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Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates’s "new favorite book of all time”) answers all the questions here Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific...

“Engrossing and suspenseful." —The New York Times “Expertly pulls readers in.” —The Guardian “Smith sharply chronicles the revolutionary moment.” — Financial Times The origin story of the post-truth age: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Nick Denton of Gawker...

The true story of a mysterious, dashing stuntman-turned-spy who may have been behind John F. Kennedy's assassination. His name was René Dussaq. He was born in Buenos Aires and educated in Geneva and Cuba. He was a daring WWII paratrooper who parachuted behind enemy lines for dangerous undercover work in support of the French Resistance. He was a handsome, charming man who briefly worked as a Hollywood stuntman. He was also a spy who may have killed John F. Kennedy.

A stirring true story of the journalists who dared to oppose Hitler - and the campaign waged against them. After serving in the First World War, Adolf Hitler encountered a serious obstacle to his plotting for power when the Munich Post, drawing on sources within the Nazi Party, began tracking the corruption and dark dreams of his inner circle. With leaked documents from Hitler's political rivals, who were shocked by his violent rhetoric and fearing the worst, the Post battled Hitler for ownership of the truth.  

Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age is an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation.  

The Oscar-nominated actor Elliott Gould narrates this true story of recent developments and brand-new declassified evidence, now clearly showing that there’s much, much more than meets the public eye about the secret life, and purported death, of Yuri Gagarin.

La historia del auge y la caída de Interviú, una revista consagrada al erotismo, la provocación y la denuncia política Durante décadas, Interviú fue sinónimo de escándalo y de periodismo valiente. En sus páginas convivieron el destape y los sucesos más crudos, las firmas más...

The untold story of the women who debunked the Warren Report—a riveting history of obsession, heartbreak, and the myth of the great American century “A ghostly past brought brimmingly, engrossingly to life . . . a social history of novelistic propulsion with fanatical documentation and a...

Nominiert für den Deutschen Sachbuchpreis 2026 Für die Philosophie gehört die Sprache zu den wichtigsten Eigenschaften des Menschen: Sie ermöglicht es, eine ganze Welt zu erschließen, Gedanken zu artikulieren, sich über Wertvorstellungen zu verständigen – und ist entscheidend für die Freiheit und Souveränität, mit denen Menschen ihr Leben führen. Was aber geschieht, wenn wir uns von einer Sprachmaschine die Welt erklären, Werte vermitteln und das Denken abnehmen lassen? Gewöhnen uns ChatGPT und Co. das Lesen, Schreiben und Denken ab? Überreden sie uns zu Ansichten, die wir gar nicht haben?

Contra la desinformación masiva y las noticias falsas que amenazan con fracturar la estabilidad social, dos destacados psiquiatras se adentran en los intrincados laberintos de la psicología humana para revelar qué se oculta tras la mente del conspirador y cómo el pensamiento crítico puede...

A revelatory account of how words and actions combined to destroy Britain's colonial rule and secure Washington's American victory The American Revolution was not only fought on bloody battlefields, it was waged with the ink of pen and print. George Goodwin shows how the leaders of the American...

This audiobook is about the American moon landings - and about the doubts expressed ever since concerning the reality of these landings. Were the images of men on the moon really just a huge and cleverly executed hoax? Eversberg explains the best-known claims and conspiracy theories

More and more people are beginning to realize that we are being manipulated and lied to. We are denied access to secrets that shouldn’t be secrets. Our politicians obfuscate, deny, and outright lie. No one knows whom to trust. The nightly news is being replaced by carefully orchestrated propaganda. Our iPhones are monitored, as are our laptops and our landlines. As for social media, that too is ripe for spying by men in black suits. No wonder, then, that the last few years have seen an incredible rise in conspiracy theories about deceptions and cover-ups.

According to numerous abductees, after being kidnapped by aliens, they are kidnapped again...by the government. These follow-up events are the work of a powerful group hidden deep within the military and the intelligence community. It is the secret agenda of this highly classified organization to figure out what the so-called Grays are really up to. The best way for the government to get the answers is to interrogate those who have come face-to-face with the UFO phenomenon: the abductees.

Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile.

Botellas con un mensaje navegando en el espacio cibernético en el que todos somos náufragos esperando ser escuchados, cada quien en su propia isla desierta, frente a su propia pantalla, pulsando las teclas que componen el mensaje que alguien leerá.

La desinformación en salud no nació con la pandemia, pero sí encontró en las plataformas digitales el ecosistema perfecto para echar raíces. En este audiolibro, Jessica Lakshmi, Lakishimishi, se adentra en el terreno donde la salud se cruza con el miedo, el mercado y la tecnología para seguirle la pista a un fenómeno que ya no vive solo en teorías extravagantes, sino también en cadenas de WhatsApp, videos de 90 segundos, cuentas de influencers y redes cimentadas en la desconfianza.

A revelatory exploration of how our online lives can enrich human connections rather than destroy them, to help us all stay sane on the internet While it’s great to go outside and touch grass, the reality is that we spend most of life with our screens, whether for school, work, or socializing...

"The Roswell Report: Case Closed" by James McAndrew is a historical account produced by the United States Air Force, written in the late 20th century. The book centers on the infamous Roswell Incident of 1947, which has fueled decades of speculation regarding extraterrestrial life and UFOs...

Mit feiner Beobachtungsgabe, sprachlicher Präzision und einem unverwechselbaren Stil verbindet er Philosophie, Literatur und Kulturkritik zu dichten, oft fragmentarischen Texten. Mit Berliner Kindheit um 1900 entwirft Benjamin ein poetisches Erinnerungsbuch. In kurzen Prosastücken beschwört er seine Kindheit in Berlin – nicht als lineare Erzählung, sondern als Folge von Momenten, Bildern und Atmosphären. Erinnerung wird hier zu einem Raum, in dem Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ineinander übergehen. Die Denkbilder schließlich versammeln eine Vielzahl kurzer, oft aphoristischer Texte.