Self Invention

A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical ideas...

He told you he came, he saw, he conquered — and you believed him. This is the story of how Julius Caesar invented Julius Caesar: the most successful act of self-mythology in Western history, traced through the documents that built the legend, with an original critical study. Every other great figure was invented after death, by other hands. Caesar invented himself — in his own lifetime, in his own words, writing of his conquests in the cool third person ("Caesar advanced," "Caesar decided") so that propaganda would read as objective history. This volume gathers, for the first time as a ...

Dyson has become a byword for high-performing products, technology, design, and invention. Now, James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life, “one of the year’s most relevant and revelatory business...

Dyson has become a byword for great design, brilliant invention and global success. Now, James Dyson, the entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life of Learning through Failure. 'By continually challenging ourselves, investing in the...

Bloomsbury presents Lean Cat, Savage Cat, written and read by Lauren J. Joseph. A Talented Mr Ripley for contemporary Berlin: a twisting, sensual, heady and razor-sharp exploration of creativity, fame, desire and the divided self ‘The book that’s been missing from my reading habits...

Revised and Updated Second Edition Life is all about Surviving the Lessons and Growing from Them. Shot at, arrested, threatened and endangered - Author Allan J. Wind survived incredible and unexpected dangers as a global humanitarian volunteer and lived to share the powerful lessons he learned on his travels. If you're struggling to find inspiration and motivation because of the challenging events in the world, this book reminds you that there are many remarkable stories of people who do care and whose generosity is changing the world. Service is a calling - and a challenge for us. Words ...

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The Blunders, from Children's author David Walliams. Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people. This family...

In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world? Western exceptionalism—the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent—is a widespread and powerful...

Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. Towards the end of the 18th century, these two brilliant young Germans set...

From the moment early humans first struck two stones together to make a spark, the journey of invention began. It is a journey that has never truly paused. Invention is, at its heart, the story of human progress—the record of how people across ages, cultures, and continents have responded to the challenges of their time with creativity, perseverance, and vision. This book, 100 Inventions, is a curated exploration of some of the most remarkable and influential creations in human history. Some of these inventions are familiar household names—light bulbs, telephones, computers—while ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX AND A NEW WEST END MUSICAL. When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. This...

Trace the fascinating cultural history of reflection, a technological evolution that sparked a psychological revolution. Perfect for a curious commute or a reflective evening listen, this journey reveals how the simple act of seeing our own faces completely rewired human consciousness. From...

There is an unnamed feeling that haunts most men. It's a sense that there's more to life than the day-to-day existence we're living now. But the culture of this world ambition and greed and fear teaches us to ignore that feeling. Our culture nudges us toward isolation and insecurity, boredom and fatigue, selfishness and survival. It teaches us to keep our heads down, to follow the system, to man up and power through because that's what we men are supposed to do.

The great Marcus Tillius Cicero was a well-known statesman during the time of Caesar and a revolutionary orator. In On Invention, Cicero offers his reflections on rhetoric at only 21 years of age. Given his youth at the time, he mainly discarded its value later in life, but the words do already announce a powerful orator in the making.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of How to Steal Fire, written and read by Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity. Creativity is a fundamental challenge that everyone faces in the modern world, be they in business, in education or a struggling artist or musician. Indeed it touches all our...

What if the thing you gave up was the very thing you were made for? Ten-year-old Caleb used to love building things. For four months, he poured his heart into a model rocket, fixing seventeen problems, filling notebooks with diagrams, believing in something he'd made with his own hands. Then at the school invention fair, it fizzled and fell sideways, and two kids laughed. Caleb packed away his tools, shoved his hands in his pockets, and decided that building things was not for him anymore. Then Pip showed up. Small enough to fit in a jacket pocket, old enough to have slept in cathedral ...

Grab your quantum cake, climb aboard your monkey-piloted rocket sled and get ready to save the world – no, the MULTIVERSE – all over again! When Nora brings Tim a birthday cake that lets him wish for literally anything, he does what any normal eleven-year-old would do: wishes for a bazooka...

What if you didn’t have to invent something new to build a fortune? What if the biggest secret to success was simply seeing what others missed? Meet The Aha People—visionaries like Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, and Elon Musk—who didn’t create the original ideas, but spotted the aha! moment and turned it into an empire. This witty, wise, and wildly entertaining book shows how everyday people (yes, even you) can do the same. Whether you’re a dreamer with no idea where to start, a frustrated entrepreneur stuck in neutral, or just someone who enjoys fascinating stories about clever people ...

The ultimate guide for anyone ready to step out from behind the scenes, embrace visibility, and live a bigger life. High profile publicist and personal branding expert Carlii Lyon, addresses three foundational pillars—Mind, Body, and Brand—providing readers with powerful, practical steps to think, act, and be the best version of themselves out loud.