The first truly global history of work, an upbeat assessment from the age of the hunter-gatherer to the present day

"Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly." --New Yorker

The famous bestseller with "concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement" (Wall St. Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman.

A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer--the first and most famous of his books--was mad...

Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field

In the tradition of The Power of Now and The Art of Happiness, and written by Mo Gawdat, Chief Business Officer at Google [X], this is the first-ever attempt to present the equation for being happy – not just intermittently but as a default state of being.

Banned in Russia under Communism, A Calendar of Wisdom was Tolstoy's last major work, and one of his most popular both during and after his lifetime. This new translation by Roger Cockrell will offer today's generation of readers the chance to discover, day by day, these edifying and carefully selected pearls of wisdom.

In Want (verlangen) verzamelt Gillian Anderson anonieme verhalen van vrouwen over hun ideeën en gedachten over seks. Van fantasieën en frustraties tot bdsm en polyamorie. Samen vormen ze een uitgebreid portret van seksualiteit in de 21e eeuw. Het resultaat is een essentiële en onthullende verkenning van niet alleen de verlangens van een vrouw, maar ook wat het betekent om – vandaag de dag –vrouw te zijn.

Na het lezen van de feministische klassieker uit 1973, My Secret Garden van Nancy...