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In 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the existence of STELLARWIND, the US government’s mass surveillance program. Until Snowden revealed the program, the US government was recording the phone and computer activities of nearly everyone in the world.

In Permanent Record, Snowden explains how he became involved with the government, how he learned about the mass surveillance program, and how he ultimately made the decision to speak up—a decision that would change his life, and the lives of everyone who uses the Internet, forever.

After entering a Saudi consulate for paperwork, Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the current Crown Prince’s regime, vanished. Intelligence later revealed that he was murdered by Saudi officials who tried to cover up the assassination.

Last year was the hottest year on record for the planet, with over 6,500 daily heat records broken in US cities alone—and 2024 is expected to be one of the top five hottest years ever recorded. Forecasters say that regions across the US will experience a significant heat surge, with the Northeast, Midwest, Great Plains, and Southwest seeing temperatures rise by up to 4 degrees more than past averages.

The world is predicted to hit record-high temperatures in the next five years. Human-caused fossil fuel emissions and cyclical weather events are contributing to ever-rising, deadly temperatures. Billions of people around the globe will suffer the impacts of extreme heat in the decades ahead.

Climate change-driven heat waves, flooding, and droughts are plaguing the globe. What’s worse, the extreme weather events are exceeding climate scientists’ projections—which suggests we’re unprepared for what’s to come. It’s too late to reverse the effects of climate change. All we can do is to keep things from getting worse and adjust to our new normal with adaptations like green technology, updated building codes, and better infrastructure. Private industry is getting more involved with adaptation efforts, as it’s becoming increasingly clear that severe weather will impact business.

When Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, started his career, he had one goal: Create films using computer-generated animation. Despite a multitude of challenges, Catmull worked tirelessly to advance the technology of computer animation and, eventually, co-founded Pixar to marry his love of animation with his expertise in computer technology.

Through the journey of Pixar’s creation, Catmull developed leadership strategies that fostered creativity in the workplace while ensuring that the company remained profitable and successful. In Creativity, Inc., Catmull breaks down the most important factors in building and sustaining a creative culture. From removing fear from failure and protecting new ideas, Catmull explains the ways Pixar’s creative culture allowed it to grow into the animation behemoth it is today.

Bob Iger has had a long career—22 years at ABC, then 23 at Disney (after Disney acquired ABC). He started as a bottom-level crew member on television sets and eventually became CEO of Disney for 15 years. He led Disney through momentous changes in technology, global expansion, and its noted acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. He still looks back at his career in mild disbelief as an incredible, lucky ride of a lifetime.

This book is a retelling of his professional career, with his leadership principles woven in. You’ll learn why being an optimist is good for your career, how to take big risks, why you should always sweat the details, and how to fire someone respectfully.

As Halloween approaches, horror movies are everywhere. But how did scary movies become a mainstay at movie theaters and streaming services? And what does our obsession with frightening stories say about us?