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Overbooked
av Elizabeth Becker • 2013
The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.
3.80
500+
Overbooked Sammanfattning
Overbooked
The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.
av Elizabeth Becker 2013 464 sidor
3.80
500+ betyg
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
av Martin Gurri • 2014
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
4.19
1 000+
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Sammanfattning
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
av Martin Gurri 2014 362 sidor
4.19
1 000+ betyg
Vagabonding
av Rolf Potts • 2002
Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.
3.95
28 000+
Vagabonding Sammanfattning
Vagabonding
Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.
av Rolf Potts 2002 205 sidor
3.95
28 000+ betyg
How We Got to Now
av Steven Johnson • 2014
Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.
4.12
15 000+
How We Got to Now Sammanfattning
How We Got to Now
Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.
av Steven Johnson 2014 293 sidor
4.12
15 000+ betyg
The Trouble with Diversity
av Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
3.59
500+
The Trouble with Diversity Sammanfattning
The Trouble with Diversity
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
av Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 sidor
3.59
500+ betyg
Nervous Conditions
av Tsitsi Dangarembga • 2004
A Rhodesian farm girl inherits her dead brother's education and learns it demands a new self.
4.04
23 000+
Nervous Conditions Sammanfattning
Nervous Conditions
A Rhodesian farm girl inherits her dead brother's education and learns it demands a new self.
av Tsitsi Dangarembga 2004 204 sidor
4.04
23 000+ betyg
The Misfit Economy
av Alexa Clay • 2015
Pirates, gangsters, and hackers cracked innovation before Silicon Valley. Their playbook, decoded.
3.28
500+
The Misfit Economy Sammanfattning
The Misfit Economy
Pirates, gangsters, and hackers cracked innovation before Silicon Valley. Their playbook, decoded.
av Alexa Clay 2015 256 sidor
3.28
500+ betyg
The American Spirit
av David McCullough • 2017
Why the American past is a well to draw strength from, not a burden to escape.
4.22
7 000+
The American Spirit Sammanfattning
The American Spirit
Why the American past is a well to draw strength from, not a burden to escape.
av David McCullough 2017 176 sidor
4.22
7 000+ betyg
The Age of Addiction
av David T. Courtwright • 2019
Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.
3.64
456
The Age of Addiction Sammanfattning
The Age of Addiction
Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.
av David T. Courtwright 2019 336 sidor
3.64
456 betyg
Stranger in the Shogun's City
av Amy Stanley • 2020
A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.
3.77
2 000+
Stranger in the Shogun's City Sammanfattning
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A country woman's flight to Edo in 1839 uncovers a society on the brink of upheaval.
av Amy Stanley 2020 352 sidor
3.77
2 000+ betyg
The Geopolitics of Emotion
av Dominique Moïsi • 2008
Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.
3.65
500+
The Geopolitics of Emotion Sammanfattning
The Geopolitics of Emotion
Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.
av Dominique Moïsi 2008 176 sidor
3.65
500+ betyg
Gaga Feminism
av J. Jack Halberstam • 2012
Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.
3.56
500+
Gaga Feminism Sammanfattning
Gaga Feminism
Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.
av J. Jack Halberstam 2012 232 sidor
3.56
500+ betyg
Slavoj Zizek
av Tony Myers • 2003
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
3.82
266
Slavoj Zizek Sammanfattning
Slavoj Zizek
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
av Tony Myers 2003 160 sidor
3.82
266 betyg
X Saves the World
av Jeff Gordinier • 2008
The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.
3.45
500+
X Saves the World Sammanfattning
X Saves the World
The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.
av Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 sidor
3.45
500+ betyg
Reclaiming Conversation
av Sherry Turkle • 2015
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
3.80
5 000+
Reclaiming Conversation Sammanfattning
Reclaiming Conversation
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
av Sherry Turkle 2015 448 sidor
3.80
5 000+ betyg
Faster
av James Gleick • 1999
Technology promised to save time. Instead it filled the gaps and trained us to crave speed.
3.52
1 000+
Faster Sammanfattning
Faster
Technology promised to save time. Instead it filled the gaps and trained us to crave speed.
av James Gleick 1999 330 sidor
3.52
1 000+ betyg
Outcasts United
av Warren St. John • 2009
War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.
3.84
8 000+
Outcasts United Sammanfattning
Outcasts United
War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.
av Warren St. John 2009 240 sidor
3.84
8 000+ betyg
Getting Beyond Better
av Roger L. Martin • 2015
Real social change replaces a broken equilibrium with a just one. Here's the strategic process.
3.93
356
Getting Beyond Better Sammanfattning
Getting Beyond Better
Real social change replaces a broken equilibrium with a just one. Here's the strategic process.
av Roger L. Martin 2015 272 sidor
3.93
356 betyg
In Search of Excellence
av Thomas J. Peters • 1982
A study of 43 iconic companies unearthed the few practices they all shared.
3.91
13 000+
In Search of Excellence Sammanfattning
In Search of Excellence
A study of 43 iconic companies unearthed the few practices they all shared.
av Thomas J. Peters 1982 400 sidor
3.91
13 000+ betyg
How Pleasure Works
av Paul Bloom • 2010
You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.
3.71
3 000+
How Pleasure Works Sammanfattning
How Pleasure Works
You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.
av Paul Bloom 2010 302 sidor
3.71
3 000+ betyg
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
av Elif Shafak • 2020
We have never been more connected, nor more divided. Storytelling, not information, is the bridge.
3.95
8 000+
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division Sammanfattning
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
We have never been more connected, nor more divided. Storytelling, not information, is the bridge.
av Elif Shafak 2020 45 sidor
3.95
8 000+ betyg
The Reactionary Mind
av Corey Robin • 2011
Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.
3.94
2 000+
The Reactionary Mind Sammanfattning
The Reactionary Mind
Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.
av Corey Robin 2011 290 sidor
3.94
2 000+ betyg
Grown Up Digital
av Don Tapscott • 2008
Eight traits of the internet generation are quietly remaking school, work, and government.
3.80
1 000+
Grown Up Digital Sammanfattning
Grown Up Digital
Eight traits of the internet generation are quietly remaking school, work, and government.
av Don Tapscott 2008 384 sidor
3.80
1 000+ betyg
To Save Everything, Click Here
av Evgeny Morozov • 2013
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
3.67
1 000+
To Save Everything, Click Here Sammanfattning
To Save Everything, Click Here
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
av Evgeny Morozov 2013 415 sidor
3.67
1 000+ betyg
The Big Picture
av Ben Fritz • 2018
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
4.02
2 000+
The Big Picture Sammanfattning
The Big Picture
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
av Ben Fritz 2018 309 sidor
4.02
2 000+ betyg
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
av Neil Postman • 1969
School's hidden curriculum is obedience. The real subject: learning what to disbelieve.
4.21
1 000+
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Sammanfattning
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
School's hidden curriculum is obedience. The real subject: learning what to disbelieve.
av Neil Postman 1969 240 sidor
4.21
1 000+ betyg
Thick
av Tressie McMillan Cottom • 2019
Black women are punished for complexity, so embracing every contradiction becomes its own rebellion.
4.43
18 000+
Thick Sammanfattning
Thick
Black women are punished for complexity, so embracing every contradiction becomes its own rebellion.
av Tressie McMillan Cottom 2019 248 sidor
4.43
18 000+ betyg
The Importance of Living
av Lin Yutang • 1937
In 1937, a Chinese philosopher made the radical argument that loafing beats striving.
4.06
1 000+
The Importance of Living Sammanfattning
The Importance of Living
In 1937, a Chinese philosopher made the radical argument that loafing beats striving.
av Lin Yutang 1937 462 sidor
4.06
1 000+ betyg
Dhandha
av Shobha Bondre • 2013
Every threat a factory, every closed door a classroom. The Gujarati business way.
3.85
500+
Dhandha Sammanfattning
Dhandha
Every threat a factory, every closed door a classroom. The Gujarati business way.
av Shobha Bondre 2013 296 sidor
3.85
500+ betyg
Monkey Business
av John Rolfe • 2000
Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.
3.97
6 000+
Monkey Business Sammanfattning
Monkey Business
Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.
av John Rolfe 2000 288 sidor
3.97
6 000+ betyg
The Art Thief
av Michael Finkel • 2023
History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.
3.92
100 000+
The Art Thief Sammanfattning
The Art Thief
History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.
av Michael Finkel 2023 224 sidor
3.92
100 000+ betyg
Ace
av Angela Chen • 2020
The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.
4.34
19 000+
Ace Sammanfattning
Ace
The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.
av Angela Chen 2020 210 sidor
4.34
19 000+ betyg
Showboat
av Roland Lazenby • 2016
Two selves fought inside Kobe Bryant: the showman his father wanted, the killer his mother forged.
4.30
2 000+
Showboat Sammanfattning
Showboat
Two selves fought inside Kobe Bryant: the showman his father wanted, the killer his mother forged.
av Roland Lazenby 2016 625 sidor
4.30
2 000+ betyg
Decolonial Daughter
av Lesley-Ann Brown • 2018
Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.
4.13
86
Decolonial Daughter Sammanfattning
Decolonial Daughter
Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.
av Lesley-Ann Brown 2018 231 sidor
4.13
86 betyg
Cultures and Organizations
av Geert Hofstede • 1993
Six cultural dimensions shape how nations work, lead, and trade; your MBA covered only one.
4.11
1 000+
Cultures and Organizations Sammanfattning
Cultures and Organizations
Six cultural dimensions shape how nations work, lead, and trade; your MBA covered only one.
av Geert Hofstede 1993 575 sidor
4.11
1 000+ betyg
The CEO Test
av Adam Bryant • 2021
The recurring challenges that separate thriving leaders from the rest, and how to navigate them.
4.12
286
The CEO Test Sammanfattning
The CEO Test
The recurring challenges that separate thriving leaders from the rest, and how to navigate them.
av Adam Bryant 2021 201 sidor
4.12
286 betyg
Understanding Iran
av William R. Polk • 2009
Start with Cyrus, not Khomeini. Iran's long civilizational memory drives everything the news misses.
3.84
391
Understanding Iran Sammanfattning
Understanding Iran
Start with Cyrus, not Khomeini. Iran's long civilizational memory drives everything the news misses.
av William R. Polk 2009 272 sidor
3.84
391 betyg
Sapiens
av David Vandermeulen • 2020
One species of ape conquered the planet, not with claws or tools, but with shared stories.
4.31
22 000+
Sapiens Sammanfattning
Sapiens
One species of ape conquered the planet, not with claws or tools, but with shared stories.
av David Vandermeulen 2020 248 sidor
4.31
22 000+ betyg
Letter to the American Church
av Eric Metaxas • 2022
Why a silent American Church is repeating the German Church's fatal mistake under Hitler.
4.22
3 000+
Letter to the American Church Sammanfattning
Letter to the American Church
Why a silent American Church is repeating the German Church's fatal mistake under Hitler.
av Eric Metaxas 2022 159 sidor
4.22
3 000+ betyg
Stolen Pride
av Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2024
Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.
4.02
1 000+
Stolen Pride Sammanfattning
Stolen Pride
Shame from economic decline, redirected into racial blame, powers today's right-wing resurgence.
av Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 sidor
4.02
1 000+ betyg
Everybody Matters
av Bob Chapman • 2015
Forget engagement surveys. Performance comes from treating people like family.
4.05
1 000+
Everybody Matters Sammanfattning
Everybody Matters
Forget engagement surveys. Performance comes from treating people like family.
av Bob Chapman 2015 348 sidor
4.05
1 000+ betyg
The Why Axis
av Uri Gneezy • 2013
When daycare fines made parents later, the real science of incentives began.
3.67
1 000+
The Why Axis Sammanfattning
The Why Axis
When daycare fines made parents later, the real science of incentives began.
av Uri Gneezy 2013 290 sidor
3.67
1 000+ betyg
Japonisme
av Erin Niimi Longhurst • 2018
Seven Japanese concepts to find purpose, embrace imperfection, and build a calmer life.
3.74
2 000+
Japonisme Sammanfattning
Japonisme
Seven Japanese concepts to find purpose, embrace imperfection, and build a calmer life.
av Erin Niimi Longhurst 2018 293 sidor
3.74
2 000+ betyg
Running with the Kenyans
av Adharanand Finn • 2010
Kenya produces the world's fastest distance runners. A journalist moved there to understand why.
3.94
10 000+
Running with the Kenyans Sammanfattning
Running with the Kenyans
Kenya produces the world's fastest distance runners. A journalist moved there to understand why.
av Adharanand Finn 2010 288 sidor
3.94
10 000+ betyg
You Are What You Speak
av Robert Lane Greene • 2011
Grammar rules are recent inventions, language decline is a myth, and purism is identity politics.
3.86
500+
You Are What You Speak Sammanfattning
You Are What You Speak
Grammar rules are recent inventions, language decline is a myth, and purism is identity politics.
av Robert Lane Greene 2011 320 sidor
3.86
500+ betyg
Broken Code
av Jeff Horwitz • 2023
Instagram harmed teen mental health. Facebook buried proof; whistleblower documents forced it out.
3.88
500+
Broken Code Sammanfattning
Broken Code
Instagram harmed teen mental health. Facebook buried proof; whistleblower documents forced it out.
av Jeff Horwitz 2023 528 sidor
3.88
500+ betyg
The Things We Make
av Bill Hammack • 2023
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
3.75
1 000+
The Things We Make Sammanfattning
The Things We Make
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
av Bill Hammack 2023 272 sidor
3.75
1 000+ betyg
The Marwaris
av Thomas A Timberg • 2014
One desert community built Indian commerce: family firms, daily accounting, speculation.
3.02
241
The Marwaris Sammanfattning
The Marwaris
One desert community built Indian commerce: family firms, daily accounting, speculation.
av Thomas A Timberg 2014 184 sidor
3.02
241 betyg
A Natural History of Human Thinking
av Michael Tomasello • 2014
Apes think alone. We think together. The two-step evolution that made the difference.
3.99
207
A Natural History of Human Thinking Sammanfattning
A Natural History of Human Thinking
Apes think alone. We think together. The two-step evolution that made the difference.
av Michael Tomasello 2014 192 sidor
3.99
207 betyg
There Was a Country
av Chinua Achebe • 2012
A literary witness to Biafra: starvation, secession, and the three-year war that consumed millions.
4.04
2 000+
There Was a Country Sammanfattning
There Was a Country
A literary witness to Biafra: starvation, secession, and the three-year war that consumed millions.
av Chinua Achebe 2012 352 sidor
4.04
2 000+ betyg
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