Books

The pressure is building for Greg Heffley, who discovers that when you mix heaps of family, a tiny beach house, and sweltering heat, it’s a recipe for disaster. Speaking of recipes—the secret ingredients behind Gramma’s famous meatballs have been closely guarded for years. Can Greg unpack all of his family’s mysteries before their vacation is over? Or will he just stir the pot?

Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her…

هكذا اكتملت لدى نوح الألفي مواصفات قاتل موظفي وردية المساء في الكول سنتر: قاتل مأجور نفَّذ عمليته بحِرفية لم يشهد لها مثيلًا منذ عمل بالمباحث الجنائية. قاتل لديه من الدقة ما يسمح له باقتناص أرواح ضحاياه برصاصة واحدة تصيب هدفها. قاتل سريع إلى درجة أن ضحاياه لم تُتح لهم فرصة للنهوض عن مقاعدهم ومقاومته أو حتى الهرب. قاتل مخضرم إلى درجة أنه أصاب ضحية من وراء باب، ونرجسي إلى درجة أنه لم يفتح الباب ليتأكد من إصابة الهدف. قاتل طويل، رياضي، بشرته سمراء سمارًا صناعيًّا، شعره كستنائي كثيف، أنفه…

In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with…