The Prince

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli
Foreword by Michael Ennis

Format: eBook, 75 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2012
Price: $0.00

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power.

Astonishing in its candor, The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was... Read more >

Tuesdays with Morrie

Written by Mitch Albom

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2007
Price: $10.99

It’s been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning of Morrie’s life lessons and the gentle, irrevocable impact of their Tuesday sessions all those years ago. . .

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A Brief History of Time

Written by Stephen Hawking

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 4, 2011
Price: $13.99

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions... Read more >

The Black Swan: Second Edition
The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"
Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $13.99

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was... Read more >

The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Written by Jonathan Haidt

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $11.99

Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
 
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Illusions
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Written by Richard Bach

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2012
Price: $7.99

In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda--former... Read more >

The Shambhala Principle
Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
Written by Sakyong Mipham

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $11.99

One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for us the principles of Shambhala, or the path to happiness, set down by his legendary father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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The Power of Myth

Written by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2011
Price: $11.99

Finally available in a popularly priced,  non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal  for the college market and general reader alike,  this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant  evocation of the noted scholar's teachings on mythology.


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The Grand Design

Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $13.99

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book... Read more >

The Sunflower
On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
Written by Simon Wiesenthal

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $12.99

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between... Read more >