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История Саммари книг

Innovate Like Edison

— Michael J. Gelb • 2007

Edison's genius was not a gift. It was five deliberate practices any team can learn.

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💡 Innovation Methods 📜 Inventor Biographies 💭 Idea Generation 🤝 Collaborative Innovation 🎯 Customer Focus

Innovate Like Edison

Edison's genius was not a gift. It was five deliberate practices any team can learn.

— Michael J. Gelb 2007 476 стр.

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💡 Innovation Methods 📜 Inventor Biographies 💭 Idea Generation 🤝 Collaborative Innovation 🎯 Customer Focus

Masters of Command

— Barry S. Strauss • 2012

Three ancient generals, ten common instincts, and the single rhythm of war that still defines power.

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⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🫡 Military Leadership 🔍 Comparative History ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🏛️ Political Ambition

Masters of Command

Three ancient generals, ten common instincts, and the single rhythm of war that still defines power.

— Barry S. Strauss 2012 320 стр.

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⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🫡 Military Leadership 🔍 Comparative History ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🏛️ Political Ambition

The Socialist Manifesto

— Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The Socialist Manifesto

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

— Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 стр.

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Red Paint

— Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

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🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Red Paint

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

— Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022 240 стр.

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🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

The Complete Memoirs

— Pablo Neruda • 1974

The Nobel poet who turned exile, love, and the Chilean forest into one continuous poem.

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🖋️ Literary Memoir 🌎 Latin American Literature 🎨 Art And Politics 🏃 Exile And Return ✈️ Travel And Identity

The Complete Memoirs

The Nobel poet who turned exile, love, and the Chilean forest into one continuous poem.

— Pablo Neruda 1974 498 стр.

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🖋️ Literary Memoir 🌎 Latin American Literature 🎨 Art And Politics 🏃 Exile And Return ✈️ Travel And Identity

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

— Steve Tsang • 2024

Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.

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🐉 Chinese Politics 🏴 Communist Party States 🚫 Authoritarian Governance 🌏 Chinese Foreign Policy 🏭 State Capitalism

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.

— Steve Tsang 2024 296 стр.

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🐉 Chinese Politics 🏴 Communist Party States 🚫 Authoritarian Governance 🌏 Chinese Foreign Policy 🏭 State Capitalism

The Clock Of The Long Now

— Stewart Brand • 1999

In an age of acceleration, the most subversive object is a clock that barely moves.

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🕰️ Long-Term Thinking ⏳ Deep Time ⚡ Tech Acceleration 🔍 Tech Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Clock Of The Long Now

In an age of acceleration, the most subversive object is a clock that barely moves.

— Stewart Brand 1999 236 стр.

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🕰️ Long-Term Thinking ⏳ Deep Time ⚡ Tech Acceleration 🔍 Tech Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking

A World Undone

— G.J. Meyer • 2006

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

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💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures 🔫 Military History 🇪🇺 Pre-War Europe

A World Undone

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

— G.J. Meyer 2006 704 стр.

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💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures 🔫 Military History 🇪🇺 Pre-War Europe

The Persian Empire

— John W.I. Lee • 2012

Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.

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🏛️ Ancient Persia 🕌 Middle Eastern History 👑 Ancient Empires 🏺 Classical World ⚔️ Persian Wars

The Persian Empire

Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.

— John W.I. Lee 2012

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🏛️ Ancient Persia 🕌 Middle Eastern History 👑 Ancient Empires 🏺 Classical World ⚔️ Persian Wars

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

— Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

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✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

— Elizabeth Whitaker 2017 116 стр.

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✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

The Everlasting Man

— G.K. Chesterton • 1925

Prehistory, paganism, philosophy: all dead ends. The force that broke through began in a cave.

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🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🧠 Faith And Reason ⛪ Catholic Thought 📜 Historical Theology

The Everlasting Man

Prehistory, paganism, philosophy: all dead ends. The force that broke through began in a cave.

— G.K. Chesterton 1925 260 стр.

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🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🧠 Faith And Reason ⛪ Catholic Thought 📜 Historical Theology

The First Ghosts

— Irving Finkel • 2021

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

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🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial 👻 Ghost Lore 🪄 Ancient Magic

The First Ghosts

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

— Irving Finkel 2021 334 стр.

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🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial 👻 Ghost Lore 🪄 Ancient Magic

Follow the Money

— Dan Bongino • 2020

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

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🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias 🔍 Intelligence Agencies 🗳️ Election Interference

Follow the Money

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

— Dan Bongino 2020 210 стр.

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🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias 🔍 Intelligence Agencies 🗳️ Election Interference

The Lost Painting

— Jonathan Harr • 2005

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

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🖼️ Lost Masterpieces 🎨 Caravaggio 🔍 Provenance Research 🖌️ Art Restoration 🏛️ Baroque Art

The Lost Painting

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

— Jonathan Harr 2005

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🖼️ Lost Masterpieces 🎨 Caravaggio 🔍 Provenance Research 🖌️ Art Restoration 🏛️ Baroque Art

House of Bush, House of Saud

— Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

House of Bush, House of Saud

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

— Craig Unger 2004 384 стр.

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

Shakespeare's Freedom

— Stephen Greenblatt • 2010

Shakespeare dreamed of absolute freedom; his entire career became a record of its limits.

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🎭 Shakespearean Criticism 📜 Renaissance Studies 🏛️ New Historicism 🔗 Freedom And Constraint 🎨 Aesthetic Theory

Shakespeare's Freedom

Shakespeare dreamed of absolute freedom; his entire career became a record of its limits.

— Stephen Greenblatt 2010 168 стр.

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🎭 Shakespearean Criticism 📜 Renaissance Studies 🏛️ New Historicism 🔗 Freedom And Constraint 🎨 Aesthetic Theory

Discover Your Genius

— Michael J. Gelb • 2009

Your brain already has the hardware for genius. Ten history-altering minds show how to use it.

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🧠 Biographical Self-Help 🎨 Creative Development 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism 🔄 Paradigm Shifts 💭 Emotional Intelligence

Discover Your Genius

Your brain already has the hardware for genius. Ten history-altering minds show how to use it.

— Michael J. Gelb 2009 384 стр.

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🧠 Biographical Self-Help 🎨 Creative Development 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism 🔄 Paradigm Shifts 💭 Emotional Intelligence

Hitler's Cross

— Erwin W. Lutzer • 1995

Hitler seduced the German church. The cross flew beside the swastika; only a handful refused.

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🏛️ Church History 💀 Nazi Germany ⚠️ Christian Nationalism 🛡️ Christian Resistance ✝️ Sacrificial Faith

Hitler's Cross

Hitler seduced the German church. The cross flew beside the swastika; only a handful refused.

— Erwin W. Lutzer 1995 265 стр.

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🏛️ Church History 💀 Nazi Germany ⚠️ Christian Nationalism 🛡️ Christian Resistance ✝️ Sacrificial Faith

Transforming Leadership

— James MacGregor Burns • 2003

Leadership has two modes: the deal-making kind and the kind that reshapes what people want.

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🏛️ Political Leadership 📜 Political Philosophy ⚖️ Values-Based Leadership 🔄 Leader Follower Dynamics ⚡ Creative Conflict

Transforming Leadership

Leadership has two modes: the deal-making kind and the kind that reshapes what people want.

— James MacGregor Burns 2003 340 стр.

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🏛️ Political Leadership 📜 Political Philosophy ⚖️ Values-Based Leadership 🔄 Leader Follower Dynamics ⚡ Creative Conflict

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich

— Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 2020

Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.

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🏛️ Economic History 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Human Progress 🏭 Industrial Revolution 💡 Innovation Economics

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich

Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.

— Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 2020 245 стр.

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🏛️ Economic History 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Human Progress 🏭 Industrial Revolution 💡 Innovation Economics

Orphan Bachelors

— Fae Myenne Ng • 2023

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

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🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Immigrant Families 🖋️ Asian American Literature

Orphan Bachelors

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

— Fae Myenne Ng 2023 256 стр.

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🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Immigrant Families 🖋️ Asian American Literature

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

— Wess Roberts • 1987

What a barbarian king can teach you about leading teams, earning respect, and crushing your enemies.

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🏕️ Tribal Leadership 📜 Historical Leadership Models 🤲 Servant Leadership 🪖 Military Leadership 📖 Management Parables

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

What a barbarian king can teach you about leading teams, earning respect, and crushing your enemies.

— Wess Roberts 1987 128 стр.

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🏕️ Tribal Leadership 📜 Historical Leadership Models 🤲 Servant Leadership 🪖 Military Leadership 📖 Management Parables

Красная рулетка

— Десмонд Шам • 2021

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

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🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Красная рулетка

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

— Десмонд Шам 2021

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🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Lipstick Jihad

— Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

— Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 стр.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Dressing With Dignity

— Colleen Hammond • 2005

What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.

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👗 Modesty And Dress 🕊️ Catholic Teaching 🌸 Feminine Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 👩‍👧‍👦 Catholic Mothers

Dressing With Dignity

What to wear and why: a Catholic case for modesty as the lever that moves culture.

— Colleen Hammond 2005 152 стр.

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👗 Modesty And Dress 🕊️ Catholic Teaching 🌸 Feminine Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 👩‍👧‍👦 Catholic Mothers

The End of Wall Street

— Roger Lowenstein • 2010

Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏢 Wall Street 🏠 Housing Bubble 🔗 Systemic Risk 🧿 Moral Hazard

The End of Wall Street

Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.

— Roger Lowenstein 2010 368 стр.

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏢 Wall Street 🏠 Housing Bubble 🔗 Systemic Risk 🧿 Moral Hazard

Grant

— Ron Chernow • 2017

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

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📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Grant

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

— Ron Chernow 2017 1104 стр.

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📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Public Enemies

— Bryan Burrough • 2004

The FBI built its legend chasing petty killers, beating suspects, and inventing the Ma Barker myth.

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🏚️ Great Depression Era 🕵️ Fbi History 🔨 Myth Debunking 📖 Revisionist History 📰 Media And Crime

Public Enemies

The FBI built its legend chasing petty killers, beating suspects, and inventing the Ma Barker myth.

— Bryan Burrough 2004 640 стр.

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🏚️ Great Depression Era 🕵️ Fbi History 🔨 Myth Debunking 📖 Revisionist History 📰 Media And Crime

The Universe Within

— Neil Shubin • 2013

Your body is a clock tuned to Earth's rotation and a museum of cosmic history.

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🏛️ Big History ⏳ Deep Time ✨ Cosmic Origins ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🧬 Human Evolution

The Universe Within

Your body is a clock tuned to Earth's rotation and a museum of cosmic history.

— Neil Shubin 2013 240 стр.

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🏛️ Big History ⏳ Deep Time ✨ Cosmic Origins ☄️ Mass Extinctions 🧬 Human Evolution

The Science of Yoga

— William J. Broad • 2012

The yoga industry says it fixes everything. Science says it fixes some things and breaks others.

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📜 Modern Yoga History 👟 Fitness Science 🧠 Mind-Body Science 🔍 Debunking Wellness Myths ⚠️ Injury Prevention

The Science of Yoga

The yoga industry says it fixes everything. Science says it fixes some things and breaks others.

— William J. Broad 2012 352 стр.

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📜 Modern Yoga History 👟 Fitness Science 🧠 Mind-Body Science 🔍 Debunking Wellness Myths ⚠️ Injury Prevention

In Defense of Open Society

— George Soros • 2019

Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.

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💰 Economic Philosophy 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 🗽 Open Societies 💸 Financial Crises 🛑 Authoritarian Rise

In Defense of Open Society

Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.

— George Soros 2019 224 стр.

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💰 Economic Philosophy 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 🗽 Open Societies 💸 Financial Crises 🛑 Authoritarian Rise

Bronze Age Mindset

— Bronze Age Pervert • 2018

An internet manifesto commanding men to ditch democracy, build godlike bodies, and live as pirates.

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🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🔥 Vitalist Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💪 Masculine Self-Help 👑 Aristocratic Radicalism

Bronze Age Mindset

An internet manifesto commanding men to ditch democracy, build godlike bodies, and live as pirates.

— Bronze Age Pervert 2018 198 стр.

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🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🔥 Vitalist Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💪 Masculine Self-Help 👑 Aristocratic Radicalism

No Is Not Enough

— Naomi Klein • 2017

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

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🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

No Is Not Enough

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

— Naomi Klein 2017

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🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

— The Bank of England • 2022

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

— The Bank of England 2022 311 стр.

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

— George Berkeley • 1710

Things exist only while perceived. So what keeps the universe intact when no one is watching?

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🔮 Idealism 🇬🇧 British Empiricism 🌌 Metaphysics 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Perception And Reality

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

Things exist only while perceived. So what keeps the universe intact when no one is watching?

— George Berkeley 1710 80 стр.

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🔮 Idealism 🇬🇧 British Empiricism 🌌 Metaphysics 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Perception And Reality

The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan

— Wong Kiew Kit • 2002

The slow movements hide a martial art, a medical system, and a path to enlightenment.

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🥋 Chinese Martial Arts ☯️ Tai Chi Instruction 🐉 Taoist Philosophy 🌀 Qi Gong Practice 🧠 Martial Philosophy

The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan

The slow movements hide a martial art, a medical system, and a path to enlightenment.

— Wong Kiew Kit 2002 336 стр.

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🥋 Chinese Martial Arts ☯️ Tai Chi Instruction 🐉 Taoist Philosophy 🌀 Qi Gong Practice 🧠 Martial Philosophy

The Art of Business Wars

— David Brown • 2021

The competitive secrets buried in a century of business battles, from Ford to Amazon.

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🥊 Business Rivalries 📜 Business History ♟️ Competitive Strategy 🛡️ Business Resilience 🎯 Customer Obsession

The Art of Business Wars

The competitive secrets buried in a century of business battles, from Ford to Amazon.

— David Brown 2021 368 стр.

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🥊 Business Rivalries 📜 Business History ♟️ Competitive Strategy 🛡️ Business Resilience 🎯 Customer Obsession

How to Be Free

— Epictetus • 2018

Freedom is a mental skill, not a legal status. A former slave teaches the rules.

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🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🕊️ Inner Freedom 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

How to Be Free

Freedom is a mental skill, not a legal status. A former slave teaches the rules.

— Epictetus 2018 173 стр.

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🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🕊️ Inner Freedom 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

The Social Sex

— Marilyn Yalom • 2015

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

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📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Social Sex

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

— Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 стр.

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📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Ascent of Man

— Jacob Bronowski • 1973

Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🦍 Human Origins 💭 Philosophy Of Science 🎨 Science And Art

The Ascent of Man

Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.

— Jacob Bronowski 1973 352 стр.

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🦍 Human Origins 💭 Philosophy Of Science 🎨 Science And Art

Wealth and Power

— Orville Schell • 2013

Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.

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🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History 🏛️ Chinese Political Thought 🏭 Authoritarian Development 🔄 National Rejuvenation 📚 Intellectual History

Wealth and Power

Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.

— Orville Schell 2013 478 стр.

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🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History 🏛️ Chinese Political Thought 🏭 Authoritarian Development 🔄 National Rejuvenation 📚 Intellectual History

The Marvel Studios Story

— Charlie Wetzel • 2020

Bankrupt, Marvel bet the house on Iron Man and a troubled leading man.

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📚 Comic Book History 🎬 Hollywood Business 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💡 Intellectual Property 🔗 Franchise Strategy

The Marvel Studios Story

Bankrupt, Marvel bet the house on Iron Man and a troubled leading man.

— Charlie Wetzel 2020 189 стр.

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📚 Comic Book History 🎬 Hollywood Business 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💡 Intellectual Property 🔗 Franchise Strategy

Keynes

— Robert Skidelsky • 2009

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

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💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Keynes

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

— Robert Skidelsky 2009 256 стр.

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💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Hit Men

— Fredric Dannen • 1990

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

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🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Hit Men

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

— Fredric Dannen 1990 432 стр.

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🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

The Social Leap

— William Von Hippel • 2018

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Social Leap

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

— William Von Hippel 2018 304 стр.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

Mars and Venus Starting Over

— John Gray • 2002

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

3.85

500+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance 🧠 Mental Resilience 📜 Historical Obsession

Mars and Venus Starting Over

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

— John Gray 2002 352 стр.

3.85

500+ оценок

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance 🧠 Mental Resilience 📜 Historical Obsession

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

— Rosa Brooks • 2016

War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.

3.93

1 000+

🪖 Military Policy ⚖️ Laws Of War ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare 🏛️ Executive Power 🛸 Drone Warfare

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.

— Rosa Brooks 2016 448 стр.

3.93

1 000+ оценок

🪖 Military Policy ⚖️ Laws Of War ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare 🏛️ Executive Power 🛸 Drone Warfare

The Hand

— Frank R. Wilson • 1998

The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.

3.82

217

🧬 Human Evolution 🦴 Paleoanthropology 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Motor Control 🔧 Tool Use

The Hand

The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.

— Frank R. Wilson 1998 416 стр.

3.82

217 оценок

🧬 Human Evolution 🦴 Paleoanthropology 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Motor Control 🔧 Tool Use

Factory Man

— Beth Macy • 2014

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

3.87

3 000+

🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Factory Man

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

— Beth Macy 2014 451 стр.

3.87

3 000+ оценок

🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

The Battle For Syria

— Christopher Phillips • 2016

Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.

4.16

291

🌍 Middle East Politics ⚔️ Syrian Civil War 🌸 Arab Spring ♟️ Proxy Warfare 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

The Battle For Syria

Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.

— Christopher Phillips 2016 320 стр.

4.16

291 оценок

🌍 Middle East Politics ⚔️ Syrian Civil War 🌸 Arab Spring ♟️ Proxy Warfare 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

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