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Speed Reading

By Kam Knight

General Nonfiction

#1 Speed Reading Book for 4 Straight Years This has become the go to book for students, teachers, educators, professionals, and home-school parents & children, to rapidly improve their reading. It offers simple tips to not only accelerate reading speed,…

Solito

By Javier Zamora

Biographies and Memoirs

New York Times Bestseller • Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography • Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award • A Kirkus Reviews…

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book 4)

By Douglas Adams

Advice and How-To

‘Sheer delight’ – The Times This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and a new introduction. ***** So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth installment in Douglas Adams' bestselling cult…

Sociopath

By Patric Gagne

Biographies and Memoirs

'Deliciously wicked and insightful.' - The Guardian 'Addictively page-turning.' - The Telegraph 'Thought-provoking and surprisingly life-affirming.' - Cosmopolitan Sociopath: A Memoir is the astoundingly honest true story of a life lived on the edge of the law, and a fascinating…

Smart Brevity

By Jim VandeHei

Business

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. In…

Snacking Bakes

By Yossy Arefi

Cooking

60 accessible, anytime recipes for delectable cookies, cakes, brownies, and bars that need only one bowl and easy-to-find ingredients, from the award-winning author of Snacking Cakes “Snacking Bakes is packed with Yossy’s trademark crave-worthy sweet-and-salty, ooey-gooey excellence—all without the fussiness…

Slow Down

By KOHEI SAITO

Nonfiction

"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise. . . . [Kōhei Saitō makes] a provocative and visionary proposal." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "A cogently structured anti-capitalist approach to the climate crisis." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Why, in our affluent society, do so…

Slow Productivity

By Cal Newport

Business

A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller "Brilliant and timely" — Oliver Burkeman ~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~ From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism…

Small Acts of Courage

By Ali Velshi

Biographies and Memoirs

A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impact. Small acts of courage matter. Sometimes, they change the world. Our history books are filled with the stories of those who fought for democracy and…