Cubed

A New York Times Notable Book • Daily Beast Best Nonfiction of 2014 • Inc. Magazine's Most Thought-Provoking Books of the Year “Man is born free, but he is everywhere in cubicles.” How did we get from Scrooge’s office to “Office Space”? From bookkeepers in dark countinghouses to freelancers in bright cafes? What would the world be like without the vertical file cabinet? What would the world be like without the office at all? In Cubed, Nikil Saval chronicles the evolution of the office in a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it is. Drawing on the history of architecture and business, as well as a host of pop culture artifacts—from Mad Men to Dilbert (and, yes, The Office)—and ranging in time from the earliest clerical houses to the surprisingly utopian origins of the cubicle to the funhouse campuses of Silicon Valley, Cubed is an all-encompassing investigation into the way we work, why we do it the way we do (and often don’t like it), and how we might do better.

E-Squared, the international hit sensation described by one reader as "The Secret on crack," provided the training wheels, the baby steps, to "really getting it" that thoughts create reality. InE-Cubed (don’t worry—there will never be E to the 10th Power), Pam Grout takes you higher and deeper into the quantum field, where you’ll prove that blessings and miracles are natural and that joy is only a thought away. With nine new experiments and more tips on how to keep the gates of the world’s largesse and abundance wide open, this book is chock-full of incontrovertible evidence that the universe is just waiting for us to catch up, just waiting for us to begin using the energy that has always been available for our enjoyment and well-being.

Dwight B. Wilmerding is only twenty-eight, but he’s having a midlife crisis. He lives a dissolute existence in a tiny apartment with three (sometimes four) slacker roommates, holds a mind-numbing job at the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, and has a chronic inability to make up his mind. Encouraged by one of his roommates to try an experimental drug meant to banish indecision, Dwight jumps at the chance (not without some vacillation about the hazards of jumping) and swallows the first fateful pill. And when all at once he is “pfired” by Pfizer and invited to a rendezvous in exotic Ecuador with the girl of his long-ago prep-school dreams, he finds himself on the brink of a new life. The trouble–well, one of the troubles–is that Dwight can’t decide if the pills are working. Deep in the jungles of the Amazon, in the foreign country of a changed outlook, his would-be romantic escape becomes a hilarious journey into unbidden responsibility and unwelcome knowledge–and an unexpected raison d’être.

Do you have strange, inexplicable experiences including: - buzzing, humming, high-pitched noises, or voices in your head? - an aversion to, or an affinity for, flashing lights and rotating fans? - obsessive compulsive behavior, anorexia, bulimia, or abuse issues? - strange body markings, out-of-body or abduction dreams/experiences? - repetitive dreams of escalators, ladders, slides, or elevators? - night time vomiting, night sweats, nightmares, or night terrors? - sexual dysfunction, promiscuity, or disassociate personality disorder? - bone-chilling cold from which you cannot get warm? - pressure at the forehead or around the top of the head? - feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression, or suicide? - irrational fears, paranoia, anxiety, inability to focus, or set goals? - sudden behavior changes, aggressiveness, or violent outbursts? - knowing that something is just not right but you cannot put your finger on it? If this happens to you, then it is highly probable that you are specifically programmed. Surprised? intrigued? Skeptical? Want to know more? 13 clients present their personal experiences; some bizarre, some seemingly normal, but all with the same common denominator of mind-control and programming. Read Stewart's fascinating analyses--perhaps you will recognize yourself or someone you know and love. Ex-secret government mentalist and clairvoyant Stewart Swerdlow once again explores the unknown zone where few dare to tread. Globally known for his ability to guide others out of the same darkness that tried to envelope his own life, this is definitely one book that will cause you to question your own reality. 13-Cubed: Case Studies in Mind-Control & Programming Stewart Swerdlow's continuing quest to bring you the Truth!

On his eighteenth birthday, Kenny's inventor father gives him a present like none other: a piece of alien technology with phenomenal power! But when this amazing, matter-reinterpreting cube soon attracts the attention of bumbling Nazi scientist Dr. Cruel and elite government agent Claire Covert, Kenny must find a way to survive with only his wits and a new-fount power he barely understands! Writer-artist Aaron Lopresti delivers a comical coming-of-age tale in a fantastic sci-fi universe! Aaron Lopresti is a well-regarded American comic book artist who has worked on a wide variety of characters including: Spiderman The X-men, The Hulk, The Avengers, Batman, Plastic Man, Green Lantern, Superboy, Xena, Star Trek, Gen 13, Mystic, and the self published Atomic Toybox (just to name a few). Power Cubed is his first creator owned project for Dark Horse.

McCann had a novel salution for a world on the brink; kill the enemy with love.