Michael Lewis

Did you hear the one about the bartender and the rabbi? If not, you'll find it in this delightful book—along with hundreds of other jokes and funny stories, classic and brand-new—about the denizens of bars, pubs, and watering holes everywhere.

Michael Lewis has gathered a wide range of the very best and funniest bar jokes, riddles, anecdotes, and quotations in this rib-tickling (and thirst-inducing) collection. Sure to be a

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Aimed at the popular market, this book will appeal to readers who do not want to be burdened by detail. It presents the authors conclusions based on facts and invites them to ponder the disturbing implications. Its succinct and readable style will appeal to those with busy lifestyles. An astonishing account of what it is like to die and experience a day in the Afterlife, during which the author was told how things really are! The author ventures into...

This book is intended to praise my 4 daughters. I helped raise them back 39 years when the first one was born. There was no pressure for me to write poems for them, but special times each year I wrote each one a loving poem. It included their birthday, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. There also were awards they earned in school and college graduations. I wrote 500 poems over the past 39 years for my 4 daughters. I gave each one of...

Stress, inconsiderate people, sweat, delays, really strange smells, massive crowds, wearying bureaucracy, funny conversations overheard, and startling things seen…these "joys" and more are the unavoidable facts of life for millions of commuters. Author Mike Lewis – writer, people person, observer of mankind, and fellow commuter – has regularly chronicled his adventures and gathered them into a collection of snarky, humorous, and informative...

Welcome to "Mind Fucking AI," where I take the gloves off and go toe-to-toe with AI, hell-bent on proving my radical propulsion theory. This isn't just a book; it's a full-blown insurrection against the norms of science and technology. I'm not here to coddle your sensibilities; I'm here to shatter them.From the get-go, I'm throwing down the gauntlet. I don't care if you believe me or not; that's your problem. My mission? To drag an AI through the...

Jesus asked me directly to write this book on His blessings. He gave me most of the ideas to include in the book. You have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. This book has been written for special people interested in and committed to blessings. You are among a very fortunate group of blessed people. This book will be helpful in identifying your lifetime focus areas. Jesus can provide a successful way to work on them. He will provide your Christian support. This...

La historia del colapso de FTX y la caída en desgracia de su fundador Cuando el periodista y escritor superventas Michael Lewis le conoció por primera vez, Sam Bankman-Fried era el multimillonario más joven del mundo. Se había convertido en el líder de Sillicon Valley al frente de FTX, la mayor plataforma de intercambio de criptodivisas, que estaba experimentando un crecimiento exponencial. En 2023, Bankman-Fried fue declarado culpable de fraude...

Michael Lewis' neuer Bestseller Irren ist menschlich, sagen wir, und lassen uns immer wieder von unserem Bauchgefühl leiten. Michael Lewis geht dem Phänomen intuitiver Entscheidungsprozesse jetzt auf den Grund. Sujet seines neuen Buches Aus der Welt ist nicht mehr die Wall Street, sondern die faszinierende Freundschaft der weltbekannten Psychologen und Begründer der Verhaltensökonomie Daniel Kahneman und Amos Tversky. Beide haben unsere Annahmen...

The New York Times Bestseller, with a new afterword

"[Michael Lewis's] most ambitious and important book." —Joe Klein, New York Times

Michael Lewis's brilliant narrative of the Trump administration's botched presidential transition takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its leaders through willful ignorance and greed. The government manages a vast array of critical services that keep

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Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach...