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The Divider

by Peter Baker • 2022

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

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🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

The Divider

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

by Peter Baker 2022 725 pages

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

Andrew Carnegie

by David Nasaw • 2006

How a penniless immigrant built the world's biggest steel empire, and then tried to die broke.

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🏛️ Gilded Age 🧑‍💼 Captains Of Industry 🎁 Strategic Philanthropy 📜 Business History 💪 Self-Made Men

Andrew Carnegie

How a penniless immigrant built the world's biggest steel empire, and then tried to die broke.

by David Nasaw 2006 896 pages

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🏛️ Gilded Age 🧑‍💼 Captains Of Industry 🎁 Strategic Philanthropy 📜 Business History 💪 Self-Made Men

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling

by Holger Weßling • 2019

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

by Holger Weßling 2019 27 pages

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

Hegel

by Peter Singer • 1983

Mind, not matter, drives reality. History is freedom waking up. Hegel explained why.

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🧠 German Idealism ⚙️ Dialectical Method 🕰️ Philosophy Of History 🕊️ Rational Freedom 🤝 Social Recognition

Hegel

Mind, not matter, drives reality. History is freedom waking up. Hegel explained why.

by Peter Singer 1983 131 pages

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🧠 German Idealism ⚙️ Dialectical Method 🕰️ Philosophy Of History 🕊️ Rational Freedom 🤝 Social Recognition

On the Move

by Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

On the Move

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

by Oliver Sacks 2015 397 pages

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Long Walk to Freedom

by Nelson Mandela • 1994

After 27 years in prison, his first act of freedom was to shake his jailer's hand.

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📖 South African History ✊🏿 Anti-Apartheid Struggle ⛓️ Political Imprisonment ⚖️ Racial Justice 🕊️ Forgiveness And Reconciliation

Long Walk to Freedom

After 27 years in prison, his first act of freedom was to shake his jailer's hand.

by Nelson Mandela 1994 656 pages

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📖 South African History ✊🏿 Anti-Apartheid Struggle ⛓️ Political Imprisonment ⚖️ Racial Justice 🕊️ Forgiveness And Reconciliation

A Doctor in the House

by Mahathir Mohamad • 2011

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

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🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs 🏭 Developmental State 💹 Economic Nationalism

A Doctor in the House

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages

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🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs 🏭 Developmental State 💹 Economic Nationalism

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

by Carmelo Anthony • 2021

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

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🏀 Basketball Memoirs 🏢 Housing Projects ⚖️ Systemic Racism 👩‍👦 Single Mothers 🌆 Urban Coming Of Age

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

by Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 pages

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🏀 Basketball Memoirs 🏢 Housing Projects ⚖️ Systemic Racism 👩‍👦 Single Mothers 🌆 Urban Coming Of Age

Left for Dead

by Beck Weathers • 2000

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

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🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

Left for Dead

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

by Beck Weathers 2000 352 pages

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🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs 🔗 Obsession And Recovery 🩺 Physical Rehabilitation

It Doesn't Take a Hero

by H. Norman Schwarzkopf • 1992

He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.

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🫡 Military Leadership 📖 Modern Military Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections ⚔️ Warrior Ethos 🧠 Military Resilience

It Doesn't Take a Hero

He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.

by H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1992 530 pages

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🫡 Military Leadership 📖 Modern Military Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections ⚔️ Warrior Ethos 🧠 Military Resilience

26 Marathons

by Meb Keflezighi • 2019

26 marathons taught an Olympian that patience outruns talent, and the hardest miles teach the most.

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🏃 Marathon Running 📖 Sports Memoir 🎯 Life Lessons From Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness 🙏 Faith And Athletics

26 Marathons

26 marathons taught an Olympian that patience outruns talent, and the hardest miles teach the most.

by Meb Keflezighi 2019 256 pages

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🏃 Marathon Running 📖 Sports Memoir 🎯 Life Lessons From Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness 🙏 Faith And Athletics

Kings of Crypto

by Jeff John Roberts • 2021

One startup made bitcoin simple. The regulators came. Then the rivals. Then the civil war.

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🪙 Cryptocurrency 🏦 Fintech Startups 🏛️ Crypto Exchanges 📈 Startup Scaling 🏢 Company Biography

Kings of Crypto

One startup made bitcoin simple. The regulators came. Then the rivals. Then the civil war.

by Jeff John Roberts 2021 236 pages

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500+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🏦 Fintech Startups 🏛️ Crypto Exchanges 📈 Startup Scaling 🏢 Company Biography

The House of Rothschild, Vol 2

by Niall Ferguson • 1998

Europe's most powerful bank was a family affair. The biggest risk was the family itself.

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👑 Banking Dynasties 🌐 International Finance ✡️ Jewish Emancipation ⚔️ War Financing 🏦 Merchant Banking

The House of Rothschild, Vol 2

Europe's most powerful bank was a family affair. The biggest risk was the family itself.

by Niall Ferguson 1998 592 pages

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👑 Banking Dynasties 🌐 International Finance ✡️ Jewish Emancipation ⚔️ War Financing 🏦 Merchant Banking

Tokyo Vice

by Jake Adelstein • 2009

A foreign reporter in Tokyo unearths a yakuza secret that puts everyone he loves in danger.

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🐉 Japanese Underworld 🇯🇵 Gaijin In Japan 🔪 Loyalty And Betrayal ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

Tokyo Vice

A foreign reporter in Tokyo unearths a yakuza secret that puts everyone he loves in danger.

by Jake Adelstein 2009 335 pages

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🐉 Japanese Underworld 🇯🇵 Gaijin In Japan 🔪 Loyalty And Betrayal ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

Handcrafted

by Clint Harp • 2018

A gas station meeting, a derelict crack house, and a dumpster of wood launched a TV carpenter.

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🪚 Woodworking Memoir 🔨 Artisan Business 🔄 Career Pivots 👢 Bootstrapping 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-Run Business

Handcrafted

A gas station meeting, a derelict crack house, and a dumpster of wood launched a TV carpenter.

by Clint Harp 2018 239 pages

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🪚 Woodworking Memoir 🔨 Artisan Business 🔄 Career Pivots 👢 Bootstrapping 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-Run Business

Moonshot

by Mike Massimino • 2023

A NASA astronaut's rules for beating million-to-one odds and surviving your own spacewalks on Earth.

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🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🚪 Overcoming Rejection 🤝 Trust And Teamwork 📢 Crisis Communication 🔧 Managing Mistakes

Moonshot

A NASA astronaut's rules for beating million-to-one odds and surviving your own spacewalks on Earth.

by Mike Massimino 2023 210 pages

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🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🚪 Overcoming Rejection 🤝 Trust And Teamwork 📢 Crisis Communication 🔧 Managing Mistakes

Trailblazer

by Marc Benioff • 2019

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

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🖥️ Tech Leadership 🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership

Trailblazer

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

by Marc Benioff 2019 235 pages

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🖥️ Tech Leadership 🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership

Unfinished

by Priyanka Chopra Jonas • 2021

A brother's secret entry, a Miss World crown, and a barrier-breaking career across two continents.

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🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🌟 Hollywood Breakthrough 🌏 Cultural Duality 💪 Female Ambition 🖤 Grief And Resilience

Unfinished

A brother's secret entry, a Miss World crown, and a barrier-breaking career across two continents.

by Priyanka Chopra Jonas 2021 246 pages

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🎬 Bollywood Memoir 🌟 Hollywood Breakthrough 🌏 Cultural Duality 💪 Female Ambition 🖤 Grief And Resilience

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

by David Adam • 2014

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

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🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science 🧪 Exposure Therapy 📰 Science Journalism

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

by David Adam 2014 336 pages

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🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science 🧪 Exposure Therapy 📰 Science Journalism

Shattered

by Frank Pastore • 2010

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

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🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Shattered

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

by Frank Pastore 2010

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150 ratings

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Brave Genius

by Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

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✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Brave Genius

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

by Sean B. Carroll 2013 594 pages

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✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Master Slave Husband Wife

by Ilyon Woo • 2023

Enslaved woman as white gentleman, husband as slave: a 1,000-mile escape in plain sight.

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🏃 Slave Escapes ⛓️‍💥 Abolitionist Movement 🎭 Racial Passing ⚖️ Fugitive Slave Law 🏛️ Antebellum America

Master Slave Husband Wife

Enslaved woman as white gentleman, husband as slave: a 1,000-mile escape in plain sight.

by Ilyon Woo 2023 416 pages

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🏃 Slave Escapes ⛓️‍💥 Abolitionist Movement 🎭 Racial Passing ⚖️ Fugitive Slave Law 🏛️ Antebellum America

Surviving to Drive

by Guenther Steiner • 2023

Formula 1's most candid team boss on what breaks leaders at full speed, and how to rebuild.

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🏎️ Sports Leadership 🧭 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Servant Leadership 💪 Resilience Building 🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership

Surviving to Drive

Formula 1's most candid team boss on what breaks leaders at full speed, and how to rebuild.

by Guenther Steiner 2023 304 pages

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🏎️ Sports Leadership 🧭 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Servant Leadership 💪 Resilience Building 🎯 Purpose-Driven Leadership

A Century Is Not Enough

by Sourav Ganguly • 2018

Dropped after one match, betrayed by his coach, he returned to captain India's fiercest cricket era.

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🏏 Indian Cricket 📖 Cricket Memoirs 🧠 Mental Toughness 🏆 Sports Redemption 👑 Sports Leadership

A Century Is Not Enough

Dropped after one match, betrayed by his coach, he returned to captain India's fiercest cricket era.

by Sourav Ganguly 2018 258 pages

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🏏 Indian Cricket 📖 Cricket Memoirs 🧠 Mental Toughness 🏆 Sports Redemption 👑 Sports Leadership

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

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🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

The Sound of Gravel

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

by Ruth Wariner 2016 336 pages

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🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

The Splendid and the Vile

by Erik Larson • 2020

Peculiar habits, rooftop defiance, and the 57 nights that could have broken Britain but didn't.

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✈️ World War Ii 🎩 Winston Churchill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 British History 🫡 Crisis Leadership ✈️ Battle Of Britain

The Splendid and the Vile

Peculiar habits, rooftop defiance, and the 57 nights that could have broken Britain but didn't.

by Erik Larson 2020 585 pages

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✈️ World War Ii 🎩 Winston Churchill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 British History 🫡 Crisis Leadership ✈️ Battle Of Britain

The Swerve

by Stephen Greenblatt • 2011

One manuscript, hunted across monasteries, reintroduced a dangerous idea: the soul is mortal.

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💡 History Of Ideas 🖼️ Renaissance Humanism 🏛️ Classical Recovery ✍️ Textual Transmission 📜 Lost Texts

The Swerve

One manuscript, hunted across monasteries, reintroduced a dangerous idea: the soul is mortal.

by Stephen Greenblatt 2011 356 pages

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💡 History Of Ideas 🖼️ Renaissance Humanism 🏛️ Classical Recovery ✍️ Textual Transmission 📜 Lost Texts

The Housekeeper's Secret

by Sandra Schnakenburg • 2024

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

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🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Housekeeper's Secret

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

by Sandra Schnakenburg 2024 290 pages

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500+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

Marco Polo

by Laurence Bergreen • 2007

A merchant, a Mongol emperor, and seventeen years that redrew the map of the known world.

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🐪 Silk Road 🐎 Mongol Empire 🏰 Medieval Travel 🚢 Venetian Republic 🌏 Global Trade

Marco Polo

A merchant, a Mongol emperor, and seventeen years that redrew the map of the known world.

by Laurence Bergreen 2007 415 pages

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🐪 Silk Road 🐎 Mongol Empire 🏰 Medieval Travel 🚢 Venetian Republic 🌏 Global Trade

Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1

by Garry Kasparov • 2003

A world champion dissects the six minds who built modern chess, and what they reveal about winning.

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🧱 Chess History 👑 World Champions ♟️ Positional Play ⚡ Dynamic Chess 🧠 Psychological Chess

Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1

A world champion dissects the six minds who built modern chess, and what they reveal about winning.

by Garry Kasparov 2003 464 pages

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474 ratings

🧱 Chess History 👑 World Champions ♟️ Positional Play ⚡ Dynamic Chess 🧠 Psychological Chess

Fist Stick Knife Gun

by Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

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🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

Fist Stick Knife Gun

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

by Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 pages

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🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

The Journey of Robert Monroe

by Ronald Russell • 2007

A radio producer leaves his body and maps the territories that wait after death.

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👻 Out-Of-Body Experiences 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌌 Altered States 🔬 Paranormal Research 🏛️ Transpersonal Psychology

The Journey of Robert Monroe

A radio producer leaves his body and maps the territories that wait after death.

by Ronald Russell 2007 408 pages

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83 ratings

👻 Out-Of-Body Experiences 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌌 Altered States 🔬 Paranormal Research 🏛️ Transpersonal Psychology

Isaac Newton

by James Gleick • 2003

His solitary, obsessive mind decoded the cosmos, while his secret alchemy and heresy stayed hidden.

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🔭 History Of Science ⚛️ History Of Physics 📚 Intellectual Biography 🏔️ Solitude And Creativity 🔬 Empirical Method

Isaac Newton

His solitary, obsessive mind decoded the cosmos, while his secret alchemy and heresy stayed hidden.

by James Gleick 2003 272 pages

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🔭 History Of Science ⚛️ History Of Physics 📚 Intellectual Biography 🏔️ Solitude And Creativity 🔬 Empirical Method

King John and the Road to Magna Carta

by Stephen Church • 2015

John lost a continent, defied the pope, and signed a charter that still checks power.

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🏰 Medieval Politics 👑 Plantagenet England ⚔️ Feudal Monarchy 📜 Royal Biography 🏛️ Magna Carta

King John and the Road to Magna Carta

John lost a continent, defied the pope, and signed a charter that still checks power.

by Stephen Church 2015 330 pages

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171 ratings

🏰 Medieval Politics 👑 Plantagenet England ⚔️ Feudal Monarchy 📜 Royal Biography 🏛️ Magna Carta

The Quants

by Scott Patterson • 2010

In August 2007, models designed for once-in-ten-millennia failures broke three days running.

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🧮 Quantitative Finance 🏦 Wall Street History 💰 Hedge Funds 📊 Financial Modeling 🔧 Financial Engineering

The Quants

In August 2007, models designed for once-in-ten-millennia failures broke three days running.

by Scott Patterson 2010 352 pages

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9k+ ratings

🧮 Quantitative Finance 🏦 Wall Street History 💰 Hedge Funds 📊 Financial Modeling 🔧 Financial Engineering

Leadership in War

by Andrew Roberts • 2019

Wartime leaders share a playbook. So why do some become Churchill and others become Hitler?

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🎖️ Military Leadership 📖 Historical Case Studies 📚 Comparative Biography 👤 Great Man Theory ⚔️ Military History

Leadership in War

Wartime leaders share a playbook. So why do some become Churchill and others become Hitler?

by Andrew Roberts 2019 256 pages

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🎖️ Military Leadership 📖 Historical Case Studies 📚 Comparative Biography 👤 Great Man Theory ⚔️ Military History

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

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👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006 237 pages

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92k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Make Something Wonderful

by Steve Jobs • 2023

Steve Jobs in his own words: the real philosophy behind Apple, Pixar, and the black turtleneck.

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🏞️ Silicon Valley History 🎨 Product Design 📈 Corporate Turnarounds 🧭 Leadership Principles 💡 Innovation Culture

Make Something Wonderful

Steve Jobs in his own words: the real philosophy behind Apple, Pixar, and the black turtleneck.

by Steve Jobs 2023 194 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏞️ Silicon Valley History 🎨 Product Design 📈 Corporate Turnarounds 🧭 Leadership Principles 💡 Innovation Culture

Buffett

by Roger Lowenstein • 1995

When a salad oil scandal knocked American Express flat, Buffett bet everything. The story of how.

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🏢 Corporate Biography 💰 Value Investing 📉 Contrarian Investing 📈 Compound Interest 🛒 Buy And Hold

Buffett

When a salad oil scandal knocked American Express flat, Buffett bet everything. The story of how.

by Roger Lowenstein 1995 638 pages

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15k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Biography 💰 Value Investing 📉 Contrarian Investing 📈 Compound Interest 🛒 Buy And Hold

The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou • 2009

Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.

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🪧 Civil Rights Memoir 🎭 Art And Activism 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood 🌍 Pan-African Movement ✈️ Expat Life In Africa

The Heart of a Woman

Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.

by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages

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25k+ ratings

🪧 Civil Rights Memoir 🎭 Art And Activism 👩‍👦 Single Motherhood 🌍 Pan-African Movement ✈️ Expat Life In Africa

The Campaigns of Alexander

by Arrian

How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.

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🏛️ Ancient Warfare 📜 Classical Biography ⚔️ Military Genius 👑 Charismatic Leader 🗺️ Conquest And Empire

The Campaigns of Alexander

How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.

by Arrian 430 pages

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🏛️ Ancient Warfare 📜 Classical Biography ⚔️ Military Genius 👑 Charismatic Leader 🗺️ Conquest And Empire

To Pixar and Beyond

by Lawrence Levy • 2016

Goldman Sachs rejected Pixar. Its CFO took a different road to a billion-dollar IPO.

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🎬 Animation Industry 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🎯 Creative Leadership 🍎 Steve Jobs

To Pixar and Beyond

Goldman Sachs rejected Pixar. Its CFO took a different road to a billion-dollar IPO.

by Lawrence Levy 2016 259 pages

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7k+ ratings

🎬 Animation Industry 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🎯 Creative Leadership 🍎 Steve Jobs

Extraordinary Circumstances

by Cynthia Cooper • 2007

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

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🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Extraordinary Circumstances

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

by Cynthia Cooper 2007 416 pages

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500+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Out with It

by Katherine Preston • 2013

She chased a cure for her stutter for decades; the real breakthrough came when she stopped chasing.

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🗣️ Stuttering Memoirs 💬 Speech Therapy ❤️ Disability Acceptance 🌟 Disability Pride 🧠 Neurodiversity

Out with It

She chased a cure for her stutter for decades; the real breakthrough came when she stopped chasing.

by Katherine Preston 2013 256 pages

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500+ ratings

🗣️ Stuttering Memoirs 💬 Speech Therapy ❤️ Disability Acceptance 🌟 Disability Pride 🧠 Neurodiversity

Killing Hitler

by Roger Moorhouse • 2006

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

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🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance 🗺️ Resistance Movements 🎯 Political Assassination

Killing Hitler

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages

3.83

399 ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance 🗺️ Resistance Movements 🎯 Political Assassination

Hard Landing

by Thomas Petzinger Jr. • 1995

A busted union here, a rigged screen there: how two men's rivalry built modern air travel.

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✈️ Airline Industry 🏢 Corporate History 📜 Deregulation ⚒️ Labor Wars 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Hard Landing

A busted union here, a rigged screen there: how two men's rivalry built modern air travel.

by Thomas Petzinger Jr. 1995 616 pages

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500+ ratings

✈️ Airline Industry 🏢 Corporate History 📜 Deregulation ⚒️ Labor Wars 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die

by Daniel Sloss • 2021

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

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🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

Everyone You Hate is Going to Die

A comedian's case for why being alone, heartbroken, and uncomfortable is the real goal.

by Daniel Sloss 2021 259 pages

3.92

7k+ ratings

🤬 Anti-Self-Help 🎤 Comedic Memoir 💔 Modern Dating ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🩹 Breakup Recovery

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

1k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Unwasted

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011 272 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Lucky Man

by Michael J. Fox • 2002

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

4.08

29k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Lucky Man

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

by Michael J. Fox 2002 272 pages

4.08

29k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

You Have a Brain

by Ben Carson • 2015

A brain surgeon's teen playbook: the reading habit, the anger cure, and one relentless mother.

4.35

1k+

📘 Teen Self-Improvement 🏥 Medical Memoirs 💪 Overcoming Adversity ✝️ Christian Inspiration 😤 Anger Management

You Have a Brain

A brain surgeon's teen playbook: the reading habit, the anger cure, and one relentless mother.

by Ben Carson 2015 240 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

📘 Teen Self-Improvement 🏥 Medical Memoirs 💪 Overcoming Adversity ✝️ Christian Inspiration 😤 Anger Management

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