Empathy is more than just being nice—it is a practical skill that transforms relationships, defuses conflict, and strengthens every human connection. In The Empathy Skill, Esther Nwosu Kaplan cuts through the confusion to offer a clear, step-by-step approach to truly understanding what others feel. You will learn to distinguish empathy from sympathy and advice, read emotional cues without over-interpreting, and respond in ways that make people feel heard. Through concrete exercises and eve...

You do not need another app. You need a system. Most creators who fail on TikTok do not fail because they lack talent or because the algorithm is unfair. They fail because they treat every video as a brand new emergency, open the app, stare at a blank draft, and try to invent something clever from nothing. The truth is that TikTok rewards consistency, relevance, and a strong opening far more than it rewards inspiration, and artificial intelligence is the lever that makes that process avail...

Every parsha has a moment where it turns. Dovid Kaplan finds it, and hands it to you before you have finished reading.These are the parsha shiurim he has given at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach since 1987, set down the way he says them: a story you did not see coming, a question worth asking, and an answer you can do something with. The sources are the classic ones - Rashi, the Medrash, the Gemara, the Chofetz Chaim - brought the way a rebbe brings them when he is talking to you rather than...

We are entering a new era of global cataclysm, with the world facing a deadly mix of war, climate change, great power rivalry, rapid technological advancement, the end of empire, and countless other dangers. In*Waste Land,*Robert D. Kaplan, geopolitical expert and author of over twenty books on world affairs, explains incisively how we got here and where we are going.As in much of his work, Kaplan looks to history, literature, politics and philosophy to interpret our world, drawing...

You have walked past the lessons of this book every day without noticing them. The exit sign above the door, the lifeboat drill before the ship leaves the harbor, the sprinkler in the hallway, the hardened sea wall at the edge of the beach town. Each exists because 1 group of people lived through a night when that protection did not exist and refused to let it happen again.This book tells 100 true stories of catastrophes that forced the world to improve. You will stand on the sand ...

There is a calm that settles when a candle you made is burning. The light is softer, the scent is yours, and you know you turned wax, wick, and oil into something useful with your own hands. You do not need a workshop or expensive gear to feel it. You need a scale, a thermometer, a pitcher, and the willingness to follow 5 verbs. Melt, scent, wick, pour, cure. This book is not a dump of theory and it is not a promise of perfect factory gloss. It is 10 real projects that build skill as you g...

You picked up this book because you want income you own, not hours you rent, and every business you researched asked for $10,000 before the first customer. You have watched a neighbor's window truck pass at 9 am on a Tuesday and wondered how a bucket and a squeegee could pay a mortgage while you sit in traffic. Or maybe you already clean a house for a friend for $150 and felt the rare satisfaction of leaving glass so clear the owner thought you replaced the window. Whatever brought you her...

Every tenancy begins the same way, with a handover. The tenant gets the keys, and in that moment you set the tone for every rent payment, every maintenance call, and the deposit conversation that will close the lease 12 months from now. Landlords who rush the handover pay for it in callbacks, disputes, and vacancy days that were completely avoidable with a system.55 Tips to Create a Tenant Move-In Process gives you a complete, repeatable system, from the move-out inspection that st...

In master storyteller Andrew Kaplan's action-packed thriller, the CIA sends its top agent to Southeast Asia to stop a war that threatens to be even bloodier than the conflict in VietnamThe photograph in the CIA vault shows four men relaxing in the jungle, green berets draped over their rifles, enjoying a break from combat. On the day after the picture was taken, their friendship was torn apart forever. Now, ten years after the United States pulled out of Vietnam, th...

**An urgent exploration of a world in constant crisis, where every regional disaster threatens to become a global conflict, with lessons from history that can stop the spiral—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography“Compelling and helpful . . . Kaplan’s analysis has enormous implications for U.S. strategy abroad. . . . His conclusion is the only right one.”—John Bolton, The Wall Street Journal**One of Fina...

To prevent the rebirth of the Nazi regime, an ex-CIA agent turns SS hunter in this thriller of deception, buried history, and a far-reaching conspiracy.In the hell of Auschwitz, the devil was named Mengele. His atrocities were unspeakable, and among his victims were the wife and child of a man named Wasserman, who was forced to watch them die. Mengele survived the war, disappearing into hiding in South America, and Wasserman ran too—fleeing to the United States to ...

An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted—from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners.For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the Economist. He’s seen breakthroughs often occur in spite of, rather than because of, the behavior of the research community, and how support can be withheld for those who don’t conform or have the right connect...