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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

Angela's Ashes

av Frank McCourt • 1996

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

4.15

600 000+

☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent ⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🕯️ Childhood Loss

Angela's Ashes

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

av Frank McCourt 1996 452 sidor

4.15

600 000+ betyg

☘️ Irish Memoir 🍞 Extreme Poverty 🍺 Alcoholic Parent ⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🕯️ Childhood Loss

The Bond King

av Mary Childs • 2022

A card counter built a two-trillion-dollar bond empire. The instincts that built it destroyed him.

3.80

2 000+

🏦 Bond Markets 🏢 Asset Management 🗽 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Crises 👑 Founder Hubris

The Bond King

A card counter built a two-trillion-dollar bond empire. The instincts that built it destroyed him.

av Mary Childs 2022 324 sidor

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🏦 Bond Markets 🏢 Asset Management 🗽 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Crises 👑 Founder Hubris

The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell

av Oren Harari • 2002

Ten leadership rules from a four-star general. Rule one: the front line is usually right.

4.04

500+

🪖 Military Leadership 🤝 Empowered Teams 🪞 Ego Management 🗣️ Constructive Dissent 👥 People-First Management

The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell

Ten leadership rules from a four-star general. Rule one: the front line is usually right.

av Oren Harari 2002 288 sidor

4.04

500+ betyg

🪖 Military Leadership 🤝 Empowered Teams 🪞 Ego Management 🗣️ Constructive Dissent 👥 People-First Management

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

av Paul Hoffman • 1998

He worked 19 hours a day on amphetamines, crossed four continents, and published 1,475 math papers.

4.06

10 000+

📐 Mathematical Biography 🔢 Number Theory ♾️ Infinity 📜 History Of Mathematics ✨ Mathematical Beauty

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

He worked 19 hours a day on amphetamines, crossed four continents, and published 1,475 math papers.

av Paul Hoffman 1998 302 sidor

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📐 Mathematical Biography 🔢 Number Theory ♾️ Infinity 📜 History Of Mathematics ✨ Mathematical Beauty

Jung the Mystic

av Gary Lachman • 2010

He ridiculed mystics, then spent years documenting conversations with his inner spirit guide.

3.94

436

🌌 Jungian Psychology 🕳️ Depth Psychology 🕯️ Occult Biography 🌙 Dream Analysis 🌑 Shadow Work

Jung the Mystic

He ridiculed mystics, then spent years documenting conversations with his inner spirit guide.

av Gary Lachman 2010 272 sidor

3.94

436 betyg

🌌 Jungian Psychology 🕳️ Depth Psychology 🕯️ Occult Biography 🌙 Dream Analysis 🌑 Shadow Work

Wave

av Sonali Deraniyagala • 2013

A tsunami erased her family in minutes. Surviving it was only the first impossible thing.

3.80

23 000+

🌊 Natural Disasters 🕊️ Bereavement And Loss 💔 Survivor's Guilt 📖 Grief Memoir 🕯️ Memory And Mourning

Wave

A tsunami erased her family in minutes. Surviving it was only the first impossible thing.

av Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 213 sidor

3.80

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🌊 Natural Disasters 🕊️ Bereavement And Loss 💔 Survivor's Guilt 📖 Grief Memoir 🕯️ Memory And Mourning

Persians

av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones • 2022

Herodotus told one story. Persian tablets and reliefs tell another, and they survive.

4.07

2 000+

🇮🇷 Persian History 🏛️ Ancient Empires 👑 Imperial Governance 🌍 Multicultural Empire 🔥 Zoroastrian Influence

Persians

Herodotus told one story. Persian tablets and reliefs tell another, and they survive.

av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2022 448 sidor

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🇮🇷 Persian History 🏛️ Ancient Empires 👑 Imperial Governance 🌍 Multicultural Empire 🔥 Zoroastrian Influence

In the Garden of Beasts

av Erik Larson • 2011

A professor becomes ambassador to Hitler's Berlin. His daughter falls in love with the Nazis.

3.90

200 000+

🏴 Nazi Germany 📜 Diplomatic History ⚠️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts 🕊️ Appeasement

In the Garden of Beasts

A professor becomes ambassador to Hitler's Berlin. His daughter falls in love with the Nazis.

av Erik Larson 2011 448 sidor

3.90

200 000+ betyg

🏴 Nazi Germany 📜 Diplomatic History ⚠️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts 🕊️ Appeasement

The Last Lecture

av Randy Pausch • 2008

A man with months to live gave one last lecture. The subject: how to live.

4.26

300 000+

🏥 Cancer Memoir 🌟 Dream Pursuit 🧗 Grit And Perseverance ⏱️ Time Management ☀️ Choosing Optimism

The Last Lecture

A man with months to live gave one last lecture. The subject: how to live.

av Randy Pausch 2008 224 sidor

4.26

300 000+ betyg

🏥 Cancer Memoir 🌟 Dream Pursuit 🧗 Grit And Perseverance ⏱️ Time Management ☀️ Choosing Optimism

Ibn Khaldun

av Robert Irwin • 2018

The 14th-century thinker who discovered why civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles.

3.68

356

🕌 Medieval Islam 👑 Dynastic Cycles 🔍 Historical Methodology 🤝 Social Cohesion 🌍 Geographical Determinism

Ibn Khaldun

The 14th-century thinker who discovered why civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles.

av Robert Irwin 2018 256 sidor

3.68

356 betyg

🕌 Medieval Islam 👑 Dynastic Cycles 🔍 Historical Methodology 🤝 Social Cohesion 🌍 Geographical Determinism

The Will to Keep Winning

av Daigo Umehara • 2016

For a fighting game legend, the most dangerous opponent was the trophy itself.

4.22

500+

🎮 Competitive Gaming 🧠 Competitive Mindset 🔄 Process Over Outcome 🏆 Sustained Excellence 💪 Effort Over Talent

The Will to Keep Winning

For a fighting game legend, the most dangerous opponent was the trophy itself.

av Daigo Umehara 2016 142 sidor

4.22

500+ betyg

🎮 Competitive Gaming 🧠 Competitive Mindset 🔄 Process Over Outcome 🏆 Sustained Excellence 💪 Effort Over Talent

Genghis Khan

av John Man • 2004

16 million men share his chromosome. His empire reshaped Eurasia. His grave has never been found.

3.72

1 000+

🏹 Mongol Empire 🌏 Eurasian History 🐎 Steppe Nomads 🧬 Genetic History 🪦 Lost Tombs

Genghis Khan

16 million men share his chromosome. His empire reshaped Eurasia. His grave has never been found.

av John Man 2004 400 sidor

3.72

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🏹 Mongol Empire 🌏 Eurasian History 🐎 Steppe Nomads 🧬 Genetic History 🪦 Lost Tombs

The Light We Carry

av Michelle Obama • 2022

When the world feels too big, shrink it: resilience lessons from a former First Lady.

4.27

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📖 Political Memoirs 🌱 Everyday Resilience 💛 Vulnerability 👥 Adult Friendships 💎 Self Worth

The Light We Carry

When the world feels too big, shrink it: resilience lessons from a former First Lady.

av Michelle Obama 2022 319 sidor

4.27

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📖 Political Memoirs 🌱 Everyday Resilience 💛 Vulnerability 👥 Adult Friendships 💎 Self Worth

Original Sin

av Jake Tapper • 2025

A tight inner circle hid the president's decline until one debate shattered the illusion.

3.72

22 000+

🏛️ Presidential Politics 📰 Political Journalism 🏠 White House 🔍 Political Coverups ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Original Sin

A tight inner circle hid the president's decline until one debate shattered the illusion.

av Jake Tapper 2025 352 sidor

3.72

22 000+ betyg

🏛️ Presidential Politics 📰 Political Journalism 🏠 White House 🔍 Political Coverups ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Cult of the Dead Cow

av Joseph Menn • 2019

From BBS pranks to Pentagon briefings: how a hacker collective wrote the playbook for cyberdefense.

3.75

2 000+

💻 Hacker Culture ✊ Hacktivism 🛡️ Ethical Hacking ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🔐 Digital Rights

Cult of the Dead Cow

From BBS pranks to Pentagon briefings: how a hacker collective wrote the playbook for cyberdefense.

av Joseph Menn 2019 256 sidor

3.75

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💻 Hacker Culture ✊ Hacktivism 🛡️ Ethical Hacking ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🔐 Digital Rights

MBS

av Ben Hubbard • 2020

An obscure Saudi prince seized a kingdom, won over Trump, and crushed dissent, until Istanbul.

4.14

3 000+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 📖 Political Biography 💪 Power Consolidation 🛢️ Oil Politics

MBS

An obscure Saudi prince seized a kingdom, won over Trump, and crushed dissent, until Istanbul.

av Ben Hubbard 2020 384 sidor

4.14

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 📖 Political Biography 💪 Power Consolidation 🛢️ Oil Politics

The Hidden Habits of Genius

av Craig Wright • 2020

Darwin, Jobs, Churchill: none aced a test. The traits behind their genius are learnable.

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🧠 Creative Genius 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 👩 Gender Bias 📚 Lifelong Learning ⏰ Creative Routines

The Hidden Habits of Genius

Darwin, Jobs, Churchill: none aced a test. The traits behind their genius are learnable.

av Craig Wright 2020 333 sidor

3.96

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🧠 Creative Genius 🔄 Contrarian Thinking 👩 Gender Bias 📚 Lifelong Learning ⏰ Creative Routines

The Art of Power

av Nancy Pelosi • 2024

From the 2008 crash to January 6, how the first woman Speaker held democracy together.

3.94

6 000+

👩‍⚖️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Congressional Leadership 📖 Political Memoir 🚨 Crisis Management 📜 Legislative Process

The Art of Power

From the 2008 crash to January 6, how the first woman Speaker held democracy together.

av Nancy Pelosi 2024 352 sidor

3.94

6 000+ betyg

👩‍⚖️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Congressional Leadership 📖 Political Memoir 🚨 Crisis Management 📜 Legislative Process

The Promise of a Pencil

av Adam Braun • 2014

A pencil, a $25 deposit, hundreds of schools. The playbook for building a movement from scratch.

4.12

7 000+

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 📚 Education Nonprofits 🧭 Finding Purpose 🤝 Networking Strategy 💎 Authentic Leadership

The Promise of a Pencil

A pencil, a $25 deposit, hundreds of schools. The playbook for building a movement from scratch.

av Adam Braun 2014 272 sidor

4.12

7 000+ betyg

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 📚 Education Nonprofits 🧭 Finding Purpose 🤝 Networking Strategy 💎 Authentic Leadership

It Worked for Me

av Colin Powell • 2012

A general's leadership code: own every failure, earn trust daily, fix problems before they spread.

4.09

7 000+

🪖 Military Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧾 Accountability Culture 🌱 Mentoring And Development 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

It Worked for Me

A general's leadership code: own every failure, earn trust daily, fix problems before they spread.

av Colin Powell 2012 304 sidor

4.09

7 000+ betyg

🪖 Military Leadership 🤲 Servant Leadership 🧾 Accountability Culture 🌱 Mentoring And Development 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Walt Disney

av Neal Gabler • 2006

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

4.07

11 000+

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism 🧠 Psychological Biography 🏢 Corporate Biography

Walt Disney

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

av Neal Gabler 2006 851 sidor

4.07

11 000+ betyg

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism 🧠 Psychological Biography 🏢 Corporate Biography

Playing It My Way

av Sachin Tendulkar • 2014

Twenty-four years carrying a billion hopes, and the mental rules that made it possible.

3.94

11 000+

🏏 Cricket Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Sports 🧠 Mental Resilience 🚀 Peak Performance ⚖️ Handling Pressure

Playing It My Way

Twenty-four years carrying a billion hopes, and the mental rules that made it possible.

av Sachin Tendulkar 2014 496 sidor

3.94

11 000+ betyg

🏏 Cricket Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Sports 🧠 Mental Resilience 🚀 Peak Performance ⚖️ Handling Pressure

Hard Choices

av Hillary Rodham Clinton • 2013

Deciding which American principle to sacrifice today: the memoir of a Secretary of State.

3.61

14 000+

🌎 American Foreign Policy 📖 Diplomatic Memoirs 🤝 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 💼 Economic Diplomacy

Hard Choices

Deciding which American principle to sacrifice today: the memoir of a Secretary of State.

av Hillary Rodham Clinton 2013 788 sidor

3.61

14 000+ betyg

🌎 American Foreign Policy 📖 Diplomatic Memoirs 🤝 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 💼 Economic Diplomacy

Politics On the Edge

av Rory Stewart • 2023

Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.

4.30

18 000+

🇬🇧 British Politics 😞 Political Disillusion 🏛️ Westminster Insider 🔗 Prison Reform 🇪🇺 Brexit Politics

Politics On the Edge

Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.

av Rory Stewart 2023 436 sidor

4.30

18 000+ betyg

🇬🇧 British Politics 😞 Political Disillusion 🏛️ Westminster Insider 🔗 Prison Reform 🇪🇺 Brexit Politics

Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

av Ashlee Vance • 2017

A bullied kid, three near-bankruptcies, and the plan to put a million people on Mars.

4.22

1 000+

🚀 Space Entrepreneurship ⚡ Clean Energy Innovation 🌟 Techno-Optimism 💥 Industry Disruption 🪐 Space Colonization

Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

A bullied kid, three near-bankruptcies, and the plan to put a million people on Mars.

av Ashlee Vance 2017 288 sidor

4.22

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🚀 Space Entrepreneurship ⚡ Clean Energy Innovation 🌟 Techno-Optimism 💥 Industry Disruption 🪐 Space Colonization

The Seven Storey Mountain

av Thomas Merton • 1948

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

4.08

21 000+

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion 🙏 Contemplative Life ⛪ Monastic Vocation

The Seven Storey Mountain

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

av Thomas Merton 1948 467 sidor

4.08

21 000+ betyg

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion 🙏 Contemplative Life ⛪ Monastic Vocation

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

av Pablo Neruda • 1951

How love, exile, and revolution forged a Nobel laureate whose poetry still crosses every border.

4.43

20 000+

📖 Literary Criticism 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🏆 Nobel Laureates ✊ Poetry And Politics 🌐 Translation Studies

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

How love, exile, and revolution forged a Nobel laureate whose poetry still crosses every border.

av Pablo Neruda 1951 1040 sidor

4.43

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📖 Literary Criticism 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🏆 Nobel Laureates ✊ Poetry And Politics 🌐 Translation Studies

Personal History

av Katharine Graham • 1997

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

4.09

24 000+

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Personal History

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

av Katharine Graham 1997 642 sidor

4.09

24 000+ betyg

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Warsaw Boy

av Andrew Borowiec • 2014

He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.

4.09

180

🇵🇱 Polish History ⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front 🕵️ Resistance Movements 👦 Child's Perspective On War 🌱 Wartime Coming Of Age

Warsaw Boy

He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.

av Andrew Borowiec 2014

4.09

180 betyg

🇵🇱 Polish History ⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front 🕵️ Resistance Movements 👦 Child's Perspective On War 🌱 Wartime Coming Of Age

Fire and Fury

av Michael Wolff • 2018

Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.

3.44

77 000+

🏛️ White House Insider 🇺🇸 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Infighting 💥 White House Dysfunction 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Fire and Fury

Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.

av Michael Wolff 2018 336 sidor

3.44

77 000+ betyg

🏛️ White House Insider 🇺🇸 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Infighting 💥 White House Dysfunction 🔍 Investigative Journalism

War as I Knew It

av George S. Patton Jr. • 1947

Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.

4.12

2 000+

🪖 Military Command 📖 War Memoirs 🗺️ Military Strategy 🎖️ Combat Leadership ⚡ Maneuver Warfare

War as I Knew It

Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.

av George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 sidor

4.12

2 000+ betyg

🪖 Military Command 📖 War Memoirs 🗺️ Military Strategy 🎖️ Combat Leadership ⚡ Maneuver Warfare

John Adams

av David McCullough • 2001

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

4.09

300 000+

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era 📜 Diplomatic History 📖 Narrative History

John Adams

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

av David McCullough 2001 751 sidor

4.09

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👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era 📜 Diplomatic History 📖 Narrative History

Saved by the Light

av Dannion Brinkley • 1994

After a lightning strike killed him, thirteen Beings of Light revealed the future in twelve boxes.

4.10

3 000+

✨ Near-Death Experiences 🎞️ Life Review 🔮 Prophetic Visions 👁️ Psychic Abilities 📖 Spiritual Memoirs

Saved by the Light

After a lightning strike killed him, thirteen Beings of Light revealed the future in twelve boxes.

av Dannion Brinkley 1994 224 sidor

4.10

3 000+ betyg

✨ Near-Death Experiences 🎞️ Life Review 🔮 Prophetic Visions 👁️ Psychic Abilities 📖 Spiritual Memoirs

The Rule

av Larry Hite • 2019

One rule about losses built a dyslexic outsider's fortune. The same logic works everywhere.

3.92

351

📈 Trend Following 📊 Quantitative Trading ⚖️ Risk Management 🎲 Probability Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Rule

One rule about losses built a dyslexic outsider's fortune. The same logic works everywhere.

av Larry Hite 2019 256 sidor

3.92

351 betyg

📈 Trend Following 📊 Quantitative Trading ⚖️ Risk Management 🎲 Probability Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Warriors Don't Cry

av Melba Pattillo Beals • 1994

Acid in her eyes, threats at every turn: a 15-year-old's year integrating an Arkansas high school.

4.18

16 000+

✊ Civil Rights Movement 🏫 School Desegregation 🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👩🏾 Teen Memoir

Warriors Don't Cry

Acid in her eyes, threats at every turn: a 15-year-old's year integrating an Arkansas high school.

av Melba Pattillo Beals 1994 227 sidor

4.18

16 000+ betyg

✊ Civil Rights Movement 🏫 School Desegregation 🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👩🏾 Teen Memoir

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

av Lori Arviso Alvord • 2000

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

4.03

1 000+

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing 🌍 Cross-Cultural Medicine 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

av Lori Arviso Alvord 2000 205 sidor

4.03

1 000+ betyg

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing 🌍 Cross-Cultural Medicine 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine

Rosa Parks

av Rosa Parks • 1948

A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.

4.19

2 000+

✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement 🚫 Jim Crow South 📖 Activist Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Rosa Parks

A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.

av Rosa Parks 1948 188 sidor

4.19

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✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement 🚫 Jim Crow South 📖 Activist Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Warren Buffett

av Robert G Hagstrom • 2021

The Money Mind: seeing businesses where others see stock prices, and decades where others see days.

4.06

301

🧮 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Compound Growth 🧘 Investor Temperament 🏔️ Self-Reliance

Warren Buffett

The Money Mind: seeing businesses where others see stock prices, and decades where others see days.

av Robert G Hagstrom 2021 253 sidor

4.06

301 betyg

🧮 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Compound Growth 🧘 Investor Temperament 🏔️ Self-Reliance

Last Man Standing

av Duff McDonald • 2009

Most banks chased risk. Jamie Dimon prepared for collapse. In 2008, only one was ready.

4.23

1 000+

💼 Investment Banking 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds ⚠️ Risk Management 🏦 Banking Conservatism 📋 Accountability Culture

Last Man Standing

Most banks chased risk. Jamie Dimon prepared for collapse. In 2008, only one was ready.

av Duff McDonald 2009 352 sidor

4.23

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💼 Investment Banking 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds ⚠️ Risk Management 🏦 Banking Conservatism 📋 Accountability Culture

My Life

av Bill Clinton • 2004

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

3.74

50 000+

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

My Life

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

av Bill Clinton 2004 1008 sidor

3.74

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🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

av Curtis Chin • 2023

At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.

3.83

4 000+

🥡 Chinese American Experience 🏠 Immigrant Families 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🏙️ Detroit 🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.

av Curtis Chin 2023 291 sidor

3.83

4 000+ betyg

🥡 Chinese American Experience 🏠 Immigrant Families 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🏙️ Detroit 🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs

This Is Not a T-Shirt

av Bobby Hundreds • 2019

How a blog became a streetwear empire and why community, not scarcity, kept it alive.

4.21

1 000+

🧥 Streetwear Culture 🧵 Fashion Entrepreneurship 🏗️ Brand Building 🤝 Community-Led Business 🔧 DIY Ethos

This Is Not a T-Shirt

How a blog became a streetwear empire and why community, not scarcity, kept it alive.

av Bobby Hundreds 2019 338 sidor

4.21

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🧥 Streetwear Culture 🧵 Fashion Entrepreneurship 🏗️ Brand Building 🤝 Community-Led Business 🔧 DIY Ethos

The Distance Between Us

av Reyna Grande • 2012

Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.

4.37

17 000+

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👫 Sibling Bonds 💔 Father Wound 👧 Parentified Child

The Distance Between Us

Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.

av Reyna Grande 2012 325 sidor

4.37

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🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👫 Sibling Bonds 💔 Father Wound 👧 Parentified Child

Man's Search for Meaning / Ultimate Meaning / The Choice

av Viktor E. Frankl

What kept prisoners alive in the camps wasn't strength, luck, or optimism. It was meaning.

4.38

214

🧠 Existential Psychology 🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🎯 Finding Purpose 💔 Meaning And Suffering 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Man's Search for Meaning / Ultimate Meaning / The Choice

What kept prisoners alive in the camps wasn't strength, luck, or optimism. It was meaning.

av Viktor E. Frankl

4.38

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🧠 Existential Psychology 🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🎯 Finding Purpose 💔 Meaning And Suffering 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Grace and Grit

av Ken Wilber • 1991

A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.

4.47

1 000+

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 💗 Compassion Practice 🌸 Feminine Spirituality

Grace and Grit

A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.

av Ken Wilber 1991 431 sidor

4.47

1 000+ betyg

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🙏 Spiritual Memoirs 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 💗 Compassion Practice 🌸 Feminine Spirituality

The Secret Race

av Tyler Hamilton • 2012

EPO, blood bags, and the code of silence: inside the Tour de France's doping underworld.

4.39

19 000+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Doping In Sport 🩸 Blood Doping 🤫 Code Of Silence 📖 Confessional Memoir

The Secret Race

EPO, blood bags, and the code of silence: inside the Tour de France's doping underworld.

av Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 sidor

4.39

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