Episodes
From the author of Steve Jobs
and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate
story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a
rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of
electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial
intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.When Elon
Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One
day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him...
Published 09/15/23
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter, Book 5
Published 09/09/23
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Harry Potter, Book 6
Published 09/09/23
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Harry Potter, Book 7
Published 09/09/23
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Harry Potter, Book 3
Published 09/08/23
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Harry Potter, Book 4
Published 09/08/23
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Harry Potter, Book 1
Published 09/08/23
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Harry Potter, Book 2
Published 09/08/23
The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert FaglesA Penguin Classic
Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts
and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible
poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. "Sing to me of the man,
Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once
he had plundered the...
Published 06/02/23
Lecture 1 sets the stage for our reading of the Iliad by providing an introduction to the plan of the course and summarizing the mythological background assumed by both the Iliad and the Odyssey (also available as a course taught by Dr. Vandiver).
Lecture 2 addresses the question of the 400- to 500-year gap between the events described in the Iliad (and, subsequently, the Odyssey) and the time when they were first written down.
It describes the Iliad's
relationship to traditional...
Published 06/01/23
From best-selling historian H. W. Brands, a sweeping chronicle of how a few wealthy businessmen reshaped America from a land of small farmers and small businessmen into an industrial giant.
The three decades after the Civil War saw a wholesale shift in American life, and the cause was capitalism. Driven by J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and others like them, armies of men and women were harnessed to a new vision of massive industry. A society rooted in the soil...
Published 03/05/23
A New York Times bestseller!
“Beautifully crafted and fun to read.” —Louis Galambos, The Wall Street Journal
“Nasaw’s research is extraordinary.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Make no mistake: David Nasaw has produced the most thorough, accurate and authoritative biography of Carnegie to date.” —Salon.com
The definitive account of the life of Andrew Carnegie
Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom The New York Times Book Review has called "a meticulous researcher and a cool analyst," brings...
Published 03/05/23
The definitive and “utterly absorbing” biography of America’s first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Vanity Fair).
In The Chief, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of William Randolph Hearst, famously characterized in the classic film Citizen Kane, and whose influence was nearly as great as many world leaders.
A brilliant business strategist, Hearst controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight...
Published 03/05/23
This new edition of How to Raise Your Own Salary is filled with foolproof techniques for acquiring the knowledge and skills for increasing your share of life’s riches. The detailed dialog between Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon Hill will mesmerize you with its message. Simultaneously, this classic work will stimulate your subconscious mind to put into immediate operation your desire for individual achievement. This book will teach you how to: -Win riches, power, and prestige. -Discover how...
Published 02/19/23
The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty - and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith.
In her own time, she was recognized as a woman of unparalleled power. Beautiful and intelligent, she was portrayed as alternately a ruthless murderer and helpless victim, the most loving mother and the most powerful woman of the Roman empire, using sex, motherhood,...
Published 02/19/23
A New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller
From New York Times bestselling author Cal Newport comes a bold vision for liberating workers from the tyranny of the inbox--and unleashing a new era of productivity.
Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back-and-forth digital conversations--a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth...
Published 02/16/23
Cal Newport's clearly-written manifesto flies in the face of conventional wisdom by suggesting that it should be a person's talent and skill - and not necessarily their passion - that determines their career path.
Newport, who graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) and earned a PhD. from MIT, contends that trying to find what drives us, instead of focusing on areas in which we naturally excel, is ultimately harmful and frustrating to job seekers.
The title is a direct...
Published 02/15/23
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.
Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a...
Published 02/15/23
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller
"Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, Vox
Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world.
In this...
Published 02/15/23
The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China - then the world's most technologically advanced civilization - provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese ideas,...
Published 02/13/23
In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the Vietnamese themselves as they extended their influence southward from the Red River Delta.
Over the centuries, numerous kingdoms, dynasties, and states...
Published 02/13/23