![]() ![]() Generally, they’re all about how to understand and work with the human mind, whether it’s our own or that of others. Greene’s books deal with topics like power, strategy, psychology, business, seduction, and relationships. In 1995, he pitched a book packager an idea about power while working at an art school in Italy, and that idea eventually became The 48 Laws of Power, his breakout success. Greene was born in LA in 1959 and, after attaining a BA in classical studies, held over 60 different jobs (!) before becoming an author, including being a translator, editor, construction worker, and Hollywood screenwriter. If you’re looking for the results of that work, a full list of Robert Greene books, this is the right place! ![]() Watch one interview with him, and you’ll see he’s actually a calm, reserved, all-around nice guy who just happens to love history and research. Most people think of Robert Greene as some sort of modern-day Machiavelli, an evil prince sitting in his castle, laughing maniacally as he sells more and more books to people telling them how they can take advantage of others. ![]()
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![]() In The Confidence Code, journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman travel to the frontiers of neuroscience on a hunt for the confidence gene and reveal surprising new research on its roots in our brains. Is confidence hardwired into the DNA of a lucky few-or can anyone learn it? Is it best expressed by bravado, or is there another way to show confidence? Which is more important: confidence or competence? Why do so many women, even the most successful, struggle with feelings of self-doubt? Is there a secret to channeling our inner confidence? The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomics deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint for bringing more of it into our lives. ![]() But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. ![]() The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance-What Women Should KnowĬonfidence. ![]() ![]() “Claustrophobic and, at times, genuinely terrifying. 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The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wool series. The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. ![]() “One of dystopian fiction’s masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World." - Daily Express * INCLUDES ORIGINAL NEW ESSAY “A HISTORY OF THE DARKEST YARNS” FROM HUGH HOWEY* ![]() ![]() ![]() Packed with character studies and case histories of women who have suffered, challenged, and rewritten medical orthodoxy-and the men who controlled their fate-this is a revolutionary examination of the relationship between women, illness, and medicine. The result is an authoritative and groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between women and medical practice, from the “wandering womb” of Ancient Greece to the rise of witch trials across Europe, and from the dawn of hysteria as a catchall for difficult-to-diagnose disorders to the first forays into autoimmunity and the shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation, menopause, and conditions like endometriosis. In Unwell Women, Elinor Cleghorn traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. ![]() A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health-from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative.Įlinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. ![]() ![]() It’s an important journey for Poe Dameron. But how do you start to pick up the pieces after such loss? How do you find the strength to go on in face of such odds? Who steps up to do the hard work of rebuilding, and why? We see characters like Rey, Poe, and Finn wrestle with these issues…with plenty of hard-earned and never sugar-coated advice from Leia along the way.Ģ. In Resistance Reborn, we see how Leia regroups and starts to rebuild the Resistance - with a little help from her friends. ![]() We also all know that if anyone can come back from that low point, it’s Leia Organa. We all know the Resistance was left in dire straits after the Battle of Crait. It picks up from where Star Wars: The Last Jedi left off. And now, with the release date of November 4 upon us, I want to share with you why I think this book is essential reading before seeing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, whether this is your 100 th, or first, Star Wars novel.ġ. But it was difficult to contain my exuberance while reading the magic Rebecca Roanhorse was weaving in the Star Wars galaxy. At one point I even tweeted a detail that I realized minutes later was too spoilery and I had to go back and delete it. ![]() |