'A vital book. New Power can light a flame bright enough to outshine the glinting fangs and tiki torches' - Russell BrandFor most of human history the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized, and then jealously guarded. Under this 'Old Power' we lived in a world of rulers and subjects.Now, we all sense that something has changed. From #MeToo to Harvey Weinstein; Corbyn to Trump; from YouTube sensations to darker phenomena such a...

The 480-page issue Nº22-23 features:A curated collection of short fiction including stories by Reed Farrel Coleman, SJ Rozan, Sharon Hunt, Scott Miles, Mark SaFranko, David Rich, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Paul Handley, Kevin Egan, Thomas Burchfield, Victor Kreuiter, D.C. Benny, Brian Cox, Jonathan Worlde, David Bart, Gary Earl Ross, Karl Luntta, John Timm, and Sara Henry Paolozzi.Interviews, Essay and Reviews by Zakariah Johnson, Rob D. Smith, and Casey StegmanArt and P...

Analogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition.We are constantly faced with a...

The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management jobLarry Bossidy is one of the world’s most acclaimed CEOs, a man with few peers who has a track record for delivering results. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of directors, a man with unparalleled insight into why some companies are successful and others are not. Together they’ve pooled their knowledge and expe...

The #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year.'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMAThings aren't as bad as we think. Fact.At last, a book that puts all the bad news in perspective- and brings us surprisingly positive data that show t...

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. Ben Horowitz analyzes the problems that confront leaders every day, ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to make your ideas stick.“Anyone interested in influencing others—to buy, to vote, to learn, to diet, to give to charity or to start a revolution—can learn from this book.”—The Washington Post**Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspirac...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Reality is Not What it Seems by Carlo Rovelli, read by Roy McMillan.From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universePenguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook book edition of Reality is Not What it Seems by Carlo Rovelli, read by Roy McMillan.What are time and space made of? Where doe...

'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, GuardianA New York Times Notable Book of 2018If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.When he buys a beach house on the Carolina c...

“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May, 2017)Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the YearThe author of Enlightenment Now and The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence.Faced with the ceaseless stream of news abo...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Magnificent.' The Times, 'Books of the Year''Gripping.' Grazia'Peerless.' Daily Mail'Wise.' Sunday TimesMeet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against a world which seems to hold little mercy...

#1 New York Times Bestseller • More than 10 million Copies SoldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive"" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. ""F**k positivity,"" Mark Manson says. ""Let’s be honest, shit is f**...