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This is a book about anti-cancer methods which are based on compelling scientific research. The author wrote this valuable book using both his perspective as a physician and as a cancer patient himself. In the process of his ...

Trevor Noah was born in South Africa before the elimination of apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation. Because his father is white and his mother is Black, he was born a “crime.” Though he was classified ...

Why is it increasingly difficult for kids from poor families to move upward in a society with little social mobility? In a society with little social mobility, the belief that one can become successful through hard work appea...

“The snowball just happens if you’re in the right kind of snow, and that’s what happened with me. I don’t just mean compounding money either. It’s in terms of understanding the world and what kind of friends you accumulate.” ...

The brain can tell whether a story is good or not. This book uses the findings of innovative brain science research to talk about the creation of Hollywood film scripts, novels, and so on. It reveals the secrets of our brain,...

Bowling Alone is a relevant examination of the level of American civic engagement in community life. Through years of research, the author gathered a lot of statistics and case studies that vividly illustrate the downward tre...

A renowned American journalist reveals to us this exciting and in-depth investigative work, which is the result of years of interviews and tracking. It shows us how a small and wealthy group of radical right individuals, cent...

This book is a memoir of a man who was once known as “The Wolf of Wall Street.” At one point, Jordan Belfort made a whopping $12 million in just three minutes. Forbes magazine called him “a twisted version of Robin Hood” in t...

This book predicts the collapse of capitalism by reviewing the history of its development. Driven by the Internet of Things, the Communications Internet, the Energy Internet, the Logistics Internet, and 3D printing technology...

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook only at the age of 19. At 25, he already owned a net worth of $4 billion, making him the youngest on Forbes ’ World’s Top 10 Youngest Billionaires list that year. People hailed him as the next...

Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention is a thought-provoking book that has studied 91 innovators, including 14 Nobel Prize winners, for 30 years. Based on these excellent innovators’ working style, pe...

This book describes how the encrypted virtual currency Bitcoin was created. It also gives a step by step explanation of how virtual currencies became more popular, driven by people with different motivations. In this process,...

Adam Smith regarded The Theory of Moral Sentiments as far more important than his most famous work The Wealth of Nations . He devoted most of his life to revising and improving The Theory of Moral Sentiments . In this book, b...

Looking at the title only, you may mistake this book as an art book that introduces Vermeer’s artworks. But in fact, this book starts from the details in seven of his paintings to explore the drastic social changes that took ...

Nobody wants to get sick, especially with hereditary disorders. However, this book tells us that some diseases used to be the natural selection of genes because they could improve our chance of survival under specific environ...

In modern times, we can see that the foundation of modern civilization stems from Europe. Examples of this include democracy, the concept of human rights, and the industrial revolution. They have all left a deep impact on the...

For many people, the United States represents“ freedom and opening up”. But tracing its root back, you will find that there is also a solid Christian foundation in the United States. Then how did they step from“ sexual abstin...

When Western Europe fell into the dark ages, Constantinople in the east sustained the ember of Greek and Roman civilization. It served as a bastion for Christians against the Islamic world. The city had been on the front line...

Macroeconomics may seem far from our lives. However, when there is something wrong with a country’s macroeconomic indicators, everybody is deeply affected. Therefore, each of us must learn how macroeconomics works. This book ...

Leonardo’s impressive painting skills didn’t result from a natural talent, but from his decades-long observation of nature as well as his research and experiments in various fields of study. His intense observation of movemen...

Second World War did not only trigger wars of aggression and counter-aggression among multiple nations, but also provoke domestic revolutionary wars and the ideological class wars. The three types of wars led to expulsions an...

Longitude tells of a legendary history of the exploration of the Earth’s longitude. This popular science book not only integrates the history of astronomy, navigation and watchmaking, but also tells a fascinating tale. This b...

Jack Welch, the former president and CEO of General Electric, who was known as the "manager of the century", passed away on March 2, 2020. Lawrence Culp, the global president and CEO of GE, immediately announced Welch’s death...

What is an economic bubble? It means that a certain kind of financial asset, for example, stock or real estate, which attracts many investors and drastically increases in price for a short time. The sharp rise in the prices o...