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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan shifts our attention from the content to the medium itself. The wide use of the telephone, telegraph, radio, television and other electronic media has established a new form of culture and communication methods. Media and humans have been evolving together and shaping each other along the way. How should we acquire knowledge, collaborate and connect in the future? Understanding media is understanding the future.

In 1983, two prominent traders in the U.S. futures industry disagreed over whether great futures traders were born or trained. To find the answer, they conducted an experiment known as the “turtle experiment.” The author of this book was the most successful participant in this experiment. In the book, he reveals the entire experiment’s process for the first time and discusses the mysterious “turtle trading rules.”

The novelist Haruki Murakami started running at the age of 33. By the time he wrote this book, he had been running for about 23 years straight and ran full marathons at least once per year. The book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir, is an intimate collection of his thoughts about running, documenting why he chose to run and how running inspired his literary production and reflections on life. Running enthusiasts may resonate with what’s written in this book, and fans of Har...

Being at the top of the food chain, humans seem to be incredibly powerful. But in the face of disease, the slightest mistake may cost us our lives. Why do humans have fevers? Why haven't myopia genes been eliminated? Why do we have allergies? This book will reveal the answers to these questions. This is the "bible" of evolutionary medicine, from which we will learn about what disease means to humans from an evolutionary perspective. book term

Career transitions are a common phenomenon in today's society. Often, people intend to change careers, but they don't know where to start, or they postpone their career change plans due to difficulties they encounter along the way. How do people who are stuck in a career rut make a successful career change? This book reveals how to make successful career changes. It guides you through an exploration of various possible professional identities and helps you experience the mental journey of career...

Why do economic crises happen over and over again? What role does debt play? Are there any similarities among repeated crises? Can we find their patterns and solve a crisis properly? In Dalio's view, most events happen repeatedly and follow patterns. He applies this thinking in the book to analyze every major debt crisis in the past century, as well as sharing his own models to help people better manage future crises.

This book introduces four British folkways in America and identifies four cultural traditions that early English immigrants brought to North America. This book points out that four early British folkways of North America have been the most significant determining factors in modern-day American liberal society. Culturally, most Americans are Albion's seeds. As one of the best books on the early history of the United States, this book opens a window to American cultural origins from the perspectiv...

Over the years, Pixar struggled to find its direction as a company, while creating many miraculous cinematic works of art. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Up and other Pixar animations have won around 30 Academy Awards and seven Golden Globes. Almost every Pixar animated movie was released to widespread audience acclaim and rewarded by high box office receipts. Pixar have integrated commercial value and artistic merit, making Pixar unshakable leader in the world of animation. The book we will discuss t...

Most of the problems we encounter when dealing with interpersonal relationships are often caused by a hidden psychological factor; self-deception. Self-deception is a psychological factor that causes us to treat others as objects rather than as people. By ignoring the needs and desires of others, we create conflicts. When we are self-deceived, we enter a closed psychological box that is quite difficult to get out. This book is designed to show you how to get out of that box in order to change t...

The book explores the background and theoretical implication of logotherapy by looking back at the bloody and criminal history of Nazi Germany. While looking into the meaning of rehabilitation among people in extremis, this book bears the most glorious testimony in the history of human nature. Logotherapy is also known as The Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy after Freudian psychoanalysis and Adlerian psychology. This book was named one of the Ten Most Influential Books in America by the Li...

In this book, misbehaving refers to the behaviors that contradict the basic assumptions of traditional economics. These are often the research subjects of behavioral economics. Traditional economics assumes that people are rational and that they make decisions that benefit themselves the most. To behavioral economists, however, such assumptions ignore the irrational side of people. This book reviews how behavioral economics has developed throughout the years, and also introduces some important r...

South Africa was once a land of apartheid and the deepest racial oppression. In April 1994, a new, democratic, and free South Africa was born. To build a new South Africa, the government had to face problems left over from the past, remove racial hatred, and achieve national reconciliation. This book explains why South Africa, at a critical moment of social change, chose to forego the options of the Nuremberg trials and “national amnesia,” in favor of a third way, namely exchanging amnesty for t...

Do you often feel powerless or experience this feeling of not being good enough when facing the pressure from work and daily life? When we feel stressed, we subconsciously strike a dejected low-power pose. This is a book that points out the power of body postures and how they change our minds and as a result shape our behaviors. Therefore, for our hearts and actions to dictate a presence of strength, we must master high-power poses. So, how do we master high-power poses? This book will uncover t...

When you think of dating, what comes to mind? Is it romantic candlelit dinners? Or a suitable travel companion? Regardless, not every relationship has a happy ending, and that is a predicament that countless unmarried people face today. This book will show you that dating requires boundaries, which not only solve the problems that arise in a relationship, but also protect both parties and hold each person accountable. These things can help us grow while we are dating.

Why is the gap between the rich and the poor widening? Why is the distribution of wealth in our society becoming more and more unequal? This book argues that unchecked capitalism has led to the rise in wealth inequality, and free-market economics cannot solve unequal wealth distribution. What is more frightening is that the increasingly powerful rentier class of the 21st century will perpetuate asset inequality from generation to generation. Therefore, we must have a stronger democracy to restri...

This book presents a series of parenting strategies that will allow parents and their children to build and maintain good relationships in all kinds of situations. By learning new methods and skills, parents can begin to solve problems and incorporate simple and effective parent-child communication. This book has been translated into 33 languages and published all over the world in more than 60 countries and territories. With nearly 5 million parents participating in the training course every ye...

Broadly speaking, cooking is the process by which people transform raw ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes. It is one of the most fascinating and valuable things that humans have achieved. Cooked chronicles the author’s culinary learning from famous chefs and tells us how each cooking method combines natural ingredients and customary practices. The book expounds a philosophy where cooking provides perspective. Cooking is instructive. It gives people a better understanding of the rel...

How did Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, think and deal with social issues? To answer this question, Walter Isaacson collected and analyzed a large number of declassified documents and explored how this imaginative, impertinent, and compassionate patent examiner unlocked the mysteries of the universe developed his stance on public affairs. This book dissects the individual components that constitute Einstein’s personal universe: personality, imagination, and creativity. This...

As the founder of Psychoanalysis, Freud tremendously boosted the development of psychology and provided important theoretical support for Western humanities in the 20th century. He was followed by a great many and opposed by many others. But how on earth did an important figure like Freud spend his life? The author of this book read through almost all the literature on Freud, and as a result reproduced his whole life and academic journey. We will not only get to know Freud as a person, but also ...

As silent killers, gluten, carbs, and sugar can cause permanent damage to your brain and body before you know it. This book reveals how gluten and carbs in our daily diet adversely affect the brain. It also recommends revolutionary diets and a detailed four-week program for building a new way of life that will help us change our lifestyle habits: eating, exercise, and sleep. All of these habits enable us to have a flexible brain and a healthy body.

Do you suffer from setbacks in your studies, work, family, and relationships due to procrastination? Do you often feel frustrated and angry at yourself because you put things off ‘til later? Do you think that you are bad at time management or even have low self-esteem because of it? Well, your procrastination might not be your own fault. The book will show you why we needlessly delay getting on with life and provide some practical advice on overcoming procrastination and feeling more dynamic and...

Everyone is familiar with stories. In our daily life, we’ve all read, heard, and told countless stories ourselves. Compared with other forms, most people are better at understanding abstract concepts and principles through stories. No matter what type of jobs we do, the ability to tell stories always helps. However, when asked to create a story, most people don’t know where to start. How should we tell a good story? You’ll find the answers in this book.

In daily life, we are surrounded by materials. They make up in our clothes, our food, our homes, and our transport systems. But, have you ever wondered how these materials are created? What are their secrets? How do they affect our lives? This book will reveal the mysteries of ten materials that have changed the world and the stories behind them. It will provide new insight into the world we live in.

When it comes to charisma, people often think of movie and television stars in the spotlight. They believe that charisma depends on one’s natural appearance, temperament, and some inborn qualities that are difficult to explain. However, that’s not the case. This book, The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism tells us that charisma is not innate but a practical skill that anyone can learn. All of us can be charismatic if we consciously practice charisma t...