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Modern Romance

av Aziz Ansari • 2015

Dating apps promised soul mates on demand. The data says they delivered the opposite.

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💻 Online Dating 💕 Modern Courtship 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📱 Digital Communication 📊 Sociology Of Love

Modern Romance

Dating apps promised soul mates on demand. The data says they delivered the opposite.

av Aziz Ansari 2015 279 sidor

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💻 Online Dating 💕 Modern Courtship 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📱 Digital Communication 📊 Sociology Of Love

The Year of Less

av Cait Flanders • 2018

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

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🛒 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

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

Making It So

av Patrick Stewart • 2023

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

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🎭 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.

av Patrick Stewart 2023 469 sidor

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

A Chance in the World

av Steve Pemberton • 2012

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

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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

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

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

av Gordon Livingston MD • 2004

Thirty truths from a grieving psychiatrist, starting with: your childhood is not your fate.

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🛋️ Therapy Insights 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🏃 Action Over Intention 😊 Happiness Formula 💞 Love As Practice

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

Thirty truths from a grieving psychiatrist, starting with: your childhood is not your fate.

av Gordon Livingston MD 2004 84 sidor

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🛋️ Therapy Insights 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🏃 Action Over Intention 😊 Happiness Formula 💞 Love As Practice

Shoe Dog

av Phil Knight • 2016

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

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🏢 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

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

Building a Life Worth Living

av Marsha M. Linehan • 2020

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

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🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🎭 Borderline Personality 🔬 Therapy Development

Building a Life Worth Living

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

av Marsha M. Linehan 2020 384 sidor

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🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🎭 Borderline Personality 🔬 Therapy Development

The Nordic Theory of Everything

av Anu Partanen • 2016

What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.

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🏔️ Nordic Model 🏛️ Welfare State 🌹 Social Democracy 📊 Comparative Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare

The Nordic Theory of Everything

What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.

av Anu Partanen 2016 432 sidor

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🏔️ Nordic Model 🏛️ Welfare State 🌹 Social Democracy 📊 Comparative Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare

Undeniable

av Cameron R. Hanes • 2025

A bowhunter's approach to mental armor: show up daily, seek discomfort, back yourself completely.

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🏃 Endurance Sports 🏔️ Outdoor Adventure 💪 Voluntary Hardship 🧠 Mental Toughness 📅 Daily Discipline

Undeniable

A bowhunter's approach to mental armor: show up daily, seek discomfort, back yourself completely.

av Cameron R. Hanes 2025 304 sidor

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🏃 Endurance Sports 🏔️ Outdoor Adventure 💪 Voluntary Hardship 🧠 Mental Toughness 📅 Daily Discipline

All the Beauty in the World

av Patrick Bringley • 2023

He guarded Picassos and Rembrandts for a decade. Grief brought him there; stillness made him stay.

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🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🏛️ Museum Life 🐢 Slow Living 🎨 Art And Healing 👁️ Mindful Observation

All the Beauty in the World

He guarded Picassos and Rembrandts for a decade. Grief brought him there; stillness made him stay.

av Patrick Bringley 2023 240 sidor

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🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🏛️ Museum Life 🐢 Slow Living 🎨 Art And Healing 👁️ Mindful Observation

Red Scarf Girl

av Ji-li Jiang • 1997

A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.

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🇨🇳 Chinese History 🏮 Cultural Revolution 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir ⚖️ Political Persecution 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence

Red Scarf Girl

A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.

av Ji-li Jiang 1997 285 sidor

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🇨🇳 Chinese History 🏮 Cultural Revolution 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir ⚖️ Political Persecution 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence

The Center Cannot Hold

av Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

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📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition 🏥 Institutional Psychiatry 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Center Cannot Hold

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

av Elyn R. Saks 2007 351 sidor

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📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition 🏥 Institutional Psychiatry 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Noonday Demon

av Andrew Solomon • 2000

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

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🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

The Noonday Demon

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

av Andrew Solomon 2000 576 sidor

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🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition

av Gregg Lewis • 2009

A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.

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🩺 Medical Biography 📚 Reading And Literacy 🙏 Faith And Medicine 🧭 Character Education 🎓 Educational Equity

Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition

A fifth-grade failure becomes a world-famous neurosurgeon. Two household rules, one library card.

av Gregg Lewis 2009 112 sidor

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🩺 Medical Biography 📚 Reading And Literacy 🙏 Faith And Medicine 🧭 Character Education 🎓 Educational Equity

When Breath Becomes Air

av Paul Kalanithi • 2016

A neurosurgeon spent years facing other people's death. Terminal lung cancer at 36 made it personal.

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🩺 Medical Memoirs 🕯️ Death And Dying ⚰️ Mortality And Meaning 🤒 Illness And Identity 📖 Narrative Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air

A neurosurgeon spent years facing other people's death. Terminal lung cancer at 36 made it personal.

av Paul Kalanithi 2016 229 sidor

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🩺 Medical Memoirs 🕯️ Death And Dying ⚰️ Mortality And Meaning 🤒 Illness And Identity 📖 Narrative Medicine

Surprised by Joy

av C.S. Lewis • 1955

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

Surprised by Joy

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

av C.S. Lewis 1955 185 sidor

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🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

Made in Japan

av Akio Morita • 1986

The Sony co-founder's management philosophy: treat employees as family, bet on R&D, and never copy.

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📖 Corporate Memoir 🇯🇵 Japanese Business 📺 Consumer Electronics 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Employee Loyalty

Made in Japan

The Sony co-founder's management philosophy: treat employees as family, bet on R&D, and never copy.

av Akio Morita 1986 309 sidor

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📖 Corporate Memoir 🇯🇵 Japanese Business 📺 Consumer Electronics 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Employee Loyalty

Sacred Hoops

av Phil Jackson • 1995

Two NBA dynasties, one unlikely playbook: Zen meditation, Lakota wisdom, and the quieting of self.

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🏀 Sports Coaching 🧘 Mindful Leadership ☸️ Zen Buddhism 👥 Team Dynamics 🎯 Visualization

Sacred Hoops

Two NBA dynasties, one unlikely playbook: Zen meditation, Lakota wisdom, and the quieting of self.

av Phil Jackson 1995 240 sidor

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🏀 Sports Coaching 🧘 Mindful Leadership ☸️ Zen Buddhism 👥 Team Dynamics 🎯 Visualization

Himlen finns på riktigt

av Todd Burpo • 2010

His appendix burst. In surgery, a four-year-old meets the sister his parents never told him existed.

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🔮 Near-Death Experiences 👶 Childlike Faith ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Miscarriage Grief ✨ Modern Miracles

Himlen finns på riktigt

His appendix burst. In surgery, a four-year-old meets the sister his parents never told him existed.

av Todd Burpo 2010 162 sidor

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🔮 Near-Death Experiences 👶 Childlike Faith ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Miscarriage Grief ✨ Modern Miracles

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

av Robert M. Pirsig • 1974

A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.

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🏍️ Philosophical Road Trip 👨‍👦 Father And Son Journey 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔧 Everyday Philosophy 🛣️ American Road Trip

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.

av Robert M. Pirsig 1974 464 sidor

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🏍️ Philosophical Road Trip 👨‍👦 Father And Son Journey 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔧 Everyday Philosophy 🛣️ American Road Trip

On Being a Therapist

av Jeffrey A. Kottler • 1986

What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.

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🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 🌱 Therapist Development 😔 Compassion Fatigue 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🪞 Countertransference

On Being a Therapist

What training never covered: the boredom, the burnout, and the clients who end up changing you.

av Jeffrey A. Kottler 1986 379 sidor

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🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 🌱 Therapist Development 😔 Compassion Fatigue 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 🪞 Countertransference

Free

av Lea Ypi • 2021

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived. The pyramid schemes began, and a nation tore itself apart.

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🏛 Post-Communist Transition 🌍 Balkan History 👧 Coming Of Age Memoir 💡 Political Awakening 📉 Economic Collapse

Free

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived. The pyramid schemes began, and a nation tore itself apart.

av Lea Ypi 2021 288 sidor

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🏛 Post-Communist Transition 🌍 Balkan History 👧 Coming Of Age Memoir 💡 Political Awakening 📉 Economic Collapse

Creative Selection

av Ken Kocienda • 2018

How Apple's engineers really worked: no sudden genius, just relentless demos and decisive taste.

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🎨 Product Design 🖥️ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Prototyping ✨ Intuitive Design 👥 Small Team Dynamics

Creative Selection

How Apple's engineers really worked: no sudden genius, just relentless demos and decisive taste.

av Ken Kocienda 2018 264 sidor

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🎨 Product Design 🖥️ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Prototyping ✨ Intuitive Design 👥 Small Team Dynamics

Dirt to Soil

av Gabe Brown • 2018

After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🪱 Soil Health 🐄 Holistic Grazing 🏞️ Ecosystem Restoration 💰 Farm Profitability

Dirt to Soil

After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.

av Gabe Brown 2018 240 sidor

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🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🪱 Soil Health 🐄 Holistic Grazing 🏞️ Ecosystem Restoration 💰 Farm Profitability

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

av Jack Douglas • 1972

The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.

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🎤 Comic Memoir 🐺 Exotic Pets 💍 Marital Comedy 🏡 Suburban Satire 🌿 Nature Ethics

The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.

av Jack Douglas 1972 256 sidor

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🎤 Comic Memoir 🐺 Exotic Pets 💍 Marital Comedy 🏡 Suburban Satire 🌿 Nature Ethics

Eleven Rings

av Phil Jackson • 2013

Jordan, Kobe, Shaq: the zen coach who tamed basketball's biggest egos with meditation and trust.

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🏀 Basketball Coaching 🤝 Team Leadership 🧘 Mindful Coaching 🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Championship Mindset

Eleven Rings

Jordan, Kobe, Shaq: the zen coach who tamed basketball's biggest egos with meditation and trust.

av Phil Jackson 2013 368 sidor

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🏀 Basketball Coaching 🤝 Team Leadership 🧘 Mindful Coaching 🧠 Sports Psychology 🏆 Championship Mindset

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

av Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

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🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

av Martin Luther King Jr. 1986

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🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

Trump Never Give Up

av Donald J. Trump • 2008

Bankrupt, mocked, and billions in debt: the playbook for turning catastrophe into the next empire.

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🏗️ Real Estate Development 🔄 Business Comebacks 👤 Personal Branding 🤝 Negotiation Tactics 🪨 Grit And Resilience

Trump Never Give Up

Bankrupt, mocked, and billions in debt: the playbook for turning catastrophe into the next empire.

av Donald J. Trump 2008 208 sidor

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🏗️ Real Estate Development 🔄 Business Comebacks 👤 Personal Branding 🤝 Negotiation Tactics 🪨 Grit And Resilience

Modern Love

av Daniel Jones • 2007

Endless choice was supposed to make love easier. These true stories reveal the catch.

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🧑‍💻 Modern Dating 📱 Digital Intimacy 💍 Modern Commitment ⚧️ Gender Roles In Love 🪞 Self-Discovery In Love

Modern Love

Endless choice was supposed to make love easier. These true stories reveal the catch.

av Daniel Jones 2007 304 sidor

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🧑‍💻 Modern Dating 📱 Digital Intimacy 💍 Modern Commitment ⚧️ Gender Roles In Love 🪞 Self-Discovery In Love

Chinese Cinderella

av Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

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🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect 📚 Academic Refuge 👧 Motherless Daughters

Chinese Cinderella

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

av Adeline Yen Mah 1999 205 sidor

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🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect 📚 Academic Refuge 👧 Motherless Daughters

HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS

av Munaf Kapadia • 2021

Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.

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🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Food 📣 Brand Storytelling 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business

HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS

Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.

av Munaf Kapadia 2021 215 sidor

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🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Food 📣 Brand Storytelling 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

av Jim Corbett • 1944

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

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🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.

av Jim Corbett 1944 228 sidor

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🐅 Indian Wildlife 🏔️ Adventure Memoir 🎯 Hunting Ethics 👣 Tracking And Woodcraft 🐾 Predator Behavior

The Age of Magical Overthinking

av Amanda Montell • 2024

Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception 📱 Information Overload 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.

av Amanda Montell 2024 259 sidor

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception 📱 Information Overload 📊 Behavioral Economics

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

av Carl L. Hart • 2021

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

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🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

av Carl L. Hart 2021 304 sidor

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🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Rejection Proof

av Jia Jiang • 2015

Fear of rejection held him back. So he spent 100 days getting rejected on purpose.

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🧪 Exposure Therapy 🗣️ Art Of Asking 🔬 Self-Experimentation 🦁 Social Courage 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

Rejection Proof

Fear of rejection held him back. So he spent 100 days getting rejected on purpose.

av Jia Jiang 2015 256 sidor

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🧪 Exposure Therapy 🗣️ Art Of Asking 🔬 Self-Experimentation 🦁 Social Courage 🧠 Cognitive Reframing

The Cuckoo's Egg

av Clifford Stoll • 1989

A 75-cent error, a pager, one astronomer chasing a KGB spy through military networks.

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🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Digital Forensics 🌐 Early Internet 🔎 True Crime Investigation

The Cuckoo's Egg

A 75-cent error, a pager, one astronomer chasing a KGB spy through military networks.

av Clifford Stoll 1989 399 sidor

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🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Digital Forensics 🌐 Early Internet 🔎 True Crime Investigation

Quest For Love

av Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

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377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse 🌀 Cycles Of Abuse 📢 Breaking The Silence

Quest For Love

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

av Anneke Lucas 2022 300 sidor

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🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse 🌀 Cycles Of Abuse 📢 Breaking The Silence

Bird by Bird

av Anne Lamott • 1994

How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Author Memoir 🧱 Writer's Block 🔓 Creative Unblocking 🎤 Authentic Voice

Bird by Bird

How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.

av Anne Lamott 1994 222 sidor

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Author Memoir 🧱 Writer's Block 🔓 Creative Unblocking 🎤 Authentic Voice

A Primate's Memoir

av Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

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🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

A Primate's Memoir

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

av Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 sidor

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🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

The Education of a Value Investor

av Guy Spier • 2015

He paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lesson: investing well is a design problem.

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📉 Value Investing 💼 Investor Memoir 🧠 Investing Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 💰 Money And Meaning

The Education of a Value Investor

He paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lesson: investing well is a design problem.

av Guy Spier 2015 224 sidor

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📉 Value Investing 💼 Investor Memoir 🧠 Investing Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 💰 Money And Meaning

The Score Takes Care of Itself

av Bill Walsh • 2009

From 2-14 to dynasty: the coach who proved that standards, not scoreboards, build winners.

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🏈 Coaching Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 📋 Performance Standards 📚 Leader As Teacher 🧘 Poise Under Pressure

The Score Takes Care of Itself

From 2-14 to dynasty: the coach who proved that standards, not scoreboards, build winners.

av Bill Walsh 2009 300 sidor

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🏈 Coaching Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 📋 Performance Standards 📚 Leader As Teacher 🧘 Poise Under Pressure

First They Killed My Father

av Loung Ung • 2000

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

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💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor 🕯️ Genocide Testimony 💔 Family Separation

First They Killed My Father

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

av Loung Ung 2000 288 sidor

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💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor 🕯️ Genocide Testimony 💔 Family Separation

The Well-Lived Life

av Gladys McGarey • 2023

What a 102-year-old doctor knows: six secrets for staying vital, healthy, and happy for life.

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🌿 Holistic Wellness ⏳ Longevity Practices 🧭 Life Purpose 🌊 Embracing Change 💖 Healing Power Of Love

The Well-Lived Life

What a 102-year-old doctor knows: six secrets for staying vital, healthy, and happy for life.

av Gladys McGarey 2023 256 sidor

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🌿 Holistic Wellness ⏳ Longevity Practices 🧭 Life Purpose 🌊 Embracing Change 💖 Healing Power Of Love

Peaks and Valleys

av Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

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🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Peaks and Valleys

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

av Spencer Johnson 2009 112 sidor

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🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Istanbul

av Orhan Pamuk • 2003

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

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🗺️ Psychogeography 🏙️ Urban Melancholy 📜 Ottoman History 🌍 East West Divide 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Istanbul

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

av Orhan Pamuk 2003 356 sidor

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🗺️ Psychogeography 🏙️ Urban Melancholy 📜 Ottoman History 🌍 East West Divide 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Doglapan

av Ashneer Grover • 2022

A $2.8 billion startup, a boardroom coup, and the founder who refuses to stay silent.

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🏢 Indian Startups ✍️ Founder Memoir ⚔️ Boardroom Battles 💰 Venture Capital 🥀 Corporate Betrayal

Doglapan

A $2.8 billion startup, a boardroom coup, and the founder who refuses to stay silent.

av Ashneer Grover 2022 202 sidor

3.76

2 000+ betyg

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