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Pulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line.On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman...
Most money advice fails for one simple reason: people aren’t spreadsheets.We make financial decisions through emotion, habit, stress, marketing, and incomplete information. Yet most personal finance books either oversimplify the answers or bury readers in jargon and...
The definitive workbook for learning evidence-based DBT skills—now with more than one million copies sold!Do you have trouble managing your emotions? First developed by Marsha M. Linehan for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)...
New York Times Bestseller: A "witty and highly readable" account of the wildly unexpected cultural and political reactions to the Great Recession (Financial Times).From the author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, this is an updated and expanded edition of "a...
A New York Times Notable Book: "Endlessly rich . . . An earnest, wistful collection of biographical sketches of a dozen preeminent 'lovers of wisdom.'" —The Wall Street JournalWe all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a...
A concise history covering the causes and the battles of the world's first global conflict, "the war to end all wars."World War I was a bloodletting so vast and unprecedented that for a generation it was known simply as the Great War. Casualty lists reached unimagined...
“[An] immensely entertaining history.” —The New YorkerA captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to the court of China and beyond.Europeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their...
The New York Times bestseller“A clear and concise account of the history, diplomacy, economics, and societal forces that have molded the modern global system.” —Foreign AffairsAn invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that...
"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."—Bill Gates, GatesNotesFrom the author of How the World...
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around youRobert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts...
