UNLIMITED RIDE is a novel told in 136 short, titled sections, capturing a life in motion and a mind in reflection. As Jenny M. approaches her fortieth birthday, she contemplates the choices she' s made and the life she still wants to shape. A wife, a professor, a Brooklynite, and a middle-aged liberal woman acutely aware of her privilege, Jenny M. begins her story with a New Year' s resolution: to claim the hours of her long subway commute and to transform them into something meaningful. B...

A generously illustrated textbook and reference for graduate students and researchers that integrates two major areas of mathematicsGeometry, Dynamics, and Rigidity is an introduction to the modern interface between Riemannian geometry and dynamical systems. Organized in three parts, the book builds the geometric and analytic background (“Geometry”), develops the core machinery of hyperbolic dynamics (“Dynamics”), and then assembles these tools to prove th...

bell hooks—feminist scholar, teacher, activist—implored instructors to see the classroom as a “radical space of possibility” where students and teachers work as partners in the pursuit of education as “collective liberation” from structures of domination. hooks’ call takes on more urgency today, as oppressive and dominant ideologies continue to perpetuate racial, economic, gender, and other social inequities both within the classroom and society at large. Through critical commentary reflec...

Based on in-depth interviews with more than 200 leading entrepreneurs, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business identifies the six essential disciplines needed to transform your ideas into real-world successes.Each of us has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent products, and build businesses—even $100 million businesses.How do some people turn ideas into enterprises that endure? Why do some people succeed when so many others fail? Th...

Based on in-depth interviews with more than 200 leading entrepreneurs, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business identifies the six essential disciplines needed to transform your ideas into real-world successes.Each of us has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent products, and build businesses—even $100 million businesses.How do some people turn ideas into enterprises that endure? Why do some people succeed when so many others fail? Th...

An action-packed interactive series-starter that challenges readers to survive when trapped in a treacherous new world. Perfect for fans of series like Choose Your Own Adventure and games like Dungeons & Dragons!You are about to embark on an adventure unlike any other…one you may not survive. Will you play as Bec, for strength? Sebastian, for smarts? Or Ash, for charm? Tra...

WINNER OF A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR ABIABestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars.This anthology has them all.With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer, Lili Wilkinson and Danielle Binks, this all-new collection will show the world exactly how much there is to love about Aussie YA.Harnessi...

List the hottest buzzwords in business today and "analytics" is bound to come out near the top. But to most people, analytics implies complex tools and technical experts manipulating massive amounts and varieties of information (i.e.,"Big Data"). But complex Big Data analytics isn't the only game in town. And many people don't realize that a business doesn't need data scientists and complex tools to derive useful information and valuable benefits from any amount of raw data (e.g., names, b...

Your guide to becoming an explanation specialist.You've done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully - but something is missing. People just don't see the big idea - and it's keeping you from being successful. Your idea has an explanation problem.The Art of Explanation is for business people, educators and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving explanation problems.Author Lee LeFever is the founder of Common Craft, a...

Discover the secrets to a perfect TED Talk and learn how to hone your public speaking with internationally respected communications coach and Harvard University instructor, Carmine Gallo. With a new introduction from the author.‘A smart, practical book that will teach you how to give a kick-butt presentation’ – Daniel H. Pink, No. 1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is HumanTED Talks have become the gold standard for...

“A prodigiously imaginative collection.”—New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice“Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic.”—Washington Post Book WorldFragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, ...

From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America.What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of...