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Red Notice

av Bill Browder • 2015

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

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🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Red Notice

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

av Bill Browder 2015 380 sidor

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🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

av Jack Weatherford • 2004

Genghis Khan's horde didn't just raze cities; it stitched Eurasia into a single connected world.

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🗺️ Eurasian History ⚔️ Military History 🔄 Revisionist History 🐫 Silk Road 🏇 Nomadic Empires

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan's horde didn't just raze cities; it stitched Eurasia into a single connected world.

av Jack Weatherford 2004 352 sidor

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🗺️ Eurasian History ⚔️ Military History 🔄 Revisionist History 🐫 Silk Road 🏇 Nomadic Empires

Hard Drive

av James Wallace • 1992

The $50,000 operating system Gates bought and resold to IBM: the deal that built Microsoft.

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🖥️ Pc Revolution 📋 Corporate Biography 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship ⚔️ Business Rivalries 💾 Software Industry

Hard Drive

The $50,000 operating system Gates bought and resold to IBM: the deal that built Microsoft.

av James Wallace 1992 426 sidor

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🖥️ Pc Revolution 📋 Corporate Biography 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship ⚔️ Business Rivalries 💾 Software Industry

To Selena, With Love

av Chris Pérez • 2012

A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.

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🎸 Music Memoirs 💔 Grief And Loss 🎤 Behind The Music 🌟 Cultural Icons 🌎 Latino Memoirs

To Selena, With Love

A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.

av Chris Pérez 2012 304 sidor

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🎸 Music Memoirs 💔 Grief And Loss 🎤 Behind The Music 🌟 Cultural Icons 🌎 Latino Memoirs

Dream Big

av Cristiane Correa • 2013

Three Brazilian bankers bought Budweiser by rewarding performance and cutting everything else.

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🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏆 Meritocratic Management ⚙️ Operational Efficiency 👥 Partnership Models

Dream Big

Three Brazilian bankers bought Budweiser by rewarding performance and cutting everything else.

av Cristiane Correa 2013 252 sidor

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🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏆 Meritocratic Management ⚙️ Operational Efficiency 👥 Partnership Models

Mexico

av enrique-krauze • 1997

Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.

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🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Authoritarianism ⛪ Church And State 🌎 Colonial Legacy 👤 Political Biography

Mexico

Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.

av enrique-krauze 1997 896 sidor

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🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Authoritarianism ⛪ Church And State 🌎 Colonial Legacy 👤 Political Biography

Crying in H Mart

av Michelle Zauner • 2021

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

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🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Parental Caregiving

Crying in H Mart

A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.

av Michelle Zauner 2021 256 sidor

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🍜 Food Memoir 🪦 Grief Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Parental Caregiving

Undisputed Truth

av Mike Tyson • 2013

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

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🥊 Boxing Memoirs 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction 🔄 Addiction And Recovery ⚡ Toxic Masculinity

Undisputed Truth

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

av Mike Tyson 2013 592 sidor

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🥊 Boxing Memoirs 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction 🔄 Addiction And Recovery ⚡ Toxic Masculinity

A Freewheelin' Time

av Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

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🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

av Suze Rotolo 2008 369 sidor

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🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

Troublemakers

av Leslie Berlin • 2017

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

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🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

Troublemakers

The seven years when a California peninsula birthed personal computing, biotech, and video games.

av Leslie Berlin 2017 512 sidor

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🌉 Silicon Valley 🖥️ Personal Computing 💰 Venture Capital 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🎮 Video Game History

The Airbnb Story

av Leigh Gallagher • 2017

Three unemployed designers built the world's largest hotel company without owning a single room.

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🚀 Startup Origin Stories 🏠 Sharing Economy 💻 Platform Businesses 💥 Disruption Narrative 🤝 Community Building

The Airbnb Story

Three unemployed designers built the world's largest hotel company without owning a single room.

av Leigh Gallagher 2017 256 sidor

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🚀 Startup Origin Stories 🏠 Sharing Economy 💻 Platform Businesses 💥 Disruption Narrative 🤝 Community Building

How to Live

av Sarah Bakewell • 2010

What one man found about living well while inventing the personal essay in a 16th-century tower.

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🧠 Intellectual Biography ✍️ Essay Writing 💀 Accepting Mortality 🪞 Self-Examination 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism

How to Live

What one man found about living well while inventing the personal essay in a 16th-century tower.

av Sarah Bakewell 2010 400 sidor

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🧠 Intellectual Biography ✍️ Essay Writing 💀 Accepting Mortality 🪞 Self-Examination 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism

Desert Flower

av Waris Dirie • 1998

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

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🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Desert Flower

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

av Waris Dirie 1998 240 sidor

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🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Timothy Keller

av Collin Hansen • 2023

The mentors, authors, and skeptics that shaped the pastor who brought the Bible back to Manhattan.

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🏙️ Urban Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology 🧠 Intellectual Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Cultural Engagement

Timothy Keller

The mentors, authors, and skeptics that shaped the pastor who brought the Bible back to Manhattan.

av Collin Hansen 2023 309 sidor

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🏙️ Urban Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology 🧠 Intellectual Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Cultural Engagement

John D. Rockefeller om att tjäna pengar

av John D. Rockefeller • 2015

The richest American's playbook for making money, and why he gave most of it back.

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💰 Wealth Philosophy ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧱 Character Building 🪜 Self-Made Success 🎯 Strategic Giving

John D. Rockefeller om att tjäna pengar

The richest American's playbook for making money, and why he gave most of it back.

av John D. Rockefeller 2015 67 sidor

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💰 Wealth Philosophy ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧱 Character Building 🪜 Self-Made Success 🎯 Strategic Giving

The Contrarian

av Max Chafkin • 2021

PayPal was the beachhead. Gawker was the warning shot. His real target was American democracy.

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🖥️ Silicon Valley 🔍 Investigative Biography 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚔️ Culture Wars 💰 Contrarian Investing

The Contrarian

PayPal was the beachhead. Gawker was the warning shot. His real target was American democracy.

av Max Chafkin 2021 400 sidor

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🖥️ Silicon Valley 🔍 Investigative Biography 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚔️ Culture Wars 💰 Contrarian Investing

Cristiano Ronaldo

av Guillem Balagué • 2015

The £80 million transfer, the Messi obsession, and the Madeira boy who refused to lose.

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⚽ Football Biography 🏅 Elite Athletes 🎯 Obsessive Drive 🥊 Sports Rivalries 🎭 Fame And Identity

Cristiano Ronaldo

The £80 million transfer, the Messi obsession, and the Madeira boy who refused to lose.

av Guillem Balagué 2015 384 sidor

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⚽ Football Biography 🏅 Elite Athletes 🎯 Obsessive Drive 🥊 Sports Rivalries 🎭 Fame And Identity

Am I Being Too Subtle?

av Sam Zell • 2017

When markets panicked, Sam Zell bought. His only insurance: knowing he could survive the worst case.

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🧱 Contrarian Investing 🛡️ Risk Management 🤝 Aligned Incentives 📈 Market Cycles 🌍 Global Markets

Am I Being Too Subtle?

When markets panicked, Sam Zell bought. His only insurance: knowing he could survive the worst case.

av Sam Zell 2017 235 sidor

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🧱 Contrarian Investing 🛡️ Risk Management 🤝 Aligned Incentives 📈 Market Cycles 🌍 Global Markets

Losing My Virginity

av Richard Branson • 1998

A dyslexic teen, a student magazine, and a borrowed plane: the improbable rise of Richard Branson.

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🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Building 🎲 Calculated Risk 👥 People-First Culture 💥 Market Disruption

Losing My Virginity

A dyslexic teen, a student magazine, and a borrowed plane: the improbable rise of Richard Branson.

av Richard Branson 1998 624 sidor

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🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir 🏷️ Brand Building 🎲 Calculated Risk 👥 People-First Culture 💥 Market Disruption

Black Edge

av Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

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💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Black Edge

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

av Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017 295 sidor

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💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Amazon Unbound

av Brad Stone • 2021

Amazon's second act produced AWS, Alexa, and a $1.7 trillion empire, but the backlash had begun.

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🏢 Big Tech 📜 Corporate History 💼 Workplace Culture 🛒 E-Commerce 🔬 Innovation Culture

Amazon Unbound

Amazon's second act produced AWS, Alexa, and a $1.7 trillion empire, but the backlash had begun.

av Brad Stone 2021 496 sidor

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🏢 Big Tech 📜 Corporate History 💼 Workplace Culture 🛒 E-Commerce 🔬 Innovation Culture

Skunk Works

av Ben R. Rich • 1994

No bureaucracy. No interference. A handful of engineers in a shed built planes invisible to radar.

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🛩️ Cold War Aviation ✈️ Aerospace Engineering 🔧 Rapid Prototyping 🏛️ Military Bureaucracy 🔒 Classified Projects

Skunk Works

No bureaucracy. No interference. A handful of engineers in a shed built planes invisible to radar.

av Ben R. Rich 1994 370 sidor

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🛩️ Cold War Aviation ✈️ Aerospace Engineering 🔧 Rapid Prototyping 🏛️ Military Bureaucracy 🔒 Classified Projects

King of Capital

av David Carey • 2010

How borrowed money turned $400,000 into a $33 billion private equity firm, and nearly destroyed it.

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🏢 Private Equity 📈 Leveraged Buyouts 🤝 Deal-Making 🔄 Market Cycles 🔧 Corporate Turnarounds

King of Capital

How borrowed money turned $400,000 into a $33 billion private equity firm, and nearly destroyed it.

av David Carey 2010 400 sidor

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🏢 Private Equity 📈 Leveraged Buyouts 🤝 Deal-Making 🔄 Market Cycles 🔧 Corporate Turnarounds

The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

av Mikhail Tal • 1978

Won the world chess crown at 23. Lost it a year later. His body was breaking.

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🕰️ Chess History 🇷🇺 Soviet Chess ⚔️ Attacking Chess 🧠 Chess Intuition 🎭 Chess Psychology

The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

Won the world chess crown at 23. Lost it a year later. His body was breaking.

av Mikhail Tal 1978 496 sidor

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🕰️ Chess History 🇷🇺 Soviet Chess ⚔️ Attacking Chess 🧠 Chess Intuition 🎭 Chess Psychology

An Ordinary Man

av Paul Rusesabagina • 2006

Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.

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🇷🇼 Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Memoir 🕊️ Genocide Survival 🏛️ Colonial Legacy ⚔️ Ethnic Violence

An Ordinary Man

Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.

av Paul Rusesabagina 2006

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🇷🇼 Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Memoir 🕊️ Genocide Survival 🏛️ Colonial Legacy ⚔️ Ethnic Violence

The Idea Factory

av Jon Gertner • 2012

A phone monopoly's lab produced the transistor, the laser, and the digital age. How it worked.

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🏭 Innovation History 🏢 Corporate History 💡 Invention Stories 🔬 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Organizational Culture

The Idea Factory

A phone monopoly's lab produced the transistor, the laser, and the digital age. How it worked.

av Jon Gertner 2012 432 sidor

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🏭 Innovation History 🏢 Corporate History 💡 Invention Stories 🔬 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Organizational Culture

Molly's Game

av Molly Bloom • 2014

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

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🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Molly's Game

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

av Molly Bloom 2014 272 sidor

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🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

av Will Durant • 2002

Genius, not economics, is the engine of history: a tour of the minds that built civilization.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏆 Great Man Theory 🏛️ Classical Education 🌍 Humanism 📖 Autodidacts

The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

Genius, not economics, is the engine of history: a tour of the minds that built civilization.

av Will Durant 2002 127 sidor

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏆 Great Man Theory 🏛️ Classical Education 🌍 Humanism 📖 Autodidacts

Bruce Lee

av Bruce Lee • 1998

Bruce Lee's training logs: the isometric holds, circuits, and stretches behind his speed and power.

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🥋 Martial Arts Training 🏋️ Strength Training 💪 Functional Fitness 🧱 Isometric Training 🥗 Athlete Nutrition

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee's training logs: the isometric holds, circuits, and stretches behind his speed and power.

av Bruce Lee 1998 256 sidor

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🥋 Martial Arts Training 🏋️ Strength Training 💪 Functional Fitness 🧱 Isometric Training 🥗 Athlete Nutrition

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

av Donald J. Robertson • 2019

A Roman emperor's mental tools: Stoic techniques for emotional resilience that work today.

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚒️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ❤️ Emotional Regulation 😤 Anger Management

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

A Roman emperor's mental tools: Stoic techniques for emotional resilience that work today.

av Donald J. Robertson 2019 304 sidor

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚒️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ❤️ Emotional Regulation 😤 Anger Management

Muhammad

av Karen Armstrong • 1993

Traces Islam's violence to its founder: an orphan who built a cult, not just a religion.

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🕌 Religious Biography 📜 Islamic History 🧠 Psychological Biography 🔍 Cult Analysis 👤 Charismatic Leadership

Muhammad

Traces Islam's violence to its founder: an orphan who built a cult, not just a religion.

av Karen Armstrong 1993 290 sidor

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🕌 Religious Biography 📜 Islamic History 🧠 Psychological Biography 🔍 Cult Analysis 👤 Charismatic Leadership

Liftoff

av Eric Berger • 2021

Three rockets blew up on a remote island. The fourth was SpaceX's final shot before bankruptcy.

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🚀 Private Space Race 🛰️ Commercial Spaceflight 🔄 Iterative Design 💥 Failure Culture 🛠️ Scrappy Startups

Liftoff

Three rockets blew up on a remote island. The fourth was SpaceX's final shot before bankruptcy.

av Eric Berger 2021 288 sidor

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🚀 Private Space Race 🛰️ Commercial Spaceflight 🔄 Iterative Design 💥 Failure Culture 🛠️ Scrappy Startups

Bad Habits

av Jenny McCarthy • 2012

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

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⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

Bad Habits

Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.

av Jenny McCarthy 2012 222 sidor

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⛪ Catholic Upbringing 🔨 Religious Deconstruction 😰 Catholic Guilt 🌌 Spiritual Seeking 🎬 Hollywood Tell-All

A Long Way Gone

av Ishmael Beah • 2007

The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.

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🪖 Child Soldiers 🌍 African Conflict 💔 War Trauma 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🩹 Post-Conflict Healing

A Long Way Gone

The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.

av Ishmael Beah 2007 229 sidor

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🪖 Child Soldiers 🌍 African Conflict 💔 War Trauma 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🩹 Post-Conflict Healing

Becoming Trader Joe

av Joe Coulombe • 2021

A cult grocery chain built on high wages, tiny selection, and an allergy to advertising.

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🏪 Retail Entrepreneurship 📖 Founder Memoir ↕️ Contrarian Business 👥 Employee Investment 🏴 Cult Brand

Becoming Trader Joe

A cult grocery chain built on high wages, tiny selection, and an allergy to advertising.

av Joe Coulombe 2021 288 sidor

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🏪 Retail Entrepreneurship 📖 Founder Memoir ↕️ Contrarian Business 👥 Employee Investment 🏴 Cult Brand

The Worldly Philosophers

av Robert L. Heilbroner • 1953

Why capitalism's greatest thinkers were also its sharpest critics, from Smith to Schumpeter.

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 📈 Economic Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History

The Worldly Philosophers

Why capitalism's greatest thinkers were also its sharpest critics, from Smith to Schumpeter.

av Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 sidor

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 📈 Economic Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History

Radiumflickorna

av Kate Moore • 2016

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

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🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

Radiumflickorna

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

av Kate Moore 2016 479 sidor

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🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life 💪 Resilience Stories 🌊 Survival Stories

Once Upon a Time in Russia

av Ben Mezrich • 2015

A mathematician, a protege, and a poisoned teacup: the making and unmaking of Russia's oligarchs.

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📉 Post-Soviet Russia 💰 Oligarchs 🏭 Privatization Scandals 🌪️ Wild East Capitalism 🏰 Kremlin Power Struggles

Once Upon a Time in Russia

A mathematician, a protege, and a poisoned teacup: the making and unmaking of Russia's oligarchs.

av Ben Mezrich 2015 288 sidor

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📉 Post-Soviet Russia 💰 Oligarchs 🏭 Privatization Scandals 🌪️ Wild East Capitalism 🏰 Kremlin Power Struggles

Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader

av Peter L. Brandt • 2011

21 weeks of trades: a veteran's journal where risk management and psychology beat chart reading.

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📈 Commodity Trading 📖 Trading Memoirs 📊 Chart Patterns 🛡️ Risk Management ⚖️ Position Sizing

Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader

21 weeks of trades: a veteran's journal where risk management and psychology beat chart reading.

av Peter L. Brandt 2011 304 sidor

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📈 Commodity Trading 📖 Trading Memoirs 📊 Chart Patterns 🛡️ Risk Management ⚖️ Position Sizing

The Billionaire Who Wasn't

av Conor O'Clery • 2007

He gave away $600 million in secret while Forbes still listed him as a billionaire.

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🏦 Billionaire Donors 💸 Spend-Down Philanthropy 🤫 Anonymous Giving 🚀 Catalytic Philanthropy 📜 Gospel Of Wealth

The Billionaire Who Wasn't

He gave away $600 million in secret while Forbes still listed him as a billionaire.

av Conor O'Clery 2007

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🏦 Billionaire Donors 💸 Spend-Down Philanthropy 🤫 Anonymous Giving 🚀 Catalytic Philanthropy 📜 Gospel Of Wealth

Man Enough

av Justin Baldoni • 2021

He had the fame, the abs, and the misery. Change began when he stopped performing.

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💣 Deconstructing Masculinity ❤️‍🩹 Men And Emotions 🪞 Male Body Image 👨‍👧 Modern Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Healing

Man Enough

He had the fame, the abs, and the misery. Change began when he stopped performing.

av Justin Baldoni 2021 364 sidor

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💣 Deconstructing Masculinity ❤️‍🩹 Men And Emotions 🪞 Male Body Image 👨‍👧 Modern Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Healing

Permanent Record

av Edward Snowden • 2019

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

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🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

Permanent Record

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

av Edward Snowden 2019 339 sidor

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🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

On Sparta

av Plutarch

Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.

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🏛️ Ancient Greek History 📜 Classical Biography 🗳️ Ancient Political Thought ⚔️ Military Society 🛡️ Discipline And Austerity

On Sparta

Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.

av Plutarch 260 sidor

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🏛️ Ancient Greek History 📜 Classical Biography 🗳️ Ancient Political Thought ⚔️ Military Society 🛡️ Discipline And Austerity

How to Be Rich

av J. Paul Getty • 1965

An oil tycoon's manual for building wealth the old-fashioned way: work, thrift, and nerve.

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💰 Wealth Building 📈 Profit Mindset 📊 Value Investing 🏢 Executive Leadership 📚 Business Classics

How to Be Rich

An oil tycoon's manual for building wealth the old-fashioned way: work, thrift, and nerve.

av J. Paul Getty 1965 224 sidor

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💰 Wealth Building 📈 Profit Mindset 📊 Value Investing 🏢 Executive Leadership 📚 Business Classics

Mama Lola

av Karen McCarthy Brown • 2001

A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.

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🥁 Haitian Vodou 🧳 Immigrant Religion 🌍 African Diaspora Religions 👻 Spirit Possession 👩🏿‍🦱 Women's Spirituality

Mama Lola

A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.

av Karen McCarthy Brown 2001 440 sidor

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🥁 Haitian Vodou 🧳 Immigrant Religion 🌍 African Diaspora Religions 👻 Spirit Possession 👩🏿‍🦱 Women's Spirituality

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States

av V.P. Menon • 1956

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

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🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification 🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft 📖 Insider History

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

av V.P. Menon 1956 511 sidor

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🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification 🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft 📖 Insider History

Infantry Attacks

av Erwin Rommel • 2006

A WWI officer's memoir that became a tactical bible: terrain and initiative decide every firefight.

4.2

3 000+

🎖️ World War I 🗺️ Military Tactics 🪖 Infantry Warfare 📖 Combat Memoir 🫡 Small Unit Leadership

Infantry Attacks

A WWI officer's memoir that became a tactical bible: terrain and initiative decide every firefight.

av Erwin Rommel 2006 265 sidor

4.2

3 000+ betyg

🎖️ World War I 🗺️ Military Tactics 🪖 Infantry Warfare 📖 Combat Memoir 🫡 Small Unit Leadership

Lincoln on Leadership

av Donald T. Phillips • 1993

He filled his cabinet with rivals and still won the war. Lincoln's playbook for tough times.

4.16

7 000+

🏛️ Historical Leadership 💼 Executive Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management ⚔️ Civil War History 📣 Communication Strategy

Lincoln on Leadership

He filled his cabinet with rivals and still won the war. Lincoln's playbook for tough times.

av Donald T. Phillips 1993 193 sidor

4.16

7 000+ betyg

🏛️ Historical Leadership 💼 Executive Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management ⚔️ Civil War History 📣 Communication Strategy

Run Baby Run

av Nicky Cruz • 1969

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

4.24

16 000+

🏙️ Gang Life ✝️ Conversion Testimony ⛪ Urban Ministry 🧒 At-Risk Youth 🙏 Faith Transformation

Run Baby Run

His switchblade ruled a Brooklyn gang until an unarmed preacher walked in and refused to leave.

av Nicky Cruz 1969 352 sidor

4.24

16 000+ betyg

🏙️ Gang Life ✝️ Conversion Testimony ⛪ Urban Ministry 🧒 At-Risk Youth 🙏 Faith Transformation

Phenomena

av Annie Jacobsen • 2017

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

3.94

2 000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare 🎖️ Military Intelligence 💉 Cia Mind Control

Phenomena

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

av Annie Jacobsen 2017 544 sidor

3.94

2 000+ betyg

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare 🎖️ Military Intelligence 💉 Cia Mind Control

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