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Protein by Samantha King The Making of a Nutritional Superstar

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What's it about? Protein (2026) argues that protein’s assent to cultural dominance has less to do with genuine dietary science and more to do with how it’s been harnessed by commercial, scientific, and social forces. Tracing protein’s history from nineteenth-century biochemistry to the present, it reveals how the nutrient has been recruited to serve agendas ranging from colonial development schemes and industrial food production to fitness culture and anti-aging medicine. Walk into any gym, grocery store, or pharmacy and you’ll be confronted with the same message plastered across tubs, bars, and packaging. The message? Protein. It’s everywhere, marketed as a muscle builder, a weight-loss solution, an anti-aging elixir, and a fix for global hunger. Even the newest generation of plant-based burgers proudly guarantees, in all caps, “20G of PLANT PROTEIN PER SERVING” –⁠ as if the word “protein” alone were a guarantee of health, virtue, and sustainability. Have you ever stopped to w...
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The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind

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What's it about? The Laws of Thought (2026) is a deep dive into the world of cognitive science – the quest to understand the laws that govern our minds. It gives a broad and detailed account of the history of the discipline, starting with the foundations of formal logic before moving through behaviorism, early computational theories, semantic research, artificial neural networks, and finally probability theory. By offering insights into three main approaches to understanding the mind, it offers an intricate picture of the Laws of Thought. Some 300 years ago, a small group of prominent thinkers set out to uncover the laws that governed the world around them. Newton, Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz – they were all on a quest for the Laws of Nature, a way of applying mathematical theories to ascertain how things work. Fast forward to today and laws that govern our world – from gravity to acceleration – are taught in every physics classroom around the world. But what about the world ins...
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Rapid Retooling by Antoine Gerschel Building World-Class Organizations in a Fast-Changing World

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What's it about? Rapid Retooling (2013) examines how organizations can keep pace with technological shifts and economic changes by retraining employees and reshaping business models. Drawing on executive interviews, research findings, and practical tools, it guides leaders in developing their teams’ business awareness and linking organizational goals to personal employee objectives. In 1963, inventors filed just over 90,000 patents in the United States. By 2011, that figure had exploded to 535,188 – so overwhelming that Congress had to overhaul the entire patent system. This surge captures something fundamental about today’s business environment: change isn’t just accelerating, it’s become the only constant. Your company faces this reality whether the market is booming or struggling. A declining market demands you rethink what you’re offering. A growing one forces you into battles for talent while you balance profit against quality. Either way, standing still means falling behind...
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Surrender to Lead by Jessica Kriegel The Counterintuitive Approach to Driving Extraordinary Results

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What's it about? Surrender to Lead (2026) challenges you to abandon the exhausting illusion of total control in favor of cultural alignment and shared ownership. It lays out how to build high-performance environments by shifting your focus from managing individual actions to shaping the experiences that drive collective beliefs. The result is a practical approach to leading with clarity, adaptability, and an “Above the Line” mindset. You likely know the exhaustion that comes with feeling solely responsible for every outcome in your life and work. The belief that if you just grip the wheel a bit tighter, the road will finally straighten out. Yet that constant pressure often leaves you feeling more like a passenger in your own career than the driver you were meant to be. In this lesson, you’ll find a path to a different kind of strength – one that doesn’t rely on force or the relentless pursuit of control. By the end, you’ll move beyond the frantic energy of micromanagement and in...
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Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play

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What's it about? Super Nintendo (2026) traces Nintendo’s rise from its origins to one of the world’s most influential game companies, focusing on the ideas, people, and products that shaped its history. It explores the stories behind franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon, along with consoles such as the Game Boy, Wii, and Switch, to show how Nintendo changed the way people play. For more than a century, Nintendo has kept returning to the same basic question: What makes play feel alive? The answer changed shape over time – from hanafuda cards to toys, handhelds, consoles, and game worlds packed with surprises – but the core idea stayed remarkably steady. Nintendo rarely built its identity around raw technical power alone. What set it apart was a steady focus on delight, curiosity, and the small pleasures that make play feel immediate and human. Seen that way, Nintendo’s history represents a way of thinking about why games matter, and why play remains such a deep part of being ...
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Permanence by Lisa Broderick Become the Person You Want to Be – and Stay That Way

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What's it about? Permanence (2026) reveals a simple daily system that turns good intentions into steady, lasting personal change. You’ll discover how a handful of short questions, answered honestly each day, can sharpen your focus, strengthen your follow-through, and keep your growth on track even when motivation dips. This is a practical guide for those who like structure, and small habits that compound into big results. If you’ve come to this lesson, there’s a good chance you’ve tried your hand at some self-help techniques in the past. Perhaps it was to be better at your job, to be a better parent or partner, or maybe just to take better care of yourself. And yet, even when these techniques are easy to understand, we keep struggling and looking for more solutions. Why is that? Well, there’s a big difference between understanding what needs to be done and doing it. In this lesson, we’re going to narrow that gap. We’re going to look at a way to help nudge you in the direction of ...
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Change Your Game by J. Chad Mitchell Ditch Doubt, Find Your Voice, and Impact the World

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What's it about? Change Your Game (2026) is a story-driven guide for teens and young adults, which makes the case that leadership isn’t something to grow into someday – it’s something you can practice right now, no title or permission required. Drawing on real-world examples, it helps you build the confidence, empathy, and self-awareness to positively influence the people around you. The world has a leadership crisis, but not the kind you think. We don’t lack leaders – we lack leaders worth following. Pick up any newspaper and you’ll find politicians driven by greed, executives blinded by quarterly profits, and influencers peddling hollow values. The previous generation handed us a world scarred by their choices, and now they offer advice from the same playbook that created the mess. Here’s what they won’t tell you: the best people to lead young people aren’t weathered executives or seasoned politicians. They’re you. Right now, there are 1. 8 billion people aged 10–24 on this pla...
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