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Homer Box Set Iliad & Odyssey - Homer

Ancient Roman senator and historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus is known throughout Western history as one of the greatest historical writers of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He lived during the first century AD and was the son of a wealthy aristocratic family. Not much is known about his personal life; however, it is clear that both Tacitus and Pliny the Elder were acquaintances and even poss...

East of Eden   The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years,  East of Eden  is  a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing  characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of  identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of  love’s absence.

Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world  literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a  superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed by  critics and scholars, Stephen Mitchell's version allows us to enter an  ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly  beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is.

The Grapes of Wrath

Whether we’ve experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all  influenced by memories and experiences we may not remember or don’t  fully understand. Getting Past Your Past offers practical procedures  that demystify the human condition and empower listeners looking to  achieve real change. Francine Shapiro, the creator of EMDR (Eye Movement  Desensitization and Re...

The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon ""Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages.""- Newark Star Ledger ""Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography.""- Chicago Sun Times ""This  is a fun book. How could it not be? Watts aims to give a full account  of the man, h...

At the age of twenty-four, in 1913, Adolf Hitler was eking out a living as a painter of pictures for tourists in Munich. Nothing marked him in any way as exceptional, but he did possess certain distinguishing characteristics: a capacity to hate, an inability to accept criticism, and a massive overconfidence in his own abilities. He was a socially and emotionally inadequate individual without direc...

Revolution 1989 is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world. At  the start of 1989, six European nations were Soviet vassal states. By  year's end, they had all declared national independence and embarked on  the road to democracy. How did it happen so quickly? Victor Sebestyen,  who was on the scene as a reporter, draws on his firsthand...

Poker champion turned business  consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with  uncertainty and make better decisions as a result. In Super  Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most  controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and  trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass  instead o...

”This book takes an impossibly broad area of computer science and  communicates what working developers need to understand in a clear and  thorough way.” - David Jacobs, Product Advance Local Key Features Master the core algorithms of deep learning and AI Build an intuitive understanding of AI problems and solutions Written in simple language, with lots of illustrations and hands-on exam...

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. Today,  software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but  also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase  sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between  programming and software engineering. How can software engineers  manage a living codebase that evolves and res...

Whatever has happened to you, it is not who you are. The  world may know Chris Duffin as the "mad scientist of strength", but you  wouldn't have ever guessed that if you saw the scrawny kid skinning  rattlesnakes and chasing dragonflies in the early '80s. The story of his  unconventional life will take you from gripping tales of murder,  trauma, heartbreak, and survival de...

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from  ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation  that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two  centuries in self-imposed seclusion. First revealed to  Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary  faraway land defended by a fearsome Kam...

From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full  histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai  emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful  influence on the history and culture of the country from the next 500  years. Clements also looks at the Samurai wars that tore Japan apart in  the 17th and 18...

The Romanovs were the most  successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's  surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined  principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it  all? This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas,  some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy  autocracy...

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” ( Booklist , starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Bill Gates named Shoe Dog on...

A dazzling new history of the world told through the ten major empires of human civilization. Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of  Empire  with the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our Western and Eastern roots. Next the narrative describes how a great d...

Jason L. Riley - Maverick; A Biography of Thomas Sowell

Companies small and large are initiating AI projects, investing vast sums of money on software, developers, and data scientists. Too often, these AI projects focus on technology at the expense of actionable or tangible business results, resulting in scattershot results and wasted investment. Succeeding with AI sets out a blueprint for AI projects to ensure they are predictable, successful, and pro...

"Jonah Berger is one of those rare thinkers who blends research-based insights with immensely practical guidance. I am grateful to be one of the many who have learned from this master teacher." (Jim Collins, author Good to Great , coauthor Built to Last ) From the author of New York Times best sellers Contagious and Invisible Influence comes a revolutionary approach to changing anyone's mind. Ever...

Hook Point: How to Stand Out in a 3-Second World by out-of-the-box thinker Brendan Kane breaks down the most effective strategies to generate new opportunities, innovate and scale your business, and create a compelling brand - both online and off - so you can thrive in the new micro-attention world in which we live. A lot of people know who they are, what they do, and a few even know why they do i...

The final revision of this classic bestseller, the 7th edition defines the common thread linking the world's greatest economic thinkers and explores the philosophies that motivate them. Hailed by Galbraith as a "brilliant achievement", "The Worldly Philosophers" with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, not only enables us to see more deeply into our history, but helps us to better understand our...

This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history―but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Consider  this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made  landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy  ($72 billion), Harvey ($125 billion), and Maria ($90 billion). With more  property than ever in harm’s way, and the plane...

In the tradition of  Fast Food Nation  and  The Omnivore’s Dilemma , an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. The  American supermarket is an everyday miracle. But what does it take to  run one? What are the inner workings of product delivery and  distribution? Who sets the price? And who suffers for the convenien...