"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involves ideas of destiny and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserted that...
Human beings
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Author:TWAIN, MarkSummary: -
Author:Rodkey, GeoffSummary:Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tapper Twins, New York Times bestselling author Geoff Rodkey delivers a topical, sci-fi middle-grade novel that proves friendship and laughter...
- Author:Kraus, Daniel, Toro, Guillermo delSummary:
*Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture* Visionary storyteller Guillermo del Toro and celebrated author Daniel Kraus combine their estimable talent in this haunting, heartbreaking audiobook. The...
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Author:Bell, AldenSummary:Temple can't remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember the tragedy that sent her on her personal journey toward redemption. Wandering the blighted land, she must decide where to make a home and find the salvation she...
- Author:Coates, Colin M., Wynn, GraemeSummary:
Intended to delight and provoke, these short, beautifully crafted essays, enlivened with photos and illustrations, explore how humans have engaged with the Canadian environment and what those interactions say about the nature of Canada...
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Author:Harari, Yuval N.Summary:"From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our...
- Author:Bregman, RutgerSummary:
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Utopia for Realists, a "bold" (Daniel H. Pink), "provocative" (Adam Grant) argument that our innate goodness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in humanity...
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Author:Diamond, Jared M.Summary:Most of this work deals with non-Europeans, but Diamond's thesis sheds light on why Western civilization became hegemonic: "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not...
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Author:Bellwood, PeterSummary:Incorporating research findings over the last twenty years, First Islanders examines the human prehistory of Island Southeast Asia. This fascinating story is explored from a broad swathe of multidisciplinary perspectives and pays close...
- Author:Tchaikovsky, AdrianSummary:
What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe?After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity's fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy's greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the...
- Author:Dyens, OllivierSummary:
Nous ne sommes pas humains, nous ne sommes pas autonomes, nous n’avons aucune volonté propre. Nous émergeons, vivons, perdurons grâce à des collectivités de bactéries, d’insectes, de machines. Tels des insectes sociaux, nous créons des...
- Author:Germaine, MarySummary:
In her debut collection, Congratulations, Rhododendrons, award-winning poet Mary Germaine offers love poems to an insistently unlovely world.Through poems that speak to plastic bags and drones as much as they admire roses and the moon,...
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Author:Vanier, JeanSummary:Acclaimed as a man "who inspires the world" (Maclean's) and a "nation builder" (Globe and Mail), Jean Vanier has made a difference in the lives of countless people -- including those with disabilities and the many young people who have...
- Author:Lore, PittacusSummary:
Pittacus Lore finished telling the story of the Lorien Nine in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four and Lorien Legacies Reborn series. Now he's back to recount an all-new adventure rooted in the real mysteries...
- Author:Hadero, MeronSummary:
Set across the United States and abroad, these award-winning stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong.
