Everyone is familiar with stories. In our daily life, we’ve all read, heard, and told countless stories ourselves. Compared with other forms, most people are better at understanding abstract concepts and principles through stories. No matter what type of jobs we do, the ability to tell stories always helps. However, when asked to create a story, most people don’t know where to start. How should we tell a good story? You’ll find the answers in this book.

Do you suffer from setbacks in your studies, work, family, and relationships due to procrastination? Do you often feel frustrated and angry at yourself because you put things off ‘til later? Do you think that you are bad at time management or even have low self-esteem because of it? Well, your procrastination might not be your own fault. The book will show you why we needlessly delay getting on with life and provide some practical advice on overcoming procrastination and feeling more dynamic and fulfilled.

As the founder of Psychoanalysis, Freud tremendously boosted the development of psychology and provided important theoretical support for Western humanities in the 20th century. He was followed by a great many and opposed by many others. But how on earth did an important figure like Freud spend his life? The author of this book read through almost all the literature on Freud, and as a result reproduced his whole life and academic journey. We will not only get to know Freud as a person, but also get a glimpse of the true essence of psychoanalysis.

How did Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, think and deal with social issues? To answer this question, Walter Isaacson collected and analyzed a large number of declassified documents and explored how this imaginative, impertinent, and compassionate patent examiner unlocked the mysteries of the universe developed his stance on public affairs. This book dissects the individual components that constitute Einstein’s personal universe: personality, imagination, and creativity. This biography won the National Academies Communication Award of 2008.

Broadly speaking, cooking is the process by which people transform raw ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes. It is one of the most fascinating and valuable things that humans have achieved. Cooked chronicles the author’s culinary learning from famous chefs and tells us how each cooking method combines natural ingredients and customary practices. The book expounds a philosophy where cooking provides perspective. Cooking is instructive. It gives people a better understanding of the relation between fragile ingredient resources and civilization.

In daily life, we are surrounded by materials. They make up in our clothes, our food, our homes, and our transport systems. But, have you ever wondered how these materials are created? What are their secrets? How do they affect our lives? This book will reveal the mysteries of ten materials that have changed the world and the stories behind them. It will provide new insight into the world we live in.

As silent killers, gluten, carbs, and sugar can cause permanent damage to your brain and body before you know it. This book reveals how gluten and carbs in our daily diet adversely affect the brain. It also recommends revolutionary diets and a detailed four-week program for building a new way of life that will help us change our lifestyle habits: eating, exercise, and sleep. All of these habits enable us to have a flexible brain and a healthy body.

A Beautiful Mind recounts the life of Nobel Laureate economist John Forbes Nash. The movie, adapted from the eponymous book, achieved massive popularity, taking home Best Picture in the 74th Academy Awards. Up until the age of thirty, Nash was hailed as a genius, a dazzling mathematician. However, mental illness turned his life upside down and tore apart his happy family. This book tells of Nash's life and the experiences of the people who were close to him. Undoubtedly, all of them shared his beautiful mind.

For decades, the definitions and treatments of mental illness exported by the United States have become international standards, and the result is a gradual flattening and homogenizing of the landscape of the human psyche around the world. The book points out that each mental illness varies with its culture and beliefs, and that the existence of such differences should not be ignored. The author expresses his concerns about the adoption of standardized criteria for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and reveals the ambition of drug companies to promote universal disease categories for profit.

Usually, the gut isn't well-liked, but the author points out that it is a super organ often neglected due to its “geographical location.” It is both proud and temperamental; it can both sustain and take lives; it can boost the brain's capacity and productivity but also make people manic-depressive. It is no exaggeration to say that a slight movement in the gut may affect the whole body. The book we’ll discuss today was the best-selling book in Germany in 2014 and was named the New York Times bestseller of 2015.