English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something... anything... related to his passion for reading and writing. According to the hiring committes, he doesn't have enough experience. But when he stumbles upon a "Now Hiring—No Experience Necessary" sign outside a restaurant, Ben jumps at the chance to land his first job. He's actually non so bad in the kitchen, plus, he can keep looking for a writing job in the meantime. But when he begins developing a crush on Liam, one of the super-dreamy chefs at the restaurant, he'll stato to feel torn between wanting to stay and cook and following his original post-college plans to be a writer.

From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest--a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery. Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound. Her work has influenced filmmakers (the Tree of Souls of James Cameron's Avatar) and her TED talks have been viewed by more than 10 million people worldwide. Now, in her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees, in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths--that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complex, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own. Simard writes--in inspiring, illuminating, and accessible ways--how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved, how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, and remember the past; how they have agency about the future; elicit warnings and mount defenses, compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication, characteristics ascribed to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies--and at the center of it all, the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them. Simard writes of her own life, born and raised into a logging world in the rainforests of British Columbia, of her days as a child spent cataloging the trees from the forest and how she came to love and respect them--embarking on a journey of discovery, and struggle. And as she writes of her scientific quest, she writes of her own journey--of love and loss, of observation and change, of risk and reward, making us understand how deeply human scientific inquiry exists beyond data and technology, that it is about understanding who we are and our place in the world, and, in writing of her own life, we come to see the true connectedness of the Mother Tree that nurtures the forest in the profound ways that families and human societies do, and how these inseparable bonds enable all our survival.

In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking.

În căutarea memoriei este, pe de o parte, povestea descoperirilor care, de-a lungul mai multor decenii, au contribuit la nașterea „noii științe a minții”, cum o numește autorul, rezultată din fuziunea psihologiei behavioriste, psihologiei cognitive, neuroștiințelor și biologiei moleculare. Este istoria unei științe care încearcă să explice memoria și alte aspecte ale minții omenești din punct de vedere biologic, propunându-și în același timp să înțeleagă mai bine și să trateze afecțiuni psihice precum depresia, schizofrenia sau tulburările asociate procesului de îmbătrânire. Pe de altă parte, este povestea unui om care în copilărie fuge în Statele Unite ale Americii din Viena ocupată de Hitler, pentru ca, la maturitate, să fie atras pentru totdeauna de tainele neurobiologiei, dar și de psihanaliză. „Nimeni altcineva nu ar fi putut s-o scrie. Știința este văzută prin prisma unei vieți bogate în evenimente și, în același timp, binecuvântate.” (Antonio Damasio) „Scrisă cu talent și grație, această excepțională carte a unuia dintre cei mai de seamă experți actuali în știința minții va fi citită cu încântare atât de publicul larg, cât și de studenți și cercetători.” (Elie Wiesel) „Pe lângă faptul că abordează principalele chestiuni care au preocupat gândirea occidentală de când Socrate și Platon au făcut primele speculații privitoare la natura proceselor mintale acum mai bine de două mii de ani, noua știință a minții ne oferă perspective practice care ne permit să înțelegem și să facem față unor probleme importante legate de minte, ce ne influențează viața de zi cu zi. Știința nu mai e domeniul exclusiv al savanților. A devenit parte integrantă a vieții moderne și a culturii contemporane. Aproape zilnic, în mass‑media se transmit informații de natură tehnică pe care, în mod normal, marele public nu le înțelege. Este esențial așadar ca toată lumea să aibă acces la cele mai bune informații științifice, iar acestea să fie prezentate într‑o formă clară, ușor de înțeles. Împărtășesc părerea actuală a comunității științifice că ne revine răspunderea de a‑i oferi publicului asemenea informații.” (Eric Kandel)În căutarea memoriei este, pe de o parte, povestea descoperirilor care, de-a lungul mai multor decenii, au contribuit la nașterea „noii științe a minții”, cum o numește autorul, rezultată din fuziunea psihologiei behavioriste, psihologiei cognitive, neuroștiințelor și biologiei moleculare. Este istoria unei științe care încearcă să explice memoria și alte aspecte ale minții omenești din punct de vedere biologic, propunându-și în același timp să înțeleagă mai bine și să trateze afecțiuni psihice precum depresia, schizofrenia sau tulburările asociate procesului de îmbătrânire. Pe de altă parte, este povestea unui om care în copilărie fuge în Statele Unite ale Americii din Viena ocupată de Hitler, pentru ca, la maturitate, să fie atras pentru totdeauna de tainele neurobiologiei, dar și de psihanaliză. „Nimeni altcineva nu ar fi putut s-o scrie. Știința este văzută prin prisma unei vieți bogate în evenimente și, în același timp, binecuvântate.” (Antonio Damasio) „Scrisă cu talent și grație, această excepțională carte a unuia dintre cei mai de seamă experți actuali în știința minții va fi citită cu încântare atât de publicul larg, cât și de studenți și cercetători.” (Elie Wiesel) „Pe lângă faptul că abordează principalele chestiuni care au preocupat gândirea occidentală de când Socrate și Platon au făcut primele speculații privitoare la natura proceselor mintale acum mai bine de două mii de ani, noua știință a minții ne oferă perspective practice care ne permit să înțelegem și să facem față unor probleme importante legate de minte, ce ne influențează viața de zi cu zi. Știința nu mai e domeniul exclusiv al savanților. A devenit parte integrantă a vieții moderne și a culturii contemporane. Aproape zilnic, în mass‑media se transmit informații de natură tehnică pe care, în mod normal, marele public nu le înțelege. Este esențial așadar ca toată lumea să aibă acces la cele mai bune informații științifice, iar acestea să fie prezentate într‑o formă clară, ușor de înțeles. Împărtășesc părerea actuală a comunității științifice că ne revine răspunderea de a‑i oferi publicului asemenea informații.” (Eric Kandel)

A candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from Broadway to Hollywood with A Chorus Line, Dirty Dancing, Gilmore Girls, and much more.Kelly Bishop’s long, storied career has been defined by landmark achievements, from winning a Tony Award for her turn in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line to her memorable performance as Jennifer Grey’s mother in Dirty Dancing. But it is probably her iconic role as matriarch Emily in the modern classic Gilmore Girls that cemented her legacy. Now, Bishop reflects on her remarkable life and looks towards the future with The Third Gilmore Girl. She shares some of her greatest stories and the life lessons she’s learned on her journey. From her early transition from dance to drama, to marrying young to a compulsive gambler, to the losses and achievements she experienced—among them marching for women’s rights and losing her second husband to cancer—Bishop offers a rich, genuine celebration of her life. Full of witty insights and featuring a special collection of personal and professional photographs, The Third Gilmore Girlis a warm, unapologetic, and spirited memoir from a woman who has left indelible impressions on her audiences for decades and has no plans on slowing down.

From award—winning, critically acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery—thriller. Meet the disaster gays: They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder… Or die trying. Brandon is a hopeless romantic. So when a handsome stranger named Jon checks in at the hotel he works at and invites Brandon to his room, Brandon ignores the advice of his crew—a group of loveable and messy queer twenty—somethings—and accepts. What follows is a tale as old as time: they hook up, Jon promises to text, Brandon falls in love, and Jon ghosts. Case closed—or is it? When Jon checks out early, leaving behind a bag of belongings and his cellphone, Brandon takes the phone and sets out to find him, thinking that this must at last be his Cinderella story. But he gets more than he bargained for when he witnesses a murder—and sees Jon fleeing the scene. Determined (and not in over their heads whatsoever), Brandon, Ollie, Nicole, and Ian decide to solve the mystery of the murder and uncover Jon's true identity…they just have to figure it out before a target falls on their own backs.

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide . . . Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?

The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies. A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf’s Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Since then, the ways we process written language have changed dramatically with many concerned about both their own changes and that of children. New research on the reading brain chronicles these changes in the brains of children and adults as they learn to read while immersed in a digitally dominated medium. Drawing deeply on this research, this book comprises a series of letters Wolf writes to us—her beloved readers—to describe her concerns and her hopes about what is happening to the reading brain as it unavoidably changes to adapt to digital mediums. Wolf raises difficult questions, including: Will children learn to incorporate the full range of "deep reading" processes that are at the core of the expert reading brain? Will the mix of a seemingly infinite set of distractions for children’s attention and their quick access to immediate, voluminous information alter their ability to think for themselves? With information at their fingertips, will the next generation learn to build their own storehouse of knowledge, which could impede the ability to make analogies and draw inferences from what they know? Will all these influences, in turn, change the formation in children and the use in adults of "slower" cognitive processes like critical thinking, personal reflection, imagination, and empathy that comprise deep reading and that influence both how we think and how we live our lives? Will the chain of digital influences ultimately influence the use of the critical analytical and empathic capacities necessary for a democratic society? How can we preserve deep reading processes in future iterations of the reading brain? Who are the "good readers" of every epoch? Concerns about attention span, critical reasoning, and over-reliance on technology are never just about children—Wolf herself has found that, though she is a reading expert, her ability to read deeply has been impacted as she has become, inevitably, increasingly dependent on screens. Wolf draws on neuroscience, literature, education, technology, and philosophy and blends historical, literary, and scientific facts with down-to-earth examples and warm anecdotes to illuminate complex ideas that culminate in a proposal for a biliterate reading brain. Provocative and intriguing, Reader, Come Home is a roadmap that provides a cautionary but hopeful perspective on the impact of technology on our brains and our most essential intellectual capacities—and what this could mean for our future.

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag". In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home. Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.