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The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a New Section: On Robustness and Fragility
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation …
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia--from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE …
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD - This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits."Few books] become essential manuals …
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you - or others? About success - or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career …
All Quiet on the Western Front
The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time--with an Oscar-winning film adaptation now streaming on Netflix. …
The Satanic Verses
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - " A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal …
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a …
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. "A modern …
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry
A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America's Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins's poem-a-day program with the …
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
The definitive firsthand account of the groundbreaking research of Philip Zimbardo--the basis for the award-winning film The Stanford Prison Experiment Renowned social psychologist …
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world." --The New York Times "A wry, informed pastoral." --The New Yorker The book that helped …