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Empathy (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Adam Waytz

Published: 2017-05-09

Paperback: 144 pages

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Empathy is credited as a factor in improved relationships and even better product development. But while it’s easy to say “just put yourself in someone else’s shoes,” the reality is that understanding the motivations and emotions of others often proves elusive.This book helps you u...

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Adèle: A Novel

by Leila Slimani

Published: 2019-01-15

Paperback: 240 pages

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"[A] fierce, uncanny thunderbolt of a book." --Entertainment WeeklyFrom the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny--one of the 10 Best Books of the Year of The New York Times Book Review--her prizewinning novel about a sex-addicted woman in ParisShe wants only one thing: to be wanted.Adè...

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The Infiltrator: The True Story of One Man Against the Biggest Drug Cartel in History

by Robert Mazur

Published: 2009-07-27

Kindle Edition: 368 pages

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The electrifying true story of Robert Mazur's life as an undercover agent who infiltrated one of the world's largest drug cartels by posing as a high-level money launderer--the inspiration for the major motion picture The Infiltrator.Robert Mazur spent years undercover infi...

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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles

by Gary Krist

Published: 2018-05-15

Hardcover: 416 pages

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From bestselling author Gary Krist, the story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who dreamed it into reality Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of California—bone-dry, harbor-less, isolated by deserts and mountain ranges—seemed destined t...

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Faerie Knitting: 14 Tales of Love and Magic

by Alice Hoffman, Lisa Hoffman

Published: 2018-09-25

Hardcover: 112 pages

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From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman and master knitter Lisa Hoffman comes Faerie Knitting, a magical melding of words and yarn where the ordinary is turned into the extraordinary and where imagination becomes creation.The magic of storytelling and the magic of knitting—w...

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Barometer Rising: Penguin Modern Classics Edition

by Hugh Maclennan

Published: 2017-11-07

Paperback: 320 pages

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Hugh MacLennan's first novel is a compelling romance set against the horrors of wartime and the catastrophic Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917, now available as a Penguin Modern Classic.In the winter of 1917, Penelope Wain is convinced her love, Neil Macrae, is dead--killed in action w...

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I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala

by Rigoberta Menchu

Published: 2010-01-12

Paperback: 320 pages

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Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan...

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The Hate Poems

by John Tottenham

Published: 2018-10-15

Paperback: 80 pages

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John Tottenham writes poetry. But don’t hold that against him. It's the kind of poetry that is accessible to people who don't read poetry, i.e. everybody. This new collection, ‘The Hate Poems’, presents a further elaboration on the themes addressed in his two earlier volumes - ‘The Inertia Variations’...

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Bag of Bones: A Novel

by Stephen King

Published: 1999-04-06

Kindle Edition: 752 pages

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Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, MaineFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love's enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past.Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones recounts the plight of forty-year-o...

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Before We Were Strangers

by Brenda Novak

Published: 2018-12-04

Paperback: 400 pages

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Something happened to her mother that night. Something no one wants to talk about. But she’s determined to uncover her family’s dark secrets, even if they bury her.Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn’t sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the co...