Milan KunderaAll too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now though, a quarter century after The Joke was first...

Tom WolfeThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on...

Plato Chronicling the life and death of the father of western philosophy, and charting his influence on the most influential ancient Greek philosophers, Plato's The Last Days of Socrates is translated from...

Randy Pausch   "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are...

Dietrich DornerWhy do we make mistakes? Are there certain errors common to failure, whether in a complex enterprise or daily life? In this truly indispensable book, Dietrich Dörner identifies what...

Colin McGinn McGinn sets out to make philosophy accessible to the layperson "by describing what it is like to be a philosopher from the inside". The result is part memoir,...

Paul DaviesThroughout history, humans have dreamed of knowing the reason for the existence of the universe. In The Mind of God, physicist Paul Davies explores whether modern science can provide...

Douglas R Hofstadter and Daniel C Dennett Brilliant, shattering, mind-jolting, The Mind's I is a searching, probing cosmic journey of the mind that goes deeply into the problem of self and self-consciousness...

Stephen Jay GouldThe definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do...

Jean-François Revel, Matthieu Ricard The most groundbreaking meeting of Eastern philosophy and Western culture to date. In this father-son dialgue, Revel and Ricard explore the most fundamental questions of human...

Charles Eisenstein In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as...

Dr Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine KetchamThe Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual AbuseAccording to many clinical psychologists, when the mind is forced to endure a horrifying...