Crown Publishing Group (NY)
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The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness
$19.00 Add to cartIn a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.
Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit–that you- Author: Esfahani Smith, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 0553446568
- Language: English
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Nuts!: Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
$20.00 Read moreTwenty-five years ago, Herb Kelleher reinvented air travel when he founded Southwest Airlines, where the planes are painted like killer whales, a typical company maxim is “Hire people with a sense of … [more below]
- Author: Freiberg, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 17 1998
- ISBN10: 0767901843
- Language: English
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A Promised Land
$45.00 Add to cartA riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making–from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE – NAMED O- Author: Obama, Barack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1524763160
- Language: English
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention–And How to Think Deeply Again
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening–and how … [more below]
- Author: Hari, Johann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 25, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593138511
- Language: English
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The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
$18.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how t… [more below]
- Author: Jacobs, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 059313673X
- Language: English
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
$20.00 Read moreThe “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while … [more below]
- Author: Ai Weiwei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 055341948X
- Language: English
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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
$32.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-r
- Author: Maddow, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593444515
- Language: English
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101 Things I Learned(r) in Film School
$18.99 Add to cartAn illustrated, accessible introduction to filmmaking from an award-winning Hollywood producer, screenwriter, film school professor, and script consultant to major movie studios
Anyone with a cellphone… [more below]- Series: 101 Things I Learned
- Author: Landau, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1524762008
- Language: English
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Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America
$22.00 Add to cartA riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world–and Picasso the most famous artist alive–in the shadow of World War II
“[Eakin] has m- Author: Eakin, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0451498496
- Language: English
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How to Fight Anti-Semitism
$17.00 Read moreWINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD – The prescient founder of The Free Press delivers an urgent wake-up call to all Americans exposing the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in this country–and exp… [more below]
- Author: Weiss, Bari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593136268
- Language: English
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How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe and sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in th… [more below]
- Author: Walter, Barbara F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 593137809
- Language: English
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
$37.00 Add to cartOne of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey–into the most intriguing and intractable questions that sc… [more below]
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0767908171
- Language: English
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If You Can’t Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
$28.99 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – From the James Beard Award-winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism.
“With charm and humor- Author: Deruiter, Geraldine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593444485
- Language: English
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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FIRTH – The “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful–and certain… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0307453286
- Language: English
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
$30.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement and revolutionized how the world sees introverts–and how introverts see themselves–by offering validation, inclusio
- Author: Cain, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 24, 2012
- ISBN10: 0307352145
- Language: English
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How to Win at College: Simple Rules for Success from Star Students
$19.00 Add to cartThe essential guide to getting ahead once you’ve gotten in–proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from the country’s most successful students
“Highly rec… [more below]- Author: Newport, Cal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: April 12 2005
- ISBN10: 0767917871
- Language: English
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The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding on and Letting Go
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An inspiring and entertaining collection of unforgettable true stories about finding unexpected beauty in life’s transitions–from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Gilbert, Qu
- Series: Moth Presents
- Author: The Moth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593139038
- Language: English
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Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares about Words
$29.00 Add to cartA kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Cur
- Author: Curzan, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 26, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593444094
- Language: English
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Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
$20.00 Add to cart“A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.”–Jon Stewart
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS O- Author: Klinenberg, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1524761176
- Language: English
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
$18.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The epic true story of Kim Philby, the Cold War’s most infamous spy, from the “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) and author of Prisoners of the Castle.
Now an M- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0804136653
- Language: English
