Global Lives

As president of the World Bank for a decade, James Wolfensohn tackled world poverty with a passion and energy that made him a uniquely important figure in a fundamental arena of change. Using a lifetime of experience in the banking sector, he carved a distinct path in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe for the institution that serves as the major lender to the world's poor.

What does it really mean to be nice? In a globalized world shaped by cultural difference, moral signaling, and constant interaction, niceness has become both expected and deeply misunderstood. Actions intended as kind can offend. Politeness can feel hollow. Honesty can be mistaken for cruelty. This book explores why. Some People Are Nice; Others Cannot See the Difference is a reflective nonfiction inquiry into kindness, morality, honesty, and human behavior in the modern world. It examines how niceness is formed, how it is misread across cultures, and how good intentions can fail when ...

CAN BE READ AS STANDALONE When the world goes dark, survival becomes personal. It wasn't an accident. It was revenge — decades in the making, orchestrated by China's most powerful and enigmatic president. In 2033, a single coordinated strike silences the planet in seconds. No power. No communication. No escape. Scattered survivors across three continents face the same brutal question: What does humanity become without its machines? From London to New York, from Beijing's corridors of power to a moon base watching from above — an ex-Marine, a runaway trophy wife, stranded astronauts, and...

"Narrator Emmett Grosland conjures the essence of a troubled soul in search of peace in this gentle audio."—AudioFile Magazine In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the...

"Rich and complex . . . [A] beautifully observant book." —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times Book Review “A dizzying tour de force . . . From Life Itself leaves the reader with a sense of wonder.” —Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or and The Idiot One neighborhood in Istanbul: a window on...

In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's...

Includes a new epilogue narrated by the author exclusively for the audiobook edition. What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views of love, politics, liberty, democracy...

This inspiring meditation on the intersection of science, nature, and spirit shows readers how to deepen their connection to the natural world. In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia...

Multitudes of people know the Word but they don’t have a revelation of how to apply it to change situations and circumstances. In other words, they have the logos but do not know how to convert it into rhema which pierces through the realm of the spirit to change life circumstances. As a consequence, many run around looking for someone to deliver them yet God made it clear that deliverance comes from the Word. This is due to the fact that too many Christians have never been taught about their inheritance and identity in Christ encapsulated in the Word. Hence, whenever they face challenges...

What happens the day after humanity learns we are not alone? When Disclosure finally arrives—when governments confirm the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence—it won’t end the story. It will begin the most profound psychological, cultural, and spiritual reckoning in human history. Extraterrestrial Disclosure: What Happens the Day After is not a book about aliens. It’s a book about humans—and how to think, feel, and lead when reality itself changes. Drawing from psychology, history, and systems thinking, author Shane Lester offers a practical and deeply human guide to staying...

Built on the grounds of a former cotton plantation, the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, offered agricultural and industrial education as a strategy for Black self-determination. There—and in many other communities in the U.S. South, the Caribbean, and Central America—Black people repurposed and regenerated what had been a place of enslavement into a site for imagining alternative futures.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION AND THE 2024 FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD This unprecedented look inside the global battle to power our lives is “required reading for anyone interested in the 360-degree impacts of the energy transition”...

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide. You can’t alter destiny . . . Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors...

This program includes an author's note read by the author. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the...

Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based...

A radical understanding of caring through the lens of consciousness, from a renowned neuroscientist, Vedic scholar, and New York Times best-selling author Who cares? It’s a phrase often said with a shrug—a signal of indifference, fatigue, or even quiet frustration. But it may also be one of...

A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children. Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went...

The Ultimate Betrayal Han Serin was the "perfect" heiress—dutiful, quiet, and blindingly loyal to a family that viewed her as nothing more than a strategic asset. She thought her life was a fairytale, until the night she discovered her fiancé, Park Jin-woo, and her younger sister, Mina, had been orchestrating her downfall for years. Their betrayal didn't end with a broken heart; it ended with a shovel. Left to suffocate in a shallow grave while her sister stepped into her life and her fiancé seized her inheritance, Serin’s story should have ended in the cold, dark earth. The ...

Grow Healthier as You Grow Older is a personal look at the history of the fitness revolution, a guide for preventive health and fitness to improve the quality and quantity of your life, and an inspirational account of Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s lifelong dedication to the mission of serving others. These days, workouts come in a wide variety, from hot yoga to HIIT (high intensity interval training) classes, pickleball to hip-hop dance. Exercise can be used in three ways: for rest and relaxation, for muscle-building and figure-contouring, and for cardiorespiratory fitness.

FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLIST The story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us all Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When...