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The White Darkness

av David Grann • 2018

Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.

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❄️ Polar Exploration 📖 Explorer Biographies 🕰️ Historical Obsession 🎖️ Leadership Under Pressure 💪 Extreme Endurance

The White Darkness

Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.

av David Grann 2018 160 sidor

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❄️ Polar Exploration 📖 Explorer Biographies 🕰️ Historical Obsession 🎖️ Leadership Under Pressure 💪 Extreme Endurance

In Love

av Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

In Love

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

av Amy Bloom 2022 240 sidor

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🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

The Perfect Mile

av Neal Bascomb • 2004

The four-minute mile was declared impossible. For three rivals, that was the starting line.

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🏃‍♂️ Track And Field 🧠 Sports Psychology 📜 History Of Sports 📋 Coaching Philosophies 🏟️ Amateur Athletics

The Perfect Mile

The four-minute mile was declared impossible. For three rivals, that was the starting line.

av Neal Bascomb 2004 322 sidor

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🏃‍♂️ Track And Field 🧠 Sports Psychology 📜 History Of Sports 📋 Coaching Philosophies 🏟️ Amateur Athletics

In My Time

av Dick Cheney • 2011

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

In My Time

From Yale dropout to the man who ran Desert Storm and picked himself for vice president.

av Dick Cheney 2011 576 sidor

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🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ White House Insider 🌍 Gulf War 🗺️ Post-Cold War Era 🛡️ Defense Policy

Champagne Football

av Mark Tighe • 2020

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

Champagne Football

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

av Mark Tighe 2020 336 sidor

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

av Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

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🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

av Vic Armstrong 2011

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🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The Space Barons

av Christian Davenport • 2018

Four billionaires bet private rockets could transform space. Then the rockets started landing.

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🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🌍 Space Colonization ♻️ Reusable Rockets 🛸 Space Tourism ⚔️ Tech Rivalries

The Space Barons

Four billionaires bet private rockets could transform space. Then the rockets started landing.

av Christian Davenport 2018 320 sidor

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🚀 Commercial Spaceflight 🌍 Space Colonization ♻️ Reusable Rockets 🛸 Space Tourism ⚔️ Tech Rivalries

The Heart and the Fist

av Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

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🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🛡️ Moral Courage 🎌 Cultural Competence

The Heart and the Fist

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

av Eric Greitens 2011 320 sidor

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🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🛡️ Moral Courage 🎌 Cultural Competence

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

av Donald J. Robertson • 2019

How a therapist decodes Marcus Aurelius's stoic playbook for mastery over anxiety, pain, and anger.

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💭 Thought Management 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

How a therapist decodes Marcus Aurelius's stoic playbook for mastery over anxiety, pain, and anger.

av Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 sidor

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💭 Thought Management 🛡️ Emotional Resilience

Angela Merkel

av Matt Qvortrup • 2016

Merkel spent thirty years learning to stay silent in East Germany. Then she outlasted everyone.

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🇩🇪 Modern Germany 📚 Political Biographies 👩‍💼 Female Leaders ⚡ Crisis Management 🇪🇺 European Union

Angela Merkel

Merkel spent thirty years learning to stay silent in East Germany. Then she outlasted everyone.

av Matt Qvortrup 2016 376 sidor

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🇩🇪 Modern Germany 📚 Political Biographies 👩‍💼 Female Leaders ⚡ Crisis Management 🇪🇺 European Union

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

av Amy Chua • 2011

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

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🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

av Amy Chua 2011 256 sidor

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🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🧧 Asian American Experience

A Million Little Pieces

av James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

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💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

av James Frey 2003

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💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Losing the Signal

av Jacquie McNish • 2015

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

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📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry 👥 Founder Dynamics 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurs

Losing the Signal

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

av Jacquie McNish 2015 288 sidor

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📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry 👥 Founder Dynamics 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurs

A Journey

av Tony Blair • 2010

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

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📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

A Journey

From rewriting Labour's soul to the order for war: the private memoir of a prime minister.

av Tony Blair 2010 720 sidor

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📖 Political Memoirs 🇬🇧 Uk Politics 🌹 Social Democracy 🌍 Humanitarian Intervention 🏥 Public Sector Reform

Quantum Man

av Lawrence M. Krauss • 2011

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

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⚛️ Particle Physics 🌀 Quantum Physics 📐 Theoretical Physics 📖 Scientific Biographies 🕰️ History Of Physics

Quantum Man

Feynman drew pictures of particles, insisted experiment trumps elegance, and rebuilt modern physics.

av Lawrence M. Krauss 2011 368 sidor

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⚛️ Particle Physics 🌀 Quantum Physics 📐 Theoretical Physics 📖 Scientific Biographies 🕰️ History Of Physics

The Gun

av C.J. Chivers • 2010

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🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology 📦 Weapons Proliferation 🩸 State Violence

The Gun

av C.J. Chivers 2010 496 sidor

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🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology 📦 Weapons Proliferation 🩸 State Violence

No Dream Is Too High

av Buzz Aldrin • 2016

The second man on the Moon on failure, purpose, and why your companions determine your destination.

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🚀 Space Exploration 🏁 Space Race 👨‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🔄 Second Acts 👥 Mentorship

No Dream Is Too High

The second man on the Moon on failure, purpose, and why your companions determine your destination.

av Buzz Aldrin 2016 224 sidor

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🚀 Space Exploration 🏁 Space Race 👨‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🔄 Second Acts 👥 Mentorship

Confidence Man

av Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Confidence Man

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

av Maggie Haberman 2022 597 sidor

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Secret Teacher

av Anonymous • 2018

Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.

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🏙️ Urban Schools 🇬🇧 Uk Education System 🍎 Classroom Memoir 😮‍💨 Teacher Burnout 📊 Standardized Testing

The Secret Teacher

Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.

av Anonymous 2018

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🏙️ Urban Schools 🇬🇧 Uk Education System 🍎 Classroom Memoir 😮‍💨 Teacher Burnout 📊 Standardized Testing

Little Angels

av Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

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🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life 🎙️ Oral History ☸️ Theravada Tradition

Little Angels

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

av Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005 320 sidor

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🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life 🎙️ Oral History ☸️ Theravada Tradition

Haldol and Hyacinths

av Melody Moezzi • 2013

A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.

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🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🤫 Mental Illness Stigma 🔄 Misdiagnosis 🌍 Cultural Identity

Haldol and Hyacinths

A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.

av Melody Moezzi 2013 304 sidor

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🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🤫 Mental Illness Stigma 🔄 Misdiagnosis 🌍 Cultural Identity

Somewhere Towards the End

av Diana Athill • 2008

At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.

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📖 Literary Memoir ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👩 Women's Lives ✍️ Late-Life Creativity 👥 Caregiving In Old Age

Somewhere Towards the End

At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.

av Diana Athill 2008 208 sidor

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📖 Literary Memoir ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👩 Women's Lives ✍️ Late-Life Creativity 👥 Caregiving In Old Age

Rome's Last Citizen

av Rob Goodman • 2012

Cato chose suicide over Caesar's pardon, turning a provincial port into the Republic's last stand.

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🏛️ Roman Republic 🧘 Stoicism ✊ Resistance To Tyranny ⚖️ Principled Leadership ⚔️ Roman Civil War

Rome's Last Citizen

Cato chose suicide over Caesar's pardon, turning a provincial port into the Republic's last stand.

av Rob Goodman 2012 384 sidor

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🏛️ Roman Republic 🧘 Stoicism ✊ Resistance To Tyranny ⚖️ Principled Leadership ⚔️ Roman Civil War

McDonald's

av John F. Love • 1986

The world's most famous restaurant chain is really a real estate company that perfected franchising.

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🍔 Fast Food Industry 📚 Corporate Histories 🏪 Franchise Business ⚙️ Operational Systems 🏠 Real Estate Strategy

McDonald's

The world's most famous restaurant chain is really a real estate company that perfected franchising.

av John F. Love 1986 486 sidor

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🍔 Fast Food Industry 📚 Corporate Histories 🏪 Franchise Business ⚙️ Operational Systems 🏠 Real Estate Strategy

All Too Human

av George Stephanopoulos • 1999

What a young Clinton aide learned when spin collided with scandal and loyalty demanded everything.

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📝 Political Memoir 🏛️ Clinton Administration 🇺🇸 American Presidency 🗳️ Campaign Politics ⚖️ Scandal Politics

All Too Human

What a young Clinton aide learned when spin collided with scandal and loyalty demanded everything.

av George Stephanopoulos 1999

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📝 Political Memoir 🏛️ Clinton Administration 🇺🇸 American Presidency 🗳️ Campaign Politics ⚖️ Scandal Politics

The Right Kind of Crazy

av Adam Steltzner • 2015

A sky crane, a rover, and a team that trusted doubt more than confidence.

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🚀 Space Exploration 🏛️ NASA History 🧩 Systems Thinking 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🌫️ Managing Uncertainty

The Right Kind of Crazy

A sky crane, a rover, and a team that trusted doubt more than confidence.

av Adam Steltzner 2015 256 sidor

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🚀 Space Exploration 🏛️ NASA History 🧩 Systems Thinking 🧠 Intellectual Humility 🌫️ Managing Uncertainty

Stephen Hawking

av Leonard Mlodinow • 2020

He wrote a 10-million-copy bestseller by twitching his cheek. The physics inside was stranger still.

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🌌 Cosmology 📖 Scientific Memoir ♿ Living With Disability ✍️ Popular Science Writing

Stephen Hawking

He wrote a 10-million-copy bestseller by twitching his cheek. The physics inside was stranger still.

av Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 sidor

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⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🌌 Cosmology 📖 Scientific Memoir ♿ Living With Disability ✍️ Popular Science Writing

Tune In

av Mark Lewisohn • 2013

Before Beatlemania, there was a songwriting rivalry, a visionary manager, and six-hour Hamburg sets.

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🇬🇧 British Invasion ⚓️ Merseybeat 🎤 Music Industry 💡 Creative Partnership 🤝 Artist Management

Tune In

Before Beatlemania, there was a songwriting rivalry, a visionary manager, and six-hour Hamburg sets.

av Mark Lewisohn 2013 944 sidor

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🇬🇧 British Invasion ⚓️ Merseybeat 🎤 Music Industry 💡 Creative Partnership 🤝 Artist Management

Gladys Aylward

av Gladys Aylward • 1970

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

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🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Gladys Aylward

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

av Gladys Aylward 1970 135 sidor

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🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Daughters of the Sun

av Ira Mukhoty • 2018

Mughal women ran the empire from the harem. Then history reduced them to a love story.

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🕌 Mughal History 🇮🇳 Indian History 👩 Women In History 👑 Female Rulers ⚔️ Dynastic Politics

Daughters of the Sun

Mughal women ran the empire from the harem. Then history reduced them to a love story.

av Ira Mukhoty 2018 276 sidor

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🕌 Mughal History 🇮🇳 Indian History 👩 Women In History 👑 Female Rulers ⚔️ Dynastic Politics

Indomitable

av Arundhati Bhattacharya • 2022

From a steel township to India's largest bank, just as demonetization and a six-bank merger hit.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏦 Banking Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Indomitable

From a steel township to India's largest bank, just as demonetization and a six-bank merger hit.

av Arundhati Bhattacharya 2022 395 sidor

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🇮🇳 Indian Business 🏦 Banking Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Sadhguru

av Arundhathi Subramaniam • 2010

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

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🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

Sadhguru

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

av Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010 256 sidor

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🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

The Billionaire and the Mechanic

av Julian Guthrie • 2013

Flying boats and shoreline crowds: how a billionaire and a mechanic won the America's Cup.

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🏆 Americas Cup 🥇 Underdog Stories 💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Billionaire Biography ⚙️ Sports Innovation

The Billionaire and the Mechanic

Flying boats and shoreline crowds: how a billionaire and a mechanic won the America's Cup.

av Julian Guthrie 2013 336 sidor

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🏆 Americas Cup 🥇 Underdog Stories 💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Billionaire Biography ⚙️ Sports Innovation

Bravey

av Alexi Pappas • 2021

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

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🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🗣️ Mental Health Advocacy

Bravey

She ran from her mother's suicide all the way to the Olympics. Depression found her anyway.

av Alexi Pappas 2021 338 sidor

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🏃 Running Memoir 🏅 Women In Sports 💔 Grief And Loss 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🗣️ Mental Health Advocacy

The Storyteller

av Dave Grohl • 2021

Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 🔧 DIY Ethos 💔 Grief And Loss 🎨 Creative Resilience 👨‍👧 Fatherhood

The Storyteller

Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.

av Dave Grohl 2021 384 sidor

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 🔧 DIY Ethos 💔 Grief And Loss 🎨 Creative Resilience 👨‍👧 Fatherhood

No Filter

av Sarah Frier • 2020

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

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🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

No Filter

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

av Sarah Frier 2020 352 sidor

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🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

Blackbeard

av Angus Konstam • 2006

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

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🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering ⚔️ Naval Combat 🚢 Shipwrecks

Blackbeard

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

av Angus Konstam 2006 336 sidor

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🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering ⚔️ Naval Combat 🚢 Shipwrecks

Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget

av Margaret Josephs • 2021

Divorce, a kitchen table, a glue gun: the lifestyle empire she built from scratch.

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💼 Female Entrepreneurs 🛍️ Lifestyle Brands 📺 Reality Television 💪 Resilience Stories 🏡 Blended Families

Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget

Divorce, a kitchen table, a glue gun: the lifestyle empire she built from scratch.

av Margaret Josephs 2021 272 sidor

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💼 Female Entrepreneurs 🛍️ Lifestyle Brands 📺 Reality Television 💪 Resilience Stories 🏡 Blended Families

Fate Is the Hunter

av Ernest K. Gann • 1961

Fifty feet kept a crowded airliner alive. That margin, in early aviation, never widened.

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✈️ Early Aviation 🛫 Commercial Aviation 🎲 Fate And Chance 👨‍✈️ Pilot Memoirs 💀 Risk And Mortality

Fate Is the Hunter

Fifty feet kept a crowded airliner alive. That margin, in early aviation, never widened.

av Ernest K. Gann 1961 416 sidor

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✈️ Early Aviation 🛫 Commercial Aviation 🎲 Fate And Chance 👨‍✈️ Pilot Memoirs 💀 Risk And Mortality

My Name Is Barbra

av Barbra Streisand • 2023

She kept the nose, the name, and the final cut: Barbra Streisand's uncompromising life.

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🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Broadway History 🎬 Hollywood Studio System 🎵 Pop Music History 🏚️ Childhood Poverty

My Name Is Barbra

She kept the nose, the name, and the final cut: Barbra Streisand's uncompromising life.

av Barbra Streisand 2023 1040 sidor

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🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Broadway History 🎬 Hollywood Studio System 🎵 Pop Music History 🏚️ Childhood Poverty

Without the Mask

av Charlie Bird • 2020

A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.

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🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons ✝️ Faith And Sexuality 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🕊️ Religious Inclusion 🙏 Queer Spirituality

Without the Mask

A gay Mormon discovered his faith and sexuality could coexist; he wrote the book he couldn't find.

av Charlie Bird 2020 176 sidor

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🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Mormons ✝️ Faith And Sexuality 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🕊️ Religious Inclusion 🙏 Queer Spirituality

Strong Inside

av Andrew Maraniss • 2014

The SEC's first black basketball player broke through in 1967. His own campus was the hardest arena.

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🏀 College Basketball ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🤝 Sports Integration 🏆 Black Athletes 🏛️ Southern History

Strong Inside

The SEC's first black basketball player broke through in 1967. His own campus was the hardest arena.

av Andrew Maraniss 2014 480 sidor

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🏀 College Basketball ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🤝 Sports Integration 🏆 Black Athletes 🏛️ Southern History

Objective Secure

av Nick Lavery • 2022

The goal framework that got a Green Beret back into combat after losing a leg.

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🎖️ Military Self-Help 🪖 Military Leadership ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🎯 Goal Systems 🗺️ Strategic Planning

Objective Secure

The goal framework that got a Green Beret back into combat after losing a leg.

av Nick Lavery 2022 262 sidor

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🎖️ Military Self-Help 🪖 Military Leadership ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🎯 Goal Systems 🗺️ Strategic Planning

Marcus Aurelius

av Donald J. Robertson • 2024

How Marcus Aurelius used Stoicism to govern an empire and master his own mind.

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🧘 Stoicism 🏺 Ancient Rome 🫅 Roman Emperors 🤝 Virtue Ethics 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Marcus Aurelius

How Marcus Aurelius used Stoicism to govern an empire and master his own mind.

av Donald J. Robertson 2024 248 sidor

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🧘 Stoicism 🏺 Ancient Rome 🫅 Roman Emperors 🤝 Virtue Ethics 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

The Unwinding of the Miracle

av Julie Yip-Williams • 2019

Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.

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🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 🌅 Living While Dying 📖 Illness Narratives

The Unwinding of the Miracle

Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.

av Julie Yip-Williams 2019 315 sidor

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🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 🌅 Living While Dying 📖 Illness Narratives

The Greatest

av Muhammad Ali • 1975

Banned for three years for refusing the draft, the heavyweight champion tells his own story.

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🥊 Boxing History 🏅 Sports Autobiography ✊ Draft Resistance 🕌 Religious Conversion ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era

The Greatest

Banned for three years for refusing the draft, the heavyweight champion tells his own story.

av Muhammad Ali 1975 424 sidor

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🥊 Boxing History 🏅 Sports Autobiography ✊ Draft Resistance 🕌 Religious Conversion ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era

A Life in Parts

av Bryan Cranston • 2016

His father walked out when he was eleven. Acting became the route back to himself.

4.20

23 000+

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