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Tupaia

de Joan Druett • 2010

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

4.25

201

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail 🤝 First Contact 🌏 Cross-Cultural Encounters

Tupaia

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

de Joan Druett 2010 272 pagini

4.25

201 evaluări

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail 🤝 First Contact 🌏 Cross-Cultural Encounters

Coach Wooden

de Pat Williams • 2011

His father's handwritten creed stayed in his wallet 90 years. Every championship traces back to it.

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🏀 Basketball Coaching 🧭 Character Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership ☀️ Daily Excellence 👨‍👦 Father-Son Wisdom

Coach Wooden

His father's handwritten creed stayed in his wallet 90 years. Every championship traces back to it.

de Pat Williams 2011 192 pagini

4.31

500+ evaluări

🏀 Basketball Coaching 🧭 Character Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership ☀️ Daily Excellence 👨‍👦 Father-Son Wisdom

Michael O'Leary

de Matt Cooper • 2018

He saved €40,000 by cutting free ice; built Europe's biggest airline. The pilots forced a reckoning.

4.09

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🛫 Airline Business ✈️ No-Frills Service 💰 Cost Discipline 🎪 Publicity Stunts 😤 Abrasive Leadership

Michael O'Leary

He saved €40,000 by cutting free ice; built Europe's biggest airline. The pilots forced a reckoning.

de Matt Cooper 2018 368 pagini

4.09

200 evaluări

🛫 Airline Business ✈️ No-Frills Service 💰 Cost Discipline 🎪 Publicity Stunts 😤 Abrasive Leadership

A Piece of Cake

de Cupcake Brown • 2006

Orphaned, prostituted, addicted to crack, and living behind a dumpster. She became a lawyer.

4.26

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🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care ⛓️ Gang Life 🚫 Sexual Abuse

A Piece of Cake

Orphaned, prostituted, addicted to crack, and living behind a dumpster. She became a lawyer.

de Cupcake Brown 2006 472 pagini

4.26

38.000+ evaluări

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care ⛓️ Gang Life 🚫 Sexual Abuse

A Sense of the Mysterious

de Alan Lightman • 2005

The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.

3.82

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🧠 Scientific Creativity 🎨 Science And Art 🧵 Two Cultures 📐 Mathematical Beauty 📚 Science Essays

A Sense of the Mysterious

The creative fire behind cold equations: a physicist-novelist on what science shares with art.

de Alan Lightman 2005 224 pagini

3.82

500+ evaluări

🧠 Scientific Creativity 🎨 Science And Art 🧵 Two Cultures 📐 Mathematical Beauty 📚 Science Essays

You Belong to the Universe

de Jonathan Keats • 2016

Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.

3.65

393

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🚀 Futurism 🏙️ Utopian Design 💡 Design Philosophy

You Belong to the Universe

Buckminster Fuller never built a world-saving machine. He invented a way of thinking that could.

de Jonathan Keats 2016 216 pagini

3.65

393 evaluări

🕸️ Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🚀 Futurism 🏙️ Utopian Design 💡 Design Philosophy

A Theory of Everything (That Matters)

de Alister E. McGrath • 2019

Einstein rewrote space, time, and gravity. The mystery at the edges, he called God.

3.86

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📜 History Of Physics 🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⛪ Theology And Science 🔬 Limits Of Science 👤 Scientific Biography

A Theory of Everything (That Matters)

Einstein rewrote space, time, and gravity. The mystery at the edges, he called God.

de Alister E. McGrath 2019 240 pagini

3.86

155 evaluări

📜 History Of Physics 🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⛪ Theology And Science 🔬 Limits Of Science 👤 Scientific Biography

Life's Work

de David Milch • 2022

Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.

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📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Life's Work

Deadwood's creator gambled away a fortune, then raced dementia to write his last story.

de David Milch 2022 286 pagini

4.22

1.000+ evaluări

📺 Television Writing 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎨 Creative Recovery 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Diaries 1969-1979

de Michael Palin • 2006

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

4.04

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🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

Diaries 1969-1979

The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.

de Michael Palin 2006 650 pagini

4.04

3.000+ evaluări

🎭 British Comedy 📺 Television History ✍️ Sketch Comedy 🎬 Behind The Scenes ✏️ Comedy Writing

Caged Lion

de John Howard Steel • 2020

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

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500+

🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Caged Lion

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

de John Howard Steel 2020 215 pagini

4.32

500+ evaluări

🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Freak Kingdom

de Timothy Denevi • 2018

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

4.26

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🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography 😞 Political Disillusionment ☮️ Counterculture Movement

Freak Kingdom

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

de Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pagini

4.26

500+ evaluări

🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography 😞 Political Disillusionment ☮️ Counterculture Movement

Wittgenstein

de Anthony Kenny • 1973

He built a perfect logical language, then demolished it. Meaning is public, not private.

3.87

197

🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 🧩 Philosophy Of Mind 🕰️ 20th-Century Thought

Wittgenstein

He built a perfect logical language, then demolished it. Meaning is public, not private.

de Anthony Kenny 1973 256 pagini

3.87

197 evaluări

🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 🧩 Philosophy Of Mind 🕰️ 20th-Century Thought

Patriot Reign

de Michael Holley • 2004

He turned his back on his mentor, then built a cold-eyed dynasty that buried him.

3.94

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🏆 Nfl Dynasties 🏈 Championship Culture 🧱 Organizational Culture 🔍 Talent Evaluation 📋 Football Strategy

Patriot Reign

He turned his back on his mentor, then built a cold-eyed dynasty that buried him.

de Michael Holley 2004 272 pagini

3.94

2.000+ evaluări

🏆 Nfl Dynasties 🏈 Championship Culture 🧱 Organizational Culture 🔍 Talent Evaluation 📋 Football Strategy

Becoming Leonardo

de Mike Lankford • 2017

Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.

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320

🏛️ Italian Renaissance 🧠 Psychobiography ✍️ Creative Process 💡 Genius Studies 💔 Trauma And Creativity

Becoming Leonardo

Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.

de Mike Lankford 2017 304 pagini

4.00

320 evaluări

🏛️ Italian Renaissance 🧠 Psychobiography ✍️ Creative Process 💡 Genius Studies 💔 Trauma And Creativity

The Melting Point

de Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

4.30

175

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations 🌍 Middle East Conflicts ⚔️ Modern Warfare

The Melting Point

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

de Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024 360 pagini

4.30

175 evaluări

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations 🌍 Middle East Conflicts ⚔️ Modern Warfare

A Change of Affection

de Becket Cook • 2019

A gay set designer walked into a Los Angeles church. One sermon rewrote his sense of self.

4.51

1.000+

🙏 Conversion Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Same-Sex Attraction ⚖️ Sexual Ethics ✝️ Identity In Christ 💍 Christian Singleness

A Change of Affection

A gay set designer walked into a Los Angeles church. One sermon rewrote his sense of self.

de Becket Cook 2019 224 pagini

4.51

1.000+ evaluări

🙏 Conversion Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Same-Sex Attraction ⚖️ Sexual Ethics ✝️ Identity In Christ 💍 Christian Singleness

Good Morning, Mr. Mandela

de Zelda la Grange • 2014

Nelson Mandela's most trusted aide was a white Afrikaner woman who grew up believing in apartheid.

3.80

1.000+

🇿🇦 South African History 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🕊️ Apartheid's End 🦋 Personal Transformation 🤝 Reconciliation

Good Morning, Mr. Mandela

Nelson Mandela's most trusted aide was a white Afrikaner woman who grew up believing in apartheid.

de Zelda la Grange 2014 375 pagini

3.80

1.000+ evaluări

🇿🇦 South African History 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🕊️ Apartheid's End 🦋 Personal Transformation 🤝 Reconciliation

Over the Edge

de Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

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🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy 🇰🇬 Central Asia 🧗‍♂️ Climbing Disasters

Over the Edge

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

de Greg Child 2002 304 pagini

3.78

500+ evaluări

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy 🇰🇬 Central Asia 🧗‍♂️ Climbing Disasters

COUNSELOR

de Theodore C. Sorensen • 2008

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

4.05

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

COUNSELOR

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

de Theodore C. Sorensen 2008 556 pagini

4.05

1.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

Traces

de Patricia Wiltshire • 2019

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

3.60

3.000+

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Traces

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

de Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pagini

3.60

3.000+ evaluări

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Storyteller

de Kate Wilhelm • 2005

Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.

3.93

350

🛠️ Fiction Craft ✍️ Writing Workshops 🚀 Speculative Fiction 🔄 Critique And Revision 👤 Character Development

Storyteller

Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.

de Kate Wilhelm 2005 200 pagini

3.93

350 evaluări

🛠️ Fiction Craft ✍️ Writing Workshops 🚀 Speculative Fiction 🔄 Critique And Revision 👤 Character Development

Sons of Wichita

de Daniel Schulman • 2014

Four Kansas brothers, a billion-dollar feud, and the political machine that remade the GOP.

3.85

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🏛️ Family Dynasties 💰 American Oligarchy ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🗳️ Campaign Finance 🗽 Libertarian Politics

Sons of Wichita

Four Kansas brothers, a billion-dollar feud, and the political machine that remade the GOP.

de Daniel Schulman 2014 372 pagini

3.85

2.000+ evaluări

🏛️ Family Dynasties 💰 American Oligarchy ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🗳️ Campaign Finance 🗽 Libertarian Politics

Disaster Preparedness

de Heather Havrilesky • 2010

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

3.53

500+

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

Disaster Preparedness

She planned for every disaster except the one that actually happened: growing up.

de Heather Havrilesky 2010 256 pagini

3.53

500+ evaluări

😂 Comic Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dysfunction 😟 Anxiety And Coping 💼 Work And Identity

The Big Burn

de Timothy Egan • 2009

Congress tried to kill the Forest Service; a 3.2-million-acre fire saved it instead.

4.14

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🗳️ Progressive Era 🌲 Conservation Movement 🔥 Wildfire History 🏞️ Public Lands 🌿 Fire Ecology

The Big Burn

Congress tried to kill the Forest Service; a 3.2-million-acre fire saved it instead.

de Timothy Egan 2009 349 pagini

4.14

18.000+ evaluări

🗳️ Progressive Era 🌲 Conservation Movement 🔥 Wildfire History 🏞️ Public Lands 🌿 Fire Ecology

Sea of Glory

de Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

4.04

7.000+

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Sea of Glory

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

de Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 pagini

4.04

7.000+ evaluări

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Fly Girls

de Keith O'Brien • 2018

The men banned them from racing. Five women flew anyway, and one beat them all.

3.92

9.000+

🛩️ Aviation History 👩‍✈️ Women Pioneers 🚫 Gender Discrimination 👥 Collective Biography 📜 Feminist History

Fly Girls

The men banned them from racing. Five women flew anyway, and one beat them all.

de Keith O'Brien 2018 352 pagini

3.92

9.000+ evaluări

🛩️ Aviation History 👩‍✈️ Women Pioneers 🚫 Gender Discrimination 👥 Collective Biography 📜 Feminist History

Operation Ironman

de George Mahood • 2015

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

4.52

2.000+

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Operation Ironman

Spinal surgery to Ironman in 4 months. Couldn't swim, no bike, never run a marathon.

de George Mahood 2015 315 pagini

4.52

2.000+ evaluări

🏃 Endurance Sports 🚴 Triathlon Training 😂 Humorous Memoir 🏥 Recovery Memoir 🤸 Unconventional Training

Choosing to SEE

de Mary Beth Chapman • 2010

A driveway accident. A sister dead. Her teenage brother behind the wheel. Faith that held.

4.29

15.000+

✝️ Christian Testimony 🏠 Adoption Memoirs 💔 Child Loss 🙏 Grief And Faith 🧒 Orphan Care

Choosing to SEE

A driveway accident. A sister dead. Her teenage brother behind the wheel. Faith that held.

de Mary Beth Chapman 2010 289 pagini

4.29

15.000+ evaluări

✝️ Christian Testimony 🏠 Adoption Memoirs 💔 Child Loss 🙏 Grief And Faith 🧒 Orphan Care

Women in the Valley of the Kings

de Kathleen Sheppard • 2024

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

3.50

1.000+

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

Women in the Valley of the Kings

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

de Kathleen Sheppard 2024 320 pagini

3.50

1.000+ evaluări

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

Wrestling for Fighting

de Randy Couture • 2007

A champion's blueprint for turning wrestling into the most adaptable weapon in the cage.

4.07

🥊 Combat Sports 🥋 Mma Training 🤼 Grappling Fundamentals 📋 Fight Strategy 🧠 Fighter Mindset

Wrestling for Fighting

A champion's blueprint for turning wrestling into the most adaptable weapon in the cage.

de Randy Couture 2007 216 pagini

4.07

92 evaluări

🥊 Combat Sports 🥋 Mma Training 🤼 Grappling Fundamentals 📋 Fight Strategy 🧠 Fighter Mindset

The Monk as Man

de Sankar • 2011

He fought lawsuits, begged a maharaja, and insisted a monk who cannot cook well is useless.

3.89

316

🕉️ Spiritual Biography 🛕 Hindu Monasticism 👪 Family Obligations 🏔️ Ascetic Life 🍲 Culinary Spirituality

The Monk as Man

He fought lawsuits, begged a maharaja, and insisted a monk who cannot cook well is useless.

de Sankar 2011 264 pagini

3.89

316 evaluări

🕉️ Spiritual Biography 🛕 Hindu Monasticism 👪 Family Obligations 🏔️ Ascetic Life 🍲 Culinary Spirituality

Shivaji

de Dennis Kincaid • 1937

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

4.18

500+

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography 🧭 Guerrilla Warfare 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism

Shivaji

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

de Dennis Kincaid 1937 346 pagini

4.18

500+ evaluări

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography 🧭 Guerrilla Warfare 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism

Ghost Hunters

de Deborah Blum • 2006

How a psychologist, a skeptic, and a Boston medium tried to prove life after death in a lab.

3.69

1.000+

🧪 Psychical Research 🕰️ Victorian Era 💡 Intellectual History 🧠 History Of Psychology 🔮 Mediumship

Ghost Hunters

How a psychologist, a skeptic, and a Boston medium tried to prove life after death in a lab.

de Deborah Blum 2006 371 pagini

3.69

1.000+ evaluări

🧪 Psychical Research 🕰️ Victorian Era 💡 Intellectual History 🧠 History Of Psychology 🔮 Mediumship

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates

de Jennifer Edstrom • 1998

The browser war wasn't won by vision: it was won by weaponizing Windows against Netscape.

3.6

163

🖥️ Software Business 🏢 Corporate History 📈 Market Dominance 🌐 Browser Wars 🎯 Growth By Acquisition

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates

The browser war wasn't won by vision: it was won by weaponizing Windows against Netscape.

de Jennifer Edstrom 1998 256 pagini

3.6

163 evaluări

🖥️ Software Business 🏢 Corporate History 📈 Market Dominance 🌐 Browser Wars 🎯 Growth By Acquisition

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

de Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7.000+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

de Lisa F. Smith 2016 288 pagini

4.14

7.000+ evaluări

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

The End of Your Life Book Club

de Will Schwalbe • 2012

She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.

3.81

56.000+

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds 🏥 Terminal Illness 📚 Bibliotherapy 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🩺 Caregiver Memoirs

The End of Your Life Book Club

She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.

de Will Schwalbe 2012 336 pagini

3.81

56.000+ evaluări

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds 🏥 Terminal Illness 📚 Bibliotherapy 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🩺 Caregiver Memoirs

Broad Band

de Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

3.93

2.000+

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

de Claire L. Evans 2018 288 pagini

3.93

2.000+ evaluări

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

More Than the Tattooed Mormon

de Al Carraway • 2015

A skeptic New Yorker with tattoos found a faith she never wanted, and it changed everything.

4.23

2.000+

🕍 Mormon Faith 📖 Conversion Stories 🌧️ Trials Of Faith 💎 Self-Worth In Faith 🙏 Prayer And Revelation

More Than the Tattooed Mormon

A skeptic New Yorker with tattoos found a faith she never wanted, and it changed everything.

de Al Carraway 2015 143 pagini

4.23

2.000+ evaluări

🕍 Mormon Faith 📖 Conversion Stories 🌧️ Trials Of Faith 💎 Self-Worth In Faith 🙏 Prayer And Revelation

The Missing Cryptoqueen

de Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

4.20

1.000+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

de Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 pagini

4.20

1.000+ evaluări

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Heroes And Villains

de Steven Gaines • 1986

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

3.85

500+

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction 🎬 Behind The Music 🧠 Musical Genius

Heroes And Villains

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

de Steven Gaines 1986 416 pagini

3.85

500+ evaluări

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction 🎬 Behind The Music 🧠 Musical Genius

Humanly Possible

de Sarah Bakewell • 2023

Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.

4.01

2.000+

📜 Intellectual History 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism 🌍 Secular Humanism 💡 Freethought 🎓 Enlightenment Thought

Humanly Possible

Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.

de Sarah Bakewell 2023 464 pagini

4.01

2.000+ evaluări

📜 Intellectual History 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism 🌍 Secular Humanism 💡 Freethought 🎓 Enlightenment Thought

Re-Sisters

de Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

3.69

143

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Re-Sisters

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

de Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022 372 pagini

3.69

143 evaluări

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

The Good Doctor

de Barron H. Lerner • 2014

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

3.86

189

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism 🗣️ Patient Autonomy 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

The Good Doctor

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

de Barron H. Lerner 2014 240 pagini

3.86

189 evaluări

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism 🗣️ Patient Autonomy 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

Listening to the Animals

de Noel Fitzpatrick • 2018

Bullied Irish farm boy to bionic cats: a memoir of a vet who changed animal medicine.

4.26

3.000+

🐾 Veterinary Memoir 🩺 One Medicine ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 💪 Overcoming Adversity 🔬 Medical Innovation

Listening to the Animals

Bullied Irish farm boy to bionic cats: a memoir of a vet who changed animal medicine.

de Noel Fitzpatrick 2018 384 pagini

4.26

3.000+ evaluări

🐾 Veterinary Memoir 🩺 One Medicine ❤️ Human-Animal Bond 💪 Overcoming Adversity 🔬 Medical Innovation

Walking with Ghosts

de Gabriel Byrne • 2021

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

4.10

3.000+

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Walking with Ghosts

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

de Gabriel Byrne 2021 250 pagini

4.10

3.000+ evaluări

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

de Pagan Kennedy • 2025

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

3.89

10.000+

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

de Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pagini

3.89

10.000+ evaluări

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

de Blythe N. Grossberg • 2021

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

3.41

2.000+

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💎 Affluent Anxiety ⚖️ Class And Education

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

de Blythe N. Grossberg 2021 162 pagini

3.41

2.000+ evaluări

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💎 Affluent Anxiety ⚖️ Class And Education

Elon Musk

de Influential Individuals • 2017

How a self-taught coder built SpaceX and Tesla by ignoring convention and working relentlessly.

4.12

394

🏗️ Founder Journeys 💼 Startup Playbooks 🧠 First Principles Thinking 💻 Valley Startups 🔭 Visionary Leadership

Elon Musk

How a self-taught coder built SpaceX and Tesla by ignoring convention and working relentlessly.

de Influential Individuals 2017 87 pagini

4.12

394 evaluări

🏗️ Founder Journeys 💼 Startup Playbooks 🧠 First Principles Thinking 💻 Valley Startups 🔭 Visionary Leadership

Johnny Carson

de Henry Bushkin • 2013

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

3.79

9.000+

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🔍 Insider Accounts 💔 Maternal Rejection

Johnny Carson

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

de Henry Bushkin 2013 323 pagini

3.79

9.000+ evaluări

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🔍 Insider Accounts 💔 Maternal Rejection

The Rejected Stone

de Al Sharpton • 2013

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

4.18

148

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

The Rejected Stone

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

de Al Sharpton 2013 272 pagini

4.18

148 evaluări

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

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