A manifesto on managers and hierarchy that bucks the trend of the lean, flat, leaderless organization
A popular podcaster delivers a wry and rollicking deep-dive into Rome during the years 135-80 BCE--the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic, just before the rise of Julius Caesar--and asks: if America is Rome, where are we now on the historical timeline?
From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality
This cat-and-mouse story of a vast FBI sting operation reveals? how the criminal underworld has become a globalized economy in its own right--one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries.
A journalist's year inside the secretive and prestigious Krug winery, and a celebration of the grand history, quirky origins, and cultural significance of champagne.
Based on twenty years of research, a Yale University scientist explains how to make ideas into realities and dispels the myth that creativity is a trait that you're born with. It isn't; instead, creativity is a decision that you make again and again
A brilliant analysis of the transition in world economics, finance, and power as the era of globalization ends and gives way to new power centers and institutions.
Blending data analysis with compelling stories and exclusive interviews, Super Founders shows us that nearly everything we thought was true about successful, billion dollar companies is false.
Eighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of Midway
A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequences
A Pulitzer Prize finalist's bizarre journalistic journey through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies.
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express-style adventure, set in China's republican era.