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Over the Edge of the World

de Laurence Bergreen • 2003

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

4.19

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🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation 🌊 Survival At Sea 🧂 Spice Trade

Over the Edge of the World

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

de Laurence Bergreen 2003 458 pagini

4.19

19.000+ evaluări

🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation 🌊 Survival At Sea 🧂 Spice Trade

Smith Wigglesworth

de Albert Hibbert • 1982

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

4.46

391

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Spirit-Filled Living ⚔️ Spiritual Authority

Smith Wigglesworth

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

de Albert Hibbert 1982 112 pagini

4.46

391 evaluări

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Spirit-Filled Living ⚔️ Spiritual Authority

The Right Kind of Crazy

de Clint Emerson • 2019

A Navy SEAL: why recklessness channeled right is the most valuable weapon against invisible enemies.

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🐸 Navy Seal Memoir 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧠 Mental Resilience ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare 🎭 Social Engineering

The Right Kind of Crazy

A Navy SEAL: why recklessness channeled right is the most valuable weapon against invisible enemies.

de Clint Emerson 2019 320 pagini

3.84

500+ evaluări

🐸 Navy Seal Memoir 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧠 Mental Resilience ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare 🎭 Social Engineering

The JFK Conspiracy

de Brad Meltzer • 2025

A car bomb waited at the Kennedy compound. The would-be assassin drove away, and history forgot.

4.11

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🏛️ Presidential History 💣 Thwarted Assassination 🕵️ Secret Service 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kennedy Family 🕰️ Midcentury America

The JFK Conspiracy

A car bomb waited at the Kennedy compound. The would-be assassin drove away, and history forgot.

de Brad Meltzer 2025 292 pagini

4.11

6.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Presidential History 💣 Thwarted Assassination 🕵️ Secret Service 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kennedy Family 🕰️ Midcentury America

The Facts

de Philip Roth • 1988

A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.

3.70

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🖋️ Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers On Writing ✡️ Jewish Identity 🔄 Metafiction 🗽 Artistic Freedom

The Facts

A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.

de Philip Roth 1988 208 pagini

3.70

1.000+ evaluări

🖋️ Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers On Writing ✡️ Jewish Identity 🔄 Metafiction 🗽 Artistic Freedom

The Profiler

de Pat Brown • 2010

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

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🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis ⚖️ Justice System Flaws

The Profiler

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

de Pat Brown 2010 285 pagini

3.08

1.000+ evaluări

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis ⚖️ Justice System Flaws

Shout, Sister, Shout!

de Gayle Wald • 2007

The godmother of rock and roll played gospel guitar. Her grave stayed unmarked for decades.

4.05

356

⛪ Gospel Music 🎸 Rock Origins 🌉 Crossover Artists ☯️ Sacred And Secular 🖤 Black Women Musicians

Shout, Sister, Shout!

The godmother of rock and roll played gospel guitar. Her grave stayed unmarked for decades.

de Gayle Wald 2007 264 pagini

4.05

356 evaluări

⛪ Gospel Music 🎸 Rock Origins 🌉 Crossover Artists ☯️ Sacred And Secular 🖤 Black Women Musicians

Always With Honour

de Pyotr Nikolaevich Wrangel • 1963

The White Army's last commander: rebuilding in Crimea, one final campaign, and exodus by sea.

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🏴 Russian Civil War 🪖 Military Memoir 🏛️ Collapsed Empires ⚔️ Counterrevolution 🎖️ Military Command

Always With Honour

The White Army's last commander: rebuilding in Crimea, one final campaign, and exodus by sea.

de Pyotr Nikolaevich Wrangel 1963 356 pagini

4.47

500+ evaluări

🏴 Russian Civil War 🪖 Military Memoir 🏛️ Collapsed Empires ⚔️ Counterrevolution 🎖️ Military Command

خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی

de Manoucher Farmanfarmaian • 1997

A Qajar prince's childhood in a seven-hundred-person harem. Forty years in oil. Then the revolution.

4.04

185

🇮🇷 Iranian History 👑 Royal Memoir 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌍 Cultural Collision ✈️ Exile Narratives

خون و نفت خاطرات یک شاهزاده ایرانی

A Qajar prince's childhood in a seven-hundred-person harem. Forty years in oil. Then the revolution.

de Manoucher Farmanfarmaian 1997 576 pagini

4.04

185 evaluări

🇮🇷 Iranian History 👑 Royal Memoir 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌍 Cultural Collision ✈️ Exile Narratives

Supreme Commander

de Seymour Morris Jr. • 2014

Eleven million lives saved, a constitution written in nine days: the occupation that remade Japan.

4.12

224

🏛️ Postwar Occupation 🏗️ Nation Building 🪖 Military Governance 📜 Constitutional Design ❄️ Cold War Strategy

Supreme Commander

Eleven million lives saved, a constitution written in nine days: the occupation that remade Japan.

de Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pagini

4.12

224 evaluări

🏛️ Postwar Occupation 🏗️ Nation Building 🪖 Military Governance 📜 Constitutional Design ❄️ Cold War Strategy

Not My Father's Son

de Alan Cumming • 2014

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

4.06

47.000+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Not My Father's Son

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

de Alan Cumming 2014 294 pagini

4.06

47.000+ evaluări

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Tramp for the Lord

de Corrie ten Boom • 1971

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

4.50

26.000+

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Tramp for the Lord

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

de Corrie ten Boom 1971 224 pagini

4.50

26.000+ evaluări

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Letters on Cézanne

de Rainer Maria Rilke • 1907

One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.

4.16

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🖌️ Post-Impressionism 🎨 Art Theory 🌌 Creative Process 👁️ Artistic Perception 📜 Letters On Art

Letters on Cézanne

One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.

de Rainer Maria Rilke 1907 112 pagini

4.16

500+ evaluări

🖌️ Post-Impressionism 🎨 Art Theory 🌌 Creative Process 👁️ Artistic Perception 📜 Letters On Art

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

de Alexander Chee • 2018

A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.

4.38

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Autofiction 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience 🌗 Mixed-Race Identity 🩹 Trauma Healing

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.

de Alexander Chee 2018 280 pagini

4.38

12.000+ evaluări

✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Autofiction 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience 🌗 Mixed-Race Identity 🩹 Trauma Healing

How to Think Like Einstein

de Daniel Smith • 2014

The habits that let a slow-developing patent clerk rewrite physics, and why they still work.

3.57

282

🧪 Scientific Creativity 📖 Intellectual Biography 🚫 Nonconformity 👁️ Visual Thinking 🎯 Deep Concentration

How to Think Like Einstein

The habits that let a slow-developing patent clerk rewrite physics, and why they still work.

de Daniel Smith 2014 224 pagini

3.57

282 evaluări

🧪 Scientific Creativity 📖 Intellectual Biography 🚫 Nonconformity 👁️ Visual Thinking 🎯 Deep Concentration

Mindgames

de Roland Lazenby • 2000

A Zen coach used meditation and psychology to turn the Bulls' biggest egos into a dynasty.

3.97

221

🏀 Professional Basketball 🧠 Psychological Coaching 👔 Leadership Styles 🧘 Performance Psychology 👥 Group Dynamics

Mindgames

A Zen coach used meditation and psychology to turn the Bulls' biggest egos into a dynasty.

de Roland Lazenby 2000 450 pagini

3.97

221 evaluări

🏀 Professional Basketball 🧠 Psychological Coaching 👔 Leadership Styles 🧘 Performance Psychology 👥 Group Dynamics

de George W. Bush • 2014

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

4.08

11.000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🛡️ Resilience In Adversity

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

de George W. Bush 2014 294 pagini

4.08

11.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🛡️ Resilience In Adversity

Hot Seat

de Jeff Immelt • 2021

Inheriting an icon, he faced 9/11, a financial meltdown, and the shadow of his predecessor.

3.97

500+

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌪️ Crisis Management 🪑 CEO Memoirs 🪞 Radical Transparency 🪜 Executive Succession

Hot Seat

Inheriting an icon, he faced 9/11, a financial meltdown, and the shadow of his predecessor.

de Jeff Immelt 2021 354 pagini

3.97

500+ evaluări

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌪️ Crisis Management 🪑 CEO Memoirs 🪞 Radical Transparency 🪜 Executive Succession

One from Many

de Dee Hock • 2000

Visa was built to run itself: no CEO, no headquarters, just competing banks and shared purpose.

4.14

373

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Self-Organizing Systems 🧭 Shared Purpose 🧠 Systems Thinking 👥 Distributed Leadership

One from Many

Visa was built to run itself: no CEO, no headquarters, just competing banks and shared purpose.

de Dee Hock 2000 336 pagini

4.14

373 evaluări

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Self-Organizing Systems 🧭 Shared Purpose 🧠 Systems Thinking 👥 Distributed Leadership

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020

de Dean Nicholson • 2020

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

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🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 📱 Internet Fame 🥾 Solo Travel

By Dean Nicholson By Nala's World One man his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe Hardcover - 29 Sept 2020

His world tour stalls at a Bosnian meow; a scrawny kitten joins the ride and redirects it.

de Dean Nicholson 2020

4.36

7.000+ evaluări

🚲 Cycle Touring 🐾 Animal Rescue ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 📱 Internet Fame 🥾 Solo Travel

Some Girls

de Jillian Lauren • 2010

At 18, she joined a harem. The pay was lavish; the real cost took years.

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💋 Sex Work Memoirs 👑 Royal Insider Accounts 🪞 Objectification ✊ Female Agency 🍽️ Body Image

Some Girls

At 18, she joined a harem. The pay was lavish; the real cost took years.

de Jillian Lauren 2010 336 pagini

3.35

9.000+ evaluări

💋 Sex Work Memoirs 👑 Royal Insider Accounts 🪞 Objectification ✊ Female Agency 🍽️ Body Image

Is This Legal?

de Art Davie • 2014

73 minutes before airtime, the contract was unsigned. How a stubborn ad man birthed the UFC.

4.21

🥋 Mixed Martial Arts 💼 Sports Business 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Creation 😱 Moral Panics

Is This Legal?

73 minutes before airtime, the contract was unsigned. How a stubborn ad man birthed the UFC.

de Art Davie 2014 270 pagini

4.21

86 evaluări

🥋 Mixed Martial Arts 💼 Sports Business 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Creation 😱 Moral Panics

A Little Bit Broken

de Roz Weston • 2022

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

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🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

A Little Bit Broken

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

de Roz Weston 2022 333 pagini

4.25

1.000+ evaluări

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

Steve Jobs

de Patricia Lakin • 2011

Before the iPhone, Jobs took a calligraphy class. That strange detour explains everything.

3.85

384

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 🎨 Product Design 💻 Silicon Valley 👁️ Visionary Leadership 💡 Design Thinking

Steve Jobs

Before the iPhone, Jobs took a calligraphy class. That strange detour explains everything.

de Patricia Lakin 2011 192 pagini

3.85

384 evaluări

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 🎨 Product Design 💻 Silicon Valley 👁️ Visionary Leadership 💡 Design Thinking

Boundless

de Nick Kostov • 2022

CEO of two global automakers, arrested in Tokyo, escaped inside an audio case. The inside story.

4.38

500+

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Automotive Industry 💼 White Collar Crime ⚖️ Corporate Governance 🌏 Cross-Cultural Management

Boundless

CEO of two global automakers, arrested in Tokyo, escaped inside an audio case. The inside story.

de Nick Kostov 2022 320 pagini

4.38

500+ evaluări

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Automotive Industry 💼 White Collar Crime ⚖️ Corporate Governance 🌏 Cross-Cultural Management

The Chancellor

de Kati Marton • 2021

The Stasi taught her to reveal nothing. As chancellor, that instinct became her greatest weapon.

4.31

7.000+

🧊 Cold War Germany 👩‍💼 Female World Leaders 🤫 Quiet Leadership 🇪🇺 European Politics 🛡️ Democratic Resilience

The Chancellor

The Stasi taught her to reveal nothing. As chancellor, that instinct became her greatest weapon.

de Kati Marton 2021 368 pagini

4.31

7.000+ evaluări

🧊 Cold War Germany 👩‍💼 Female World Leaders 🤫 Quiet Leadership 🇪🇺 European Politics 🛡️ Democratic Resilience

Magical Thinking

de Augusten Burroughs • 2004

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

3.96

57.000+

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Magical Thinking

Tang commercials, an undertaker boyfriend, steroids, and the deep conviction his mind runs reality.

de Augusten Burroughs 2004 304 pagini

3.96

57.000+ evaluări

📝 Personal Essays 🖤 Dark Humor 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Coping Mechanisms

Winning!

de Clive Woodward • 2004

Talent wins games. Relentless attention to detail wins World Cups: a champion coach's blueprint.

4.14

497

🏉 Sports Leadership ⚡ High-Performance Teams 🏆 Performance Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🧠 Competitive Mindset

Winning!

Talent wins games. Relentless attention to detail wins World Cups: a champion coach's blueprint.

de Clive Woodward 2004

4.14

497 evaluări

🏉 Sports Leadership ⚡ High-Performance Teams 🏆 Performance Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🧠 Competitive Mindset

Obama

de David Mendell • 2007

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

4.18

2.000+

🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

Obama

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

de David Mendell 2007 448 pagini

4.18

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

The Great Agnostic

de Susan Jacoby • 2013

The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.

4.04

500+

🏛️ American History 📚 Intellectual History 🙏 Religious Criticism 🔬 Reason And Science 🗽 American Freethought

The Great Agnostic

The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.

de Susan Jacoby 2013 246 pagini

4.04

500+ evaluări

🏛️ American History 📚 Intellectual History 🙏 Religious Criticism 🔬 Reason And Science 🗽 American Freethought

Getting Castaneda

de Peter Luce • 2017

Castaneda's teacher knew a secret: reality is assembled at a point. Move it, and everything changes.

4.07

119

🐍 Toltec Wisdom 🏕️ Shamanic Traditions 💭 Lucid Dreaming 👁️ Altered Perception ⚡ Energy Work

Getting Castaneda

Castaneda's teacher knew a secret: reality is assembled at a point. Move it, and everything changes.

de Peter Luce 2017 186 pagini

4.07

119 evaluări

🐍 Toltec Wisdom 🏕️ Shamanic Traditions 💭 Lucid Dreaming 👁️ Altered Perception ⚡ Energy Work

You Are an Ironman

de Jacques Steinberg • 2011

Six amateurs. One 140.6-mile race. The finish-line words that make every sacrifice worth it.

3.84

1.000+

🏊 Triathlon 🏃 Endurance Sports 👟 Amateur Athletes 🧠 Mental Toughness 💪 Fitness Transformation

You Are an Ironman

Six amateurs. One 140.6-mile race. The finish-line words that make every sacrifice worth it.

de Jacques Steinberg 2011 304 pagini

3.84

1.000+ evaluări

🏊 Triathlon 🏃 Endurance Sports 👟 Amateur Athletes 🧠 Mental Toughness 💪 Fitness Transformation

Povestea vieții lui Frederick Douglass, un sclav american

de Frederick Douglass • 2004

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

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📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

Povestea vieții lui Frederick Douglass, un sclav american

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

de Frederick Douglass 2004 158 pagini

4.13

100.000+ evaluări

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

The Alchemists

de Neil Irwin • 2013

They create money from nothing. Three centuries of alchemy, culminating in the crash of 2008.

4.05

1.000+

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis

The Alchemists

They create money from nothing. Three centuries of alchemy, culminating in the crash of 2008.

de Neil Irwin 2013 448 pagini

4.05

1.000+ evaluări

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis

Faith, Hope and Carnage

de Nick Cave • 2022

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

4.41

7.000+

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

de Nick Cave 2022 295 pagini

4.41

7.000+ evaluări

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Decision Points

de George W. Bush • 2010

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

3.81

42.000+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Decision Points

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

de George W. Bush 2010 496 pagini

3.81

42.000+ evaluări

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Think and Win like Dhoni

de Sfurti Sahare • 2016

Steal the mental playbook of a World Cup-winning captain for your own career.

4.16

500+

🏏 Sports Leadership 🧠 Performance Psychology 🎯 Goal Achievement 🛤️ Process Over Outcome 💪 Mental Toughness

Think and Win like Dhoni

Steal the mental playbook of a World Cup-winning captain for your own career.

de Sfurti Sahare 2016 148 pagini

4.16

500+ evaluări

🏏 Sports Leadership 🧠 Performance Psychology 🎯 Goal Achievement 🛤️ Process Over Outcome 💪 Mental Toughness

Before I Forget

de B. Smith • 2016

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

4.20

1.000+

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities ⏳ Early Onset Dementia

Before I Forget

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

de B. Smith 2016 302 pagini

4.20

1.000+ evaluări

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities ⏳ Early Onset Dementia

Why Bob Dylan Matters

de Richard F. Thomas • 2017

A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.

3.74

1.000+

⛓️ Intertextuality 🪕 Folk Revival 🎧 Music Criticism 📝 Lyric Analysis 🏛️ Classical Tradition

Why Bob Dylan Matters

A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.

de Richard F. Thomas 2017 368 pagini

3.74

1.000+ evaluări

⛓️ Intertextuality 🪕 Folk Revival 🎧 Music Criticism 📝 Lyric Analysis 🏛️ Classical Tradition

Hostage

de Eli Sharabi • 2025

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

4.73

11.000+

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience 🔗 Captive-Captor Dynamics 📡 Information Warfare

Hostage

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

de Eli Sharabi 2025

4.73

11.000+ evaluări

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience 🔗 Captive-Captor Dynamics 📡 Information Warfare

How to Think Like Bill Gates

de Daniel Smith • 2015

Deploy the Gates analytical method: it built Microsoft, and now it fights malaria.

3.69

275

🧑‍💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Billionaire Biographies 🏢 Corporate Leadership 🧠 Founder Thinking 📊 Data-Driven Thinking

How to Think Like Bill Gates

Deploy the Gates analytical method: it built Microsoft, and now it fights malaria.

de Daniel Smith 2015 224 pagini

3.69

275 evaluări

🧑‍💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Billionaire Biographies 🏢 Corporate Leadership 🧠 Founder Thinking 📊 Data-Driven Thinking

The Man Who Remade India

de Vinay Sitapati • 2016

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

4.42

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🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies 🦊 Political Maneuvering 🏭 Economic History

The Man Who Remade India

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

de Vinay Sitapati 2016 408 pagini

4.42

2.000+ evaluări

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies 🦊 Political Maneuvering 🏭 Economic History

Parisian Lives

de Deirdre Bair • 2019

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

4.02

500+

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Parisian Lives

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

de Deirdre Bair 2019 341 pagini

4.02

500+ evaluări

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

R. C. Sproul

de Stephen J. Nichols • 2021

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

4.56

1.000+

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🎙️ Expository Preaching

R. C. Sproul

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

de Stephen J. Nichols 2021 400 pagini

4.56

1.000+ evaluări

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🎙️ Expository Preaching

The Secret Race

de Tyler Hamilton • 2012

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

4.39

19.000+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

The Secret Race

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

de Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pagini

4.39

19.000+ evaluări

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

ColdFusion Presents

de Dagogo Altraide • 2019

From steam to AI: the chain of breakthroughs that built the modern world, every link essential.

4.17

500+

🏭 History Of Technology 🔬 History Of Science 💡 History Of Innovation 💻 Digital Revolution 📈 Technological Change

ColdFusion Presents

From steam to AI: the chain of breakthroughs that built the modern world, every link essential.

de Dagogo Altraide 2019 298 pagini

4.17

500+ evaluări

🏭 History Of Technology 🔬 History Of Science 💡 History Of Innovation 💻 Digital Revolution 📈 Technological Change

The Imam's Daughter

de Hannah Shah • 2009

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

4.15

2.000+

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse 💔 Childhood Abuse ✝️ Conversion Memoir

The Imam's Daughter

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

de Hannah Shah 2009 288 pagini

4.15

2.000+ evaluări

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse 💔 Childhood Abuse ✝️ Conversion Memoir

AMERN WIFE

de Taya Kyle • 2015

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

4.27

5.000+

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood 🧠 Living With Ptsd 🛡️ Defending A Legacy

AMERN WIFE

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

de Taya Kyle 2015 368 pagini

4.27

5.000+ evaluări

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood 🧠 Living With Ptsd 🛡️ Defending A Legacy

Now I Am Known

de Peter Mutabazi • 2022

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

4.75

1.000+

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness 🌍 African Memoir 🌆 Street Children

Now I Am Known

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

de Peter Mutabazi 2022 226 pagini

4.75

1.000+ evaluări

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness 🌍 African Memoir 🌆 Street Children

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

de Richard Schoch • 2024

Regret, ambition, the terror of intimacy: the life lessons Sondheim smuggled into his musicals.

3.90

500+

🎭 Musical Theatre 🎨 Art As Therapy 💞 Relationship Psychology 🧬 Existential Psychology ✍️ Creative Process

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

Regret, ambition, the terror of intimacy: the life lessons Sondheim smuggled into his musicals.

de Richard Schoch 2024 304 pagini

3.90

500+ evaluări

🎭 Musical Theatre 🎨 Art As Therapy 💞 Relationship Psychology 🧬 Existential Psychology ✍️ Creative Process

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