Best selling Non-fiction from Penguin Random House
On this page you'll find a ranking of the best Penguin Random House products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've already ranked the most important information about the products for you.
1. Penguin Random House The Creative ACT: A Way of Being
From the legendary music producer, a savant at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book, many years in the making, that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.'-Rick Rubin Many famed music producers, however brilliant, become known for a particular sound which has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin, on the other hand, is most famous for something else: for creating a strong safe space where artists of wildly different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. To surprise themselves, and thus the world. Rubin's true art is for helping people get out of their own way and commune with the powerful creative signal that is their birthright. Over the years, Rubin has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn't, about what it takes to strike a deep nerve within ourselves. Perhaps above all, he has learned that being an artist isn't about your specific output, it's a relationship to the world. Creativity has a space in everyone's life, and everyone has the opportunity to make that space stronger. Indeed, it may be our most important responsibility. More than five years in the making, The Creative Act is a series of meditations that illuminate the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It is a beautifully generous offering of the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime's work spent in the service of exhilaration and transcendence, distilled into a timeless classic that puts those feelings within closer reach for all of us'--.
2. Penguin Random House The Body Keeps the Score
"Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." -Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times Science bestseller Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-co.
3. Penguin Random House Der Nahost-Komplex
No one embodies fearless reporting from the Middle East quite like Natalie Amiri. For her new book, the award-winning author has traveled throughout the entire region. She gives a voice to the suffering children of Gaza, speaks with Israeli relatives of murdered hostages, meets Kurdish women holding the line against ISIS in Kobane, and interviews Marwan Barghuthi in an Israeli prison, whose significance for the Palestinians is compared to that of Nelson Mandela for South Africa. Conversations with Carla del Ponte and Margot Friedländer also feature in her book, through which she achieves something that seems almost impossible today: she bridges the worlds and evokes empathy for all sides. She firmly stands by the Jewish people while sharply criticizing German politics and media. A book that helps us understand the direction in which the Middle East is heading with a massively weakened Iran, and ultimately takes an uncompromising stance – that of the people.
4. Penguin Random House Strong Ground
"Strong Ground" is an upcoming non-fiction book by Brené Brown that addresses the challenges and opportunities of leading in a complex world. The book highlights the principles of courageous leadership, the necessity of embracing paradoxes, and the deeper wisdom that emerges from human experience. Brown, known for her empathetic and investigative approach, offers valuable insights in this work that are relevant for both leaders and anyone interested in the topics of leadership and personal development. The combination of theoretical foundations and practical examples makes "Strong Ground" an essential read for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills and navigate the challenges of the modern business landscape.
5. Penguin Random House Antifragile
Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, and why is what we call efficient not efficient at all? Why should you write your resignation letter before starting a new job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? This title shows us that improbable and unpredictable events underlie everything about our world.
6. Penguin Random House The Anxious Generation
"The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt is a profound examination of the troubling development of adolescent mental health in the digital age. In this non-fiction book, Haidt analyzes the alarming increases in depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide among teenagers that have been observed since the early 2010s. He highlights the role of smartphones, social media, and large technology companies in this crisis and provides a well-founded analysis of the impacts on childhood. Haidt argues that the shift from a playful childhood to a virtual world has catastrophic consequences, particularly for girls. The book is not only a critical engagement with the challenges facing today's youth but also a call for healthier and freer growing up. It is aimed at parents, educators, and anyone interested in the future of the next generation.
7. Penguin Random House The Interior Design Handbook
The bestselling Swedish phenomenon. What looks good and why? Design consultant Frida Ramstedt runs Scandinavia's leading interior design blog. In this book, she distills the secrets of successful interior design and styling to help you create a home that works best for your space, taste, and lifestyle. Filled with practical tips, rules of thumb, and tricks of the trade, The Interior Design Handbook will help you think like a professional designer. Frida has created this guide to interior design, featuring useful information that has taken years to learn, all in one place. Beautifully illustrated with handy line drawings, The Interior Design Handbook gets down to the nitty-gritty of successfully putting a room together. Take it to bed, and you'll be utterly engrossed and enlightened.
8. Penguin Random House Indignity
"Indignity" by Lea Ypi is a captivating non-fiction book that explores historical injustices and the quest for personal and collective dignity. The author, known for her award-winning works, begins her narrative with an unexpected discovery: a photo of her grandmother Leman taken during her honeymoon in the Italian Alps in 1941. This revelation raises a multitude of questions, particularly regarding the destruction of records about her grandmother's life in the early days of communism in Albania. Ypi takes readers on an exciting journey through history, ranging from the Ottoman aristocracy in Thessaloniki to the challenges of modern Greece and Albania. Through the lens of her family history and the archives of the secret police, the complex relationship between the past and identity is illuminated as Ypi seeks to unravel the truth about her roots and the circumstances that shaped her family. This book is not only a personal narrative but also a profound reflection on the themes of memory, identity, and the impact of political upheavals on individual lives.
9. Penguin Random House The Diary of a CEO
The new book by Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur, podcaster, and Dragon's Den star, is not about business strategy. Strategy changes like the seasons. This book focuses on something much more permanent. At the very heart of all the success and failure I've encountered—both in my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I've conducted on my podcast—are a set of principles that can stand the test of time, apply to any industry, and be used by anyone searching to build something great or become someone great.
These are the fundamental laws that will ensure excellence. They are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, based on the wisdom of tens of thousands of people I've surveyed across every continent and age group, and drawn from conversations with the world's most successful individuals on my chart-topping podcast. These laws will work now or in 100 years from now. Are you ready to get started?.
10. Penguin Random House Steve Jobs
"Walter Isaacson has come closer to Jobs than probably any other journalist before him." (Handelsblatt) │ "Clear, elegant and concise." (New York Times) │ "Full of moments that take your breath away." (The Guardian) │ The only authorised biography of the exceptional genius - now in paperback with a new afterword
Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad - Steve Jobs lent aesthetics and aura to the digital world with the cult brand Apple. To this day, he is regarded as the style icon of the IT age, a gifted mastermind who uncompromisingly pursued his ideas. Ingenious and self-confident, he made the apple with a bite synonymous with innovation and vision despite economic and personal crises.
But who was this master of staging, what drove him? Walter Isaacson won the trust of the Apple boss and, as the first biographer, was able to rely on his unreserved support during the many years of research, as well as that of his family, his companions and also his opponents. Jobs co-operated fully with Isaacson, but made it clear from the outset that he placed no limits on his biographer. The result is an intimate, honest and impressive portrait of Steve Jobs and his company - and not just for Apple fans.
The book met with an enthusiastic response from readers and the press when it was published and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon and a million-selling bestseller. As the only biography ever authorised by Steve Jobs, it is the ultimate look behind the scenes at Apple and into the mind of a man who changed the world forever.
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Steve Jobs
German, Oliver Grasmück, Antoinette Gittinger, Ulrike Strerath-Bolz, Elfi Martin, Dagmar Mallett, Andrea Stumpf, Gabriele Werbeck, Walter Isaacson, 2024