Fashionable Nonsense Alan Sokal
In 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text—an influential academic journal of cultural studies—touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern philosophy. Soon thereafter, the essay wa...
Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy Raghuram G. Rajan
From an economist who warned of the global financial crisis, a new warning about the continuing peril to the world economyRaghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggle...
The Financial Diet Chelsea Fagan, Lauren Ver Hage
A budget boot camp and guide to long-term transformation that will help you save, date, decorate and dream your way to your best financial life.THE FINANCIAL DIET is the personal finance book for people who don't care about personal finance; it's you...
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC ON 'FLOW' – THE KEY TO UNLOCKING MEANING, CREATIVITY, PEAK PERFORMANCE, AND TRUE HAPPINESSLegendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experien...
The Fly Katherine Mansfield
"The Fly", by Katherine Mansfield, deals with the aftermath of the loss of an only beloved son in the wake of World War I. Rife with symbolism, the short story leaves the listener with intriguing questions to ponder. "The Fly" is a wonderful example...
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand, Peikoff Rand
A special edition hardcover in celebration of Ayn Rand's centennial.When it was first published in 1943, The Fountainhead--containing Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision with the seeds of her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivismwon immedi...
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Scott Galloway
‘A fantastic, provocative book about where we are now and where we are going’ Phil Simon Huffington PostAmazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got ther...
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story, 1965-2000 Lee Kuan Yew
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when independence was thrust upon it in 1965. Today the former British trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with one of the world’s highest per capita income. The story of that transformation is...
Functional Programming, Simplified: (Scala Edition) Alvin Alexander
If you've had trouble trying to learn Functional Programming (FP), you're not alone. In this book, Alvin Alexander -- author of the Scala Cookbook and former teacher of Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) classes -- writes about his own proble...
The Functions of the Executive: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition Chester I. Barnard
Most of Chester Barnard’s career was spent in executive practice. A Mount Hermon and Harvard education, cut off short of the bachelor’s degree, was followed by nearly forty years in the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. His career began in the ...
