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Two economists argue that the difference between rich and poor countries is not geography, culture, or ignorance, but the presence of inclusive versus extractive political and economic institutions.

A monolith of alien origin guides humanity from its ape origins to a journey beyond Jupiter in this landmark novel written alongside Kubrick's film.

Marianne Williamson draws on A Course in Miracles to offer a vision of love as the only force powerful enough to heal relationships, careers, and the deepest wounds of the self.

In 1949, sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole rides into Mexico with his friend Rawlins, seeking the last of the old West and finding love, violence, and the end of innocence.

Newlyweds Roy and Celestial have their lives torn apart when Roy is wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit, forcing both to navigate love, loyalty, and identity across years of unjust separation.

In a brutal Roman Empire-inspired world, a Scholar girl goes undercover as a spy in the empire's most elite military academy while a soldier is tested to become the next Emperor.

A Chinese orphan is brought to Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation in 1830s England, where the silver-working magic that powers the British Empire depends on the loss inherent in translation.

A collection of essays on culture, politics, race, and feminism by Roxane Gay, who refuses the pressure to be a perfect feminist and argues for the political power of imperfect, contradictory humanity.

Three mothers in an Australian coastal community navigate school politics, marriage, friendship, and the fallout from a murder at the kindergarten trivia night.

An exploration of the power of intuitive snap judgments — when they are reliable, when they fail, and how thin-slicing works in experts and everyday people.

Donald Miller applies the seven universal elements of storytelling to marketing, arguing that businesses fail because they make themselves the hero rather than their customer.

When the US government launches a covert military operation against Colombian drug cartels, Deputy National Security Advisor Jack Ryan uncovers a political conspiracy to disavow the soldiers involved — leaving them to die in the jungle rather than admit the mission existed.

Farnam Street founder Shane Parrish distills the most important principles for making better decisions, identifying and overcoming the defaults that undermine clear thinking.

When the Pope dies suddenly, the College of Cardinals gathers in the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor. Behind the locked doors of the Vatican, Dean of the College Cardinal Lomeli presides over a conclave of intrigue, ambition, and hidden sin — where faith and politics are indistinguishable.

A fictional oral history of one of the greatest rock bands of the 1970s, told through interviews with band members years after their legendary breakup.

Research professor Brené Brown argues that vulnerability — the willingness to be seen in all our uncertainty and imperfection — is not weakness but the foundation of courage, connection, and creativity.

In post-nuclear San Francisco, bounty hunter Rick Deckard hunts down rogue androids nearly indistinguishable from humans — the basis for the film Blade Runner.

Daniel Pink argues that the science of human motivation has been ignored by business, which relies on carrot-and-stick incentives that actually undermine performance for complex work.

A profoundly isolated young woman in Glasgow navigates her rigidly structured life while concealing a devastating past and slowly, almost accidentally, discovering what connection feels like.

Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk, based on two years of access and hundreds of interviews, covering Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, and the tortured psychology behind his drive.

The thirty-year friendship between Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey — from their teenage years on Firefly Lane through marriages, children, careers, and a devastating betrayal.

An investigation into high-frequency trading and how a small group of Wall Street outsiders fought to expose a rigged stock market.

An economist and a journalist explore the hidden side of everything — using data and economic analysis to expose unexpected truths about sumo wrestling, real estate agents, crime, and parenting.

Max Lugavere presents the research on diet and brain health, identifying ten foods that improve cognitive function and protect against dementia and cognitive decline.