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Poor Charlie's Almanack

av Charles T. Munger • 2005

Outsmarting your own irrationality is the only lasting edge. Charlie Munger's manual.

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💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 🌐 Multidisciplinary

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Outsmarting your own irrationality is the only lasting edge. Charlie Munger's manual.

av Charles T. Munger 2005 548 sidor

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18 000+ betyg

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 🌐 Multidisciplinary

Letters to Milena

av Franz Kafka • 1952

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

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✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Letters to Milena

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

av Franz Kafka 1952 298 sidor

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✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Jag är Malala

av Malala Yousafzai • 2012

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Jag är Malala

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

av Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 sidor

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Confessions of an Advertising Man

av David Ogilvy • 2004

Entertaining ads rarely sell. Great ones make a concrete promise, then repeat it for decades.

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🎨 Advertising Craft ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Sales Psychology 🥃 Madison Avenue

Confessions of an Advertising Man

Entertaining ads rarely sell. Great ones make a concrete promise, then repeat it for decades.

av David Ogilvy 2004 208 sidor

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🎨 Advertising Craft ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Sales Psychology 🥃 Madison Avenue

Tuesdays with Morrie

av Mitch Albom • 1997

Success made Mitch Albom rich. His dying professor showed him what it couldn't buy.

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🕯️ Deathbed Wisdom 💀 Facing Mortality 👨‍🏫 Mentorship Memoirs 🫂 Emotional Presence 🧠 Humanistic Psychology

Tuesdays with Morrie

Success made Mitch Albom rich. His dying professor showed him what it couldn't buy.

av Mitch Albom 1997 198 sidor

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🕯️ Deathbed Wisdom 💀 Facing Mortality 👨‍🏫 Mentorship Memoirs 🫂 Emotional Presence 🧠 Humanistic Psychology

Becoming

av Michelle Obama • 2018

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Becoming

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

av Michelle Obama 2018 426 sidor

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Educated

av Tara Westover • 2018

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

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🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling 📚 Escape Through Education 🔥 Family Gaslighting

Educated

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

av Tara Westover 2018 334 sidor

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🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling 📚 Escape Through Education 🔥 Family Gaslighting

Solito

av Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

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📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing 👦 Childhood Perspective 💔 Family Separation

Solito

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

av Javier Zamora 2022 384 sidor

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📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing 👦 Childhood Perspective 💔 Family Separation

Market Wizards, Updated

av Jack D. Schwager • 1989

Cut losses fast, sit still, bet only when odds tilt. How seventeen trading legends made fortunes.

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📊 Trading Strategies 🛡️ Risk Management 🧠 Market Psychology 🎯 Trading Psychology 📈 Technical Analysis

Market Wizards, Updated

Cut losses fast, sit still, bet only when odds tilt. How seventeen trading legends made fortunes.

av Jack D. Schwager 1989 512 sidor

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📊 Trading Strategies 🛡️ Risk Management 🧠 Market Psychology 🎯 Trading Psychology 📈 Technical Analysis

Never Enough

av Andrew Wilkinson • 2024

The barista who became a billionaire, then learned he had blown right past contentment.

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🖥️ Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Wealth Psychology 🏃 Hedonic Adaptation 📊 Value Investing 🥵 Founder Burnout

Never Enough

The barista who became a billionaire, then learned he had blown right past contentment.

av Andrew Wilkinson 2024 288 sidor

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🖥️ Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Wealth Psychology 🏃 Hedonic Adaptation 📊 Value Investing 🥵 Founder Burnout

Funny in Farsi

av Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

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🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

Funny in Farsi

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

av Firoozeh Dumas 2003 240 sidor

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🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

The Trading Game

av Gary Stevenson • 2024

He won millions predicting stagnation. His bank told him to shut up. He walked.

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🏦 Trading Memoirs 🏛️ Wall Street Culture 📉 Economic Inequality 🗣️ Whistleblower Accounts 📈 Working Class Mobility

The Trading Game

He won millions predicting stagnation. His bank told him to shut up. He walked.

av Gary Stevenson 2024 352 sidor

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🏦 Trading Memoirs 🏛️ Wall Street Culture 📉 Economic Inequality 🗣️ Whistleblower Accounts 📈 Working Class Mobility

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

av Richard P. Feynman • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

av Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 sidor

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

The Man Who Solved the Market

av Gregory Zuckerman • 2019

A mathematician hired scientists, not traders, and built the most successful investment fund ever.

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🏦 Hedge Fund History 📊 Quantitative Investing 🏛️ Wall Street History 📈 Data-Driven Investing 🤖 Algorithmic Trading

The Man Who Solved the Market

A mathematician hired scientists, not traders, and built the most successful investment fund ever.

av Gregory Zuckerman 2019 384 sidor

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🏦 Hedge Fund History 📊 Quantitative Investing 🏛️ Wall Street History 📈 Data-Driven Investing 🤖 Algorithmic Trading

Never Finished

av David Goggins • 2022

Discipline levels the field. A blueprint for building it when motivation won't show up.

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🔥 Mental Toughness 🏃 Endurance Sports 🦭 Navy Seal Discipline 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🧱 Habit Design

Never Finished

Discipline levels the field. A blueprint for building it when motivation won't show up.

av David Goggins 2022 312 sidor

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🔥 Mental Toughness 🏃 Endurance Sports 🦭 Navy Seal Discipline 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🧱 Habit Design

Wings of Fire

av A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 1999

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

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🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace 🛡️ Defense Technology 🔬 Scientific Leadership

Wings of Fire

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

av A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1999 180 sidor

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🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace 🛡️ Defense Technology 🔬 Scientific Leadership

My Inventions

av Nikola Tesla • 1935

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

My Inventions

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

av Nikola Tesla 1935 88 sidor

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

Anledningen till att jag hoppar

av Naoki Higashida • 2005

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

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🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

Anledningen till att jag hoppar

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

av Naoki Higashida 2005 135 sidor

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🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

How to Make a Few Billion Dollars

av Brad Jacobs • 2024

Ride a megatrend, buy companies, and hire people smarter than you. A billionaire's formula.

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🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🔄 Serial Entrepreneurship 🌟 Talent Strategy 🏢 Corporate Culture 📈 Megatrend Investing

How to Make a Few Billion Dollars

Ride a megatrend, buy companies, and hire people smarter than you. A billionaire's formula.

av Brad Jacobs 2024 272 sidor

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🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🔄 Serial Entrepreneurship 🌟 Talent Strategy 🏢 Corporate Culture 📈 Megatrend Investing

The Snowball

av Alice Schroeder • 2008

Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.

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🧮 Value Investing 📋 Business Biography 📈 Compound Growth ⏳ Long-Term Investing 💰 Wealth Accumulation

The Snowball

Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.

av Alice Schroeder 2008 832 sidor

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🧮 Value Investing 📋 Business Biography 📈 Compound Growth ⏳ Long-Term Investing 💰 Wealth Accumulation

Einstein

av Walter Isaacson • 2007

The greatest physicist of the twentieth century was also its most stubborn dissenter.

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🧬 Scientific Biography ⚛️ History Of Physics 🧠 Scientific Genius 🕳️ Relativity 🌊 Quantum Mechanics

Einstein

The greatest physicist of the twentieth century was also its most stubborn dissenter.

av Walter Isaacson 2007 675 sidor

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🧬 Scientific Biography ⚛️ History Of Physics 🧠 Scientific Genius 🕳️ Relativity 🌊 Quantum Mechanics

Eat, Pray, Love

av Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

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✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Eat, Pray, Love

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

av Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 458 sidor

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✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

From Third World to First

av Lee Kuan Yew • 2000

No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.

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🇧🇧 Nation-Building 🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism 🇵🇸 Postcolonial States 🇸🇬 Singapore Model 🏆 Meritocracy

From Third World to First

No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.

av Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 sidor

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🇧🇧 Nation-Building 🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism 🇵🇸 Postcolonial States 🇸🇬 Singapore Model 🏆 Meritocracy

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory

av Jeremy Holmes • 1993

Why a child's bond with a caregiver is a biological drive, not a learned habit.

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🧸 Attachment Theory 👶 Child Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🖤 Grief And Loss 🛋️ Therapeutic Relationship

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory

Why a child's bond with a caregiver is a biological drive, not a learned habit.

av Jeremy Holmes 1993 264 sidor

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🧸 Attachment Theory 👶 Child Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🖤 Grief And Loss 🛋️ Therapeutic Relationship

Muhammad

av Karen Armstrong • 2006

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

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🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue ✨ Religious Reform 🕊️ Peacebuilding

Muhammad

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

av Karen Armstrong 2006 256 sidor

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🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue ✨ Religious Reform 🕊️ Peacebuilding

The Mamba Mentality

av Kobe Bryant • 2018

The relentless preparation and obsessive study behind Kobe Bryant's two decades of dominance.

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🏀 Professional Basketball 🏆 Elite Performance 📖 Sports Memoir 💪 Relentless Work Ethic 🔨 Fundamentals Mastery

The Mamba Mentality

The relentless preparation and obsessive study behind Kobe Bryant's two decades of dominance.

av Kobe Bryant 2018 208 sidor

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🏀 Professional Basketball 🏆 Elite Performance 📖 Sports Memoir 💪 Relentless Work Ethic 🔨 Fundamentals Mastery

The Diary of a Young Girl

av Anne Frank • 1947

A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.

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🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 📔 Wartime Diary 🌱 Adolescence In Wartime 🏚️ Life In Hiding ⚫ Nazi Occupation

The Diary of a Young Girl

A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.

av Anne Frank 1947 283 sidor

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🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 📔 Wartime Diary 🌱 Adolescence In Wartime 🏚️ Life In Hiding ⚫ Nazi Occupation

My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising

av Claude C. Hopkins • 1923

Before creativity ruled, advertising was a science. The man who proved it gives his rules.

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📢 Advertising Strategy ✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response Marketing 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📏 Testing And Measurement

My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising

Before creativity ruled, advertising was a science. The man who proved it gives his rules.

av Claude C. Hopkins 1923 336 sidor

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📢 Advertising Strategy ✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response Marketing 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📏 Testing And Measurement

Benjamin Franklin

av Walter Isaacson • 2003

A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.

4.05

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🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚔️ American Revolution 🧠 Polymath Biography 💡 Enlightenment Era 🔨 Self-Made Lives

Benjamin Franklin

A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.

av Walter Isaacson 2003 586 sidor

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🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚔️ American Revolution 🧠 Polymath Biography 💡 Enlightenment Era 🔨 Self-Made Lives

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

av C.G. Jung • 1962

A boy hides a carved figure in the attic; from that secret, a psychology is born.

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🧠 Depth Psychology 💤 Dream Analysis 🌑 Shadow Work 🏛️ Mythological Symbolism 🕊️ Psychology Of Religion

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

A boy hides a carved figure in the attic; from that secret, a psychology is born.

av C.G. Jung 1962 466 sidor

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🧠 Depth Psychology 💤 Dream Analysis 🌑 Shadow Work 🏛️ Mythological Symbolism 🕊️ Psychology Of Religion

Team of Rivals

av Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

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👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

av Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 sidor

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👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

The Happiest Refugee

av Anh Do • 2010

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

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🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

The Happiest Refugee

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

av Anh Do 2010 232 sidor

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🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

av Edwin Lefèvre • 1923

A lone speculator made and lost millions reading the tape. His rules still govern trading now.

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📈 Stock Market Classics 🎲 Speculation 🧠 Trading Psychology 🤔 Contrarian Thinking 🔄 Market Cycles

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

A lone speculator made and lost millions reading the tape. His rules still govern trading now.

av Edwin Lefèvre 1923 308 sidor

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📈 Stock Market Classics 🎲 Speculation 🧠 Trading Psychology 🤔 Contrarian Thinking 🔄 Market Cycles

Titan

av Ron Chernow • 1998

A pious Baptist created the Standard Oil octopus, gave away millions to be remembered as a saint.

4.15

38 000+

🛢️ Oil Industry History 💰 Robber Barons 🏗️ Corporate Consolidation ✝️ Protestant Ethic 🎁 Mega Philanthropy

Titan

A pious Baptist created the Standard Oil octopus, gave away millions to be remembered as a saint.

av Ron Chernow 1998 832 sidor

4.15

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🛢️ Oil Industry History 💰 Robber Barons 🏗️ Corporate Consolidation ✝️ Protestant Ethic 🎁 Mega Philanthropy

Trillion Dollar Coach

av Eric Schmidt • 2019

From the coach behind Apple and Google: a people-first playbook for building teams that outperform.

3.98

17 000+

🎯 Executive Coaching 👥 People Management 🏗️ Team Building 💬 Trust And Candor 🌱 Coaching Culture

Trillion Dollar Coach

From the coach behind Apple and Google: a people-first playbook for building teams that outperform.

av Eric Schmidt 2019 240 sidor

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🎯 Executive Coaching 👥 People Management 🏗️ Team Building 💬 Trust And Candor 🌱 Coaching Culture

Be Useful

av Arnold Schwarzenegger • 2023

From a farm boy to governor: seven blunt rules for a life that actually matters.

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🎬 Celebrity Self-Help 🔄 Personal Reinvention 💪 No-Excuses Mindset 🧭 Defining Life Purpose 📢 Selling Your Vision

Be Useful

From a farm boy to governor: seven blunt rules for a life that actually matters.

av Arnold Schwarzenegger 2023 288 sidor

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🎬 Celebrity Self-Help 🔄 Personal Reinvention 💪 No-Excuses Mindset 🧭 Defining Life Purpose 📢 Selling Your Vision

The Polyester Prince

av Hamish McDonald • 1998

A village trader exploited India's regulatory cracks to build the world's largest shareholder base.

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🇮🇳 Indian Business History 📜 License Raj 🔍 Investigative Biography 💰 Crony Capitalism 📉 Stock Market Manipulation

The Polyester Prince

A village trader exploited India's regulatory cracks to build the world's largest shareholder base.

av Hamish McDonald 1998 296 sidor

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🇮🇳 Indian Business History 📜 License Raj 🔍 Investigative Biography 💰 Crony Capitalism 📉 Stock Market Manipulation

Making Movies

av Sidney Lumet • 1995

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

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🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction ✂️ Editing Room 🔊 Sound Design

Making Movies

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

av Sidney Lumet 1995 240 sidor

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🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction ✂️ Editing Room 🔊 Sound Design

Spare

av Prince Harry • 2023

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

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400 000+

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Spare

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

av Prince Harry 2023 557 sidor

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🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

av Rebecca Skloot • 2010

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

av Rebecca Skloot 2010 362 sidor

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

Gifted Hands

av Ben Carson • 1992

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Gifted Hands

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

av Ben Carson 1992

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Only in Naples

av Katherine Wilson • 2015

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

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🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Only in Naples

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

av Katherine Wilson 2015 287 sidor

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🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

The Consolations of Philosophy

av Alain de Botton • 2000

Six philosophers diagnose six everyday miseries, from unpopularity to heartbreak.

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🏛️ Applied Philosophy 📘 Philosophical Self-Help 💡 History Of Ideas 🛡️ Practical Stoicism 🌋 Meaning Through Suffering

The Consolations of Philosophy

Six philosophers diagnose six everyday miseries, from unpopularity to heartbreak.

av Alain de Botton 2000 265 sidor

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🏛️ Applied Philosophy 📘 Philosophical Self-Help 💡 History Of Ideas 🛡️ Practical Stoicism 🌋 Meaning Through Suffering

Appetite for America

av Stephen Fried • 2010

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

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🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

Appetite for America

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

av Stephen Fried 2010 751 sidor

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🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

The Innovators

av Walter Isaacson • 2011

Collaboration, not solitary genius, built the computer. The human story of the digital revolution.

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🖥️ Computing History 🌉 Silicon Valley Origins 🤝 Collective Invention 📚 Group Biography 💾 Hacker Culture

The Innovators

Collaboration, not solitary genius, built the computer. The human story of the digital revolution.

av Walter Isaacson 2011 542 sidor

4.12

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🖥️ Computing History 🌉 Silicon Valley Origins 🤝 Collective Invention 📚 Group Biography 💾 Hacker Culture

What My Bones Know

av Stephanie Foo • 2022

A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.

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78 000+

📖 Trauma Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧘 Somatic Healing 🤝 Relational Healing

What My Bones Know

A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.

av Stephanie Foo 2022 352 sidor

4.49

78 000+ betyg

📖 Trauma Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧘 Somatic Healing 🤝 Relational Healing

The Warren Buffett Way

av Robert G. Hagstrom • 1994

Buy businesses, not stocks: the valuation framework that makes patience the investor's only edge.

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18 000+

🔍 Value Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 📊 Business Valuation 🏰 Competitive Advantage 🧠 Investor Psychology

The Warren Buffett Way

Buy businesses, not stocks: the valuation framework that makes patience the investor's only edge.

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Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

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