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The Liars' Club

av Mary Karr • 1995

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

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72 000+

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents 🧬 Generational Trauma 🩹 Childhood Trauma

The Liars' Club

The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.

av Mary Karr 1995 352 sidor

3.94

72 000+ betyg

🏚️ Southern Memoir 🔧 Working Class Memoir 🍺 Alcoholic Parents 🧬 Generational Trauma 🩹 Childhood Trauma

12 Notes

av Quincy Jones • 2022

From the producer of Thriller: twelve notes on turning pain into art and practice into legacy.

4.29

1 000+

🎹 Music Memoirs 🎵 Music Industry 🎨 Creative Process 🤝 Mentorship 🧠 Growth Mindset

12 Notes

From the producer of Thriller: twelve notes on turning pain into art and practice into legacy.

av Quincy Jones 2022 192 sidor

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1 000+ betyg

🎹 Music Memoirs 🎵 Music Industry 🎨 Creative Process 🤝 Mentorship 🧠 Growth Mindset

Girl, Interrupted

av Susanna Kaysen • 1993

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

3.95

200 000+

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships 🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir 🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum

Girl, Interrupted

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

av Susanna Kaysen 1993 169 sidor

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200 000+ betyg

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships 🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir 🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum

Killing Kennedy

av Bill O'Reilly • 2012

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

4.11

62 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

Killing Kennedy

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

av Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 sidor

4.11

62 000+ betyg

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

How to Lead

av David M. Rubenstein • 2020

The one trait great leaders share, from CEOs to generals, is not charisma.

3.84

1 000+

🎙️ Ceo Interviews 🚨 Crisis Management 🛡️ Ethical Leadership 📚 Continuous Learning 🔭 Visionary Leadership

How to Lead

The one trait great leaders share, from CEOs to generals, is not charisma.

av David M. Rubenstein 2020 448 sidor

3.84

1 000+ betyg

🎙️ Ceo Interviews 🚨 Crisis Management 🛡️ Ethical Leadership 📚 Continuous Learning 🔭 Visionary Leadership

Born on a Blue Day

av Daniel Tammet • 2006

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

3.85

24 000+

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Born on a Blue Day

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

av Daniel Tammet 2006 226 sidor

3.85

24 000+ betyg

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Miracle in the Andes

av Nando Parrado • 2006

Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.

4.37

27 000+

📖 Survival Memoir 🏔️ Andes Plane Crash ⛏️ Extreme Survival 💪 Human Endurance ⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters

Miracle in the Andes

Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.

av Nando Parrado 2006 304 sidor

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27 000+ betyg

📖 Survival Memoir 🏔️ Andes Plane Crash ⛏️ Extreme Survival 💪 Human Endurance ⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters

Based on a True Story

av Norm Macdonald • 2016

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

4.03

19 000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Based on a True Story

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

av Norm Macdonald 2016 256 sidor

4.03

19 000+ betyg

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Straight Shooter

av Stephen A. Smith • 2023

Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.

4.12

3 000+

🎙️ Sports Broadcasting 📺 Media Careers 📝 Sports Journalism 🔄 Career Comebacks 🚀 Self-Made Success

Straight Shooter

Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.

av Stephen A. Smith 2023 288 sidor

4.12

3 000+ betyg

🎙️ Sports Broadcasting 📺 Media Careers 📝 Sports Journalism 🔄 Career Comebacks 🚀 Self-Made Success

The Leadership of Muhammad

av John Adair • 2010

What a seventh-century desert shepherd knew about leading people that still works today.

4.09

331

🫡 Servant Leadership 🕌 Islamic Thought 🛡️ Character Leadership 📜 Prophetic Biography 🧠 Practical Wisdom

The Leadership of Muhammad

What a seventh-century desert shepherd knew about leading people that still works today.

av John Adair 2010 144 sidor

4.09

331 betyg

🫡 Servant Leadership 🕌 Islamic Thought 🛡️ Character Leadership 📜 Prophetic Biography 🧠 Practical Wisdom

Du sköna nya värld och Du sköna nya värld – återbesökt

av Aldous Huxley • 1932

Nietzsche needed a doctor for his body. The doctor needed Nietzsche for his soul.

4.16

100 000+

🛋️ Existential Therapy 🧠 Nietzschean Philosophy 📜 Psychoanalytic Origins 💊 Philosophy As Therapy 🔥 Obsessive Desire

Du sköna nya värld och Du sköna nya värld – återbesökt

Nietzsche needed a doctor for his body. The doctor needed Nietzsche for his soul.

av Aldous Huxley 1932 340 sidor

4.16

100 000+ betyg

🛋️ Existential Therapy 🧠 Nietzschean Philosophy 📜 Psychoanalytic Origins 💊 Philosophy As Therapy 🔥 Obsessive Desire

Soros on Soros

av George Soros • 1994

A billionaire trader's core idea: beliefs warp markets, and the pattern repeats until it breaks.

3.75

500+

💭 Philosophy Of Economics 🌐 Open Society Theory 🎢 Boom And Bust Cycles 🧐 Intellectual Humility 📖 Investor Memoirs

Soros on Soros

A billionaire trader's core idea: beliefs warp markets, and the pattern repeats until it breaks.

av George Soros 1994 336 sidor

3.75

500+ betyg

💭 Philosophy Of Economics 🌐 Open Society Theory 🎢 Boom And Bust Cycles 🧐 Intellectual Humility 📖 Investor Memoirs

Stranger in the Shogun's City

av Amy Stanley • 2020

A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.

3.77

2 000+

🧐 Microhistory 🏯 Edo Period Japan 📚 Social History 👤 Ordinary Lives ✊ Women's Agency

Stranger in the Shogun's City

A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.

av Amy Stanley 2020 352 sidor

3.77

2 000+ betyg

🧐 Microhistory 🏯 Edo Period Japan 📚 Social History 👤 Ordinary Lives ✊ Women's Agency

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

av Nicolas Darvas • 2017

A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.

4.23

6 000+

🏦 Stock Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🌱 Growth Investing

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.

av Nicolas Darvas 2017 141 sidor

4.23

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🏦 Stock Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🌱 Growth Investing

Saints Who Battled Satan

av Paul Thigpen • 2015

Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.

4.33

339

🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies 🍞 Sacramental Life 🙏 Prayer And Fasting

Saints Who Battled Satan

Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.

av Paul Thigpen 2015 264 sidor

4.33

339 betyg

🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies 🍞 Sacramental Life 🙏 Prayer And Fasting

The Obamas

av Jodi Kantor • 2011

Round one went to Washington: how the Obamas' marriage survived the presidency's first two years.

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2 000+

🖋️ Political Biography 💍 Presidential Marriage 🏛️ First Families 🏠 White House Life 🌍 Racial Dynamics

The Obamas

Round one went to Washington: how the Obamas' marriage survived the presidency's first two years.

av Jodi Kantor 2011

3.69

2 000+ betyg

🖋️ Political Biography 💍 Presidential Marriage 🏛️ First Families 🏠 White House Life 🌍 Racial Dynamics

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

av Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

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📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

av Donald Miller 2009 288 sidor

4.13

32 000+ betyg

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

The Dealmaker

av Guy Hands • 2021

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

3.90

500+

🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

The Dealmaker

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

av Guy Hands 2021 339 sidor

3.90

500+ betyg

🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

Outcasts United

av Warren St. John • 2009

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

3.84

8 000+

⚽ Youth Sports 🏠 Refugee Resettlement 🏟️ Sports And Community 📰 Immersion Journalism 🏡 Small Town America

Outcasts United

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

av Warren St. John 2009 240 sidor

3.84

8 000+ betyg

⚽ Youth Sports 🏠 Refugee Resettlement 🏟️ Sports And Community 📰 Immersion Journalism 🏡 Small Town America

Netflixed

av Gina Keating • 2012

Blockbuster could have bought Netflix for $50 million. They passed. What followed took down a giant.

3.97

1 000+

🎬 Entertainment Business ⚔️ Corporate Rivalry 💡 Disruptive Innovation 🔄 Digital Transformation 🚀 Startup Stories

Netflixed

Blockbuster could have bought Netflix for $50 million. They passed. What followed took down a giant.

av Gina Keating 2012 304 sidor

3.97

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🎬 Entertainment Business ⚔️ Corporate Rivalry 💡 Disruptive Innovation 🔄 Digital Transformation 🚀 Startup Stories

The Greater Journey

av David McCullough • 2011

Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.

3.94

20 000+

🇺🇸 American Expatriates 🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition 🩺 19th Century Medicine 🎨 Artistic Pilgrimage ⚔️ Franco Prussian War

The Greater Journey

Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.

av David McCullough 2011 558 sidor

3.94

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🇺🇸 American Expatriates 🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition 🩺 19th Century Medicine 🎨 Artistic Pilgrimage ⚔️ Franco Prussian War

Carl Jung

av Claire Dunne • 2000

Before mapping the unconscious, Jung had to survive his own descent into it.

4.18

500+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🎨 Illustrated Biography 📚 Intellectual Biography 🏺 Myth And Psyche 🌗 Inner Work

Carl Jung

Before mapping the unconscious, Jung had to survive his own descent into it.

av Claire Dunne 2000 242 sidor

4.18

500+ betyg

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🎨 Illustrated Biography 📚 Intellectual Biography 🏺 Myth And Psyche 🌗 Inner Work

A Smile as Big as the Moon

av Mike Kersjes • 2002

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

4.31

500+

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

A Smile as Big as the Moon

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

av Mike Kersjes 2002 288 sidor

4.31

500+ betyg

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

The Last Kings of Shanghai

av Jonathan Kaufman • 2020

Opium, war, and revolution: how two Jewish families built modern China, then lost it.

4.27

5 000+

🌆 Colonial Shanghai 📈 Chinese Economic History 💊 Opium Trade ✡️ Jewish Diaspora 🏛️ Business Dynasties

The Last Kings of Shanghai

Opium, war, and revolution: how two Jewish families built modern China, then lost it.

av Jonathan Kaufman 2020 384 sidor

4.27

5 000+ betyg

🌆 Colonial Shanghai 📈 Chinese Economic History 💊 Opium Trade ✡️ Jewish Diaspora 🏛️ Business Dynasties

Coders at Work

av Peter Seibel • 2009

Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.

3.95

5 000+

🧑‍💻 Software Engineering 🎙️ Developer Interviews 🔨 Craft Of Programming 🗣️ Polyglot Programming 🕵️ Hacker Culture

Coders at Work

Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.

av Peter Seibel 2009 634 sidor

3.95

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🧑‍💻 Software Engineering 🎙️ Developer Interviews 🔨 Craft Of Programming 🗣️ Polyglot Programming 🕵️ Hacker Culture

Adolf Hitler

av Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

8 000+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Adolf Hitler

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

av Spike Milligan 1971 142 sidor

4.04

8 000+ betyg

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

The Book of Charlie

av David von Drehle • 2023

A 109-year-old doctor's century of resilience: what he learned about loss, joy, and letting go.

3.98

12 000+

🧓 Generational Wisdom 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧱 Resilience Building 📚 Lifelong Learning

The Book of Charlie

A 109-year-old doctor's century of resilience: what he learned about loss, joy, and letting go.

av David von Drehle 2023 194 sidor

3.98

12 000+ betyg

🧓 Generational Wisdom 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🧱 Resilience Building 📚 Lifelong Learning

Empire of Pain

av Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

4.54

100 000+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Empire of Pain

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

av Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 535 sidor

4.54

100 000+ betyg

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Sam Walton, Made in America

av Sam Walton • 1992

The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.

4.16

28 000+

🏬 Retail Business 📖 Founder Memoir 😍 Customer Focus ⚙️ Lean Operations 🔄 Constant Improvement

Sam Walton, Made in America

The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.

av Sam Walton 1992 346 sidor

4.16

28 000+ betyg

🏬 Retail Business 📖 Founder Memoir 😍 Customer Focus ⚙️ Lean Operations 🔄 Constant Improvement

Jerusalem

av Simon Sebag Montefiore • 2011

The city that drives a hundred pilgrims insane, and the 3,000-year story behind the madness.

4.1

13 000+

🏙️ City Biography 🕌 Holy Cities ⚔️ Religious Rivalry 📖 Biblical History ⛏️ Biblical Archaeology

Jerusalem

The city that drives a hundred pilgrims insane, and the 3,000-year story behind the madness.

av Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011 752 sidor

4.1

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🏙️ City Biography 🕌 Holy Cities ⚔️ Religious Rivalry 📖 Biblical History ⛏️ Biblical Archaeology

Brewing Up a Business

av Sam Calagione • 2005

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

3.78

1 000+

🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation 🏷️ Brand Building 📣 Innovative Marketing

Brewing Up a Business

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

av Sam Calagione 2005 280 sidor

3.78

1 000+ betyg

🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation 🏷️ Brand Building 📣 Innovative Marketing

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

av Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

av Jordan Belfort 2016 530 sidor

4.32

163 betyg

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

Ursula K. Le Guin

av Ursula K. Le Guin • 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.

4.28

2 000+

✍️ Writing Craft 🎙️ Author Interviews 🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding ✨ The Writing Life 📚 Literary Analysis

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.

av Ursula K. Le Guin 2018 138 sidor

4.28

2 000+ betyg

✍️ Writing Craft 🎙️ Author Interviews 🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding ✨ The Writing Life 📚 Literary Analysis

The Dirt

av Tommy Lee • 2001

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

4.14

49 000+

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Dirt

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

av Tommy Lee 2001 431 sidor

4.14

49 000+ betyg

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker

av J.R. MacGregor • 2019

He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.

3.87

143

🎭 Gilded Age 🏦 Banking History 📈 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Panics 🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins

J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker

He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.

av J.R. MacGregor 2019 224 sidor

3.87

143 betyg

🎭 Gilded Age 🏦 Banking History 📈 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Panics 🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins

Room to Dream

av David Lynch • 2018

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

4.39

9 000+

🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

Room to Dream

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

av David Lynch 2018 577 sidor

4.39

9 000+ betyg

🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

Wooden

av John Wooden • 1997

Ten national titles later, a coach reveals why success means personal peace, not a trophy.

4.46

6 000+

🧭 Character Ethics 🤝 Servant Leadership 🛤️ Process Over Results 🏆 Redefining Success 🌱 Adversity And Resilience

Wooden

Ten national titles later, a coach reveals why success means personal peace, not a trophy.

av John Wooden 1997 201 sidor

4.46

6 000+ betyg

🧭 Character Ethics 🤝 Servant Leadership 🛤️ Process Over Results 🏆 Redefining Success 🌱 Adversity And Resilience

How We Think

av John Dewey • 1997

One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.

3.86

1 000+

🏛️ American Enlightenment 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🔄 Habit Formation 🦉 Practical Wisdom

How We Think

One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.

av John Dewey 1997 240 sidor

3.86

1 000+ betyg

🏛️ American Enlightenment 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🔄 Habit Formation 🦉 Practical Wisdom

Working

av Robert A. Caro • 2019

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

4.45

7 000+

🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research 🏛️ Political Biography 🗺️ Sense Of Place

Working

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

av Robert A. Caro 2019 231 sidor

4.45

7 000+ betyg

🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research 🏛️ Political Biography 🗺️ Sense Of Place

Slash

av Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

4.00

30 000+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Slash

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

av Slash 2007 458 sidor

4.00

30 000+ betyg

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

One Bullet Away

av Nathaniel Fick • 2005

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

4.21

11 000+

📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership 🏙️ Post-9/11 Wars 🤝 Unit Cohesion

One Bullet Away

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

av Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 sidor

4.21

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📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership 🏙️ Post-9/11 Wars 🤝 Unit Cohesion

Twelve Years a Slave

av Solomon Northup • 2013

Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.

4.23

100 000+

🎋 American Slavery ⛓️ Slave Narratives 📜 Abolitionist Literature 🕯️ Survival Under Bondage 🩸 Plantation Brutality

Twelve Years a Slave

Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.

av Solomon Northup 2013 363 sidor

4.23

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🎋 American Slavery ⛓️ Slave Narratives 📜 Abolitionist Literature 🕯️ Survival Under Bondage 🩸 Plantation Brutality

Brunelleschi's Dome

av Ross King • 1999

A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.

3.91

28 000+

🏛️ Architectural History 🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy ⚙️ Engineering Feats 🔧 Mechanical Invention ⚔️ Artistic Rivalry

Brunelleschi's Dome

A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.

av Ross King 1999 192 sidor

3.91

28 000+ betyg

🏛️ Architectural History 🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy ⚙️ Engineering Feats 🔧 Mechanical Invention ⚔️ Artistic Rivalry

This is Going to Hurt

av Adam Kay • 2017

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

4.40

300 000+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training 📖 Patient Stories 🇬🇧 British Humor

This is Going to Hurt

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

av Adam Kay 2017 285 sidor

4.40

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training 📖 Patient Stories 🇬🇧 British Humor

Choosing to Run

av Des Linden • 2023

She lost Boston by two seconds. Then a nor'easter gave her one more shot at victory.

4.24

12 000+

👟 Professional Running ♀️ Women In Sports 🏃 Marathon Running 🧠 Mental Toughness 📋 Training Philosophy

Choosing to Run

She lost Boston by two seconds. Then a nor'easter gave her one more shot at victory.

av Des Linden 2023 272 sidor

4.24

12 000+ betyg

👟 Professional Running ♀️ Women In Sports 🏃 Marathon Running 🧠 Mental Toughness 📋 Training Philosophy

Benjamin Graham

av Benjamin Graham • 1996

Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.

4.32

253

🧱 Value Investing 🏦 Wall Street History 📚 Self-Education 📉 Financial Crashes 🗳️ Shareholder Activism

Benjamin Graham

Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.

av Benjamin Graham 1996 351 sidor

4.32

253 betyg

🧱 Value Investing 🏦 Wall Street History 📚 Self-Education 📉 Financial Crashes 🗳️ Shareholder Activism

Leading with the Heart

av Mike Krzyzewski • 2001

A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.

4.2

4 000+

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🏛️ Ancient Leadership ⚔️ Military Strategy 🎁 Generosity In Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🐪 Persian Empire

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