When traffic grinds to a halt on a highway, it is rarely due to blocked lanes; it is caused by the unavoidable human urge to slow down and stare at a horrific car crash. Society shames this behavior as "rubbernecking" or morbid curiosity, dismissing it as a cruel lack of empathy. In reality, it is a hardwired, highly specialized evolutionary survival mechanism. This book explores the neurological architecture of our macabre fascinations. When the brain detects a catastrophic event, the amy...

Common Ground is the second release from Christian author Jacob Christopher Simmons, joinmovement.org and RAP Books. When God doesn't answer a prayer the way you want and when you want, it doesn't mean it wasn't heard and it doesn't necessarily mean the answer is "no." Giving you what you asked for just may not be in your best interest right now or the timing may be off. We see today tactically, but God sees tomorrow strategically. In military terms, He has the high ground and sees over th...

From the beginning, God establishes his desire for us to be fashioned by Him and not by man. To boldly acclaim that we have been fiercely made as His creation, standing firm in knowing that we are deliberately developed for His purpose and plans, to seek to endure the fire that forges us into His likeness so we may rightly present ourselves a living sacrifice to Him, and to humbly submit ourselves to be manipulated and molded under His influence and at His hand. To be a Made-Man, not man-m...

From two New York Times-bestselling psychologists, “an engaging master class in how to foil purveyors of false promises” (Philip E. Tetlock, author of Superforecasting)From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in. T...

Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid themFrom phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in. They describe the key habits of thinking and reasoning that serve us well most o...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. Two renowned psychologists explain how and why our intuitions lead us astray, “[spinning] the plain world [we] know into a wonderment of surprising new insights” (Time).“A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”—Associated PressIn The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one ...

The new Captain America has a big shield to carry. Is he up to the task? Find out in these 13 subversive, exciting and uplifting short stories inspired by the Marvel comic book universe, written by celebrated Black authors.The new Captain America has a heavy shield to hold. As a Black man in America, Sam Wilson knows he has to be twice as good to get half as much credit. He must be a paragon of virtue for a nation that has mixed feelings towards him. In these 13 br...

For over a century, *The Wind in the Willows* has charmed readers of all ages with its delightful characters—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the ever-mischievous Toad. The enchanting tales of these four friends, whether embarking on thrilling escapades, indulging in humorous antics, or simply basking in the serenity by the banks of the River Thames, promise to surprise and captivate anyone who ventures into their world.This timeless story weaves a tapestry of magical whimsy and sparkl...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds transports us back to the early 2000s in Soundtrack, an audiobook original about New York City teens whose talent and love of music lift them to unexpected heights.An Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook!Stuy wanted to play the drums just like his mom, a founding member of the punk band The Bed-Stuy Magic Dusters. With his mother as his teacher, Stuy starts busking in the subway...