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A Child Called "It"

av Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

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400 000+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

A Child Called "It"

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

av Dave Pelzer 1995 184 sidor

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400 000+ betyg

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

Genius Makers

av Cade Metz • 2021

The outcasts who revived neural networks, and the billion-dollar bidding war that followed.

4.26

3 000+

🤖 Ai History 👥 Ai Pioneers ⚔️ Big Tech Rivalry ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧬 Deep Learning

Genius Makers

The outcasts who revived neural networks, and the billion-dollar bidding war that followed.

av Cade Metz 2021 384 sidor

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3 000+ betyg

🤖 Ai History 👥 Ai Pioneers ⚔️ Big Tech Rivalry ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧬 Deep Learning

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

av Richard P. Feynman • 1999

Before you can do great science, you must stop lying to yourself. A Nobel laureate explains.

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13 000+

🔬 Particle Physics ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🛡️ Scientific Integrity 🚫 Anti-Pseudoscience 🧠 Maverick Thinking

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Before you can do great science, you must stop lying to yourself. A Nobel laureate explains.

av Richard P. Feynman 1999 270 sidor

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🔬 Particle Physics ⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🛡️ Scientific Integrity 🚫 Anti-Pseudoscience 🧠 Maverick Thinking

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

av Ina Garten • 2024

From White House policy to Barefoot Contessa: the leap and the six-year Boston Cream Pie.

4.22

100 000+

🍳 Food Memoir 👩‍🍳 Culinary Careers 🔄 Second Acts ♻️ Career Reinvention 🚀 Entrepreneurial Journey

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

From White House policy to Barefoot Contessa: the leap and the six-year Boston Cream Pie.

av Ina Garten 2024 307 sidor

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🍳 Food Memoir 👩‍🍳 Culinary Careers 🔄 Second Acts ♻️ Career Reinvention 🚀 Entrepreneurial Journey

A Matter of Death and Life

av Irvin D. Yalom • 2021

A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.

4.40

9 000+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Acceptance 💔 Spousal Loss ✍️ Writing As Therapy

A Matter of Death and Life

A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.

av Irvin D. Yalom 2021 223 sidor

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9 000+ betyg

🪦 Grief Memoir 🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Acceptance 💔 Spousal Loss ✍️ Writing As Therapy

What It Takes

av Stephen A. Schwarzman • 2019

The Blackstone playbook: think bigger, hire sharper, lose less, and treat every failure as tuition.

4.14

9 000+

📈 Private Equity 👔 CEO Memoirs 🧠 Learning From Failure ⚖️ Risk Management 🏛️ Corporate Culture

What It Takes

The Blackstone playbook: think bigger, hire sharper, lose less, and treat every failure as tuition.

av Stephen A. Schwarzman 2019 400 sidor

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9 000+ betyg

📈 Private Equity 👔 CEO Memoirs 🧠 Learning From Failure ⚖️ Risk Management 🏛️ Corporate Culture

The Ride of a Lifetime

av Robert Iger • 2019

Disrupt yourself first, preserve what you buy, lead with optimism: a Disney CEO's playbook.

4.40

97 000+

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🎬 Entertainment Business 🎨 Creative Management 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 💡 Innovation Strategy

The Ride of a Lifetime

Disrupt yourself first, preserve what you buy, lead with optimism: a Disney CEO's playbook.

av Robert Iger 2019 272 sidor

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🏢 Corporate Leadership 🎬 Entertainment Business 🎨 Creative Management 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 💡 Innovation Strategy

The Cult of We

av Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

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7 000+

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Cult of We

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

av Eliot Brown 2021 430 sidor

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💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

Endurance

av Alfred Lansing • 1959

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

4.46

100 000+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership 🏔️ Heroic Age Exploration 🌊 Marine Survival

Endurance

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

av Alfred Lansing 1959 282 sidor

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🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership 🏔️ Heroic Age Exploration 🌊 Marine Survival

The Reason You Walk

av Wab Kinew • 2015

His father endured residential school. His final lesson: how to forgive, and how to die.

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4 000+

🧡 Indigenous Memoir 🏚️ Residential Schools 🪶 Anishinaabe Culture 🤝 Reconciliation ✊ Indigenous Activism

The Reason You Walk

His father endured residential school. His final lesson: how to forgive, and how to die.

av Wab Kinew 2015 273 sidor

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🧡 Indigenous Memoir 🏚️ Residential Schools 🪶 Anishinaabe Culture 🤝 Reconciliation ✊ Indigenous Activism

The Art of Winning

av Bill Belichick • 2025

A six-ring coach reveals the real playbook: master the grind, adapt ruthlessly, own every mistake.

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1 000+

🏈 Coaching Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🎯 Accountability Culture 🧩 Team Building

The Art of Winning

A six-ring coach reveals the real playbook: master the grind, adapt ruthlessly, own every mistake.

av Bill Belichick 2025 273 sidor

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🏈 Coaching Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🎯 Accountability Culture 🧩 Team Building

Alexander Hamilton

av Ron Chernow • 2004

From Caribbean orphan to architect of American capitalism: the scandal and duel that ended him.

4.22

200 000+

🏛️ American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 📜 Political Biography 💰 Financial Systems 🏗️ Self-Made Man

Alexander Hamilton

From Caribbean orphan to architect of American capitalism: the scandal and duel that ended him.

av Ron Chernow 2004 818 sidor

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🏛️ American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 📜 Political Biography 💰 Financial Systems 🏗️ Self-Made Man

15 Success Habits of Bishop David Oyedepo

av Daniel C. Okpara • 2016

15 habits from a Nigerian bishop: built a 50,000-seat church debt-free, no borrowing, no shortcuts.

4.48

🧑‍🏫 Pentecostal Leadership 🌍 African Christianity 📖 Spiritual Biographies 💸 Debt-Free Living 🔁 Habit Design

15 Success Habits of Bishop David Oyedepo

15 habits from a Nigerian bishop: built a 50,000-seat church debt-free, no borrowing, no shortcuts.

av Daniel C. Okpara 2016 74 sidor

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44 betyg

🧑‍🏫 Pentecostal Leadership 🌍 African Christianity 📖 Spiritual Biographies 💸 Debt-Free Living 🔁 Habit Design

Life Without Limits

av Nick Vujicic • 2007

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

4.11

9 000+

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability ✨ Positive Thinking 🧭 Finding Purpose

Life Without Limits

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

av Nick Vujicic 2007 238 sidor

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9 000+ betyg

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability ✨ Positive Thinking 🧭 Finding Purpose

Rudolf Steiner

av Gary Lachman • 2007

He saw spirits as a child. As an adult, he built a thousand schools.

3.97

299

🔮 Esoteric Biography 🕊️ Spiritual Movements 🔬 Science And Spirit 🌿 Holistic Farming 🏫 Alternative Education

Rudolf Steiner

He saw spirits as a child. As an adult, he built a thousand schools.

av Gary Lachman 2007 311 sidor

3.97

299 betyg

🔮 Esoteric Biography 🕊️ Spiritual Movements 🔬 Science And Spirit 🌿 Holistic Farming 🏫 Alternative Education

An Autobiography

av Mahatma Gandhi • 1927

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

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75 000+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence ⚖️ Social Justice 🏡 Simple Living

An Autobiography

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

av Mahatma Gandhi 1927 454 sidor

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🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence ⚖️ Social Justice 🏡 Simple Living

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

av 50 Cent • 2020

Shot nine times and built a fortune. The street-tested principles that made it possible.

4.33

9 000+

🏙️ Street Entrepreneurship 🎤 Personal Branding 🦁 Fear Management 🤝 Team Building 🧱 Self-Reliance

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

Shot nine times and built a fortune. The street-tested principles that made it possible.

av 50 Cent 2020 304 sidor

4.33

9 000+ betyg

🏙️ Street Entrepreneurship 🎤 Personal Branding 🦁 Fear Management 🤝 Team Building 🧱 Self-Reliance

The Fund

av Rob Copeland • 2023

Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.

3.97

7 000+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🏢 Corporate Culture 🔍 Investigative Journalism ☣️ Toxic Leadership 🎭 Cult Of Personality

The Fund

Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.

av Rob Copeland 2023 352 sidor

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7 000+ betyg

🏦 Hedge Funds 🏢 Corporate Culture 🔍 Investigative Journalism ☣️ Toxic Leadership 🎭 Cult Of Personality

Beyond Band of Brothers

av Dick Winters • 2006

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

4.33

20 000+

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War 👐 Servant Leadership 🪂 D-Day

Beyond Band of Brothers

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

av Dick Winters 2006 320 sidor

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🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War 👐 Servant Leadership 🪂 D-Day

The Art of Making Money

av Jason Kersten • 2009

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

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1 000+

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship 🏚️ Poverty And Crime 🔬 Technical Obsession

The Art of Making Money

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

av Jason Kersten 2009 304 sidor

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💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship 🏚️ Poverty And Crime 🔬 Technical Obsession

Warren Buffett's Ground Rules

av Jeremy C. Miller • 2016

Buffett's early partnership letters: the pre-Berkshire rules that still beat the market.

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1 000+

🧮 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Compound Interest ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔍 Business Valuation

Warren Buffett's Ground Rules

Buffett's early partnership letters: the pre-Berkshire rules that still beat the market.

av Jeremy C. Miller 2016 352 sidor

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🧮 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📈 Compound Interest ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔍 Business Valuation

Catch Me If You Can

av Frank W. Abagnale • 1980

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

4.04

62 000+

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

Catch Me If You Can

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

av Frank W. Abagnale 1980 219 sidor

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🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

av Maya Angelou • 1969

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

4.30

500 000+

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

av Maya Angelou 1969 289 sidor

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📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

Stalling for Time

av Gary Noesner • 2010

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

3.93

5 000+

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation 🧠 Negotiation Psychology 🚨 Crisis Management

Stalling for Time

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

av Gary Noesner 2010 226 sidor

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🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation 🧠 Negotiation Psychology 🚨 Crisis Management

Patriot

av Alexei Navalny • 2024

Poisoned by the state, arrested on return, dead at 47. His prison cell testament.

4.51

16 000+

🇷🇺 Russian Politics ⛓️ Authoritarian Regimes 💰 Anti-Corruption ✊ Dissident Memoirs 🔒 Political Prisoners

Patriot

Poisoned by the state, arrested on return, dead at 47. His prison cell testament.

av Alexei Navalny 2024 496 sidor

4.51

16 000+ betyg

🇷🇺 Russian Politics ⛓️ Authoritarian Regimes 💰 Anti-Corruption ✊ Dissident Memoirs 🔒 Political Prisoners

En ekonomisk torped

av John Perkins • 2005

A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.

3.87

39 000+

🌍 International Development 🌐 Geopolitics 💰 Debt Imperialism 🕵️ Whistleblower Memoir 🏢 Corporate Power

En ekonomisk torped

A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.

av John Perkins 2005 384 sidor

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🌍 International Development 🌐 Geopolitics 💰 Debt Imperialism 🕵️ Whistleblower Memoir 🏢 Corporate Power

The Girls of Atomic City

av Denise Kiernan • 2013

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

3.73

32 000+

🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

The Girls of Atomic City

The young women of Oak Ridge built the atomic bomb. None of them knew it.

av Denise Kiernan 2013 373 sidor

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🏭 Manhattan Project 👩‍🔧 Women In Wartime ☢️ Atomic Age 🎙️ Oral History 🏅 Unsung Heroes

Carlo Ancelotti

av Carlo Ancelotti • 2016

Manage up, build family culture, trust stars: the soft skills that won four Champions Leagues.

4.04

3 000+

⚽ Football Management 🤝 Relational Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture ⭐ Talent Management ⬆️ Managing Up

Carlo Ancelotti

Manage up, build family culture, trust stars: the soft skills that won four Champions Leagues.

av Carlo Ancelotti 2016 336 sidor

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⚽ Football Management 🤝 Relational Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture ⭐ Talent Management ⬆️ Managing Up

Not Without My Daughter

av Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39 000+

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy 🛡️ Maternal Protection 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Not Without My Daughter

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

av Betty Mahmoody 1987 528 sidor

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🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy 🛡️ Maternal Protection 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

When Genius Failed

av Roger Lowenstein • 2000

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

4.20

31 000+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

When Genius Failed

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

av Roger Lowenstein 2000 264 sidor

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🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

The Boy on the Wooden Box

av Leon Leyson • 2013

Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.

4.38

30 000+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivor 🧱 Ghetto Life 🏚️ Concentration Camps 📜 Witness Literature

The Boy on the Wooden Box

Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.

av Leon Leyson 2013 240 sidor

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🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivor 🧱 Ghetto Life 🏚️ Concentration Camps 📜 Witness Literature

Sam Walton, Made in America

av Sam Walton • 1992

One store, one plane, and a man who hated waste. The Walmart story by its founder.

4.16

28 000+

📖 Founder Memoir 🛍️ Retail Business 🎯 Customer Focus 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚙️ Operational Efficiency

Sam Walton, Made in America

One store, one plane, and a man who hated waste. The Walmart story by its founder.

av Sam Walton 1992 346 sidor

4.16

28 000+ betyg

📖 Founder Memoir 🛍️ Retail Business 🎯 Customer Focus 🤝 Employee Empowerment ⚙️ Operational Efficiency

The Barcelona Legacy

av Jonathan Wilson • 2018

Cruyff's football ideas created Guardiola and Mourinho, who took them in opposite directions.

4.09

1 000+

🏃 Football Tactics ⚽ Total Football 🎯 Possession Football 📋 Coaching Philosophy 🔥 Sporting Rivalries

The Barcelona Legacy

Cruyff's football ideas created Guardiola and Mourinho, who took them in opposite directions.

av Jonathan Wilson 2018 336 sidor

4.09

1 000+ betyg

🏃 Football Tactics ⚽ Total Football 🎯 Possession Football 📋 Coaching Philosophy 🔥 Sporting Rivalries

Run or Die

av Kilian Jornet • 2011

Win or lose everything: what pushing beyond every physical limit taught a champion mountain runner.

3.61

4 000+

🏃 Ultrarunning ⛰️ Mountain Sports 🏔️ Endurance Philosophy 🧗 Resilience 🌲 Nature Connection

Run or Die

Win or lose everything: what pushing beyond every physical limit taught a champion mountain runner.

av Kilian Jornet 2011 193 sidor

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4 000+ betyg

🏃 Ultrarunning ⛰️ Mountain Sports 🏔️ Endurance Philosophy 🧗 Resilience 🌲 Nature Connection

The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway

av Adam J. Mead • 2021

A 1965 textile mill worth $13.5 billion by 1993: the history from cigar butts to Coke.

4.55

169

📚 Corporate History 💡 Investment Philosophy 💰 Value Investing 📊 Capital Allocation 🏰 Economic Moats

The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway

A 1965 textile mill worth $13.5 billion by 1993: the history from cigar butts to Coke.

av Adam J. Mead 2021 782 sidor

4.55

169 betyg

📚 Corporate History 💡 Investment Philosophy 💰 Value Investing 📊 Capital Allocation 🏰 Economic Moats

The Third Door

av Alex Banayan • 2018

How to reach the unreachable: a college freshman's playbook for getting past any gatekeeper.

4.14

8 000+

🚪 Unconventional Paths 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🤝 Finding Mentors 🎤 Personal Branding 🌱 Early Career

The Third Door

How to reach the unreachable: a college freshman's playbook for getting past any gatekeeper.

av Alex Banayan 2018 320 sidor

4.14

8 000+ betyg

🚪 Unconventional Paths 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🤝 Finding Mentors 🎤 Personal Branding 🌱 Early Career

Unknown Market Wizards

av Jack D. Schwager • 2020

Eleven unknown traders reveal the mental rules that produce decades of market-beating returns.

4.30

2 000+

🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 🔍 Behavioral Finance ⚖️ Asymmetric Bets 📈 Technical Analysis

Unknown Market Wizards

Eleven unknown traders reveal the mental rules that produce decades of market-beating returns.

av Jack D. Schwager 2020 376 sidor

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🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 🔍 Behavioral Finance ⚖️ Asymmetric Bets 📈 Technical Analysis

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

av William Kamkwamba • 2009

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

4.24

11 000+

🛠️ African Innovation 🌍 Appropriate Technology 📚 Self-Taught Science 💨 Wind Power ⚡ Diy Electricity

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

av William Kamkwamba 2009 304 sidor

4.24

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🛠️ African Innovation 🌍 Appropriate Technology 📚 Self-Taught Science 💨 Wind Power ⚡ Diy Electricity

Say Nothing

av Patrick Radden Keefe • 2018

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

4.47

100 000+

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared 💭 Memory And Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Say Nothing

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

av Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 441 sidor

4.47

100 000+ betyg

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared 💭 Memory And Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Reasons to Stay Alive

av Matt Haig • 2015

At 24, panic attacks swallowed him whole. He is still here, and here is what helped.

4.06

100 000+

🖊️ Depression Memoir 😰 Living With Anxiety 🌱 Mental Illness Recovery 🧘 Mindfulness 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Reasons to Stay Alive

At 24, panic attacks swallowed him whole. He is still here, and here is what helped.

av Matt Haig 2015 266 sidor

4.06

100 000+ betyg

🖊️ Depression Memoir 😰 Living With Anxiety 🌱 Mental Illness Recovery 🧘 Mindfulness 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

I, Steve

av George Beahm • 2011

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

3.45

2 000+

🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

I, Steve

The drive, the team, and the taste: Jobs' own rules for building things that matter.

av George Beahm 2011 160 sidor

3.45

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🎨 Design Thinking 🚀 Innovation Management 📱 Product Design 🎬 Creative Leadership 🏔️ Entrepreneurial Grit

Winning

av Jack Welch • 2005

Three rules for winning: demand honesty, reward the best decisively, and never tolerate mediocrity.

3.86

43 000+

👔 Corporate Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 📊 Performance Management 🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🗣️ Workplace Candor

Winning

Three rules for winning: demand honesty, reward the best decisively, and never tolerate mediocrity.

av Jack Welch 2005

3.86

43 000+ betyg

👔 Corporate Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 📊 Performance Management 🧑‍💼 Talent Management 🗣️ Workplace Candor

Tried by War

av James M. McPherson • 2008

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

4.09

5 000+

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Tried by War

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

av James M. McPherson 2008 329 sidor

4.09

5 000+ betyg

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Scar Tissue

av Anthony Kiedis • 2004

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

4.10

100 000+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey 🥁 Band Dynamics 🌴 Los Angeles Punk

Scar Tissue

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

av Anthony Kiedis 2004 465 sidor

4.10

100 000+ betyg

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey 🥁 Band Dynamics 🌴 Los Angeles Punk

The Year of Less

av Cait Flanders • 2018

She quit shopping for a year and shed 70% of her belongings. What remained surprised her.

3.45

71 000+

🛒 Shopping Addiction 🏠 Minimalist Living 🍷 Sobriety Journey 📉 Consumerism Critique 💸 Debt Recovery

The Year of Less

She quit shopping for a year and shed 70% of her belongings. What remained surprised her.

av Cait Flanders 2018 189 sidor

3.45

71 000+ betyg

🛒 Shopping Addiction 🏠 Minimalist Living 🍷 Sobriety Journey 📉 Consumerism Critique 💸 Debt Recovery

How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

av Larry King • 2004

The listening-first method for talking to anyone, from the broadcaster who interviewed everyone.

3.57

5 000+

🎤 Public Speaking 🗣️ Conversation Skills 👂 Active Listening 🧊 Icebreakers 📺 Media Training

How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

The listening-first method for talking to anyone, from the broadcaster who interviewed everyone.

av Larry King 2004 224 sidor

3.57

5 000+ betyg

🎤 Public Speaking 🗣️ Conversation Skills 👂 Active Listening 🧊 Icebreakers 📺 Media Training

Making It So

av Patrick Stewart • 2023

Star Trek was a six-week gig, he thought. Then Shakespeare met the starship.

4.29

20 000+

🎭 Classical Theater 🎬 Acting Craft 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🏭 Working-Class Origins 🖖 Star Trek Memoirs

Making It So

Star Trek was a six-week gig, he thought. Then Shakespeare met the starship.

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A Chance in the World

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Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

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🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

A Chance in the World

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

av Steve Pemberton 2012 261 sidor

4.27

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Shoe Dog

av Phil Knight • 2016

An FBI stakeout, a treacherous bank, and a $35 logo. The true origin story of Nike's founder.

4.46

300 000+

🏢 Corporate Origin Stories 🏅 Sports Business 🪖 Bootstrapped Startups 🏷️ Brand Building 🌧️ Business Survival

Shoe Dog

An FBI stakeout, a treacherous bank, and a $35 logo. The true origin story of Nike's founder.

av Phil Knight 2016 400 sidor

4.46

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av David Gelles • 2022

Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.

4.03

2 000+

💼 Shareholder Primacy ⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism 💰 Financialization 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📉 Corporate Downsizing

The Man Who Broke Capitalism

Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.

av David Gelles 2022 271 sidor

4.03

2 000+ betyg

💼 Shareholder Primacy ⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism 💰 Financialization 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 📉 Corporate Downsizing

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