The bestselling modern classic for fans of Dostoyevsky's White Nights and Sabahattin Ali's Madonna in a Fur Coat: the iconic novel of love, angst and politics in communist Czechoslovakia.A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon: a man torn between his love for her and his womanising. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals, while her other lover stands to lose everything because of his noble qualitie...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this remarkably candid and courageous memoir, the King of Pop tells the story of his life in his own words—complete with exclusive photographs and drawings.“Moonwalk provides a startling glimpse of the artist at work and the artist in reflection.”—Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisMegastar Michael Jackson’s singularly brilliant career and intensely reserved lifestyle have been a magnificent obsess...

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon EditorsThe world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transitionTransitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps mad...

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizensWhat are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Do individual rights and the common good con...

This audiobook contains the complete novels of Charles Dickens in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Pickwick Papers (starts at Chapter 1) - Oliver Twist (starts at Chapter 60) - Nicholas Nickleby (starts at Chapter 115) - The Old Curiosity Shop (starts at Chapter 183) - Barnaby Rudge (starts at Chapter 259) - Martin Chuzzlewit (starts at Chapter 344) - Dombey and Son (starts at Chapter 402) - David Copperfield (starts at Chapter 467) - Bleak House (starts at Chap...

**ONE OF AMAZON’S BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2018ONE OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOKS OF THE MONTH ON RELEASEONE OF BUSINESS INSIDER’S BEST BUSINESS BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMERA guide to the early morning habits that boost your productivity and relax you—featuring interviews with leaders like Arianna Huffington, General Stanley McChrystal, Marie Kondo, and more.**Marie Kondo performs a quick tidying ritual to quiet her mind before lea...

A Times Literary Supplement’s Book of the Year 2020A New Statesman's Best Book of 2020A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020A Guardian Best Book About Ideas of 2020The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?These are dangerous tim...

An instant classic, this revised and updated edition of the phenomenal bestseller dispels the myths about starting your own business. Small business consultant and author Michael E. Gerber, with sharp insight gained from years of experience, points out how common assumptions, expectations, and even technical expertise can get in the way of running a successful business.Gerber walks you through the steps in the life of a business—from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growi...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI, with a new afterword“A fascinating, well-written, and important book.”—Yuval Noah Harari**“Essential reading.”—Daniel Kahneman“My...

A collection of confessional, hilarious, heartbreaking notes written anonymously on a public typewriter for fans of Other People's Love Letters.When Michael Gustafson and his wife Hilary opened Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they put out a typewriter for anyone to use. They had no idea what to expect. Would people ask metaphysical questions? Write mean things? Pour their souls onto the page? Yes, no, and did they ever.Every day, people of...

In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society.Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we put a price on human life to decide how much pollution to allow? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons, auctioning a...

How The Most Successful People In The World Get Things Done Let’s face it, not all of us are morning people. I certainly was not one. There is nothing today like waking up early in the morning, taking your time to enjoy the day first before heading off to your chaotic workplace. You just feel energized throughout the entire day.  However, most of us never experience that and end up spending the majority of our days in a cloud of laziness because of waking up later than...