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Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential decisions, the ones that affect our lives for years, or centuries, to come? Our most powerful stories revolve around these kinds of decisions: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. Full of the beautifully crafted storytelling and novel insights that Steven Johnson's fans know to expect, Farsighted draws lessons from cognitive science, social psychology, military strategy, environmental planning and great works of literature.

The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own distinguished career in Hollywood and Washington.

Seven strangers wake up in a sealed compound with no idea how they got there. They are informed by a computer-generated voice that they must complete tasks in order to leave, and that failure to complete any of the tasks or breaking any of the rules results in a strike. The first two strikes induce extreme pain. The third strike is death. As they struggle to survive without turning on each other, they have no idea that their actions and choices could doom humanity. Or save it.

Adam has spent his life trying to be the perfect man and succeeding, as his nickname of "Adonis" implies. But a woman seeking help to live crashes into his life and has him questioning everything. Nearly losing her mother forces Evie to change everything. Desperate to become healthy, she goes to Adam’s fitness center.

Do you doubt that it’s possible to build a business, make money, and grow spiritually at the same time? Explore story after story in Meditating Entrepreneurs and transform your thinking. You will discover that you have what it takes to create a life of joy and abundance. Fifteen entrepreneurs, committed to their inner development and a peaceful world, share their wisdom of inner bliss and outer success.

Having spent his life dealing with a controlling grandfather, David Brown takes the reins of his family's company, determined to control life on his terms. Until he shares a glance with a brunette beauty across a crowded holiday ballroom and follows her. Having spent her life under the thumb of her aristocratic father, Lady Diana Willoughby is banished to her aunt in NYC. When a man follows her during the ball, kissing her breathless, Diana discovers a fire inside her that only David can control. Lust at first sight is one thing. Are they brave enough to believe in love at first sight?