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The Big Necessity
The Big Necessity (2008) takes a detailed look at the issues surrounding human excrement. Most people would rather ignore these issues – bu…
Silent Spring
Silent Spring (1962) is about humanity’s misguided attempts to control nature through the use of chemical pesticides. Find out how our usin…
Click
Click (2010) delves into the miraculous topic of quick-set intimacy and explores what’s at work when we’re instantly drawn to some person o…
Overcoming Mobbing
Overcoming Mobbing (2014) offers a practical guide to the problem of “mobbing” in the workplace. Based on clinical practice and research, i…
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (1999) draws on data from relationship studies and interviews to do exactly what it promises …
The Great Race
The Great Race (2016) is a comprehensive history of the competition to produce electric vehicles. These blinks detail the various roadblock…
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers (2007) builds on the writings of Daniel Goleman, who developed principles of emotional intellig…
Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass (2013) offers a profound and insightful look at the relationship between humans and Mother Earth. With the growing conc…
Rare
Rare (2015) sheds light on the common but elusive chemical elements beneath the earth’s surface – elements that play an increasingly import…
The Man Without A Face
A biography of Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Man Without A Face shines a clear light on one of contemporary history’s more shadowy …
Out of Character
Out of Character (2011), introduces a more flexible idea about character that goes beyond the classic dichotomy of the saint and the sinner…
In Praise of Slowness
In Praise of Slowness (2005) offers both an indictment of and an alternative to the high-speed lifestyle that plagues many people today. It…
The Charisma Myth
The Charisma Myth (2013) defies the popular notion that charisma is inherited, arguing instead that everyone can cultivate their own charis…
The End of the Suburbs
The End of the Suburbs tells the story of how what used to be the textbook example of achieving the American Dream is in deep trouble today…
Half the Sky
Half the Sky is about unlocking the greatest untapped resource on Earth: women. It outlines some of the most serious problems facing women …