Books

Art For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to the art world, written by the former director of the Metropolitan Museum…

Free Will: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Pink is an accessible and stimulating investigation of one of the most…

Mr. China is a memoir by Tim Clissold, an American businessman who invested the first wave of Wall Street money…

The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss is a comprehensive guide on how to live a no holds barred life. It…

The 4-Hour Work Week is a self-help book that teaches readers how to escape the traditional 9-5 work schedule, live…

The Logic of Life is a book that challenges the standard assumption of rationality in economics. Harford examines a diverse…

We Learn Nothing is a collection of autobiographical essays that explore the human condition through the lens of personal triumphs…

Mao by Jung Chang is a biography of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. The book covers Mao’s early life,…

The Battle for God is a book that examines the rise of fundamentalism in the three major monotheistic faiths: Judaism,…

Buddha by Karen Armstrong is a biography of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. The book explores the life of…

The Case for God is a 2009 book by Karen Armstrong that covers the history of religion from the Paleolithic…

The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong is a historical survey of the period known as the “Axial Age,” which occurred…

A History of God is a book that explores the history of the three major monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and…

Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today’s World is a book by Karen Armstrong that narrates the history…

Muhammad: A Prophet For Our Time is a short biography that shows how most Muslims understand Muhammad and their faith….

The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong is a book that analyzes the social and political situation in which oral…

The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith is a comprehensive history of the African continent after it emerged from colonialism….

The Sex Lives of Cannibals is a travelogue by J. Maarten Troost that describes his two-year experience living on the…

Getting Stoned with Savages is a travel narrative that follows the author’s adventures on the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji….

Tip of the Iceberg is a fascinating and humorous journey into Alaska, America’s last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman…