he has finally settled on the small planet of Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away Arthur goes after her, determined to save her from the horrors of the universe. After all - he's encountered most of them before. . .", "pageCount": 258, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781509844913", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ibc5tAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Mostly+Harmless&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Mr. Cavendish, I Presume: A Witty Regency Romance – When Marriage of Convenience Becomes Unexpected Love (Two Dukes of Wyndham Book 2)": { "author": "", "description": "Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting . . . for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all . . . It's true. He doesn't. Thomas rather likes having a fiancée—all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay—and he does intend to marry her . . . eventually. But just when he begins to realize that his bride might be something more than convenient, Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of his long-lost cousin, who may or may not be the true Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas is not the duke, then he's not engaged to Amelia. Which is the cruelest joke of all, because this arrogant and illustrious duke has made the mistake of falling in love . . . with his own fiancée!", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 14)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "

Suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site intrigue the great Hercule Poirot as he investigates Murder in Mesopotamia, a classic murder mystery from Agatha Christie.

Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax--in murder.

With one spot of blood as his only clue, Hercule Poirot must embark on a journey not just across the desert, but into the darkest crevices of the human soul to unravel a mystery which taxes even his remarkable powers.

 

", "pageCount": 290, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-03-17", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061749926", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=JwRs2r7Yrp4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Murder+in+Mesopotamia:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery": { "author": "Craig Sodaro", "description": "

Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover with special finishes.



Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.

Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.

", "pageCount": 52, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2017-10-19", "publisher": "Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mqDEqJMosnAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Murder+on+the+Orient+Express:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Murtagh: The World of Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle)": { "author": "Christopher Paolini", "description": "INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy!
 
“Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.” —The Washington Post
 
The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. 
 
Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air—and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems. 
 
In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini’s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return. 
 
Praise for Christopher Paolini:
“A spellbinding fantasy writer.” —The Boston Globe
“A breathtaking and unheard-of success.” —USA Today
“Make[s] literary magic.” —People", "pageCount": 705, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-11-07", "publisher": "Knopf Books for Young Readers", "isbn": "9780593650882", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=V6WvEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Murtagh:+The+World+of+Eragon&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "My Life In Advertising": { "author": "Claude C. Hopkins", "description": "My Life in Advertising

My Life in Advertising is written by Claude C. Hopkins. He was the widely known as the father of Advertising. This is his autobiography. He shared his experiences in advertising industry.

Never try to show off. You are selling your product, not yourself. Do nothing to cloud your objective. Use the shortest words possible. Let every phrase ring with sincerity.

From start to finish offer service. That is what you selling, that is all your prospect wants. Weigh every sentence on that basis. Waste no space, no money to any other end. I have seen many an ad. killed by a single unfortunate phrase. Usually a selfish phrase, indicating ulterior desires which repel. Phrases like \"Insist on this brand,\" \"Avoid imitations,\" \"Look out for substitution.\" Such appeals have no good effect, and they indicate a motive with which buyers cannot sympathize.", "pageCount": 142, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-06-11", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781490410142", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=IhSVnQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:My+Life+In+Advertising&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "My Voice Will Go with You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson": { "author": "Milton H Erickson", "description": "\"A chalice of wisdom for our time.\"—Ernest L. Rossi, Ph.D., C.J. Jung Institute of Los Angeles

Milton H. Erickson has been called the most influential hypnotherapist of our time. Part of his therapy was his use of teaching tales, which through shock, surprise, or confusion—with genius use of questions, puns, and playful humor—helped people to see their situations in a new way. In this book Sidney Rosen has collected over one hundred of the tales. Presented verbatim and accompanied by Dr. Rosen's commentary, they are grouped under such headings as Motivating Tales, Reframing, and Capturing the Innocent Eye.", "pageCount": 266, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1991", "publisher": "W. W. Norton & Company", "isbn": "9780393301359", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AEo9acmCFNUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:My+Voice+Will+Go+with+You:+The+Teaching+Tales+of+Milton+H.+Erickson&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "My Years With General Motors": { "author": "Alfred P Sloan", "description": "

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. led the General Motors Corporation to international business success by virtue of his brilliant managerial practices and his insights into the new consumer economy he and General Motors helped to produce. Sloan's business biography, My Years With General Motors, was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by modern business giants.

", "pageCount": 552, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-01-16", "publisher": "eNet Press", "isbn": "9781618863997", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=_uFqBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:My+Years+With+General+Motors&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Myths of the Norsemen (Puffin Classics)": { "author": "H. A. Guerber", "description": "This vintage book contains a comprehensive encyclopaedia of ancient Scandinavian mythology. It includes explanations of many important tales and explores the meanings and symbolism of the characters and deities, all of which is interspersed with authentic poetry. Contents include: “The Beginning”, “Odin”, “Frigga”, “Thor”, “Tyr”, “Bragi”, “Idun”, “Niörd”, “Frey”, “Uller”, “Forseti”, “Heimdall”, “Hermod”, “Vidar”, “Vali”, “The Norns”, “The Valkyrs”, “Hel”, “Balder”, “Loki”, “The Giants”, “The Dwarfs”, “The Elves”, “The Sigurd Saga”, et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. This book was first published in 1909.", "pageCount": 363, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-10-28", "publisher": "Read Books Ltd", "isbn": "9781473370814", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cGR9CgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Myths+of+the+Norsemen&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Na raça: Como Guilherme Benchimol criou a Xp e iniciou a maior revolução do mercado financeiro brasileiro (Portuguese Edition)": { "author": "Maria Luíza Filgueiras", "description": "

Reportagem traça a ascensão da XP, desde o início modesto numa sala de 25 metros quadrados até se tornar uma empresa de dezenas de bilhões de reais

Uma das mais bem-sucedidas histórias de empreendedorismo do Brasil começou com uma demissão. Em 2001, Guilherme Benchimol iniciava sua carreira no mercado financeiro carioca quando perdeu o emprego. Envergonhado, decidiu fugir do Rio de Janeiro: pegou o carro e dirigiu quase 20 horas até Porto Alegre, onde, longe dos principais centros financeiros do país, fundou uma modesta empresa de investimentos, a XP, numa salinha de 25 metros quadrados.

Hoje, a XP vale dezenas de bilhões de reais — e Guilherme é multibilionário. Maria Luíza Filgueiras acompanhou a XP por nove anos como jornalista e entrevistou dezenas de executivos, incluindo o próprio Guilherme, para narrar os detalhes dessa trajetória de sucesso, também marcada por muitos momentos de dificuldade. Nos primeiros anos, o fundador topava qualquer coisa para evitar a falência. Panfletou nos bairros chiques de Porto Alegre, vendeu o carro para pagar as contas, pediu dinheiro para amigos. Nos anos seguintes, trocou sócios, engordou, emagreceu, quase pifou. Foi tudo, como ele mesmo costuma dizer, “na raça”.

Uma década depois da fundação, a XP deu origem a uma revolução na vida financeira dos brasileiros ao criar sua plataforma aberta de investimentos. Com isso, tirou centenas de milhares de clientes dos bancos e forçou a concorrência a apostar em inovação também — uma prova de que essa história está longe de chegar ao fim.

", "pageCount": 345, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2019-11-26", "publisher": "Editora Intrinseca", "isbn": "9788551006061", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=xm-9DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Na+ra%C3%A7a:+Como+Guilherme+Benchimol+criou+a+Xp+e+iniciou+a+maior+revolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o+do+merc&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within": { "author": "David Goggins", "description": "

Over 1 million copies sold


This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call!


Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoir, demonstrated how much untapped ability we all have but was merely an introduction to the power of the mind. In Never Finished, Goggins takes you inside his Mental Lab, where he developed the philosophy, psychology, and strategies that enabled him to learn that what he thought was his limit was only his beginning and that the quest for greatness is unending.


The stories and lessons in this raw, revealing, unflinching memoir offer the reader a blueprint they can use to climb from the bottom of the barrel into a whole new stratosphere that once seemed unattainable. Whether you feel off-course in life, are looking to maximize your potential or drain your soul to break through your so-called glass ceiling, this is the only book you will ever need.



", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-12-06", "publisher": "Lioncrest Publishing", "isbn": "9781544534077", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=B8R5zwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Never+Finished:+Unshackle+Your+Mind+and+Win+the+War+Within&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within - Clean Edition": { "author": "David Goggins", "description": "

This is not a self-help book. It’s a wake-up call!


Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins’ smash hit memoir, demonstrated how much untapped ability we all have but was merely an introduction to the power of the mind. In this curse-word-free edition of Never Finished, Goggins takes you inside his Mental Lab, where he developed the philosophy, psychology, and strategies that enabled him to learn that what he thought was his limit was only his beginning and that the quest for greatness is unending. 


The stories and lessons in this raw, revealing, unflinching memoir offer the reader a blueprint they can use to climb from the bottom of the barrel into a whole new stratosphere that once seemed unattainable. Whether you feel off-course in life, are looking to maximize your potential or drain your soul to break through your so-called glass ceiling, this is the only book you will ever need.

", "pageCount": 297, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-12-06", "publisher": "Lioncrest Publishing", "isbn": "9781544536811", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=POKiEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Never+Finished:+Unshackle+Your+Mind+and+Win+the+War+Within+-+Clean+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It": { "author": "Chris Voss, Tahl Raz", "description": "

This international bestseller, with more than 5 million copies sold, offers a field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations and conflict resolution—whether in the boardroom, in your community, or at home.

Life is a series of negotiations, and negotiation is at the heart of collaboration—whether you are a business executive, a salesperson, a parent , a community leader, or a spouse. As a former FBI hostage negotiator, Chris Voss gives you the negotiation skills to be effective in any situation: negotiating a business deal, buying (or selling) a car, negotiating a salary, acquiring a home, renegotiating rent, deliberating with your partner, or communicating with your children. Taking the power of persuasion, tactical empathy, active listening, and intuition to the next level, Never Split the Difference gives you the competitive edge in any difficult conversation or challenging situation. This book is a masterclass in influencing others, no matter the circumstances.

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference distills the Voss method, revealing the skills that matter most when it comes to achieving your goals in both your professional and personal life.

Step-by-step, Voss show you how to:

Never Split the Difference is your definitive source for effective business communication, defusing potential crises, winning people over, and achieving your goals at work and at home.

", "pageCount": 203, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2016-05-17", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062407818", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RmdqCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Never+Split+the+Difference:+Negotiating+As+If+Your+Life+Depended+On+It&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model": { "author": "Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.", "description": "

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are.

Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t match the ideal of who we think we should be. Yet Dr. Richard Schwartz’s research now challenges this “mono-mind” theory. “All of us are born with many sub-minds—or parts,” says Dr. Schwartz. “These parts are not imaginary or symbolic. They are individuals who exist as an internal family within us—and the key to health and happiness is to honor, understand, and love every part.”

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment—and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives. Here you’ll explore:

• The IFS revolution—how honoring and communicating with our parts changes our approach to mental wellness
• Overturning the cultural, scientific, and spiritual assumptions that reinforce an outdated mono-mind model
• The ego, the inner critic, the saboteur—making these often-maligned parts into powerful allies
• Burdens—why our parts become distorted and stuck in childhood traumas and cultural beliefs
• How IFS demonstrates human goodness by revealing that there are no bad parts
• The Self—discover your wise, compassionate essence of goodness that is the source of healing and harmony
• Exercises for mapping your parts, accessing the Self, working with a challenging protector, identifying each part’s triggers, and more

IFS is a paradigm-changing model because it gives us a powerful approach for healing ourselves, our culture, and our planet. As Dr. Schwartz teaches, “Our parts can sometimes be disruptive or harmful, but once they’re unburdened, they return to their essential goodness. When we learn to love all our parts, we can learn to love all people—and that will contribute to healing the world.”

", "pageCount": 256, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-07-06", "publisher": "Sounds True", "isbn": "9781683646686", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BmDazQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:No+Bad+Parts:+Healing+Trauma+and+Restoring+Wholeness+with+the+Internal+Family+Sy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)": { "author": "Marshall B. Rosenberg, Deepak Chopra", "description": "5,000,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • TRANSLATED IN MORE THAN 35 LANGUAGES

What is Violent Communication?
If \"violent\" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who's \"good/bad\" or what's \"right/wrong\" with people—could indeed be called \"violent communication.\"
What is Nonviolent Communication? Nonviolent Communication is the integration of four things:
• Consciousness: a set of principles that support living a life of compassion, collaboration, courage, and authenticity

• Language: understanding how words contribute to connection or distance

• Communication: knowing how to ask for what we want, how to hear others even in disagreement, and how to move toward solutions that work for all

• Means of influence: sharing \"power with others\" rather than using \"power over others\"
Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to do three things:
• Increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection

• Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships

• Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefit", "pageCount": 233, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2015-09-01", "publisher": "PuddleDancer Press", "isbn": "9781892005540", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=A3qACgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Nonviolent+Communication:+A+Language+of+Life:+Life-Changing+Tools+for+Healthy+Re&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Northanger Abbey (Grapevine Books)": { "author": "Jane Austen", "description": "

'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis

With its irrepressible heroine and playful literary games, Northanger Abbey is the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's novels. It tells the story of young, impressionable Catherine Morland, whose first experience of fashionable society introduces her to the thrills of Gothic romances, and to the sophisticated Tilneys, who invite her to their family home, Northanger Abbey. But there, influenced by novels of horror and intrigue, Catherine begins to think that terrible crimes are being committed, and her imagination threatens to run away with her.

Edited with an Introduction by MARILYN BUTLER

", "pageCount": 323, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2006-04-06", "publisher": "Penguin UK", "isbn": "9780141920245", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-Ggriu3ENI0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Northanger+Abbey&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Notes from a Friend: A Quick and Simple Guide to Taking Control of Your Life": { "author": "Anthony Robbins", "description": "Based on concepts in his previous books, Robbins offers advice on taking control of your life. He draws on his own experience as a successful entrepreneur, and anecdotes about people who share his positive approach. He introduces his basic techniques, and discusses the power of decisions.", "pageCount": 112, "categories": [ "Self-actualization (Psychology)" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2004-02-02", "publisher": "Pocket Books", "isbn": "9780743478113", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KVBBPgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Notes+from+a+Friend:+A+Quick+and+Simple+Guide+to+Taking+Control+of+Your+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Nudge: The Final Edition": { "author": "Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein", "description": "An updated and refreshed edition of the groundbreaking book that shows how people can be nudged toward decisions that will improve their lives



"If you've read Nudge and think you fully grasp the concept and its uses, you are mistaken. The new edition significantly deepened my understanding of what nudges are and how they can be employed. It truly is a must-read."―Robert Cialdini, New York Times bestselling author of Influence



"Few books can be said to have changed the world, but Nudge did. The Final Edition is marvelous: funny, useful, and wise."―Daniel Kahneman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow



Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the word "nudge" has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policymakers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 200 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of the economy. It has taught us how to use thoughtful "choice architecture"--a concept the authors invented--to help us make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our society.



Now, the authors have rewritten the book from cover to cover, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as the explosion of new research in numerous academic disciplines. It offers a wealth of new insights, for both its avowed fans and newcomers to the field, about a wide variety of issues that we face in our daily lives--COVID-19, health, personal finance, retirement savings, credit card debt, home mortgages, medical care, organ donation, climate change, and "sludge" (paperwork and other nuisances that we don't want and keep us from getting what we do want)--all while honoring one of the cardinal rules of nudging: make it fun!", "pageCount": 384, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-01-01", "publisher": "Yale University Press", "isbn": "9780300262285", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Wf1AEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Nudge:+The+Final+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, Book 3)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson at the top of his game.

In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.

Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.

Nestled in the mountains high above the storms, in the tower city of Urithiru, Shallan Davar investigates the wonders of the ancient stronghold of the Knights Radiant and unearths dark secrets lurking in its depths. And Dalinar realizes that his holy mission to unite his homeland of Alethkar was too narrow in scope. Unless all the nations of Roshar can put aside Dalinar's blood-soaked past and stand together--and unless Dalinar himself can confront that past--even the restoration of the Knights Radiant will not prevent the end of civilization.


Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer (Novella)
Oathbringer

The Mistborn trilogy
Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series
Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
Bands of Mourning

Collection
Arcanum Unbounded

Other Cosmere novels
Elantris
Warbreaker

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener's Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent

The Rithmatist series
The Rithmatist

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity

", "pageCount": 1243, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-11", "publisher": "Tor Romance", "isbn": "9781250169495", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HibJAQAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Oathbringer:+Book+Three+of+the+Stormlight+Archive&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything": { "author": "Nate Silver", "description": "The Instant New York Times Bestseller | With a New Preface from Nate Silver for 2025
New York Times Book Review Paperback Row selection

“Engaging and entertaining . . . a glimpse of the economy of the future.” —Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stakes

In a world wired for chaos, these players are rewriting the rules. High-stakes, high-IQ, and often high on their own mythologies, they are driving the next era of finance, tech, and politics. But what happens when their bets go too far?

Nate Silver’s On The Edge reveals the hidden world of the River. It is the domain of gamblers and like-minded folks who move markets and change the fabric of society: poker legends, hedge fund titans, crypto speculators, and even those willing to bet the world’s future on AI. They are obsessives with a deep hunger for volatility and an unrelenting desire to exploit every edge over the rest of us. Silver embeds with them, competing in the World Series of Poker, visiting Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX compound, and attending wild Miami yacht parties at the height of the crypto bubble.

On the Edge is a front-row seat to a new world order built on risk, math, and ambition—a gripping ride through the minds shaping your future, whether you like it or not.", "pageCount": 577, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-08-12", "publisher": "Penguin Group", "isbn": "9780593491645", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-uJYEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:On+the+Edge:+The+Art+of+Risking+Everything&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic (Penguin Classics)": { "author": "Friedrich Nietzsche", "description": "`Reason, seriousness, mastery over the emotions, the whole murky affair which goes by the name of thought, all the privileges and showpieces of man: what a high price has been paid for them! How much blood and horror is at the bottom of all \"good things!\"' On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed to domesticate the animal vitality of earlier cultures. The result is a book which raises profoundly disquieting issues about the violence of both ethics and interpretation. Nietzsche questions moral certainties by showing that religion and science have no claim to absolute truth, before turning on his own arguments in order to call their very presuppositions into question. The Genealogy is the most sustained of Nietzsche's later works and offers one of the fullest expressions of his characteristic concerns. This edition places his ideas within the cultural context of his own time and stresses the relevance of his work for a contemporary audience. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.", "pageCount": 209, "categories": [ "Literary Collections" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-08-14", "publisher": "Oxford University Press", "isbn": "9780199537082", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=eQQUDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:On+the+Genealogy+of+Morals:+A+Polemic&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)": { "author": "Jack Kerouac", "description": "The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published word for word as Kerouac originally composed it

Though Jack Kerouac began thinking about the novel that was to become On the Road as early as 1947, it was not until three weeks in April 1951, in an apartment on West Twentieth Street in Manhattan, that he wrote the first full draft that was satisfactory to him. Typed out as one long, single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper that he later taped together to form a 120 foot scroll, this document is among the most significant, celebrated, and provocative artifacts in contemporary American literary history. It represents the first full expression of Kerouac’s revolutionary aesthetic, the identifiable point at which his thematic vision and narrative voice came together in a sustained burst of creative energy. It was also part of a wider vital experimentation in the American literary, musical, and visual arts in the post-World War II period.

It was not until more than six years later, and several new drafts, that Viking published, in 1957, the novel known to us today. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Viking will publish the 1951 scroll in a standard book format. The differences between the two versions are principally ones of significant detail and altered emphasis. The scroll is slightly longer and has a heightened linguistic virtuosity and a more sexually frenetic tone. It also uses the real names of Kerouac’s friends instead of the fictional names he later invented for them. The transcription of the scroll was done by Howard Cunnell who, along with Joshua Kupetz, George Mouratidis, and Penny Vlagopoulos, provides a critical introduction that explains the fascinating compositional and publication history of On the Road and anchors the text in its historical, political, and social context.


", "pageCount": 424, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2007-08-16", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101201572", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Jr5jsdYci2EC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:On+the+Road:+The+Original+Scroll:&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "On the Way to the Wedding: Bridgerton: Gregory's Story (Bridgertons Book 8)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

A New York Times Bestseller

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn
comes the story of Gregory Bridgerton, in the final installment of her beloved
Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a
series created by Shondaland for Netflix.
GREGORY’S STORY
Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton
believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his
dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly
what happened. Except ...
She wasn’t the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione
Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady
Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she
offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love.
With Gregory! Except ...
















Lucy is engaged. And her uncle is not inclined to let her
back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes
that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing.
And now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that
when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar
…

", "pageCount": 460, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-03-17", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061751110", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=FALBnk1BTYkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:On+the+Way+to+the+Wedding:+Bridgerton:+Gregory%27s+Story&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "One Hundred Years of Solitude": { "author": "Gabriel García Márquez", "description": "

Now a Netflix series adaptation starring Claudio Cataño, Jerónimo Barón, and Marco González

One of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.

The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.

Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility, the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth—these universal themes dominate the novel. Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an account of the history of the human race.

", "pageCount": 342, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-10-11", "publisher": "Blackstone Publishing", "isbn": "9798200952090", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AfB8EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:One+Hundred+Years+of+Solitude+inauthor:Marquez&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In": { "author": "Peter Lynch", "description": "More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success.

America’s most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere. From the supermarket to the workplace, we encounter products and services all day long. By paying attention to the best ones, we can find companies in which to invest before the professional analysts discover them. When investors get in early, they can find the “tenbaggers,” the stocks that appreciate tenfold from the initial investment. A few tenbaggers will turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer.

Lynch offers easy-to-follow advice for sorting out the long shots from the no-shots by reviewing a company’s financial statements and knowing which numbers really count. He offers guidelines for investing in cyclical, turnaround, and fast-growing companies.

As long as you invest for the long term, Lynch says, your portfolio can reward you. This timeless advice has made One Up on Wall Street a #1 bestseller and a classic book of investment know-how.", "pageCount": 306, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2000-04-03", "publisher": "Simon & Schuster", "isbn": "9780743200400", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-w6CL62dBn4C&q=intitle:One+Up+On+Wall+Street:+How+To+Use+What+You+Already+Know+To+Make+Money+In&dq=intitle:One+Up+On+Wall+Street:+How+To+Use+What+You+Already+Know+To+Make+Money+In&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company": { "author": "Andrew S. Grove", "description": "Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the reader deep inside the workings of a major company in Only the Paranoid Survive.

Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel became the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove reveals his strategy for measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads--when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall by the wayside--in a new way.

Grove calls such a moment a Strategic Inflection Point, which can be set off by almost anything: mega-competition, a change in regulations, or a seemingly modest change in technology. When a Strategic Inflection Point hits, the ordinary rules of business go out the window. Yet, managed right, a Strategic Inflection Point can be an opportunity to win in the marketplace and emerge stronger than ever.

Grove underscores his message by examining his own record of success and failure, including how he navigated the events of the Pentium flaw, which threatened Intel's reputation in 1994, and how he has dealt with the explosions in growth of the Internet. The work of a lifetime, Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic of managerial and leadership skills.", "pageCount": 242, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1999-03-16", "publisher": "Crown Currency", "isbn": "9780385483827", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=4m6JDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Only+the+Paranoid+Survive:+How+to+Exploit+the+Crisis+Points+That+Challenge+Every&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Onyx Storm (The Empyrean Book 3)": { "author": "Rebecca Yarros", "description": "

Accolades:
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TV series now in development at Amazon MGM Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society • Amazon Best Romantasy Books of the Year 2025 • Apple Books Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Novel Best Sellers 2025, #4 • Apple Books Fiction Audiobooks Best Sellers 2025 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2025 • Barnes & Noble Best Audiobook of 2025 • Audible Top Ten Best Romantasy Listens of 2025 • Google Play Best Fantasy Book of 2025 finalist • Goodreads Choice Award Winner 2025: Readers’ Favorite Romantasy • Goodreads Choice Award Winner 2025: Readers’ Favorite Audiobook • Likewise Choice Award finalist • Kobo Books Best Books of the Year 2025

Don't miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run in the U.S. and Canada only, a must-have for any book lover.

After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty.

Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.

Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.

They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth.

But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Book #3 Onyx Storm

", "pageCount": 732, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-01-21", "publisher": "Entangled: Red Tower Books", "isbn": "9781649376947", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Vuv4EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Onyx+Storm&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1)": { "author": "Diana Gabaldon", "description": "There’s never been a better time to discover the novels behind the blockbuster Starz original series Outlander. Blending rich historical fiction with riveting adventure and a truly epic love story, here are the first four books of Diana Gabaldon’s New York Times bestselling saga that introduced the world to the brilliant Claire Randall and valiant Highlander Jamie Fraser:
 
OUTLANDER
DRAGONFLY IN AMBER
VOYAGER
DRUMS OF AUTUMN
 
Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.
 
Praise for Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels
 
“Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle, on Outlander
 
“History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News, on Outlander
 
“Gabaldon is a born storyteller. . . . The pages practically turn themselves.”—The Arizona Republic, on Dragonfly in Amber
 
“Triumphant . . . Her use of historical detail and a truly adult love story confirm Gabaldon as a superior writer.”—Publishers Weekly, on Voyager
 
“Unforgettable characters . . . richly embroidered with historical detail.”—The Cincinnati Post, on Drums of Autumn", "pageCount": 5205, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-04-28", "publisher": "Delacorte Press", "isbn": "9780804181136", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=VwRfBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Outlander:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Peak: Unleashing Your Inner Champion Through Revolutionary Methods for Skill Acquisition and Performance Enhancement in Work, Sports, and Life": { "author": "K. Anders Ericsson", "description": "The expert on expertise and inventor of the 10,000-hour rule offers his insights and techniques on how to master any skill.

We live in a world full of people with extraordinary abilities. Consider what Roger Federer can do with a tennis ball, or Connor McDavid with a puck. There are chess grandmasters who can play several dozen different games simultaneously--while blindfolded--and a seemingly unending supply of young musical prodigies who would have astonished aficionados a century ago. We are dramatically better at just about everything than we were just a generation ago.We assume, though, that these peak performers are the lucky ones, the ones with a gift. That's only partly true. The fact is we are all lucky. We all have that gift. As Ericsson's whole career has shown, with the proper practice, we are allcapable of extraordinary feats.
     The techniques that chess players use to develop their skills seem quite different from the methods pianists use to improve their playing. But at a deeper level, they are all variations on a single fundamental approach to learning, what Ericsson has named \"deliberate practice\": a simple, yet powerful system for enhancing learning. This approach to expertise has the potential to revolutionize how we think about every sort of education and training. We can define the limits of our talents. Whether you want to step up your game at work or help your kid achieve athletic or academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to master almost anything.", "pageCount": 337, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-10-03", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780143192794", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WAiTEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Peak:+Unleashing+Your+Inner+Champion+Through+Revolutionary+Methods+for+Skill+Acq&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire Book 3)": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation series. This is Golden Age SF at its finest.", "pageCount": 266, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 8, "publishedDate": "2008-01-08", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780765319128", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=rZLW01SBhk0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Pebble+in+the+Sky&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "People We Meet on Vacation": { "author": "Emily Henry", "description": "NOW A NETFLIX FILM! • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.

Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2021-05-11", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781984806758", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5fooEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:People+We+Meet+on+Vacation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical.

In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth—a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-04-07", "publisher": "Hyperion", "isbn": "9781423101499", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=C6HWzwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Percy+Jackson+and+the+Olympians,+Book+Four:+The+Battle+of+the+Labyrinth&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.", "pageCount": 377, "categories": [ "Camps" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-03-16", "publisher": "Hyperion Book CH", "isbn": "9781423141877", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LT1cAQAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Percy+Jackson+and+the+Olympians,+Book+One:+The+Lightning+Thief&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three: The Titan's Curse": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "
When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it’s up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared—a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.
", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-04-08", "publisher": "Hyperion", "isbn": "9781423101482", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QBp60QEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Percy+Jackson+and+the+Olympians,+Book+Three:+The+Titan%27s+Curse&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "
After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson—a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any “normal” friends.

But things don’t stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia—only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name…the Bermuda Triangle.

Now Percy and his friends—Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson—must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family—one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon’s son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.
", "pageCount": 314, "categories": [ "Cooking" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2007-03-20", "publisher": "Disney Hyperion", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Y39JAQAAIAAJ&q=intitle:Percy+Jackson+and+the+Olympians,+Book+Two:+The+Sea+of+Monsters&dq=intitle:Percy+Jackson+and+the+Olympians,+Book+Two:+The+Sea+of+Monsters&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods: The Senior Year Adventures, Book 1": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is hoping to have a normal senior year. Unfortunately, the gods aren't quite done with him. Percy will have to fulfill three quests in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus for college. The first quest is to help Zeus's cup-bearer retrieve his goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. Can Percy, Grover, and Annabeth find it in time? Readers new to Percy Jackson and fans who have been awaiting this reunion for more than a decade will delight equally in this latest hilarious take on Greek mythology.", "pageCount": 250, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-09-26", "publisher": "Disney Hyperion Digital", "isbn": "9781368098274", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=PiOuEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Percy+Jackson+and+the+Olympians:+The+Chalice+of+the+Gods:+The+Senior+Year+Advent&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Peril at End House: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 7)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckly. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot has taken a particular interest in the young woman who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck. It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life. - Publisher.", "pageCount": 194, "categories": [ "Detective and mystery stories" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1957", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780553350739", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-dmGwBbMVxMC&q=intitle:Peril+at+End+House:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&dq=intitle:Peril+at+End+House:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery:+The+Official+Authorized+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Persuasion": { "author": "Jane Austen", "description": "

"Soal perasaan lama yang dapat bersemi kembali, masih menjadi pertanyaan, tapi masa silam pasti masih terkenang oleh keduanya." Anne Elliot haru srela melepaskan kekasihnya, Frederick Wentworth, karena keluarga besar Anne menganggapnya tak sederajat dengan nama besar bangsawan Elliot. Anne pun tetap menyendiri, tak mengindahkan pinangan dari pria lain. Delapan tahun berlalu sejak perpisahan menyakitkan itu, Frederick kembali hadir di hadapannya. Pria itu bersikap seolah mereka tak saling mengenal. Sebaliknya, Anne berusaha menutupi kegugupannya tiap kali harus memandang pria yang masih terus dicintainya itu. Berbagai kesempatan yang sellau mempertemukan mereka semakin menyiksa batin Anne. Sebuah pertanyaan pun menghantui Anne, masihkah Frederick mencintainya ataukah yang tersisa hanya luka lama di hatinya? Classic Romance-kisah cinta yang tak lekang oleh masa, karya indah para penulis legendaris yang disajikan untuk memberi makna baru dalam romantika kehidupan

[Mizan, Noura Books, Novel, Terjemahan, Klasik, Romansa, Cinta, Indonesia]

", "pageCount": 381, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-09-04", "publisher": "Noura Books", "isbn": "9786020989457", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DuF4CgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Persuasion&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated": { "author": "David F. Swensen", "description": "In the years since the now-classic Pioneering Portfolio Management was first published, the global investment landscape has changed dramatically -- but the results of David Swensen's investment strategy for the Yale University endowment have remained as impressive as ever. Year after year, Yale's portfolio has trumped the marketplace by a wide margin, and, with over $20 billion added to the endowment under his twenty-three-year tenure, Swensen has contributed more to Yale's finances than anyone ever has to any university in the country. What may have seemed like one among many success stories in the era before the Internet bubble burst emerges now as a completely unprecedented institutional investment achievement.

In this fully revised and updated edition, Swensen, author of the bestselling personal finance guide Unconventional Success, describes the investment process that underpins Yale's endowment. He provides lucid and penetrating insight into the world of institutional funds management, illuminating topics ranging from asset-allocation structures to active fund management. Swensen employs an array of vivid real-world examples, many drawn from his own formidable experience, to address critical concepts such as handling risk, selecting advisors, and weathering market pitfalls.

Swensen offers clear and incisive advice, especially when describing a counterintuitive path. Conventional investing too often leads to buying high and selling low. Trust is more important than flash-in-the-pan success. Expertise, fortitude, and the long view produce positive results where gimmicks and trend following do not.

The original Pioneering Portfolio Management outlined a commonsense template for structuring a well-diversified equity-oriented portfolio. This new edition provides fund managers and students of the market an up-to-date guide for actively managed investment portfolios.", "pageCount": 433, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-01-06", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781416554035", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SbIz2gRbrF4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Pioneering+Portfolio+Management:+An+Unconventional+Approach+to+Institutional+Inv&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Pirkei Avos: Ethics of Our Father": { "author": "Nosson Scherman", "description": "Pirkei Avot, which is most commonly translated as \"Chapters of the Fathers,\" is one of the most important collections of ethical teachings in the tradition of Judaism. Believed to have been compiled in the period between 200 B.C. and 200 A.C., this compendium of ancient wisdom remains just as relevant and inspirational thousands of years later.", "pageCount": 142, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1996", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wtycjwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Pirkei+Avos:+Ethics+of+Our+Father&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Poirot Investigates": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "Poirot Investigates Agatha Christie - First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the \"suicide\" that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat...a suspicious death in a locked gun room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharaoh's tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a prime minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and, finally, the mystery of the missing will. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!", "pageCount": 171, "categories": [ "True Crime" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-08-19", "publisher": "Phoemixx Classics Ebooks", "isbn": "9783985940035", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=G2Y9EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Poirot+Investigates&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS": { "author": "Shirzad Chamine", "description": "\"In his popular Stanford University lectures, Shirzad Chamine reveals how to achieve one's true potential for both professional success and personal fulfillment. His groundbreaking research exposes ten well-disguised mental Saboteurs. Nearly 95 percent of the executives in his Stanford lectures conclude that these Saboteurs cause 'significant harm' to achieving their true potential. With Positive Intelligence, you can learn the secret to defeating these internal foes. Positive Intelligence (PQ)SM measures the percentage of time your mind is serving you as opposed to sabotaging you. While your IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) contribute to your maximum potential, it is your PQ that determines how much of that potential you actually achieve. The great news is that you can improve your PQ significantly in as little as 21 days. With higher PQ, teams and professionals ranging from leaders to salespeople perform 30 to 35 percent better on average. Importantly, they also report being far happier and less stressed. The breakthrough tools and techniques in this book have been refined over years of coaching hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams. Shirzad tells many of their remarkable stories, showing how you too can take concrete steps to unleash the vast, untapped powers of your mind.\"--Publisher's website", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Employees" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781610000000", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=7fLm0AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Positive+Intelligence:+Why+Only+20%25+of+Teams+and+Individuals+Achieve+Their+True&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time": { "author": "Howard Schultz, Dori jones Yang", "description": "

The success of Starbucks Coffee Company is one of the most amazing business stories in decades. What started as a single store on Seattle’s waterfront has grown into a company with over sixteen hundred stores worldwide and a new one opening every single business day. Just as remarkable as this incredible growth is the fact that Starbucks has managed to maintain its renowned commitment to product excellence and employee satisfaction.

In Pour Your Heart Into It, CEO Howard Schultz illustrates the principles that have shaped the Starbucks phenomenon, sharing the wisdom he has gained from his quest to make great coffee part of the American experience. Marketers, managers, and aspiring entrepreneurs will discover how to turn passion into profit in this definitive chronicle of the company that “has changed everything . . . from our tastes to our language to the face of Main Street.” (Fortune)

", "pageCount": 366, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1997", "publisher": "Hyperion", "isbn": "9780786883561", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XALK1Bv_hZMC&q=intitle:Pour+Your+Heart+Into+It:+How+Starbucks+Built+a+Company+One+Cup+at+a+Time&dq=intitle:Pour+Your+Heart+Into+It:+How+Starbucks+Built+a+Company+One+Cup+at+a+Time&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Power Through Constructive Thinking (Plus)": { "author": "Emmet Fox", "description": "

One of the First Books to Demonstrate the Power of Positive Thoughts

Fresh with contemporary relevance, this classic of positive thinking from one of the world's greatest motivational writers offers stirring insights on self-transformation. Based on Emmet Fox's simple message that “thoughts are things” and all potential rests in their creative and constructive use, these thirty-one inspiring essays show how to have it all—health, success, happiness, and a liberated spirit—through the power of constructive thought. First published in 1940, Power Through Constructive Thinking has been a never-failing source of strength and renewal for generations of readers.

", "pageCount": 308, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-07-06", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062010629", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8bCUclxtSJMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Power+Through+Constructive+Thinking&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade": { "author": "Robert Cialdini", "description": "The acclaimed New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Robert Cialdini—“the foremost expert on effective persuasion” (Harvard Business Review)—explains how it’s not necessarily the message itself that changes minds, but the key moment before you deliver that message.

What separates effective communicators from truly successful persuaders? With the same rigorous scientific research and accessibility that made his Influence an iconic bestseller, Robert Cialdini explains how to prepare people to be receptive to a message before they experience it. Optimal persuasion is achieved only through optimal pre-suasion. In other words, to change “minds” a pre-suader must also change “states of mind.”

Named a “Best Business Books of 2016” by the Financial Times, and “compelling” by The Wall Street Journal, Cialdini’s Pre-Suasion draws on his extensive experience as the most cited social psychologist of our time and explains the techniques a person should implement to become a master persuader. Altering a listener’s attitudes, beliefs, or experiences isn’t necessary, says Cialdini—all that’s required is for a communicator to redirect the audience’s focus of attention before a relevant action.

From studies on advertising imagery to treating opiate addiction, from the annual letters of Berkshire Hathaway to the annals of history, Cialdini outlines the specific techniques you can use on online marketing campaigns and even effective wartime propaganda. He illustrates how the artful diversion of attention leads to successful pre-suasion and gets your targeted audience primed and ready to say, “Yes.” His book is “an essential tool for anyone serious about science based business strategies…and is destined to be an instant classic. It belongs on the shelf of anyone in business, from the CEO to the newest salesperson” (Forbes).", "pageCount": 468, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-09-06", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781501109812", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RmOdCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Pre-Suasion&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know": { "author": "Angus Fletcher", "description": "

'A fascinating exploration of human potential that will change how you think about thinking . . . Essential reading for anyone who wants to thrive in an uncertain world' DANIEL H PINK

Tap into your hidden intelligence and transform your life

How are some people so much smarter than the rest of us? In 2021, researchers at Ohio State's Project Narrative, renowned for collaborations with NASA, Hollywood and Silicon Valley, announced they had the answer. They named it Primal Intelligence.

Intrigued, U.S. Army Special Operations developed Primal training for its most classified units. The training succeeded. The Operators saw the future faster. They healed quicker from trauma. In life-and-death situations, they chose wiser.

The Army then authorized trials on civilian entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers, managers, salesforces, coaches, teachers, investors and NFL players. Their leadership and innovation improved significantly. They coped better with change and uncertainty. They experienced less anger and anxiety. Finally, the Army provided Primal training to college and K-12 classrooms. It produced substantial effects in students as young as eight.

That revolutionary training is now available for the first time in this book. It is not an optimization hack or a cheat code. Primal Intelligence is a different way of using your brain. It offers a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion and commonsense.

It is your edge over AI. Your human genius. Your Primal Intelligence.

", "pageCount": 302, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-08-28", "publisher": "Hachette UK", "isbn": "9781035412563", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=F_ExEQAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Primal+Intelligence:+You+Are+Smarter+Than+You+Know&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail": { "author": "Ray Dalio", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD

“A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to understand today.” —Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times

From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes—and to offer practical advice on how to navigate them well.

A few years ago, Ray Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn’t encountered before. They included huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world’s three major reserve currencies; big political and social conflicts within countries, especially the US, due to the largest wealth, political, and values disparities in more than 100 years; and the rising of a world power (China) to challenge the existing world power (US) and the existing world order. The last time that this confluence occurred was between 1930 and 1945. This realization sent Dalio on a search for the repeating patterns and cause/effect relationships underlying all major changes in wealth and power over the last 500 years.

In this remarkable and timely addition to his Principles series, Dalio brings readers along for his study of the major empires—including the Dutch, the British, and the American—putting into perspective the “Big Cycle” that has driven the successes and failures of all the world’s major countries throughout history. He reveals the timeless and universal forces behind these shifts and uses them to look into the future, offering practical principles for positioning oneself for what’s ahead.", "pageCount": 594, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2021-11-30", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781982160272", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gRJSEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Principles+for+Dealing+with+the+Changing+World+Order:+Why+Nations+Succeed+and+Fa&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Principles: Life and Work": { "author": "Ray Dalio", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD

“Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times

Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.” It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success.

In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth” and “radical transparency,” include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards” for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve.

Here, from a man who has been called both “the Steve Jobs of investing” and “the philosopher king of the financial universe” (CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press.", "pageCount": 592, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-09-19", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781501124051", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=6LGuDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Principles:+Life+and+Work&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Project Hail Mary: A Novel": { "author": "Andy Weir", "description": "THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN • Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science.

HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

“An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today

“If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?

An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.", "pageCount": 497, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-12-02", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9798217299461", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CnSJEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Project+Hail+Mary:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Pushing to the Front": { "author": "Orison Swett Marden", "description": "\"The book tells how men and women have seized common occasions and made them great; it tells of those of average ability who have succeeded by the use of ordinary means, by dint of indomitable will and inflexible purpose. It tells how poverty and hardship have rocked the cradle of the giants of the race. The book points out that most people do not utilize a large part of their effort because their mental attitude does not correspond with their endeavor, so that although working for one thing, they are really expecting something else; and it is what we expect that we tend to get.\"--Manybooks website", "pageCount": 420, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-01-01", "publisher": "Book Jungle", "isbn": "9781604244755", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=2fEcPQAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Pushing+to+the+Front&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass Book 4)": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "

Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series reaches new heights in this sweeping fourth volume.

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire-for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past...

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.

Celaena's epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena's story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.

", "pageCount": 673, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-09-06", "publisher": "Bloomsbury USA Childrens", "isbn": "9781619636064", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QEptDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Queen+of+Shadows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle #1": { "author": "Neal Stephenson", "description": "

Neal Stephenson is one of America's most collectible authors. The ever-growing number of his devoted readers has created a huge demand for signed and first trade editions of his works.

With Quicksilver: The Deluxe Limited Edition, William Morrow presents the first limited edition ever published of Neal Stephenson's work. Limited to a single edition of just 1,000 copies, the book is a beautifully designed example of the art of bookbinding. Each volume will be numbered and signed by Neal Stephenson. Collectors and readers alike will welcome the chance to add this handsome volume to their Neal Stephenson collection.

", "pageCount": 950, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2004-06", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780380977420", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gAfoFYhquw0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Quicksilver:+The+Baroque+Cycle+%231&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away": { "author": "Annie Duke", "description": "

"Dalam berbagai situasi, kita sering kali dihadapkan dengan pilihan sulit: bertahan, berubah arah, atau bahkan berhenti (quit). Nyatanya, walau banyak pertanda tak ada guna untuk tetap bertahan, berhenti identik dengan kata gagal, sehingga tak pernah jadi pilihan.


Annie Duke menawarkan strategi berbasis sains yang dapat mengasah keterampilan untuk mengetahui kapan kita harus memilih berhenti dan bagaimana cara melakukannya. Saat Anda sedang menghadapi permasalahan bisnis, karier, atau bahkan hubungan pribadi, piawai dalam memilih mana hal yang harus dipertahankan atau tidak dapat membantu Anda untuk menentukan langkah terbaik berikutnya.


Hidup ini singkat. Tak sepatutnya kita membuang waktu, energi, atau uang karena terus mempertahankan keputusan yang salah."

", "pageCount": 361, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-06-13", "publisher": "Noura Books", "isbn": "9786232423725", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XRy0EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Quit:+The+Power+of+Knowing+When+to+Walk+Away&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World": { "author": "David Epstein", "description": "The #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking: as seen/heard on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Rich Roll, and more.

“The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes

“Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. Pink  

Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule.    

David Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one. They’re also more creative, more agile, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see.

Provocative, rigorous, and engrossing, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. Failing a test is the best way to learn. Frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers. The most impactful inventors cross domains rather than deepening their knowledge in a single area. As experts silo themselves further while computers master more of the skills once reserved for highly focused humans, people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives will increasingly thrive.", "pageCount": 354, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-05-28", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780735214484", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyaDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Range:+Why+Generalists+Triumph+in+a+Specialized+World&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ready Player One": { "author": "Ernest Cline", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

“Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly

A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.

When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself.

Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club

“Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost

“An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN

“A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe

“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR

“[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9", "pageCount": 386, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 25, "publishedDate": "2011-08-16", "publisher": "Ballantine Books", "isbn": "9780307887436", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=J8ahqXjUhAAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Ready+Player+One&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ready Player Two: A Novel (Ready Player One Book 2)": { "author": "Ernest Cline", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal

AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY?

Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.

Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible.
 
With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize.
 
And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
 
Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.
 
Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.", "pageCount": 385, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-11-09", "publisher": "Ballantine Books", "isbn": "9781524761349", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=D6JHEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Ready+Player+Two:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Real Love: The Truth about Finding Unconditional Love & Fulfilling Relationships": { "author": "Greg Baer", "description": "\"He rocked my foundation! Greg Baer touched me deeply. He's got the answer to finding happiness in life.\"—Tony Trupiano, Talk America


Why do most of us search our entire lives for loving and happy relationships but rarely find them? What is the \"secret something\" that all relationships need in order to thrive? Dr. Greg Baer found the answers to these questions while working with thousands of individuals and couples. In Real Love, he shares his enlightening and practical blueprint for creating successful relationships and reveals the secret to finding and keeping what he calls \"Real Love.\"

In Real Love, you'll discover:

·         The difference between Imitation Love and Real Love
·         How to eliminate conflicts with spouses, children, parents, friends and colleagues
·         How to put an end to destructive “Getting” and “Protecting” behaviors
·         How Real Love can eliminate anger, resentment, and fear
·         The four steps to finding Real Love

With Real Love as your guide you can begin to heal the wounds of your past and create rewarding and fulfilling relationships in every area of your life.

", "pageCount": 287, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2004-01-19", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781440626760", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Ml5AclcKgzcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Real+Love:+The+Truth+about+Finding+Unconditional+Love+%26+Fulfilling+Relationships&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles": { "author": "Rivvy Neshama", "description": "

Winner of 5 national awards, Recipes for a Sacred Life is now available in a new, expanded edition.

"Recipes for a Sacred Life left us moved—and changed. Wise, poignant, funny, and inspiring."—Redbook

ON A DARK WINTER NIGHT with little to do, Rivvy Neshama took a "Find Your Highest Purpose" quiz. And the funny thing was, she found it: to live a sacred life. Problem was, she didn't know how. 

But she set out to learn. And in the weeks and months that followed, she began to remember and encounter all the people and experiences featured in this book-from her father's jokes to her mother's prayers, from Billie in Harlem to a stranger in Salzburg, and from warm tortillas to the humble oatmeal. Each became a story, like a recipe passed down, beginning with her mother and her simple toast to life.  

NESHAMA'S TRUE TALES, a memoir of sorts, are filled with love, warmth, and timeless wisdom. They ground us, and they lift us up. They make us laugh, and they make us cry. And most of all, they connect us more deeply with the grace and meaning of our lives.

"Exquisite storytelling. Written in the spirit of Elizabeth Gilbert or Anne Lamott, Neshama's stories (and a few miracles) are uplifting, witty, and wise." —Publishers Weekly

"Rivvy's bite-sized stories will make you nod with deepest knowing. It's a magical companion."—HuffPost 

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a guide to happiness? Recipes for a Sacred Life is the closest thing I've found. Powerful. Inspiring. About adding love and joy to the everyday."—First for Women magazine

", "pageCount": 260, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2020-05-05", "publisher": "Sandra Jonas Publishing", "isbn": "9781733338615", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ewnyDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Recipes+for+a+Sacred+Life:+True+Stories+and+a+Few+Miracles&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child": { "author": "Thich Nhat Hanh", "description": "Start your journey toward inner child healing with mindfulness tools that will help you mend fraught relationships, process difficult emotions, and transform the hurt of childhood trauma.

“Thich Nhat Hanh’s work, on and off the page, has proven to be the antidote to our modern pain and sorrows.” —Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
 
Based on Dharma talks by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and insights from participants in retreats for healing the inner child, this book is an exciting contribution to the growing trend of using Buddhist practices to encourage mental health and wellness. 
 
Reconciliation focuses on being mindful of our emotions and healing our relationships, as well as using meditation and other exercises to acknowledge and transform the hurt many of us experienced as children. Thich Nhat Hanh—considered “the father of mindfulness”—shows how anger, sadness, and fear can become joy and tranquility by learning to breathe with, explore, meditate, and speak about our strong emotions. Written for people of all backgrounds and spiritual traditions, Reconciliation offers specific practices designed to bring healing and release for anyone suffering from childhood trauma.", "pageCount": 185, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2006-10-09", "publisher": "Parallax Press", "isbn": "9781935209959", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=yNCS8Xxdbn0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Reconciliation:+Healing+the+Inner+Child&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1)": { "author": "Pierce Brown", "description": "The first novel of Pierce Brown’s iconic, New York Times bestselling Red Rising Saga, now in a stunning deluxe hardcover edition, featuring:

• Illustrated slipcase with foil
• Designed sprayed edges
• New cover and full wrap-around book case art
• Fold-out poster
• Full-color illustrated endpapers with a new map

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago.

Driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.

“Meteoric.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Top-notch.”—USA Today

“[Pierce] Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline.”—NPR

Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga:
RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-10-14", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9780593871522", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5P9QEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Red+Rising&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success (The Scott Adams Success Series)": { "author": "Scott Adams", "description": "From the creator of Dilbert and New York Times bestselling author of Loserthink, the ultimate guide to reframing: rewiring your brain to remove bad habits, start good ones, and see the world in a new way

Imagine if you could reprogram your brain to make yourself healthier, happier, and more successful, and all you had to do was listen to some new ways to think about ordinary topics. You need a reframe. Take an example Adams invented years ago, to much personal success.

Usual Frame: Alcohol is a beverage
Reframe: Alcohol is poison

Is alcohol literally poison? No, of course not. Or maybe. Sort of. Depends. But it doesn’t matter. Your brain will process a lie – or any form of fiction – the same way it processes a truth. Reframes don’t need to be true. They don’t even need to be logical. They only need to work.

In Reframe Your Brain, cartoonist, author, and lifelong student of all forms of persuasion Scott Adams will present his best and most compelling reframes, showing you along the way how to expand on the examples in the book and reframe new situations on the fly. All you need for success are focus and repetition; optionally (but potentially helpful in sticking to the reframe), add in some kind of strong emotion. With this book, you’ll be a reframe pro in no time.

If you’ve been stuck in the mind frame that any real change in life is too big and daunting, Adams will help you reframe that way of thinking to instead look for the smallest thing you can do that moves you in the right direction. With infinite varieties of reframes at hand, you can start, one small step at a time, to live the life you always wanted.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-09-12", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593544266", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=GJqhEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Reframe+Your+Brain:+The+User+Interface+for+Happiness+and+Success&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: The All-Time Wall Street Classic": { "author": "Edwin Lefevre", "description": "

The Greatest Trading Book of All Time - Read by Generations of Wall Street's Best

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre is a classic exploration of the highs and lows of financial markets, offering timeless insights into the psychology of trading and investing. Published in 1923, the book is a semi-autobiographical account of the legendary stock trader Jesse Livermore, capturing his journey from a young \"bucket shop\" speculator to one of Wall Street's most influential figures. Through vivid storytelling, it delves into the challenges of market speculation, the emotions that drive decisions, and the importance of discipline and risk management. Renowned for its wisdom and authenticity, the book continues to be a must-read for anyone interested in the art and science of trading.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-12-09", "publisher": "Antiquarius", "isbn": "9781667304373", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aA0H0QEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Reminiscences+of+a+Stock+Operator:+The+All-Time+Wall+Street+Classic&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Rescue Ferrets at the sea": { "author": "Richard Bach", "description": "Not many humans know. On the edges of every sea, the Ferret Rescue Service stands alongside the Coast Guard and Coastal Patrol of any country that claims an ocean shore. Just as it is the job of humans to rescue human lives at risk in storm and shipboard disaster, so it is the job of ferrets to rescue seagoing animals.

In this world of committed, courageous ferrets, Captain Bethany Ferret stands apart. A kit from humble beginnings, she rises quickly to command the swift J-boat \"Resolute,\" once derelict, which she herself has rescued from the rocks. Bethany and her crew measure the days by storms at sea, by ships in distress and by lives saved from tempest.

When the alert siren shrieks in the midnight storm, Bethany shakes away sleep and races to the bridge. \"Boa, start Engine One, start Engine Two.\" She does not inquire whether the Chief Engine ferret is ready for action on a quarter-minute warning. She switches to the ship's loudspeaker: \"Topside crew, paws on deck. We have a vessel in distress, this is not a drill.\"

Engines bursting awake, searchlights blazing, crew and boat battle swells and screaming wind to reach desperate creatures in black water, the lines between life and death now drawn only by the limits of the ferrets' courage.

From ceaseless boat-drill practice to instant decisions on the broken deck of the \"Deepsea Explorer, Rescue Ferrets at Sea\" is a tale of the pursuit of ideals, of the value of teamwork, an action portrait of those who believe that the rescue of life is the highest calling.

", "pageCount": 154, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2002", "publisher": "Scribner Book Company", "isbn": "9780743227506", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=xvl87ojJlqUC&q=intitle:Rescue+Ferrets+at+the+sea&dq=intitle:Rescue+Ferrets+at+the+sea&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering": { "author": "Malcolm Gladwell", "description": "Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with “curiosity and humor” in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light (Shannon Carlin). ​

Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.
 
Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously.
Most Anticipated in:
AARP| Associated Press| Time Magazine | Oprah Daily | Chicago Tribune | Literary Hub |
Publishers Weekly | Publishers Lunch", "pageCount": 190, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-10-01", "publisher": "Little, Brown", "isbn": "9780316581479", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=PVcKEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Revenge+of+the+Tipping+Point:+Overstories,+Superspreaders,+and+the+Rise+of+Socia&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 4)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and a USA Today and Indie Bestseller!

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 1327, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2020-11-17", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429952040", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QCPBDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Rhythm+of+War:+Book+Four+of+the+Stormlight+Archive&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Book 3)": { "author": "Kevin Kwan", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the international sensation Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, here is the trilogy’s uproarious conclusion.  • “A memorable, laugh-out-loud Asian glitz fest that’s a pure pleasure to read.” —USA Today

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage.

As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing.

A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.", "pageCount": 505, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2017-05-23", "publisher": "Anchor", "isbn": "9780385542241", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=K5MiDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Rich+People+Problems&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Richard Bandler's Guide to Trance-formation: How to Harness the Power of Hypnosis to Ignite Effortless and Lasting Change": { "author": "Richard Bandler", "description": "This wonderful book is for anyone interested in making their life significantly better. It is a goldmine of insights and techniques from one of the greatest geniuses of personal change. As you use the techniques in this book, you will exponentially increase your ability to make dramatic life-enhancing differences. It is by far one of the most entertaining and professionally stimulating books I have read. It will change your life!\"--Paul McKenna, Ph.D, author of I Can Make You Thin and host of The Learning Channel's I Can Make You More than thirty years ago, Richard Bandler set out to discover how some therapists managed to effect startling change with their clients, while others were arguing about theories as their face patients waited in vain for help. Now widely regarded as the world's greatest hypnotist, Richard Bandler observed and developed patterns which became the foundation of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), arguably one of the most profoundly effective approaches for self-development and change. Since coauthoring the internationally influential books, The Structure of Magic Volume 1, and Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton Erickson, M.D. Volume 1, Bandler has traveled the world, honing his skills and helping people solve problems and achieve goals when other \"experts\" have been unable to help. Richard Bandler's Guide to TRANCE-formation, he returns to his roots: hypnotic phenomena, trancework, and altered states to provide a highly compelling prescription for personal change. According to Bandler, \"trance\" is at the very foundation of human experience. People are not simply in or out of trance, but are moving from one trance to another. They have their work trances, their relationship trances, their driving trances, and their parenting trances. Some of these states are useful and appropriate; others are not. With his signature wit and contrarian approach to therapy, Bandler shows how anyone can reset or reprogram problem behaviors to desired alternatives, with lasting and life-altering results. Peppered with case studies and more than thirty exercises, Richard Bandler's Guide to TRANCE-formation, is an intriguing, engaging, and often amusing, read for anyone, whether they are new to NLP, want to further their NLP training, or simply want to make a positive difference in their own lives.", "pageCount": 361, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-01-01", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780757397752", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=39KPDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Richard+Bandler%27s+Guide+to+Trance-formation:+How+to+Harness+the+Power+of+Hypnosi&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives": { "author": "John Marthinsen", "description": "

Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives goes to the heart of the arcane and largely misunderstood world of derivative finance and makes it accessible to everyone—even novice readers. Marthinsen takes us behind the scenes, into the back alleyways of corporate finance and derivative trading, to provide a bird’s-eye view of the most shocking financial disasters of the past quarter century.

The book draws on real-life stories to explain how financial derivatives can be used to create or to destroy value. In an approachable, non-technical manner, Marthinsen brings these financial derivatives situations to life, fully exploring the context of each event, evaluating their outcomes, and bridging the gap between theory and practice.

", "pageCount": 409, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-05-07", "publisher": "Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG", "isbn": "9781547400058", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QotsDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Risk+Takers:+Uses+and+Abuses+of+Financial+Derivatives&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (Science Masters Series)": { "author": "Richard Dawkins", "description": "How did the replication bomb we call ”life” begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as ”the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius”), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery.", "pageCount": 198, "categories": [ "Science" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 10, "publishedDate": "2008-08-04", "publisher": "Basic Books", "isbn": "9780786724260", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DxmKvnPyBSoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:River+Out+of+Eden:+A+Darwinian+View+of+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Penelope & Colin's Story, The Inspiration for Bridgerton Season Three (Bridgertons Book 4)": { "author": "", "description": "A New York Times Bestseller The inspiration for season three of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington in the fourth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family. COLIN AND PENELOPE’S STORY Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same—especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. When he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat— or his promise of a happy ending?", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2)": { "author": "Robin Hobb", "description": "“Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin

Fitz has barely survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin. Battered and bitter, he vows to abandon his oath to King Shrewd, remaining in the distant mountains. But love and events of terrible urgency draw him back to the court at Buckkeep, and into the deadly intrigues of the royal family.
 
Renewing their vicious attacks on the coast, the Red-Ship Raiders leave burned-out villages and demented victims in their wake. The kingdom is also under assault from within, as treachery threatens the throne of the ailing king. In this time of great danger, the fate of the kingdom may rest in Fitz’s hands—and his role in its salvation may require the ultimate sacrifice.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robin Hobb's Assassin's Quest.

Praise for Robin Hobb and Royal Assassin
 
“[Robin] Hobb continues to revitalize a genre that often seems all too generic, making it new in ways that range from the subtle to the shocking.”—Locus
 
“[Royal Assassin] reaches astonishing new heights. . . . The Farseer saga is destined for greatness—a must-read for every devotee of epic fantasy.”—Sense of Wonder", "pageCount": 797, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 7, "publishedDate": "2002-11-05", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553897494", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=dZNonS5wCOwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Royal+Assassin&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind": { "author": "Yuval Noah Harari", "description": "

New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

The tenth anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our time—featuring a new afterword from the author.

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come?

In Sapiens, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical—and sometimes devastating—breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology, and economics, and incorporating full-color illustrations throughout the text, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Can we ever free our behavior from the legacy of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come?

Bold, wide-ranging, and provocative, Sapiens integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our heritage...and our future.

", "pageCount": 594, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-02-18", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780063453982", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=MosvEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Sapiens+Brief+History+Humankind+inauthor:Yuval+Noah+Harari&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much": { "author": "Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir", "description": "

In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.

Busy people fail to manage their time efficiently for the same reasons the poor and those maxed out on credit cards fail to manage their money. The dynamics of scarcity reveal why dieters find it hard to resist temptation, why students and busy executives mismanage their time, and why the same sugarcane farmers are smarter after harvest than before.

Once we start thinking in terms of scarcity, the problems of modern life come into sharper focus, and Scarcity reveals not only how it leads us astray but also how individuals and organizations can better manage scarcity for greater satisfaction and success.

", "pageCount": 303, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2013-09-03", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9781429943451", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NTnjsTHrfj8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Scarcity:+Why+Having+Too+Little+Means+So+Much&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy And Its Dilemmas: Five Stories Of Psychotherapy": { "author": "Deborah Anna Luepnitz", "description": "The classic compilation of psychological case studies from a master clinician and lyrical writer

Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers likeDeborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine in her fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines, she recounts five true stories from her practice, stories of patients who range from the super-rich to the destitute, who grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual recklessness. Intimate, original, and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines goes further than any other book in illuminating \"how talking helps.\"", "pageCount": 294, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-08-04", "publisher": "Basic Books", "isbn": "9780786724284", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=M_81n8ib0zIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Schopenhauer%27s+Porcupines&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Second Foundation": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "The third novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION

The Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by a mutant mind bent on humanity’s annihilation. But it’s rumored that there’s a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established as insurance to preserve the knowledge of mankind. Now a desperate race has begun between the survivors of the First Foundation and an alien entity to find this last flicker of humanity’s shining past—and future hope. Yet the key to it all might be a fourteen-year-old girl burdened with a terrible secret. Is she the Foundation’s savior—or its deadliest enemy?

Unforgettable, thought-provoking, and riveting, Second Foundation is a stunning novel of adventure and ideas writ huge across the Galaxy—a powerful tale of humankind’s struggle to preserve the fragile light of wisdom against the threat of its own dark barbarism.", "pageCount": 255, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 5, "publishedDate": "2004-06-01", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553900361", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=d8lp4Wth67IC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Second+Foundation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition": { "author": "Peter Bevelin", "description": "Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: \"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.\" Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super-investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen. In addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin cites an encyclopedic range of thinkers: from first-century BCE Roman poet Publius Terentius to Mark Twain-from Albert Einstein to Richard Feynman-from 16th Century French essayist Michel de Montaigne to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. In the book, he describes ideas and research findings from many different fields. This book is for those who love the constant search for knowledge. It is in the spirit of Charles Munger, who says, \"All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.\" There are roads that lead to unhappiness. An understanding of how and why we can \"die\" should help us avoid them. We can't eliminate mistakes, but we can prevent those that can really hurt us. Using exemplars of clear thinking and attained wisdom, Bevelin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced, why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking. Bevelin tackles such eternal questions as: Why do we behave like we do? What do we want out of life? What interferes with our goals? Read and study this wonderful multidisciplinary exploration of wisdom. It may change the way you think and act in business and in life.", "pageCount": 288, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9789163136863", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QkX6OQAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Seeking+Wisdom:+From+Darwin+to+Munger,+3rd+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Sense and Sensibility": { "author": "Jane Austen", "description": "Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love\u2014and its threatened loss\u2014the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.", "pageCount": 440, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-01-16", "publisher": "Lebooks Editora", "isbn": "9788583865292", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=yCROEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Sense+and+Sensibility&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business": { "author": "Danny Meyer", "description": "

The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack

Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done. 

Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.

", "pageCount": 244, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061868245", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=epnumt9tRsAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Setting+the+Table:+The+Transforming+Power+of+Hospitality+in+Business&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Shadow's Edge (Night Angel Book 2)": { "author": "Brent Weeks", "description": "Kylar Stern has given up the way of shadows for a life of peace, but when an old ally returns, Kylar must make a deadly choice in the second novel of the Night Angel Trilogy by NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks.

Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession.

But when he learns that Logan might actually be alive and in hiding, Kylar is faced with an agonizing choice: will he give up the way of shadows forever and live in peace with his new family, or will he risk everything by taking on the ultimate hit?

Devour this blockbuster tale of assassination and magic by Brent Weeks, which has delighted readers all over the world -- with over one million copies in print!", "pageCount": 546, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 23, "publishedDate": "2008-11-01", "publisher": "Orbit", "isbn": "9780316040389", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mLI7hTGirWEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Shadow%27s+Edge&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Shadows of Self: A Mistborn Novel (The Mistborn Saga Book 5)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.

Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.

When family obligations forced Waxillium Ladrian to forsake the frontier lands and return to the metropolis of his birth to take his place as head of a noble House, he little imagined that the crime-fighting skills acquired during twenty years in the dusty plains would be just as applicable in the big city. He soon learned that there too, just being a talented Twinborn — one who can use both Allomancy and Feruchemy, the dominant magical modes on Scadrial — would not suffice.

This bustling, optimistic, but still shaky society will now face its first test by terrorism and assassination, crimes intended to stir up labor strife and religious conflict. Wax, his eccentric sidekick Wayne, and brilliant, beautiful young Marasi, now officially part of the constabulary, must unravel the conspiracy before civil strife can stop Scadrial’s progress in its tracks.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer (Novella)
Oathbringer

The Mistborn trilogy
Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series
Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
Bands of Mourning

Collection
Arcanum Unbounded

Other Cosmere novels
Elantris
Warbreaker

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener's Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent

The Rithmatist series
The Rithmatist

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 396, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-10-06", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781466862661", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BHHhBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Shadows+of+Self:+A+Mistborn+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Shantaram: A Novel": { "author": "Gregory David Roberts", "description": "

Now a major television series from Apple TV+ starring Charlie Hunnam!

“It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.”

An escaped convict with a false passport, Lin flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of Bombay, where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter the city’s hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.

As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city’s poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.

Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas—this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart.

", "pageCount": 952, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 20, "publishedDate": "2004-10-13", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780312330521", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wbdEms2JtUgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Shantaram:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman (Kerner)": { "author": "Ian Kerner", "description": "

As women everywhere will attest, men are \"ill-cliterate.\" Most guys know more about what's under the hood of a car than under the hood of a clitoris. But in the world of She Comes First, the mystery of female satisfaction is solved and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to sex therapist (and evangelist of the female orgasm) Ian Kerner, oral sex isn't just foreplay, it's coreplay: simply the best way to lead a woman through the entire process of arousal time and time again. Can you say \"viva la vulva\"?

Fun and informative, She Comes First is a virtual encyclopedia of female pleasure, detailing dozens of tried-and-true techniques for consistently satisfying a woman and ensuring that sexual fulfillment is mutual.

", "pageCount": 240, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2010-01-05", "publisher": "William Morrow Paperbacks", "isbn": "9780060538262", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KhfqlwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:She+Comes+First:+The+Thinking+Man%27s+Guide+to+Pleasuring+a+Woman&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders Trilogy Book 3)": { "author": "Robin Hobb", "description": "The third book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.”

As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against a momentous threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship, the Vivacia, from the ruthless pirate Kennit.

Bold though it is, Althea’s scheme may be in vain. For her beloved Vivacia will face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy the Vivacia and all who love her, including Althea’s nephew, whose life already hangs in the balance.

Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy:
SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY", "pageCount": 818, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2003-12-30", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553900279", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HpMWOticUDYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Ship+of+Destiny&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders Trilogy Book 1)": { "author": "Robin Hobb", "description": "The first book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.”

Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.

For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the Vivacia, the ship is a life sentence. But the fate of the ship—and the Vestrits—may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will.

Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy:
SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY", "pageCount": 834, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1999-02-02", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553575637", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TrfZCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Ship+of+Magic&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Shogun": { "author": "James Clavell", "description": "SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES • A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life. All brought together in an extraordinary saga aflame with passion, conflict, ambition, and the struggle for power.

Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell’s masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for power, and a beautiful interpreter torn between two ways of life and two ways of love.
 
The principal figures are John Blackthorne, whose dream it is to be the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, to wrest control of the trade between Japan and China from Portuguese, and to return home a man of wealth and position; Toranaga, the most powerful feudal lord in Japan, who strives and schemes to seize ultimate power by becoming Shogun—the Supreme Military Dictator—and to unite the warring samurai fiefdoms under his own masterly and farsighted leadership; and the Lady Mariko, a Catholic convert whose conflicting loyalties to the Church and her country are compounded when she falls in love with Blackthorne, the barbarian intruder.
 
In dramatizing how a Westerner, the representative man of his time, comes to be altered by his exposure to an alien culture, Mr. Clavell provides a spellbinding depiction of a nation seething with violence and intrigue as it moves from the medieval world to the modern.

Praise for Shogun

“I can’t remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. . . . It’s not only something you read—you live it.”—New York Times Book Review
 
“Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking touching human relationships . . . a climactic human story.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“A tale surging with action, intrigue and love . . . a huge cast . . . vast and dramatic . . . stunning . . . savage . . . beautiful . . . an extraordinary performance.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Exciting, totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, buisness unattended.”—Philadelphia Inquirer", "pageCount": 1152, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2009-02-19", "publisher": "Dell", "isbn": "9780307490896", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cWAF8_uH1_sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Shogun+inauthor:James+Clavell&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api" }, "Siddhartha": { "author": "Hermann Hesse", "description": "

Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life but soon becomes restless and discards it for pleasures of the flesh. He is quickly bored and sickened by the unending lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, he comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life – the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace and, finally, wisdom


Hermann Hesse’s beautiful rendition of the journey of a young man during the times of the great Gautam Buddha is not just an evocative piece of art but also a work of mystery offered to the reader to solve for himself.


Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual’s search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. 

", "pageCount": 111, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-06-04", "publisher": "Jaico Publishing House", "isbn": "9788184958591", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=IqJKDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Siddhartha+inauthor:Hesse&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Silence: A Guide to Harnessing Your Most Powerful Inner Resource Through Mindfulness Techniques, Zen Philosophy, and the Art of Embracing Quiet": { "author": "Thich Nhat Hanh", "description": "

One of the world’s most beloved and acclaimed Buddhist leaders offers a profound guide to mastering our most powerful inner resource—silence—to help us find happiness, purpose, and peace

\"The practice of mindfulness is very simple. You stop, you breathe, and you still your mind.\" – Thich Nhat Hanh

Burnout, anxiety, stress, brain fog, racing thoughts...all symptoms of our loud and chaotic world, making true stress and anxiety relief feel out of reach. In a time when attention is a commodity, yet disconnection and loneliness are at an all-time high, it can be hard to find a sense of self and belonging. We tend to look to external stimulus to bring us meaning, but what if by looking inward, we can discover what it truly means to be alive?

In his beautiful and beloved book, a foundational guide to spiritual wellness, Buddhist monk and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh guides us through the enlightening mindfulness techniques that can forever alter how we see and make sense of the world, and ourselves. With gentle anecdotes, simple Buddhist wisdom and practical exercises, he shows us how to live mindfully so that all the internal chatter ceases, and we are left with the eloquent sound of silence.

This gift of silence doesn't require hours upon hours of silent meditation or an existing practice of any kind. Through accessible yet ancient Buddhist rituals, Silence teaches us the art of living in the present moment, to recognize the beauty surrounding us, and to find harmony. With mindfulness comes stillness—and the happiness and well-being we long for. Through silence, Thich Nhat Hanh reveals, we are free to hear, to see— and just be.

This powerful meditation guide offers timeless wisdom to quiet your mind and find your way back home:

", "pageCount": 94, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2015-01-27", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062224712", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZVadBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Silence:+A+Guide+to+Harnessing+Your+Most+Powerful+Inner+Resource+Through+Mindful&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Six of Crows": { "author": "Leigh Bardugo", "description": "

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen in the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone!

Meet Kaz Brekker and his crew: Jesper, Inej, Wylan, and the star-crossed Nina and Matthias, on the heist of a lifetime in Six of Crows, from #1 New York Times-bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . . .

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.

The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom

Praise for Six of Crows

“Full-throttle adventure . . . If you’re not careful, it’ll steal all your time.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Six of Crows is a well-turned heist tale. . . [It] has a muscle car’s drive and a cast that hangs with you like they were made of magnets.” —NPR

", "pageCount": 479, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2015-09-29", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9781627792127", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZCtfCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Six+of+Crows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto)": { "author": "Nassim Nicholas Taleb", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility

In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.

As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights:

• For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations.
• Ethical rules aren’t universal. You’re part of a group larger than you, but it’s still smaller than humanity in general.
• Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities imposing their tastes and ethics on others.
• You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. “Educated philistines” have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets.
• Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines.
• True religion is commitment, not just faith. How much you believe in something is manifested only by what you’re willing to risk for it.

The phrase “skin in the game” is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it’s also an astonishingly rich worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives. As Taleb says, “The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that’s necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster,” and “Never trust anyone who doesn’t have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them.”", "pageCount": 305, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-01-07", "publisher": "Random House Trade Paperbacks", "isbn": "9780425284643", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=pFjDDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Skin+in+the+Game:+Hidden+Asymmetries+in+Daily+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Slow Dance: A Novel": { "author": "Rainbow Rowell", "description": "

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Slow Dance—her smartest, funniest, most powerful contemporary romance novel yet

“If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been. Slow Dance is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic—Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times.”

   — Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Shiloh Butler was supposed to get out of north Omaha.

She used to sit out on the front porch with her best friend, Cary, and plot their escape. Shiloh was going to be an actress – she had a scholarship to a good school – and Cary was laser-focused on the Navy. Sharp, stoic, golden-eyed Cary . . . thin as a stick of gum and poor as dirt. He was probably the most decent person Shiloh has ever known. She hasn’t spoken to him in fourteen years.

When Shiloh gets an invitation to a high school friend’s wedding, Cary is the first and only thing on her mind.

She desperately wants to see him again, but she doesn’t know if she can bear being seen by him. What would Cary think of Shiloh at thirty-three? A divorced mom living in the same house she grew up in. Someone who works behind a desk, not onstage.

Would Cary even want to see Shiloh after all this time? After everything?

The answer, it turns out, is yes.

In her triumphant return to adult fiction, Rainbow Rowell has written a second chance romance so honest and human – so cathartic – you’ll feel it in your bones. Slow Dance is as sharp and compassionate as you’d expect from Rowell. Deeply, profoundly romantic, it’s a power ballad of a book—a modern-day Persuasion retelling that will stay with you.

", "pageCount": 470, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-07-30", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780063380219", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=qPHUEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Slow+Dance:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Snow Crash: A Novel": { "author": "Neal Stephenson", "description": "The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators

Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don’t dare leave their mansions.

Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse, where his avatar is legendary.

But in the club known as The Black Sun, his fellow hackers are being felled by a weird new drug called Snow Crash that reduces them to nothing more than a jittering cloud of bad digital karma (and IRL, a vegetative state).

Investigating the Infocalypse leads Hiro all the way back to the beginning of language itself, with roots in an ancient Sumerian priesthood. He’ll be joined by Y.T., a fearless teenaged skateboard courier. Together, they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination.", "pageCount": 484, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 112, "publishedDate": "2000-05-02", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780553380958", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mqpvVydYo-8C&q=intitle:Snow+Crash&dq=intitle:Snow+Crash&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 4)": { "author": "Douglas Adams", "description": "Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

“A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International

Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth’s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on.

God only knows what it all means. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since it’s light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. What else is new?

“The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible.”—The Boston Globe", "pageCount": 206, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 6, "publishedDate": "2008-12-30", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780307497901", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=eHjzE9_Ov10C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:So+Long,+and+Thanks+for+All+the+Fish&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund: Lessons for Managers and Allocators": { "author": "Ted Seides", "description": "

Helpful, Accessible Guidance for Budding Hedge Funds

So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund provides critical lessons and thoughtful insights to those trying to decipher the industry, as well as those seeking to invest in the next generation of high performers. This book foregoes the sensational, headline-grabbing stories about the few billionaire hedge fund managers to reach the top of the field. Instead, it focuses on the much more common travails of start-ups and small investment firms. The successes and failures of a talented group of competitive managers—all highly educated and well trained—show what it takes for managers and allocators to succeed. These accounts include lessons on funding, team development, strategy, performance, and allocation.

The hedge fund industry is concentrated in the largest funds, and the big funds are getting bigger. In time, some of these funds will not survive their founders and large sums will get reallocated to a broader selection of different managers. This practical guide outlines the allocation process for fledgling funds, and demonstrates how allocators can avoid pitfalls in their investments. So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund also shows how to:

The industry is approaching a significant crossroads. Aggregate growth is slowing and competition is shifting away from industry-wide growth, at the expense of traditional asset classes, to market share capture within the industry. So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund provides guidance for the little funds—the potential future leaders of the industry.

", "pageCount": 247, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-02-29", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781119134183", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5FuzCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:So+You+Want+to+Start+a+Hedge+Fund:+Lessons+for+Managers+and+Allocators&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics)": { "author": "Jostein Gaarder", "description": "

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: \"Who are you?\" and \"Where does the world come from?\" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

", "pageCount": 599, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 14, "publishedDate": "2007-03-20", "publisher": "Farrar, Straus and Giroux", "isbn": "9781466804272", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=jb9NGu6dEdkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Sophie%27s+World:+A+Novel+About+the+History+of+Philosophy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve": { "author": "George Soros", "description": "George Soros Ends the Speculation

\"The outcome [of this book] is a summing up of my life's work. . . As I finish the book, I feel I have succeeded.\"-George Soros from the Preface

Critical praise for Soros on Soros

\"If you have ever wanted to sit down for a candid conversation with a phenomenal financial success, George Soros's book provides the opportunity. You will meet a complex man and a first-rate mind.\"-Henry A. Kissinger

\"The best expert on Soros is undoubtedly George Soros! After all, who is better equipped to tell us what he really thinks and how he thinks, a matter of some importance given the fact that he has translated a remarkable personal financial success into a truly generous and historically significant effort to promote postcommunist democracy.\" -Zbigniew Brzezinski

\"The best X-ray of the mind of the master yet.\" -Barton M. Biggs

\"George Soros brings a lot more to the world of finance than the intuition and nerve of a born trader-and in Soros on Soros he's no longer bashful about telling us about it. A philosopher at heart, George attributes his success at investing to a theory of the interaction of reality and human perception. What really drives the man now, with a personal fortune beyond all personal need, is a different kind of strategic investing-investment to build in Eastern Europe the kind of open societies he came to value in his own life.\" -Paul A. Volcker

Financial guru George Soros is one of the most colorful and intriguing figures in the financial world today. Now in Soros on Soros, readers are given their most intimate and revealing look yet into the life and mind of the one BusinessWeek dubbed, \"The Man Who Moves Markets.\"

Soros on Soros interweaves financial theory and personal reminiscence, political analysis and moral reflection to offer a compelling portrait of the world (and its markets) according to Soros. In an interview-style narrative with Byron Wien, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, and with German journalist Krisztina Koenen, Soros vividly describes the genesis of his brilliant financial career and shares his views on investing and global finance, politics and the emerging world order, and the responsibility of power.

Speaking with remarkable candor, he traces his progress from Holocaust survivor to philosophy student, unsuccessful tobacco salesman to the world's most powerful and profitable trader and introduces us to the people and events that helped shape his character and his often controversial views.

In describing the investment theories and financial strategies that have made him \"a superstar among money managers\" (The New York Times), Soros tells the fascinating story of the phenomenally successful Soros Fund Management and its $12 billion flagship, Quantum Fund. He also offers fresh insights into some of his most sensational wins and losses, including a firsthand account of the $1 billion he made going up against the British pound and the fortune he lost speculating on the yen. Plus: Soros's take on the devaluation of the peso and currency fluctuations internationally.

He tells of the personal and professional crises that more than once threatened to destroy him and of the personal resources he drew upon to turn defeat into resounding victory. And he explains his motivations for establishing the Soros Foundation and the Open Society Institute through which he worked to build open societies in postcommunist countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Finally, turning his attention to international politics, Soros offers keen insights into the current state of affairs in Russia and the former communist bloc countries and analyzes the reasons behind and likely consequences of the West's failure to properly integrate them into the free world. He also explores the crisis of the ERM and analyzes the pros and cons of investing in a number of emerging markets.

Find out what makes one of the greatest financial wizards of this or any age tick. Soros on Soros is a must read for anyone interested in world finance and international policy.", "pageCount": 344, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "1995-08-18", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780471119777", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=h2GuJ0xnhFUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Soros+on+Soros&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 1)": { "author": "Jed McKenna", "description": "

From a Spiritual Master Unlike Any,
A Spiritual Masterpiece Like No Other

AUTHOR, TEACHER AND SPIRITUAL MASTER Jed McKenna tells it like it’s never been told before. A true American original, Jed succeeds where countless others have failed by reducing this highest of attainments — Spiritual Enlightenment — to the simplest of terms.

Effectively demystifying the mystical, Jed astonishes the reader not byadding to the world’s collected spiritual wisdom, but by taking the spiritualityout of spiritual enlightenment. Never before has this elusive topic been treated in so engaging and accessible a manner.

A masterpiece of illuminative writing, Spiritual Enlightenment is mandatory reading for anyone following a spiritual path. Part exposé and part how-to manual, this is the first book to explain why failure seems to be the rule in the search for enlightenment — and how the rule can be broken.

Says Jed:

The truth is that enlightenment is neither remote nor unattainable.
It is closer than your skin and more immediate than your next breath.
If we wonder why so few seem able to find that which can never be lost,
we might recall the child who was looking in the light for a coin he dropped in the dark because “the light is better over here”.

Mankind has spent ages looking in the light for a coin that awaits us not in light and not in dark, but beyond all opposites. That is the message of this book: Spiritual Enlightenment, pure and simple.

", "pageCount": 333, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2009-11-25", "publisher": "Wisefool Press", "isbn": "9780980184822", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=y-Go8BNKiDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Spiritual+Enlightenment:+The+Damnedest+Thing&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Spiritual Warfare (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 3)": { "author": "Mary K. Baxter", "description": "Whether you are a new believer or have known the Lord for many years, you will inevitably experience attacks from Satan, or the devil. Yet you can protect yourself, take the offensive, and fulfill God’s purposes for your life.
The biblical truths and principles in the Spiritual Warfare Self-Study Bible Course show you step-by-step the nature of the spiritual realm and how to effectively defeat the enemy. Be encouraged! God has provided everything you need to live in victory. You will learn how to… In Jesus Christ, you have authority and power to overcome the enemy’s attacks against you and your loved ones. Are you prepared for spiritual warfare? You can be equipped and ready through the Spiritual Warfare Self-Study Bible Course.
 ", "pageCount": 260, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-07-02", "publisher": "Whitaker House", "isbn": "9781603745277", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ogr2BgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Spiritual+Warfare&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 2)": { "author": "Jed McKenna", "description": "

Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment Isn't One Kind of Enlightenment - It's the Only Kind

THE MARK OF A TRUE MASTER is that he can express a subject of the utmost complexity with uncanny simplicity. Jed McKenna is such a master, and spiritual enlightenment is his subject.

His first book, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing, was an instant classic and established him as a spiritual teacher of startling depth and clarity. Now, his second book, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment, takes us on a fascinating tour of the enlightened state - what it is and what it's not, who's there and who's not, how to get there and how to get somewhere better.

Delightful surprises abound, including the dramatic unveiling of perhaps the greatest spiritual masterpiece of all time - long hidden in plain view and well known to all. Whitman, Melville, Thoreau, Mark Twain and U.G. Krishnamurti all appear, and a student from the first book returns to share her Spiritual Autolysis journals. Also surprising are the author's gentle efforts to guide the reader away from enlightenment toward a more desirable and accessible state.

Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged,
Missing me one place, search another,
I stop somewhere, waiting for you.
- Walt Whitman

Jed McKenna's books aren't for everyone. They're for people who are tired of the spiritual merry-go-round and ready to confront the unadorned reality of the awakening process. If you like your teachers with all the spiritual trimmings and trappings, Jed may not be right for you, but when you're ready to jump off the merry-go-round and begin your journey, Jed McKenna is the guy you want to see standing there, waiting for you.

", "pageCount": 372, "categories": [ "Spiritual life" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-11", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780980184853", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=r0pLuAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Spiritually+Incorrect+Enlightenment&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Splendid (Blydon Book 1)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "In Julia Quinn's witty, delightful debut, one scandalous Season will change two lives forever. There are two things everyone knows about Alexander Ridgely. One, he's the Duke of Ashbourne. And two, he is determined to avoid marriage. That is until a redheaded American throws herself in front of a carriage to save his young nephew's life. American heiress Emma Dunster has agreed to participate in just one London season. She's determined to then return to Boston to run her father's shipping company. But Emma's cousins are just as determined to see her settle in England. Sparks fly and Ton gossip spreads like wildfire when these two terribly determined people cross paths during one very splendid London spring.", "pageCount": 380, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2008-09-18", "publisher": "A&C Black", "isbn": "9780747585893", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3vo0NQbIN2YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Splendid&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Steve Jobs": { "author": "Michael B. Becraft", "description": "This book provides extensive, comprehensive biographical information on one of technology's most important innovators—Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs was a visionary entrepreneur who contributed immeasurably to information technology, changing not only the way we do business but also the way we communicate and share information. His company, Apple, founded in 1976 with Steve Wozniak, eventually launched the Macintosh computer in 1984, with a graphical user interface that competed with the early versions of Microsoft Windows.

This reference biography sheds light on Jobs's departure from Apple in 1985, his extraordinary comeback in 1997, and his innovations in the meantime, which included the founding of the computer animation company Pixar. Jobs and Apple went on to launch the iPod, iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad. Author Michael Becraft has distilled the vast literature on Jobs into a concise but vivid portrait of the man, his vision, the controversies that have swirled around him, and his lasting impact on business, culture, and society.

Arranged chronologically, the book includes extensive primary sources and is written to be accessible to a wide range of readers. Additionally, it incorporates images that heighten reader engagement, provides a timeline for referencing Jobs's achievements across his lifetime, and supplies an extensive bibliography for those seeking original source documents.", "pageCount": 355, "categories": [ "Technology & Engineering" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-11-21", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing USA", "isbn": "9798216149279", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HebIEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Steve+Jobs&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Stranger in a Strange Land": { "author": "Robert A. Heinlein", "description": "

Epic, entertaining, Stranger in a Strange Land caused controversy and uproar when it was first published.



Still topical and challenging today, the story of Valentine Michael Smith, the first man from Mars to visit Earth, is in the great tradition of stories that endure through the power of the author's imagination that stretches from Gulliver's Travels to 1984

", "pageCount": 655, "categories": [ "Science fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780340837955", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQhiPwAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Stranger+in+a+Strange+Land&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life Through Transcendental Meditation": { "author": "Norman E Rosenthal MD", "description": "The noted research psychiatrist and New York Times-bestselling author explores how Transcendental Meditation permanently alters your daily consciousness, resulting in greater productivity, emotional resilience, and aptitude for success.

Most of us believe that we live in only three states of consciousness: wakefulness, sleep, and dreaming. But there is so much more.

In Super Mind, clinical psychiatrist and bestselling author Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., shows how the incredibly simple daily practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) can permanently improve your state of mind during the routine hours of waking life--placing you into a super-mind state of  consciousness where you consistently perform at peak aptitude.

In his most ambitious and practical book yet, Rosenthal shows how TM is more than a tool for destressing or for general wellness. It is a gateway to functioning physically, emotionally, and intellectually at levels we never knew we could attain. Written in Rosenthal's trademark style of restraint and intellectual carefulness, Super Mind explores how we can aspire to so much more than we ever thought possible.", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-05-16", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780399184857", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lvuzDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Super+Mind:+How+to+Boost+Performance+and+Live+a+Richer+and+Happier+Life+Through&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully": { "author": "Jane McGonigal", "description": "An innovative guide to living gamefully, based on the program that has already helped nearly half a million people achieve remarkable personal growth.


In 2009, internationally renowned game designer Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion. Unable to think clearly or even get out of bed, she became depressed, even suicidal. She decided to get better by doing what she does best: she turned her recovery process into a resilience-building game. Today, nearly half a million people have played SuperBetter to get stronger, happier, and healthier.
     But the life-changing ideas behind SuperBetter are much bigger than just one game. In this book, McGonigal reveals a decade's worth of scientific research into the ways all games change how we respond to stress, challenge, and pain. She explains how we can cultivate new powers of recovery and resilience in everyday life simply by adopting a more \"gameful\" mind-set. Being gameful means bringing the same psychological strengths we naturally display when we play games--such as optimism, creativity, and determination--to real-world goals.
     Drawing on hundreds of studies, McGonigal shows that getting superbetter is as simple as tapping into the three core psychological strengths that games help you build:
 • Your ability to control your attention, and therefore your thoughts and feelings
 • Your power to turn anyone into a potential ally, and to strengthen your existing relationships
 • Your natural ability to motivate yourself and supercharge your heroic qualities
     As inspiring as it is down to earth, and grounded in rigorous research, SuperBetter is a proven game plan for a better life. You'll never say something is \"just a game\" again.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-09-13", "publisher": "National Geographic Books", "isbn": "9780143194651", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lLaMEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:SuperBetter:+The+Power+of+Living+Gamefully&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Superbold: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days": { "author": "Fred Joyal", "description": "

Boldness is a superpower.


Bold individuals seize life in remarkable, almost unbelievable ways. They succeed in business, in careers, and in love, and they have a great time doing it. Bold people walk up to supermodels and ask them to dance. They stand in front of audiences and tell jokes. They start companies. They run for president.


What surprises most people is that boldness can be taught. Fred Joyal started as an extremely shy person, too timid even to make a phone call, and transformed himself into someone who has done stand-up and improv comedy, spoken to audiences of 5,000 or more, met dozens of celebrities, and, just by being bold, found love, joy, passion, and success.


And he can teach you how.


Superbold gives you a systematic, step-by-step approach that can take you to a surprising level of boldness in as little as ninety days. Ready to stop living a life of regrets and missed opportunities? It's all possible-faster than you think.

", "pageCount": 294, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-09-15", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781544523071", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=I9-kzgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Superbold:+From+Under-Confident+to+Charismatic+in+90+Days&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Sword of Destiny (The Witcher Book 2)": { "author": "Andrzej Sapkowski", "description": "

Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety.

In this collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH, join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike...

", "pageCount": 403, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-05-21", "publisher": "Gollancz", "isbn": "9781473211551", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HUQXCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Sword+of+Destiny&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Tales of Ancient Egypt (Puffin Classics)": { "author": "Roger Lancelyn Green", "description": "Embrace your inner geek with Puffin Pixels

Puffin Pixels is a new collection of classics featuring pixelated, 8-bit video game cover artwork. Whether you're an adult nostalgic for video and computer games of the past, a teen looking for something edgy for your bookshelf, or just someone who tends to divert from the mainstream--Puffin Pixels adds a sophisticated, fresh, flair to the canon to satisfy every reader.

These stories include the great myths - of Amen-Ra, who created all the creatures in the world; of Isis, seaching the waters for her dead husband Osiris; of the Bennu Bird and the Book of Thoth. But there are also tales told for pleasure about magic, treasure and adventure - even the first ever Cinderella story.", "pageCount": 258, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780147519177", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9jVTDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Tales+of+Ancient+Egypt&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Tao Te Ching": { "author": "Laozi", "description": "

Translated with Notes by Arthur Waley. With an Introduction by Robert Wilkinson.

Dating from around 300BC, Tao Te Ching is the first great classic of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. Within its pages is summed up a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should respond to it. A profound mystical insight into the nature of things forms the basis for a humane morality and vision of political utopia.

The ideas in this work constitute one of the main shaping forces behind Chinese spirituality, art and science, so much so that no understanding of Chinese civilisation is possible without a grasp of Taoism. This edition presents the authoritative translation by Arthur Waley, with a new Introduction reflecting recent developments in the interpretation of the work.

", "pageCount": 116, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "1996-05-07", "publisher": "Wordsworth Editions", "isbn": "9781853264719", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5PgroQrhUFQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Tao+Te+Ching&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Teaching Seminar With Milton H. Erickson": { "author": "Jeffrey K. Zeig", "description": "First Published in 1985. Milton H. Erikson M.D.(1901-1980) was generally acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on hypnotherapy and brief strategic therapy. This volume presents the complete transcript of a five day seminar with Milton Erickson. The reader will experience Erickson talking about his method of therapy, demonstrating his techniques, telling one fascinating anecdote after another- anecdotes which often produce feelings of cognitive dissonance and surprise, but eventually illuminate new ways of seeing patients and thinking about psychotherapy.", "pageCount": 390, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-05-13", "publisher": "Routledge", "isbn": "9781134842179", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Kby2XJE8zoUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Teaching+Seminar+With+Milton+H.+Erickson&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Technical Analysis of Stock Trends": { "author": "Robert D. Edwards, John Magee, W.H.C. Bassetti", "description": "DID YOU FALL PREY TO INTERNET MANIA?

Many investors were lured into the feeding frenzy of Tech stocks, Internet stocks, and dot-coms, but those who followed the proven methods of Edwards and Magee were prepared for a market adjustment. When nothing else seems to work, technical analysis does. Based on extensive research and experience, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends gives you proven trading and investing techniques for success, even in today's seemingly uncertain and unpredictable market.

Get the new edition of the trader's bible. Completely revised and updated, the Eighth Edition is the newest testament to the bible of stock market timing. Edward's practical clarification of the Dow Theory, explanations of reversal and consolidation patterns, trendlines, and support or resistance are still the most useful tools you can have. Magee's proven methods remain the most effective measures ever developed for determining reliable buy or sell signals. Easy to follow examples explain how to construct and use charts to monitor trends and project with confidence when prices will fall; how far they will drop; when to buy; and how to calculate and set up \"stops\" that protect your investment.

PLAY THE STOCK MARKET THE RIGHT WAY - USE THE APPROACH THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME

As a trader, portfolio manager, or long-term investor, you need information that will give you the edge. There are plenty of so-called short cuts out there, but nothing beats rolling up your sleeves, getting your hands dirty, and learning how technical analysis works. This book gives you more than a formula for trading and investing, it gives you a formula for long term success. Old market, new market - technical analysis is the only way to go. Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, Eighth Edition shows you how to do it right.

SEE WHAT'S NEW IN THE EIGHTH EDITION:

Coverage of options
Futures
Options on futures
ishares
Long-term investing
Hedging and tax avoidance
Portfolio risk management and analysis
Controlling trade risk
Rhythmic investing
Current technology and software
Managing speculative frenzies (tulipomanias and Internet crazes)
Critical new investment instruments such as DIAMONDS and SPDYRS
Current finance theory and practice
Pragmatic portfolio theory and practice
Current record of Dow Theory
Extensive bibliography
Appendix of resources such as: Internet sites, professional risk and profit analysis, gambler's ruin analysis, volatility formula, sharpe ratio, software packages

...and much more!", "pageCount": 753, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2001-06-08", "publisher": "CRC Press", "isbn": "9781574442922", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aEXDEl9RpGIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Technical+Analysis+of+Stock+Trends&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Ten Things I Love About You: A Delightful Regency Romance for Bridgerton Fans – Witty Country Girl Meets Charming Rogue (Bevelstoke Book 3)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

“Delightful.”

—Nora Roberts

 

A perennial New York Times bestselling author, whose books have reached as high as #1, Julia Quinn returns with Ten Things I Love About You, another clever, witty, and delightful historical romance. Author Jill Barnett calls the incomparable Quinn, “Truly our contemporary Jane Austen,” Time magazine says her books are, “Smart, funny”—and this absolutely delicious tale of a beautiful country girl equally desired by an aging lecherous lord and his handsome rogue of a nephew is further proof that, “1. [Quinn’s] characters are engaging, fun, and witty. 2. [Her] dialogue is engaging, fun and witty” (Orlando Sentinel).

", "pageCount": 390, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-05-25", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062002969", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wBsz9EFmYVYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Ten+Things+I+Love+About+You:+A+Delightful+Regency+Romance+for+Bridgerton+Fans+%E2%80%93&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Texas: A Novel": { "author": "James A. Michener", "description": "Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken, as the loyalties established over the course of each turbulent age inevitably collapse under the weight of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, Texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayal—a stunning achievement by a literary master.
 
Praise for Texas
 
“Fascinating.”—Time
 
“A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, frontier and settlement, money and power . . . [James A. Michener] manages to make history vivid.”—The Boston Globe
 
“A sweeping panorama . . . [Michener] grapples earnestly with the Texas character in a way that Texas’s own writers often don’t.”—The Washington Post Book World
 
“Vast, sprawling, and eclectic in population and geography, the state has just the sort of larger-than-life history that lends itself to Mr. Michener’s taste for multigenerational epics.”—The New York Times", "pageCount": 1474, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2002-11-12", "publisher": "Dial Press Trade Paperback", "isbn": "9780375761416", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZymJDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Texas:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months": { "author": "Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington", "description": "

Update your thinking and avoid complacency with the 12 week year

Are you ready to change your life? This hands-on template for implementing advice from the game-changing book The 12 Week Year is a study guide that makes it easy for anyone to apply the 12 week year to their own lives. Instead of getting bogged down in annualized thinking that produces pitfalls and saps productivity, follow along with this guide to redefine your “year” to be just 12 weeks long. By doing so, you’ll avoid complacency, begin to focus on what matters most, create better clarity, and develop a sense of urgency so that “now” is always the right time to act.

Applicable to business growth, career goals, and life in general, the 12 week plan will help you improve in any—or every—area. By closing the “knowing-doing gap,” you’ll discover how to execute on what you already know and greatly expand the boundaries of your capabilities. Learn to:

Take back your life, improve your thinking, and advance your business or career by implementing real-world, hands-on methods in The 12 Week Year Study Guide.

", "pageCount": 152, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-09-18", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781119475378", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SWFwDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+12+Week+Year:+Get+More+Done+in+12+Weeks+than+Others+Do+in+12+Months&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom (English Version) 2nd Edition": { "author": "J. D. Rockefeller", "description": "

\"The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son\" offers an intimate and profound glimpse into the extraordinary mind and life of one of history's most influential figures, John D. Rockefeller, as he imparts his perspectives, ideology, and timeless wisdom to his beloved son.


Spanning a period of several decades, this captivating collection of letters showcases the correspondence between John D. Rockefeller, the renowned American business magnate, philanthropist, and visionary, and his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Through these heartfelt and thought-provoking letters, we witness the unfolding of a unique father-son relationship, guided by Rockefeller Sr.'s desire to instill in his heir a sense of purpose, integrity, and responsibility.


In these intimate exchanges, J.D. Rockefeller Sr. shares his personal experiences, successes, and failures, revealing the principles and values that shaped his incredible journey in the worlds of business, philanthropy, and social change. From his pioneering efforts in the oil industry to his philanthropic endeavors that transformed education, medicine, and scientific research, Rockefeller Sr. provides valuable insights and practical advice on leadership, wealth, ethics, and the pursuit of a meaningful life.


Each letter within this remarkable collection is accompanied by insightful commentary and analysis, providing readers with historical context and highlighting the profound impact of Rockefeller Sr.'s words on his son's life and the broader world. These letters not only offer a unique perspective on the Rockefeller family legacy but also serve as a timeless guide for individuals seeking guidance in navigating the complexities of personal and professional life.


\"The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son\" is an illuminating and deeply moving exploration of the principles, ideologies, and wisdom that propelled one of the most influential families in American history. It serves as an inspiring testament to the enduring power of a father's love, mentorship, and the timeless wisdom that can shape the lives of generations to come.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-06-19", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9788199968523", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WeUF0AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+38+Letters+from+J.D.+Rockefeller+to+his+son:+Perspectives,+Ideology,+and+Wis&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman": { "author": "Timothy Ferriss", "description": "Thinner, bigger, faster, stronger... which 150 pages will you read?

 Is it possible to:
Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?
  
Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, fixated on one life-changing question:

For all things physical, what are the tiniest changes that produce the biggest results?

Thousands of tests later, this book contains the answers for both men and women.

From the gym to the bedroom, it’s all here, and it all works.


YOU WILL LEARN (in less than 30 minutes each):
 How to lose those last 5-10 pounds (or 100+ pounds) with odd combinations of food and safe chemical cocktails.

* How to prevent fat gain while bingeing (X-mas, holidays, weekends)
* How to increase fat-loss 300% with a few bags of ice
* How Tim gained 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days, without steroids, and in four hours of total gym time
* How to sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested
* How to produce 15-minute female orgasms
* How to triple testosterone and double sperm count
* How to go from running 5 kilometers to 50 kilometers in 12 weeks
* How to reverse “permanent” injuries
* How to add 150+ pounds to your lifts in 6 months
* How to pay for a beach vacation with one hospital visit
       
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.  There are more than 50 topics covered, all with real-world experiments, many including more than 200 test subjects.

You don't need better genetics or more discipline. You need immediate results that compel you to continue.

That’s exactly what The 4-Hour Body delivers.", "pageCount": 571, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2010", "publisher": "Random House of Canada", "isbn": "9780307463630", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SgrHFEcm3ncC&dq=intitle:The+4-Hour+Body:+An+Uncommon+Guide+to+Rapid+Fat-Loss,+Incredible+Sex,+and+Becomi&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The 48 Laws of Power": { "author": "Robert Greene", "description": "

THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Sun Tzu better watch his back' New York Magazine
'If power is your ultimate goal, this is the book you need' The Times
'At last, the book to help you scheme your way into the upper echelons of power' Daily Express

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distils three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers.

Some laws require prudence (\"Law 1: Never Outshine the Master\"), some stealth (\"Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions\"), and some the total absence of mercy (\"Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally\"), but like it or not, all have applications in real-life situations.

Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissenger, P T Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded - or been victimised by - power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing or defending against ultimate control.

", "pageCount": 478, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 13, "publishedDate": "2010-09-03", "publisher": "Profile Books", "isbn": "9781847651341", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=P_zMW3EHnTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+48+Laws+of+Power&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: The Infographics Edition": { "author": "Stephen R Covey", "description": "The i nfographics e dition of this classic success guide presents Dr. Covey's timeless wisdom in visually powerful, highly readable graphics.
Dr. Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written. Since it was first published in 1989, it has helped tens of millions of people transform their lives for the better.Now you can learn critical lessons about the habits of successful people in an infographics format that makes it easy for you to apply Dr. Covey 's 7 Habits.
\"Dr. Covey ' s emphasis on self-renewal and his understanding that leadership and creativity require us to tap into our own physical, mental, and spiritual resources are exactly what we need now.\" —Arianna Huffington
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Infographics Edition guides you through each habit step-by-step:
· Habit 1: Be Proactive
· Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind
· Habit 3: Put First Things First
· Habit 4: Think Win-Win
· Habit 5: Seek First To Understand Then Be Understood
· Habit 6: Synergize
· Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw", "pageCount": 414, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 5, "publishedDate": "2016-01-01", "publisher": "Mango Media Inc.", "isbn": "9781633533103", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=0XupDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+7+Habits+of+Highly+Effective+People:+The+Infographics+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 13)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "

There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught -- until her makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans ...

", "pageCount": 219, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2003-12-15", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061739934", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=79XFRzc4vdkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+ABC+Murders&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Alchemist": { "author": "Paulo Coelho", "description": "

The extraordinary and beloved international bestseller.

\"It’s a brilliant, magical, life-changing book that continues to blow my mind with its lessons.\"—Neil Patrick Harris, actor

“Translated into 80 languages, the allegory teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily

Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried near the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself a king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles in his path. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.

Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is an eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts.

", "pageCount": 196, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 188, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061741241", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=FEL8DlqjYEkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Alchemist+inauthor:Paulo+Coelho&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel (The Mistborn Saga Book 4)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.

Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Kelsier and Vin have passed into the realm of history and myth, and the world of Scadrial is on the verge of modernity. In the frontier lands known as the Roughs, the old magics are a crucial tool for those who establish order and justice.

One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, tragedy has driven Wax back to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties of the head of a noble house. But when a gang of Allomancers turn to train robbery and kidnapping, Wax will soon learn that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer (novella)
Oathbringer
Dawnshard (novella)
Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
Mistborn
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
The Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
The Bands of Mourning
The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
Elantris
Warbreaker
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
The Sunlit Man

Collection
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener's Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
The Rithmatist
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity

Skyward
Skyward
Starsight
Cytonic
Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
Defiant

", "pageCount": 420, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-10-30", "publisher": "St. Martin's Press", "isbn": "9780765368546", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zJNJNs1aggkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Alloy+of+Law:+A+Mistborn+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Analects of Confucius": { "author": "Confucius", "description": "The classic collection of conversations and sayings by the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, containing his teachings on ethics, politics, and religion.", "pageCount": 282, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1938", "publisher": "London : G. Allen & Unwin", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sgASAAAAYAAJ&q=intitle:The+Analects+of+Confucius&dq=intitle:The+Analects+of+Confucius&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness": { "author": "Jonathan Haidt", "description": "THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold • A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

Named one of the best books of the year by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Time, The Economist, New York Post, and Town & Country • One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year • Named finalist for the PEN Literary Awards

“With tenacity and candor, Haidt lays out the consequences that have come with allowing kids to drift further into the virtual world . . . While also offering suggestions and solutions that could help protect a new generation of kids.” —Time
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (pronounced \"height\") lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.

Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.

Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the public health emergency faced by Gen Z. We cannot afford to ignore his findings about protecting our children—and ourselves—from the psychological damage of a phone-based life.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-03-26", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593655047", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=I03HEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Anxious+Generation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1 (The Arabian Nights or Tales from 1001 Nights)": { "author": "", "description": "Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.

This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2001-04-10", "publisher": "National Geographic Books", "isbn": "9780375756757", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=4yaNEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Arabian+Nights&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Art Of War": { "author": "Sun Tzu", "description": "Widely regarded as \"The Oldest Military Treatise in the World,\" this landmark work covers principles of strategy, tactics, maneuvering, communication, and supplies; the use of terrain, fire, and the seasons of the year; the classification and utilization of spies; the treatment of soldiers, including captives, all have a modern ring to them.
", "pageCount": 100, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 17, "publishedDate": "2002-01-01", "publisher": "Courier Corporation", "isbn": "9780486425573", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=UTGnopblxt8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Art+Of+War&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won't Work and What to Do Instead": { "author": "Kristen Ulmer", "description": "The former professional extreme skier \"unpacks this misunderstood emotion and lays out strategies for experiencing fear in an empowering way\" (Parade).
We all feel fear. Yet we are often taught to ignore it, overcome it, push past it. But to what benefit? This is the essential question that guides Kristen Ulmer's remarkable exploration of our most misunderstood emotion in The Art of Fear.
Once recognized as the best extreme skier in the world (an honor she held for twelve years), Ulmer knows fear well. In this conversation-changing book, she argues that fear is not here to cause us problems—and that in fact, the only true issue we face with fear is our misguided reaction to it (not the fear itself).
Rebuilding our experience with fear from the ground up, Ulmer starts by exploring why we've come to view it as a negative. From here, she unpacks fear and shows it to be just one of 10,000 voices that make up our reality, here to help us come alive alongside joy, love, and gratitude. Introducing a mindfulness tool called \"Shift,\" Ulmer teaches readers how to experience fear in a simpler, more authentic way, transforming our relationship with this emotion from that of a draining battle into one that's in line with our true nature.
Influenced by Ulmer's own complicated relationship with fear and her over fifty years as a mindset facilitator, The Art of Fear will reconstruct the way we react to and experience fear—empowering us to easily and permanently address the underlying cause of our fear-based problems, and setting us on course to live a happier, more expansive future.", "pageCount": 171, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-05-21", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062423436", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=dT0JEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Art+of+Fear:+Why+Conquering+Fear+Won%27t+Work+and+What+to+Do+Instead&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance": { "author": "Josh Waitzkin", "description": "In his riveting new book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top—twice.

Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine, Waitzkin was catapulted into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father’s book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a major motion picture. After dominating the scholastic chess world for ten years, Waitzkin expanded his horizons, taking on the martial art Tai Chi Chuan and ultimately earning the title of World Champion. How was he able to reach the pinnacle of two disciplines that on the surface seem so different? “I’ve come to realize that what I am best at is not Tai Chi, and it is not chess,” he says. “What I am best at is the art of learning.”

With a narrative that combines heart-stopping martial arts wars and tense chess face-offs with life lessons that speak to all of us, The Art of Learning takes readers through Waitzkin’s unique journey to excellence. He explains in clear detail how a well-thought-out, principled approach to learning is what separates success from failure. Waitzkin believes that achievement, even at the championship level, is a function of a lifestyle that fuels a creative, resilient growth process. Rather than focusing on climactic wins, Waitzkin reveals the inner workings of his everyday method, from systematically triggering intuitive breakthroughs, to honing techniques into states of remarkable potency, to mastering the art of performance psychology.

Through his own example, Waitzkin explains how to embrace defeat and make mistakes work for you. Does your opponent make you angry? Waitzkin describes how to channel emotions into creative fuel. As he explains it, obstacles are not obstacles but challenges to overcome, to spur the growth process by turning weaknesses into strengths. He illustrates the exact routines that he has used in all of his competitions, whether mental or physical, so that you too can achieve your peak performance zone in any competitive or professional circumstance.

In stories ranging from his early years taking on chess hustlers as a seven year old in New York City’s Washington Square Park, to dealing with the pressures of having a film made about his life, to International Chess Championships in India, Hungary, and Brazil, to gripping battles against powerhouse fighters in Taiwan in the Push Hands World Championships, The Art of Learning encapsulates an extraordinary competitor’s life lessons in a page-turning narrative.", "pageCount": 288, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2008-05-27", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780743277464", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XUwOtdcIWdkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Art+of+Learning:+An+Inner+Journey+to+Optimal+Performance&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Art of Loving": { "author": "Erich Fromm", "description": "The landmark bestseller that changed the way we think about love: \"Every line is packed with common sense, compassion, and realism\" ( Fortune).

The Art of Loving is a rich and detailed guide to love—an achievement reached through maturity, practice, concentration, and courage. In the decades since the book's release, its words and lessons continue to resonate. Erich Fromm, a celebrated psychoanalyst and social psychologist, clearly and sincerely encourages the development of our capacity for and understanding of love in all of its facets. He discusses the familiar yet misunderstood romantic love, the all-encompassing brotherly love, spiritual love, and many more.
A challenge to traditional Western notions of love, The Art of Loving is a modern classic about taking care of ourselves through relationships with others by the New York Times–bestselling author of To Have or To Be? and Escape from Freedom.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.", "pageCount": 157, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2013-02-26", "publisher": "Open Road Media", "isbn": "9781480402003", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=pM8MzzntBRcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Art+of+Loving&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Art of Short Selling (A Marketplace Book Book 4)": { "author": "Kathryn F. Staley", "description": "A one-of-a-kind book that shows you how to cash in on the latestinvesting trend--short selling

\"The Art of Short Selling is the best description of this difficulttechnique.\"--John Train, Train, Thomas, Smith Investment Counsel,and author of The New Money Masters

\"Kathryn Staley has done a masterful job explaining the highlyspecialized art of short selling. Her approach to telling the truestories of famous investment 'scams' will keep the readerspellbound, while teaching the investor many cruciallessons.\"--David W. Tice, Portfolio Manager, Prudent BearFund

\"Selling short is still a misunderstood discipline, but even themost raging bull needs to know this valuable technique to masterthe ever-changing markets.\"--Jim Rogers, author, InvestmentBiker

On the investment playing field, there is perhaps no game moreexciting than short selling. With the right moves, it can yieldhigh returns; one misstep, however, can have disastrousconsequences. Despite the risk, a growing number of players areanteing up, sparked in part by success stories such as that ofGeorge Soros and the billions he netted by short selling theBritish pound. In The Art of Short Selling, Kathryn Staley, anexpert in the field, examines the essentials of this importantinvestment vehicle, providing a comprehensive game plan with whichyou can effectively play--and win--the short selling game.

Whether used as a means of hedging bets, decreasing the volatilityof total returns, or improving returns, short selling must behandled with care--and with the right know-how. As Staley pointsout, \"Short selling is not for the faint of heart. If a stock movesagainst the position holder, the effect on a portfolio and networth can be devastating. Investors need to understand the impacton their accounts as well as the consequences of getting bought inbefore they indulge in short selling.\" The Art of Short Sellingguides you--clearly and concisely--through the ins and outs of thishigh-risk, high-stakes game.

The first--and most important--move in selling short is to identifyflaws in a business before its share prices drop. To help youtackle this key step, Staley shows you how to evaluate companyfinancial statements and balance sheets, make sense of returnratios, detect inconsistencies in inventory, and analyze thestatement of cash flows. Through real-world examples thatillustrate the shorting of bubble, high multiple growth, and themestocks, you'll proceed step by step through the complete processand learn to carry out all the essentials for a successful shortsell, including quantifying the risk factor and orchestratingcorrect timing, as well as implementing advanced valuationtechniques to execute the sell/buy.

Packed with landmark, cutting-edge examples, up-to-the-minuteguidelines, and pertinent regulations, The Art of Short Selling isa timely and comprehensive reference that arms you with thenecessary tools to make a prepared and confident entrance onto theshort selling playing field.", "pageCount": 314, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "1996-12-23", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780471146322", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=rLu5zuIy6UwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Art+of+Short+Selling&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Art of War": { "author": "Sun Tzu", "description": "Widely regarded as \"The Oldest Military Treatise in the World,\" this landmark work covers principles of strategy, tactics, maneuvering, communication, and supplies; the use of terrain, fire, and the seasons of the year; the classification and utilization of spies; the treatment of soldiers, including captives, all have a modern ring to them.
", "pageCount": 100, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 17, "publishedDate": "2002-01-01", "publisher": "Courier Corporation", "isbn": "9780486425573", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=UTGnopblxt8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Art+of+War&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Bands of Mourning: A Mistborn Novel (The Mistborn Saga Book 6)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.

Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.

The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metal minds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Hardly anyone thinks they really exist. A kandra researcher has returned to Elendel with images that seem to depict the Bands, as well as writings in a language that no one can read. Waxillium Ladrian is recruited to travel south to the city of New Seran to investigate. Along the way he discovers hints that point to the true goals of his uncle Edwarn and the shadowy organization known as The Set.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer (Novella)
Oathbringer

The Mistborn trilogy
Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series
Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
Bands of Mourning

Collection
Arcanum Unbounded

Other Cosmere novels
Elantris
Warbreaker

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener's Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent

The Rithmatist series
The Rithmatist

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 436, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-01-26", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781466862678", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TPNnBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Bands+of+Mourning:+A+Mistborn+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Battle for Investment Survival (Essential Investment Classics)": { "author": "G. M. Loeb", "description": "A reader of one of my earlier discussions asked-\"Have you ever tried out the ideas outlined in your book?\" My reply was to the effect that the ideas were tried out first, and the book written afterward. Any earner who earns more than he can spend is automatically an investor. It doesn't matter in the slightest whether he wants to be or not, or even whether he realizes that he is investing. Storing present purchasing power for use in the future is investing, no matter in what form it's put away. Some popular and common forms include money itself, government bonds, savings bank deposits, real estate, commodities, securities of all types, diamonds and where and when it's legal, gold.", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-03-27", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781609775759", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=O2g-AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Battle+for+Investment+Survival&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 5)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination... Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about 'Number Four'.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-12-12", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781774818848", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=S0ti0AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Big+Four:+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 5)": { "author": "Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti", "description": "The breathtaking conclusion to the mega-bestselling Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan, now a graphic novel!

Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen--all of them--and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood--the blood of Olympus--in order to wake.

The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps.

The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.

Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians is now a hit series on Disney+!", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2026-09-29", "publisher": "Disney-Hyperion", "isbn": "9781368092401", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CdfI0QEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Blood+of+Olympus&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma": { "author": "Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.", "description": "#1 New York Times bestseller

“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies

A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.", "pageCount": 465, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2014-09-25", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101608302", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3Q3UAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Body+Keeps+the+Score:+Brain,+Mind,+and+Body+in+the+Healing+of+Trauma&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Bodyguard: A Novel": { "author": "Christine Rimmer", "description": "Calabrettis marry for duty—but bravo—Calabrettis marry for love

MARRY FOR LOVE

Marcus is the best man Rhia's ever known, and she's never gotten over their breakup. Now, he's practically strapped to her side. It's like a dream come true…or a nightmare. Because Marcus is as stubborn as ever: she's a Bravo-Calabretti, he's a lowly security guard, and they can never be equals. Ever.

Then a breathless night that should have brought closure brings something else: a baby. Marcus insists that no child of his will grow up without its own mother and father. Well, Rhia has her own requirement: her child will be raised on love, not the dry bread of obligation. And Marcus has made it abundantly clear that his duty to Montedoro comes before everything—especially his own desires.

", "pageCount": 217, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-04-01", "publisher": "Harlequin", "isbn": "9781460310090", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sX2CWhB8UykC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Bodyguard&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After: Includes Violet's Story": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a novella featuring Violet Bridgerton along with a collection of \"second epilogues\" to her Bridgerton series—her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family—now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.

Ever wonder what happens after the Happily Ever After?

Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among Regency romance readers, and this collection of \"second epilogues\"—stories that take place after the original books end—offers fans more from their favorite characters.

Also unique to this volume is a heartwarming romance novella featuring Violet Bridgerton, beloved mother of the eight Bridgerton siblings, in addition to second epilogues for The Duke and I; The Viscount Who Loved Me; An Offer from a Gentleman; Romancing Mister Bridgerton; To Sir Phillip, With Love; When He Was Wicked, It’s in His Kiss; and On the Way to the Wedding sure to satisfy the legions of Julia Quinn fans.

", "pageCount": 313, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-04-02", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062096531", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=bKa8cmtufJgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Bridgertons&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Brothers Karamazov": { "author": "Fyodor Dostoevsky", "description": "

Winner of the Pen/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

The award-winning translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel of psychological realism.

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.

This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.

", "pageCount": 826, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2002-06-14", "publisher": "North Point Press", "isbn": "9781429927215", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OG0e6djUgUYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Brothers+Karamazov+inauthor:Dostoevsky&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries Book 3)": { "author": "Richard Osman", "description": "The third installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix

“The quartet of aging amateur sleuths…remain wonderful company.” —The New York Times Book Review

It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case—their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.

Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot.

While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?

From an upmarket spa to a prison cell complete with espresso machine to a luxury penthouse high in the sky, this third adventure of the Thursday Murder Club is full of the cleverness, intrigue, and irresistible charm that readers have come to expect from Richard Osman’s bestselling series.

“The Bullet That Missed hits on every front.” —the Wall Street Journal", "pageCount": 385, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-06-20", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593299418", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AuqzEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Bullet+That+Missed&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Burnout Society": { "author": "Byung-Chul Han", "description": "

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, \"user-friendly\" technology, and the culture of convenience are producing disorders that range from depression to attention deficit disorder to borderline personality disorder. Byung-Chul Han interprets the spreading malaise as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people and goods. Stress and exhaustion are not just personal experiences, but social and historical phenomena as well. Denouncing a world in which every against-the-grain response can lead to further disempowerment, he draws on literature, philosophy, and the social and natural sciences to explore the stakes of sacrificing intermittent intellectual reflection for constant neural connection.

", "pageCount": 69, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-08-12", "publisher": "Stanford University Press", "isbn": "9780804797504", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SQoNCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Burnout+Society&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. I: Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant": { "author": "", "description": "Diana Wynne Jones's enchanting fantasy collection featuring Chrestomanci, the powerful enchanter who oversees the use of magic across parallel worlds. Two beloved novels of magical mischief and adventure.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. I: Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant—Cozy and Nostalgic Fantasy for Tweens and Young Adults (Ages 8-12)": { "author": "Diana Wynne Jones", "description": "

A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and Chris Colfer.

Volume I contains Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant.

In Charmed Life, the first Chrestomanci book, the orphaned Cat Chant and his sister Gwendolen are taken to live at Chrestomanci Castle. There they are under the guardianship and tutelage of the Chrestomanci--a nine-lived enchanter who polices the many worlds of the multiverse. Gwendolen thinks highly of herself and her magical skills, but it soon comes out that Cat is the more powerful. He himself is a nine-lived enchanter and will one day take up Chrestomanci's job--if he and Chrestomanci can stop Gwendolen from wreaking havoc in multiple worlds.

The Lives of Christopher Chant is the story of Chrestomanci's own childhood and how he came to live at the Castle himself. With distracted parents, a nefarious uncle, and a severe guardian who was Chrestomanci before Christopher, it's no wonder that Christopher keeps losing his lives.

The first of three volumes, the Chronicles of Chrestomanci can be read in any order.

", "pageCount": 608, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-05-18", "publisher": "Greenwillow Books", "isbn": "9780063067035", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1yDBzQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Chronicles+of+Chrestomanci,+Vol.+I&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. II: The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week": { "author": "Diana Wynne Jones", "description": "

“Always perfectly magical.” —Neil Gaiman

A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones’s bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and Chris Colfer.

Volume II contains The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week.

In the Magicians of Caprona, the two warring families of Caprona, the Montanas and the Petrocchis, must join forces to keep the White Devil from invading their city. Even Chrestomanci becomes involved when two of the youngest family members, Tonino Montana and Angelica Petrocchi, go missing. Their unusual magical powers will be key to stopping the White Devil.

Witch Week takes place in a world where witches are burned at the stake, so when a note reading “Someone in this class is a witch” appears in Class 6B, it’s no laughing matter. Only Chrestomanci can sort out the mess that the students of 6B get themselves into.

The second of three volumes, the Chronicles of Chrestomanci can be read in any order.

", "pageCount": 458, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-05-18", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780063136830", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mrsoEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Chronicles+of+Chrestomanci,+Vol.+II:+The+Magicians+of+Caprona+and+Witch+Week&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. III: Conrad's Fate and The Pinhoe Egg": { "author": "Diana Wynne Jones", "description": "

In the multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control the rampant misuse of magic—and to hold the title Chrestomanci. . . .

Cat and Christopher Chant make the most unusual friends. Christopher befriends a boy with terrible karma in a mansion where everything keeps changing. Cat meets a girl whose family of rogue witches is hiding shocking secrets. Will the Chrestomanci be able to sort out the tangle of mysteries and magic?

", "pageCount": 695, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-04-22", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061148323", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=A2nXa7AyGScC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Chronicles+of+Chrestomanci,+Vol.+III:+Conrad%27s+Fate+and+The+Pinhoe+Egg&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Circle of Fire: Inspiration and Guided Meditations for Living in Love and Happiness : (Formerly \"Prayers: A Communion With Our Creator\") (A Toltec Wisdom Book)": { "author": "Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills", "description": "In The Circle of Fire, bestselling author, don Miguel Ruiz, inspires us to enter into a new and loving relationship with ourselves, with our fellow humans, and with all of creation

This book, first published in 2001 as “Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator,” will remind you of what you really are. It has always been my favorite book, and now in honor of my favorite prayer, it has been appropriately renamed “The Circle of Fire.” — don Miguel Ruiz

Through a selection of beautiful essays, prayers, and guided meditations, Ruiz prepares our minds for a new way of seeing life, and opens our hearts to find our way back to our birthright: heaven on earth. The result is a life lived in joy, harmony, and contentment.", "pageCount": 84, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2013-08-27", "publisher": "Amber-Allen Publishing", "isbn": "9781934408346", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=pza4Sv7PNMgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Circle+of+Fire&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The City of Brass: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy)": { "author": "S. A. Chakraborty", "description": "

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire

Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding epic fantasy debut from S. A. Chakraborty, an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.

Nahri has never believed in supernatural magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, this female protagonist is a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trades she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, and a mysterious gift for healing—are all tricks, both the means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles and a reliable way to survive. 

But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, to her side during one of her cons, this portal fantasy adventure catapults her into a world she’s forced to reconsider her beliefs. For Dara tells Nahri an extraordinary tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire and rivers where the mythical marid sleep, past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises and mountains where the circling birds of prey are more than what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass—a hidden city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound.

In Daevabad, within gilded brass walls laced with enchantments and behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments and political intrigue run deep. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, her arrival threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries. 

Spurning Dara’s warning of the treachery surrounding her, she embarks on a hesitant friendship with Alizayd, an idealistic prince who dreams of rebellion. All too soon, Nahri learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics in this high fantasy world. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences. 

", "pageCount": 624, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2017-11-14", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062678126", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=09cpDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+City+of+Brass:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition": { "author": "Ernest Hemingway", "description": "THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as \"\"The Snows of Kilimanjaro,\" \"Hills Like White Elephants,\"\" and \"\"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,\"\" and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection. For Hemingway fans \"The Complete Short Stories\" is an invaluable treasury.", "pageCount": 650, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1998-08-01", "publisher": "Turtleback Books", "isbn": "9781417660513", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3RfkAAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Complete+Short+Stories+Of+Ernest+Hemingway&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Count of Monte Cristo": { "author": "Alexandre Dumas", "description": "Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure of one man's quest for freedom and vengeance on those who betrayed him.

This edition includes:
-A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
-A chronology of the author's life and work
-A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
-An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
-Detailed explanatory notes
-Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
-Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
-A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.", "pageCount": 688, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 10, "publishedDate": "2004-05", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780743487559", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Y0Y-r1VscgQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo+inauthor:Dumas&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness": { "author": "Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga", "description": "“Marie Kondo, but for your brain.” —HelloGiggles
“Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend.” —Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and founder of Andreessen Horowitz

Reading this book could change your life.

The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous bestseller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be.

Is happiness something you choose for yourself? The Courage to Be Disliked presents a simple and straightforward answer. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of twentieth-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, this book follows an illuminating dialogue between a philosopher and a young man. Over the course of five conversations, the philosopher helps his student to understand how each of us is able to determine the direction of our own life, free from the shackles of past traumas and the expectations of others.

Rich in wisdom, The Courage to Be Disliked will guide you through the concepts of self-forgiveness, self-care, and mind decluttering. It is a deeply liberating way of thinking, allowing you to develop the courage to change and ignore the limitations that you might be placing on yourself. This plainspoken and profoundly moving book unlocks the power within you to find lasting happiness and be the person you truly want to be. Millions have already benefited from its teachings—now you can too.", "pageCount": 288, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-06-25", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781668069530", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lOEKEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Courage+to+Be+Disliked:+The+Japanese+Phenomenon+That+Shows+You+How+to+Change&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Currents of Space (Galactic Empire Book 2)": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "The second book in the Galactic Empire series, the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series, by one of history's most influential writers of science fiction, Isaac Asimov

Trantor had extended its rule over half the Galaxy, but the other half defied its authority, defending their corrupt fiefdoms with violence and repression. On the planet Florina, the natives labored as slaves for their arrogant masters on nearby Sark. But now both worlds were hurtling toward a cataclysmic doom, and only one man knew the truth--a slave unaware of the secret knowledge locked inside his own brain.

Rik had once been a prominent scientist until a psychic probe erased all memories of his past. Now he was a humble laborer in the kyrt mills of Florina. Then the memories began to return, bringing with them the terrible truth about the future--a truth that his masters on Sark would kill to keep secret . . . even at the cost of their own survival.", "pageCount": 261, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-09-01", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780593160077", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Yvv3DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Currents+of+Space&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)": { "author": "Cixin Liu", "description": "

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America

PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”—Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”—GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”—NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”—The Washington Post

The Dark Forest is the second novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 513, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-08-11", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781466853430", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WJfYBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Dark+Forest&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity": { "author": "David Graeber, David Wengrow", "description": "

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022

'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times

'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself.

Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we begin to see what's really there. If humans did not spend 95 per cent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful possibilities than we tend to assume.

The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action.

'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb

'The most profound and exciting book I've read in thirty years' Robin D. G. Kelley

", "pageCount": 483, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-10-19", "publisher": "Penguin UK", "isbn": "9780241402450", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=X8gZEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Dawn+of+Everything:+A+New+History+of+Humanity&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Centaur Classics)": { "author": "Leo Tolstoy, Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828-1910 Gra", "description": "The Death of Ivan Ilyich, first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. \"Usually classed among the best examples of the novella\", The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge, and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness in 19th-century Russia. Ivan Ilyich lives a carefree life that is \"most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible\". Like everyone he knows, he spends his life climbing the social ladder. Enduring marriage to a woman whom he often finds too demanding, he works his way up to be a magistrate, thanks to the influence he has over a friend who has just been promoted, focusing more on his work as his family life becomes less tolerable. While hanging curtains for his new home one day, he falls awkwardly and hurts his side. Though he does not think much of it at first, he begins to suffer from a pain in his side. As his discomfort grows, his behavior towards his family becomes more irritable. His wife finally insists that he visit a physician. The physician cannot pinpoint the source of his malady, but soon it becomes clear that his condition is terminal. Confronted with his diagnosis, Ivan attempts every remedy he can to obtain a cure for his worsening situation until the pain grows so intense he is forced to cease working and spend the remainder of his days in bed. Here, he is brought face to face with his mortality, and realizes that although he knows of it, he does not truly grasp it. During the long and painful process of death, Ivan dwells on the idea that he does not deserve his suffering because he has lived rightly. If he had not lived a good life, there could be a reason for his pain; but he has, so pain and death must be arbitrary and senseless.", "pageCount": 142, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2006", "publisher": "ReadHowYouWant.com", "isbn": "9781425008444", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RPpIWuVyTTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Death+of+Ivan+Ilyich&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now": { "author": "Meg Jay", "description": "

The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties—and themselves. Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours.

Our \"thirty-is-the-new-twenty\" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives.

Drawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to take the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood—if we use the time well.

Also included in this updated edition: 

", "pageCount": 250, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2012-04-17", "publisher": "Grand Central Publishing", "isbn": "9780446575065", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Gm6ujNFLDCUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Defining+Decade&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Dharma Bums: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)": { "author": "Jack Kerouac", "description": "Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature

“In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—Chicago Tribune

First published in 1958, a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums stands as one of Jack Kerouac’s most powerful and influential novels. The story focuses on two ebullient young Americans—mountaineer, poet, and Zen Buddhist Japhy Ryder, and Ray Smith, a zestful, innocent writer—whose quest for Truth leads them on a heroic odyssey, from marathon parties and poetry jam sessions in San Francisco’s Bohemia to solitude and mountain climbing in the High Sierras.", "pageCount": 257, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "1971-05-27", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101199305", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=JhbAGrTpmHsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Dharma+Bums&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)": { "author": "Neal Stephenson", "description": "Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age is a major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time

Decades into our future, a stone’s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer  Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primer’s purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands.

Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetes—members of the poor, tribeless class.  Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell.  When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian—John Percival Hackworth—in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer.

Following the discovery of his crime, Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise, squeezed by agents of Protocol Enforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other, he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist.  His quest and Nell’s will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primer—a woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram the future of humanity.", "pageCount": 514, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 47, "publishedDate": "2003-08-26", "publisher": "Spectra", "isbn": "9780553898200", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aAV6wV4Rn00C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Diamond+Age&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Discoverers (Knowledge Series Book 2)": { "author": "Daniel J. Boorstin", "description": "An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.  In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos.", "pageCount": 770, "categories": [ "Science" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2011-01-26", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780307773555", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aEr07wJ21NYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Discoverers&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Dragon Reborn, the third novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor undertakes a journey to prove himself worthy of being the Champion of Light.

Winter has stopped the war—almost—yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is he?

Rand al’Thor has been proclaimed the Dragon Reborn. Traveling to the great fortress known as the Stone of Tear, he plans to find the sword Callandor, which can only be wielded by the Champion of Light, and discover if he truly is destined to battle The Dark One. Following Rand, Moiraine and their friends battle Darkhounds on the hunt, hoping they reach the Heart of the Stone in time for the next great test awaiting the Dragon Reborn.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

", "pageCount": 608, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1991-09-15", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780312852481", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sQkD884zKx8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Dragon+Reborn:+Book+Three+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War Book 2)": { "author": "R. F. Kuang", "description": "

Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic military fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters.

The war is over.

The war has just begun.

Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now this powerful antiheroine is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power.

Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin’s homeland to its enemies. Her only hope is to join forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots a violent revolution to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new republic.

But neither the Empress nor the Dragon Warlord are what they seem. The more Rin witnesses, the more she fears her love for Nikan will force her to use the Phoenix’s deadly power once more.

Because there is nothing Rin won’t sacrifice to save her country . . . and exact her vengeance.

", "pageCount": 769, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2019-08-06", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062662613", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=r5trDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Dragon+Republic&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment": { "author": "Guy Spier", "description": "

Former Wall Street investment banker and philanthropist Guy Spier reveals how meeting Warren Buffett changed his career—and his life—in The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment.

A Harvard MBA graduate and a successful hedge fund manager, Guy Spier pursued an opportunity to meet one of America’s wealthiest businessmen—bidding $650,100 with Mohnish Pabrai for the privilege to do so—at a charity lunch. What Warren Buffett shared was more important than market share strategies. He learned principles that put him on the path to becoming a real value investor.

In this fascinating inside story, Spier reveals his transformation from a Gordon Gekko wannabe, driven by greed, to a sophisticated investor who enjoys success without selling his soul to the highest bidder. His journey is similar to the thousands that flock to New York’s Financial District every year with their shiny new diplomas, aiming to be King of Wall Street, realizing just in the nick of time that the true King lived 1,500 miles away in Omaha, Nebraska.

Inspired by Warren’s activist values, Spier altered his career trajectory, learning some powerful lessons along the way including: why the right mentors and partners are critical to long term success on Wall Street; why a topnotch education can sometimes get in the way of your success; that real learning doesn’t begin until you are on your own; and how the best lessons from Warren Buffett have less to do with investing and more to do with being true to yourself. Spier also reveals some of his own winning investment strategies, detailing deals that were winners but also what he learned from deals that went south.

Part memoir, part financial investing advisory, and part how-to guide, Guy Spier takes readers on a ride through Wall Street but more importantly provides those that want to take a different path with the insight, guidance, and inspiration they need to carve out their own definition of success.

", "pageCount": 224, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-09-09", "publisher": "St. Martin's Press", "isbn": "9781137278814", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ppZVDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Education+of+a+Value+Investor:+My+Transformative+Quest+for+Wealth,+Wisdom,+a&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer": { "author": "Siddhartha Mukherjee", "description": "Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, adapted as a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer.

Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years.

The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist.

Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.", "pageCount": 624, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2011-08-09", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781439170915", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=hgx0sJvphNkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Emperor+of+All+Maladies:+A+Biography+of+Cancer&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Empire of Gold: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy Book 3)": { "author": "S. A. Chakraborty", "description": "

“No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.” —Paste Magazine

The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, an epic fantasy series in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.

Daevabad has fallen.

After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people.

But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies.

Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad’s deadly political intrigue, Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult choices of their own. While Nahri finds peace in the old rhythms and familiar comforts of her human home, she is haunted by the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her a savior are at the mercy of a new tyrant. Ali, too, cannot help but look back, and is determined to return to rescue his city and the family that remains. Seeking support in his mother’s homeland, he discovers that his connection to the marid goes far deeper than expected and threatens not only his relationship with Nahri, but his very faith.

As peace grows more elusive and old players return in this high stakes fantasy, Nahri, Ali, and Dara come to understand that in order to remake the world, they may need to fight those they once loved . . . and take a stand for those they once hurt.

", "pageCount": 830, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2020-06-30", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062678188", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=w1-yDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Empire+of+Gold:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The End of Eternity": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "A spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation series

Due to circumstances within our control . . . tomorrow will be canceled.

The Eternals, the ruling class of the Future, had the power of life and death not only over every human being but over the very centuries into which they were born. Past, Present, and Future could be created or destroyed at will.

You had to be special to become an Eternal. Andrew Harlan was special. Until he committed the one unforgivable sin—falling in love.

Eternals weren’t supposed to have feelings. But Andrew could not deny the sensations that were struggling within him. He knew he could not keep this secret forever. And so he began to plan his escape, a plan that changed his own past . . . and threatened Eternity itself.", "pageCount": 256, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-09-01", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780593160060", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Xvv3DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+End+of+Eternity&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Energies of Love: Using Energy Medicine to Keep Your Relationship Thriving": { "author": "Donna Eden, David Feinstein, Jean Houston", "description": "A relationship begins with the meeting of two unique energies. This union of energies determines the way you communicate, fight, love, and want to be loved. Donna Eden and David Feinstein draw on the real-life experiences of couples who have attended their popular 'Energies of Love' workshops, as well as their own experience as husband and wife, to show how an understanding of your energy system and that of your partner can help you build a more harmonious and loving bond.", "pageCount": 400, "categories": [ "Energy medicine" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014", "publisher": "Piatkus Books", "isbn": "9780349406435", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=iZrGoAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Energies+of+Love:+Using+Energy+Medicine+to+Keep+Your+Relationship+Thriving&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (Jon Gordon)": { "author": "Jon Gordon", "description": "

Enjoy the ride of your life with the Wall Street Journal bestseller

None of us can expect to get through life without any challenges. Life isn’t always a constant daydream of unbridled pleasure and happiness. But that doesn’t mean you can’t approach everything with some zing – a big dose of positive energy is what you need to feel great, be successful and love life! And the international bestselling The Energy Bus can help you live your life in a positive, forward-thinking way.

Learn the 10 secrets that will help you overcome adversity and harness the power of positive, infectious energy, so that you can create your own success.

International bestselling author Jon Gordon draws on his experience of working with thousands of leaders and teams to provide insights, actionable strategies and positive energy.

The Energy Bus:

", "pageCount": 195, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-05-20", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9781119089230", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=E_HGBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Energy+Bus:+10+Rules+to+Fuel+Your+Life,+Work,+and+Team+with+Positive+Energy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fifth Edition": { "author": "Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett", "description": "

In the third edition of this international best seller, Lawrence \nCunningham brings you the latest wisdom from Warren Buffett’s annual \nletters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. New material addresses:

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Some other material has been rearranged to deepen the themes and lessons that the collection has always produced:

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Money, Riches and Wealth, click here.

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Manual of Ideas, click here.

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Corporate Counsel, click here.

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William J. Taylor, ABA Banking Journal, click here.

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Bob Morris, Blogging on Business, click here.

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Pamela Holmes, Saturday Evening Post, click here.

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Kevin M. LaCroix, D&O Diary, click here.

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On Finance issues (Columbia University), click here.

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On Berkshire post-Buffett (Manual of Ideas), click here.

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On Publishing the book (Value Walk), click here.

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On Governance issues (Harvard University blog), click here.
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Motley Fool, click here.

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Stock Market Blog, click here.

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Motley Fool Interviews with LAC at Berkshire's 2013 Annual Meeting

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Berkshire Businesses: Vastly Different, Same DNA, click here.

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Is Berkshire's Fat Wallet an Enemy to Its Success?, click here.

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Post-Buffett Berkshire: Same Question, Same Answer, click here.

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How a Disciplined Value Approach Works Across the Decades, click here.

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Through the Years: Constant Themes in Buffett's Letters, click here.

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Buffett's Single Greatest Accomplishment, click here.

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Where Buffett Is Finding Moats These Days, click here.

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How Buffett Has Changed Through the Years, click here.

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Speculating on Buffett's Next Acquisition, click here.

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Buffett Says “Chief Risk Officers” Are a Terrible Mistake, click here.

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Berkshire Without Buffett, click here.

", "pageCount": 282, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-03-15", "publisher": "Carolina Academic Press", "isbn": "9781611634471", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-fzqAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Essays+of+Warren+Buffett:+Lessons+for+Corporate+America,+Fifth+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating": { "author": "David M. Buss", "description": "A stunning study that uses evolutionary psychology to explain human mating and the mysteries of love

“A drop-dead shocker.” —Washington Post Book World

If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question, we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is the first work to present a unified theory of human mating behavior. Drawing on a wide range of examples of mating behavior—from lovebugs to elephant seals, from the Yanomamö tribe of Venezuela to online dating apps—Buss reveals what women want, what men want, and why their desires radically differ. Love has a central place in human sexual psychology, but conflict, competition, and manipulation also pervade human mating—something we must confront in order to control our own mating destiny.

Updated to reflect recent scientific research on human mating, this definitive edition of this classic work of evolutionary psychology explains the powerful forces that shape our most intimate desires.", "pageCount": 454, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-12-27", "publisher": "Basic Books", "isbn": "9780465093304", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BIOyDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Evolution+of+Desire:+Strategies+of+Human+Mating&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the Two Rivers seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 754, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 159, "publishedDate": "2000-09-15", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429959810", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1PgKPuFIz1kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Eye+of+the+World:+Book+One+of+The+Wheel+of+Time&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery (A Toltec Wisdom Book)": { "author": "Don Miguel Ruiz, Don Jose Ruiz, Janet Mills", "description": "From the New York Times and international best selling author of THE FOUR AGREEMENTS

In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz revealed how the process of our education, or \"domestication,\" can make us forget the wisdom we were born with. In The Fifth Agreement, don Miguel Ruiz joins his son, don Jose Ruiz, to offer a fresh perspective on The Four Agreements, and a powerful new agreement for transforming uour life into your personal heaven. The Fifth Agreement takes us to a deeper level of awareness of the power of the Self, and returns us to the authenticity we were born with.

In this compelling sequel to the book that has changed the lives of millions of people around the world, we are reminded of the greatest gift we can give ourselves: the freedom to be who we really are.", "pageCount": 160, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-01-08", "publisher": "Amber-Allen Publishing", "isbn": "9781934408056", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HgD8TXo0HgAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Fifth+Agreement:+A+Practical+Guide+to+Self-Mastery&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Fires of Heaven, the fifth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, four of the most powerful Forsaken band together against the Champion of Light, Rand al’Thor.

Prophesized to defeat the Dark One, Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has upset the balance of power across the land. Shaido Aiel are on the march, ravaging everything in their path. The White Tower's Amyrlin has been deposed, turning the Aes Sedai against one another. The forbidden city of Rhuidean is overrun by Shadowspawn.

Despite the chaos swirling around him, Rand continues to learn how to harness his abilities, determined to wield the One Power--and ignoring the counsel of Moiraine Damodred at great cost.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

", "pageCount": 718, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 51, "publishedDate": "1993-10-15", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780312854270", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HbBZQtf9MGAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Fires+of+Heaven:+Book+Five+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them": { "author": "David Richo", "description": "“A lucid, thought-provoking, and illuminating” guide to finding fulfillment and “fluid acceptance of life as it is” (Martha Beck, life coach and New York Times–bestselling author)
 
Why is it that, despite our best efforts, many of us remain fundamentally unhappy and unfulfilled in our lives? In this provocative and inspiring book, David Richo distills thirty years of experience as a therapist to explain the underlying roots of unhappiness—and the surprising secret to finding freedom and fulfillment.

There are certain facts of life that we cannot change—the unavoidable “givens” of human existence: (1) everything changes and ends, (2) things do not always go according to plan, (3) life is not always fair, (4) pain is a part of life, and (5) people are not loving and loyal all the time. Richo shows us that by dropping our deep-seated resistance to these givens, we can find liberation and discover the true richness that life has to offer.
 
Blending Western psychology and Eastern spirituality, and including practical exercises, Richo shows us how to open up to our lives—including what is frightening, painful, or disappointing—and discover our greatest gifts.", "pageCount": 187, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2006-06-13", "publisher": "Shambhala Publications", "isbn": "9780834822269", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=u4IxsANLIkMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Five+Things+We+Cannot+Change&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Four Agreements Companion Book: Using The Four Agreements to Master the Dream of Your Life (A Toltec Wisdom Book)": { "author": "Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills", "description": "From international bestselling and acclaimed author don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements introduced a simple, but powerful code of conduct for attaining personal freedom and true happiness. Now The Four Agreements Companion Book takes you even further along the journey to recover the awareness and wisdom of your authentic self. This companion book is a must-read not only for those who enjoyed don Miguel’s first book, but for anyone who is ready to leave suffering behind, and to master the art of living in our natural state: happiness.

The Companion Book includes:

• How to break the domestication that keeps you enslaved by fear
• Keys to recover your will, your faith, and the power of your word
• Practice ideas to help you become the master of your own life
• A dialogue with don Miguel about living The Four Agreements
• Success stories from people who have used The Four Agreements

“The Four Agreements are a tool for transformation, leading you to stop judging, mainly yourself, and to start practicing another way of life.” — don Miguel Ruiz", "pageCount": 225, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2011-07-08", "publisher": "Amber-Allen Publishing", "isbn": "9781934408025", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=eHDcNdd-OTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Four+Agreements+Companion+Book&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)": { "author": "Don Miguel Ruiz", "description": "The incredible New York Times and international bestselling guide to true happiness.

“This book by don Miguel Ruiz, simple yet so powerful, has made a tremendous difference in how I think and act in every encounter.”—Oprah Winfrey

In The Four Agreements, a perennial bestseller published in dozens of languages worldwide, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

“Don Miguel Ruiz’s book is a roadmap to enlightenment and freedom.”—Deepak Chopra, Author, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

“An inspiring book with many great lessons.”—Wayne Dyer, Author, Real Magic

“In the tradition of Castaneda, Ruiz distills essential Toltec wisdom, expressing with clarity and impeccability what it means for men and women to live as peaceful warriors in the modern world.”—Dan Millman, Author, Way of the Peaceful Warrior", "pageCount": 161, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 11, "publishedDate": "2011-07-08", "publisher": "Amber-Allen Publishing", "isbn": "9781934408018", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=hzVxiw2DiOsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Four+Agreements&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny": { "author": "William Strauss, Neil Howe", "description": "NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe.

“One of the best efforts to give us an integrated vision of where we are going.”—The Wall Street Journal

First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history.

William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next.

Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1997-12-29", "publisher": "Crown", "isbn": "9780767900461", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=c92-60DlXOUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Fourth+Turning&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management: How to Successfully Launch and Operate a Hedge Fund (Wiley Finance Book 389)": { "author": "Daniel A. Strachman", "description": "The tools and techniques needed to successfully launch and maintain a hedge fund

In The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management, both budding and established hedge fund managers will learn the fundamentals of building and maintaining a successful hedge fund business. Strachman presents the facts in an accessible and easy-to-use format that will empower readers to create a lasting fund that provides significant income for years to come. The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management provides information on everything from picking a lawyer to creating a fund's documents to determining what markets attract investors. Readers will glean valuable information from real-life experiences (both negative and positive) that have shaped and continue to guide many of today's leading and most respected funds.

", "pageCount": 194, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2006-12-20", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780470089910", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=X5xa_vmWShkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Fundamentals+of+Hedge+Fund+Management&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown: An Irresistible Treat for Bridgerton Fans!": { "author": "Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan", "description": "

A New York Times Bestseller

A sparkling anthology starring Lady Whistledown—the elusive Regency-era gossip columnist popularized in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.


Lady Whistledown Tells All!

Society is abuzz when the Season’s most promising debutante is jilted by her intended—only to be swept away by the deceitful rogue’s dashing older brother—in New York Times bestseller Julia Quinn’s witty, charming, and heartfelt tale.

When the scandalous actions of his beautiful fiancée are recorded in Lady Whistledown’s column, a concerned groom-to-be rushes back to London to win his lady’s heart once and forever, in Suzanne Enoch’s enchanting romantic gem.

Karen Hawkins captivates with an enduring story of a handsome rogue whose lifelong friendship—and his heart—are tested when the lovely lady in question sets her cap for someone else.

A dazzling and delightful tale by Mia Ryan has a young woman cast out of her home by an insufferable yet charming marquis—who intends to take possession not only of the house . . . but its former occupant as well!

", "pageCount": 404, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061744303", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Fgp3wyXV7LcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Further+Observations+of+Lady+Whistledown&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Gate of Trust: Shaar HaBitachon": { "author": "Rabbeinu Bachya Ibn Paquda", "description": "

The Gate of Trust Shaar HaBitachon The Fourth Chapter From Chovot HaLevavot Duties of the Heart By Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Paquda

The Gate of Trust Has been recognized by all Jews as a supreme spiritual and ethical guide, it has been studied and analyzed across the world for almost a thousand years. Over that period, the Jewish nation has been blessed with numerous elucidations to this text from many great and holy Scholars. This book should be used as a reference, once you have understood it with a proper explanation from other great commentators.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-04-22", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9798349307089", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Ikhc0QEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Gate+of+Trust:+Shaar+HaBitachon&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time": { "author": "Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books.

The Gathering Storm, the twelfth novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, begins the story’s dramatic conclusion as Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle.

War is coming. The Dark One’s forces are brutal and unrelenting. Rand must forge a united front, but the Seanchan remain an immediate threat, as do the Forsaken. With so many shadows swirling around him, Rand is consumed by his responsibilities, turning heartless in the eyes of his allies, and even more merciless to his enemies.

Meanwhile the Seanchan march on the White Tower, where Egwene al'Vere works to rally the disparate factions of the Aes Sedai together, even as their tyrannical leader schemes against her. Providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair, Egwene’s fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower—and possibly the world itself.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

", "pageCount": 792, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 16, "publishedDate": "2009-10-27", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780765302304", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aYwWeXYnTBMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Gathering+Storm:+Book+Twelve+of+the+Wheel+of+Time&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Gene: An Intimate History": { "author": "Siddhartha Mukherjee", "description": "The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History
Now includes an excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book Song of the Cell!

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).

“Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself.” —Ken Burns

“Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee dazzled readers with his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies in 2010. That achievement was evidently just a warm-up for his virtuoso performance in The Gene: An Intimate History, in which he braids science, history, and memoir into an epic with all the range and biblical thunder of Paradise Lost” (The New York Times). In this biography Mukherjee brings to life the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.

“Mukherjee expresses abstract intellectual ideas through emotional stories…[and] swaddles his medical rigor with rhapsodic tenderness, surprising vulnerability, and occasional flashes of pure poetry” (The Washington Post). Throughout, the story of Mukherjee’s own family—with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness—reminds us of the questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In riveting and dramatic prose, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation—from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome.

“A fascinating and often sobering history of how humans came to understand the roles of genes in making us who we are—and what our manipulation of those genes might mean for our future” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), The Gene is the revelatory and magisterial history of a scientific idea coming to life, the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master. “The Gene is a book we all should read” (USA TODAY).", "pageCount": 624, "categories": [ "Medical" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 7, "publishedDate": "2016-05-17", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781476733531", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fOvaCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Gene:+An+Intimate+History&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The General Semantics of Wall Street": { "author": "John Magee", "description": "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.", "pageCount": 423, "categories": [ "Stocks" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1964", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=JxJwtgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+General+Semantics+of+Wall+Street&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Genie Within: The Essays": { "author": "Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz, Christina Desser", "description": "At a time when scientific and technological breakthroughs keep our eyes focused on the latest software upgrades or the newest cell-phone wizardry, a group of today's most innovative thinkers are looking beyond the horizon to explore both the promise and the peril of our technological future.

Human ingenuity has granted us a world of unprecedented personal power -- enabling us to communicate instantaneously with anyone anywhere on the globe, to transport ourselves in both real and virtual worlds to distant places with ease, to fill our bellies with engineered commodities once available to only a privileged elite.

Through our technologies, we have sought to free ourselves from the shackles of nature and become its master. Yet science and technology continually transform our experience and society in ways that often seem to be beyond our control. Today, different areas of research and innovation are advancing synergistically, multiplying the rate and magnitude of technological and societal change, with consequences that no one can predict.

Living with the Genie explores the origins, nature, and meaning of such change, and our capacity to govern it. As the power of technology continues to accelerate, who, this book asks, will be the master of whom?

In Living with the Genie, leading writers and thinkers come together to confront this question from many perspectives, including: Richard Powers's whimsical investigation of the limits of artificial intelligence; Philip Kitcher's confrontation of the moral implications of science; Richard Rhodes's exploration of the role of technology in reducing violence; Shiv Visvanathan's analysis of technology's genocidal potential; Lori Andrews's insights into the quest for human genetic enhancement; Alan Lightman's reflections on how technology changes the experience of our humanness.

These and ten other provocative essays open the door to a new dialogue on how, in the quest for human mastery, technology may be changing what it means to be human, in ways we scarcely comprehend.

", "pageCount": 361, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-03-05", "publisher": "Island Press", "isbn": "9781610910927", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5lkmgpowN5EC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Genie+Within:+The+Essays&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World": { "author": "Dan Senor, Saul Singer", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?

Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking? How can it be that Israel, according to a United Nations ranking, is the fourth happiest nation in the world? Why do Israelis tend to look to the future with hope, optimism, and purpose while the rest of the West struggles with an epidemic of loneliness, teen depression, and social decline?

Dan Senor and Saul Singer, the writers behind the international bestseller Start-Up Nation, have long been students of the global innovation race. But as they spent time with Israel’s entrepreneurs and political leaders, soldiers and students, scientists and activists, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Tel Aviv techies, and Israeli Arabs, they realized that they had missed what really sets Israel apart.

Moving from military commanders integrating at-risk youth and people who are neurodiverse into national service, to high performing companies making space for working parents, from dreamers and innovators launching a duct-taped spacecraft to the moon, to bringing better health solutions to people around the world, The Genius of Israel tells the story of a diverse people and society built around the values of service, solidarity, and belonging.

Widely admired for having the world’s highest density of high-tech start-ups, Israel’s greatest innovation may not be a technology at all, but Israeli society itself. Understanding how a country facing so many challenges can be among the happiest provides surprising insights into how we can confront the crisis of community, human connectedness, and purpose in modern life.

Bold, timely, and insightful, Senor and Singer’s latest work shines an important light on the impressive innovative distinctions of Israeli society—and what other communities and countries can learn.", "pageCount": 336, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-11-07", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781982115760", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=PCjcEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Genius+of+Israel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are": { "author": "Breň Brown", "description": "

'This important book is about the lifelong journey from 'What will people think?' to 'I am enough.' Brown's unique ability to blend original research with honest storytelling makes reading The Gifts of Imperfection like having a long, uplifting conversation with a very wise friend who offers compassion, wisdom, and great advice.'
—Harriet Lerner, New York Times best-selling author of The Dance of Anger and The Dance of Connection

'Brené Brown courageously tackles the dark emotions that get in the way of leading a fuller life; read this book and let some of that courage rub off on you.'
—Daniel H. Pink, New York Times best-selling author of A Whole New Mind

'Courage, compassion, and connection: Through Brené's research, observations, and guidance, these three little words can open the door to amazing change in your life.'
—Ali Edwards, author of Life Artist

In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, a leading expert on shame, authenticity, and belonging, shares ten guideposts on the power of Wholehearted living—a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.

Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, we'd no longer feel inadequate. So most of us perform, please, and perfect, all the while thinking, What if I can't keep all of these balls in the air? Why isn't everyone else working harder and living up to my expectations? What will people think if I fail or give up? When can I stop proving myself?

In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, Ph.D., a leading expert on shame, authenticity and belonging, shares what she's learned from a decade of research on the power of Wholehearted Living – a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.

In her ten guideposts, Brown engages our minds, hearts, and spirits as she explores how we can cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough, And to go to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am sometimes afraid, but I am also brave. And, yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable, but that doesn't change the truth that I am worthy of love and belonging.

", "pageCount": 158, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-08-27", "publisher": "Hazelden Publishing", "isbn": "9781592858491", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5DT91ar7MwkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Gifts+of+Imperfection:+Let+Go+of+Who+You+Think+You%27re+Supposed+to+Be+and+Emb&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband: A Bridgertons Prequel": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this second of the Bridgerton Prequel series, following Because of Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn.

While you were sleeping...

With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie...

I told everyone I was your wife

When Edward comes to, he's more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out three months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married. He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is—even if he does not recall her face—and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he'd always assumed he'd marry his neighbor back in England.

If only it were true...

Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself—completely—to the man she loves. But when the truth comes out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs. Rokesby.

", "pageCount": 285, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-05-30", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062388186", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=P5f4DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Girl+With+The+Make-Believe+Husband&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Giving Tree": { "author": "Shel Silverstein", "description": "

\"Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy.\" So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.

Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk . . . and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave.

This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another’s capacity to love in return.

", "pageCount": 64, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1964-01-01", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780060256661", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BJMBzwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Giving+Tree&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Go-Giver, Book 1": { "author": "Bob Burg, John David Mann", "description": "This expanded edition of The Go-Giver includes the text of the original business parable, together with a foreword by Arianna Huffington, a new intro­duction, a discussion guide, and a Q&A with the authors.

“Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving....Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.”
 
The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away his goals seem to be. Desperate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to by his many devotees sim­ply as the Chairman.
 
Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of “go-givers”: a restaurateur, a CEO, a financial adviser, a real estate broker, and the “Connector” who brought them all together. Pindar’s friends teach Joe the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success and help him open himself up to the power of giving. Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving—putting others’ interests first and continually adding value to their lives—ultimately leads to unexpected returns.
 
Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a classic bestseller that brings to life the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.” Since its original publication, the term “go-giver” has become shorthand for a defining set of values embraced by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Today this timeless story continues to help its readers find fulfillment and greater success in business, in their personal lives and in their communities.", "pageCount": 178, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-10-20", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780698409330", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=MmerCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Go-Giver,+Expanded+Edition:+A+Little+Story+About+a+Powerful+Business+Idea&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Golden Key": { "author": "George Macdonald", "description": "There was a boy who used to sit in the twilight and listen to his great-aunt's stories. She told him that if he could reach the place where the end of the rainbow stands he would find there a golden key. \"And what is the key for?\" the boy would ask. \"What is it the key of? What will it open?\"\"That nobody knows,\" his aunt would reply. \"He has to find that out.\"When he learns about the golden key, young Mossy becomes determined to find it. But getting the golden key is the easy part. The harder task is discovering what it unlocks. He and a runaway girl named Tangle set out to find the key's purpose- and discover their own along the way.George MacDonald's beloved Victorian fairy tale is lavishly illustrated with fort-eight pictures in scratchboard by children's book artist Ruth Sanderson. Sanderson split the story into chapters to appeal to a middle grade audience. MacDonald's great-grandson Christopher MacDonald writes: \"Now with the wonderful illustrations of Ruth Sanderson, I think we can see a real balance between Art and Literature....Ruth's extraordinarily detailed creations are as multi-layered as the story itself.\"\"Sanderson's illustrations are deeply textured and dramatic, enhancing the vivid imagery of the narrative with many full pages and spreads.\"-School Library Journal\"Sanderson's dramatic black and white scratchboard illustrations bring grace and depth to this story.\"-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-08-02", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780967290270", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vxzU0AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Golden+Key&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Great Hunt, the second novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor and his companions set out to retrieve a powerful artifact from The Dark One’s Shadowspawn.

For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of...

Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages.

And it is stolen.

In pursuit of the thieves, Rand al’Thor is determined to keep the Horn out of the grasp of The Dark One. But he has also learned that he is The Dragon Reborn—the Champion of Light destined to stand against the Shadow time and again. It is a duty and a destiny that requires Rand to uncover and master extraordinary capabilities he never imagined he possessed.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 657, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2009-11-17", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429960137", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=yngEsxEO4QYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Great+Hunt:+Book+Two+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Guide for the Perplexed": { "author": "Moses Maimonides", "description": "A landmark new translation of the most significant text in medieval Jewish thought. Written in Arabic and completed around 1190, the Guide to the Perplexed is among the most powerful and influential living texts in Jewish philosophy, a masterwork navigating the straits between religion and science, logic and revelation. The author, Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides or as Rambam, was a Sephardi Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician. He wrote his Guide in the form of a letter to a disciple. But the perplexity it aimed to cure might strike anyone who sought to square logic, mathematics, and the sciences with biblical and rabbinic traditions. In this new translation by philosopher Lenn E. Goodman and historian Phillip I. Lieberman, Maimonides' warm, conversational voice and clear explanatory language come through as never before in English. Maimonides knew well the challenges facing serious inquirers at the confluence of the two great streams of thought and learning that Arabic writers labeled 'aql and naql, reason and tradition. The aim of the Guide, he wrote, is to probe the mysteries of physics and metaphysics. But mysteries, to Maimonides, were not conundrums to be celebrated for their obscurity. They were problems to be solved. Maimonides' methods and insights resonate throughout the work of later Jewish thinkers, rationalists, and mystics, and in the work of philosophers like Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Newton. The Guide continues to inspire inquiry, discovery, and vigorous debate among philosophers, theologians, and lay readers today. Goodman and Lieberman's extensive and detailed commentary provides readers with historical context and philosophical enlightenment, giving generous access to the nuances, complexities, and profundities of what is widely agreed to be the most significant textual monument of medieval Jewish thought, a work that still offers a key to those who hope to harmonize religious commitments and scientific understanding.", "pageCount": 498, "categories": [ "Jewish philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1910", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OhU2AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Guide+for+the+Perplexed&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom": { "author": "Jonathan Haidt", "description": "The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives

The Happiness Hypothesis is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations—to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives and illuminate the causes of human flourishing. Award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims—like \"do unto others as you would have others do unto you,\" or \"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger\"—can enrich and transform our lives.", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2006-12-26", "publisher": "Basic Books", "isbn": "9780465003686", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gHEv9yzj_a4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Happiness+Hypothesis:+Finding+Modern+Truth+in+Ancient+Wisdom&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy SEAL": { "author": "Eric Greitens", "description": "

THE HEART AND THE FIST shares one man's story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service.

As a Rhodes Scholar and Navy SEAL, Greitens worked alongside volunteers who taught art to street children in Bolivia and led US Marines who hunted terrorists in Iraq. He's learned from nuns who fed the destitute in one of Mother Teresa's homes for the dying in India, from aid workers who healed orphaned children in Rwanda, and from Navy SEALs who fought in Afghanistan. He excelled at the hardest military training in the world, and today he works with severely wounded and disabled veterans who are rebuilding their lives as community leaders at home.

Greitens offers each of us a new way of thinking about living a meaningful life. We learn that to win any war, even those we wage against ourselves; to create and obtain lasting peace; to save a life; and even, simply to live with purpose requires us—every one of us—to be both good and strong.

", "pageCount": 345, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 9, "publishedDate": "2011-03-18", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780547549163", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=U1zMgkoUuwgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Heart+and+the+Fist:+The+Education+of+a+Humanitarian,+The+Making+of+a+Navy+SE&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation": { "author": "Thich Nhat Hanh", "description": "

With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy – all qualities of enlightenment. 

“Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and peace on earth.”—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, now revised with added material and new insights, Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha’s teachings are accessible and applicable to our daily lives.

Covering such significant teachings as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, the Three Dharma Seals, and the Seven Factors of Awakening, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching is a radiant beacon on Buddhist thought for the initiated and uninitiated alike.


", "pageCount": 305, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 6, "publishedDate": "1999-06-08", "publisher": "Harmony", "isbn": "9780767903691", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mguMwvBonZ0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Heart+of+the+Buddha%27s+Teaching&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Professionals and Capital-Raising Executives (Wiley Finance Book 705)": { "author": "Richard C. Wilson", "description": "An accessible guide to effectively operating in the hedge fund arena

Hedge funds are now in the news more than a thousand times a day and yet it is hard to find clear, factual information about how they operate, raise capital, and invest. The Hedge Fund Book provides real-world case studies of various hedge fund managers providing a solid foundation in specialized hedge fund knowledge for both financial professionals and those aspiring to enter this field.

It provides an analysis of funds within different phases of their life cycles and investment processes, and examines each cycle in ways that would be informational for marketers as well as investors, bankers, and financial professionals who would like to learn more about day-to-day hedge fund operations

If you're looking to gain a better understanding of hedge funds, look no further than The Hedge Fund Book.

", "pageCount": 213, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-06-08", "publisher": "John Wiley & Sons", "isbn": "9780470520635", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NlruDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Hedge+Fund+Book:+A+Training+Manual+for+Professionals+and+Capital-Raising+Exe&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

Vin fulfilled the prophecy and released the power gathered in the Well of Ascension. But it was all a trick, and now the godlike being Ruin has been unleashed on the world, bent on its destruction by earthquake and Fire.

Having escaped death only through becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture now hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will help them fight back. Legends speak of a hero, but were any prophecies not corrupted? To make up for being duped, Vin must unravel the truth so she can become the Hero of Ages before Ruin can wipe out all life on the planet.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War
● Wind and Truth

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax & Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity
● Lux (with Steven Michael Bohls)

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

", "pageCount": 573, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 9, "publishedDate": "2008-10-14", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780765316899", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=X9q_7-nWisgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Hero+of+Ages:+Book+Three+of+Mistborn&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)": { "author": "Joseph Campbell", "description": "Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.

As part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation's Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, this third edition features expanded illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography, and more accessible sidebars.

As relevant today as when it was first published, The Hero with a Thousand Faces continues to find new audiences in fields ranging from religion and anthropology to literature and film studies. The book has also profoundly influenced creative artists--including authors, songwriters, game designers, and filmmakers--and continues to inspire all those interested in the inherent human need to tell stories.", "pageCount": 436, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 15, "publishedDate": "2008", "publisher": "New World Library", "isbn": "9781577315933", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=I1uFuXlvFgMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Hero+with+a+Thousand+Faces&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Heroic and Exceptional Minority: A Guide to Mythological Self-Awareness and Growth": { "author": "Gregory V. Diehl", "description": "

Many people struggle throughout their lives, unable to identify the source of great inner existential discontent. No matter their material comfort or good fortune, they cannot escape the idea that they do not live the lives they ought to. They are not in environments that support their deepest personal growth and development. They are not the people they feel they are meant to be, and the world never works the way they know it could.


Every day, exceptional minds like these begin to suspect that the way they operate is different than the norm. They realize early on that they have profound capacities for original insight, feeling, action, choice, and meaning. But without mentoring guidance or a sense of social belonging, they feel lost-alone and alienated in their individuality.


What can we do to better understand the hidden parts of ourselves, to prevent our uncommon personal growth and development from becoming bridled by pressures toward the conventional? How can we learn to identify and embody the heroic values that matter most to us? The answer lies in deep personal inquiry about the shared existential strengths and limitations that define us, including how to apply them to our self-improvement in an incompatible world.


The Heroic and Exceptional Minority is an audacious call to self-development for men, women, and teens plagued by mythological doubt, who feel stuck in a mediocre environment and an unheroic era. Its premise is timeless, clear, and simple: The only way to understand oneself, realize our potential, and change the world for the better is to embrace who and what we really are.

", "pageCount": 230, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-10-31", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781945884214", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=BMq8zgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Heroic+and+Exceptional+Minority:+A+Guide+to+Mythological+Self-Awareness+and&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition": { "author": "Douglas Adams", "description": "After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space.", "pageCount": 228, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1981", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780671746063", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vnVWMpWYIc0C&q=intitle:The+Hitchhiker%27s+Guide+to+the+Galaxy&dq=intitle:The+Hitchhiker%27s+Guide+to+the+Galaxy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind": { "author": "John Coates", "description": "A successful Wall Street trader turned Cambridge neuroscientist reveals the biology of financial boom and bust, showing how risk-taking transforms our body chemistry, driving us to extremes of euphoria or stressed-out depression.
 
The laws of financial boom and bust, it turns out, have a lot to do with male hormones. In a series of startling experiments, Canadian scientist Dr. John Coates identified a feedback loop between testosterone and success that dramatically lowers the fear of risk in men, especially young men; he has vividly dubbed the moment when traders transform into exuberant high flyers \"the hour between dog and wolf.\" Similarly, intense failure leads to a rise in levels of cortisol, which dramatically lowers the appetite for risk. His book expands on his seminal research to offer lessons from the exploding new field studying the biology of risk.
 
Coates's conclusions shed light on all types of high-pressure decision-making, from the sports field to the battlefield, and leaves us with a powerful recognition: to handle risk isn't a matter of mind over body, it's a matter of mind and body working together. We all have it in us to be transformed from dog to wolf; the only question is whether we can understand the causes and the consequences.", "pageCount": 331, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-05-15", "publisher": "Random House Canada", "isbn": "9780307359698", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1BOOBChaOawC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Hour+Between+Dog+and+Wolf:+How+Risk+Taking+Transforms+Us,+Body+and+Mind&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The House of Hades (The Heros of Olympus, Book 4)": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "Just in time for holiday gift-giving, this signed and numbered limited edition of The House of Hades is the perfect keepsake for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Each book is hand-signed by Rick Riordan and includes specially commissioned art from series illustrator John Rocco. The deluxe slipcase features a wrap-around illustration and makes an elegant centerpiece for any bookshelf.", "pageCount": 608, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 8, "publishedDate": "2013-10-22", "publisher": "Disney-Hyperion", "isbn": "9781423170969", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=0sd9mAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+House+of+Hades&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848": { "author": "Niall Ferguson", "description": "From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower

In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe. A definitive work of impeccable scholarship with a thoroughly engaging narrative, The House of Rothschild is a biography of the rarest kind, in which mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life.", "pageCount": 773, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1999-11-01", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101157305", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DJ_DJhdN1XQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+House+of+Rothschild&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want": { "author": "Sonja Lyubomirsky", "description": "Learn how to achieve the happiness you deserve

\"A guide to sustaining your newfound contentment.\" —Psychology Today

\"Lyubomirsky's central point is clear: a significant portion of what is called happiness . . . is up for grabs. Taking some pages out of the positive psychology playbook, she coaches readers on how to snag it.\" —The New York Review of Books

You see here a different kind of happiness book. The How of Happiness is a comprehensive guide to understanding the elements of happiness based on years of groundbreaking scientific research. It is also a practical, empowering, and easy-to-follow workbook, incorporating happiness strategies, excercises in new ways of thinking, and quizzes for understanding our individuality, all in an effort to help us realize our innate potential for joy and ways to sustain it in our lives. Drawing upon years of pioneering research with thousands of men and women, The How of Happiness is both a powerful contribution to the field of positive psychology and a gift to people who have sought to take their happiness into their own hands.", "pageCount": 392, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-12-27", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101202807", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Ivf-_LufHmwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+How+of+Happiness:+A+New+Approach+to+Getting+the+Life+You+Want&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation": { "author": "Jon Gertner", "description": "The definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies

“Filled with colorful characters and inspiring lessons . . . The Idea Factory explores one of the most critical issues of our time: What causes innovation?” —Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book Review

“Compelling . . . Gertner's book offers fascinating evidence for those seeking to understand how a society should best invest its research resources.” —The Wall Street Journal

From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, from digital communications to cellular telephony, it's hard to find an aspect of modern life that hasn't been touched by Bell Labs. In The Idea Factory, Jon Gertner traces the origins of some of the twentieth century's most important inventions and delivers a riveting and heretofore untold chapter of American history. At its heart this is a story about the life and work of a small group of brilliant and eccentric men-Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker-who spent their careers at Bell Labs. Today, when the drive to invent has become a mantra, Bell Labs offers us a way to enrich our understanding of the challenges and solutions to technological innovation. Here, after all, was where the foundational ideas on the management of innovation were born.", "pageCount": 434, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2012-03-15", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101561089", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uOMt_XCo81QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Idea+Factory:+Bell+Labs+and+the+Great+Age+of+American+Innovation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Iliad of Homer": { "author": "Homer", "description": "In 2002, the University of Michigan Press published Rodney Merrill's translation of Homer's Odyssey, an interpretation of the classic that was unique in employing the meter of Homer's original. Praising Merrill's translation of the Odyssey, Gregory Nagy of Harvard wrote, Merrill's fine ear for the sound of ancient Greek makes the experience of reading his Homer the nearest thing in English to actually hearing Homer. The translator's English renders most faithfully the poet's ancient Greek--not only the words and meaning but even the voice. Merrill has now produced an edition of Homer's Iliad, following the same approach. This form of rendering is particularly relevant to the Iliad, producing a strong musical setting that many elements of the narrative require to come truly to life. Most notable are the many battle scenes, to which the strong meter gives an impetus embodying and making credible the war-lust in the deeds of the combatants. --University of Michigan Press.", "pageCount": 480, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2007", "publisher": "University of Michigan Press", "isbn": "9780472116171", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sos0paw_-cEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Iliad+of+Homer&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries Book 5)": { "author": "Richard Osman", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from bestselling author Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?

It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favorite criminal.

But when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, she finds the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. And when Nick disappears without a trace, his cagey business partner becomes the gang’s next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable—something worth killing for.

Joyce’s daughter, Joanna, jumps into the fray to help the gang as they seek answers: Has someone kidnapped Nick? And what’s this uncrackable code they keep hearing about? Plunged back into action once more, can the four friends solve the puzzle and a murder in time?", "pageCount": 369, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-09-30", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593653265", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fbU1EQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Impossible+Fortune:+A+Thursday+Murder+Club+Mystery&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence": { "author": "Abraham J. Heschel", "description": "

The Insecurity of Freedom is a collection of essays on Human Existence by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of our time, Abraham Joshua Heschel.

", "pageCount": 376, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1984-12-31", "publisher": "Macmillan + ORM", "isbn": "9781466801165", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cORNPUgmaoAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Insecurity+of+Freedom:+Essays+on+Human+Existence&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue": { "author": "V. E. Schwab", "description": "

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER
THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER

Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine
#1 Library Reads Pick—October 2020
#1 Indie Next Pick—October 2020
BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST—Book of The Month Club

A “Best Of” Book From: Oprah Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle * PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 * Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com * Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite *

In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.

A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.

Other books by V. E. Schwab
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Shades of Magic series
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Gathering of Shadows
A Conjuring of Light
The Fragile Threads of Power

Villains Series
Vicious
Vengeful
Victorious* Coming October 2026

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 489, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2020-10-06", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9780765387585", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vH3LDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Invisible+Life+of+Addie+LaRue&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Kingdom of Copper: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy Book 2)": { "author": "S. A. Chakraborty", "description": "

S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping epic fantasy adventure begun in The City of Brass—\"the best adult fantasy I’ve read since The Name of the Wind\" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)—conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom.

Nahri’s life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Whisked from her home in Cairo, she was thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad—and quickly discovered she would need all her grifter instincts to survive the political intrigue there.

Now, with Daevabad entrenched in the dark aftermath of a devastating battle, Nahri must forge a new path for herself. But even as she embraces her hidden heritage and the power it holds, she knows she’s been trapped in a gilded cage, watched by a king who rules from the throne that once belonged to her family—and one misstep will doom her tribe..

Meanwhile, the exiled prince Ali has been cast out for daring to defy his father. Hunted by assassins, adrift on the unforgiving copper sands of his ancestral land, he is forced to rely on the frightening abilities the marid—the unpredictable water spirits—have gifted him. But in doing so, he threatens to unearth a terrible secret his family has long kept buried.

And as a new century approaches and the djinn gather within Daevabad's towering brass walls for celebrations, a threat brews unseen in the desolate north. It’s a force that would bring a storm of fire and ancient magic straight to the city’s gates . . . and one that seeks the aid of a warrior trapped between worlds, torn between a violent duty he can never escape and a peace he fears he will never deserve.

", "pageCount": 684, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-01-22", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062678157", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=nwFVDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Kingdom+of+Copper:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts (Lady Most. Book 1)": { "author": "Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Connie Brockway", "description": "

Three of the brightest stars of historical romance invite you to a party at the country home of the Honorable Marquess of Finchley

Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs a wife, so his sister hands him a list of delectable damsels and promises to invite them— and a few other gentlemen—to her country house for what is sure to be the event of the season.

Hugh will have time to woo whichever lady he most desires . . . Unless someone else snatches her first.

The invitation list includes:

And your hostess, Lady Carolyn Finchley, an irrepressible matchmaker who plans to find the lady most likely . . . to capture her brother’s untamed heart.

", "pageCount": 386, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-12-28", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062017994", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aWRAmTfdM94C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Lady+Most+Likely...&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lady Most Willing...: A Scottish Regency Romantic Comedy of Kidnapping, Scandals, and Passion (Lady Most. Book 2)": { "author": "Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Connie Brockway", "description": "

From Julia
Quinn, the author of Bridgerton—along with close friends and bestselling
authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes a thrilling tale of  a snow-bound party in a Scottish castle.

And You’re
Invited!
When Laird Taran
Ferguson’s nephews refuse to find brides, he takes matters into his own hands,
raiding a ball and bringing some lovely young ladies to his castle. Which
author do you think escorted which heroine to the castle?

When it comes to gentlemen, did Eloisa invite an earl so
stern that he broke his engagement after a mere whiff of scandal? Did Connie
suggest that the Duke of Bretton fall asleep in the carriage used in a
kidnapping? Did Julia bring a rogue whose reputation proceeds him?
A novel in three parts, as fresh and charming as the
Highland air, written by three of the very best writers of historical romance. 

", "pageCount": 288, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-12-26", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780062107404", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=iuvS2U7icawC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Lady+Most+Willing...&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lady of the Lake (The Witcher Book 7 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 5)": { "author": "Christopher Dean", "description": "This volume is part of a series of lectures given at the inaugural seminar of the Arthurian Institute at St. David's College, Lampeter, Wales, in July 1992. These are done in informal style, with much humour, omitting all footnotes and bibliographical references. The lectures start with Malory and proceed through the major incarnations of the Lady through to the 20th century.", "pageCount": 80, "categories": [ "Literary Criticism" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1993", "publisher": "Lewiston [N.Y.] : E. Mellen", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sM4NAQAAMAAJ&q=intitle:The+Lady+of+the+Lake&dq=intitle:The+Lady+of+the+Lake&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries Book 4)": { "author": "Richard Osman", "description": "The fourth installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix

“The best Murder Club book yet. . . A poignant complement to both the fair-play mystery plot and the characters’ lively humor.”
—The New York Times Book Review

It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club.

Shocking news reaches them—an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.

The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters—as well as heartache close to home—Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust.

With the body count rising, the clock ticking down, and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out?

And who will be the last devil to die?", "pageCount": 385, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-08-13", "publisher": "Penguin Group", "isbn": "9780593299449", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LsYIEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Last+Devil+to+Die&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "For use in schools and libraries only. All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows.", "pageCount": 381, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2010-07-27", "publisher": "Turtleback Books", "isbn": "9780606105675", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=eAAaQwAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Last+Olympian&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel": { "author": "Weina Dai Randel", "description": "

In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music...

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi's club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz--but their differences seem insurmountable, and Aiyi is engaged to another man.

As the war escalates, Aiyi and Ernest find themselves torn apart, and their choices between love and survival grow more desperate. In the face of overwhelming odds, a chain of events is set in motion that will change both their lives forever.

From the electrifying jazz clubs to the impoverished streets of a city under siege, The Last Rose of Shanghai is a timeless, sweeping story of love and redemption.

", "pageCount": null, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-11-02", "publisher": "Lake Union Publishing", "isbn": "9781542032872", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wcVizgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Last+Rose+of+Shanghai:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher (The Witcher Saga Book 1)": { "author": "Andrzej Sapkowski", "description": "Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.

★ The New York Times bestselling series
★ Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide
★ World Fantasy Award Winning Author
★ David Gemmell Legend Award Winning Author
★ Named One of the Greatest Book Series of All Time by Forbes

Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter. Yet he is no ordinary killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world.

But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Witcher collections
The Last Wish
Sword of Destiny

Witcher novels
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire 
The Tower of Swallows
Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Crossroads of Ravens

Hussite Trilogy
The Tower of Fools
Warriors of God

Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok", "pageCount": 348, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 12, "publishedDate": "2008-12-14", "publisher": "Orbit", "isbn": "9780316055086", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=aVPNxmllbAUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Last+Wish:+Introducing+the+Witcher&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lehman Trilogy: A Novel": { "author": "", "description": "Magnificent in scope, internationally lauded, and transcendent, the novel in verse that inspired the sensational West End and Off-Broadway play of the same name. The Lehman Trilogy follows the epic rise and fall of three generations of that infamous family and through them tells the story of American ambition and hubris. After leaving his native Bavaria, Henry Lehman arrives in America determined to make a better life. Sensing opportunity in the Deep South, he opens a textile shop in Alabama, laying the foundation for a dynasty that will come to dominate and define modern capitalism. Emanuel and his brother Mayer begin investing in anything and everything that will turn a profit, from cotton to coal to railroads to oil to airplanes--even at the expense of the very nation that forged them. Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants. Surprising and exciting, brilliant and inventive, Stefano Massini's masterpiece--like Hamilton--is a story of immigration, ambition, and success; it is the story of America itself from a daring and original perspective.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Brothers" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=giut0AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Lehman+Trilogy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lessons of History": { "author": "Will Durant, Ariel Durant", "description": "A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.

With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ideas, and accomplishments with cycles of war and conquest, the Durants reveal the towering themes of history and give meaning to our own.", "pageCount": 128, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-08-21", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781439170199", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LWNQ2_4wkocC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Lessons+of+History&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lion Seeker: A Novel": { "author": "Kenneth Bonert", "description": "National Jewish Book Award Winner: A family saga set in WWII-era South Africa offering both \"page-turning thrills [and] a painful meditation on destiny\" (NPR, All Things Considered).

Called \"a latter-day Exodus\" by Kirkus Reviews, The Lion Seeker is an epic historical novel centered on the life of Isaac Helger. The son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, he runs around the streets of Johannesburg as a young hooligan and dreams of getting rich. But his parents are still haunted by the memories of the anti-Semitic pogroms they escaped, even as Isaac secretly pursues a relationship with a gentile girl.

As the Nazi threat rises, Isaac is caught between his mother's urgent ambition to bring her sisters to safety out of the old world, and his own desire to enjoy the freedoms of the new. But soon his mother's carefully guarded secret takes them to the diamond mines, where mysteries are unveiled in the desert rocks and Isaac begins to learn the bittersweet reality of success bought at any cost.
", "pageCount": 581, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-10-15", "publisher": "HMH", "isbn": "9780547898414", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=p-Btb3EFFNAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Lion+Seeker&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Little Prince": { "author": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry", "description": "

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.


Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.


", "pageCount": 108, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-04-03", "publisher": "ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Tar-EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Little+Prince&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lonely Man of Faith": { "author": "Joseph B. Soloveitchik", "description": "Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world. In THE LONELY MAN OF FAITH, a soaring, eloquent essay first published in Tradition magazine in 1965, Soloveitchik investigates the essential loneliness of the person of faith in our narcissistic, materially oriented, utilitarian society. In this modern classic, Soloveitchik uses the story of Adam and Eve as a springboard, interweaving insights from such important Western philosophers as Kierkegaard and Kant with innovative readings of Genesis to provide guidance for the faithful in today’s world. He explains prayer as “the harbinger of moral reformation,” and discusses with empathy and understanding the despair and exasperation of individuals who seek personal redemption through direct knowledge of a God who seems remote and unapproachable. He shows that while the faithful may become members of a religious community, their true home is “the abode of loneliness.” In a moving personal testimony, Soloveitchik demonstrates a deep-seated commitment, intellectual courage, and integrity that people of all religions will respond to.", "pageCount": 130, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2009-07-01", "publisher": "Image", "isbn": "9780307568649", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cA89WQYyNCcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Lonely+Man+of+Faith&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap)": { "author": "Rush Doshi", "description": "For more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries - not Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, or the Soviet Union - has ever reached sixty percent of US GDP. China is the sole exception, and it is fast emerging into a global superpower that could rival, if not eclipse, the United States. What does China want, does it have a grand strategy to achieve it, and what should the United States do about it? In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Taking readers behind the Party's closed doors, he uncovers Beijing's long, methodical game to displace America from its hegemonic position in both the East Asia regional and global orders through three sequential \"strategies of displacement.\" Beginning in the 1980s, China focused for two decades on \"hiding capabilities and biding time.\" After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, it became more assertive regionally, following a policy of \"actively accomplishing something.\" Finally, in the aftermath populist elections of 2016, China shifted to an even more aggressive strategy for undermining US hegemony, adopting the phrase \"great changes unseen in century.\" After charting how China's long game has evolved, Doshi offers a comprehensive yet asymmetric plan for an effective US response. Ironically, his proposed approach takes a page from Beijing's own strategic playbook to undermine China's ambitions and strengthen American order without competing dollar-for-dollar, ship-for-ship, or loan-for-loan.", "pageCount": 433, "categories": [ "Political Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-06-11", "publisher": "Oxford University Press", "isbn": "9780197527870", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=IbwyEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Long+Game:+China%27s+Grand+Strategy+to+Displace+American+Order&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lost Duke of Wyndham: A Rakish Regency Romance of a Highwayman Turned Legitimate Heir, Succession Drama, and Forbidden Love (Two Dukes of Wyndham Book 1)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "Highwayman Jack Audley has never wanted to be responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of others. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree life is over. If his birth proves to be legitimate, Jack will find himself with the one title he has never wanted: Duke of Wyndham. Grace Eversleigh has spent the last five years toiling as the companion to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham. It is a thankless job, with very little break from the routine ... until Jack Audley lands in her life.", "pageCount": 386, "categories": [ "Brigands and robbers" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780739495803", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=XjWvssXPE4oC&q=intitle:The+Lost+Duke+of+Wyndham&dq=intitle:The+Lost+Duke+of+Wyndham&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 1)": { "author": "Perfection Learning Corporation", "description": "The first book in the mega-bestselling Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan, now available with fresh and exciting new cover art by graphic novelist Nilah Magruder.
Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for \"bad kids.\" What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea--except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he's in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn't recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools.His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What's troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all--including Leo--related to a god.

Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Fans of demigods, prophecies, and quests will be left breathless--and panting in anticipation for Book Two.
The accessible and dramatic cover art by graphic novelist Nilah Magruder will attract a new generation of readers.", "pageCount": 592, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019", "publisher": "Turtleback", "isbn": "9781690304814", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=4Hw3zgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Lost+Hero&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel (The Mistborn Saga Book 7)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal.

For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set—with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders—since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate—whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose—and Bilming is even more entangled.

After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial’s god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn’t the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere—Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost.

Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer (novella)
Oathbringer
Dawnshard (novella)
Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
Mistborn
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
The Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
The Bands of Mourning
The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
Elantris
Warbreaker
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
The Sunlit Man

Collection
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener's Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
The Rithmatist
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity

Skyward
Skyward
Starsight
Cytonic
Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
Defiant

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-10-10", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781250757319", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8-iuEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Lost+Metal:+A+Mistborn+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Love Hypothesis": { "author": "Ali Hazelwood", "description": "The Instant New York Times Bestseller and TikTok Sensation!

As seen on THE VIEW!

A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021
When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships—but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor—and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2021-09-14", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593336823", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OuY9EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Love+Hypothesis&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Luck Factor (Harriman Classics): Why some people are luckier than others and how you can become one of them": { "author": "Richard Wiseman", "description": "Is luck just fate, or can you change it?

A groundbreaking new scientific study of the phenomenon of luckand the ways we can bring good luck into our lives. What is luck? A psychic gift or a question of intelligence? And what is it that lucky people have that unlucky people lack? Psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman put luck under a scientific microscope for the very first time, examining the different ways in which lucky and unlucky people think and behave. After three years of intensive interviews and experiments with over 400 volunteers, Wiseman arrived at an astonishing conclusion: Luck is something that can be learned. It is available to anyone willing to pay attention to the Four Essential Principles:

. Creating Chance Opportunities
. Thinking Lucky
. Feeling Lucky
. Denying Fate

Readers can determine their capacity for luck as well as learn to change their luck through helpful exercises that appear throughout the book. Illustrated with anecdotes from the lives of the famous such as Harry Truman and Warren Buffett, The Luck Factor also richly portrays the lives of ordinary people who have been extraordinarily lucky or unlucky. Finally Dr. Wiseman gives us a look into \"The Luck School\" where he instructs unlucky people and also teaches lucky people how to further enhance their luck.

Smart, enlightening, fun to read, and easy to follow, The Luck Factor will give you revolutionary insight into the lucky mind and could, quite simply, change your life.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2003-04-02", "publisher": "Miramax Books", "isbn": "9780786869145", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OTSGAAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Luck+Factor&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Magic of Believing": { "author": "Claude M. Bristol", "description": "MILLIONS OF READERS HAVE PROVED THAT THE MAGIC OF BELIEVING WORKS WONDERS!
For more than four decades success-oriented Americans have turned to the no-nonsense, time-tested motivational techniques described in The Magic of Believing to achieve all their long- and short-term goals: a better job, an increased income, a happier marriage, or simply a good night's sleep. Now it's your turn to put Claude M. Bristol's special \"magic\" into your life and into action!
His tough-minded, hard-hitting message speaks directly to You. It has yielded proven results for forty years and remains as fresh and focused as ever. Learn how to:
* Harness the unlimited power of the subconscious mind and make your dreams come true
* Protect your thoughts and turn them into achievements
* Use \"the law of suggestion\" to step up your effectiveness in everything you do
* Apply the power of your imagination to overcome obstacles
* And much more!
If you seek to become more assertive in business, more fulfilled at home, more influential in your dealings with others -- you can believe in MAGIC!", "pageCount": 196, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "1991-04", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780671764128", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Y6oWqACivt8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Magic+of+Believing&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries Book 2)": { "author": "Richard Osman", "description": "The second installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix

“It’s taken a mere two books for Richard Osman to vault into the upper leagues of crime writers. . . The Man Who Died Twice. . . dives right into joyous fun.\"
—The New York Times Book Review

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim—the Thursday Murder Club—are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper’s Chase, their posh retirement village.

But they are out of luck.

An unexpected visitor—an old pal of Elizabeth’s (or perhaps more than just a pal?)—arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he’s seriously on the lam.

Then, as night follows day, the first body is found. But not the last. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can our four friends catch the killer before the killer catches them? And if they find the diamonds, too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus? You should never put anything beyond the Thursday Murder Club.

Richard Osman is back with everyone’s favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of the Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first—an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-07-26", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781984881014", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTRsEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Man+Who+Died+Twice&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution": { "author": "Gregory Zuckerman", "description": "

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019

NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER

'Reads more like a delicious page-turning novel...Put it on your holiday gift list for your favourite hedge-fund honcho' Bloomberg

'A compelling read' Economist

'Captivating' New York Times book review

Jim Simons is the greatest moneymaker in modern financial history. His record bests those of legendary investors, including Warren Buffett, George Soros and Ray Dalio. Yet Simons and his strategies are shrouded in mystery. The financial industry has long craved a look inside Simons's secretive hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies and veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman delivers the goods.

After a legendary career as a mathematician and a stint breaking Soviet codes, Simons set out to conquer financial markets with a radical approach. Simons hired physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists - most of whom knew little about finance - to amass piles of data and build algorithms hunting for the deeply hidden patterns in global markets. Experts scoffed, but Simons and his colleagues became some of the richest in the world, their strategy of creating mathematical models and crunching data embraced by almost every industry today.

As Renaissance became a major player in the financial world, its executives began exerting influence on other areas. Simons became a major force in scientific research, education and Democratic politics, funding Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign. While senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency - he placed Steve Bannon in the campaign, funded Trump's victorious 2016 effort and backed alt-right publication Breitbart. Mercer also impacted the success of the Brexit campaign as he made significant investments in Cambridge Anatlytica. For all his prescience, Simons failed to anticipate how Mercer's activity would impact his firm and the world.

In this fast-paced narrative, Zuckerman examines how Simons launched a quantitative revolution on Wall Street, and reveals the impact that Simons, the quiet billionaire king of the quants, has had on worlds well beyond finance.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019", "publisher": "Portfolio", "isbn": "9780241422151", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=7epTxQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Man+Who+Solved+the+Market:+How+Jim+Simons+Launched+the+Quant+Revolution&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 3)": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number only six--who will complete the Prophecy of Seven?
The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land to find the Doors of Death. What exactly are the Doors of Death? Much of the prophecy remains a mystery. . . .With old friends and new friends joining forces, a marvelous ship, fearsome foes, and an exotic setting, The Mark of Athena is be another unforgettable adventure by master storyteller Rick Riordan.
", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Camps" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2014-04-08", "publisher": "Turtleback Books", "isbn": "9780606352550", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=EDU2ngEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Mark+of+Athena&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Master and Margarita": { "author": "Mikhail Bulgakov", "description": "Satan, Judas, a Soviet writer, and a talking black cat named Behemoth populate this satire, \" a classic of twentieth-century fiction\" ( The New York Times).

In 1930s Moscow, Satan decides to pay the good people of the Soviet Union a visit.

In old Jerusalem, the fateful meeting of Pilate and Yeshua and the murder of Judas in the garden of Gethsemane unfold.

At the intersection of fantasy and realism, satire and unflinching emotional truths, Mikhail Bulgakov's classic The Master and Margarita eloquently lampoons every aspect of Soviet life under Stalin's regime, from politics to art to religion, while interrogating the complexities between good and evil, innocence and guilt, and freedom and oppression. Spanning from Moscow to Biblical Jerusalem, a vibrant cast of characters—a \"magician\" who is actually the devil in disguise, a giant cat, a witch, a fanged assassin—sow mayhem and madness wherever they go, mocking artists, intellectuals, and politicians alike. In and out of the fray weaves a man known only as the Master, a writer demoralized by government censorship, and his mysterious lover, Margarita.

Burned in 1928 by the author and restarted in 1930, The Master and Margarita was Bulgakov's last completed creative work before his death. It remained unpublished until 1966—and went on to become one of the most well-regarded works of Russian literature of the twentieth century, adapted or referenced in film, television, radio, comic strips, theater productions, music, and opera.", "pageCount": 447, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-03-22", "publisher": "Rosetta Books", "isbn": "9780795348396", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZSsAEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Master+Margarita+Bulgakov+novel&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api" }, "The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship (A Toltec Wisdom Book)": { "author": "Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills", "description": "A bestselling guide from acclaimed author don Miguel Ruiz that teaches us how to cultivate healthy, honest relationships with ourselves and others

In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships.

The Mastery of Love includes:

• Why \"domestication\" and the \"image of perfection\" lead to self-rejection
• The war of control that slowly destroys most relationships
• Why we hunt for love in others, and how to capture the love inside us
• How to finally accept and forgive ourselves and others", "pageCount": 225, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2010-03-25", "publisher": "Amber-Allen Publishing", "isbn": "9781934408032", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=iJvRpOnDickC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Mastery+of+Love&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Mental Equivalent": { "author": "Emmet Fox", "description": "There is no truth in our seeming troubles. There is no reality in lack. There is no power in time or conditions to make us old or tired or sick. The Jesus Christ teaching, and the Unity movement in particular, comes to us and says: “You are not locked in a prison of circumstances. You are not chained in any dungeon. In the name of God, turn the handle, walk out, and be free.” Build a mental equivalent of freedom, of vibrant physical health, of true prosperity, of increasing understanding and achievement for God. Build it by thinking of it, having faith in it and acting the part, and the old limitation equivalent will gradually fade out, for the door is unlocked and the voice of God in your heart says, “Be free.”", "pageCount": 28, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-08-24", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781515410133", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LI-cEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Mental+Equivalent&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Mental Strategies of Top Traders: The Psychological Determinants of Trading Success (Wiley Trading Book 452)": { "author": "Ari Kiev", "description": "

An honest depiction of the challenges of trading and a clear explanation of what it takes to succeed

Trading tends to be a winner-take-all activity where a small number of traders are very successful, while the majority either lose money or generate relatively small profits. In The Mental Strategies of Top Traders, author Ari Kiev identifies and analyzes the characteristics of successful traders and shows you how to cultivate these same characteristics.

Successful trading, Kiev asserts, requires an unusual and sometimes contradictory blend of intellectual and psychological abilities, including the willingness to take risks, but in a very controlled manner; the discipline to develop high-conviction trading ideas in the face of unpredictable markets and incomplete information; as well as a strong drive to win, but also accept failure. Here, you'll discover how to achieve all this, and much more.

Designed with the serious trader in mind, this book will put you in a better position to excel in today's tumultuous markets.

", "pageCount": 214, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-11-13", "publisher": "John Wiley and Sons", "isbn": "9780470561805", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KlLNZ6g_pgMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Mental+Strategies+of+Top+Traders&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Merchant Bankers": { "author": "Joseph Wechsberg", "description": "

“This is a collection of casual articles about the seemingly forbidding subject of merchant banking and about some of the world’s most outstanding and venerable merchant bankers — Hambros, Barings, Warburg, in London; Mattioli in Milan; Abs in Frankfurt; Lehman Brothers in New York; and the Rothschilds in Paris and London... Joseph Wechsberg gives the history of each of these institutions, most of which remain family controlled, and he presents profiles of the men who are or have been their guiding lights, whose very character serves to distinguish each of these mysterious citadels from the other and from lesser breeds in the more understandable area of commercial banking. The most remarkable feature of this truly fascinating book is the amount of knowledge the author brings to bear upon his subject in a most unobtrusive way. The articles are rich in information and a pleasure to read.” — Kirkus


“Mr. Wechsberg... has selected the names of seven merchant banks and bankers and written the story of each with a sparkling lucidity that is reminiscent of New Yorker Profiles... Mr. Wechsberg’s sketches of men and institutions make good reading.” — Saturday Review


“New Yorker Correspondent Joseph Wechsberg[’s]... stories have a richness of color and some details of remarkable deals that have turned money into factories, jobs and useful products for everybody’s compound interest.” — Time Magazine

", "pageCount": 273, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-07-31", "publisher": "Plunkett Lake Press", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=9krOEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Merchant+Bankers&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel (The Midnight World)": { "author": "Matt Haig", "description": "The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year

\"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits.\"—The Washington Post

The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s latest instant New York Times besteller, The Life Impossible, available now

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.", "pageCount": 305, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-05-09", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780525559498", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ho-rEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Midnight+Library:+A+GMA+Book+Club+Pick:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)": { "author": "Howard Marks", "description": "

\"This is that rarity, a useful book.\"--Warren Buffett

Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. Now for the first time, all readers can benefit from Marks's wisdom, concentrated into a single volume that speaks to both the amateur and seasoned investor.

Informed by a lifetime of experience and study, The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career. Utilizing passages from his memos to illustrate his ideas, Marks teaches by example, detailing the development of an investment philosophy that fully acknowledges the complexities of investing and the perils of the financial world. Brilliantly applying insight to today's volatile markets, Marks offers a volume that is part memoir, part creed, with a number of broad takeaways.

Marks expounds on such concepts as \"second-level thinking,\" the price/value relationship, patient opportunism, and defensive investing. Frankly and honestly assessing his own decisions--and occasional missteps--he provides valuable lessons for critical thinking, risk assessment, and investment strategy. Encouraging investors to be \"contrarian,\" Marks wisely judges market cycles and achieves returns through aggressive yet measured action. Which element is the most essential? Successful investing requires thoughtful attention to many separate aspects, and each of Marks's subjects proves to be the most important thing.

", "pageCount": 196, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2011-05-01", "publisher": "Columbia University Press", "isbn": "9780231527095", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=2n0VImAHVv0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Most+Important+Thing:+Uncommon+Sense+for+the+Thoughtful+Investor&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Brilliantly Twisted Hercule Poirot Mystery That Redefined the Whodunit": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • One of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels, featuring her beloved detective Hercule Poirot—and her most surprising twist.

The story that made Agatha Christie famous ends with one of her most dramatic twists. The villagers of King’s Abbot are shocked when a wealthy local widow commits suicide and the very next day her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, is stabbed to death. Dr. James Sheppard, the local physician, discovers the body of his friend and narrates the ensuing hunt for the killer. All the guests and staff at Ackroyd's country house seem to have solid alibis—except for his missing stepson. But as the authorities home in on their most obvious suspect, the recently retired detective Hercule Poirot unexpectedly turns up and joins the fray. Dr. Sheppard gamely assists the legendary Poirot as he untangles one of the most fiendish mysteries in Christie’s extensive oeuvre.", "pageCount": 254, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-01-25", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780593468043", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=UnA7EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Murder+of+Roger+Ackroyd&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Murder on the Links": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie - Two people rarely see the same thing. Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links Experienced Belgian detective, Hercules Poirot is called in to a client but when he arrives is given notice of the mans death earlier that day. The victim lay face down in a grave located within a golf course. He was wearing his sons overcoat and a love letter within. Cause of death, a letter opener. Soon Poirots case is flipped over by the discovery of another identical corpse.On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the backAn urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course.But why is the dead man wearing his sons overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse", "pageCount": 217, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-08-31", "publisher": "Phoemixx Classics Ebooks", "isbn": "9783985948567", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ph8-EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Murder+on+the+Links&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "

Agatha Christie’s first Hercule Poirot detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, is now available in a fine exclusive collector’s edition featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler and distinctive interior treatments, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. Each collectible volume will be the perfect addition to any well-appointed library.

The Harper Muse Classics: Painted Edition of The Mysterious Affair at Styles is perfect for special-edition book collectors, Agatha Christie lovers, fans of literary fiction and classic literature, and people who appreciate both the books and the many cinematic adaptations Christie’s works have inspired.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduces not only famed author Agatha Christie to the world, but also her beloved detective Hercule Poirot. When the family matriarch overseeing the beautiful mansion Styles Court is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the relatives who stand to benefit from her last will and testament, and Poirot is called in to investigate. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the astounding result of a challenge from Christie’s sister Madge, who dared her to write a detective story in which the reader would be unable to spot the perpetrator, although given access to the same clues as the detective.

Whether you're buying this as a gift or for yourself, this remarkable edition features:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a title in the Harper Muse Classics: Painted Editions collection and is being released alongside Persuasion (Jane Austen), Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), and Little Women (Louisa May Alcott).

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The Mystery of the Blue Train revolves around a set of fabulous rubies, said to have been worn by Catherine the Great, now purchased by an American millionaire as a gift to his daughter. When she takes them with her on a luxury train to the Riviera, she is unaware that among her fellow passengers are her unfaithful husband, his not-so-secret mistress, a quiet Englishwoman who believes that nothing exciting ever happens to her—and the famous retired detective Hercule Poirot. And, possibly, a murderer.

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Despite positive critical reception of this entry in the Poirot canon, Christie described this as the least favorite of her own novels. However, this is almost certainly due to the events in her personal life during that time: the death of her mother, followed closely by the discovery of her husband’s affair and his request for divorce. Suffering from what appears to have been a nervous breakdown, Christie famously disappeared for over a week in December 1926, triggering a nationwide search before she was discovered to have checked into a hotel under an assumed name. This novel was written in part during a three-month convalescence following those events.

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The book is dedicated to Christie’s secretary Charlotte Fisher and her pet terrier Peter, calling them “distinguished members of the O.F.D.” The “Order of Faithful Dogs” was Christie’s name for her circle of closest friends.

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This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

", "pageCount": 278, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-01-01T17:31:37Z", "publisher": "Standard Ebooks", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WTcTEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Mystery+of+the+Blue+Train&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Name of the Wind": { "author": "Patrick Rothfuss", "description": "Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle.

“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda
 
OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
 
My name is Kvothe.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

You may have heard of me.
 
So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature—the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man’s search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.", "pageCount": 674, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-03-27", "publisher": "Astra Publishing House", "isbn": "9781101147160", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=OlmJEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Name+of+the+Wind+inauthor:Rothfuss&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Night Circus: A Novel": { "author": "Erin Morgenstern", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • \"Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations.\" —The Boston Globe

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 116, "publishedDate": "2011-09-13", "publisher": "Vintage", "isbn": "9780385534642", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-9F9WaXUhRYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Night+Circus&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results": { "author": "", "description": "YOU WANT LESS. You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The daily barrage of e-mails, texts, tweets, messages, and meetings distract you and stress you out. The simultaneous demands of work and family are taking a toll. And what's the cost? Second-rate work, missed deadlines, smaller pay cheques, fewer promotions-and lots of stress. AND YOU WANT MORE. You want more productivity from your work. More income for a better lifestyle. You want more satisfaction from life, and more time for yourself, your family, and your friends. NOW YOU CAN HAVE BOTH-LESS AND MORE. In The ONE Thing, you'll learn to cut through the clutter achieve better results in less time build momentum toward your goal dial down the stress overcome that overwhelmed feeling revive your energy stay on track master what matters to you The ONE Thing is the New York Times bestseller which delivers extraordinary results in every area of your life-work, personal, family, and spiritual. WHAT'S YOUR ONE THING?", "pageCount": 632, "categories": [ "Electrical engineering" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1891", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=frs5Cf0UiWoC&pg=PA63&dq=intitle:The+ONE+Thing&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph": { "author": "Ryan Holiday", "description": "#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller

The Obstacle is the Way has become a cult classic, beloved by men and women around the world who apply its wisdom to become more successful at whatever they do.

Its many fans include a former governor and movie star (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a hip hop icon (LL Cool J), an Irish tennis pro (James McGee), an NBC sportscaster (Michele Tafoya), and the coaches and players of winning teams like the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Cubs, and University of Texas men’s basketball team.

The book draws its inspiration from stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophy of enduring pain or adversity with perseverance and resilience. Stoics focus on the things they can control, let go of everything else, and turn every new obstacle into an opportunity to get better, stronger, tougher. As Marcus Aurelius put it nearly 2000 years ago: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” 

Ryan Holiday shows us how some of the most successful people in history—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—have applied stoicism to overcome difficult or even impossible situations. Their embrace of these principles ultimately mattered more than their natural intelligence, talents, or luck.

If you’re feeling frustrated, demoralized, or stuck in a rut, this book can help you turn your problems into your biggest advantages. And along the way it will inspire you with dozens of true stories of the greats from every age and era.", "pageCount": 226, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2014-05-01", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101620595", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=lUp1AgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Obstacle+Is+the+Way:+The+Timeless+Art+of+Turning+Trials+into+Triumph&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Old Man and the Sea": { "author": "Ernest Hemingway", "description": "A Scribner Classics Edition

Told in his famed powerful and minimalist prose, this story of courage and personal triumph remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works.

The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal—a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream, on the water for months without a catch, but refusing to stop trying.

Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the timeless theme of courage and commitment in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his talent and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.", "pageCount": 104, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1996-06-10", "publisher": "Scribner Book Company", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=YqgmAQAAMAAJ&q=intitle:The+Old+Man+and+the+Sea&dq=intitle:The+Old+Man+and+the+Sea&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Once and Future King": { "author": "T. H. White", "description": "T. H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations. Once upon a time, a young boy called \u201cWart\u201d was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn't possibly imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur, King of the Britons. During Arthur's reign, the kingdom of Camelot was founded to cast enlightenment on the Dark Ages, while the knights of the Round Table embarked on many a noble quest. But Merlyn foresaw the treachery that awaited his liege: the forbidden love between Queen Guenever and Lancelot, the wicked plots of Arthur's half-sister Morgause and the hatred she fostered in Mordred that would bring an end to the king's dreams for Britain\u2014and to the king himself.", "pageCount": 674, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-08-16", "publisher": "DigiCat", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=apmCEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Once+and+Future+King&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The One Sentence Persuasion Course - 27 Words to Make the World Do Your Bidding": { "author": "Matthieu DELOISON, Blair WARREN", "description": "Voulez-vous obtenir tout ce que vous désirez de la part des autres et dans le monde ?
Voulez-vous devenir maître dans l''art de la persuasion ? SANS étudier pendant des années et des années ?


Voyez-vous l''art de la persuasion est une compétence rare, obscure et peu abordée...
Beaucoup de personnes voient cela comme de la manipulation sans se rendre compte que tout le monde possède un certain degré de persuasion...


Ceux qui le font consciemment deviennent des maîtres pour obtenir tout ce qu''ils désirent des autres...
Et pour un entrepreneur cette capacité de persuasion est une compétence indispensable pour créer une entreprise qui cartonne et qui peut aider des milliers de personnes dans le monde.


Ce livre Les Clés Interdites de la Persuasion de Blair Warren est une perle rare et très précieuse.
Ce que vous allez découvrir dans les prochaines leçons est très peu abordée même par les maîtres copywriters.
Il s''agit d''une information controversée, classée secrète, comme vous allez vous en rendre compte d''ici quelques instants.


Les Clés Interdites de la Persuasion par Blair Warren vous révèle les stratégies fondamentales utilisées par les sectes, les hommes politiques et les leaders pour amener une foule de personnes à agir contre leurs intérêts personnels.
Ce livre a été écrit par une personne très peu connue : Blair Warren.


Blair Warren a travaillé comme producteur de télévision, écrivain, consultant en marketing et étudiant vorace de la nature humaine. Il est l''auteur de The One Sentence Persuasion Course - 27 Words to Make the World Do Your Bidding Revised and Expanded et du No-Nonsense Guide to Enlightenment.


Comme vous l''avez certainement compris, il s''agit d''un livre que vous devez lire absolument pour devenir un maître dans l''art de la persuasion ou tout du moins en comprendre les principes fondamentaux. Et ainsi vous permettre d''obtenir tout ce que vous désirez des autres et du monde.


Ce qui risque d''arriver si nous ne faîtes pas l''effort d''appliquer ces secrets de persuasion
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Si vous ne consentez pas à faire cet effort, vous risquez de faire fuir à toutes jambes vos clients sans vous en rendre compte.
Et pire encore, vous risquez de mettre la clé sous la porte très rapidement. Bien avant d''avoir pu corriger le tir.


Très peu d''entrepreneurs - auteurs, coachs, formateurs, experts - prennent le temps d''acquérir cette compétence fondamentale de la persuasion.


Et pourtant c''est justement ce manque qui leur fait tant défaut et les empêche d''ouvrir la porte d''une vie riche et passionnante !C''est pourquoi, je vous recommande de jeter un coup d''oeil à ce livre exceptionnel.


Ce livre vous révèle les principes utilisés par les sectes, les hommes politiques et les leaders charismatiques. Et surtout, vous allez découvrir comment utiliser ces principes dans votre business et dans votre vie.

\"Tout simplement émoustillant ! Je n''ai jamais vu cette qualité d''intelligence brute, pure et utilisable depuis... enfin, jamais ! J''apprécie la façon dont vous dites les choses comme elles le sont réellement et non pas une couche de sucre avec une théorie et une hyperbole qui sonnent bien.
Le pouvoir que l''on peut exploiter avec cette intelligence est pour le moins significatif. Maintenant, je comprends pourquoi vous accordez un tel soin à la diffusion de cette information. Merci d''avoir partager ceci avec moi !\"
W.N. New York, New York

\"L''information sur les Les Clés Interdites est à la fois provocante et saisissante. Mis à part son excellence, j''ai été très impressionné par vos commentaires substantiels sur mes exercices et les réponses à mes questions. Cette personnalisation de votre matériel est ce qui le rend si utile immédiatement.\"Mia", "pageCount": 349, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-04-28", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781096080077", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Ao9TxQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+One+Sentence+Persuasion+Course+-+27+Words+to+Make+the+World+Do+Your+Bidding&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Origins and History of Consciousness (Princeton Classics, 113 Book 42)": { "author": "Erich Neumann", "description": "

The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent. The intermediate stages are projected in the universal myths of the World Creation, Great Mother, Separation of the World Parents, Birth of the Hero, Slaying of the Dragon, Rescue of the Captive, and Transformation and Deification of the Hero. Throughout the sequence, the Hero is the evolving ego consciousness.

Featuring a foreword by Jung, this Princeton Classics edition introduces a new generation of readers to this eloquent and enduring work.

", "pageCount": 552, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-03-31", "publisher": "Princeton University Press", "isbn": "9780691209999", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=mf3RDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Origins+and+History+of+Consciousness&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Other Miss Bridgerton: A Bridgerton Prequel (The Rokesbys Book 3)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In the third of the Bridgerton Prequel series, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn

She was in the wrong place...

Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers’ hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain’s bed…

He found her at the wrong time...

Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he’s stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the Crown means he's stuck with her. 

Can two wrongs make the most perfect right?

 When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal—though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew’s secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart…?

", "pageCount": 347, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-11-20", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062388216", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=beQyDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Other+Miss+Bridgerton:+A+Bridgerton+Prequel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Revised Edition": { "author": "Barry Schwartz", "description": "

Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions -- both big and small -- have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.

As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression.

In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice -- the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish -- becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice -- from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs -- has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse.

By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

", "pageCount": 288, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-12-22", "publisher": "Ecco", "isbn": "9780060005689", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=oB6YzQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Paradox+of+Choice:+Why+More+Is+Less,+Revised+Edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Path of Daggers: Book Eight of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Path of Daggers, the eighth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al'Thor engages in battle wearing the Crown of Swords and wielding Callandor against a force unprepared for the wrath of the Dragon Reborn.

The Seanchan invaders are heading for Illian—and Rand's army of Asha'man soldiers. When they meet in battle, some of the Asha'man are afflicted by madness, unable to control their channeling and unleashing raw power.

The madness extends to Rand himself. He has been hearing the voice of a man believed to have been the previous Dragon Reborn. Besieged by visions and debilitated whenever he uses the One Power, Rand chooses to attack the Seanchan with Callandor. The sword consumes him with a berserker rage, felling ally and enemy alike. And when he regains his senses, Rand finds himself less trusted by those who were once the most loyal.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 710, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 23, "publishedDate": "2010-05-18", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429960595", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Tv9kLyxuRygC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Path+of+Daggers:+Book+Eight+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Peacemaker's Code": { "author": "Deepak Malhotra", "description": "Professor Kilmer, a renowned historian of war and diplomacy, is collected from his home and whisked off to Washington. Thrust into the highest levels of government as an adviser to the President, the young historian must come to terms with the seemingly impossible, figure out how to navigate a world where not everything is as it appears, and use all the skills and knowledge he has acquired in his life to help save humanity from a conflict of truly epic proportions. A genre-breaking novel that re-examines the human condition and masterfully blends some of the most compelling themes in literature: war & peace, strategy & serendipity, love & friendship, courage & fear, the bounds of possibility, and the limits of imagination. Replete with mysteries that will compel you to keep turning the pages, powerful moments that will stop you dead in your tracks, and insights that will change the way you understand and navigate the world. Most of all... a journey you will not forget.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-02-24", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781736548530", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=A1U9zgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Peacemaker%27s+Code&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life": { "author": "Craig Ballantyne", "description": "Every day we seem to just go through the motions, following our usual routine without ever stopping and thinking why we do what we do, or what we'd rather be doing instead. But sometimes we have that one day—that Perfect Day—where everything just clicks. We feel great. We are unstoppable. And at the end of it we think, 'Why can't every day be like this?' Author, entrepreneur, and business coach Craig Ballantyne has unlocked the secret to having perfect days every day. Drawing on ancient wisdom and classic thinkers—including the Stoics—Ballantyne shares a step-by-step plan for building habits of steel so you have more structure, greater freedom, and control of your life, plus the 3-C Formula (Control, Conquer, and Concentrate) to conquer the chaos of the day and stay focused on what matters.", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-10-17", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780996738927", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=VnhTtAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Perfect+Day+Formula&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)": { "author": "Pema Chödrön", "description": "“A lively and accessible take on ancient techniques for transforming terror and pain into joy and compassion,” from beloved Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön (O, The Oprah Magazine)

Lifelong guidance for changing the way we relate to the scary and difficult moments of our lives—showing us how we can use our difficulties and fears as a way to soften our hearts and open us to greater kindness

We always have a choice in how we react to the circumstances of our lives. We can let them harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and allow our inherent human kindness to shine through.

In The Places That Scare You, Pema Chödrön provides essential tools for dealing with the many difficulties that life throws our way, teaching us how to awaken our basic human goodness and connect deeply with others—to accept ourselves and everything around us complete with faults and imperfections. Drawing from the core teachings of Buddhism, she shows the strength that comes from staying in touch with what’s happening in our lives right now and helps us unmask the ways in which our egos cause us to resist life as it is. If we go to the places that scare us, Pema suggests, we just might find the boundless life we’ve always dreamed of.", "pageCount": 145, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-08-21", "publisher": "Shambhala Publications", "isbn": "9781611805963", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LCNmDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Places+That+Scare+You:+A+Guide+to+Fearlessness+in+Difficult+Times&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Poppy War: A Novel": { "author": "R.F. Kuang", "description": "

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018

‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ – WIRED

A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.

When Rin aced the Keju – the test to find the most talented students in the Empire – it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who had hoped to get rich by marrying her off; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free from a life of servitude. That she got into Sinegard – the most elite military school in Nikan – was even more surprising.

But surprises aren’t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Fighting the prejudice of rival classmates, Rin discovers that she possesses a lethal, unearthly power – an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of psychoactive substances and a seemingly insane teacher, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive – and that mastering these powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most people calmly go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away...

", "pageCount": 511, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-05-03", "publisher": "HarperCollins UK", "isbn": "9780008239824", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Vg89DwAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Poppy+War:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Power Broker": { "author": "Robert A. Caro", "description": "PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.

One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York. And in telling the Moses story, Caro both opens up to an unprecedented degree the way in which politics really happens—the way things really get done in America's City Halls and Statehouses—and brings to light a bonanza of vital information about such national figures as Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt (and the genesis of their blood feud), about Fiorello La Guardia, John V. Lindsay and Nelson Rockefeller.

But The Power Broker is first and foremost a brilliant multidimensional portrait of a man—an extraordinary man who, denied power within the normal framework of the democratic process, stepped outside that framework to grasp power sufficient to shape a great city and to hold sway over the very texture of millions of lives. We see how Moses began: the handsome, intellectual young heir to the world of Our Crowd, an idealist. How, rebuffed by the entrenched political establishment, he fought for the power to accomplish his ideals. How he first created a miraculous flowering of parks and parkways, playlands and beaches—and then ultimately brought down on the city the smog-choked aridity of our urban landscape, the endless miles of (never sufficient) highway, the hopeless sprawl of Long Island, the massive failures of public housing, and countless other barriers to humane living. How, inevitably, the accumulation of power became an end in itself.

Moses built an empire and lived like an emperor. He was held in fear—his dossiers could disgorge the dark secret of anyone who opposed him. He was, he claimed, above politics, above deals; and through decade after decade, the newspapers and the public believed. Meanwhile, he was developing his public authorities into a fourth branch of government known as \"Triborough\"—a government whose records were closed to the public, whose policies and plans were decided not by voters or elected officials but solely by Moses—an immense economic force directing pressure on labor unions, on banks, on all the city's political and economic institutions, and on the press, and on the Church. He doled out millions of dollars' worth of legal fees, insurance commissions, lucrative contracts on the basis of who could best pay him back in the only coin he coveted: power. He dominated the politics and politicians of his time—without ever having been elected to any office. He was, in essence, above our democratic system.

Robert Moses held power in the state for 44 years, through the governorships of Smith, Roosevelt, Lehman, Dewey, Harriman and Rockefeller, and in the city for 34 years, through the mayoralties of La Guardia, O'Dwyer, Impellitteri, Wagner and Lindsay, He personally conceived and carried through public works costing 27 billion dollars—he was undoubtedly America's greatest builder.

This is how he built and dominated New York—before, finally, he was stripped of his reputation (by the press) and his power (by Nelson Rockefeller). But his work, and his will, had been done.", "pageCount": 1337, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1974-07-12", "publisher": "Knopf", "isbn": "9780394480763", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=r9WMDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Power+Broker+inauthor:Robert+Caro&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Power of Awareness (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)": { "author": "Neville Goddard", "description": "

This book reveals the secret of achieving what you truly desire through the power of awareness. Neville Goddard, in his profound exploration of consciousness and manifestation, invites readers to recognize the transformative potential within themselves. By understanding and harnessing the creative power of imagination, individuals can align their thoughts, beliefs, and emotions with their deepest aspirations.


Through practical insights and spiritual wisdom, Goddard guides readers on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. He emphasizes the importance of conscious awareness, visualization, and belief in manifesting desired outcomes. Each chapter offers timeless principles and practices that enable readers to awaken to their innate potential and shape their reality according to their highest visions.


"The Power of Awareness" is a testament to the limitless possibilities available to those who dare to explore the depths of their own consciousness. It serves as a beacon of inspiration and guidance for anyone seeking to cultivate personal growth, fulfillment, and spiritual awakening.


", "pageCount": 112, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Ek4SEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Power+of+Awareness&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business": { "author": "Charles Duhigg", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD • This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits.

“Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception.”—Financial Times

A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

With a new Afterword by the author", "pageCount": 322, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 59, "publishedDate": "2012-02-28", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9780679603856", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=O1MInVXd_aoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Power+of+Habit&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment": { "author": "Eckhart Tolle", "description": "To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the beginning of the first chapter we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where one breathes a lighter air, the air of the spiritual. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to guide us. The words themselves are the signposts. The book is a guide to spiritual awakening from a man who has emerged as one of this generation's clearest, most inspiring teachers. Eckhart Tolle is not aligned with any particular religion but does what all the great masters have done: shows that the way, the truth, and the light already exist within each of us.", "pageCount": 191, "categories": [ "Consciousness" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005", "publisher": "Hodder & Stoughton", "isbn": "9780340898918", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LExSPwAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Power+of+Now:+A+Guide+to+Spiritual+Enlightenment&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony": { "author": "Jay Van Bavel, Dominic J. Packer", "description": "

If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly changing - often outside your conscious awareness and sometimes even against your wishes - to reflect the interests of the groups of which you're a part. And that fluid identity has a powerful influence over your feelings, beliefs, and behaviours.

In THE POWER OF US, psychologists Packer and Van Bavel integrate their own cutting-edge research in psychology, neuroscience and economics to explain what identity really is and show how to harness its dynamic nature to:

Increase our productivity - Improve physical and psychological health - Overcome our individual prejudice - Unlock our altruism - Break the political gridlock - Galvanize others to solve controversial global problems

Along the way, they explain such seemingly unrelated phenomenon as why men cry at football games but not funerals, why the history of slavery in U.S. counties is one of the best predictors of current day racism, and why Canada keeps a national reserve of maple syrup. Packed with fascinating insights, vivid case studies, and pioneering research, THE POWER OF US will change the way you understand yourself - and those around you - forever.

", "pageCount": 359, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-09-07", "publisher": "Hachette UK", "isbn": "9781472274168", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NHsPEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Power+of+Us&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Prince": { "author": "Niccolò Machiavelli", "description": "The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics.

This revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features an updated bibliography, a substantial glossary, an analytic introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, and a map of Italy in Machiavelli's time.

\"Of the other available [translations], that of Harvey C. Mansfield makes the necessary compromises between exactness and readability, as well as providing an excellent introduction and notes.\"—Clifford Orwin, The Wall Street Journal

\"Mansfield's work . . . is worth acquiring as the best combination of accuracy and readability.\"—Choice

\"There is good reason to assert that Machiavelli has met his match in Mansfield. . . . [He] is ready to read Machiavelli as he demands to be read—plainly and boldly, but also cautiously.\"—John Gueguen, The Sixteenth Century Journal", "pageCount": 196, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 10, "publishedDate": "1998-09", "publisher": "University of Chicago Press", "isbn": "9780226500430", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=MugHAy_Atz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Prince&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Prophets (Perennial Classics)": { "author": "Norman Podhoretz", "description": "A radical reinterpretation of the biblical prophets by one of America's most provocative critics reveals the eternal beauty of their language and the enduring resonance of their message.

Long before Norman Podhoretz became one of the intellectual leaders of American neoconservatism, he was a student of Hebrew literature and a passionate reader of the prophets of the Old Testament. Returning to them after fifty years, he has produced something remarkable: an entirely new perspective on some of the world's best-known works.

Or, rather, three new perspectives. The first is a fascinating account of the golden age of biblical prophecy, from the eighth to the fifth century B.C.E., and its roots in earlier ages of the ancient Israelite saga. Thus, like large parts of the Bible itself, The Prophets is a history of the Near East from the point of view of a single nation, covering not only what is known about the prophets themselves -- including Elijah, Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel -- but also the stories of King David, King Saul, and how the ancient Israelites were affected by the great Near Eastern empires that surrounded them. Layered into this work of history is a piece of extraordinary literary criticism. Podhoretz's very close reading of the verse and imagery used by the biblical prophets restores them to the top reaches of the poetic pantheon, for these books contain, unequivocally, some of the greatest poetry ever written.

The historical chronicle and the literary criticism will transport readers to a time that is both exotic and familiar and, like any fine work of history or literature, will evoke a distinct and original world. But the third perspective of The Prophets is that of moral philosophy, and it serves to bring the prophets' message into the twenty-first century. For to Norman Podhoretz, the real relevance of the prophets today is more than the excitement of their history or the beauty of their poetry: it is their message. Podhoretz sees, in the words of the biblical prophets, a war being waged, a war against the sin of revering anything made by the hands of man -- in short, idolatry. In their relentless battle against idolatry, Podhoretz finds the prophets' most meaningful and enduring message: a stern warning against the all-consuming worship of self that is at least as relevant in the twenty-first century as it was three thousand years ago.

The Prophets will earn the respect of biblical scholars and the fascinated attention of general readers; its observations will be equally valued by believers and nonbelievers, by anyone with spiritual yearnings. Learned, provocative, and beautifully written, The Prophets is a deeply felt, deeply satisfying work that is at once history, literary criticism, and moral philosophy -- a tour de force.", "pageCount": 536, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-05-29", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780743238601", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=M8NWDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Prophets&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Psychology of Self-Esteem: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Understanding that Launched a New Era in Modern Psychology": { "author": "Nathaniel Branden", "description": "This book explores in-depth the need for self-esteem, the nature of that need, the conditions of fulfillment, and how self-esteem (or lack of it) affects our values, responses, and goals.", "pageCount": 262, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1969", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NAp-AAAAMAAJ&q=intitle:The+Psychology+of+Self-Esteem&dq=intitle:The+Psychology+of+Self-Esteem&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Purposeful Primitive: From Fat and Flaccid to Lean and Powerful - Using the Primordial Laws of Fitness to Trigger Inevitable, Lasting and Dramatic Physical Change": { "author": "Marty Gallagher", "description": "Unlock Your Primal Potential: Transform from fat and flaccid to lean and powerful with The Purposeful Primitive.

Marty Gallagher reveals the forgotten secrets of Old School fitness, packed with no-nonsense information for real ironmen. Discover how to trigger dramatic physical change by harnessing the primordial laws of fitness.

For athletes, bodybuilders, and anyone seeking a transformative journey, this book is your guide to inevitable, lasting results. Prepare to unleash your inner strength and sculpt the body you've always desired.

", "pageCount": 471, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-06", "publisher": "Dragon Door Publication", "isbn": "9780938045717", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=8RJRNwAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Purposeful+Primitive:+From+Fat+and+Flaccid+to+Lean+and+Powerful+-+Using+the&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Relationship Skills Workbook: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to a Thriving Relationship": { "author": "Julia Colwell, Ph.D.", "description": "

Course objectives:
Recognize relationship as an emotional healer; identify triggers, move through them, and come back into ease and alivenessDiscover how intimacy in relationship requires curiosity, wonder, and the ability to find the truth of one's experience deep in one's bodyDiscuss how to speak the \"unarguable truth\"; utilizing the eight step moving emotions process—moving from stuckness into emotional flowDefine three toxic habits within relationships and their antidotes—transforming our own behavior, as well as those around us through positive attentionSummarize how to move out of power struggles within relationships and into agreements which allow everyone to get everything they wantDiscuss how to live within the relationship you really want moving between contractiona and expansiveness—welcoming appreciations, creativity, play, aliveness, as well as love for self and otherUtilize checklists, tools, and journaling exercises as a way to engage, reflect and explore relationship skills and self-growth
What are the ingredients of a successful and enduring relationship? Love, passion, and commitment are all vital—yet without certain basic skills, even the most devoted partners can find themselves descending into arguments, power struggles, and disillusionment. With The Relationship Skills Workbook, Dr. Julia Colwell presents a practical guide for building a conscious partnership based on cooperation and trust—offering relationship-saving techniques and on-the-spot conflict resolution tools for disarming the explosive clashes that most commonly break couples apart.
In this friendly and easy-to-use resource, Dr. Colwell teaches you essential tools for:

Crisis and conflict first aid—communication strategies and emotional mastery techniques to stop arguing and start connectingGetting unstuck from power struggles—how to shift from deadlock to mutual responsibility and supportEnding the blame game—letting go of accusation and resentment to create win-win agreementsSupporting each other's growth and success—how to retain your personal autonomy while fully committing to your partner's happinessMoving from reactivity to creative solutions—techniques to keep your brain's flight-or-fight instinct from undermining your heart's desiresSustaining love, passion, and romance—how you can choose to create a magnificent relationship together
\"Relationships, while seemingly complicated, don't have to be so mysterious,\" Dr. Colwell says. \"What I've learned from my decades of personal and professional experiences is that a few elegantly simple concepts and skills can help any couple through the most difficult spots—and help us transform conflict into intimacy, passion, and ever-deepening love.\"

", "pageCount": 191, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-10-01", "publisher": "St. Martin's Essentials", "isbn": "9781622033874", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-FSzEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Relationship+Skills+Workbook:+A+Do-It-Yourself+Guide+to+a+Thriving+Relations&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles": { "author": "Karen Reivich, Andrew Shatte, Ph.D.", "description": "Resilience is a crucial ingredient–perhaps the crucial ingredient–to a happy, healthy life. More than anything else, it's what determines how high we rise above what threatens to wear us down, from battling an illness, to bolstering a marriage, to carrying on after a national crisis. Everyone needs resilience, and now two expert psychologists share seven proven techniques for enhancing our capacity to weather even the cruelest setbacks.

The science in The Resilience Factor takes an extraordinary leap from the research introduced in the bestselling Learned Optimism a decade ago. Just as hundreds of thousands of people were transformed by \"flexible optimism,\" readers of this book will flourish, thanks to their enhanced ability to overcome obstacles of any kind. Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatté are seasoned resilience coaches and, through practical methods and vivid anecdotes, they prove that resilience is not just an ability that we're born with and need to survive, but a skill that anyone can learn and improve in order to thrive.

Readers will first complete the Resilience Questionnaire to determine their own innate levels of resilience. Then, the system at the heart of The Resilience Factor will teach them to:

• Cast off harsh self-criticisms and negative self-images
• Navigate through the fallout of any kind of crisis
• Cope with grief and anxiety
• Overcome obstacles in relationships, parenting, or on the job
• Achieve greater physical health
• Bolster optimism, take chances, and embrace life

In light of the unprecedented challenges we've recently faced, there’s never been a greater need to boost our resilience. Without resorting to feel-good pap or quick-fix clichés, The Resilience Factor is self-help at its best, destined to become a classic in the genre.

", "pageCount": 354, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-10-14", "publisher": "Harmony", "isbn": "9780767911917", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NyKUAWBdr4AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Resilience+Factor:+7+Keys+to+Finding+Your+Inner+Strength+and+Overcoming+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 2)": { "author": "Douglas Adams", "description": "Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

“Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—The Washington Post Book World

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability.

Among Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who’s gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food speaks for itself (literally).

Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that The Hitchhiker’s Guide deleted the term “Future Perfect” from its pages, since it was discovered not to be!

“What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes.”—Detroit Free Press", "pageCount": 255, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 17, "publishedDate": "2008-12-24", "publisher": "Del Rey", "isbn": "9780307497567", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DQ-wif7eBJoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Restaurant+at+the+End+of+the+Universe&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Road to AUM: Driving Assets Under Management through Effective Marketing and Sales (Second Edition)": { "author": "Sandra Powers Murphy", "description": "

Seeking assets to manage? Frustrated by the pace and progress of your business development efforts?

Managers are often challenged by the process of asset gathering. Why doesn't the market recognize the firm's value? Where is the AUM? Here is a big idea-let us ask the very institutions we all want capital from, why most managers do not earn their assets and never will. Within these pages are the direct responses of institutional investors worldwide to these questions and more so that you can hear their feedback and utilize it to create a game plan that works.

Managers are a passionate lot. They work hard building firms, track records, and teams. Their strategies are different. Out in the market, they spend precious time and money in the pursuit of institutional assets to manage. Their numbers are better than competitors who are exponentially larger, well branded, and longer tenured. Aren't yours? Too often, this outperformance does not correlate to asset gathering with any efficiency nor direct route. The assets consistently go to the biggest players in the industry. The occasional entrant makes a big splash, while the industry remains a pyramid despite recent strides to level the playing field. Few firms make it to their desired capacity. So, what makes the difference in institutional investment management marketing and sales? This book is your key.

Now in its second edition, The Road to AUM provides investment managers, business owners, and marketing and sales professionals with a roadmap to institutional asset growth based on feedback directly from the institutions themselves. Whether a firm is adding products or channels, moving in a new direction, emerging, or just launching, an aerial view of the road ahead is paramount. This book will tell managers what the market will not. It will explain where to spend time and resources, and where to save them. Sandra Powers Murphy sheds light on the secret path to success, explaining the inside scoop and providing readers with a clear view of the forest through the trees for those seeking a path to growth.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-08", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780999720448", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=xdJKzwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Road+to+AUM&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Road to Character": { "author": "David Brooks", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST
 
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social Animal, he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in The Road to Character, he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives.

Looking to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character. Labor activist Frances Perkins understood the need to suppress parts of herself so that she could be an instrument in a larger cause. Dwight Eisenhower organized his life not around impulsive self-expression but considered self-restraint. Dorothy Day, a devout Catholic convert and champion of the poor, learned as a young woman the vocabulary of simplicity and surrender. Civil rights pioneers A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin learned reticence and the logic of self-discipline, the need to distrust oneself even while waging a noble crusade.

Blending psychology, politics, spirituality, and confessional, The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities, and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.

“Joy,” David Brooks writes, “is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes.”

Praise for The Road to Character

“A hyper-readable, lucid, often richly detailed human story.”—The New York Times Book Review

“This profound and eloquent book is written with moral urgency and philosophical elegance.”—Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree and The Noonday Demon

“A powerful, haunting book that works its way beneath your skin.”—The Guardian

“Original and eye-opening . . . Brooks is a normative version of Malcolm Gladwell, culling from a wide array of scientists and thinkers to weave an idea bigger than the sum of its parts.”—USA Today", "pageCount": 321, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-04-14", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9780812993257", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RW6KDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Road+to+Character&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe": { "author": "Roger Penrose", "description": "**WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS** The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the vital mathematical background to the physical theories explored later in the book. Roger Penrose's purpose is to describe as clearly as possible our present understanding of the universe and to convey a feeling for its deep beauty and philosophical implications, as well as its intricate logical interconnections. The Road to Reality is rarely less than challenging, but the book is leavened by vivid descriptive passages, as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams. In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe that we all inhabit. 'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein. He is one of the very few people I've met in my life who, without reservation, I call a genius' Lee Smolin", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2011-01-31", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781446418215", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Q5ABTwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Road+to+Reality&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Rosie Effect: A Novel (Don Tillman Book 2)": { "author": "Graeme Simsion", "description": "

‘We’ve got something to celebrate,’ Rosie said.

I am not fond of surprises, especially if they disrupt plans already in place. I assumed that she had achieved some important milestone with her thesis. Or perhaps she had been offered a place in the psychiatry-training programme. This would be extremely good news, and I estimated the probability of sex at greater than 80%.

‘We’re pregnant,’ she said.

The Rosie Project was an international publishing phenomenon, with more than a million copies sold in over forty countries around the world. Now Graeme Simsion returns with the highly anticipated sequel, The Rosie Effect.

Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are now married and living in New York. Don has been teaching while Rosie completes her second year at Columbia Medical School. Just as Don is about to announce that Gene, his philandering best friend from Australia, is coming to stay, Rosie drops a bombshell: she’s pregnant.

In true Tillman style, Don instantly becomes an expert on all things obstetric. But in between immersing himself in a new research study on parenting and implementing the Standardised Meal System (pregnancy version), Don’s old weaknesses resurface. And while he strives to get the technicalities right, he gets the emotions all wrong, and risks losing Rosie when she needs him most.

The Rosie Effect is the charming and hilarious romantic comedy of the year.

", "pageCount": 422, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-09-24", "publisher": "Text Publishing", "isbn": "9781922182104", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=h91PBAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Rosie+Effect&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Rosie Result (Don Tillman Book 3)": { "author": "Graeme Simsion", "description": "

I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began...

Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they’re about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he’s socially awkward and not fitting in. Don’s spent a lifetime trying to fit in—so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs?

Meanwhile, there are multiple distractions to deal with: the Genetics Lecture Outrage, Rosie’s troubles at work, estrangement from his best friend Gene...And opening the world’s best cocktail bar.

Hilarious and thought-provoking, with a brilliant cast of characters, The Rosie Result is the triumphant final instalment of the much-loved and internationally bestselling Rosie trilogy.

Graeme Simsion is a Melbourne-based novelist and screenwriter. The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect have combined global sales approaching five million copies. Graeme is also the author of the international bestsellers The Best of Adam Sharp and – co-written with his wife, Anne Buist – Two Steps Forward, as well as the recently published Don Tillman’s Standardized Meal System. His screenplay for The Rosie Project is in development with Sony Pictures, The Best of Adam Sharp is in development with Toni Collette’s Vocab Films, and the rights to Two Steps Forward have been optioned by Fox Searchlight and Ellen DeGeneres.


‘Don Tillman and Rose Jarman are fiction’s most unlikely couple but Graeme Simsion’s skills with dialogue and tone make them, and their relationship, (just) believable. Hudson, too, is uncomfortably believable. Simsion has mighty intellectual confidence but behind all the steady wit, the rolling jokes, the faux innocence and the cocktail instruction, this is a thoughtful and provocative novel [with] a grand design that will have relevance in the lives of many individual readers...Accomplished novel, mission accomplished.’ Helen Elliott, Age

‘[Don Tillman] has almost transcended the boundaries of fiction to become a geek icon.’ Guardian

‘One of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time.’ The Times

‘This is a busy book with a large cast of characters, new and old. As the last in the series, there are a lot of threads to tidy up; wry humour and set pieces intermingle with serious intent in The Rosie Result...It’s a pleasure to inhabit Don’s rational mindset again: “We should restrict the discussion to the facts first. Table the evidence, then consider our options. Understand the problem, explore solutions.” Indeed. Welcome back, Don.’ Australian

‘The Rosie trilogy is deserving of the accolades it has garnered and The Rosie Result is the best possible goodbye to the world of Don Tillman.’ Mary Dalmau

‘The comedy is still there but there’s a philosophical seriousness to this one, which brings the whole issue much closer to home. I liked it very much and I recommend it.’ The Bookshelf, Radio National

‘It is an ambitious task: writing a light and engaging novel while incorporating a serious topic in an inclusive manner. But Simsion pulls it off, maintaining a strong sense of characterisation and narrative, all the while encouraging readers to question their own values.’ Conversation

Charming, eloquent, and insightful, The Rosie Result is a triumphant conclusion to Don’s story, one that celebrates this remarkable father, husband, and friend in all his complexity and brilliance.’ Booklist (starred review)


", "pageCount": 385, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-02-05", "publisher": "Text Publishing", "isbn": "9781925774283", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=gD95DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Rosie+Result&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Sabbath (FSG Classics)": { "author": "Abraham Joshua Heschel", "description": "

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life.

In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel, one of the most widely respected religious leaders of the twentieth century, introduced the influential idea of an 'architecture of holiness\" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the materials things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that 'the Sabbaths are our great catherdrals.'

Featuring black-and-white illustrations by Ilya Schor

", "pageCount": 127, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005-08-17", "publisher": "Farrar, Straus and Giroux", "isbn": "9781466800090", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Sb8CvRg8w2MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Sabbath&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better": { "author": "Will Storr", "description": "The compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing that reveals how the brain responds to storytelling, based on the wildly popular creative writing class.

Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable resource for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children’s writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.

Award-winning writer and acclaimed teacher of creative writing Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can write better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers—and also our brains—create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change.

Stories shape who we are. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and mold our beliefs. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human. So, how do master storytellers compel us?

Will Storr’s superbly chosen examples range from Harry Potter to Jane Austen to Alice Walker, Greek drama to Russian novels to Native American folk tales, King Lear to Breaking Bad to children’s stories.

With sections such as “The Dramatic Question,” “Creating a World,” and “Plot, Endings, and Meaning,” as well as a practical, step-by-step appendix dedicated to “The Sacred Flaw Approach,” The Science of Storytelling reveals just what makes stories work, placing it alongside such creative writing classics as John Yorke’s Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey into Story and Lajos Egri’s The Art of Dramatic Writing.

“If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book. It is clear, compelling, and tightly shaped.” ―Sunday Times (London)", "pageCount": 186, "categories": [ "Language Arts & Disciplines" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-03-10", "publisher": "Abrams", "isbn": "9781683358183", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=G9WqDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Science+of+Storytelling:+Why+Stories+Make+Us+Human+and+How+to+Tell+Them+Bett&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership": { "author": "Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh", "description": "The last lecture on leadership by the NFL's greatest coach will inspire, inform, and enlighten leaders in all professions.

Bill Walsh was a towering figure in the history of the NFL. His advanced leadership transformed the San Francisco 49ers from the worst franchise in sports to a legendary dynasty. In the process, he changed the way football is played.

Walsh taught that the requirements of successful leadership are the same whether you run an NFL franchise, a fortune 500 company, or a hardware store with 12 employees.

Prior to his death, Walsh granted a series of exclusive interviews to bestselling author Steve Jamison. These final words of \"wisdom by Walsh\" became his ultimate lecture on leadership. Additional insights and perspectives are provided by Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and others.", "pageCount": 393, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2009-08-20", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101109014", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=shUB6M9IzZcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Score+Takes+Care+of+Itself&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't": { "author": "Julia Galef", "description": "\"...an engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit.\"—The Wall Street Journal

A better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making.

When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a \"soldier\" mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe—and shoot down those we don't.

But if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a \"scout\" mindset. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true.

In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world—which anyone can learn. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think.", "pageCount": 290, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-04-13", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780735217553", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=wJ0jEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Scout+Mindset:+Why+Some+People+See+Things+Clearly+and+Others+Don%27t&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Screwtape Letters": { "author": "C. S. Lewis", "description": "A milestone in the history of popular theology, The Screwtape Letters is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is 'lost' to the young devil. First published in 1942, The Screwtape Letters has sold millions of copies worldwide and is recognized as a masterpiece of satire, entertaining readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to 'Our Father Below.' At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written.", "pageCount": 106, "categories": [ "Literary Collections" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-12-08", "publisher": "Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=vkroEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Screwtape+Letters&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life": { "author": "David Brooks", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.

“Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and extraordinarily incisive.”—The Washington Post

Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were meant to climb. Their goals on this first mountain are the ones our culture endorses: to be a success, to make your mark, to experience personal happiness. But when they get to the top of that mountain, something happens. They look around and find the view . . . unsatisfying. They realize: This wasn’t my mountain after all. There’s another, bigger mountain out there that is actually my mountain.

And so they embark on a new journey. On the second mountain, life moves from self-centered to other-centered. They want the things that are truly worth wanting, not the things other people tell them to want. They embrace a life of interdependence, not independence. They surrender to a life of commitment.

In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence. He gathers their wisdom on how to choose a partner, how to pick a vocation, how to live out a philosophy, and how we can begin to integrate our commitments into one overriding purpose.

In short, this book is meant to help us all lead more meaningful lives. But it’s also a provocative social commentary. We live in a society, Brooks argues, that celebrates freedom, that tells us to be true to ourselves, at the expense of surrendering to a cause, rooting ourselves in a neighborhood, binding ourselves to others by social solidarity and love. We have taken individualism to the extreme—and in the process we have torn the social fabric in a thousand different ways. The path to repair is through making deeper commitments. In The Second Mountain, Brooks shows what can happen when we put commitment-making at the center of our lives.", "pageCount": 385, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-05-26", "publisher": "Random House Trade Paperbacks", "isbn": "9780812983425", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=5DTgDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Second+Mountain:+The+Quest+for+a+Moral+Life&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever: A Regency Historical Romance of a Lonely Viscount and a Love Promised in Childhood (Bevelstoke Book 1)": { "author": "", "description": "2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love. At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as she already was smart. And even at ten, Miranda knew she would love him forever. But the years that followed were as cruel to Turner as they were kind to Miranda. She is as intriguing as the viscount boldly predicted on that memorable day—while he is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. But Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier—and she will not allow the love that is her destiny to slip lightly through her fingers . . .", "pageCount": null, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "" }, "The Secret History: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)": { "author": "Donna Tartt", "description": "INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and \"an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling\" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch.

Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2004-04-13", "publisher": "National Geographic Books", "isbn": "9781400031702", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=r26PEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Secret+History&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy (Smythe-Smith Quartet Book 4)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

Sir Richard Kenworthy has less than a month to find a bride. He knows he can't be too picky, but when he sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her family's infamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. She's the type of girl you don't notice until the second—or third—look, but there's something about her, something simmering under the surface, and he knows she's the one.

Iris Smythe–Smith is used to being underestimated. With her pale hair and quiet, sly wit she tends to blend into the background, and she likes it that way. So when Richard Kenworthy demands an introduction, she is suspicious. He flirts, he charms, he gives every impression of a man falling in love, but she can't quite believe it's all true. When his proposal of marriage turns into a compromising position that forces the issue, she can't help thinking that he's hiding something . . . even as her heart tells her to say yes.

", "pageCount": 384, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-01-27", "publisher": "Avon", "isbn": "9780062072948", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=46gCoQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Secrets+of+Sir+Richard+Kenworthy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition (Oxford Landmark Science)": { "author": "Richard Dawkins", "description": "The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages.

As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. Forty years later, its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published.

This 40th anniversary edition includes a new epilogue from the author discussing the continuing relevance of these ideas in evolutionary biology today, as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews.

Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.", "pageCount": 497, "categories": [ "Mathematics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016", "publisher": "Oxford University Press", "isbn": "9780198788607", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ekonDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Selfish+Gene:+40th+Anniversary+edition&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life - A Practical Approach to Jesus's Teachings, Personal Transformation, and the Power of Positive Thinking in the Sermon on the Mount": { "author": "Emmet Fox", "description": "Practical ideas for leading a fuller, richer life of harmony and success; presents an intelligent understanding of the nature of divine wisdom and shows how to achieve health, happiness, and prosperity.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Lord's prayer" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "1991-12", "publisher": "Buccaneer Books", "isbn": "9780899667706", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=m47qAAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Sermon+on+the+Mount:+The+Key+to+Success+in+Life+-+A+Practical+Approach+to+Je&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Seven Day Mental Diet: How to Change Your Life in a Week": { "author": "Emmet Fox", "description": "An unabridged, unaltered edition of The Seven Day Mental Diet: How to Change Your Life in a Week, by Emmet Fox, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the twentieth century -


", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "New Thought" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-07", "publisher": "Merchant Books", "isbn": "9781603865807", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=RLrXngEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Seven+Day+Mental+Diet:+How+to+Change+Your+Life+in+a+Week&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how to wield the One Power.

Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, Rand arrives at the Aiel Waste and is granted permission by the Wise Ones to enter the sacred city of Rhuidean. After passing through a doorframe ter'angreal, Moiraine gains foresight while the Aiel await Rand's return, either with both arms marked by dragon symbols, validating his identity as He Who Comes With the Dawn, the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel—or to never emerge at all.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

", "pageCount": 1015, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 25, "publishedDate": "1993-10-15", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780812513738", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=7-JfDlNcvhEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Shadow+Rising:+Book+Four+of+%27The+Wheel+of+Time%27&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation": { "author": "Cathy O'Neil", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics—from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction

“O’Neil reminds us that we must resist the urge to judge, belittle, and oversimplify, and instead allow always for complexity and lead always with empathy.”—Dave Eggers, author of The Every

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Times (UK)

Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as Cathy O’Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized—used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society. After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programs for people who are fundamentally unworthy?
 
O’Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations, and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms—all of which profit from “punching down” on the vulnerable. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O’Neil’s own struggle with body image and her recent weight-loss surgery, which awakened her to the systematic shaming of fat people seeking medical care.

With clarity and nuance, O’Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Whom does the system serve? Is it counter-productive to call out racists, misogynists, and vaccine skeptics? If so, when should someone be “canceled”? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?", "pageCount": 273, "categories": [ "Social Science" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-03-22", "publisher": "Crown", "isbn": "9781984825452", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ZixiEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Shame+Machine:+Who+Profits+in+the+New+Age+of+Humiliation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem": { "author": "Nathaniel Branden", "description": "The modern classic on building self-esteem to improve your mindset, achieve more, and boost your relationships with your partner, kids, co-workers, and more—from a pioneering psychotherapist

“Brilliant, laser-focused, and critically relevant, Dr. Nathaniel Branden’s ‘pillars’ give us a lifelong set of foundations upon which to build our families, our schools and our businesses.”—Dennis Waitley, Ph.D., author of The Psychology of Winning.
 
Six Pillars of Self-Esteem is the culmination of a lifetime of clinical practice and study, hailed as the most significant work on the topic. Immense in scope and vision and filled with insight into human motivation and behavior, it is essential reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in self-esteem. 
 
Dr. Nathaniel Branden introduces the six pillars—six action-based practices for daily living that provide the foundation for self-esteem—and explores the central importance of self-esteem in five areas: the workplace, parenting, education, psychotherapy, and the culture at large. Six Pillars of Self-Esteem provides concrete guidelines for teachers, parents, managers, and therapists who are responsible for developing the self-esteem of others. And it shows why—in today’s chaotic and competitive world—self-esteem is fundamental to our personal and professional power.", "pageCount": 369, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1995-05-01", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780553374391", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=z_z_quAbwacC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Six+Pillars+of+Self-Esteem&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Sleuth Investor: Uncover the Best Stocks Before They make Their Move": { "author": "Avner Mandelman", "description": "

To make real money in the stock market you have to act like a sleuth.

It's not enough to rely on SEC files, annual reports, and press releases. To uncover the most lucrative investments, you must dig beneath the printed surface of public information and sleuth for physical evidence. This is the only way to reveal the actual truth about a company's real value-and its future.

Investing expert Avner Mandelman honed this highly effective, money-sleuthing approach at his investment firm, Giraffe Capital Corporation. Now, in The Sleuth Investor, he shares his proven intelligence-gathering methods for obtaining exclusive information even before industry insiders do-and using it to gain a decisive edge in buying and selling stock.

Through step-by-step guidance and illustrative examples, Mandelman demonstrates how you can track the four physical elements of a company: People (employees, customers, suppliers), Product (inventory, the product's physical movement, competing products), Plant (production facilities, offices), and Periphery (physical surroundings, community, the economic eco-chain). Obtaining physical clues gives you the ability to anticipate key company developments, such as imminent high growth, a coming disaster you can short profitably, and new product launches.

Using Mandelman's strategies and techniques, you'll learn how to:

The amount of “foolish” money available to be taken by money sleuthing is enormous. Become a sleuth yourself by following the methods in The Sleuth Investor and you'll be making more money than ever before-perhaps even a fortune.

", "pageCount": 233, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2007-03-02", "publisher": "McGraw Hill Professional", "isbn": "9780071509039", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=sWuoBpv1wsYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Sleuth+Investor&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life": { "author": "Alice Schroeder", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The most authoritative portrait of one of the most important American investors of our time.”—Los Angeles Times

“Even people who don’t care a whit about business will be intrigued. . . . A side of the Oracle of Omaha that has rarely been seen.”—Time (Five Best Nonfiction Books of the Year)

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post; People; Financial Times; Businessweek; Janet Maslin, The New York Times; Publishers Weekly

Warren Buffett is one of the most respected men in the world. But the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir or offered a glimpse into his intensely private life. Here, at last, he gives unprecedented access to his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom.

This complete biography of the man known everywhere as “the Oracle of Omaha” was written by highly respected former financial analyst and business writer Alice Schroeder with the cooperation of Buffett himself, who gave her thousands of hours of his own time as well as complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates—and his files. The result is the fullest exploration of his philosophy of life we will ever have. Here are the principles and ideas that made Buffett astoundingly wealthy, enriched the lives (and bank accounts) of those who adopted them, and created the most fascinating American success story of our time.", "pageCount": 1041, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-09-29", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780553905496", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=cyCB5X-Xk50C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Snowball&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus Book 2)": { "author": "Rick Riordan", "description": "A New York Times Bestselling Author -- With an ever-expanding cast of brave-hearted heroes, the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series offers all of the action, pathos, and humor that Rick Riordan fans crave ...In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a blood-chilling quest: Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, To storm or fire the world must fall, An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. But who are the other four mentioned in the prophecy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away ...", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 28, "publishedDate": "2011", "publisher": "Heroes of Olympus", "isbn": "9781410441225", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=-ELZYgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Son+of+Neptune&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Soros Lectures: At the Central European University": { "author": "George Soros", "description": "Five lectures George Soros recently delivered at the Central European University in Budapest - which he founded in 1991 - distill a lifetime of thinking on finance, capitalism and open society In a series of lectures delivered at the Central European University in October 2009, George Soros provided a broad overview of his thoughts on economics and politics. The lectures are the culmination of a lifetime of practical and philosophical reflection. In the first and second lecture, Soros discusses his general theory of reflexivity and its application to financial markets, providing insight into the recent financial crisis. The third and fourth lectures examine the concept of open society, which has guided Soros' global philanthropy, as well as the potential for conflict between capitalism and open society. The closing lecture focuses on the way ahead, closely examining the increasingly important economic and political role that China will play in the future. \"The Budapest Lectures\" presents these five seminal talks into one volume, which offers a condensed and highly readable summary of Soros' world view.", "pageCount": 146, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010-02-09", "publisher": "PublicAffairs", "isbn": "9781586488864", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=whn5xX4qSI8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Soros+Lectures:+At+the+Central+European+University&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age": { "author": "James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Lord William Rees-Mogg", "description": "Now featuring a new preface by Peter Thiel

Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century.

The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.

Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestseller, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.

In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries—the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed \"the fourth stage of human society,\" will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.", "pageCount": 454, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "1999-08-26", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780684832722", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WuQblPwwAjgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Sovereign+Individual&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Starless Sea: A Novel": { "author": "Erin Morgenstern", "description": "NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood.

Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction.

Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life.
", "pageCount": 526, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2019-11-05", "publisher": "Anchor", "isbn": "9780385541220", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uYKDDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Starless+Sea:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire Book 1)": { "author": "Isaac Asimov", "description": "Biron Farrell was young and naïve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin. He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father, the highly respected Rancher of Widemos, has been murdered. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father's death, and becomes entangled in an intricate saga of rebellion, political intrigue, and espionage. The mystery takes him deep into space where he finds himself in a relentless struggle with the power-mad despots of Tyrann. Now it is not just a case of life or death for Biron, but a question of freedom for the galaxy.", "pageCount": 232, "categories": [ "Attempted murder" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 6, "publishedDate": "1951", "publisher": "Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=70daAAAAMAAJ&q=intitle:The+Stars,+Like+Dust&dq=intitle:The+Stars,+Like+Dust&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It": { "author": "Will Storr", "description": "'Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas ... The Status Game might be his best yet' James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times

What drives our political and moral beliefs? What makes us like some things and dislike others? What shapes how we behave, and misbehave, in groups? What makes you, you?



For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and money. In The Status Game, bestselling author Will Storr radically turns this thinking on its head by arguing that it is our irrepressible craving for status that ultimately defines who we are.



From the era of the hunter-gatherer to today, when we exist as workers in the globalised economy and citizens of online worlds, the need for status has always been wired into us. A wealth of research shows that how much of it we possess dramatically affects not only our happiness and wellbeing but also our physical health - and without sufficient status, we become more ill, and live shorter lives. It's an unconscious obsession that drives the best and worst of us: our innovation, arts and civilisation as well as our murders, wars and genocides. But why is status such an all-consuming prize? What happens if it's taken away from us? And how can our unquenchable thirst for it explain cults, moral panics, conspiracy theories, the rise of social media and the 'culture wars' of today?



On a breathtaking journey through time and culture, The Status Game offers a sweeping rethink of human psychology that will change how you see others - and how you see yourself.", "pageCount": 304, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-09", "publisher": "William Collins", "isbn": "9780008354640", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CSzYzQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Status+Game:+On+Human+Life+and+How+to+Play+It&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel": { "author": "Gabrielle Zevin", "description": "An irresistible novel about second chances and finding room for all the books—and all the love—that transforms our lives 

A.J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island—from Chief Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who’s always felt kindly toward him; from Ismay, his sister-in-law, who is hell-bent on saving A.J. from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who persists in taking the ferry to Alice Island, refusing to be deterred by A.J.’s bad attitude. Even the books in his store have stopped holding pleasure for him. These days, he can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing too rapidly.

Then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It’s a small package, though large in weight—an unexpected arrival that gives A.J. the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It doesn’t take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming A.J., for the determined sales rep Amelia to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light, for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.’s world. Or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn’t see coming. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-12-02", "publisher": "National Geographic Books", "isbn": "9780143191278", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AraMEAAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:The+Storied+Life+of+A.+J.+Fikry&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Sum of All Kisses": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

From Julia Quinn, the New York Times bestselling author of steamy historical romances, comes the third seductive installment of the Smythe-Smith Quartet, The Sum of All Kisses.

Sarah Pleinsworth can’t forgive Hugh Prentice for the duel he fought three years ago that nearly destroyed her family, sent her cousin fleeing, and left Hugh himself with a badly injured leg. That’s fine with Hugh, who can’t tolerate Sarah’s dramatic ways. But when the two are forced to spend a week together, they find that unexpected kisses, and mutual passion, may have the power to change both of their minds.

Written with Julia Quinn’s trademark style, The Sum of All Kisses is a witty and lighthearted Regency romance.

", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-10-29", "publisher": "Avon", "isbn": "9780062072924", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=P4UnngEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Sum+of+All+Kisses&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Summer I Turned Pretty": { "author": "Jenny Han", "description": "Now a blockbuster original series on Prime Video! Will Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad?

Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny Han.

Some summers are just destined to be pretty.

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.", "pageCount": 304, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2010-04-06", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781416968290", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=7JKbDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Summer+I+Turned+Pretty&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Sun Also Rises": { "author": "Ernest Hemingway", "description": "

Hemingway’s brilliant first novel is a poignant tale of love, loss, and the power to endure.

In his unforgettable first novel, Hemingway artfully illuminates the plight of the Lost Generation, weaving a poignant tale of love and loss in the aftermath of World War I. The story follows two expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s: Jake Barnes, an American war veteran and journalist, and Lady Brett Ashley, an independent Englishwoman exploring the opportunities afforded by a new era of liberated women and sexual freedom. Impotent due to an injury suffered during the war, Jake must navigate his hopeless love for Brett in a changed world of waning morality.

From Parisian society’s vibrant nightlife to the ruthless bullfighting rings of Spain, The Sun Also Rises takes readers on a powerful journey through mass disillusionment, moral bankruptcy, and elusive could-have-beens. All the while, we see both the brokenness and resilience of a generation scarred physically and emotionally by the horrors of war.

", "pageCount": 211, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-02-01", "publisher": "Blackstone Publishing", "isbn": "9798200881772", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zmJWEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Sun+Also+Rises&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Tale of Troy (Puffin Classics)": { "author": "Roger Green", "description": "

The story of Helen and the judgement of Paris, of the gathering Heroes and the seige of Troy; of Achilles and his vulnerable heel, reared by the Centaur on wild honey and the marrow of lions; of Odysseus, the last of the Heroes, his plan for the wooden Horse and his many adventures on his long journey home to Greece.

Also contains a beautiful introduction by best-selling author Michelle Paver, and additional endmatter including an author profile, who's who, activities, glossary and more.

", "pageCount": 205, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2012-05-03", "publisher": "Penguin UK", "isbn": "9780141973265", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=rcF8jndlYvAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Tale+of+Troy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.": { "author": "Daniel Coyle", "description": "What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This groundbreaking work from the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code and The Little Book of Talent provides readers with tools for maximizing potential in themselves and others.

Drawing on cutting-edge neurology and firsthand research gathered on journeys to nine of the world’s talent hotbeds—from the baseball fields of the Caribbean to a classical-music academy in upstate New York—Daniel Coyle identifies the three key elements that will allow you to develop your gifts and optimize your performance in sports, art, music, math, or just about anything.

• Deep Practice: Everyone knows that practice is a key to success. What everyone doesn’t know is that specific kinds of practice can increase skill up to ten times faster than conventional practice.
• Ignition: We all need a little motivation to get started. But what separates truly high achievers from the rest of the pack? A higher level of commitment—call it passion—born out of our deepest unconscious desires and triggered by certain primal cues. Understanding how these signals work can help you ignite passion and catalyze skill development.
• Master Coaching: What are the secrets of the world’s most effective teachers, trainers, and coaches? Discover the four virtues that enable these “talent whisperers” to fuel passion, inspire deep practice, and bring out the best in their students.

These three elements work together within your brain to form myelin, a microscopic neural substance that adds vast amounts of speed and accuracy to your movements and thoughts. Scientists have discovered that myelin might just be the holy grail: the foundation of all forms of greatness, from Michelangelo’s to Michael Jordan’s. The good news about myelin is that it isn’t fixed at birth; to the contrary, it grows, and like anything that grows, it can be cultivated and nourished.

Combining revelatory analysis with illuminating examples of regular people who have achieved greatness, The Talent Code will not only change the way you think about talent, but equip you to reach your own highest potential.", "pageCount": 258, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-04-28", "publisher": "Bantam", "isbn": "9780553806847", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=smGKDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Talent+Code:+Greatness+Isn%27t+Born.+It%27s+Grown.+Here%27s+How.&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Thirteen Petalled Rose": { "author": "Adin Steinsaltz", "description": "The Thirteen Petalled Rose, written by the world-renowned scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, is based on the structures and assumptions of kabbalah, the largely esoteric theological system that deals with the relationships between man, Torah, the Commandments, and God. As Rabbi Steinsaltz teaches, \"kabbalah is the official theology of the Jewish people.\" While The Thirteen Petalled Rose can be viewed as an introduction to the essence of Jewish existence and belief, its author does not attempt to justify Judaism according to external criteria. It is not meant to be a book about its subject, but rather a book that grows out of its own world, the world of kabbalah. While most primers deal with practical matters, this volume touches largely upon issues of the soul. The Thirteen Petalled Rose is named after the symbolic image used to represent the People of Israel in the opening lines of the mystical Jewish text, the Zohar. In addition to the English edition, The Thirteen Petalled Rose has been translated into Russian and circulated underground in the Soviet Union for many years. It has also been translated into French and Dutch. A book of extraordinary power, The Thirteen Petalled Rose has become a modern classic.", "pageCount": 208, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1992", "publisher": "Jason Aronson", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ob3XAAAAMAAJ&q=intitle:The+Thirteen+Petalled+Rose&dq=intitle:The+Thirteen+Petalled+Rose&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 1)": { "author": "Cixin Liu", "description": "

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

Over 1 million copies sold in North America

“A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New Yorker • “Wildly imaginative.”—Barack Obama • “Provocative.”—Slate • “A breakthrough book.”—George R. R. Martin • “Impossible to put down.”—GQ • “Absolutely mind-unfolding.”—NPR • “You should be reading Liu Cixin.”—The Washington Post

The Three-Body Problem is the first novel in the groundbreaking, Hugo Award-winning series from China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu.

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

The Three-Body Problem Series
The Three-Body Problem
The Dark Forest
Death's End

Other Books by Cixin Liu
Ball Lightning
Supernova Era
To Hold Up the Sky
The Wandering Earth
A View from the Stars

", "pageCount": 400, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2014-11-11", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780765377067", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QxbFBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Three-Body+Problem&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries Book 1)": { "author": "Richard Osman", "description": "A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment

\"Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.\" --Wall Street Journal

\"Don't trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman's own laugh-out-loud whodunit.\" --Parade

Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves
A female cop with her first big case
A brutal murder
Welcome to...
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.

When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?", "pageCount": 370, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2020", "publisher": "Pamela Dorman Books", "isbn": "9781984880963", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=hFT5DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Thursday+Murder+Club&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Time of Contempt (The Witcher Book 4 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 2)": { "author": "Andrzej Sapkowski", "description": "To protect his ward Ciri, Geralt of Rivia sends her to train with the sorceress Yennefer. But all is not well within the Wizard's Guild in the second novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.



★ The New York Times Bestselling Series

★ Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide

★ World Fantasy Award Winning Author

★ David Gemmell Legend Award Winning Author

★ Named One of the Greatest Book Series of All Time by Forbes



Geralt is a Witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender in dark times against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend.



His task now is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill--but only if she lives to use it.



Witcher collections

The Last Wish

Sword of Destiny



Witcher novels

Blood of Elves

The Time of Contempt

Baptism of Fire

The Tower of Swallows

Lady of the Lake

Season of Storms

Crossroads of Ravens



Hussite Trilogy

The Tower of Fools

Warriors of God



Translated from original Polish by David French", "pageCount": 368, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-07-05", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780316452762", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=y0n4zgEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Time+of+Contempt&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Torah in English - Bible Large Print by Penta Teuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (Grapevine Edition)": { "author": "Penta Teuch", "description": "\"\"The Torah in English\"\" provides readers with an English translation of the sacred Jewish scriptures, offering access to the foundational texts of the Hebrew Bible. This edition allows individuals, scholars, and those interested in religious studies to engage with the Torah in a language accessible to English speakers. Containing the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, the Torah is a vital component of both Jewish and Christian religious traditions. This English translation ensures that readers can explore the narratives, laws, and teachings embedded in these foundational texts. Whether used for personal study, worship, or academic research, \"\"The Torah in English\"\" serves as a valuable resource for understanding the spiritual and historical significance of the Old Testament within the broader context of religious literature.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Education" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-05-31", "publisher": "Cby Press", "isbn": "9789360519445", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=fLvb0AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Torah+in+English+-+Bible+Large+Print+by+Penta+Teuch&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Tower of Swallows (The Witcher Book 6 / The Witcher Saga Novels Book 4)": { "author": "Andrzej Sapkowski", "description": "The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. 

★ The New York Times Bestselling Series
★ Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide
★ World Fantasy Award Winning Author
★ David Gemmell Legend Award Winning Author
★ Named One of the Greatest Book Series of All Time by Forbes

The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.

But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies including Dandelion, Milva, Regis, and Cahir, to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous.

There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting. . .

Witcher collections
The Last Wish
Sword of Destiny

Witcher novels
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire 
The Tower of Swallows
Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Crossroads of Ravens

Hussite Trilogy
The Tower of Fools
Warriors of God
Light Perpetual

Translated from original Polish by David French", "pageCount": 314, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-05-17", "publisher": "Orbit", "isbn": "9780316273763", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=AiGfCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Tower+of+Swallows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It": { "author": "Kelly McGonigal", "description": "Drawing from groundbreaking research, psychologist and award-winning teacher Kelly McGonigal, PhD, offers a surprising new view of stress—one that reveals the upside of stress, and shows us exactly how to capitalize on its benefits.

You hear it all the time: stress causes heart disease; stress causes insomnia; stress is bad for you! But what if changing how you think about stress could make you happier, healthier, and better able to reach your goals? Combining exciting new research on resilience and mindset, Kelly McGonigal, PhD, proves that undergoing stress is not bad for you; it is undergoing stress while believing that stress is bad for you that makes it harmful. In fact, stress has many benefits, from giving us greater focus and energy, to strengthening our personal relationships.
 
McGonigal shows readers how to cultivate a mindset that embraces stress, and activate the brain's natural ability to learn from challenging experiences. Both practical and life-changing, The Upside of Stress is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a toolkit for getting better at it—by understanding, accepting, and leveraging it to your advantage.", "pageCount": 306, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-05-10", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781101982938", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=T2oBDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Upside+of+Stress&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: A romantic cozy fantasy": { "author": "Sangu Mandanna", "description": "“This is one of my coziest reads of the last year, and I find myself thinking about its enchanted setting all the time.”−Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author

USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life.

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos \"pretending\" to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.

But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and…Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.

As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when peril comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for....", "pageCount": 353, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2022-08-23", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593439357", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WnB9EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Very+Secret+Society+of+Irregular+Witches:+A+romantic+cozy+fantasy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Viscount Who Loved Me: Bridgerton (Bridgertons Book 2)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "A New York Times Bestseller1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better . . .Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1814
But this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry -- he's even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield -- the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate's the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "England" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2003", "publisher": "Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated", "isbn": "9781587243837", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=d2eNPwAACAAJ&dq=intitle:The+Viscount+Who+Loved+Me&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace (A Toltec Wisdom Book)": { "author": "Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills", "description": "\"The book I've re-read the most.\"—Alicia Keys, Elle magazine

From the bestselling author of The Four Agreements

In The Voice of Knowledge, Miguel Ruiz reminds us of a profound and simple truth: The only way to end our emotional suffering and restore our joy in living is to stop believing in lies — mainly about ourselves. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, this breakthrough book shows us how to recover our faith in the truth and return to our own common sense.

Ruiz changes the way we perceive ourselves, and the way we perceive other people. Then he opens the door to a reality that we once perceived when we were one and two years old — a reality of truth, love, and joy.

\"We are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies. . . . One of the biggest lies in the story of humanity is the lie of our imperfection.\" — don Miguel Ruiz", "pageCount": 257, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2010-02-01", "publisher": "Amber-Allen Publishing", "isbn": "9781934408049", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=NL5uimXQQj8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Voice+of+Knowledge:+A+Practical+Guide+to+Inner+Peace&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228": { "author": "Dick Couch", "description": "With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military
training in the world.

What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The Warrior Elite, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch documents the process that transforms young men into warriors. SEAL training is the distillation of the human spirit, a tradition-bound ordeal that seeks to find men with character, courage, and the burning desire to win at all costs, men who would rather die than quit.", "pageCount": 386, "categories": [ "History" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-02-19", "publisher": "Crown", "isbn": "9780307566232", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zvnW9eJiwDUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Warrior+Elite:+The+Forging+of+SEAL+Class+228&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 1)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, Book One of the Stormlight Archive, begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.

Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.

One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.

Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.

The result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.

Speak again the ancient oaths:

Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before Destination.

and return to men the Shards they once bore.

The Knights Radiant must stand again.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

", "pageCount": 1013, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 3, "publishedDate": "2014-03-04", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780765376671", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QVn-CgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Way+of+Kings:+Book+One+of+the+Stormlight+Archive&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Way of Shadows (Night Angel Book 1)": { "author": "Brent Weeks", "description": "From NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks comes the first novel in his breakout fantasy trilogy in which a young boy trains under the city's most legendary and feared assassin, Durzo Blint.

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art -- and he is the city's most accomplished artist.

For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly -- and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.

But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics -- and cultivate a flair for death.", "pageCount": 362, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 92, "publishedDate": "2008-10-01", "publisher": "Orbit", "isbn": "9780316040228", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Zgj5OmP9b8IC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Way+of+Shadows&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Wealth of Nations": { "author": "Adam Smith", "description": "

Adam Smith’s masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich’s Introduction both clarifies Smith’s analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, “Smith’s mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century—jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics.”
 
Introduction by Robert Reich • Commentary by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner • Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

", "pageCount": 1185, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2000-11-01", "publisher": "Modern Library", "isbn": "9780679641926", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=0BshzCSOcx4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Wealth+of+Nations&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

They did the impossible, ending the thousand-year reign of the godlike Lord Ruler. Now Vin, the former street urchin turned powerful Mistborn, and Elend Venture, the idealistic young nobleman who loves her, must build a healthy new society in the ashes of an empire.

As tensions grow in the wake of the uprising, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.

It may just be that killing the Lord Ruler was the easy part. Surviving the aftermath of his fall is going to be the real challenge.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War
● Wind and Truth

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax & Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity
● Lux (with Steven Michael Bohls)

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 816, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 22, "publishedDate": "2010-04-01", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429961813", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-41Q9zk32kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Well+of+Ascension:+Book+Two+of+Mistborn&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry and Intrusive Thoughts Are Gifts to Help You Heal": { "author": "Sheryl Paul, Sheryl Lisa Finn, MA", "description": "

A counselor in the depth psychology tradition shows readers there's nothing to fear from anxiety

“The Wisdom of Anxiety serves as a well-lit pathway to the truth of who we are and to how to navigate life when paralyzed by anxiety, depression, overwhelm, and a sense of hopelessness.” —Alanis Morissette, singer-songwriter

Work anxiety. Relationship anxiety. Social anxiety. World anxiety. Money anxiety. Health anxiety.

How does reading those words make you feel?

All too often, when we experience the things that give us anxiety, our first instinct is to try to run away or numb out from feeling them. But what if the unpleasant feelings you want to turn away from are actually vital sources of information about your well-being?

In The Wisdom of Anxiety, counselor Sheryl Paul examines the deeper meaning of the racing thoughts, sweaty palms, and insomnia that accompany the uncertain moments of our lives. No one likes to feel anxiety—and yet, Paul asserts it can be a remarkably direct messenger of our subconscious. Here you will learn how you can pause and listen to your anxieties to discover inner truths that you’ve been avoiding.

This lyrically written book not only considers the many forms anxieties can take, but also provides deep-dive practices for addressing them at their roots.

Here you will learn:
The nature of intrusive thoughts and how to manage them.How to explore states of loneliness, apathy, regret, and shame without being caught up in them.Feeling anxiety around feeling good? Discover why and what to do about it.How to cultivate your own loving inner parent.Why anxiety can arise from boredom and longing.How to create healthy and meaningful personal rituals to relieve anxiety.Navigating the many sources of anxiety in relationships.
Whether it’s worry around raising children, nervousness about world events, or any other way anxiety manifests, The Wisdom of Anxiety can help you uncover the true source of your discomfort and find the rich self-knowledge within.

", "pageCount": 201, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-05-28", "publisher": "St. Martin's Essentials", "isbn": "9781683643364", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=4lWzEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Wisdom+of+Anxiety:+How+Worry+and+Intrusive+Thoughts+Are+Gifts+to+Help+You+He&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower: 52 Stories That Will Change Your Life": { "author": "Daniel D'Appollo", "description": "

Do you need more time for yourself?

Do you want to get your mind off things?

Do you long for more happiness and contentment?


Then this is the book for you!

It contains 52 stories that will change your life and your way of thinking.


Each story is carefully selected to explain important Buddhist wisdom and thought processes. They deal with universal themes such as gratitude, mindfulness, self-love, and happiness.


The stories convey valuable life lessons that will enrich your life. After each story, a reference to the present time is made. It also tells what you can learn from the story for your own life.


Especially in today's world full of stress and distractions, the teachings of Buddhism are a true blessing. They give us new food for thought and show us what really matters in life.


This book invites you to reflect and find yourself. It shows you new ways of thinking that have incredible potential. You do NOT need to have any prior knowledge of Buddhism. These are timeless life lessons that are valuable and helpful to everyone (regardless of age or religion).



Buy this book if you....

want to stop negative thoughts

want to become happier and more content

need new ideas and food for thought

want to reduce stress

want to find inner peace

Order the book now and start the most important journey in life: The journey to yourself.

", "pageCount": 184, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-12-10", "publisher": "drew dally Publishers", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=WnPoEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:The+Zen+Monkey+and+the+Lotus+Flower&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know": { "author": "Adam Grant", "description": "#1 New York Times Bestseller

“THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning requires much more—it requires choosing courage over comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant weaves together research and storytelling to help us build the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious enough about the world to actually change it. I’ve never felt so hopeful about what I don’t know.”
—Brené Brown, Ph.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential, Originals, and Give and Take examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval--and too little like scientists searching for truth. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds--and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades white supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox. Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.", "pageCount": 321, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2023-12-26", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9781984878120", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=KdXcEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Think+Again:+The+Power+of+Knowing+What+You+Don%27t+Know&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Think and Grow Rich!:The Original Version, Restored and Revised™: The Original Version, Restored and Revisedâ„¢": { "author": "Napoleon Hill", "description": "Publsiher's Note: This is a digital version of the original work. Any errors are a refecltion of the original work.

Think and Grow Rich is a motivational personal development and self-help book written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that this book deals only with how to get rich, the author explains that the philosophy taught in the book can be used to help people succeed in all lines of work and to do or be almost anything they want", "pageCount": 386, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-11-01", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781625580757", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TfqYDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Think+and+Grow+Rich!&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts": { "author": "Annie Duke", "description": "NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit).
 
“A big favorite among investors these days.”—The New York Times

“Outstanding.”—Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal

In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass instead of a hand off to his star running back. The pass was intercepted and the Seahawks lost. Critics called it the dumbest play in history. But was the call really that bad? Or did Carroll actually make a great move that was ruined by bad luck?

Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time. There's always an element of luck that you can't control, and there is always information that is hidden from view. So the key to long-term success (and avoiding worrying yourself to death) is to think in bets: How sure am I? What are the possible ways things could turn out? What decision has the highest odds of success? Did I land in the unlucky 10% on the strategy that works 90% of the time? Or is my success attributable to dumb luck rather than great decision making?

Annie Duke, a former World Series of Poker champion turned business consultant, draws on examples from business, sports, politics, and (of course) poker to share tools anyone can use to embrace uncertainty and make better decisions. For most people, it's difficult to say \"I'm not sure\" in a world that values and, even, rewards the appearance of certainty. But professional poker players are comfortable with the fact that great decisions don't always lead to great outcomes and bad decisions don't always lead to bad outcomes.

By shifting your thinking from a need for certainty to a goal of accurately assessing what you know and what you don't, you'll be less vulnerable to reactive emotions, knee-jerk biases, and destructive habits in your decision making. You'll become more confident, calm, compassionate and successful in the long run.", "pageCount": 289, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2018-02-06", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780735216365", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=VcouDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Thinking+in+Bets&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Thinking, Fast and Slow": { "author": "Daniel Kahneman", "description": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking.

Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, he shows where we can trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking, contrasting the two-system view of the mind with the standard model of the rational economic agent.

Kahneman's singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, Kahneman shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and personal lives--and how we can guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble.", "pageCount": 619, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 7, "publishedDate": "2011-11-01", "publisher": "Doubleday Canada", "isbn": "9780385676526", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=TA7Q27RWlj0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Thinking+Fast+and+Slow+inauthor:Kahneman&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "This Is Your Mind on Plants": { "author": "Michael Pollan", "description": "The instant New York Times bestseller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books of the Year

“Expert storytelling . . . [Pollan] masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways.” —New York Times Book Review

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos.

Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: People around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. But we do not usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable. So, then, what is a “drug”? And why, for example, is making tea from the leaves of a tea plant acceptable, but making tea from a seed head of an opium poppy a federal crime?

In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs—opium, caffeine, and mescaline—and throws the fundamental strangeness, and arbitrariness, of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs while consuming (or, in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants. Why do we go to such great lengths to seek these shifts in consciousness, and then why do we fence that universal desire with laws and customs and fraught feelings?

In this unique blend of history, science, and memoir, as well as participatory journalism, Pollan examines and experiences these plants from several very different angles and contexts, and shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively—as a drug, whether licit or illicit. But that is one of the least interesting things you can say about these plants, Pollan shows, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. Based in part on an essay published almost twenty-five years ago, this groundbreaking and singular consideration of psychoactive plants, and our attraction to them through time, holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds, and our entanglement with the natural world.", "pageCount": 289, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-07-06", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593296905", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Fxs3EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:This+Is+Your+Mind+on+Plants&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "This Time Tomorrow: A Novel": { "author": "Emma Straub", "description": "#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“The pages brim with tenderness and an appreciation for what we had and who we were. I could not have loved it more.\"—Ann Patchett

“One of the most moving and intelligent time travel novels I have ever read. Nostalgic, wise, funny, and filled with love.\"—Gabrielle Zevin

“The kind of book that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love. Exceptional.\"—Emily Henry

What if you could take a vacation to your past?

With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes and a different kind of love story.

On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday. But it isn’t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush—it’s her dad, the vital, charming, forty-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?", "pageCount": 321, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022-05-17", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780525539025", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=CH1EEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:This+Time+Tomorrow:+A+Novel&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Three Act Tragedy: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition": { "author": "Agatha Christie", "description": "Thirteen guests gather for drinks at actor Charles Cartwright?s seaside escape. Benign Reverend Babbington, who rarely imbibes, takes one sip of his beverage and keels over dead. Soon after Sir Bartholomew Strange convenes the same party and meets his own end after swallowing port. One death could be natural, but two mean murder. Hercule Poirot, who was present at both affairs, stages a third soirée to catch the cocktail killer.", "pageCount": 264, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1972", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=u7UHAQAAIAAJ&q=intitle:Three+Act+Tragedy&dq=intitle:Three+Act+Tragedy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Throne of Glass": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.

", "pageCount": 434, "categories": [ "Young Adult Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2013-05-07", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing USA", "isbn": "9781619630345", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=r_i4_Lr5fA4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Throne+of+Glass&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.": { "author": "Kurt Vonnegut", "description": "“[Kurt Vonnegut’s] best book . . . He dares not only ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it.”—Esquire

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course there’ s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell.

“Reading Vonnegut is addictive!”—Commonweal", "pageCount": 338, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 18, "publishedDate": "2007-12-18", "publisher": "Dial Press", "isbn": "9780307423375", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=YuLuAn3itnAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Titan&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "To Catch an Heiress: A Regency Romance of Mistaken Identity, a Crown Agent, and Unexpected Love (Agents of the Crown Book 1)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from unwanted marriage proposals. Yes, Blake believes she's a notorious spy named Carlotta De Leon, but for six weeks until her twenty-first birthday, when she'll gain control of her fortune, hiding out in the titillating company of a mysterious captor is awfully convenient -- and maybe just a little romantic, too.

Blake Ravenscroft's mission is to bring \"Carlotta\" to justice, not to fall in love. His heart has been hardened by years of intrigue, but this little temptress proves oddly disarming and thoroughly kissable. And suddenly the unthinkable becomes possible -- that this mismatched Couple might be destined for love.

", "pageCount": 388, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-10-13", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061754159", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=s2rCg9rZGrwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:To+Catch+an+Heiress&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "To Sir Phillip, With Love: Bridgerton (Bridgertons Book 5)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . and more.

Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking . . . and wondering . . . and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except . . . he wasn't. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled . . . and when he kissed her . . . the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldn't help but wonder . . . could this imperfect man be perfect for her?

", "pageCount": 384, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2003-06-24", "publisher": "Avon", "isbn": "9780380820856", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=xmtDlwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:To+Sir+Phillip,+With+Love&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel": { "author": "Gabrielle Zevin", "description": "ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’ BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER • A JIMMY FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK

In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

“Utterly brilliant. In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle Zevin charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is one of the best books I've ever read.” —John Green

On a bitter cold day, in the December of his Junior Year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. They borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo: a game where players can escape the confines of a body and the betrayals of a heart, and where death means nothing more than a chance to restart and play again. This is the story of the perfect worlds Sam and Sadie build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Duplicity. Tragedy.

Spanning over thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, games as artform, technology and the human experience, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.", "pageCount": 417, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-06-25", "publisher": "Penguin Group", "isbn": "9780735243361", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uW_8EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Tomorrow,+and+Tomorrow,+and+Tomorrow&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Torah in English complete: The Five Books of Moses | English Torah Translation (JPS) reworked: Including: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy": { "author": "", "description": "Hebrew-English Torah: The Five books of Moses is a Study Edition of the traditional Masoretic text, placed next to the classic \"word-for-word\" Jewish translation; it features the most authoritative Hebrew text -- based on the Leningrad Codex and complete with cantillation marks, vocalization and verse numbers. The large format and the use of good paper are part of the design to allow a diligent Torah student to write on margins for more efficient learning. This printed edition comes with a free downloadable PDF edition of the title provided by Varda Books upon presenting to it the proof of purchase.", "pageCount": 418, "categories": [ "Bible" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2012-01-01", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781590459348", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=uvjBoQEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Torah+in+English+complete:+The+Five+Books+of+Moses+%7C+English+Torah+Translation&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Total Recall (Enhanced Edition): My Unbelievably True Life Story": { "author": "Arnold Schwarzenegger", "description": "In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s memoir is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.

The greatest immigrant success story of our time. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s story is unique—and uniquely entertaining—and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.

He was born in a year of famine in a small Austrian town, the son of an austere police chief. He dreamed of moving to America to become a bodybuilding champion and a movie star. By the age of twenty-one, he was living in Los Angeles and had been crowned Mr. Universe. Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world. Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry. Within twenty years, he was the world’s biggest movie star, the husband of Maria Shriver, and an emerging Republican leader who was part of the Kennedy family. Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow body­builders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California.

Now, with raw honesty and insight, he tells the story of his life in his own voice. Here is Arnold, with total recall.", "pageCount": 656, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2012-10-01", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781451662450", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=qYijfgz4acgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Total+Recall&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass Book 6)": { "author": "Sarah J. Maas", "description": "'One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIME

The final battle looms in the sixth book in the epic, bestselling fantasy series from the author of A Court of Thorns and Roses.

A glorious empire. A desperate quest. An ancient secret.

The search for allies extends to a new land in the sixth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.

Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived in the shining city of Antica to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, whose vast armies are Erilea's last hope. But they have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold.

After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child at the hands of Adarlanian soldiers, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need, and she will honour it. But Lord Westfall carries his own dark past, and Yrene soon realises that those shadows could engulf them both.

Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience to overcome the danger that surrounds them. But while they become entangled in the political webs of the khaganate, long-awaited answers slumber deep in the mountains, where warriors soar on legendary ruks. Answers that might offer their world a chance at survival ... or doom them all.", "pageCount": 692, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2017-09-05", "publisher": "Bloomsbury Publishing", "isbn": "9781408887967", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=HzJyDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Tower+of+Dawn&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Towers of Midnight: Book Thirteen of The Wheel of Time": { "author": "Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books.

In Towers of Midnight, the thirteenth novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, the Last Battle has truly begun. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.

The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. And trials by fire await those fighting against the darkness that encroaches from their enemies—and within themselves...

Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel'aran'rhiod and find a way—at long last—to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.

Mat Cauthon must once again face the creatures beyond the stone gateways, the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.

Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, arrives at the White Tower with a startling revelation for Egwene al’Vere. Fearful for his sanity, Egwene summons the rulers of the Borderlands to stand against him—knowing the fate of the world rests in their hands.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 866, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 41, "publishedDate": "2011-01-31", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429960632", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=muXgq4C2UtoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Towers+of+Midnight:+Book+Thirteen+of+The+Wheel+of+Time&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great": { "author": "Jim Collins", "description": "

A companion guidebook to the number-one bestselling Good to Great, focused on implementation of the flywheel concept, one of Jim Collins’ most memorable ideas that has been used across industries and the social sectors, and with startups.

The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan. It is the act of turning the flywheel, slowly gaining momentum and eventually reaching a breakthrough. Building upon the flywheel concept introduced in his groundbreaking classic Good to Great, Jim Collins teaches readers how to create their own flywheel, how to accelerate the flywheel’s momentum, and how to stay on the flywheel in shifting markets and during times of turbulence.

Combining research from his Good to Great labs and case studies from organizations like Amazon, Vanguard, and the Cleveland Clinic which have turned their flywheels with outstanding results, Collins demonstrates that successful organizations can disrupt the world around them—and reach unprecedented success—by employing the flywheel concept.

", "pageCount": 58, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019-02-26", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062933805", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Zm1zDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Turning+the+Flywheel:+A+Monograph+to+Accompany+Good+to+Great&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Unbeatable Mind (3rd Edition): Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level": { "author": "Mark Divine", "description": "This is the original, first edition of Unbeatable Mind brought back by Mark upon request from many who enjoy this version of his popular book which has sold over a million copies worldwide. This edition is in it's original format and has not been edited.Commander Mark Divine is a retired Navy SEAL and the founder of SEALFIT and Unbeatable Mind. In this edition he presents his insights on how to forge mental toughness, develop mental clarity and cultivate an authentic warrior's spirit. The book's themes were developed as a foundational philosophy for the popular Unbeatable Mind Academy, originally oriented to train special operations candidates in the mental, emotional and spiritual strength to become an elite warrior. That training combined with SEALFIT has been largely adopted by the SEAL BUDS training command as well as the Air Force Special Operations training command.Unbeatable Mind training has led to profound transformation and breakthroughs for thousands from all walks of life. You will learn to develop your \"20X factor\" -- an awareness that you are capable of at least twenty times more than you previously thought.

This book will help you develop:


Here is what others are saying about Unbeatable Mind:

Dear Coach Divine, I want to thank you for your amazing Unbeatable Mind book and program, which in my estimation, is the most well thought out, organized and practical program of its kind that I have ever seen. Simply the best. -- Eric

\"Sir you probably get these letters all the time but I want you to know that you have profoundly changed my life for the better. I am a better human being since reading Unbeatable Mind and participating in the online academy. I am gaining control of my monkey mind which has run amuck for many many years with self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. I am now part of the solution in this world and not part of the problem. I am a sheepdog!\" -- Kevin

Mark Divine is also the author of \"The Way of the SEAL,\" \"8 Weeks to SEALFIT,\" \"Kokoro Yoga,\" Staring Down the Wolf\" and the \"SEALFIT Training Guide.\"", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Achievement motivation" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-04-09", "publisher": "Createspace Independent Publishing Platform", "isbn": "9781495393433", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=1Mm9oAEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Unbeatable+Mind&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Uncanny Valley: A Memoir": { "author": "Stephanie Claire Lay", "description": "The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age. In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener—stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial—left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success, and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory, and, of course, progress. Anna arrived amidst a massive cultural shift, as the tech industry rapidly transformed into a locus of wealth and power rivaling Wall Street. But amid the company ski vacations and in-office speakeasies, boyish camaraderie and ride-or-die corporate fealty, a new Silicon Valley began to emerge: one in far over its head, one that enriched itself at the expense of the idyllic future it claimed to be building. Part coming-of-age-story, part portrait of an already-bygone era, Anna Wiener’s memoir is a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Anna deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment. Unsparing and incisive, Uncanny Valley is a cautionary tale, and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its unwitting designers are only beginning to understand.", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Emotions" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015", "publisher": "", "isbn": "", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=2MN60AEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Uncanny+Valley&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement": { "author": "Tony Robbins", "description": "If you have ever dreamed of a better life, Unlimited Power from #1 New York Times bestseller Tony Robbins shows you how to achieve the extraordinary quality of life you desire and deserve, and how to master your personal and professional life.

Anthony Robbins calls it the new science of personal achievement. You'll call it the best thing that ever happened to you.

Anthony Robbins has proven to millions through his books, tapes, and seminars that by harnessing the power of the mind you can do, have, achieve, and create anything you want for your life. He has shown heads of state, royalty, Olympic and professional athletes, movie stars, and children how to achieve. With Unlimited Power, he passionately and eloquently reveals the science of personal achievement and teaches you:

* How to find out what you really want
* The Seven Lies of Success
* How to reprogram your mind in minutes to eliminate fears and phobias
* The secret of creating instant rapport with anyone you meet
* How to duplicate the success of others
* The Five Keys to Wealth and Happiness

Unlimited Power is a revolutionary fitness book for the mind. It will show you, step by step, how to perform at your peak while gaining emotional and financial freedom, attaining leadership and self-confidence, and winning the cooperation of others. It will give you the knowledge and the courage to remake yourself and your world. Unlimited Power is a guidebook to superior performance in an age of success.", "pageCount": 454, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 7, "publishedDate": "2008-06-30", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781416586371", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=__CvAFrcWY0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Unlimited+Power&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend": { "author": "Joshua M. Greene", "description": "Winner – Best of Los Angeles Award's \"Best Holocaust Book - 2021\"

“A must-read that hopefully will be adapted for the screen. Greene lets Wilzig’s effervescent spirit shine through, and his story will appeal to a wide variety of readers.” - Library Journal

Unstoppable is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American teens were socializing in ice cream parlors, Siggi was suffering beatings by Nazi hoodlums for being a Jew and was soon deported along with his family to the darkest place the world has ever known: Auschwitz. Siggi used his wits to stay alive, pretending to have trade skills the Nazis could exploit to run the camp. After two death marches and near starvation, he was liberated from camp Mauthausen and went to work for the US Army hunting Nazis, a service that earned him a visa to America. On arrival, he made three vows: to never go hungry again, to support the Jewish people, and to speak out against injustice. He earned his first dollar shoveling snow after a fierce blizzard. His next job was laboring in toxic sweatshops. From these humble beginnings, he became President, Chairman and CEO of a New York Stock Exchange-listed oil company and grew a full-service commercial bank to more than $4 billion in assets.

Siggi’s ascent from the darkest of yesterdays to the brightest of tomorrows holds sway over the imagination in this riveting narrative of grit, cunning, luck, and the determination to live life to the fullest.", "pageCount": 364, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-03-23", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781647224387", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Qi4NEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Unstoppable:+Siggi+B.+Wilzig%27s+Astonishing+Journey+from+Auschwitz+Survivor+and+P&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Venus on Fire Mars on Ice: Hormonal Balance - The Key to Life, Love and Energy": { "author": "John Gray", "description": "Venus on Fire, Mars On Ice provides ground-breaking relationship and nutritional insight into:

- The unique ways that each gender deals with stress
- The importance of \"superfoods\" and good nutrition in reducing stress and replenishing hormones
- How the stress hormones harm our health and complicate our ability to relate to one another
- Why menopause - and \"man-o-pause\" - don't have to be the relationship stressors they currently are
- How balancing our blood sugar is intricately connected to balancing our hormones

In Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice, John Gray, Ph.D. shares essential elements of wellness, happiness, and lasting passion by revealing the secrets to natural health, nutrition and restoring vitality.
", "pageCount": 0, "categories": [ "Health & Fitness" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2010", "publisher": "Mind Publishing Company", "isbn": "9780978279738", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=LLlMnwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:Venus+on+Fire+Mars+on+Ice&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Voyager (Outlander, Book 3)": { "author": "Christie Golden", "description": "A Star Trek: Voyager novel continuing the story begun in Old Wounds, centered on Captain Chakotay, his past, and a crisis that threatens the crew of the USS Voyager from within.

Captain Chakotay and his sister, Sekaya, are being held captive beneath the surface of Loran II by a Changeling—an outcast Founder masquerading as Chakotay’s second-in-command, Andrew Ellis. To Chakotay’s horror, the Changeling gives the two prisoners over to the infamous Cardassian scientist Crell Moset, who plans to use Chakotay’s Sky Spirit-enhanced DNA to create a super species that will bring him the fame and acceptance he craves.

Leaving Chakotay and Sekaya to their fate, the Changeling assumes Chakotay's image and infiltrates the Starship Voyager™, putting the entire crew at risk. Dr. Jarem Kaz and Lieutenant Harry Kim, increasingly suspicious of their captain's odd behavior, turn to Admiral Janeway and Lieutenant Commander Tom Paris for help. As Paris races to save Voyager from catastrophe, the real Chakotay must undertake a “Spirit Walk” that could set him and his sister free—or lead to their ultimate destruction.", "pageCount": 303, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 3, "ratingsCount": 1, "publishedDate": "2004-12-15", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781416500001", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=Eelg5EaNfBYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Voyager&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion": { "author": "Sam Harris", "description": "For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.

From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.

Waking Up is part memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harris—a scientist, philosopher, and famous skeptic—could write it.", "pageCount": 256, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2014-09-09", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781451636017", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=SpJqBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Waking+Up:+A+Guide+to+Spirituality+Without+Religion&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Walking Meditation: Easy Steps to Mindfulness": { "author": "", "description": "What if every step you took deepened your connection with all of life and imprinted peace, joy, and serenity on the earth? With Walking Meditation, you will enjoy the first in-depth instructional program in this serene spiritual practice to help you walk with presence and peace of mind whether in nature or on a busy city street. Walking Meditation features esteemed Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh along with one of his principle students, Nguyen Anh-Huong, as together they illuminate the central tenets of this powerful meditative art, including: How to recognize the miracle in simply walking—not as a means to an end, but as the opportunity to touch the fullness of lifeReversing habit energy through the unification of body and mindUsing walking meditation to work with difficult emotions such as anger and anxiety, and much more There is a Buddhist concept known as Apranihita, or the spirit of wishlessness, in which one neither pursues desires nor flees from discomforts. With Walking Meditation, practitioners from every spiritual tradition will rediscover our home in the here and now, as the long road we all must walk turns to quiet joy.", "pageCount": 130, "categories": [], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "", "publisher": "ReadHowYouWant.com", "isbn": "9781427085269", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=awhTdzpKCZoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Walking+Meditation:+Easy+Steps+to+Mindfulness&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "War And Peace": { "author": "Leo Tolstoi", "description": "Widely regarded as the greatest novel in any language, War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families--particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Rostovs--the members of which are portrayed against a vivid background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon (1805-14). The theme of war, however, is subordinate to the story of family existence, which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting pattern of human existence. The heroine, Natasha Rostova, for example, reaches her greatest fulfilment through her marriage to Pierre Bezukhov and her motherhood. The novel also sets forth a theory of history, concluding that there is a minimum of free choice; all is ruled by an inexorable historical determinism", "pageCount": 1662, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4.5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2004", "publisher": "Collector's Library", "isbn": "9781904633853", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=s-OQ2yHDIMQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:War+And+Peace&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Warren Buffett's Ground Rules: Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World's Greatest Investor": { "author": "Jeremy C. Miller", "description": "Timeless guidelines from his letters: \"Mr. Miller has done a superb job . . . If you are fascinated by investment theory and practice, you will enjoy this book.\" —Warren Buffett
In the fourteen years between his time in New York with value-investing guru Benjamin Graham and his start as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett managed Buffett Partnership Limited, his first professional investing partnership. Over the course of that time—a period in which he experienced an unprecedented record of success—Buffett wrote semiannual letters to his small but growing group of partners, sharing his thoughts, approaches, and reflections.
Compiled for the first time and with Buffett's permission, the letters spotlight his contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of compounding interest, his preference for conservative rather than conventional decision making, and his goal and tactics for bettering market results by at least 10% annually. Demonstrating Buffett's intellectual rigor, they provide a framework to the craft of investing that had not existed before: Buffett built upon the quantitative contributions made by his famous teacher, Benjamin Graham, demonstrating how they could be applied and improved.
These letters offer us a rare look into Buffett's mind and accessible lessons in control and discipline—effective in bull and bear markets alike, and in all types of investing climates—that are the bedrock of his success. Warren Buffett's Ground Rules paints a portrait of the sage as a young investor during a time when he developed the long-term value-oriented strategy that helped him build the foundation of his wealth—rules for success investors need, today and every day.
\"An extraordinarily useful book for anyone who is interested in investing.\" —Guy Spier, author of The Education of a Value Investor
\"This book is much more than a compilation of excerpts from Buffett's letters, smartly organized by investment theme. Miller begins every chapter with an articulate and insightful synthesis, which helps the reader understand Buffett's key ground rules on each theme.\" —Robert Pozen, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
\"Just when you thought you knew everything about the investing guru, [this] book provides unique insights.\" — Worth Magazine", "pageCount": 189, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-04-26", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062415578", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=zglMCgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA5&dq=intitle:Warren+Buffett%27s+Ground+Rules:+Words+of+Wisdom+from+the+Partnership+Letters+of+t&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "We Have To Talk: Healing Dialogues Between Women And Men": { "author": "Samuel Shem, Janet Surrey, Stephen Bergman", "description": "“We have to talk.” For many men, these are the four worst words in the English language, especially when they're uttered by a female partner. But it doesn't have to be that way, argue Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey in their pathbreaking and practical new book. “Male relational dread”—that all-too-familiar reaction set off by women's “relational yearnings”—can be tamed, and in its place can emerge true satisfaction for men and women.To demonstrate how this is done, Shem and Surrey take us behind the scenes of their popular workshops. We hear couples speak intimately about anger, guilt, resentment, shame, and sex. We watch them wrestle collectively with the gender divide in their relationships—the deep disconnects, or “impasses,” that reflect the vastly different developmental paths men and women have traveled. We see couples learn to bridge the poles of dread and yearning, to emerge from isolation into mutuality. We witness their moments of sadness, humor, and, ultimately, discovery.Filled with moving stories of real people struggling with real problems, We Have to Talk shatters the “rules” and offers dramatic proof that men and women are not from different planets after all. It is certain to be seen as the relationship book for the new millennium.", "pageCount": 213, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1999-04-23", "publisher": "Basic Books", "isbn": "9780465032525", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3Z4fAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:We+Have+To+Talk:+Healing+Dialogues+Between+Women+And+Men&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "We Solve Murders: A Novel": { "author": "Richard Osman", "description": "INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“Madcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osman’s trademark wit. Delightful!” —Shari Lapena

From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series

A brand new mystery. An iconic new detective duo. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . .

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him at home. His days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s job now.

Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She’s currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts . . .

As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?

Solving murders. It’s a family business.", "pageCount": 401, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-09-17", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780593653227", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=w6jpEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:We+Solve+Murders&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "We'll Always Have Summer (Summer I Turned Pretty Book 3)": { "author": "Jenny Han", "description": "Now a blockbuster original series on Prime Video! Will Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad?

In the epic conclusion of the New York Times bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, Belly makes her final choice between Jeremiah and Conrad.

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she’s almost positive he is her soulmate. Almost. While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go, Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it’s now or never—tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good.

Belly has to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face the inevitable: She will break one of their hearts.", "pageCount": 320, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2025-06-03", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781665973724", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=E3ZbEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:We%27ll+Always+Have+Summer&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People": { "author": "Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins", "description": "

He says that's his best offer. Is it?

She says she agrees. Does she?

The interview went great—or did it?

He said he'd never do it again. But he did.

Read this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to \"speed-read\" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you. You will discover:

Filled with examples from Navarro's professional experience, this definitive book offers a powerful new way to navigate your world.

", "pageCount": 272, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2008-04-15", "publisher": "William Morrow Paperbacks", "isbn": "9780061438295", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=g3IkvgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:What+Every+BODY+is+Saying&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "What Happens in London (Bevelstoke Book 2)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

Rumors and Gossip . . . The lifeblood of London

When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fiancée, she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window, cleverly concealed by curtains, watches, and waits . . . and discovers a most intriguing man, who is definitely up to something.

Sir Harry Valentine works for the boring branch of the War Office, translating documents vital to national security. He's not a spy, but he's had all the training, and when a gorgeous blonde begins to watch him from her window, he is instantly suspicious. But just when he decides that she's nothing more than an annoyingly nosy debutante, he discovers that she might be engaged to a foreign prince, who might be plotting against England. And when Harry is roped into spying on Olivia, he discovers that he might be falling for her himself . . .

", "pageCount": 339, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2009-06-30", "publisher": "Harper Collins", "isbn": "9780061891991", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=GYTYwnX8aEMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:What+Happens+in+London&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?: Discover A Life Filled With Purpose And Joy Through The Secrets Of Jewish Wisdom": { "author": "Michal Oshman", "description": "

Discover the secrets to a fearless, meaningful life, found in the wisdom of Jewish scripture.

Today, more than ever, we act out of fear. We fear change, rejection, failure, and suffering. But what if we could find a way to live that challenges conventional Western psychology and looks to the future instead of picking over the past? What if we could replace our fear with purpose, and discover our potential for growth instead of focusing on our limits?

What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid? draws on a wide range of chassidus (Jewish principles) to offer a new philosophy for life. With its uplifting belief that you already have all the ingredients within and around you to lead a joyous life, this ebook will help you to reconnect with your courage and move forward freely, without fear.

", "pageCount": 203, "categories": [ "Self-Help" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-05-04", "publisher": "Penguin", "isbn": "9780744049503", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=b-MbEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT43&dq=intitle:What+Would+You+Do+If+You+Weren%27t+Afraid%3F:+Discover+A+Life+Filled+With+Purpose+An&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist": { "author": "Paul Kalanithi", "description": "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD

This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living?

“Unmissable . . . Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, People, NPR, The Washington Post, Slate, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out New York, Publishers Weekly, BookPage

An Oprah Daily Best Nonfiction Book of the Past Two Decades • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century

At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.

Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’” When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.

Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir", "pageCount": 258, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2016-01-12", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9780812988406", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=93faCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:When+Breath+Becomes+Air:+Pulitzer+Prize+Finalist&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "When He Was Wicked: Bridgerton (Bridgertons Book 6)": { "author": "Julia Quinn", "description": "

A New York Times Bestseller

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Francesca Bridgerton, in the sixth of her beloved Regency historical romance novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.

FRANCESCA’S STORY

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one’s life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London’s most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.

After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his heart to become engaged, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing. Unfortunately for Michael, this tale of unrequited love was complicated by the fact that Francesca’s surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer—the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin.

But that was then . . . Now Michael is the earl and Francesca is free, but still she thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant. In this emotional friends-to-lovers story, Michael dares not speak to her of his love . . . until one dangerous night, when she steps innocently into his arms, and passion proves stronger than even the most wicked of secrets . . .

", "pageCount": 422, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2017-02-28", "publisher": "HarperCollins", "isbn": "9780062424136", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=qO4QBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:When+He+Was+Wicked&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-Less and Resource-Full: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full": { "author": "David Richo", "description": "

Everyone is afraid. Sometimes fear is inappropriate and unnecessary. At other times, we have good reason to be afraid. But in every case, fear reduces our ability to be ourselves. It convinces us we shouldn't take chances or risks.

This book is for people who want to let go of unreasonable fear or act more creatively in the face of reasonable fear. It explores the roots of fear--the fear of change, of self-disclosure, of giving and receiving, of being alone. Beneath all of these is the greatest fear of all: the fear of loving and being loved.

This 25th anniversary edition speaks of the enduring message of the book and this new edition has been greatly updated and expanded to include more contemporary developments in psychology and current events. Every chapter of the book has been rewritten and revised with a new audience in mind. Some new sections have been added and existing sections revised.

This revised and updated edition reflects the author's growing understanding of the ageless concern in our lives--becoming free from fear so that we can be more resourceful in our life.
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", "pageCount": null, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2022", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780809155736", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QKIMzwEACAAJ&dq=intitle:When+Love+Meets+Fear&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last": { "author": "John Gottman, John Mordechai Gottman, Nan Silver", "description": "Psychologist John Gottman has spent twenty years studying what makes a marriage last. Now you can use his tested methods to evaluate, strengthen, and maintain your own long-term relationship.

This breakthrough book guides you through a series of self-tests designed to help you determine what kind of marriage you have, where your strengths and weaknesses are, and what specific actions you can take to help your marriage.

You'll also learn that more sex doesn't necessarily improve a marriage, frequent arguing will not lead to divorce, financial problems do not always spell trouble in a relationship, wives who make sour facial expressions when their husbands talk are likely to be separated within four years and there is a reason husbands withdraw from arguments—and there's a way around it.

Dr. Gottman teaches you how to recognize attitudes that doom a marriage—contempt, criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling—and provides practical exercises, quizzes, tips, and techniques that will help you understand and make the most of your relationship. You can avoid patterns that lead to divorce, and—Why Marriages Succeed or Fail will show you how.", "pageCount": 240, "categories": [ "Family & Relationships" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "1995-06", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780684802411", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=S_ffhMnsufAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Why+Marriages+Succeed+or+Fail&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Why Not: Como os irmãos Joesley e Wesley, da JBS, transformaram um açougue em Goiás na maior empresa de carnes do mundo (Portuguese Edition)": { "author": "George Webster", "description": "

A hugely uplifting and inspiring picture book by CBeebies sensation George Webster, collaborator Claire Taylor and bestselling illustrator Tim Budgen! If you reach for the stars, you can do anything! People are like story books, there's joy to find within. So, turn a page, come inside. and let the fun begin.

Perfect for every child and every family, Why Not? is an energetic, heartfelt and positive story, with bright illustrations that are guaranteed to make you smile.

Why Not? is sure to inspire everyone to give things a try - after all, why not?!

", "pageCount": 35, "categories": [ "Juvenile Fiction" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-03-14", "publisher": "Scholastic UK", "isbn": "9780702331121", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=xkOTEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Why+Not&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter": { "author": "Scott Adams", "description": "

The New York Times bestseller that changed how we understand reality itself—expanded and updated to include the first Trump administration, January 6th, and the 2024 election

Scott Adams was one of the earliest public figures to predict Donald Trump’s election. The mainstream media regarded Trump as a lucky clown, but Adams—best known as “the guy who created Dilbert”—recognized a level of persuasion you only see once in a generation. We’re hardwired to respond to emotion, not reason, and Trump knew exactly which emotional buttons to push.

The point isn’t whether Trump was right or wrong, good or bad. Adams goes beyond politics to look at persuasion tools that can work in any setting—the same ones Adams saw in Steve Jobs when he invested in Apple decades ago. Win Bigly is a field guide for persuading others in any situation—or resisting the tactics of emotional persuasion when they’re used on you.

Win Bigly, now in its second edition, explains one of the most important perceptual shifts in the history of humankind.

", "pageCount": 342, "categories": [ "Humor" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2024-10-03", "publisher": "Scott Adams, Inc.", "isbn": "9798990531635", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=QQmhEQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Win+Bigly&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Winter's Heart: Book Nine of The Wheel of Time": { "author": "Robert Jordan", "description": "

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Rand is on the run with Min, and in Cairhein, Cadsuane is trying to figure out where he is headed. Rand's destination is, in fact, one she has never considered.

Mazrim Taim, leader of the Black Tower, is revealed to be a liar. But what is he up to?

Faile, with the Aiel Maidens, Bain and Chiad, and her companions, Queen Alliandre and Morgase, is prisoner of Savanna's sept.

Perrin is desperately searching for Faile. With Elyas Machera, Berelain, the Prophet and a very mixed \"army\" of disparate forces, he is moving through country rife with bandits and roving Seanchan. The Forsaken are ever more present, and united, and the man called Slayer stalks Tel'aran'rhiod and the wolfdream.

In Ebou Dar, the Seanchan princess known as Daughter of the Nine Moons arrives--and Mat, who had been recuperating in the Tarasin Palace, is introduced to her. Will the marriage that has been foretold come about?

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
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#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

", "pageCount": 807, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 60, "publishedDate": "2002-01-07", "publisher": "Macmillan", "isbn": "9780812575583", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=4W5RQY_MiMEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Winter%27s+Heart:+Book+Nine+of+The+Wheel+of+Time&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us about Love and Life (Shamanic Wisdom)": { "author": "Don Jose Ruiz", "description": "

For generation after generation, Toltec shamans have passed down their wisdom through teaching stories. The purpose of these stories is to implant a seed of knowledge in the mind of the listener, where it can ultimately sprout and blossom into a new and better way of life.

In The Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us About Love and Life, Toltec shaman and master storyteller don Jose Ruiz shares some of the most popular stories from his family's oral tradition and offers corresponding lessons that illustrate the larger ideas within each story.

Ruiz begins by explaining that contrary to the stereotypical image of \"witch doctor,\" the ancient shamans were men and women who fulfilled several roles within their communities: philosopher, spiritual guide, medical doctor, psychologist, and friend.

According to Ruiz, their teachings are not primitive or reserved for a chosen few initiates but are instead a powerful series of lessons on love and life that are available to us all. To that aim, he has included exercises, meditations, and shamanic rituals to help you experience the personal transformation these stories offer.

The shamans taught that the truth you seek is inside of you. Let these stories, lessons, and tools be your guide to finding the innate wisdom that lives within.

", "pageCount": 219, "categories": [ "Body, Mind & Spirit" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2019", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9781938289842", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=FmSLDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Wisdom+of+the+Shamans&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Words of Radiance: Book Two of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2)": { "author": "Brandon Sanderson", "description": "

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.

Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status \"darkeyes.\" Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow linked to his honorspren, Syl.

The Assassin, Szeth, is active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin's master has much deeper motives.

Brilliant but troubled Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of the legendary Voidbringers and the civilization-ending Desolation that will follow. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but just arriving there proves more difficult than she could have imagined.

Meanwhile, at the heart of the Shattered Plains, the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on a desperate gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The possible consequences for Parshendi and humans alike, indeed, for Roshar itself, are as dangerous as they are incalculable.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

", "pageCount": 1210, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 4, "publishedDate": "2014-03-04", "publisher": "Tor Books", "isbn": "9781429949620", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=kYjqAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Words+of+Radiance:+Book+Two+of+the+Stormlight+Archive&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person": { "author": "Shonda Rhimes", "description": "In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of Bridgerton, For the People and How to Get Away with Murder , reveals how saying YES changed her life - and how it can change yours too. 

With three hit shows on television and three children at home, Shonda Rhimes had lots of good reasons to say no when invitations arrived. Hollywood party? No. Speaking engagement? No. Media appearances? No. 

And to an introvert like Shonda, who describes herself as 'hugging the walls' at social events and experiencing panic attacks before press interviews, there was a particular benefit to saying no: nothing new to fear. Then came Thanksgiving 2013, when Shonda's sister Delorse muttered six little words at her: You never say yes to anything. 

Profound, impassioned and laugh-out-loud funny, in Year of Yes Shonda Rhimes reveals how saying YES changed - and saved - her life. And inspires readers everywhere to change their own lives with one little word: Yes.

 ", "pageCount": 323, "categories": [ "Biography & Autobiography" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2015-11-10", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781471157332", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=pQbPCgAAQBAJ&dq=intitle:Year+of+Yes&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything": { "author": "Viktor E. Frankl", "description": "Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international bestseller Man’s Search for Meaning.

Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychiatrist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience, and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity.

Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl’s words resonate as strongly today—as the world faces a coronavirus pandemic, social isolation, and great economic uncertainty—as they did in 1946. He offers an insightful exploration of the maxim “Live as if you were living for the second time,” and he unfolds his basic conviction that every crisis contains opportunity. Despite the unspeakable horrors of the camps, Frankl learned from the strength of his fellow inmates that it is always possible to “say yes to life”—a profound and timeless lesson for us all.", "pageCount": 138, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-03-23", "publisher": "Beacon Press", "isbn": "9780807005552", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=PMLYDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Yes+to+Life:+In+Spite+of+Everything&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World": { "author": "Michele Wucker", "description": "The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding and re-shaping our relationship with risk and uncertainty to live more productive and successful lives.

What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do we often create bigger risks than the risks we try to avoid? Why are corporate boards newly worried about risky personal behavior by CEOs? Why are some nations quicker than others to recognize and manage risks like pandemics, technological change, and climate crisis?

The answers define each person, organization, and society as distinctively as a fingerprint. Understanding the often-surprising origins of these risk fingerprints can open your eyes, inspire new habits, catalyze innovation and creativity, improve teamwork, and provide a beacon in a world that seems suddenly more uncertain than ever.

How you see risk and what you do about it depend on your personality and experiences. How you make these cost-benefit calculations depend on your culture, your values, the people in the room, and even unexpected things like what you’ve eaten recently, the temperature, the music playing, or the fragrance in the air. Being alert to these often-unconscious influences will help you to seize opportunity and avoid danger.

You Are What You Risk is a clarion call for an entirely new conversation about our relationship with risk and uncertainty. In this ground-breaking, accessible and eminently timely book, Michele Wucker examines why it’s so important to understand your risk fingerprint and how to make your risk relationship work better in business, life, and the world.

Drawing on compelling risk stories around the world and weaving in economics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology research, Wucker bridges the divide between professional and lay risk conversations. She challenges stereotypes about risk attitudes, re-frames how gender and risk are related, and shines new light on generational differences. She shows how the new science of “risk personality” is re-shaping business and finance, how healthy risk ecosystems support economies and societies, and why embracing risk empathy can resolve conflicts. Wucker shares insights, practical tools, and proven strategies that will help you to understand what makes you who you are –and, in turn, to make better choices, both big and small.", "pageCount": 246, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2021-04-06", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9781643136790", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=c4T2DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:You+Are+What+You+Risk&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing: The Way Smart Money Invests Today": { "author": "Andrew L. Berkin, Larry E. Swedroe", "description": "

There are hundreds of exhibits in the investment \"factor zoo.\" Which ones are actually worth your time, and your money?

Andrew L. Berkin and Larry E. Swedroe, co-authors of The Incredible Shrinking Alpha, bring you a thorough yet still jargon-free and accessible guide to applying one of today's most valuable quantitative, evidence-based approaches to outperforming the market: factor investing. Designed for savvy investors and professional advisors alike, Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing: The Way Smart Money Invests Today takes you on a journey through the land of academic research and an extensive review of its 50-year quest to uncover the secret of successful investing.

Along the way, Berkin and Swedroe cite and distill more than 100 academic papers on finance and introduce five unique criteria that a factor (at its most basic, a characteristic or set of characteristics common among a broad set of securities) must meet to be considered worthy of your investment. In addition to providing explanatory power to portfolio returns and delivering a premium, Swedroe and Berkin argue a factor should be persistent, pervasive, robust, investable and intuitive.

By the end, you'll have learned that, within the entire \"factor zoo,\" only certain exhibits are worth visiting and only a handful of factors are required to invest in the same manner that made Warren Buffett a legend.

Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing: The Way Smart Money Invests Today offers an in-depth look at the evidence practitioners use to build portfolios and how you as an investor can benefit from that knowledge, rendering it an essential resource for making the informed and prudent investment decisions necessary to help secure your financial future.

", "pageCount": 360, "categories": [ "Business & Economics" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2016-10-07", "publisher": "", "isbn": "9780692783658", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=iSNBvgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Your+Complete+Guide+to+Factor-Based+Investing&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Your Many Faces: The First Step to Being Loved": { "author": "Virginia Satir", "description": "Each one of us has a medley of \"faces\" that composes our individual personality: intelligence, anger, love, jealousy, helplessness, courage, and many more. We're often quick to judge these characteristics as either positive or negative, without recognizing that we need each of them in order to become fuller, more balanced human beings. Originally written in 1978 by renowned psychotherapist Virginia Satir, the timeless classic Your Many Faces has been updated and reissued—and is as relevant today as ever. In a refreshingly candid style, Satir takes us on a lively and insightful journey of self-discovery and transformation. We learn how to acknowledge, understand, and manage our many faces—and in doing so, open up a world of possibilities for ourselves. This new edition also features a compelling foreword by Mary Ann Norfleet, PhD, which explores Satir's pioneering approaches to psychology and her enduring legacy in the field of family therapy.", "pageCount": 98, "categories": [ "Psychology" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2011-04-20", "publisher": "Celestial Arts", "isbn": "9780307791344", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=oy7PZgr-9QQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Your+Many+Faces:+The+First+Step+to+Being+Loved&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy (Shambhala Classics)": { "author": "Katsuki Sekida", "description": "This pioneering guide to zazen—Zen-style seated meditation—provides practical instructions on how to begin or elevate your practice and progress along the Zen path
 
Zen Training is a comprehensive handbook for zazen, seated meditation practice, and an authoritative presentation of the Zen path. The book marked a turning point in Zen literature in its critical reevaluation of the enlightenment experience, which the author believes has often been emphasized at the expense of other important aspects of Zen training. In addition, Zen Training goes beyond the first flashes of enlightenment to explore how one lives as well as trains in Zen. The author also draws many significant parallels between Zen and Western philosophy and psychology, comparing traditional Zen concepts with the theories of being and cognition of such thinkers as Heidegger and Husserl.", "pageCount": 265, "categories": [ "Religion" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2005-09-13", "publisher": "Shambhala Publications", "isbn": "9780834825833", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=t9Q-ZlOohNEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Zen+Training:+Methods+and+Philosophy&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values": { "author": "Robert Pirsig", "description": "

A philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions during an unforgettable summer motorcycle trip, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance transformed a generation and continues to inspire millions.

One of the most influential books written in the past half-century, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful examination of how we live and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Following a father and his young son on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, it is a story of love, fear, growth, discovery and acceptance. Both personal and philosophical, it is a compelling study of relationships, values, and eventually, enlightenment - resonant with the confusions and wonders of existence.

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974.

'The book is inspired, original...the analogies with Moby-Dick are patent' New Yorker

'Mr Pirsig has written a work of great, perhaps urgent, importance... Read this book' Observer

", "pageCount": 434, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": 5, "ratingsCount": 2, "publishedDate": "2011-11-30", "publisher": "Random House", "isbn": "9781448114146", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=DPhACEL1orEC&dq=intitle:Zen+and+the+Art+of+Motorcycle+Maintenance:+An+Inquiry+Into+Values&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings": { "author": "Zhuangzi", "description": "Brook Ziporyn's carefully crafted, richly annotated translation of the complete writings of Zhuangzi—including a lucid Introduction, a Glossary of Essential Terms, and a Bibliography—provides readers with an engaging and provocative deep dive into this magical work.", "pageCount": 338, "categories": [ "Philosophy" ], "averageRating": null, "ratingsCount": null, "publishedDate": "2020-03-01", "publisher": "Hackett Publishing", "isbn": "9781624668692", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=ejnRDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Zhuangzi&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" }, "Zorba the Greek": { "author": "Nikos Kazantzakis", "description": "The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of the mind.

The classic novel Zorba the Greek is the story of two men, their incredible friendship, and the importance of living life to the fullest. Zorba, a Greek working man, is a larger-than-life character, energetic and unpredictable. He accompanies the unnamed narrator to Crete to work in the narrator’s lignite mine, and the pair develops a singular relationship. The two men couldn’t be further apart: The narrator is cerebral, modest, and reserved; Zorba is unfettered, spirited, and beyond the reins of civility. Over the course of their journey, he becomes the narrator’s greatest friend and inspiration and helps him to appreciate the joy of living.

Zorba has been acclaimed as one of the most remarkable figures in literature; he is a character in the great tradition of Sinbad the Sailor, Falstaff, and Sancho Panza. He responds to all that life offers him with passion, whether he’s supervising laborers at a mine, confronting mad monks in a mountain monastery, embellishing the tales of his past adventures, or making love. Zorba the Greek explores the beauty and pain of existence, inviting readers to reevaluate the most important aspects of their lives and live to the fullest.", "pageCount": 320, "categories": [ "Fiction" ], "averageRating": 4, "ratingsCount": 12, "publishedDate": "1996-12-20", "publisher": "Simon and Schuster", "isbn": "9780684825540", "previewLink": "http://books.google.com/books?id=3eZH7K_E6DoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Zorba+the+Greek&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api" } }