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The power of less by Leo Babauta

"The Power of Less" is a blueprint for reducing the clutter, noise, and unnecessary work that fills a modern day. …

The design of everyday things by Donald A. Norman

The Design of Everyday Things is a best-selling book by cognitive scientist and usability engineer Donald Norman about how design …

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac (A Norton critical edition)

SCOTT (copy 1): The Hédi Bouraoui Collection in Maghrebian and Franco-Ontario Literatures is the gift of University Professor Emeritus Hédi …

Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock

Histoire d'une Parisienne. by Feuillet, Octave (His Oeuvres complètes)

Stendhal, " Le Rouge et le noir " by Stendhal

Le Rouge et le Noir (French pronunciation: ​[lə ʁuʒ e l(ə) nwaʁ]; meaning The Red and the Black) is a …

59 seconds by Richard Wiseman

A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve …

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus (Vintage V-75)

The luck factor by Richard Wiseman

A bell for Adano by John Hersey

A story about an Italian-American army officer in Sicily during World War II, who tries to help the people of …

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth …

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First published in 1964 by …

Bel-ami by Guy de Maupassant (Penguin classics)

Bel-Ami ([bɛlami], "Dear Friend") is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885; an English translation …

Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently by Gregory Berns

Iconoclast: a Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently is a neuropsychology book written by Gregory Berns and first published in …