"What was the first message sent over the internet? How much water does a single person use every day? How was the electric light invented? For every utility people use each day, there's a hidden history below the surface - a story of intrigue, drama, humor, and inequity. This graphic novel provides a guided tour through the science of the past - and how the decisions people made while inventing and constructing early technology still affect the way...

Do you want better relationships, a better career, better sex, and more happiness? Does it feel like you're endlessly trying to improve yourself, but life is still not going the way you desire? What if the key is not adding more, but unraveling what's already there? This pocketbook of 10 essays is an on-ramp to navigating the beliefs and desires that shape your reality. When we understand the role of beliefs in our lives, new ways of living open...

Perch on top of a skyscraper with the Stickmen, then descend to street level and travel below to see all the layers of a city, including hidden systems that keep a city running!

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Your genes control your appearance and many other aspects of your life. They also play a more clandestine role in controlling your weight. They are telling you that you're in poor health and overweight because you're feeding them the wrong things. #2 Our genetic code is dependent on our bodies to protect it and house it until a new computer, in the form of our offspring,...

In the first volume we travelled with a group of people seeking to escape a fallen and corrupt world. Through the help of a mystical guide named Maria, they journeyed through a hidden system below the worldly cities. In this second volume, our adventurers make it to the fabled city they have longed to reach. However, all does not appear to be as promised. Our main protagonist once again shouts out the injustice that others have yet to admit. However,...

In "Breaking the Chains of Prejudice: Understanding Racism's Mindset," author Desmond Gahan takes readers on a profound journey into the complex and pervasive issue of racism. This meticulously researched and thought-provoking book goes beyond the surface, delving deep into the roots of prejudice to offer a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the psychological and societal mechanisms that sustain racism.Drawing from a wealth of historical...

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and...

"Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we're done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot be solved without a fundamental change to our relationship with water, David Sedlak explains in this enlightening book. To make informed decisions...

"On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who's also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy. He lives alone in a small but extremely safe penthouse...

Completely updated and revised edition of one of the most widely-praised food books of recent years.
 
It’s a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight.
To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the...