Early Work

Andrew Martin’s serio-comic debut audiobook, Early Work, follows an aspirational author desperately seeking his muse in all the wrong places—only to find it in an adventurous woman with a unique perspective on life and love. For young writers of a certain temperament—if they haven’t had...

A practical action guide for financial independence and early retirement from the popular Our Next Life blogger. In today's work culture, we're expected to hustle around the clock. But what if you could escape the traditional path and get on one that doesn't require working full-time until age...

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company.

Before Madame Bovary. Before Sentimental Education. Before the ferocious self-discipline that made Flaubert one of the most exacting writers who ever lived — there was a teenager in Rouen, writing in secret, at full intensity, with no audience and no restraint. This collection gathers Flaubert's earliest works, written between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, and published here together for the first time. They include tales of obsession, horror, forbidden passion, satanic rebellion, and premature death — a bookseller who kills for rare volumes; a creature born of man and ape who ...

History is written by the victors. But the truth survived in the shadows. The Apostles are dead. The Roman Empire is hunting believers through the streets. But the greatest threat to the early church is not the sword of the Emperor—it is the men in fine linen standing behind the pulpits. In The Pre-Nicene Church Fathers, the veil is pulled back on the first three centuries of Christian history. As the decentralized, blue-collar house churches fight to survive in the freezing catacombs and hidden cellars of the ancient world, an elite class of wealthy, educated philosophers begins a ...

A Netflix Original Film Series A New York Times Bestselling Series Over 8 Million Copies Sold Ivy and Bean go searching for treasure in Book 12—the final story in the New York Times bestselling early chapter book series! It's Career Day at Emerson Elementary School, and all the students have...

Zora Neale Hurston is best remembered today for her work as a novelist, but she was also an accomplished dramatist, short story writer, and folklorist. That range of interests and styles is on full display in this collection.

Master storyteller Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman) presents this gripping and remarkable New York Times bestselling crime novel about a damaged young man who embarks on an ill-advised kidnapping plot—a work as taut and riveting as anything he has ever written. Once upon a time, a...

This program is read by the author. "Choo narrates the book herself with a grace of voice and manner that is rare in authors. Further, she delivers Chinese names and phrases with the intonation of a native speaker, lending another level of authenticity to this odd and wonderful tale."—The...

"Love and Friendship" is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, written in 1790, when Austen was just 14 years old. The story is told through a series of letters between the characters, primarily the protagonist, Laura, and her close friend, Isabel. The novel is a satirical take on the romantic fiction of the time, with Laura's escapades and misadventures serving as a critique of the societal norms of the day. The story follows Laura's attempts to navigate the social scene and find a suitable husband, which leads to a series of humorous and ridiculous situations.

Do you go to work because you have to, or because you love what you do? And more pointedly: do you have a choice when your work stops giving and just keeps taking? A lot of people don't feel they have a choice about their work. I dare say they do. You know the ant and the grasshopper. In the version everyone knows, the ant works all summer, the grasshopper plays, and winter decides who was right. But on the next page, the ant isn't working any harder. The only difference is that she's carrying a picture of winter the whole time. It was never about who worked harder. It was about who had a ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The brilliant and chilling first novel Stephen King ever wrote tells the tale of the contestants of a diabolically cruel competition where 100 boys start the “long walk” and there is only one winner—the one that survives. In a dystopian near-future, America has...

Welcome back to Garden Town—where even the smallest helper can make a BIG difference! Wiggly Worm and his hilarious garden friends are back for 8 funny, heartwarming adventures filled with teamwork, friendship, silly surprises, and plenty of wiggly fun. Garden Town is busier than ever. There are packages to deliver, missing treasures to find, messy paths to clean, broken things to repair, traffic to manage—and somehow Wiggly always seems to have another BIG idea. Luckily, Wiggly isn’t alone. There’s Munchy Mosquito, the loudest reporter in town. Snarky Snail, who may complain... but...

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children...

Though Karl Marx is best known for Capital and The Communist Manifesto, his revolutionary thoughts and ideas had developed over decades spent in study, discussion and association with a variety of organisations throughout Europe and the US, intent on challenging the establishment order. These...

Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. 

This volume continues to trace the development of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy in India after its initiator, Nagarjuna. It consists of translations of Sanskrit texts into easily readable English for the general educated public interested in Buddhism or philosophy. Notes and separate Essays dealing with the philosophical content are also included. Presented in this volume are the central philosophical writings of the last two prominent Indian Madhyamikas and two Madhyamaka critiques of the idea of a creator God. Parts of two texts by Chandrakirti are presented: Chapter 6 of Entering the ...

A Foundational Voice of Early Christian Apologetics—Newly Translated for Modern Readers This volume presents a clear, modern English translation of the principal surviving works attributed to Justin Martyr, one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second century. Modern English translation from the Greek text of Patrologia Graeca vol. 6 Includes both First and Second Apology addressed to Roman authorities Features the full Dialogue with Trypho, a landmark Christian–Jewish debate Includes lesser-known apologetic treatises to Greek audiences Translated for accuracy, clarity, ...

The Life and Works of Irenaeus: Stories of the Early Church Fathers Volume 1 In a world yearning for authentic Christian wisdom, The Life and Works of Irenaeus launches an extraordinary series exploring Christianity's foundational teachers. As the first volume in Stories of the Early Church Fathers, this masterful biography presents an unforgettable portrait of the second century's most influential theologian and peacemaker. From his early years studying under a disciple of John the Apostle to his courageous leadership during the persecution of Christians in Gaul, Irenaeus emerges as a ...

CAESAR’S APOSTASY Emperor and the Galilean · Part One Henrik Ibsen’s Greatest Work—An Illustrated Novel Adaptation with Biblical and Historical Commentary What happens when a Christian prince begins questioning his faith—and finds himself destined to rule the Roman Empire? Journey into the turbulent world of the fourth-century Roman Empire, where Christianity, pagan philosophy, imperial politics, and religious persecution collide in an extraordinary struggle for power and truth. In Caesar’s Apostasy, Henrik Ibsen tells the remarkable story of Julian the Apostate, the Roman ...