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"Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book." —Andrew Porter, _New York ...

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An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that wil...

This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation...

An astonishing work of cultural criticism, this book is widely recognized as a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventio...

Beginning with its first edition and through subsequent editions, Thinking and Deciding has established itself as the required ...

“Incisive...lively and accessible...Manuel shows us that an optimistic path is possible: we can bring China and India along as ...

The beloved bestselling collection of common sense wisdom from a celebrated psychologist and military veteran who proves it's n...

The instant New York Times bestseller.

From Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's broadest thinkers, a fran...

Counted among his admirers are Jonas Salk, Aldous Huxley, David Hockney, and Van Morrison, along with countless other philosoph...

Trade myths, busted and debunked, with the help of six surprising everyday goods—the taco salad, the Honda Odyssey, the banana,...

At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human develop...

Saturn was the Roman god who ate his childern to stop them from usurping his power. Men have been psychologically and spiritual...

Performed across the globe by some of the world's most iconic performers, Samuel Beckett's indelible masterpiece remains an unw...

Uncertainty surrounds every major decision in international politics. Yet there is almost always room for reasonable people to ...

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Awa...

"I recommend a book by Professor Williams, it is really worth a read, it's called White Working Class." -- Vice President Joe...

Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?

Simply, no. None of these factors i...

Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on h...