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Scatter Brain

av Shaparak Khorsandi • 2023

From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.

4.10

475

🧠 Adult Adhd 👩 Women And Adhd 🔍 Late Diagnosis 📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs 🍷 Adhd And Addiction

Scatter Brain

From lost shoes to a working system: a comedian's chaotic road to a late ADHD diagnosis.

av Shaparak Khorsandi 2023 256 sidor

4.10

475 betyg

🧠 Adult Adhd 👩 Women And Adhd 🔍 Late Diagnosis 📚 Neurodiversity Memoirs 🍷 Adhd And Addiction

Chasing Daylight

av Eugene O'Kelly • 2005

A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.

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3 000+

🕊️ Facing Mortality ⚡ Energy Management 🌸 Savoring 🌅 Present Moment 👋 Intentional Goodbyes

Chasing Daylight

A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.

av Eugene O'Kelly 2005 179 sidor

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🕊️ Facing Mortality ⚡ Energy Management 🌸 Savoring 🌅 Present Moment 👋 Intentional Goodbyes

Option B

av Sheryl Sandberg • 2017

The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.

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🕯️ Grief And Loss 🧱 Building Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 💗 Self Compassion

Option B

The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.

av Sheryl Sandberg 2017 226 sidor

3.84

57 000+ betyg

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🧱 Building Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 💗 Self Compassion

On the Brink of Everything

av Parker J. Palmer • 2018

The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.

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🧘 Conscious Aging 📿 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Contemplative Practice 🌱 Inner Life 🎯 Vocation

On the Brink of Everything

The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.

av Parker J. Palmer 2018 198 sidor

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🧘 Conscious Aging 📿 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Contemplative Practice 🌱 Inner Life 🎯 Vocation

365 Thank Yous

av John Kralik • 2010

One thank-you note a day, one year, one life pulled back from the brink.

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4 000+

🧱 Gratitude Practice 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Positive Psychology ✉️ Handwritten Letters 🔄 Personal Reinvention

365 Thank Yous

One thank-you note a day, one year, one life pulled back from the brink.

av John Kralik 2010 240 sidor

3.91

4 000+ betyg

🧱 Gratitude Practice 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Positive Psychology ✉️ Handwritten Letters 🔄 Personal Reinvention

Miracle in the Andes

av Nando Parrado • 2006

Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.

4.37

27 000+

📖 Survival Memoir 🏔️ Andes Plane Crash ⛏️ Extreme Survival 💪 Human Endurance ⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters

Miracle in the Andes

Sixty days trapped in the Andes. One promise. A ten-day trek without gear to find help.

av Nando Parrado 2006 304 sidor

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📖 Survival Memoir 🏔️ Andes Plane Crash ⛏️ Extreme Survival 💪 Human Endurance ⛰️ Mountaineering Disasters

Girl, Interrupted

av Susanna Kaysen • 1993

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

3.95

200 000+

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships 🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir 🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum

Girl, Interrupted

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

av Susanna Kaysen 1993 169 sidor

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🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships 🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir 🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum

Born on a Blue Day

av Daniel Tammet • 2006

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

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24 000+

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Born on a Blue Day

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

av Daniel Tammet 2006 226 sidor

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🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Based on a True Story

av Norm Macdonald • 2016

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

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19 000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Based on a True Story

SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.

av Norm Macdonald 2016 256 sidor

4.03

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 📖 Comedic Memoir 🎬 Snl Alumni 🎰 Gambling Addiction 🎭 Show Business

Straight Shooter

av Stephen A. Smith • 2023

Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.

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🎙️ Sports Broadcasting 📺 Media Careers 📝 Sports Journalism 🔄 Career Comebacks 🚀 Self-Made Success

Straight Shooter

Fired by ESPN. Dyslexic. A Queens kid's improbable rise to the top of sports television.

av Stephen A. Smith 2023 288 sidor

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🎙️ Sports Broadcasting 📺 Media Careers 📝 Sports Journalism 🔄 Career Comebacks 🚀 Self-Made Success

Until We Are Free

av Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Until We Are Free

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

av Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 sidor

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Lessons from Madame Chic

av Jennifer L. Scott • 2011

The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.

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8 000+

🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 👗 Capsule Wardrobes 👔 Personal Style 💄 Natural Beauty 🛍️ Mindful Consumption

Lessons from Madame Chic

The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.

av Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 sidor

3.73

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🇫🇷 French Lifestyle 👗 Capsule Wardrobes 👔 Personal Style 💄 Natural Beauty 🛍️ Mindful Consumption

Soul Boom

av Rainn Wilson • 2023

Our crises are spiritual. The cure: a joy-fueled revolution with death as a teacher.

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8 000+

✊ Spiritual Activism 🕊️ Post-Religious Spirituality 💖 Radical Compassion 💀 Memento Mori 🧘 Engaged Spirituality

Soul Boom

Our crises are spiritual. The cure: a joy-fueled revolution with death as a teacher.

av Rainn Wilson 2023 304 sidor

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✊ Spiritual Activism 🕊️ Post-Religious Spirituality 💖 Radical Compassion 💀 Memento Mori 🧘 Engaged Spirituality

The Year of Living Biblically

av A.J. Jacobs • 2007

A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.

3.76

69 000+

🧪 Experimental Memoir 🗞️ Immersive Journalism 📖 Biblical Literalism 🎪 Stunt Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Year of Living Biblically

A secular journalist spent a year following every Bible rule literally. Most people just quit.

av A.J. Jacobs 2007 400 sidor

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🧪 Experimental Memoir 🗞️ Immersive Journalism 📖 Biblical Literalism 🎪 Stunt Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

av George S. Clason • 2002

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

4.19

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story

An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.

av George S. Clason 2002

4.19

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📝 Comic Essays 💕 Complicated Friendship 💪 Body Image Struggles 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

av Nicolas Darvas • 2017

A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.

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🏦 Stock Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🌱 Growth Investing

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

A globe-trotting dancer made $2 million in the market. His method: a simple visual price pattern.

av Nicolas Darvas 2017 141 sidor

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🏦 Stock Trading 📈 Trend Following 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Trading Psychology 🌱 Growth Investing

How to Tell When We Will Die

av Johanna Hedva • 2024

The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.

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♿ Disability Justice 🩻 Chronic Illness 💸 Anti-Capitalism 🤝 Care Ethics 🧬 Body Politics

How to Tell When We Will Die

The body fails. That's the truth ableism hides. A manifesto for those already living it.

av Johanna Hedva 2024 384 sidor

3.76

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♿ Disability Justice 🩻 Chronic Illness 💸 Anti-Capitalism 🤝 Care Ethics 🧬 Body Politics

The Dealmaker

av Guy Hands • 2021

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

3.90

500+

🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

The Dealmaker

After building a private equity empire, one acquisition cost him €78 million in legal fees alone.

av Guy Hands 2021 339 sidor

3.90

500+ betyg

🏢 Private Equity 📈 Value Investing 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 📖 Business Memoir 😰 Executive Burnout

A Widow's Story

av Joyce Carol Oates • 2011

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

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4 000+

🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death 🪞 Grief And Identity ✍️ Creative Block

A Widow's Story

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

av Joyce Carol Oates 2011 432 sidor

3.76

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🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death 🪞 Grief And Identity ✍️ Creative Block

Love Warrior

av Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

74 000+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

av Glennon Doyle Melton 2016 272 sidor

4.07

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💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

av Santosh Nair • 2016

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

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🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

av Santosh Nair 2016 395 sidor

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🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

A Smile as Big as the Moon

av Mike Kersjes • 2002

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

4.31

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🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

A Smile as Big as the Moon

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

av Mike Kersjes 2002 288 sidor

4.31

500+ betyg

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

av Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

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📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

av Donald Miller 2009 288 sidor

4.13

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📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

av Maya Angelou • 1993

Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.

4.30

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir 📜 Wisdom Literature 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 💝 Self-Acceptance 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Maya Angelou on dignity: short lessons from a life built from nothing.

av Maya Angelou 1993 144 sidor

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir 📜 Wisdom Literature 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 💝 Self-Acceptance 🍂 Midlife Reflection

Adolf Hitler

av Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

8 000+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Adolf Hitler

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

av Spike Milligan 1971 142 sidor

4.04

8 000+ betyg

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Sam Walton, Made in America

av Sam Walton • 1992

The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.

4.16

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🏬 Retail Business 📖 Founder Memoir 😍 Customer Focus ⚙️ Lean Operations 🔄 Constant Improvement

Sam Walton, Made in America

The five-and-dime that refused to act big and grew into the world's largest retailer.

av Sam Walton 1992 346 sidor

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🏬 Retail Business 📖 Founder Memoir 😍 Customer Focus ⚙️ Lean Operations 🔄 Constant Improvement

I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

av Baek Se-hee • 2020

A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.

3.63

8 000+

🇰🇷 Korean Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Transcripts 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 💗 Self-Acceptance 😰 Social Anxiety

I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.

av Baek Se-hee 2020 232 sidor

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🇰🇷 Korean Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Transcripts 🧠 Cognitive Distortions 💗 Self-Acceptance 😰 Social Anxiety

Look Me in the Eye

av John Elder Robison • 2007

No eye contact. No friends. Flawless with machines. The reason hid in plain sight for forty years.

3.92

69 000+

🧠 Aspergers Memoir 🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🧩 Neurodiversity Movement 🔧 Mechanical Thinking 🎸 Music Industry Memoir

Look Me in the Eye

No eye contact. No friends. Flawless with machines. The reason hid in plain sight for forty years.

av John Elder Robison 2007 306 sidor

3.92

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🧠 Aspergers Memoir 🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🧩 Neurodiversity Movement 🔧 Mechanical Thinking 🎸 Music Industry Memoir

Dear Dolly

av Dolly Alderton • 2022

Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.

3.78

44 000+

🖋️ Advice Columns 💔 Modern Dating 👯 Female Friendship 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 👩 Millennial Womanhood

Dear Dolly

Love, shame, heartbreak, and the friends who outgrow you: an agony aunt's most honest answers.

av Dolly Alderton 2022 224 sidor

3.78

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🖋️ Advice Columns 💔 Modern Dating 👯 Female Friendship 🩹 Heartbreak Recovery 👩 Millennial Womanhood

The Great War for Civilisation

av Robert Fisk • 2005

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

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🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

The Great War for Civilisation

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

av Robert Fisk 2005 1111 sidor

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🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

Brewing Up a Business

av Sam Calagione • 2005

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

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1 000+

🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation 🏷️ Brand Building 📣 Innovative Marketing

Brewing Up a Business

A tiny brewery's playbook: eccentric recipes, shoestring stunts, and business as a creative act.

av Sam Calagione 2005 280 sidor

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🍺 Craft Beer Industry 📖 Startup Memoir 🎯 Product Differentiation 🏷️ Brand Building 📣 Innovative Marketing

Room to Dream

av David Lynch • 2018

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

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9 000+

🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

Room to Dream

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

av David Lynch 2018 577 sidor

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🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

The Dirt

av Tommy Lee • 2001

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

4.14

49 000+

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Dirt

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

av Tommy Lee 2001 431 sidor

4.14

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📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

av Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

av Jordan Belfort 2016 530 sidor

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💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

This Is Woman's Work

av Dominique Christina • 2015

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

4.34

142

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

This Is Woman's Work

A poet's map of seven inner selves, and the one you've been most afraid to meet.

av Dominique Christina 2015 208 sidor

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🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Women's Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work 💔 Trauma Healing ✍️ Expressive Writing

The Happiness of Pursuit

av Chris Guillebeau • 2014

A teenager sued her government to sail alone around the world. What's your quest?

3.70

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🗺️ Bucket Lists 🧭 Life Design 🏔️ Quest Narratives 🌍 Adventure Travel 🧱 Self-Reliance

The Happiness of Pursuit

A teenager sued her government to sail alone around the world. What's your quest?

av Chris Guillebeau 2014 304 sidor

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🗺️ Bucket Lists 🧭 Life Design 🏔️ Quest Narratives 🌍 Adventure Travel 🧱 Self-Reliance

Secondhand Time

av Svetlana Alexievich • 2013

A civilization vanished with the USSR, leaving millions unprepared for the freedom they craved.

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🎙️ Oral History 🪆 Post-Soviet Russia 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Totalitarian Legacies 🏢 Everyday Socialism

Secondhand Time

A civilization vanished with the USSR, leaving millions unprepared for the freedom they craved.

av Svetlana Alexievich 2013 496 sidor

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🎙️ Oral History 🪆 Post-Soviet Russia 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Totalitarian Legacies 🏢 Everyday Socialism

How We Think

av John Dewey • 1997

One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.

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1 000+

🏛️ American Enlightenment 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🔄 Habit Formation 🦉 Practical Wisdom

How We Think

One grid, thirteen virtues, a lifetime of revisions: the system that built a founding father.

av John Dewey 1997 240 sidor

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🏛️ American Enlightenment 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🔄 Habit Formation 🦉 Practical Wisdom

Working

av Robert A. Caro • 2019

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

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🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research 🏛️ Political Biography 🗺️ Sense Of Place

Working

How one biographer's archival obsession made Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson give up their secrets.

av Robert A. Caro 2019 231 sidor

4.45

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🔍 Biographical Research 📰 Narrative Journalism 📜 Archival Research 🏛️ Political Biography 🗺️ Sense Of Place

Slash

av Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

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30 000+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Slash

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

av Slash 2007 458 sidor

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Grief Is for People

av Sloane Crosley • 2024

A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.

3.83

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💔 Suicide Loss 👥 Friendship Grief 📿 Objects And Memory 🌊 Grief Without Stages ✍️ Lyric Memoir

Grief Is for People

A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.

av Sloane Crosley 2024 208 sidor

3.83

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💔 Suicide Loss 👥 Friendship Grief 📿 Objects And Memory 🌊 Grief Without Stages ✍️ Lyric Memoir

One Bullet Away

av Nathaniel Fick • 2005

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

4.21

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📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership 🏙️ Post-9/11 Wars 🤝 Unit Cohesion

One Bullet Away

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

av Nathaniel Fick 2005 372 sidor

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📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership 🏙️ Post-9/11 Wars 🤝 Unit Cohesion

Twelve Years a Slave

av Solomon Northup • 2013

Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.

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🎋 American Slavery ⛓️ Slave Narratives 📜 Abolitionist Literature 🕯️ Survival Under Bondage 🩸 Plantation Brutality

Twelve Years a Slave

Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.

av Solomon Northup 2013 363 sidor

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🎋 American Slavery ⛓️ Slave Narratives 📜 Abolitionist Literature 🕯️ Survival Under Bondage 🩸 Plantation Brutality

The Autistic Brain

av Temple Grandin • 2013

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

4.1

11 000+

🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

The Autistic Brain

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

av Temple Grandin 2013 240 sidor

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🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe

av Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

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1 000+

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution 🦁 Moral Courage 🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

av Simone Arnold Liebster 2000 508 sidor

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📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution 🦁 Moral Courage 🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness

Real Estate

av Deborah Levy • 2021

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

4.28

10 000+

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

Real Estate

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

av Deborah Levy 2021 297 sidor

4.28

10 000+ betyg

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A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.

4.2

4 000+

🏀 Sports Leadership 📋 Coaching 🤝 Team Culture ⛰️ Overcoming Adversity 🎯 Effort Over Outcomes

Leading with the Heart

A Hall of Fame coach's formula for building teams that play for each other, not the scoreboard.

av Mike Krzyzewski 2001 291 sidor

4.2

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This is Going to Hurt

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Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

4.40

300 000+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training 📖 Patient Stories 🇬🇧 British Humor

This is Going to Hurt

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

av Adam Kay 2017 285 sidor

4.40

300 000+ betyg

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Benjamin Graham

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Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.

4.32

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🧱 Value Investing 🏦 Wall Street History 📚 Self-Education 📉 Financial Crashes 🗳️ Shareholder Activism

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Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.

av Benjamin Graham 1996 351 sidor

4.32

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🧱 Value Investing 🏦 Wall Street History 📚 Self-Education 📉 Financial Crashes 🗳️ Shareholder Activism

Help Thanks Wow

av Anne Lamott • 2012

A simple framework for prayer, tested in the messiest moments of one writer's life.

4.01

22 000+

🛐 Everyday Prayer 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice 📥 Surrender Rituals ✨ Finding Wonder

Help Thanks Wow

A simple framework for prayer, tested in the messiest moments of one writer's life.

av Anne Lamott 2012 102 sidor

4.01

22 000+ betyg

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