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365 Journal Writing Ideas

by Rossi Fox • 2013

One prompt a day for a year of memories, self-reflection, and creativity. The blank page loses.

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📓 Journaling 🧭 Guided Journals ✍️ Writing Prompts 🎨 Creativity Exercises 📅 Daily Practice

365 Journal Writing Ideas

One prompt a day for a year of memories, self-reflection, and creativity. The blank page loses.

by Rossi Fox 2013 250 pages

3.84

446 ratings

📓 Journaling 🧭 Guided Journals ✍️ Writing Prompts 🎨 Creativity Exercises 📅 Daily Practice

Business Analysis For Dummies

by Paul Mulvey • 2013

From vague business pain to a working solution: the BA's complete toolkit, step by step.

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📊 Business Analysis 📋 Requirements Management 🗣️ Stakeholder Engagement 🗺️ Business Process Mapping 🔗 Data Modeling

Business Analysis For Dummies

From vague business pain to a working solution: the BA's complete toolkit, step by step.

by Paul Mulvey 2013 384 pages

3.79

156 ratings

📊 Business Analysis 📋 Requirements Management 🗣️ Stakeholder Engagement 🗺️ Business Process Mapping 🔗 Data Modeling

How to Read a Paper

by Trisha Greenhalgh • 1999

From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.

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378

🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔎 Critical Appraisal 🧪 Study Design 📊 Medical Statistics 🗂️ Systematic Reviews

How to Read a Paper

From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.

by Trisha Greenhalgh 1999 261 pages

4.02

378 ratings

🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔎 Critical Appraisal 🧪 Study Design 📊 Medical Statistics 🗂️ Systematic Reviews

The Viking Spirit

by Daniel McCoy • 2016

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

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❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion 🌍 Creation Myths 🃏 Trickster Gods

The Viking Spirit

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

by Daniel McCoy 2016 317 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion 🌍 Creation Myths 🃏 Trickster Gods

Choosing a Jewish Life

by Anita Diamant • 1998

From rabbi to mikvah to community: the practical handbook for anyone converting to Judaism.

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🕍 Jewish Conversion 👨‍👩‍👧 Interfaith Families ✡️ Jewish Practice 💧 Lifecycle Rituals 🏛️ Jewish Community

Choosing a Jewish Life

From rabbi to mikvah to community: the practical handbook for anyone converting to Judaism.

by Anita Diamant 1998 304 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🕍 Jewish Conversion 👨‍👩‍👧 Interfaith Families ✡️ Jewish Practice 💧 Lifecycle Rituals 🏛️ Jewish Community

Learning React

by Alex Banks • 2017

React without the chaos: a sequenced path from components to hooks to the production toolchain.

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🖥️ Web Development 🧱 Component Architecture 🧮 Functional Programming 📊 State Management ✅ Testing Practices

Learning React

React without the chaos: a sequenced path from components to hooks to the production toolchain.

by Alex Banks 2017 350 pages

4.07

500+ ratings

🖥️ Web Development 🧱 Component Architecture 🧮 Functional Programming 📊 State Management ✅ Testing Practices

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder

by Sheri Van Dijk • 2009

DBT skills adapted for bipolar: tools to survive mood swings without self-destructive fallout.

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🌊 Mood Disorders 🧩 Dbt Skills 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🔄 Behavioral Therapy

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder

DBT skills adapted for bipolar: tools to survive mood swings without self-destructive fallout.

by Sheri Van Dijk 2009 248 pages

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177 ratings

🌊 Mood Disorders 🧩 Dbt Skills 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🔄 Behavioral Therapy

The Wisdom of Your Face

by Jean Haner • 2008

Learn the ancient Taoist art of reading faces to uncover personality and hidden patterns.

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🪞 Face Reading 🌿 Five Element Theory ☯️ Taoist Wisdom 🎭 Personality Typology 💖 Self-Acceptance

The Wisdom of Your Face

Learn the ancient Taoist art of reading faces to uncover personality and hidden patterns.

by Jean Haner 2008 263 pages

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500+ ratings

🪞 Face Reading 🌿 Five Element Theory ☯️ Taoist Wisdom 🎭 Personality Typology 💖 Self-Acceptance

Mastering Plot Twists

by Jane K. Cleland • 2018

Why your plot twists fall flat: the real conflict is never external.

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✍️ Fiction Craft 📖 Novel Writing 🧱 Plot Structure 🎭 Character Motivation ⏱️ Pacing And Tension

Mastering Plot Twists

Why your plot twists fall flat: the real conflict is never external.

by Jane K. Cleland 2018 240 pages

3.88

199 ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 📖 Novel Writing 🧱 Plot Structure 🎭 Character Motivation ⏱️ Pacing And Tension

Intelligence-Driven Incident Response

by Rebekah Brown • 2023

Stop chasing alerts: build an intelligence function that predicts what the attacker will do next.

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🔍 Threat Intelligence 🚨 Incident Response 📊 Structured Analysis 🛡️ Active Defense 🖥️ Security Operations

Intelligence-Driven Incident Response

Stop chasing alerts: build an intelligence function that predicts what the attacker will do next.

by Rebekah Brown 2023 343 pages

4.16

134 ratings

🔍 Threat Intelligence 🚨 Incident Response 📊 Structured Analysis 🛡️ Active Defense 🖥️ Security Operations

Killer Facebook Ads

by Marty Weintraub • 2011

Turn Facebook's social data into a precision ad pipeline that costs less and converts more.

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📱 Social Media Marketing 🎯 Ad Targeting 📈 Campaign Optimization ✍️ Copywriting 📊 Data-Driven Marketing

Killer Facebook Ads

Turn Facebook's social data into a precision ad pipeline that costs less and converts more.

by Marty Weintraub 2011 288 pages

3.63

65 ratings

📱 Social Media Marketing 🎯 Ad Targeting 📈 Campaign Optimization ✍️ Copywriting 📊 Data-Driven Marketing

Materials Science and Engineering

by William D. Callister Jr. • 1985

Atomic architecture decides whether a material bends, shatters, or conducts. Learn the map.

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🔧 Mechanical Behavior 💥 Failure Analysis 🌡️ Phase Transformations 🔬 Microstructure Control 🎯 Material Selection

Materials Science and Engineering

Atomic architecture decides whether a material bends, shatters, or conducts. Learn the map.

by William D. Callister Jr. 1985 848 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

🔧 Mechanical Behavior 💥 Failure Analysis 🌡️ Phase Transformations 🔬 Microstructure Control 🎯 Material Selection

Developing Backbone.js Applications

by Addy Osmani • 2012

Bring order to sprawling client-side JavaScript with models, views, and a router, no page reloads.

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💻 Frontend Development 🧱 Model-View-Controller 📄 Single-Page Apps 🧩 Modular Javascript 🗂️ Code Organization

Developing Backbone.js Applications

Bring order to sprawling client-side JavaScript with models, views, and a router, no page reloads.

by Addy Osmani 2012 371 pages

3.70

188 ratings

💻 Frontend Development 🧱 Model-View-Controller 📄 Single-Page Apps 🧩 Modular Javascript 🗂️ Code Organization

The New Organic Grower

by Eliot Coleman • 1989

How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.

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🍃 Organic Farming 🥬 Market Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 🌡️ Season Extension 🚜 Small-Scale Farming

The New Organic Grower

How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.

by Eliot Coleman 1989 340 pages

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1k+ ratings

🍃 Organic Farming 🥬 Market Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 🌡️ Season Extension 🚜 Small-Scale Farming

Science Fiction

by David Seed • 2011

How space voyages, aliens, and time travel turned science fiction into the literature of ideas.

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📖 Literary Criticism 📜 Science Fiction History 👽 Alien Encounters ⏳ Time Travel 🚀 Space Exploration

Science Fiction

How space voyages, aliens, and time travel turned science fiction into the literature of ideas.

by David Seed 2011 147 pages

3.31

500+ ratings

📖 Literary Criticism 📜 Science Fiction History 👽 Alien Encounters ⏳ Time Travel 🚀 Space Exploration

7 Weeks to 50 Pull-Ups

by Brett Stewart • 2011

Fifty consecutive pull-ups in under two months, even if the word pull-up scares you right now.

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🏋️ Calisthenics Training 💪 Upper Body Training 🏠 Home Workouts 🪖 Military Fitness 🔧 Functional Fitness

7 Weeks to 50 Pull-Ups

Fifty consecutive pull-ups in under two months, even if the word pull-up scares you right now.

by Brett Stewart 2011 166 pages

3.31

190 ratings

🏋️ Calisthenics Training 💪 Upper Body Training 🏠 Home Workouts 🪖 Military Fitness 🔧 Functional Fitness

Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps

by Alan Gelb • 2013

A narrative arc, not a list of honors: the story structure that gets you in.

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📝 College Admissions 📄 Application Essays 📖 Narrative Writing 🏗️ Essay Structure 🎤 Authentic Voice

Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps

A narrative arc, not a list of honors: the story structure that gets you in.

by Alan Gelb 2013 226 pages

3.66

154 ratings

📝 College Admissions 📄 Application Essays 📖 Narrative Writing 🏗️ Essay Structure 🎤 Authentic Voice

Tocqueville

by Harvey C. Mansfield • 2007

Tocqueville saw democracy's rise as inevitable, but warned of two quiet threats. A compact guide.

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🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 19th-Century Thought 🌐 Civil Society 🏘️ Local Governance 👥 Democratic Tyranny

Tocqueville

Tocqueville saw democracy's rise as inevitable, but warned of two quiet threats. A compact guide.

by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages

3.51

157 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 19th-Century Thought 🌐 Civil Society 🏘️ Local Governance 👥 Democratic Tyranny

Six Frames

by Edward de Bono • 2008

You are drowning in information. Six attention shifts that turn the flood into something useful.

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🔍 Information Literacy 🎯 Attention Management 🧠 Mental Models 📋 Decision Frameworks 💡 Critical Thinking

Six Frames

You are drowning in information. Six attention shifts that turn the flood into something useful.

by Edward de Bono 2008 144 pages

3.09

254 ratings

🔍 Information Literacy 🎯 Attention Management 🧠 Mental Models 📋 Decision Frameworks 💡 Critical Thinking

The Investment Answer

by Gordon S. Murray • 2010

The average investor underperforms the market by a wide margin. The principles that close the gap.

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1k+

🏦 Personal Finance 📊 Passive Investing 📈 Index Funds ⚖️ Asset Allocation 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Investment Answer

The average investor underperforms the market by a wide margin. The principles that close the gap.

by Gordon S. Murray 2010 96 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🏦 Personal Finance 📊 Passive Investing 📈 Index Funds ⚖️ Asset Allocation 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Choice Theory

by Michael Allingham • 2002

The architecture of rational choice, from menus to elections, and where the logic finally breaks.

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🧠 Decision Theory 🤔 Rational Choice 🎲 Game Theory 🎯 Risk And Uncertainty 🗳️ Voting Paradoxes

Choice Theory

The architecture of rational choice, from menus to elections, and where the logic finally breaks.

by Michael Allingham 2002 144 pages

2.69

234 ratings

🧠 Decision Theory 🤔 Rational Choice 🎲 Game Theory 🎯 Risk And Uncertainty 🗳️ Voting Paradoxes

Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R

by Syd Field • 1998

Ten ways a screenplay breaks, and the concrete fix for each.

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🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Three-Act Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧑‍🎤 Character Arcs

Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R

Ten ways a screenplay breaks, and the concrete fix for each.

by Syd Field 1998 384 pages

3.82

373 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Three-Act Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧑‍🎤 Character Arcs

Exposing the Magic of Design

by Jon Kolko • 2010

Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.

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🧩 Sensemaking 🔍 Design Research 🧠 Abductive Reasoning 🗺️ Concept Mapping 🛤️ Experience Mapping

Exposing the Magic of Design

Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.

by Jon Kolko 2010 208 pages

4.09

210 ratings

🧩 Sensemaking 🔍 Design Research 🧠 Abductive Reasoning 🗺️ Concept Mapping 🛤️ Experience Mapping

1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations

by Fred Reinfeld • 1955

1001 sacrifices and combinations that train you to see the hidden knockout in any position.

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🧩 Chess Tactics 🔪 Chess Sacrifices 🔎 Pattern Recognition ⚔️ Attacking Chess 📚 Classic Chess Books

1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations

1001 sacrifices and combinations that train you to see the hidden knockout in any position.

by Fred Reinfeld 1955

4.25

316 ratings

🧩 Chess Tactics 🔪 Chess Sacrifices 🔎 Pattern Recognition ⚔️ Attacking Chess 📚 Classic Chess Books

Philosophy in the Islamic World

by Peter S. Adamson • 2015

A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

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🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange 📜 Baghdad School 🧠 Rational Theology

Philosophy in the Islamic World

A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

by Peter S. Adamson 2015 544 pages

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242 ratings

🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange 📜 Baghdad School 🧠 Rational Theology

Introduction to Psycholinguistics

by Danny D. Steinberg • 1995

How children acquire language, why adults struggle with a second, and what feral children teach us.

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🧒 Language Acquisition 🧠 Psycholinguistics ⏳ Critical Periods 🗣️ Bilingualism 🐒 Animal Communication

Introduction to Psycholinguistics

How children acquire language, why adults struggle with a second, and what feral children teach us.

by Danny D. Steinberg 1995 288 pages

3.96

107 ratings

🧒 Language Acquisition 🧠 Psycholinguistics ⏳ Critical Periods 🗣️ Bilingualism 🐒 Animal Communication

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

by Kate L. Turabian • 1955

Research is not a mystery: a system for turning a question into a polished, cited argument.

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✍️ Academic Writing 🔍 Research Process 📄 Thesis Writing 📖 Citation Guides 💬 Argument Development

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

Research is not a mystery: a system for turning a question into a polished, cited argument.

by Kate L. Turabian 1955 466 pages

3.99

3k+ ratings

✍️ Academic Writing 🔍 Research Process 📄 Thesis Writing 📖 Citation Guides 💬 Argument Development

My Product Management Toolkit

by Marc Abraham • 2018

How to say no to good ideas, test assumptions cheaply, and influence teams without authority.

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🧱 Product Management 🔄 Lean Methodology 🔍 Customer Discovery 🗺️ Product Strategy 🤝 Cross-Functional Teams

My Product Management Toolkit

How to say no to good ideas, test assumptions cheaply, and influence teams without authority.

by Marc Abraham 2018 150 pages

4.05

184 ratings

🧱 Product Management 🔄 Lean Methodology 🔍 Customer Discovery 🗺️ Product Strategy 🤝 Cross-Functional Teams

Investment Valuation

by Aswath Damodaran • 1995

Four approaches for valuing any asset; the art is knowing which one the situation demands.

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🔍 Security Analysis 🏢 Corporate Finance 💰 Value Investing 📈 Equity Valuation 💸 Discounted Cash Flow

Investment Valuation

Four approaches for valuing any asset; the art is knowing which one the situation demands.

by Aswath Damodaran 1995 992 pages

4.35

500+ ratings

🔍 Security Analysis 🏢 Corporate Finance 💰 Value Investing 📈 Equity Valuation 💸 Discounted Cash Flow

Coaching the Artist Within

by Eric Maisel • 2005

Manage creative anxiety, sustain mental energy, and show up when conditions are never right.

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🎨 Creative Process 🖌️ Artistic Practice 🧠 Self-Coaching 😰 Creative Anxiety 🧱 Creative Blocks

Coaching the Artist Within

Manage creative anxiety, sustain mental energy, and show up when conditions are never right.

by Eric Maisel 2005 244 pages

4.08

390 ratings

🎨 Creative Process 🖌️ Artistic Practice 🧠 Self-Coaching 😰 Creative Anxiety 🧱 Creative Blocks

Delay, Deny, Defend

by Jay M. Feinman • 2010

McKinsey taught insurers to see claims not as promises to keep but as costs to cut.

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🛡️ Insurance Industry 📢 Consumer Advocacy ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 💔 Institutional Betrayal

Delay, Deny, Defend

McKinsey taught insurers to see claims not as promises to keep but as costs to cut.

by Jay M. Feinman 2010 256 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

🛡️ Insurance Industry 📢 Consumer Advocacy ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 💔 Institutional Betrayal

F Wall Street

by Joel Ponzio • 2009

The do-it-yourself guide to pricing businesses by their cash, not their earnings, and buying cheap.

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🏷️ Value Investing 💵 Cash Flow Analysis 🔧 Diy Investing 🧠 Investor Psychology 📊 Intrinsic Value

F Wall Street

The do-it-yourself guide to pricing businesses by their cash, not their earnings, and buying cheap.

by Joel Ponzio 2009 288 pages

4.13

263 ratings

🏷️ Value Investing 💵 Cash Flow Analysis 🔧 Diy Investing 🧠 Investor Psychology 📊 Intrinsic Value

ذهن فریبکار شما

by Steven Novella • 1395

Your brain was built to fool you. A neurologist's method for thinking clearly anyway.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 📉 Logical Fallacies 🕵️ Pseudoscience

ذهن فریبکار شما

Your brain was built to fool you. A neurologist's method for thinking clearly anyway.

by Steven Novella 1395 302 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 📉 Logical Fallacies 🕵️ Pseudoscience

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know about

by Kevin Trudeau • 2004

Your illness is someone's retirement plan. The low-cost cures they buried.

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💊 Medical Skepticism 🍔 Food Industry Deception 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🌿 Holistic Healing 🍵 Detoxification

Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know about

Your illness is someone's retirement plan. The low-cost cures they buried.

by Kevin Trudeau 2004 572 pages

3.14

1k+ ratings

💊 Medical Skepticism 🍔 Food Industry Deception 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🌿 Holistic Healing 🍵 Detoxification

jQuery

by Earle Castledine • 2010

Why jQuery conquered the web: the selector-to-plugin path for building sites that feel like apps.

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💻 Frontend Development 📚 Javascript Libraries 🔧 Dom Manipulation 🔄 Ajax Techniques ✨ Ui Animation

jQuery

Why jQuery conquered the web: the selector-to-plugin path for building sites that feel like apps.

by Earle Castledine 2010 407 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

💻 Frontend Development 📚 Javascript Libraries 🔧 Dom Manipulation 🔄 Ajax Techniques ✨ Ui Animation

The Big Book of HR - Revised and Expanded Edition

by Barbara Mitchell • 2017

From job post to retirement party: the HR desktop companion that connects every step to strategy.

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🧑‍💼 Human Resources 🎯 Talent Acquisition 🤝 Employee Engagement 💰 Compensation Strategy 📊 Performance Management

The Big Book of HR - Revised and Expanded Edition

From job post to retirement party: the HR desktop companion that connects every step to strategy.

by Barbara Mitchell 2017

3.92

155 ratings

🧑‍💼 Human Resources 🎯 Talent Acquisition 🤝 Employee Engagement 💰 Compensation Strategy 📊 Performance Management

1,000 Creative Writing Prompts

by Bryan Cohen • 2010

A thousand prompts and a one-month plan: write daily and the blank page stops winning.

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✍️ Writing Prompts 🧱 Writer's Block 💡 Creativity Exercises 📅 Daily Writing Habit 🔥 Writing Motivation

1,000 Creative Writing Prompts

A thousand prompts and a one-month plan: write daily and the blank page stops winning.

by Bryan Cohen 2010 117 pages

3.63

251 ratings

✍️ Writing Prompts 🧱 Writer's Block 💡 Creativity Exercises 📅 Daily Writing Habit 🔥 Writing Motivation

Digital Marketing in an AI World

by Frederick Vallaeys • 2019

AI will automate your PPC work; the human skills that become more important, not less.

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🖥️ Digital Marketing 🏢 Agency Management 🤖 Human-AI Collaboration ⚙️ Marketing Automation 🧠 Customer Psychology

Digital Marketing in an AI World

AI will automate your PPC work; the human skills that become more important, not less.

by Frederick Vallaeys 2019 254 pages

3.99

128 ratings

🖥️ Digital Marketing 🏢 Agency Management 🤖 Human-AI Collaboration ⚙️ Marketing Automation 🧠 Customer Psychology

Startup Cxo

by Matt Blumberg • 2021

Most SaaS revenue comes after the contract. A field guide for the CCO who owns it.

4.00

🖥️ Saas Scaling ⭐ Customer Success 🔄 Customer Lifecycle 🗺️ Journey Mapping 📈 Data-Driven Service

Startup Cxo

Most SaaS revenue comes after the contract. A field guide for the CCO who owns it.

by Matt Blumberg 2021 400 pages

4.00

68 ratings

🖥️ Saas Scaling ⭐ Customer Success 🔄 Customer Lifecycle 🗺️ Journey Mapping 📈 Data-Driven Service

The Face Reader

by Patrician McCarthy • 2007

The face records everything about you. A Taoist system teaches how to read the signs.

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🧐 Physiognomy ☯️ Yin Yang Theory 🧩 Personality Typing 🧘 Mind Body Connection 🔍 Character Analysis

The Face Reader

The face records everything about you. A Taoist system teaches how to read the signs.

by Patrician McCarthy 2007 256 pages

3.79

136 ratings

🧐 Physiognomy ☯️ Yin Yang Theory 🧩 Personality Typing 🧘 Mind Body Connection 🔍 Character Analysis

The Science of Good Cooking

by Cook's Illustrated • 2012

Skip the recipes. Learn why heat, salt, and time actually work.

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3k+

🧪 Food Science 🍳 Culinary Techniques 🔧 Technique Over Recipes 🌡️ Precision Cooking 🧑‍🔬 Empirical Cooking

The Science of Good Cooking

Skip the recipes. Learn why heat, salt, and time actually work.

by Cook's Illustrated 2012 486 pages

4.44

3k+ ratings

🧪 Food Science 🍳 Culinary Techniques 🔧 Technique Over Recipes 🌡️ Precision Cooking 🧑‍🔬 Empirical Cooking

Math for Grownups

by Laura Laing • 2011

The arithmetic you lost after school, applied to tips, taxes, recipes, and home projects.

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🔢 Everyday Math 🧠 Mental Math 😰 Math Anxiety 💰 Financial Literacy 🧮 Adult Numeracy

Math for Grownups

The arithmetic you lost after school, applied to tips, taxes, recipes, and home projects.

by Laura Laing 2011 256 pages

3.80

149 ratings

🔢 Everyday Math 🧠 Mental Math 😰 Math Anxiety 💰 Financial Literacy 🧮 Adult Numeracy

Sheep No More

by Jonathan T. Gilliam • 2017

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

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🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment 📝 Defensive Planning 🏃 Escape And Evasion

Sheep No More

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

by Jonathan T. Gilliam 2017 224 pages

3.93

389 ratings

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment 📝 Defensive Planning 🏃 Escape And Evasion

Heidegger

by Michael Watts • 2014

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💀 Death And Mortality ⚙️ Technology Critique

Heidegger

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

by Michael Watts 2014 121 pages

4.40

143 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💀 Death And Mortality ⚙️ Technology Critique

The Bible of Karate

by Patrick McCarthy • 1995

The secret Chinese manual that taught Okinawa's masters to fight, heal, and know themselves.

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🛡️ Martial Arts History 🌊 Okinawan Karate 🌿 Chinese Medicine ⚔️ Combat Strategy 🎯 Vital Point Striking

The Bible of Karate

The secret Chinese manual that taught Okinawa's masters to fight, heal, and know themselves.

by Patrick McCarthy 1995 214 pages

4.17

375 ratings

🛡️ Martial Arts History 🌊 Okinawan Karate 🌿 Chinese Medicine ⚔️ Combat Strategy 🎯 Vital Point Striking

Preparing Expository Sermons

by Ramesh Richard • 2001

Seven deliberate steps from ancient text to modern sermon: a craftsman's method for preachers.

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🎙️ Homiletics 📖 Expository Preaching 🔍 Biblical Interpretation ⛪ Practical Ministry 🐑 Pastoral Theology

Preparing Expository Sermons

Seven deliberate steps from ancient text to modern sermon: a craftsman's method for preachers.

by Ramesh Richard 2001 224 pages

4.00

214 ratings

🎙️ Homiletics 📖 Expository Preaching 🔍 Biblical Interpretation ⛪ Practical Ministry 🐑 Pastoral Theology

Content Strategy for Mobile

by Karen Mcgrane • 2012

One content source, every device, no separate mobile site. Here is how to build it.

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468

📋 Content Strategy 🔄 Responsive Design 🗺️ Information Architecture 🏛️ Content Governance ⚙️ Content Operations

Content Strategy for Mobile

One content source, every device, no separate mobile site. Here is how to build it.

by Karen Mcgrane 2012 165 pages

4.01

468 ratings

📋 Content Strategy 🔄 Responsive Design 🗺️ Information Architecture 🏛️ Content Governance ⚙️ Content Operations

The BCG Growth-Share Matrix

by 50Minutes • 2015

One chart, four fates: the rule for deciding which business units to grow, keep, or sell.

4.00

🏢 Corporate Strategy 📊 Business Portfolio 💰 Resource Allocation 📈 Market Analysis 💸 Cash Flow Management

The BCG Growth-Share Matrix

One chart, four fates: the rule for deciding which business units to grow, keep, or sell.

by 50Minutes 2015 40 pages

4.00

14 ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 📊 Business Portfolio 💰 Resource Allocation 📈 Market Analysis 💸 Cash Flow Management

Designing Distributed Systems

by Brendan Burns • 2018

Reusable patterns that turn a tangle of microservices into a system that scales and survives.

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500+

🌐 Distributed Systems 🧩 Microservices 📦 Container Orchestration ☁️ Cloud Native 🔁 Design Patterns

Designing Distributed Systems

Reusable patterns that turn a tangle of microservices into a system that scales and survives.

by Brendan Burns 2018 162 pages

3.58

500+ ratings

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Introduction to Real Analysis

by Robert G. Bartle • 1982

A rigorous foundation in real numbers and limits: the proofs that make calculus unshakeable.

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Introduction to Real Analysis

A rigorous foundation in real numbers and limits: the proofs that make calculus unshakeable.

by Robert G. Bartle 1982 400 pages

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🧮 Real Analysis 📐 Rigorous Calculus 📝 Mathematical Proofs 🔢 Sequences And Series 🌀 Point-Set Topology

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