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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied,...
"With the skill of a scholar and the sensibility of a poet, Susan Morrow opens the language of hieroglyphs." ―Elaine Pagels, New York Times-bestselling author of The Gnostic GospelsBuried in the Egyptian desert some four thousand years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among...
"[With] sharp storytelling," an award-winning doctor "illustrates . . . how vulnerable we all are to microscopic intruders (Jane E. Allen, Los Angeles Times).A normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her...
Now updated: With more than a million copies sold, this comprehensive guide lets you quickly check symptoms, learn about treatments, and prevent illnesses. The information in this invaluable reference is easy-to-understand and organized into convenient sections:...
"Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight and may just change how you look at the world around you." —TODAY ShowA simple walk around the block set journalist Spike Carlsen, bestselling author of A Splintered History of Wood, off to investigate everything...
“What a masterpiece! Maslow 2.0—a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what Maslow meant by self-transcendence.”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit“This is the book we’ve all been waiting for—nothing less than a breathtaking new psyÂchology of humanity.”—Susan...
For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman's rise above an unimaginable childhood. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor -- raising her in isolation,...
The renowned oral historian interviews ordinary people about facing mortality: "It's the unguarded voices he presents that stay with you." —The New York Times In this book, the Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Studs Terkel, author of the New York...
“Genius ... It is miraculous to read these pieces ... You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but...
The irresistibly engaging book that "enlarges one's wonder at Tammet's mind and his all-embracing vision of the world as grounded in numbers" (Oliver Sacks, MD)."A mind-expanding, kinetic aesthetic experience. Tammet's poetic mathematics are beautiful guideposts for...