The Library Book
A 1986 fire destroyed 400,000 books at the Los Angeles Central Library. Who set it and why? Susan Orlean investigates the unsolved mystery while celebrating libraries and the people who run them.
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
NPR's Planet Money host reveals how a useful fiction shaped civilizations from ancient Greece to bitcoin, and why what we call money depends on shared belief.
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Learn how transcending ego-based consciousness can unlock personal happiness and end conflict. A spiritual guide to awakening to a new state of awareness.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Why has nutrition science made us less healthy? Learn Pollan's radical answer: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. A manifesto that challenges everything you think you know about eating.
Meditations
A Roman emperor's private journal written 2,000 years ago reveals timeless Stoic wisdom on virtue, mortality, and inner peace that still resonates today.
Siddhartha
A young Brahmin abandons comfort to seek enlightenment through asceticism, wealth, and love, only to find wisdom by the river. Can truth be taught, or must it be lived?
The Prophet
Timeless poetic wisdom on love, marriage, children, work, joy, sorrow, and death. 26 prose poems offering spiritual guidance that has captivated millions for a century.
Letters from a Stoic
Ancient Roman wisdom on virtue, death, and friendship in 124 personal letters written to help a friend master the art of living well.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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Learn how sleep affects memory, creativity, emotions, and health from a leading neuroscientist. Uncover what happens in your brain each night and why rest matters more than you think.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
When returns on capital exceed economic growth, inherited wealth dominates earned income. Can democracy survive extreme inequality? A data-driven analysis.