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The internationally bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Big Potential illuminates how harnessing our beliefs can influence our success in the real world.

Same world. Different beliefs. Different outcomes.

The greatest predictor of your future is the beliefs you hold about the world. In this extraordinary book, world-renowned researcher and author Shawn Achor illuminates how beliefs change the math about what is possible and probable in our lives. And by changing the math, beliefs change our path.

Drawing on two decades of research, as well as his work with NASA, the NFL, and over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, Shawn has discovered that the predictive power of beliefs has increased significantly. Beliefs about ourselves, money, the world, politics, faith, and work do more than shape the lens through which we see the world. They shape what happens next. Scientifically speaking, beliefs don't just reflect reality. Beliefs bend reality.

Unfortunately, our beliefs can be empowering or they can be destructive. During what Achor calls the Great Drift, we have seen the staggering rise of the Four Horsemen of the Modern World: burnout, anxiety, loneliness, and depression. We are underperforming our true potential. But there is hope. Stunning new research in this book reveals the seven most predictive "core beliefs" that alter our future health, success, wealth, and education. Scientifically, these core beliefs take the cap off our potential, enrich us, strengthen us, and heal us.

Shawn explores the six main ways of changing your and others' beliefs using research-based strategies he has tested everywhere from Wall Street to impoverished schools in Africa, from Camp Pendleton to Camp David:

- The Disaster Elevator: change what part of the brain processes the world.
- The Memory DeLorean: change the memory.
- Stopping Negative Mantras: change the language.
- Creating a Neural Tribe: change the sources.
- Starting the Wave: change the contagious actions.
- Common Texts, Common Action: change the texts.

The Power of Beliefs shows how seven core beliefs predict your present, bend the probability of future success, and, in the modern world, are the key to creating a better life for you and for others.

The only official continuation of the hit TV series--revealing the hidden years between Babylon's Ashes and Persepolis Rising!

Return to the award-winning universe of The Expanse with this epic 12-issue story arc--now collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover edition! Set in the years following the events of the final season of the acclaimed television series, The Expanse: Dragon Tooth reveals untold chapters in the lives of Holden, Naomi, Amos, Bobbie, and the crew of the Rocinante.

As the Transport Union rises to power and the Laconians plot in the shadows, a secretive and deadly force moves between systems, threatening the delicate peace won at great cost. When the Rocinante is drawn into a vast conspiracy, the crew must navigate shifting loyalties and dangerous technology to prevent war from consuming the Ring network once again.

Written by Andy Diggle and illustrated by Rubine and Francesco Pisa, this deluxe hardcover is the definitive continuation of the Expanse saga--answering long-standing questions while expanding the story far beyond the stars!

Collects The Expanse: Dragon Tooth #1-12.

The story behind the mythical origin of the Northern Lights, told through the adventures of a lost young snow fox and her journey back home.

Starkly atmospheric artwork captures the special magic of the arctic landscape and the urgency of preserving this climate in this lushly illustrated picture book for 4-8-year-old readers.

As the nights in Svalbard grow dark, cold and endless, a young arctic fox called Rana plays in the snow. The winter doesn't scare her; it means cozy evenings filled with her mother's stories, and adventurous days spent following other animals' snowy tracks. Rana's favorite animal to follow is the polar bear because they often leave tasty treats behind!

But after a day of following the bear's path, the snowstorm has become so thick that Rana can no longer see the footprints, let alone find her way back home! And although she is wearing her fluffiest winter coat, the night is too cold and dark for a little fox all on her own. Fortunately, the big kindly bear finds the little fox wrapped up in her snowy white tail and decides to show her the way home.

This adorable animal picture book about a lost snow fox is a beautiful story about courage, and a true celebration of the arctic landscape. Filled with heartwarming illustrations, it is bound to delight any animal lover.

A powerful portrait collection of over 25 extraordinary Wyoming women whose lives, work, and personal stories embody the strength, spirit, and soul of the modern American West.

Photographer and podcaster Lindsay Linton Buk crisscrossed the Cowboy State to document a wide-ranging group of trailblazing women--from an Eastern Shoshone language preservationist to a backcountry pilot, an abstract painter to a Supreme Court justice. Their stories, paired with striking portraits, celebrate identity, resilience, and purpose.

Based on the acclaimed podcast and museum exhibition, this visually rich book brings their voices to the page and invites readers to see the West--and themselves--through a new lens.

Inside this richly crafted book:

- Portraits of Resilience and Purpose: Real stories of women who are shaping their communities, preserving traditions, and breaking new ground in politics, art, education, and business.
- Stunning Visuals: Over 100 photographs that bring readers face-to-face with impactful women of Wyoming, captured in vivid detail and natural beauty.
- Cultural & Regional Insight: A rare glimpse into life across the Cowboy State, from the high plains to reservation lands, told through the lens of lived experience.
- Beyond the Myth: A modern, expansive vision of the West that celebrates authenticity over stereotype.

A compelling gift for Women's History Month, graduates, photographers, or anyone inspired by the stories of strong women, Women Shaping the West is a striking tribute to courage, connection, and the power of telling your story.

A personable, story-driven explanation of how the systems around us--where we live, work, learn, and connect--shape our health, and how each of us can help create healthier communities.

A powerful blend of deeply human stories and rigorous research, The Collective Cure reveals how social and structural factors like income, occupation, race and ethnicity, neighborhood conditions, and social connections, profoundly shape our well-being. Dr. Monica Wang, an award-winning public health researcher, educator, and working mother who came of age as an Asian American bussing student, brings a personal lens to these complex issues and shares a hopeful, action-oriented vision for building healthier communities from the ground up.

Through her own personal and professional journey and the lives of three extraordinary women across the U.S., readers are invited to see how health is shaped in everyday spaces:

• Marielis, a first-generation Latina student navigating financial insecurity in the Bronx
• Dorothy, a semi-retired Black community organizer in rural Alabama
• Rosa, an Indigenous clinical social worker preserving ancestral traditions in Texas

With clarity, urgency, and optimism, The Collective Cure bridges powerful storytelling with evidence-based solutions. More than a diagnosis, this book is a call to reimagine what's possible when we invest in people and places.

Little ones can learn numbers as they explore an underwater world in this concept board book from the New York Times bestselling Rainbow Fish series.

Rainbow Fish's underwater world is filled with colorful sea animals waiting to be counted. With bold, beautifully rendered illustrations, this sturdy board book is perfect to keep up with little ones learning their numbers.

A magical picture book that blends imagination, nature, and discovery, Through the Garden Gate invites young readers on a whimsical journey through a hidden garden filled with real plants and enchanting surprises.

"Luxuriant, floral-thick illustrations flesh out this exciting picture book about falling in love with the wonders of nature." --Foreword Reviews

"Lush, whimsical, and likely to plant seeds for reading The Secret Garden." --Booklist

When Miles stumbles upon a neighbor's mysterious gate, he steps into a world of wonder--where talking animals, fluttering fairies, and extraordinary plants await. Inspired by native ecology and brought to life through lush, timeless illustrations, this gentle adventure encourages children to look more closely at the natural world around them.

Why Readers Will Love This Book:

- Fantasy Meets Nature: A magical tale grounded in real ecological knowledge and native plants.
- Lush, Classic Illustrations: Every page bursts with detail, inspiring curiosity and imaginative play.
- Interactive Learning: Features educational backmatter and a garden-themed seek-and-find activity.
- Created by an Expert: Written by a garden designer with a passion for native ecology and childhood wonder.

A perfect gift for budding gardeners, fairy lovers, and young explorers, Through the Garden Gate opens the door to wonder waiting just outside.

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

Beginning in the 1970s, women of the decolonizing world offered new visions of liberation that centered the ideas and lives of women. Galvanized by International Women's Year in 1975 and the UN's Decade of Women, Third World women developed novel ideas of equality and self-determination, building a new internationalism in opposition to neocolonialism and postcolonial authoritarianism. In The Future That Was, feminist historian Durba Mitra offers a pathbreaking account of how these women wrote Third World feminism into being, catalyzing a momentous expansion of knowledge about women, gender, and sexuality that transformed emancipatory politics across the globe.

Mitra shows how women from former colonies in South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond envisioned a radically just world--and did so by insisting that research on the world's women lay at the heart of debates about global inequality, development, and human rights. Women gathered at international conferences, wrote reports on the dangers facing women, and took to the streets in protest, building a world of knowledge that contested the devastating effects of patriarchy and colonialism. Yet, despite hundreds of laws, institutions, and publications created through the efforts of these women, the future they imagined was never fully realized. The Future That Was transforms the story of decolonization and its aftermath through the history and ideas of women. By excavating these vital pasts, Mitra shows how we might envision a future of our own that is freer than the present.

Can a computer program think like a human?

"Can machines think?" Ever since Alan Turing posed this question in an influential 1950 paper, it has been central to research in artificial intelligence. More than seventy-five years after Turing's paper, we grapple with it every time we wonder if Watson was actually smarter than Jeopardy! champions, or if ChatGPT really knows what it's talking about. In Thinking AI, computer scientist John MacCormick explores Turing's question from a perspective informed by a detailed understanding of the way modern AI systems work. MacCormick explains, in accessible fashion, the ideas behind the two main pillars of the twenty-first century AI revolution: deep neural networks and reinforcement learning.

MacCormick offers a tour of the most famous AI systems, including AlexNet and VGG16, deep neural networks for object recognition that led to a Nobel prize; DeepMind's AlphaGo, which shocked AI researchers with its superhuman performance in the game of Go; and OpenAI's ChatGPT, which stunned the world with its natural language capabilities. He describes how each system works, and points to parallels with human brain processes. Both human minds and computer programs, MacCormick explains, can induce intelligence through emergence: the capability for new phenomena to emerge from the interactions of many small, simple components. Does this mean that a computer program can think like a human? In many ways, MacCormick argues, the answer is yes. In Thinking AI, he reveals a new landscape of emergent intelligence--a world in which computer programs can emulate many or all aspects of human thinking but humanity retains its meaning and purpose.

An engaging and informative cultural history of glasses that explores their origins, stigmas, future in technology, and more.

Eyeglasses have become so commonplace we hardly think about them-unless we can't find them. Yet glasses have been controversial throughout history. Roger Bacon pioneered using lenses to see and then spent a decade in a medieval prison for advocating that he could "fix" God's creations by improving our eyesight. Even today, people take off their glasses before having their picture taken, despite how necessary they are.

A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See is the first book to investigate the experience of wearing glasses and contacts and their role in culture. David King Dunaway encourages readers to take a look at how they literally see the world through what they wear. He explores everything from the history of deficient eyesight and how glasses are made to portrayals of those who wear glasses in media, the stigma surrounding them, and the future of augmented and virtual reality glasses, highlighting how glasses have shaped, and continue to shape, who we are. Interwoven is Dunaway's own experience of spending a week without his glasses, which he has used since childhood, to see the world around him and his newfound appreciation for his visual aids.

This is the story of how we see the world and how our ability to see things has evolved, ultimately asking: How have two cloudy, quarter-sized discs of crystal or glass originally riveted together become so essential to human existence? Shakespeare famously said eyes are windows to the soul, but what about people who see only by covering theirs with glasses? Readers will find out together through this fascinating and insightful cultural history of one of humanity's greatest inventions.

Take a lively look back at the most significant 12-month span in Kiss's career, 50 years on, joining Paul, Gene, Ace, and Peter as they conquer the world.

1976 suffered no shortage of notable events...Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" beat the Yankees in the World Series. Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford at the ballot box. Rocky lit up the big screen. And some guy named Bruce Jenner lit up the Summer Olympics. And it was all set against the backdrop of the United States Bicentennial.

Kiss stomped into the fray with their platform boots, barnstorming the world and still finding time to record and release two of their all-time bestselling albums. Formed in 1973, Kiss had already grabbed attention with their outrageous makeup, stage show, and (of course) music. But in 1976 the band truly took off, unleashing Destroyer and Rock and Roll Over in a span of just eight months and logging more than 100 performances in North America and Europe.

In Kiss '76, Martin Popoff presents month-by-month narratives following the band around the world, across stages and through studios. The book features:

• Detailed analyses of both albums, including the recording sessions, sleeve art, and more
• Info panels detailing the albums' personnel, key dates, and track listings
• Listings of tour dates and venues
• Exclusive author interview material from figures like guitarist Ace Frehley, producer Bob Ezrin, and collaborator Kim Fowley
• Month-by-month sidebars offering concurrent world, entertainment, and music news, putting the band's impressive achievements in the context of that momentous year
• Stunningly illustrated pages featuring performance and offstage photography, as well as period memorabilia and flat art

This nostalgic and handsomely produced book offers a unique look at a critical chapter in the band's career, sure to appeal to the legions of Kiss fans.

John Larkin - a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist - overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most improbable debuts in pop music history by turning his greatest pain into his purpose.

At 52, Larkin was a recovering alcoholic and veteran pianist, haunted by shame because of his lifelong stutter. His stutter meant he could scat-sing better than anyone else on the planet, grabbing and firing syllables like bullets - yet he couldn't even say his own name. But when a small, indie record label took a gamble on an oddball fusion of John's scat-singing and dance music, his life changed overnight: Scatman John was born. In 1995, his singles "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" and "Scatman's World" shot to #1 across Europe and Asia, turning a man who'd spent his life hiding into a global star. Audiences were captivated by the absurdity and charm of a middle-aged man in a fedora, machine-gunning syllables over a dance beat. But behind the novelty was a deeper story: John's scat-singing was creative camouflage for his stutter - his music, a last-ditch attempt to survive. When fame finally found him, he chose to reach others who felt broken or silenced, especially stutterers like him, by harnessing the one thing he was most afraid of: his voice.

Based on rare archives and interviews with those who knew him best, this authorized biography is a redemptive, deeply human story of struggle, heartbreak, and triumph. For anyone who's ever felt like an outsider, this book inspires with a powerful message: your deepest fear can become your greatest strength, and your pain can become your purpose.

An interactive board book adaptation of the beloved Dr. Seuss classic--featuring 12 different sounds! A perfect gift for little ones' birthdays and beyond!

Introduce children to the world of Dr. Seuss with this super simple interactive adaptation of Happy Birthday to You! that's just right for babies and toddlers. From a blast on the Birthday Horn to the fluttering flap-flap of the Great Birthday Bird to Zummers who zum and Dr. Derring's Singing Herrings, the twelve sounds featured in the story bring to life the ultimate birthday celebration and remind children to celebrate THEMSELVES every day of the year!

This book includes colorful sound buttons, a handy on/off switch, and batteries that can be easily replaced.