Deanna M. Goetz

What is the most important life lesson to pass on when faced with our own mortality? What leadership attributes do you want to instill in your children? Fanny Rules: A Mother's Leadership Lessons That Never Grow Old contains a lifetime of principles broken down into nine lessons passed on to a 12-year-old boy from his mother's bedside.

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell". But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness.