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Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
Tom Plate
The first in the Giants of Asia series, this succinct, penetrating, richly detailed and candid book on Lee Kuan Yew represents the Asian legend’s first extended conversation with a Western journalist. The result is often surprising, sometimes startling, occasionally humorous — and never, ever dull. Enter into the mind of this controversial but internationally respected political leader and pioneer, through the eyes and ears of one of America’s leading journalists on Asia.
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Stories
Neil Gaiman
This astonishing collection of all-new tales by some of the most acclaimed writers at work today is called, simply, Stories. Edited by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline) and Al Sarrantonio (award-winning author of forty books and editor of numerous collections), Stories presents never before published short works from a veritable Who's Who of contemporary literature—breathtaking inventions from the likes of Lawrence Block, Roddy Doyle, Joanne Harris, Joe Hill, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Stewart O'Nan, Chuck Palahniuk, Carolyn Parkhurst, Jodi Picoult, Peter Straub…and, of course, the inimitable Neil Gaiman himself.
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The Party
Richard McGregor
The Party is Financial Times reporter Richard McGregor's eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party, and the integral role it has played in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival to the United States. Many books have examined China's economic rise, human rights record, turbulent history, and relations with the U.S.; none until now, however, have tackled the issue central to understanding all of these issues: how the ruling communist government works. The Party delves deeply into China's secretive political machine.
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The Upside of Irrationality
Dan Ariely
We learned from the 2009 economic crisis that irrationality is an influential player in financial markets. But it is often the case that irrationality also makes it way into our daily lives and decisionmaking-in slightly different and vastly more subtle ways. Since irrationality is an inherent part of the way we function and think, it′s time to look at how it affects our behavior, up close and personal.
In UPSIDE OF IRRATIONALITY, behavioral economist Dan Ariely will explore the many ways in which our behavior often leads us astray in terms of our romantic relationships, our experiences in the workplace, and our temptations to cheat. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking analysis and new research into our decisionmaking processes, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. In each chapter, Dan will examine data from original experiments to draw invaluable conclusions about how-and why-we behave the way we do in these areas of our lives. In an extension of his conclusions, Dan will also reflect on ways to make ourselves and our society better.
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Superfreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The original rogue economists, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, have spent four years uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hurricanes. Superfreakonomics reveals, among other things: Why drunk-walking is more deadly than drunk-driving; how a prostitute is more likely to sleep with a policeman than be arrested by one; why terrorists are easier to track down than you would imagine; and how a sex change could boost your salary. Because sometimes the superfreaky solution is the simplest.
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Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain
Much has changed since "Kitchen Confidential", for bad boy chef Anthony Bourdain, for the restaurant business, and for the subculture of chefs and cooks. "Medium Raw" explores these changes, tracking Bourdain’s strange voyage from journeyman cook to professional eater and drinker. Along the way Bourdain, in his distinctive, no-holds-barred style, presents us with a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of the most controversial figures in food. And always he returns to the question: 'Why cook?'
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