What's it about? The Intimate Animal (2026) blends evolutionary biology, psychology, and social science to explain why humans crave deep connection and how our drives for love, sex, and intimacy shape the arc of romantic relationships. It reveals that while we’re wired for social bonds essential to survival, conflicting impulses –⁠ like the tension between social and sexual monogamy –⁠ make modern love complex. Ultimately, it offers insights into navigating attraction, commitment, heartbreak, and connection. A desert outside of Las Vegas is home to a legal brothel. Inside, beneath soft lighting and polished floors, a menu lists every imaginable sexual service. Right at the end of the list sits an unusual item: the “White Whale. ” The White Whale is the most expensive offering by far at a whopping $20,000 –⁠ and it doesn’t even promise sex. Instead, it offers the Full Girlfriend Experience, complete with cuddling and emotional presence. The fact that this is the ultimate luxury it...

What's it about? Lateral Thinking for Every Day (2023) teaches how to tackle everyday problems through imaginative approaches that rethink conventional problem-solving methods. Drawing on real-world examples and case studies, it presents practical frameworks and techniques to help you build stronger reasoning skills and enhance creative problem-solving abilities. Through these methods, you can develop fresh perspectives and discover original solutions to your most challenging situations. King Solomon faced two mothers. Each claimed the same infant. His verdict shocked them: bring a sword and split the child in half. One woman accepted without protest. The other cried out, begging him to spare the child and give it to her rival. Solomon awarded the baby to the second woman – only a true mother would sacrifice her claim to save her child's life. This ancient example illustrates lateral thinking: solving problems through unconventional, indirect approaches that view situations ...

What's it about? Resolute Japan (2024) shows how Japan's top executives are breaking decades of stagnation by blending traditional values with modern agility. You will discover actionable leadership strategies for working through crisis, shifting corporate culture, and empowering a workforce to move from passive membership to active mastery. Take a moment to picture yourself standing at the helm of a massive ship that simply refuses to turn. You can see the iceberg, and you know the course needs to change, but the machinery below deck feels rusted shut by decades of “this is how we've always done it. ” Well, this frustrating paralysis was the reality for Japan's corporate giants during what economists call the “Lost Decades. ” In the late 1980s, Japan was riding high on a massive asset bubble – stock prices and real estate values had ballooned to absurd levels. When that bubble burst in the early 1990s, it triggered a banking crisis and deflation that would drag on f...

What's it about? All In Startup (2014) is a hybrid business guide and novel: it follows Owen Chase, a founder with nine days to save his failing company and crumbling marriage, as he unexpectedly advances through the World Series of Poker and meets Sam, a mysterious venture capitalist who offers both revolutionary business advice and romantic temptation. Through their high-stakes journey in Las Vegas, Sam teaches Owen how to de-risk his startup ideas, conduct proper validation, and push forward only when the odds favor success rather than acting on unproven assumptions. Ever read a fictional story that’s also a strategy guide for troubleshooting start-up teething problems? Well, this lesson is just that. The story follows founder Owen as he meets venture capitalist Sam at a Nevada poker tournament. Their connection sparks both unexpected romance and a complete rethinking of Owen’s failing bike business. Between tournament rounds, late-night conversations, and revealing customer...

What's it about? Nightmare Obscura (2025) explores the science of dreaming and why nightmares happen, drawing on research into how sleep shapes memory, emotion, and learning. It explains emerging approaches to “dream engineering” and lucid dreaming, and shows how understanding your dream life can help you reduce distressing dreams and improve sleep. You spend about a third of your life in a world your brain invents on the fly. In it, you can feel panic without danger, grief without loss, desire without consequence. You might wake sweating from a chase that never happened, or be comforted by a conversation that could only exist at night. And even if you forget the plot by breakfast, the emotional residue can linger like a mood you didn’t choose. In this lesson, you’ll learn what dreams are made from and why feeling steers what you experience. You’ll also see when nightmares cross into a real disorder, and how tools like rescripting, lucidity, and dream engineering can reduce dist...