Randy Pausch"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to...

Dr Spencer JohnsonWritten for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple...

David PapineauIntroducing Consciousness starts with the problem of the philosophical relation between mind and matter, explains the historical origins of this problem, and traces different scientific attempts to explain consciousness....

Stephen Jay GouldTime's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological TimeRarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and...

M Al GathafiThe Green Book is broken into three sections:The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People.The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism.The Social Basis of...

Albert CamusA gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel,...

Kwame Ahtnony AppiahDrawing on a broad range of disciplines, including history, literature, and philosophy—as well as the author's own experience of life on three continents—Cosmopolitanism is a moral manifesto for...

Alfred North Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead's SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD, originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Presaging by more than half a century most of...

The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme InequalityBhaskar SunkaraFrom one of the most prominent voices on the American left, a galvanizing argument for why...