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The New York Times Best Sellers: Fiction – June 13, 2021

15 Books | ePUB

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

01. LEGACY by Nora Roberts
02. THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave
03. SHADOW STORM by Christine Feehan
04. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir
05. SOOLEY by John Grisham
06. THE SABOTEURS by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
07. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens
08. A GAMBLING MAN by David Baldacci
09. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig
10. WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPS by Stacey Abrams
11. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry
12. THAT SUMMER by Jennifer Weiner
13. THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah
14. 21ST BIRTHDAY by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
15. THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

Life Skills: How to Cook, Clean, Manage Money, Fix Your Car, Perform CPR, and Everything in Between by Julia Laflin

2020 | Self Help

A Book of Necessary Skills to Help You Function and Thrive in Everyday Life!

Do you want to be an independent adult that knows how to live life to its full potential? Do you want to be the one that everyone comes to for advice? You’ve picked up the right book! Full of useful advice and practical skills that everyone should know, this comprehensive how-to guide will provide you with the essential knowledge you need to tackle life‘s everyday challenges. From the little things, like how to boil an egg or treat a blister, right up to the big things, like speaking in public, this handy little book will arm you with all the skills you need to navigate life in the real world like a pro.

This book provides positive answers to possibly embarrassing questions:
• Could you build a campfire?
• Are you able to sew on a button?
• Do you know how to negotiate a pay raise?
• Can you cook pasta?
• Do you know how to remove those stains?
• And more!

If the answer to any of the above is no, then don’t worry—you’re not alone. Luckily, this book is here to give you a helping hand both inside and outside the home. Life Skills will provide you with all the vital skills necessary to living a functional and capable life!

How to Read People Like a Book: Find Out What People Really Think, Even When They Lie. Anticipate Intentions and Defend Yourself Against Those Who Are Deceiving You Through Body Language

Have you ever wanted to know what a person really thinks of you?
Do you want to learn how to deal with different personality types?
Are you tired of being made fun of by the first person who passes by because you are unable to read their intentions?

This manual provides a cutting-edge distillation of the techniques developed over the centuries by politicians, advertisers, criminals and other masters of their own universe. When applied, they can help you analyse anyone. This will allow you to connect with any personality type you want, forging friendships and social bonds that will last a lifetime!
The non-verbal component constitutes over 65% of overall communication. It is an indispensable skill in any situation or social class.
You will learn how to:

◆ Interpret the emotional states of the people around us.
◆ Express your feelings and ideas more effectively.
◆ Understanding the clues offered by choice of words.
◆ Avoid misunderstandings.
◆ Find out if a person is lying to you.
◆ Seduce a person (male and female body language in courtship have unique codes).
◆ Demonstrate greater assertiveness when interacting with others.
◆ Substantially improve interpersonal relationships
◆ Understand the subtle signals you are sending out and increase your emotional intelligence.

You will find shortcuts to connect quickly and deeply with strangers.

As you have probably already experienced in life the risk of misinterpreting the body language of others, or of sending incorrect and incongruent messages, is very high and can cause a lot of misunderstanding. Unlike other books, this manual offers a practical and profound knowledge of non-verbal communication with a modern approach, free from the mania of wanting to ‘scam’ others and interpret everything simplistically.

Hiring the best employee, choosing a business partner or simply choosing a partner for life will be far easier after reading this manual.

The New York Times Best Sellers: Fiction – November 14, 2021

English | 15 Books

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

01. BETTER OFF DEAD by Lee Child and Andrew Child
02. THE JUDGE’S LIST by John Grisham
03. DUNE by Frank Herbert
04. THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles
05. THE WISH by Nicholas Sparks
06. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
07. APPLES NEVER FALL by Liane Moriarty
08. STATE OF TERROR by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
09. CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr
10. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
11. ARCHANGEL’S LIGHT by Nalini Singh
12. FORGIVING PARIS by Karen Kingsbury
13. THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave
14. THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood
15. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

Books recommended by Bezos, Musk, and Gates to add to your reading list for 2022

BEZOS

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
This Kazuo Ishiguro novel tells of an English butler in wartime England who begins to question his lifelong loyalty to his employer while on a vacation.
Bezos has said of the book, "Before reading it, I didn't think a perfect novel was possible."

Sam Walton: Made In America bySam Walton, John Huey
In his autobiography, billionaire Walmart founder Sam Walton recalls his career building one of the world's largest retailers.

Built to Last Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras
This book draws on six years of research from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business that looks into what separates exceptional companies from their competitors. Bezos has said it's his "favorite business book."

The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
Clayton Christensen examines various companies' successes and failures in disruptive innovation in this book.

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox examine the theory of constraints from a management perspective in this novel.

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones
This book imparts lessons about improving efficiency based on case studies of lean companies across various industries.

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb popularized the term "black swan" with this book, in which he defines such events as highly improbable, unpredictable, and impactful.

MUSK

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
Peter Thiel shares lessons he learned founding companies like PayPal and Palantir in this book.
Musk has said of the book, "Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how."

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Musk has said he read a lot of fantasy and science fiction novels as a kid and once quoted a line from Tolkien's famous trilogy on Twitter.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
In the same vein, Musk read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" as a teenager and has even said the spacecraft in it is his favorite spacecraft from science fiction.

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Musk's reading list isn't without biographies, including this Walter Isaacson book on Benjamin Franklin.

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Musk enjoyed Isaacson's biography on Albert Einstein as well.

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
Musk has also recommended several books on artificial intelligence, including this one, which considers questions about the future of intelligent life in a world where machines may become smarter than people.

Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat
On the subject of AI, Musk said in a 2014 tweet that this book, which examines its risks and potential, is also "worth reading."

GATES

Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012 by Carol J. Loomis
One of his favorites is Warren Buffett's "Tap Dancing to Work."

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter
Gates also likes former president Jimmy Carter's "A Full Life."

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
This book probes the thinking patterns and tendencies that distort people's perceptions of the world. Gates has called it "one of the most educational books I've ever read."

Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian
David Christian takes on the history of our universe, from the Big Bang to mass globalization, in this book.

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
"Range" explores the idea that, though modern work places a premium on specialization, being a generalist is actually the way to go. Gates has said Epstein's ideas here "even help explain some of Microsoft's success because we hired people who had real breadth within their field and across domains."

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert plumbs the history of Earth's mass extinctions in this book, including a sixth extinction, which some scientists warn is already underway.

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street by John Brooks
Gates has said this is "the best business book I've ever read." It compiles 12 articles that originally appeared in The New Yorker about moments of success and failure at companies like General Electric and Xerox.

The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown
This Archie Brown book examines political leadership throughout the 20th century.

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization by Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil examines the materials and processes that made our modern world in this book.

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe, creator of the hit web comic xkcd, proposes funny yet informative answers to life's wildest hypothetical questions in this book

✚HBR Insights Future of Business✚

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Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues, each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow.

Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking

Categories: Psychology
Toxic thoughts, depression, anxiety--our mental mess is frequently aggravated by a chaotic world and sustained by an inability to manage our runaway thoughts. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal. There's hope and help available to us--and the road to healthier thoughts and peak happiness may actually be shorter than you think. Backed by clinical research and illustrated with compelling case studies, Dr. Caroline Leaf provides a scientifically proven five-step plan to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health. In just 21 days, you can start to clean up your mental mess and be on the road to wholeness, peace, and happiness.

Female Innovators Who Changed Our World: How Women Shaped STEM by Emma Green

2022 | Education & Reference

We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

They used their knowledge to change the world, and their stories are fascinating. This book offers a concise introduction of the lives of 46 women, taking you into the cultural and social context of the world they lived in. Through their intelligence, courage, and resilience, they used STEM to defy expectations and inspire generations to follow in their footsteps.

Some of them invented items we use day-to-day and discovered causes and treatments for epidemics that ostracised whole sections of society, whilst others campaigned for the reproductive rights of women and harnessed mathematics to send people into space and break ciphers. These women are proof that females can and did have a hugely significant role in shaping the world we live in today.

THE 10 BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BOOKS

The Maidens, by Alex Michaelides
In this high-wire Gothic thriller, we meet London psychotherapist Mariana Andros, who rushes to her niece’s side at Cambridge University following a beloved classmate’s murder. Mariana immediately suspects Edward Fosca, a charismatic professor of Greek tragedy who has assembled a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. As bodies of Maidens continue to pile up, Mariana’s obsession with cracking the case soon endangers her life. Layered in dreamlike references to Greek mythology and ancient ritualized murders, this clever literary page-turner firmly establishes Michaelides as an unstoppable force in the thriller space.

Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl gets all the press, but Flynn’s lesser-known debut is as fine a psychological thriller as they come. Fresh off a stint in a psychiatric hospital, troubled reporter Camille Preaker returns to her Missouri hometown to investigate a rash of violent crimes against teenage girls. After years of estrangement, Camille comes face to face with her relatives: the neurotic mother who haunted her childhood and the troublesome teenaged half-sister she barely knows. Installed in her family’s Victorian mansion as she investigates murders and disappearances, Camille is dragged ever deeper into the town’s dark secrets, all while her psychological state unravels under the threat of her own demons. Twisted and depraved, Sharp Objects will linger with you for a long time.

Strangers on a Train, by Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train is a staple of the psychological thriller genre for a reason. In Highsmith’s tense debut novel, two men meet on a train journey. Guy, our hero, confides that he’s on the way to divorce the wife that he loathes; meanwhile, dangerous psychopath Bruno shares that he wishes his father were dead, and proposes a plan for “the perfect murder.” Bruno will kill Guy’s wife, Guy will kill Bruno’s father, and no one will be the wiser, as the men are strangers who can’t be connected. An appalled Guy declines, but when his wife turns up dead, it soon becomes clear that Bruno intends to carry out the murder swap, whether Guy likes it or not. In this taut, brilliant tale, Highsmith asks us to question just how much darkness lies dormant within us, and how little a nudge it might take to bring our worst impulses to the surface. Next time you strike up a conversation with a stranger, Strangers on a Train will have you thinking twice about what you share.

My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Ever get tired of coming to your siblings’ rescue? Be glad you don’t have it as bad as Korede. In this deliciously dark novel, set in Lagos, Nigeria, we meet two sisters: Ayoola, a charming serial killer, and Korede, the resentful sister who enables her. Each time Ayoola kills her latest beau, Korede arrives with bleach and rubber gloves to clean up the crime scene. Everything changes when Ayoola sets her sights on Tade, Korede’s longtime crush. After a lifetime of playing second fiddle to her beautiful, lethal sister, Korede summons the courage to stop Ayoola’s murder spree before it’s too late for the man she loves. In this sardonic showdown between sisters, Braithwaite weaves a psychologically complex dichotomy between two fascinating women.

Long Bright River, by Liz Moore
If you like your psychological thrillers with a side of police procedural intrigue, then this is the title for you. Set in a Philadelphia neighborhood ravaged by poverty and addiction, Long Bright River is the story of two estranged sisters: Mickey, who walks these hardscrabble blocks on her police beat, and Kacey, who lives in the neighborhood while struggling with her addiction. When Kacey goes missing amid a mysterious string of murders, Mickey becomes desperate to find her sister before it’s too late. At once a gripping crime thriller and a poignant, neighborhood-level look at the opioid crisis, Long Bright River is an unforgettable story.

Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha
In a modern day Los Angeles rocked by protests following the police shooting of a Black teenager, two families confront the decades-old crime that binds them. In the early 1990s, a Korean convenience store owner shot and killed a Black teenager; now, the shop owner’s daughter and the teen’s brother are on a collision course, with dangerous implications for their respective families. Through this layered story about racism, the broken justice system, and revenge, Cha delivers a noirish thriller packed with surprises.

Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
Sure, you remember Martin Scorsese’s film Shutter Island, but have you read the acclaimed novel it’s based on? Set in 1954, the book centers on Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshal investigating crimes and conspiracies on Shutter Island, home to the Ashcliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Sent there to locate an escaped murderess, then trapped there by an impending hurricane, Teddy and his partner are thrust into a web of locked rooms and secret codes, which gradually reveal that Ashcliffe Hospital isn’t what it seems. Lehane’s thrilling, twisty-turny novel will manipulate your mind until the very last page.

Those Bones Are Not My Child, by Toni Cade Bambara
Edited by Toni Morrison, who calls Those Bones Are Not My Child Bambara’s masterpiece, Bambara’s final novel is her most unforgettable. Set in “The City Too Busy to Hate” during the Atlanta Child Murders, this is the wrenching story of Zala and Spence, a separated couple whose teenage son, Sonny, goes missing on a hot summer day. When the search for Sonny is met with indifference by the racist authorities, Zala and Spence resort to their own desperate measures to find him, only to become suspects themselves. In this commanding rendering of an anguished time and place, Bambara captures the tumult of a city, all while two parents realize their greatest fear.

Out, by Natsuo Kirino
Kirino, a literary superstar in her native Japan, made a splash on American shores with Out, her nervy black comedy about a group of down-on-their-luck women in Tokyo. When a bento factory worker strangles her deadbeat husband, three female coworkers rally around her to dispose of the body and conceal the murder. A local crime ring takes note and offers the women additional opportunities; soon, relations between the women grow strained, all while detectives are hot on their trail. At once a literary pageturner and a biting commentary about Japan’s social underclass, Out masterfully plumbs the psychology of women on the brink.

Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” With this iconic opening line, Du Maurier thrusts us into the chilling world of Rebecca, a ghost story haunted by an unseen ghost. When a nameless young woman marries the wealthy widower Maxim de Winter, the newlyweds head to his ancestral estate of Manderley, where they aim to make a new life together. The second Mrs. de Winter soon finds her life dominated by Rebecca, Maxim’s late wife, whose memory looms forebodingly large around the estate’s every corner. As the second Mrs. de Winter pieces together her predecessor’s secret history, the obsession drives her to the brink of madness, making for an otherworldly psychological thriller you’ll never be able to shake off

THE 2021 ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE SHORTLIST

The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque

Emily Levesque, an astronomy professor at the University of Washington, has been through it all: striving to see stars despite sub-zero temperatures, handling equipment worth millions, and fighting for her place as a woman in the field. This is the life of an astronomer as untold by Brian Cox’s latest BBC documentary (though we do recommend you watch it!).
But now, we sit at the precipice of a new way of observing the stars – through robots, instead of our own eyes – and that has consequences across the sciences.
In The Last Stargazers, Levesque asks us all to think about our relationship with the Universe, and to warn against casting aside that childlike sense of wonder for things closer to home.

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

Are you breathing right now? Of course you are. But how are you breathing? Through your nose, or your mouth? Does your chest rise and fall, or your abdomen?
These things affect not just how much oxygen you take in, but your overall health and wellbeing; from the cavities in your teeth, to the beat of your heart and quality of your sleep. Nestor himself experiences all of the problems that come particularly from mouthbreathing, as he takes part in an experiment that involves some rather uncomfortable plugs wedged in each nostril for 10 days straight.
Before reading Breath, I had no idea that something I do without any conscious effort – and I thought I was doing it quite well, to be frank – could be a such detriment to my own health. Be warned, though: reading it may make you suddenly fascinated by the breathing styles of every person around you, much to the chagrin of those involved.

The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds by Jessica Nordell

For ten years, journalist Jessica Nordell has focussed on unconscious bias – what it is, why we all have it, and how we can counteract it. In this, her first book, she brings a decade of research together to provide a manifesto for ending bias.
With the help of experts across neuroscience and psychology, Nordell reveals why our brains tend toward biases, how stress-reducing techniques like mindfulness can help people become more altruistic, and why we should be optimistic about a more equal future.

The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness by Suzanne O’Sullivan

Though it may be titled like one, this is not a collection of fairy tales. These are stories of real people, with medical disorders that medicine neither knows how to explain or how to treat.
The eponymous beauties are refugee children in Sweden, who fall into comas for weeks, months or years, yet their brain scans all show the picture of health. A group of school girls in Colombia collapse in the middle of their classrooms, with an unknown illness that has continued to spread for over five years, affecting around 1,000 other children.
O’Sullivan travels around the world to speak with patients and their families, and their stories are often heartbreaking – especially for those readers who have experienced their own mystery illness.

Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science by Stuart Ritchie

The whole world has been watching as researchers worked to develop coronavirus vaccines, but science hasn’t always been under such scrutiny. In fact, some of the practices that modern scientific publications rely on “fails to safeguard against scientists’ inescapable biases and foibles,” according to psychologist Stuart Ritchie.
Ritchie uncovers the unreliable, the exaggerated and the completely made-up research that underpins many of our beliefs today. These frauds and failures don’t just undermine science – they claim lives.
For fans of Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science, Science Fictions is both a detailed and an accessible account of what went wrong with research, and how to fix it.

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Our relationship with fungi spans millions of years, as without them, the ancestors of plants would have never made it out of the water and onto land. This symbiotic relationship between the fungal and the plant kingdoms continues today, and though their world is one of cells and spores, the journey through it is as magical and colourful as any non-fiction could be.
Biologist Merlin Sheldrake takes us up the hills of Bologna, evokes the richness of the elusive white truffle, and implores that we all look down every once in a while to appreciate the sprawling structures beneath our feet.