An Embarrassment of Riches by Green, Alexander -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Title Copyright Dedication Preface Introduction Part One: A Wealth of Gratitude

A Message from the Land of the Unwell The Reason You Should Be Biased What We Live to Discover Like No Other Nation in the World How to Put a Touch of Glory in Your Life The Greatest Star of Them All The Man Who Invented Christmas Do You Know Where You Are? The Mind-Boggling Universe, Part II The Best That Has Been Thought and Said A Titan for Freedom and Prosperity The Great Key to Successful Living What You Can Learn from “The Gadfly of Athens” The True Rulers of the Planet Confessions of an Analog Man How to Be Miserable in One Easy Lesson For Music Lovers Only

Part Two: A Wealth of Wisdom

Where Can Wisdom Be Found? Discovering a New Sense of the Sacred The Cash Value of the American Mind The Key to Civility . . . and Greatness How to Defeat Death The Sage Who Spoke to Everyman The Greatest Best Seller of All Time The Pursuit of Moral Perfection How Apple Got Its Zen The Secret of “Big-Ass Salads” Take a Vacation Inside Your Head The Biggest Question of Them All A Requiem for an Atheist The Nation’s Most Misunderstood Man Why Grant’s Final Victory Was His Greatest The Other Freedom Document of 1776 The Right Man at the Right Time The Most Powerful Thing You Can Do for Your Body The “Howling Atheist” Who Governed the Country

Part Three: A Wealth of Understanding

Why You Love and Need the Rat Race How to Live the “Good Life” Nassim Nicholas Taleb . . . and the Pursuit of Phronesis The Gift a Man Gives Himself A Billionaire’s Best Advice The Lost Art of Conversation A Visit Everyone Should Make The Man Who Made Dreams Come True How to Talk Politics without Committing Murder The True Secret of Success How to Be a Big Loser Three Words That Will Save Your Life Are You Awake? The One Factor That Changes Everything The Lies We Tell Ourselves How the First Americans Became Last The Top Five Regrets of the Dying A Short Lesson in Humility

Afterword Further Reading About the Author Index

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