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Hitchcock/Truffaut

av François Truffaut • 1985

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

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🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics ✍️ Screenwriting 🎙️ Director Interviews

Hitchcock/Truffaut

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

av François Truffaut 1985 368 sidor

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🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics ✍️ Screenwriting 🎙️ Director Interviews

The Insanity of God

av Nik Ripken • 2012

He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.

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🕊️ Persecuted Church 🌙 Dreams And Visions ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌍 Global Christianity 🩸 Modern Martyrdom

The Insanity of God

He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.

av Nik Ripken 2012 322 sidor

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🕊️ Persecuted Church 🌙 Dreams And Visions ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌍 Global Christianity 🩸 Modern Martyrdom

Cinema Speculation

av Quentin Tarantino • 2022

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

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14 000+

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema 💥 Exploitation Films 📖 Auteur Theory

Cinema Speculation

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

av Quentin Tarantino 2022 391 sidor

4.04

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🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema 💥 Exploitation Films 📖 Auteur Theory

Softwar

av Matthew Symonds • 2003

Oracle nearly died in 1990. Its founder's response: bet the company on an all-in internet gamble.

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💾 Tech Industry History 🔄 Company Turnarounds 🚀 Software Entrepreneurship 🌐 Internet Business ⚡ Disruptive Leadership

Softwar

Oracle nearly died in 1990. Its founder's response: bet the company on an all-in internet gamble.

av Matthew Symonds 2003 528 sidor

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499 betyg

💾 Tech Industry History 🔄 Company Turnarounds 🚀 Software Entrepreneurship 🌐 Internet Business ⚡ Disruptive Leadership

The Warren Buffett Way Workbook

av Robert G. Hagstrom • 2013

How to value a business, ignore the market's mood, and build a compounding portfolio.

4.31

418

📉 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Financial Statement Analysis ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

The Warren Buffett Way Workbook

How to value a business, ignore the market's mood, and build a compounding portfolio.

av Robert G. Hagstrom 2013 226 sidor

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418 betyg

📉 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Financial Statement Analysis ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

Socrates

av Paul Johnson • 2011

The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.

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🏛️ Greek Philosophy 🪞 Self-Examination 🛡️ Moral Courage 🤔 Skeptical Inquiry 💭 Intellectual Humility

Socrates

The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.

av Paul Johnson 2011 224 sidor

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🏛️ Greek Philosophy 🪞 Self-Examination 🛡️ Moral Courage 🤔 Skeptical Inquiry 💭 Intellectual Humility

The Phantom Prince

av Elizabeth Kendall • 1981

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

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🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

The Phantom Prince

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

av Elizabeth Kendall 1981 183 sidor

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🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

Pour Your Heart Into It

av Howard Schultz • 1997

How Milan's espresso bars convinced a coffee chain to treat part-timers like partners.

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☕ Coffee Industry 📖 Founder Memoir 🏢 Company Culture 🧭 Values-Driven Leadership 🏗️ Brand Building

Pour Your Heart Into It

How Milan's espresso bars convinced a coffee chain to treat part-timers like partners.

av Howard Schultz 1997 368 sidor

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☕ Coffee Industry 📖 Founder Memoir 🏢 Company Culture 🧭 Values-Driven Leadership 🏗️ Brand Building

The Room Where It Happened

av John Bolton • 2020

Loyalty got you the job, but bureaucratic warfare kept the White House from doing its job.

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14 000+

🏛️ Trump Presidency 📖 White House Memoirs 🌐 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Bureaucratic Politics 🧠 Presidential Decisions

The Room Where It Happened

Loyalty got you the job, but bureaucratic warfare kept the White House from doing its job.

av John Bolton 2020 588 sidor

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🏛️ Trump Presidency 📖 White House Memoirs 🌐 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Bureaucratic Politics 🧠 Presidential Decisions

Madame Blavatsky

av Gary Lachman • 2012

She channeled hidden teachers, survived a fraud scandal, and accidentally began the New Age.

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260

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🔮 Modern Occultism 📜 Theosophy 📖 Spiritual Biography 🏛️ Esoteric History

Madame Blavatsky

She channeled hidden teachers, survived a fraud scandal, and accidentally began the New Age.

av Gary Lachman 2012 352 sidor

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260 betyg

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🔮 Modern Occultism 📜 Theosophy 📖 Spiritual Biography 🏛️ Esoteric History

The Power Broker

av Robert A. Caro • 1974

How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.

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🏙️ Urban Planning 📋 Political Biography ⚡ Power And Democracy 🏚️ Displacement And Communities 🔄 Urban Renewal

The Power Broker

How one unelected man built New York, bulldozed entire communities, and answered to no one.

av Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 sidor

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🏙️ Urban Planning 📋 Political Biography ⚡ Power And Democracy 🏚️ Displacement And Communities 🔄 Urban Renewal

Kushner, Inc.

av Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

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🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc.

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

av Vicky Ward 2019 304 sidor

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🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Beautiful Boy

av David Sheff • 2007

His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.

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📖 Addiction Memoirs 👨👦 Father-Son Bonds 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting 🪑 Al-Anon

Beautiful Boy

His golden son vanished into meth. A father's decade of love, lies, and letting go.

av David Sheff 2007 317 sidor

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📖 Addiction Memoirs 👨👦 Father-Son Bonds 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting 🪑 Al-Anon

The Race of My Life

av Milkha Singh • 2013

A Partition orphan who became India's fastest man. Four steps from Olympic gold, he hesitated.

4.21

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🏃 Track And Field 🇮🇳 Indian Sports 🕊️ Partition Survivors 🏅 Olympic Competition ⏱️ Relentless Training

The Race of My Life

A Partition orphan who became India's fastest man. Four steps from Olympic gold, he hesitated.

av Milkha Singh 2013 160 sidor

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🏃 Track And Field 🇮🇳 Indian Sports 🕊️ Partition Survivors 🏅 Olympic Competition ⏱️ Relentless Training

England's Mistress

av Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

av Kate Williams 2006 415 sidor

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

Karate-Do

av Gichin Funakoshi • 1981

From sickly child to karate's global ambassador: a master's own story of hard and soft.

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🥋 Karate Philosophy ⛩️ Japanese Budo 📜 Kata Practice 🛡️ Self-Defense Training 🧘 Mind-Body Integration

Karate-Do

From sickly child to karate's global ambassador: a master's own story of hard and soft.

av Gichin Funakoshi 1981 144 sidor

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🥋 Karate Philosophy ⛩️ Japanese Budo 📜 Kata Practice 🛡️ Self-Defense Training 🧘 Mind-Body Integration

The Robber Barons

av Matthew Josephson • 1934

A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.

3.73

429

💰 Gilded Age 🏭 Captains Of Industry 🎩 Monopoly And Trusts 🚂 Railroad Empires 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Robber Barons

A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.

av Matthew Josephson 1934 496 sidor

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429 betyg

💰 Gilded Age 🏭 Captains Of Industry 🎩 Monopoly And Trusts 🚂 Railroad Empires 🏛️ Political Corruption

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

av Angela Y. Davis • 1998

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

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🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

av Angela Y. Davis 1998 464 sidor

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🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

A Fever in the Heartland

av Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

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👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

A Fever in the Heartland

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

av Timothy Egan 2023 432 sidor

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👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

Quiet Strength

av Tony Dungy • 2007

Win a Super Bowl, keep your soul. A coach's blueprint built on faith, family, and character.

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🏈 Football Coaching 🛡️ Servant Leadership ✝️ Faith And Work 🧱 Character Over Talent 👨‍👩‍👦 Family-First Leadership

Quiet Strength

Win a Super Bowl, keep your soul. A coach's blueprint built on faith, family, and character.

av Tony Dungy 2007 256 sidor

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🏈 Football Coaching 🛡️ Servant Leadership ✝️ Faith And Work 🧱 Character Over Talent 👨‍👩‍👦 Family-First Leadership

My Life

av A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 2015

From a fishing village to the presidency: how a newspaper boy became India's rocket builder.

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🚀 Indian Space Program 🔬 Scientist Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Scientists ⚖️ Ethics In Technology 🏗️ National Development

My Life

From a fishing village to the presidency: how a newspaper boy became India's rocket builder.

av A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 2015 122 sidor

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🚀 Indian Space Program 🔬 Scientist Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Scientists ⚖️ Ethics In Technology 🏗️ National Development

How to Be a Dictator

av Frank Dikötter • 2019

Why every dictator is the architect of his godlike image, and why the statues fall.

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🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes 🛐 Personality Cults 📢 State Propaganda 🤖 Manufactured Consent 📚 Comparative History

How to Be a Dictator

Why every dictator is the architect of his godlike image, and why the statues fall.

av Frank Dikötter 2019 304 sidor

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🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes 🛐 Personality Cults 📢 State Propaganda 🤖 Manufactured Consent 📚 Comparative History

The Big Three in Economics

av Mark Skousen • 2007

Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.

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📜 Economic Thought 💡 Intellectual History ⚖️ Classical Economics 🔓 Free Markets 🏦 Government Intervention

The Big Three in Economics

Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.

av Mark Skousen 2007 264 sidor

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📜 Economic Thought 💡 Intellectual History ⚖️ Classical Economics 🔓 Free Markets 🏦 Government Intervention

The Fighter's Mind

av Sam Sheridan • 2010

Faster hands and stronger kicks don't make champions. A mental game most fighters never train does.

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🥊 Combat Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology ☯️ Martial Arts Philosophy 💪 Mental Toughness 🌊 Flow State

The Fighter's Mind

Faster hands and stronger kicks don't make champions. A mental game most fighters never train does.

av Sam Sheridan 2010 283 sidor

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🥊 Combat Sports 🧠 Sports Psychology ☯️ Martial Arts Philosophy 💪 Mental Toughness 🌊 Flow State

Between Two Kingdoms

av Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

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🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Between Two Kingdoms

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

av Suleika Jaouad 2021 352 sidor

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🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Life on Delay

av John Hendrickson • 2023

One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.

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🗣️ Speech Disorders ♿ Living With Disability 📖 Disability Memoir 🏚️ Family Trauma 🛋️ Therapy Journeys

Life on Delay

One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.

av John Hendrickson 2023 255 sidor

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🗣️ Speech Disorders ♿ Living With Disability 📖 Disability Memoir 🏚️ Family Trauma 🛋️ Therapy Journeys

Adolf Hitler

av John Toland • 1958

He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.

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🇩🇪 Nazi Germany ⚔️ World War Ii 👤 Dictators 🧾 Political Biography 🔗 Totalitarianism

Adolf Hitler

He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.

av John Toland 1958 1120 sidor

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🇩🇪 Nazi Germany ⚔️ World War Ii 👤 Dictators 🧾 Political Biography 🔗 Totalitarianism

Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince

av Pierre Lassus • 2014

Beneath the fable, a secret self-portrait: his wife in the rose, his despair in the desert.

3.31

📖 Literary Analysis 🌌 Spiritual Allegory 🧒 Inner Child 🇫🇷 French Literature 📝 Literary Biography

Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince

Beneath the fable, a secret self-portrait: his wife in the rose, his despair in the desert.

av Pierre Lassus 2014 227 sidor

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51 betyg

📖 Literary Analysis 🌌 Spiritual Allegory 🧒 Inner Child 🇫🇷 French Literature 📝 Literary Biography

Coach

av Michael Lewis • 2005

He made teenagers miserable on purpose. Decades later, they're still grateful.

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🧢 Youth Coaching 🏫 High School Sports 💪 Tough Love Mentorship 🧱 Character Building 🌱 Adversity And Growth

Coach

He made teenagers miserable on purpose. Decades later, they're still grateful.

av Michael Lewis 2005 96 sidor

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🧢 Youth Coaching 🏫 High School Sports 💪 Tough Love Mentorship 🧱 Character Building 🌱 Adversity And Growth

Dreams from My Father

av Barack Obama • 1995

From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.

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🧬 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing 👤 Absent Fathers 🔄 Code-Switching 🌍 Kenyan Roots

Dreams from My Father

From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.

av Barack Obama 1995

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🧬 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing 👤 Absent Fathers 🔄 Code-Switching 🌍 Kenyan Roots

Let's Not Screw It, Let's Just Do It

av Richard Branson • 2012

Fun before spreadsheets: the Virgin founder on why most business rules are for breaking.

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🚀 Startup Advice 📖 Founder Stories 🏷️ Brand Building ⚖️ Business Ethics 💡 Creative Disruption

Let's Not Screw It, Let's Just Do It

Fun before spreadsheets: the Virgin founder on why most business rules are for breaking.

av Richard Branson 2012 192 sidor

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🚀 Startup Advice 📖 Founder Stories 🏷️ Brand Building ⚖️ Business Ethics 💡 Creative Disruption

G.I. Gurdjieff

av Colin Wilson • 1980

You are a machine convinced it has free will. Gurdjieff's route out of mechanical living.

3.85

245

🏛️ Western Esotericism 🤖 Mechanical Consciousness 👁️ Self Observation 🌅 Conscious Awakening ⚡ Energy And Meaning

G.I. Gurdjieff

You are a machine convinced it has free will. Gurdjieff's route out of mechanical living.

av Colin Wilson 1980 128 sidor

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🏛️ Western Esotericism 🤖 Mechanical Consciousness 👁️ Self Observation 🌅 Conscious Awakening ⚡ Energy And Meaning

Great Thinkers

av The School of Life • 2016

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

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🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Great Thinkers

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

av The School of Life 2016 480 sidor

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🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Banker to the Poor

av Muhammad Yunus • 1991

The poor aren't creditworthy, banks said. A $27 loan to basket weavers changed everything.

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🏦 Microfinance 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Poverty Alleviation 👩 Women's Empowerment 🌿 Bottom-Up Development

Banker to the Poor

The poor aren't creditworthy, banks said. A $27 loan to basket weavers changed everything.

av Muhammad Yunus 1991 452 sidor

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🏦 Microfinance 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Poverty Alleviation 👩 Women's Empowerment 🌿 Bottom-Up Development

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars

av Jim Paul • 1994

Big losses come from psychology, not bad analysis. One trader's million-dollar collapse proves it.

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🧠 Trading Psychology 💔 Loss Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Management

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars

Big losses come from psychology, not bad analysis. One trader's million-dollar collapse proves it.

av Jim Paul 1994 190 sidor

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🧠 Trading Psychology 💔 Loss Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Management

Power Play

av Tim Higgins • 2021

A $35,000 electric car drew 400,000 pre-orders. The factory to build it became a nightmare.

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🚗 Electric Vehicles 💻 Silicon Valley Culture 🏢 Corporate Biographies 🏭 Manufacturing ⚡ Disruptive Technology

Power Play

A $35,000 electric car drew 400,000 pre-orders. The factory to build it became a nightmare.

av Tim Higgins 2021 400 sidor

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🚗 Electric Vehicles 💻 Silicon Valley Culture 🏢 Corporate Biographies 🏭 Manufacturing ⚡ Disruptive Technology

Jony Ive

av Leander Kahney • 2013

Before the iPhone, a soft-spoken British designer saved Apple with a translucent computer.

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⚙️ Industrial Design 📱 Consumer Electronics 🔲 Minimalist Design 👤 User-Centered Design 🧊 Modernist Design

Jony Ive

Before the iPhone, a soft-spoken British designer saved Apple with a translucent computer.

av Leander Kahney 2013 274 sidor

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⚙️ Industrial Design 📱 Consumer Electronics 🔲 Minimalist Design 👤 User-Centered Design 🧊 Modernist Design

No Hero

av Mark Owen • 2014

SEAL principles for leading teams, managing fear, and growing through discomfort others avoid.

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🦭 Navy Seals 🪖 Military Memoir 🧭 Leadership Principles 💪 Mental Toughness 🤝 Team Dynamics

No Hero

SEAL principles for leading teams, managing fear, and growing through discomfort others avoid.

av Mark Owen 2014 304 sidor

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🦭 Navy Seals 🪖 Military Memoir 🧭 Leadership Principles 💪 Mental Toughness 🤝 Team Dynamics

Down the Rabbit Hole

av Holly Madison • 2015

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse 🔮 Cult Dynamics 📺 Reality Television

Down the Rabbit Hole

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

av Holly Madison 2015 352 sidor

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse 🔮 Cult Dynamics 📺 Reality Television

Bortom trollstaven

av Tom Felton • 2022

Draco Malfoy taught him to sneer. Three strangers taught him how to live.

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🌟 Child Stardom 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Fame And Identity

Bortom trollstaven

Draco Malfoy taught him to sneer. Three strangers taught him how to live.

av Tom Felton 2022 288 sidor

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🌟 Child Stardom 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Fame And Identity

Grinding It Out

av Ray Kroc • 1977

San Bernardino burger stand + 52-year-old salesman = a global empire built on real estate.

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9 000+

🍔 Fast Food Industry 🏪 Franchise Models 🏠 Real Estate Strategy 📢 Brand Building ⚙️ Operations Management

Grinding It Out

San Bernardino burger stand + 52-year-old salesman = a global empire built on real estate.

av Ray Kroc 1977 256 sidor

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🍔 Fast Food Industry 🏪 Franchise Models 🏠 Real Estate Strategy 📢 Brand Building ⚙️ Operations Management

Tjugotre år

av Ali Dashti • 1974

He denied performing miracles. A critical life of Mohammad and the politics that built Islam.

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1 000+

🏛️ Islamic History 🕌 Prophetic Biography 🔍 Historical Criticism 📜 Secular Biography ⚖️ Religion And Politics

Tjugotre år

He denied performing miracles. A critical life of Mohammad and the politics that built Islam.

av Ali Dashti 1974 339 sidor

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🏛️ Islamic History 🕌 Prophetic Biography 🔍 Historical Criticism 📜 Secular Biography ⚖️ Religion And Politics

Monsters

av Claire Dederer • 2023

Our favorite art was made by awful people. A critic's personal, unresolved struggle with that fact.

3.68

22 000+

🎨 Art Criticism 🗣️ Cultural Criticism 📝 Essay Collections 🚫 Cancel Culture Debate 👁️ Subjective Criticism

Monsters

Our favorite art was made by awful people. A critic's personal, unresolved struggle with that fact.

av Claire Dederer 2023 257 sidor

3.68

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🎨 Art Criticism 🗣️ Cultural Criticism 📝 Essay Collections 🚫 Cancel Culture Debate 👁️ Subjective Criticism

Malcolm X

av Manning Marable • 2011

His autobiography obscured a life of constant reinvention. This Pulitzer biography reveals the man.

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📖 Political Biography ✊🏿 Black Nationalism 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🕋 Religious Conversion 📚 Prison Education

Malcolm X

His autobiography obscured a life of constant reinvention. This Pulitzer biography reveals the man.

av Manning Marable 2011 608 sidor

4.19

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📖 Political Biography ✊🏿 Black Nationalism 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🕋 Religious Conversion 📚 Prison Education

The Sun Does Shine

av Anthony Ray Hinton • 2018

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

4.65

83 000+

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

The Sun Does Shine

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

av Anthony Ray Hinton 2018 272 sidor

4.65

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⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

The Story of My Life

av Helen Keller • 1902

At the water pump, a deafblind child discovered that everything has a name. Nothing was the same.

4.07

100 000+

🦯 Deafblind Experience 📖 Disability Memoirs 🗣️ Language Acquisition 💪 Overcoming Adversity ✋ Sensory Experience

The Story of My Life

At the water pump, a deafblind child discovered that everything has a name. Nothing was the same.

av Helen Keller 1902 152 sidor

4.07

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🦯 Deafblind Experience 📖 Disability Memoirs 🗣️ Language Acquisition 💪 Overcoming Adversity ✋ Sensory Experience

Zealot

av Reza Aslan • 2013

Rome crucified Jesus for sedition, not blasphemy. The revolutionary beneath the religion.

3.86

73 000+

🏛️ Historical Jesus ⛪ Early Christianity 🔥 Messianic Movements 📖 Biblical Criticism 🏺 Roman Empire

Zealot

Rome crucified Jesus for sedition, not blasphemy. The revolutionary beneath the religion.

av Reza Aslan 2013 296 sidor

3.86

73 000+ betyg

🏛️ Historical Jesus ⛪ Early Christianity 🔥 Messianic Movements 📖 Biblical Criticism 🏺 Roman Empire

Prisoner's Dilemma

av William Poundstone • 1992

A Hungarian polymath invented game theory. The Cold War turned his thought experiment real.

3.92

2 000+

🎲 Game Theory 🥶 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Strategy 🤝 Social Dilemmas 🏃 Arms Races

Prisoner's Dilemma

A Hungarian polymath invented game theory. The Cold War turned his thought experiment real.

av William Poundstone 1992 294 sidor

3.92

2 000+ betyg

🎲 Game Theory 🥶 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Strategy 🤝 Social Dilemmas 🏃 Arms Races

Blood and Oil

av Bradley Hope • 2020

Hundreds arrested. Phones hacked. A journalist killed. Inside Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia.

4.24

10 000+

🕌 Saudi Politics 👑 Authoritarian Leaders 🛢️ Oil Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Power Consolidation

Blood and Oil

Hundreds arrested. Phones hacked. A journalist killed. Inside Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia.

av Bradley Hope 2020 368 sidor

4.24

10 000+ betyg

🕌 Saudi Politics 👑 Authoritarian Leaders 🛢️ Oil Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Power Consolidation

Lenin

av Robert Service • 2000

How a bookish, emotionally stunted provincial became the ruthless architect of the Soviet state.

3.84

1 000+

🇷🇺 Russian History ☭ Soviet History 👤 Political Biography ✊ Revolutionary Movements ♟️ Political Strategy

Lenin

How a bookish, emotionally stunted provincial became the ruthless architect of the Soviet state.

av Robert Service 2000 592 sidor

3.84

1 000+ betyg

🇷🇺 Russian History ☭ Soviet History 👤 Political Biography ✊ Revolutionary Movements ♟️ Political Strategy

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