Steven David Levitt is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels (along with Stephen J. Dubner). Levitt was the winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Med…
Jeffrey is published in 114 countries and more than 47 languages, with more than 750,000 5* reviews with international sales passing 275 million copies.
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author whose novels, stories, essays and poems made her one of the most widely read writers in Canadian literary history. Publishing under the name L. M. Montgomery…
David Crystal works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941, he spent his early years in Holyhead. His family …
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was a Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cu…
Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994. Groom was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up …
Nguyễn Thị Xuân Phượng sinh năm 1929, quê làng Nham Biều, huyện Hương Trà, tỉnh Thừa Thiên - Huế. Năm 16 tuổi (1945) bà thoát ly gia đình, xếp bút nghiên lên đường tranh đấu giành độc lập cho đất nước…
Eran Katz's books on memory and intelligence have been bestsellers in twelve countries. He is a popular guest on TV and radio shows and has delivered his entertaining seminars to hundreds of leading m…
Hector Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais …
Giáo sư John Vũ – Nguyên Phong, là một nhà khoa học nổi tiếng ở Mỹ, đứng trong Top 10 người sáng tạo nhất thế giới (mà đứng đầu là Bill Gates và Steve Jobs). Ông chính là người dịch tác phẩm nổi tiếng…
Ngô Tất Tố (1894-1954), người làng Lộc Hà, tổng Hội Phụ, phủ Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh (nay là thôn Lộc Hà, xã Mai Lâm, huyện Đông Anh, Hà Nội). Ông là một nhà văn, nhà báo, nhà Nho học và nghiên cứu có ảnh hư…
I'm a writer, economist and historian. I believe that the history of economic thinking and of real economic struggles can tell us a lot about our current situation and, for me, it’s in vivid writing t…
I'm the author of several Japanese culture books: The Magic of Japan, Ikigai the Japanese Secret for a Long and Happy Life, The Book of Ichigo Ichie, Shinrinyoku, The Ikigai Journey and A Geek in Japa…
Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, winner of the New York Times Sidn…
Stephen Le is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa. He received a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles in …
Rosie Nguyễn, the pen name of Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, is a Vietnamese author known for her focus on creative non-fiction books. Her works explore themes related to youth culture, self-directed education,…
Angela Duckworth, PhD, is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. An expert in non-I.Q. competencies, she has advised the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, …
Nguyễn Dư (chữ Hán: 阮餘), thường được gọi là Nguyễn Dữ (阮與), là một danh sĩ thời Lê sơ, thời nhà Mạc và là tác giả sách Truyền kỳ mạn lục, một tác phẩm truyền kỳ nổi tiếng tại Việt Nam.
Born in South Korea and educated at Berkeley, Harvard, and Princeton, he received formal monastic training from Haein monastery, in South Korea. He taught Asi…
