Social sciences

Built at the end of the last ice age around 9600 BCE, Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey was designed to align with the constellation of the celestial swan, Cygnus - a fact confirmed by the discovery at the site of a tiny bone plaque carved with the three key stars of Cygnus. Remarkably, the three main pyramids at Giza in Egypt, including the Great Pyramid, align with the same three stars. But where

Tap into your hidden intelligence and transform your life The creative spark of Vincent van Gogh. The business acumen of Steve Jobs. The mental resilience of Maya Angelou. The transformative leadership of Abraham Lincoln. The communication knack of William Shakespeare. In 2021, researchers at Ohio State´s Project Narrative, renowned for collaborations with NASA, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley, an

A fascinating exploration into the surprising science of group dynamics that will forever change how you live and work Your life is full of groups. Your work teams. Your families and friends. Your race, religion, and nationality. But most people explain the world in terms of individuals—stars and bad apples, celebrities and outcasts, or heroes and villains. We spend surprisingly little time

A must-have autumnal coloring book for Pumpkin Spice Latte enthusiasts around the world from the creator of the popular gift-item and stationery brand Hello Harlot What marks the arrival of fall and spooky season? Is it the colorful leaves, back-to-school bustle, or sweater weather? No—it´s the anticipated return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. This coloring book celebrates the blend of pumpki

An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves—from a groundbreaking Harvard primatologist Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed think

Sun Tzu was one of the greatest army generals who ever lived. He wrote The Art of War in the fifth century BC and yet his words are still resoundingly relevant to our modern lives. His writings on aspects of warfare from the laying of plans to the tactics and psychology of manoeuvering an army, to the proper use of spies, resonate for us in today's world of cut-throat, ruthless business. With

This exhilarating pop-up book takes you on a tour through the wizarding world’s boundless menagerie of magical creatures. You’ll experience fantastic beasts like the Basilisk, Buckbeak, and Hungarian Horntail dragon as you’ve never seen them before.Inside, 5 intricately detailed pop-up spreads showcase creatures from the Harry Potter films in beautifully illustrated scenes that leap from the pages

Since 1985, Studio Ghibli has brought big dreams to the big screen now, peek behind the curtain to discover the team of artists responsible for Japan's most iconic animated films.

The most wide-ranging and up-to-date volume available on the enigmatic and controversial graffiti artist, this deeply researched and highly personal tribute explores how Banksy continues to defy accepted wisdom about artistic success, growing only more famous and powerful even as he sticks to his anti-establishment platform and to his mission to give a voice to the voiceless. Accompanied by st

If street art is, in itself, an act of rebellion, it is tragically ironic that the genre seems dominated by men. This exciting book is an important first step in shedding light on the substantial number of women who are gaining fame in the street art world. It brings together the work of 24 artists, through dazzling photographs of their work and intimate portraits of their lives based on interview

This new edition of the wildly popular cocktail book features revised and updated texts and a bold new cover. Sixty of the world´s coolest and most influential women are the inspiration for this refreshing and fun collection of drink recipes that are sure to bring extra zest to your cocktail shaker. Free the Tipple pays tribute to a brilliant range of diverse women from the 20th century to toda

From the kitchen of a world-renowned chef comes this treasury of authentic Mexican recipes inspired by the painter Frida Kahlo and filled with mouthwatering photography. A little-known fact about iconic artist Frida Kahlo was her love of Mexican cuisine, especially that of her mother´s birthplace - Oaxaca. Frida loved dishes such as mole, tamales and enchiladas and savored trips to the market in

In whose genetic image were we made? From his first book The 12th Planet on, Zecharia Sitchin has asserted that the Bible's Elohim who said “Let us fashion The Adam in our image and after our likeness” were the gods of Sumer and Babylon - the Anunnaki who had come to Earth from their planet Nibiru. The Adam, he wrote, was genetically engineered by adding Anunnaki genes to those of an existing homi

Tellinger reveals how numerous, 200,000-year-old sites in South Africa perfectly match Sumerian descriptions of Abzu, the land of the First People - including the vast gold-mining operations of the Anunnaki from the 12th planet, Nibiru and the city of Anunnaki leader Enki.With aerial photographs, Tellinger shows how the extensive stone circle and road complexes are laid out according to the princi

The ambitious and experimental debut by Jamie Hood, author of Trauma Plot, interrogating the “good girl” archetype and the price one pays to embody it In the thick of winter 2020, when so many books were buried beneath the catastrophe of the COVID-19 news cycle, one unlikely debut seemed to cut through the noise. Jamie Hood´s How to Be a Good Girl was an inventive and hybrid work of self-making,

We know David Grossman's voice of ringing moral clarity from way back: since the late 1980s and The Yellow Wind, his classic work on the urgency of the two-state solution and the price paid by both occupier and occupied, he has been criticizing his country's government and pushing for paths to a lasting peace. Just after October 7th, 2023, he retreated inwards to ask himself anew thes

We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed o

Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted-and will come. In vivid, page-turning detail, including never-before-seen correspondenc

This is Atomic Habits for your mental health—a data-driven, practical, step-by-step plan for developing the 7 essential traits of emotional strength necessary to face all of life´s challenges and become the best leader, entrepreneur, and human you can be. Can you train your brain for greater emotional health, just like you train your body for better physical fitness? We know

Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds&rsq