Books

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This package includes:

• The Triple Package, by Amy Chua & Jed Rubenfeld - Autographed by the authors; First Published Edition
  
• Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua - Autographed by the author
  
• The Death Instinct, by Jed Rubenfeld - Autographed by the author

In their provocative new book, The Triple Package, Chua and Rubenfeld Yale Law professors and spouses—attempt to explain why certain groups in the U.S. – among them Indian and Chinese Americans, Nigerians, Cubans, Jews, and Mormons - perform better than others.  They claim that three traits in particular breed success: a superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control. When this ‘Triple Package’ comes together, it generates “drive, grit, and systematic disproportionate group success.” This comprehensive sociological study balances its findings with an in-depth look at the downsides of the triple package—the burden of carrying a family’s expectations and the psychological price that comes with deep insecurity.

In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua argues that Western parenting aims to respect and nurture children’s individuality, while Chinese parents typically believe that arming children with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence best prepares them for the future.   Provocative and at times laugh-out-loud funny, Chua chronicles her iron-willed decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, the Chinese way with remarkable, sometimes heartbreaking results.  Achingly honest and profoundly challenging, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is one of the most talked-about books of our times.

In The Death Instinct, Jed Rubenfeld (Yale Law professor and spouse of Amy Chua) has written this “sprawling and ambitious literary mystery” (The Seattle Times). He uses a true and shocking event - the bombing of lower Manhattan in September 1920 – to weave a twisting and thrilling narrative as a physician, radio chemist, and police official come to believe that the inexplicable attack is part of a larger plan. This conspiracy takes them from Paris to Prague, from Vienna to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., and ultimately to the depths of our most savage human instincts wherein lies the shocking truth behind that fateful day.

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