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The Authors@Google program welcomed Albert Laszlo Barabasi to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "BURSTS: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do"

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg discusses her new book, "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead," with Chicago Tribune vice president and associate editor editor Joycelyn Winnecke.

Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive.

This speech, recited before court in 1873 is one of the greatest statements ever made on behalf of women's suffrage.

The Authors@Google program presents Elizabeth Gilbert author of "Eat, Pray Love": A New York Times bestseller, Eat, Pray, Love is the story of the author, in her early 30s, dividing a year equally among three dissimilar countries - Italy, India, and Bali, exploring her competing urges for earthly delights and divine transcendence.

"I am rebelling against the idea that the world is the way the world is..."

Psychologist William James now stands as one of the true intellectual titans to come out of late 19th century America. With The Will to Believe, first published in 1896, he argues that it is defendable to adopt a certain belief without prior evidence of its truth.

This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love.

First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.

Brains are highly variable, changing systems that shift in response to our experience. Contemplative neuroscience proves that we have the power to guide our brain’s ongoing development – to cultivate happiness and compassion.