Norma Wong will discuss her book When No Thing Works, a guide to co-creating new worlds from one in crisis. Grounded in Zen Buddhism, interconnection, and decades of community activism, When No Thing Works explores questions like: as we stand at a threshold of collective change, what leaps must we make? How can we push […]
Omar El Akkad’s debut novel American War was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirteen languages. His second novel, What Strange Paradise, centers on Amir, a young boy from Syria who has survived the sinking of a ship that was carrying him and other refugees, and his developing bond with Vänna, a teenage […]
“Popular science writing at its very best.” (Kirkus Reviews) In Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life, Ferris Jabr shows us how Earth became the world we’ve known, how it is rapidly becoming a very different world, and how we will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come. Historically, […]
