How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend, by Rachel Barr (out Aug 26)
If you feel like your brain is working against you, you’re not alone. But the truth is that it can be your closest ally and greatest strength—if you learn how to work with it.
Neuroscientist Rachel Barr is a playful and bracingly honest science communicator who has garnered over 2 million followers across social media through accessible videos that demystify the principles of brain science. In her book, she reveals the tips that anyone can use to regain focus, attention, identity, compassion, and even delight. Thanks to its near-infinite capacity for neuroplastic change, your brain is always working to help you, she says—so learn what it’s doing, learn how to partner with it, and make it your best friend.
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…, by Steven Pinker (out Sep 23)
We think about each other’s thoughts, and about each other’s thoughts about our thoughts, every day. It might sound obscure, but this “common knowledge” has deep implications for the biggest enigmas of our time.
Steven Pinker is one of the world’s greatest public intellectuals. He’s the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now, which Bill Gates calls his favorite book of all time. Now, in his new book, he turns his attention to the question of “common knowledge”—what we assume everyone knows—and how it can help us understand topics as varied as financial bubbles, social media mobs, and even the awkwardness of a first date. Bill Gates calls it “one of the most insightful books I’ve read about what makes us human and how we understand each other.”
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The Running Ground, by Nicholas Thompson (out Oct 28)
Nicholas Thompson went from weekend jogger to age-group ultrarunning record-holder. And he did it while leading major media companies to breakthrough success. In his new memoir, he reveals his secrets.
This book, written by a CEO who truly understands both motivation and business, dives into the mental strategies that athletes use to achieve peak performance, and how they translate directly to every domain of life: from everyday goals to executive leadership. In talks, he blends strategy and motivation to offer a framework for understanding peak performance under pressure. Kilian Jornet, world record holder for fastest time running up Mt. Everest, calls The Running Ground “a deeply human and beautifully written story in which Thompson illustrates how the simplest sport can help us navigate the most complex terrain of our own lives.”
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