Hack List

Develop your personal philosophy using the wisdom of the world's most successful people. In A Few Wise Words, 22 contributors offer a wide variety of advice and guidance, focusing on a few common themes.

A First-Rate Madness shares the stories of how many world leaders prevailed despite mental illness and struggles – through their lessons, we'll learn how to turn our psychological disadvantages into leadership strengths.

A Force For Good is a universal call to turn our compassion outward and use it to improve ourselves and the world around us.

A General Theory of Love will help you reprogram your mind for better emotional intelligence and relationships, based on what three psychiatrists have to say about the science of why we experience love and other emotions.

A Guide to the Good Life is a roadmap for Stoicism, showing you how you can cultivate this ancient philosophy in your own life, why it's useful, and what Stoics are really about.

A History of the World in 6 Glasses will give you some great conversation starters at your next party by teaching you the origins and impact of the world's six favorite drinks, including beer, wine, alcoholic spirits, tea, coffee, and soda.

This concise guide from The School of Life will help you figure out how to choose a career you can feel good about.

In A Life on Our Planet, renowned nature broadcaster David Attenborough shares a personal retrospective of his career and his concerns for Earth's future.

A Message To Garcia teaches you how to be the best at your job by becoming a dedicated worker with a good attitude about whatever tasks your company gives you.

A Mind For Numbers will teach you how to learn math and science more efficiently and improve your skills by understanding how your brain absorbs and processes information, even if these subjects don't come naturally to you.

Brandon Hakim shows us how we can manage our time better and explains why efficient time management involves concentrating on doing the things that bring us closer to our goals.

A Monk's Guide To Happiness will help you find more joy in life by identifying the most common mental pitfalls we fall into, and how to break the shackles of suffering to finally find inner peace.

A More Beautiful Question will teach you how to ask more insightful questions, showing you the power that the right questions have to transform your life for the better.

A New Earth outlines a crazy and destructive place we call home, but not without showing us that we can all save it together, by looking into our minds and detaching ourselves from our ego, so we can practice acceptance and enjoyment.

Figure out how to remember and hold onto your unique passions and talent as a mother, but without sacrificing caregiving.

A People's History Of The United States will help you improve the world by giving you a better understanding of the true, sometimes shameful, story of this America's rise to power.

In his stunning documentary A Plastic Ocean, award-winning filmmaker Craig Leeson seeks to highlight the devastating impact plastic waste is having on the ocean, wildlife, and human health, and to offer some solutions to a problem that won't simply go away.

A Promised Land is the first volume of Barack Obama's presidential memoirs. A reflection on his political campaigns, early presidency, and the death of Osama bin Laden, this is a frank exploration of the first African American president's journey to the USA's highest office.

A Random Walk Down Wall Street is a time-honored yet modern guide to personal investing without the need for expensive money managers.

A Return To Love will help you let go of resentment, fear, and anger to have happier and healthier jobs and relationships by teaching you how to embrace the power of love.

A Secret Love is the story of how a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player and her partner kept their lesbian relationship hidden from the world for decades.