The Progress Network Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction
Maia SzalavitzThe Progress Network@maiasz Her previous New York Times bestseller, "Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction" wove together neuroscience and social science with her personal experience of heroin addiction. It won the 2018 media award from @NIDAnews.
Paperback, 2017
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Envy
Joseph EpsteinThe Progress Network"As the essayist Joseph Epstein has written, 'Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all,'" writes TPN member @arthurbrooks on how you can understand that emotion better and stop fueling it. https://t.co/NQY9Vwl4vD
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Meditations
Marcus AureliusThe Progress Network"As the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius reminded himself in his Meditations, 'You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think,'" writes TPN member @arthurbrooks about coming to terms with our own mortality. https://t.co/B0qldEszgO
Paperback, 2025
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age
Danielle Keats CitronThe Progress NetworkToday at 12pm EDT! Catch TPN member @daniellecitron for a conversation with @PrivacyPros President @jtrevorhughes about her new book "The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age." Watch the livestream👇 https://t.co/8WToWydlCg
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick
Jodi PicoultThe Progress NetworkIn London this evening? Catch TPN member @JennyBoylan and @jodipicoult's conversation with @junodawson about their new book "Mad Honey" at Conway Hall. The event begins at 7:30pm. Details are available here:https://t.co/7ipeAExipT https://t.co/O9ZpImtoZs
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
U.S. Climate Finance: Barbados
U. S. Department of StateThe Progress Network🤩3 Things That Went Right This Week🤩 🏭The US Energy Department to spend $3.7B on carbon removal 🇧🇧Barbados’ top court struck down laws that criminalize gay sex ⚖️Oregon's governor commutes all 17 of the state’s death sentences Need more? Read on!👇 https://t.co/vYl77ZQVQP
Paperback, 2014
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. LevittThe Progress NetworkWho’s greedier — gamblers or casinos? What’s the difference between betting on sports and entering a charity raffle? This week TPN member @angeladuckw tackles these questions about the sin of greed with co-host Stephen Dubner on @Freakonomics. https://t.co/pIzYFo1lWT
Paperback, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead
Shannon K. O'NeilThe Progress Network@shannonkoneil @CFR_org She also wrote Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead (Oxford University Press, 2013), which analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last three decades and why they matter for the United States.
Paperback, 2014
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Marian L. TupyThe Progress NetworkThis week on the What Could Go Right? podcast, hosts TPN founder @zacharykarabell & TPN exec. director @heyemmavarv are joined by @HumanProgress's editor Marian L. Tupy & professor @gpooley to talk about their new book "Superabundance." 🎧 to the podcast: https://t.co/ahLAbR4mcL https://t.co/0GSEIJG4SI
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Daniel YerginThe Progress NetworkHow can governments and companies address the energy crisis without sacrificing progress on climate? TPN member @JasonBordoff sat down with @DanielYergin, Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power" to talk about it. https://t.co/ThnTVRVEgx
Paperback, 2008
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book