The first book by the reclusive inventor of the world’s most iconic puzzle THE RUBIK’S CUBE. Erno Rubik inspires us with what he’s learned in a lifetime of creating, curiosity, and discovery. Erno Rubik was a child when he first became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. “Puzzles,” he writes, “bring out important qualities in each of us: concentration, curiosity, a sense of play, the eagerness to discover a solution.” To Rubik puzzles aren’t just games—they’re creativity machines. He encourages us to embrace our inner curiosity and find the puzzles that surround us in our everyday lives. “If you are determined, you will solve them,” he writes. Rubik’s own puzzle, the Cube, went on to be solved by millions worldwide for over forty years, become one of the bestselling toys of all time, and to be featured as a global symbol of intelligence and ingenuity. In Cubed, Rubik covers more than just his journey to inventing his eponymous cube. He makes a case for always being an amateur—something he has always considered himself to be. He discusses the inevitability of problems during any act of invention. He reveals what it was like to experience the astonishing worldwide success of an object he made purely for his own play. And he offers what he thinks it means to be a true creator (hint: anyone can do it). Steeped in the wisdom and also the humility of a born inventor, Cubed offers a unique look at the imperfect science of creation.

You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history? Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it is—and what it might become. In the mid-nineteenth century clerks worked in small, dank spaces called “counting-houses.” These were all-male enclaves, where work was just paperwork. Most Americans considered clerks to be questionable dandies, who didn’t do “real work.” But the joke was on them: as the great historical shifts from agricultural to industrial economies took place, and then from industrial to information economies, the organization of the workplace evolved along with them—and the clerks took over. Offices became rationalized, designed for both greater efficiency in the accomplishments of clerical work and the enhancement of worker productivity. Women entered the office by the millions, and revolutionized the social world from within. Skyscrapers filled with office space came to tower over cities everywhere. Cubed opens our eyes to what is a truly "secret history" of changes so obvious and ubiquitous that we've hardly noticed them. From the wood-paneled executive suite to the advent of the cubicles where 60% of Americans now work (and 93% of them dislike it) to a not-too-distant future where we might work anywhere at any time (and perhaps all the time), Cubed excavates from popular books, movies, comic strips (Dilbert!), and a vast amount of management literature and business history, the reasons why our workplaces are the way they are—and how they might be better.

In this world, everyone is trapped in a supposed Utopia. Concealed inside a massive silver cube, Clarice spends the majority of her life in the prison manufactured by child labor. When a chance of escape opens up, she welcomes it with open arms as the world welcomes her... or so it seems.

In Kat Garcia's twenty-second century world only the Rocky Mountains are above sealevel, and the sun is hot enough to kill anyone who ventures outdoors. Kat goes through a portal seeking bullets to arm herself and keep her friends safe from the decayed remnants of the government. In Kaitlin Garcia's world, the Unified States is constantly bombarded by severe storms. Kaitlin goes through a portal in order to implement her climate mitigation strategy before her world is rendered uninhabitable. In Katherine Garcia's world, only draconian government control over the citizens has kept the droughts, floods, and diseases from killing them. Katherine goes through a portal seeking nuclear fusion, the key to throwing off the oppressive governmental yoke. When the actions of the three Kats start to unravel their universes, can they join forces and save them all?

Hewn from living, lava-blooded stone, Ulikummis, the cruel new would-be master of Earth, has been repelled for the moment. But he has Brigid Baptiste to lure Kane and Grant on a dangerous path through the darkened swamps of Louisiana. Original.

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.

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.

Awesomeness Cubed Prayer Warrioring (ACPW) Prayers are the love, light, or action to raise the vibration. Warrioring is not, in this case, the battler, but the process of light working. Prayer warrioring is holding the love and light and sending it further and larger than imagined—atomic love bombs. ACPW starts with twenty-plus testimonials to expand your mind/beliefs to alternative possibilities in healing that have worked for others with Dr. Snell’s help. Hopefully, their truth will annihilate limiting barriers that may occur. ACPW explains helpful tools that has worked for Dr. Snell. ACPW has twelve different spirit-inspired projects. These projects were created to try to accomplish Dr. Snell’s need/desire to heal every animal and person entirely and all at once. These projects could be used on man or beast because we are all energetic beings. All of them could be done in private without the loved one knowing or in direct contact in public. You can pick and choose which project is right for you while prayer warrioring. ACPW—our health path thus far. Dr. Snell is blessed with a beloved child. She often does not fit into any box, which genetics must play a large part. Sandra would love to share some of the lessons she has learned along her path to help others. Her goal is to give ideas and many things you could do for yourself and loved ones in need besides fundamental prayer and worrying. ACPW—potential future books or services available. Twenty-nine different sections includes information on how to save lives, possibly stop seizures, hip dysplasia, some cancer tips, and so much more. Thank you for following your inner compass on some level to find this with divine timing when you need it most.

Humans in hot rods, zombies in raucous roadsters, and plants perched in radical racers! The car-filled competition for Neighborville is underway, and Crazy Dave and Dr. Zomboss are neck and neck! Paul Tobin (Bandette, Colder) and Ron Chan (Star Wars, The Guild) return to deliver another hilarious zombie battle to your burg! Artist Ron Chan and colorist Matthew J. Rainwater [do] an excellent job of capturing the bright, cheery art style of the PvZ games and generally creating an energetic, vibrant cartoon landscape.�-IGN

If, on your birthday, you could make a wish, _any_ wish, before you blew out your candles, what would it be? On his eighteenth birthday, Kenny got something better than one wish. He was given alien technology that lets him create literally anything he can wish for! How about a flying robot or a life- sized T. rex? To keep it, and also stay, you know, _alive_, he'll have to outwit the persistent government agent Claire Covert and a Nazi mad scientist. On top of that, when Kenny's father is abducted by some old friends, Kenny will have to use every ounce of imagination to save him! * A weird and wonderful adventure from the atomic mind of Aaron Lopresti (_Wonder Woman_, _Detective Comics_).