Tyler Cowen

This captivating novel follows the intertwined lives of a bartender, a hotel owner, a shipping executive, and a woman who disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania. As a massive Ponzi scheme implodes, these characters navigate issues of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise. The story weaves between the ship, the skyscrapers of Manhattan, and the wilderness of British Columbia, exploring themes of greed, guilt, fantasy, art, and the ghosts of our pasts.

Experience a post-apocalyptic world where a devastating flu pandemic has destroyed civilization as we know it. Follow Kirsten Raymonde, a member of The Traveling Symphony - a small troupe of actors and musicians dedicated to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they come across a violent prophet threatening their existence, they must fight for survival. With a unique timeline that jumps between life before and after the pandemic, uncover the twist of fate that connects them all in this National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award finalist.

"Explore the lives of famous female writers and dive into the contradictions of contemporary womanhood with The Power Notebooks. Author Katie Roiphe weaves together personal experiences with insights on power, relationships, and subjugation. Through her informal musings, Roiphe tackles the uncomfortable question of why powerful women often hold themselves back. This thought-provoking and emotionally intimate work is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of modern femininity."

Discover the definitive history of America's most powerful and controversial tech giant: Facebook. Renowned tech writer Steven Levy recounts the story of Facebook's creation by Mark Zuckerberg in his college years and its explosive growth into the largest social media platform in the world. With access to Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, Levy's sweeping narrative reveals the inner workings of the company, from its handling of personal data to recent controversies over election-influencing "fake news" accounts. Based on hundreds of interviews, this gripping account offers a deep dive into the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences.

Explore the fascinating city of Marseille through the eyes of artists, writers, and cultural icons. Wicked City delves into the notorious history of this frontier city and its association with exoticism and illicit activity, while highlighting its cultural richness and cosmopolitanism. Discover Marseille's impact on the national imagination and international importance, as well as its rich history as home to migrants, workers, and organized criminals. This complex and vivid portrait of one of the Mediterranean's great cities goes beyond the stereotypes and encapsulates the true essence of Marseille.

Discover a groundbreaking cure for the healthcare crisis in "The Cure That Works". Economics expert Sean Masaki Flynn reveals how forgotten American ideas have cut healthcare costs by 75% and provided universal access, preexisting condition coverage, and a safety net. Learn how simple strategies like competition, price transparency, and plentiful health savings contributions can crush costs and provide equal access to the best healthcare services in the world.

Experience the heartbreaking true story of the forgotten immigrants who arrived on Vancouver Island in the late 19th century, only to be struck by illness and abandoned by an unsympathetic government. Quarantined explores the struggles to establish a federally funded quarantine station, and serves as a chilling reminder of the dangers of neglect towards national health-care issues affecting the poor and disenfranchised. A cautionary tale with just as much relevance today as it did 100 years ago.

Discover a scientific utopia, Akademgorodok, based on Francis Bacon's vision of a "New Atlantis." Soviet scientists constructed this community 2,500 miles east of Moscow with the aim of surpassing the West in all fields. In New Atlantis Revisited, Paul Josephson offers a lively history of this city, highlighting its successes and setbacks in scientific research - from nuclear physics to recombinant DNA. Explore the most complete analysis available of the factors that shaped Soviet science during the de-Stalinization era.