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Eat, Pray, Love

av Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

3.65

1 000 000+

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Eat, Pray, Love

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

av Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 458 sidor

3.65

1 000 000+ betyg

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Steve Jobs

av Walter Isaacson • 2011

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

4.16

1 000 000+

🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

Immersiv

Steve Jobs

Jobs handpicked his biographer while dying. The result won't separate the genius from the cruelty.

av Walter Isaacson 2011 630 sidor

4.16

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🖥️ Tech Industry History 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🔨 Obsessive Craftsmanship 🏗️ Organizational Design 📜 Authorized Biography

Becoming

av Michelle Obama • 2018

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

4.43

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Becoming

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

av Michelle Obama 2018 426 sidor

4.43

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Into the Wild

av Jon Krakauer • 1996

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

4.02

1 000 000+

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist 💔 Estranged Family ⛰️ Man Vs Nature

Into the Wild

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

av Jon Krakauer 1996 240 sidor

4.02

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📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist 💔 Estranged Family ⛰️ Man Vs Nature

Bossypants

av Tina Fey • 2011

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

3.96

1 000 000+

🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

Bossypants

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

av Tina Fey 2011 290 sidor

3.96

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🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

Livet måste ha mening

av Viktor E. Frankl • 1946

Auschwitz revealed that meaning, not pleasure or power, is what keeps human beings alive.

4.37

800 000+

📖 Holocaust Testimony 🧠 Existential Psychology 💪 Resilience 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Immersiv

Livet måste ha mening

Auschwitz revealed that meaning, not pleasure or power, is what keeps human beings alive.

av Viktor E. Frankl 1946 148 sidor

4.37

800 000+ betyg

📖 Holocaust Testimony 🧠 Existential Psychology 💪 Resilience 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

When Breath Becomes Air

av Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

800 000+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

av Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 sidor

4.41

800 000+ betyg

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

av Rebecca Skloot • 2010

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

4.13

800 000+

🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Her cells built the polio vaccine. She was a Black tobacco farmer who was never asked.

av Rebecca Skloot 2010 362 sidor

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🏥 Medical Ethics 🩺 Medical Racism 🔬 Cellular Biology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🌍 Science And Society

Jag är Malala

av Malala Yousafzai • 2012

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

4.16

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Jag är Malala

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

av Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 sidor

4.16

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Allt jag vet om kärlek

av Dolly Alderton • 2018

MSN Messenger, Camden parties, and a friendship that survived every man who didn't.

3.93

500 000+

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 📖 Coming Of Age Memoir 📱 Millennial Experience 🍸 Drinking Culture 🎭 People Pleasing

Allt jag vet om kärlek

MSN Messenger, Camden parties, and a friendship that survived every man who didn't.

av Dolly Alderton 2018 329 sidor

3.93

500 000+ betyg

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 📖 Coming Of Age Memoir 📱 Millennial Experience 🍸 Drinking Culture 🎭 People Pleasing

Hillbilly Elegy

av J.D. Vance • 2016

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

3.83

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⛰️ Appalachian Memoir 🏭 White Working Class 🧸 Childhood Adversity 📈 Upward Mobility 🔁 Generational Cycles

Immersiv

Hillbilly Elegy

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

av J.D. Vance 2016 274 sidor

3.83

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⛰️ Appalachian Memoir 🏭 White Working Class 🧸 Childhood Adversity 📈 Upward Mobility 🔁 Generational Cycles

Elon Musk

av Ashlee Vance • 2015

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

4.12

400 000+

🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Immersiv

Elon Musk

$180 million on rockets and electric cars, saved on Christmas Eve by hours.

av Ashlee Vance 2015 392 sidor

4.12

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🔧 Tech Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Biographies 🧠 Mental Models 🔥 Extreme Leadership ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Spare

av Prince Harry • 2023

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

3.83

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🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Spare

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

av Prince Harry 2023 557 sidor

3.83

400 000+ betyg

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Du kanske borde prata med någon

av Lori Gottlieb • 2019

The gap between therapist and patient is a lie. A therapist's own breakdown proves it.

4.37

400 000+

🛋️ Psychotherapy 📖 Therapist Memoir 🫥 Emotional Avoidance 🩹 Wounded Healers 🔁 Relationship Patterns

Du kanske borde prata med någon Sammanfattning

Immersiv

Du kanske borde prata med någon

The gap between therapist and patient is a lie. A therapist's own breakdown proves it.

av Lori Gottlieb 2019 464 sidor

4.37

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🛋️ Psychotherapy 📖 Therapist Memoir 🫥 Emotional Avoidance 🩹 Wounded Healers 🔁 Relationship Patterns

Kitchen Confidential

av Anthony Bourdain • 2000

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

4.19

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🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Immersiv

Kitchen Confidential

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

av Anthony Bourdain 2000 321 sidor

4.19

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🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Shoe Dog

av Phil Knight • 2016

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

4.46

300 000+

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

Immersiv

Shoe Dog

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

av Phil Knight 2016 400 sidor

4.46

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🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

The Boys in the Boat

av Daniel James Brown • 2013

Left for dead by his family, Joe Rantz climbed into a boat bound for Hitler's Berlin.

4.39

300 000+

🏅 Olympic History 📉 Depression-Era America 🚣 Crew Racing 🎭 Olympic Propaganda 🐶 Underdog Stories

The Boys in the Boat

Left for dead by his family, Joe Rantz climbed into a boat bound for Hitler's Berlin.

av Daniel James Brown 2013 416 sidor

4.39

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🏅 Olympic History 📉 Depression-Era America 🚣 Crew Racing 🎭 Olympic Propaganda 🐶 Underdog Stories

Just Kids

av Patti Smith • 2010

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

4.21

300 000+

🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

Just Kids

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

av Patti Smith 2010 220 sidor

4.21

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🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

Att skriva

av Stephen King • 2000

Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.

4.34

300 000+

🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoirs ⛏️ Discovery Writing ✂️ Revision Strategies ⏰ Daily Writing Practice

Immersiv

Att skriva

Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.

av Stephen King 2000 288 sidor

4.34

300 000+ betyg

🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoirs ⛏️ Discovery Writing ✂️ Revision Strategies ⏰ Daily Writing Practice

Can't Hurt Me

av David Goggins • 2018

You're only at 40 percent when you think you're done. A Navy SEAL's proof and method.

4.30

300 000+

🧠 Mental Toughness 🏃 Extreme Endurance 🪖 Military Discipline 🎯 Self-Accountability ⚡ Self-Discipline

Immersiv

Can't Hurt Me

You're only at 40 percent when you think you're done. A Navy SEAL's proof and method.

av David Goggins 2018 326 sidor

4.30

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🧠 Mental Toughness 🏃 Extreme Endurance 🪖 Military Discipline 🎯 Self-Accountability ⚡ Self-Discipline

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

av Malcolm X • 1965

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

4.37

200 000+

🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

av Malcolm X 1965 460 sidor

4.37

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🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

av Richard P. Feynman • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

4.26

200 000+

🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

av Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 sidor

4.26

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Team of Rivals

av Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

200 000+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

av Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 sidor

4.29

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👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Benjamin Franklin

av Walter Isaacson • 2003

A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.

4.05

100 000+

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚔️ American Revolution 🧠 Polymath Biography 💡 Enlightenment Era 🔨 Self-Made Lives

Benjamin Franklin

A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.

av Walter Isaacson 2003 586 sidor

4.05

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🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚔️ American Revolution 🧠 Polymath Biography 💡 Enlightenment Era 🔨 Self-Made Lives

Born Standing Up

av Steve Martin • 2007

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

3.88

100 000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Born Standing Up

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

av Steve Martin 2007 271 sidor

3.88

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Creativity, Inc.

av Ed Catmull • 2014

Success makes you blind to what kills creativity. A Pixar co-founder explains how to see it clearly.

4.2

100 000+

🎨 Creative Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 💬 Candor And Feedback 🔄 Embracing Failure

Immersiv

Creativity, Inc.

Success makes you blind to what kills creativity. A Pixar co-founder explains how to see it clearly.

av Ed Catmull 2014 368 sidor

4.2

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🎨 Creative Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Team Dynamics 💬 Candor And Feedback 🔄 Embracing Failure

Too Much and Never Enough

av Mary L. Trump • 2020

The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.

3.82

98 000+

🧠 Political Psychology 🔬 Family Systems Psychology 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 👤 Emotional Neglect 🧬 Generational Trauma

Too Much and Never Enough

The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.

av Mary L. Trump 2020 225 sidor

3.82

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🧠 Political Psychology 🔬 Family Systems Psychology 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 👤 Emotional Neglect 🧬 Generational Trauma

Ett oroligt sinne

av Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

4.06

86 000+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

Ett oroligt sinne

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

av Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 219 sidor

4.06

86 000+ betyg

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

The River of Doubt

av Candice Millard • 2005

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

4.21

79 000+

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

The River of Doubt

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

av Candice Millard 2005 416 sidor

4.21

79 000+ betyg

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

The Everything Store

av Brad Stone • 2013

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

4.14

77 000+

👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

The Everything Store

How one man's ferocious drive turned an online bookstore into the world's most feared company.

av Brad Stone 2013 384 sidor

4.14

77 000+ betyg

👤 Founder Biographies 🏢 Corporate History 🚀 Tech Startups 🛒 E-Commerce 🧭 Corporate Culture

An Autobiography

av Mahatma Gandhi • 1927

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

4.10

75 000+

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

An Autobiography

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

av Mahatma Gandhi 1927 454 sidor

4.10

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

A House in the Sky

av Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73 000+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

A House in the Sky

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

av Amanda Lindhout 2013 384 sidor

4.28

73 000+ betyg

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

Lab Girl

av Hope Jahren • 2016

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

3.98

72 000+

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Lab Girl

Bipolar, broke, with an oddball lab partner: a geobiologist's devotion to what plants know.

av Hope Jahren 2016 290 sidor

3.98

72 000+ betyg

👩‍🔬 Women In STEM 🌿 Botanical Writing 🔬 Science Memoirs 🧠 Mental Health Memoirs 📚 Academic Life

Anledningen till att jag hoppar

av Naoki Higashida • 2005

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

3.88

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🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

Anledningen till att jag hoppar

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

av Naoki Higashida 2005 135 sidor

3.88

62 000+ betyg

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

The Snowball

av Alice Schroeder • 2008

Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.

4.16

54 000+

🧮 Value Investing 📋 Business Biography 📈 Compound Growth ⏳ Long-Term Investing 💰 Wealth Accumulation

The Snowball

Buffett mastered compound interest at age ten. People took him a lifetime.

av Alice Schroeder 2008 832 sidor

4.16

54 000+ betyg

🧮 Value Investing 📋 Business Biography 📈 Compound Growth ⏳ Long-Term Investing 💰 Wealth Accumulation

My Story

av Elizabeth Smart • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

3.89

48 000+

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

My Story

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

av Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 sidor

3.89

48 000+ betyg

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

The Girls of Atomic City

av Denise Kiernan • 2013

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

3.73

32 000+

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

The Girls of Atomic City

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

av Denise Kiernan 2013 373 sidor

3.73

32 000+ betyg

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

Finding Ultra

av Rich Roll • 2012

At 39, he couldn't climb stairs; at 41 he finished a 320-mile triathlon on plants.

4.02

27 000+

🏃 Ultra-Endurance 🌱 Plant-Based Athletes 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🔄 Midlife Transformation

Finding Ultra

At 39, he couldn't climb stairs; at 41 he finished a 320-mile triathlon on plants.

av Rich Roll 2012 288 sidor

4.02

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🏃 Ultra-Endurance 🌱 Plant-Based Athletes 🧠 Mental Toughness 🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🔄 Midlife Transformation

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.

4.34

24 000+

🏛️ 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

4.34

24 000+ betyg

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

Gifted Hands

av Ben Carson • 1992

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

4.18

22 000+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Gifted Hands

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

av Ben Carson 1992

4.18

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

av Scott Adams • 2013

The Dilbert cartoonist failed at nearly everything. Then he quit goals and built systems instead.

4.06

20 000+

🔄 Systems Thinking 🧱 Habit Design ⚡ Energy Management 🧗 Embracing Failure 🗣️ Persuasion Techniques

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

The Dilbert cartoonist failed at nearly everything. Then he quit goals and built systems instead.

av Scott Adams 2013 248 sidor

4.06

20 000+ betyg

🔄 Systems Thinking 🧱 Habit Design ⚡ Energy Management 🧗 Embracing Failure 🗣️ Persuasion Techniques

Beyond Band of Brothers

av Dick Winters • 2006

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

4.33

20 000+

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

Beyond Band of Brothers

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

av Dick Winters 2006 320 sidor

4.33

20 000+ betyg

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

Masters of Doom

av David Kushner • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

4.30

20 000+

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Masters of Doom

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

av David Kushner 2003 368 sidor

4.30

20 000+ betyg

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Hatching Twitter

av Nick Bilton • 2013

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

4.04

19 000+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Hatching Twitter

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

av Nick Bilton 2013 321 sidor

4.04

19 000+ betyg

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Alex Ferguson

av Alex Ferguson • 2013

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

3.94

18 000+

🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

Alex Ferguson

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

av Alex Ferguson 2013 416 sidor

3.94

18 000+ betyg

🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

Poor Charlie's Almanack

av Charles T. Munger • 2005

Outsmarting your own irrationality is the only lasting edge. Charlie Munger's manual.

4.40

18 000+

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 🌐 Multidisciplinary

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Outsmarting your own irrationality is the only lasting edge. Charlie Munger's manual.

av Charles T. Munger 2005 548 sidor

4.40

18 000+ betyg

💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 🌐 Multidisciplinary

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

av Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

3.85

17 000+

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

av Steve Wozniak 2006 330 sidor

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

That Will Never Work

av Marc Randolph • 2019

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

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📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

That Will Never Work

A single mailed CD, and the decade of near-failure it took to build Netflix.

av Marc Randolph 2019 337 sidor

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📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Startups 📦 Subscription Models 🗣️ Feedback Culture 🔍 Customer Discovery

Disrupted

av Dan Lyons • 2016

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

3.91

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💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Disrupted

Hired as the token elder, a journalist records the absurdities of a startup cult losing millions.

av Dan Lyons 2016 272 sidor

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💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 👴 Workplace Ageism 🌀 Corporate Cults 📣 Marketing Hype

Becoming Steve Jobs

av Brent Schlender • 2015

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

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📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Becoming Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

av Brent Schlender 2015 482 sidor

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📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History 🌱 Leadership Evolution ✨ Product Design Philosophy

Thinking in Pictures

av Temple Grandin • 1995

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

4.10

17 000+

👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Thinking in Pictures

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

av Temple Grandin 1995 308 sidor

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👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

The World As It Is

av Ben Rhodes • 2018

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

4.30

12 000+

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative 💻 Information Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Diplomacy

The World As It Is

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

av Ben Rhodes 2018 433 sidor

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🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative 💻 Information Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Diplomacy

Boys in the Trees

av Carly Simon • 2015

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

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🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Boys in the Trees

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

av Carly Simon 2015 384 sidor

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🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Start Something That Matters

av Blake Mycoskie • 2011

The TOMS playbook for starting a business people join: begin with a story, not a spreadsheet.

4.02

11 000+

🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 📘 Startup Memoirs 🎤 Storytelling For Business 🦁 Fear Conquering 🛠️ Resourcefulness

Start Something That Matters

The TOMS playbook for starting a business people join: begin with a story, not a spreadsheet.

av Blake Mycoskie 2011 208 sidor

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🌍 Social Entrepreneurship 📘 Startup Memoirs 🎤 Storytelling For Business 🦁 Fear Conquering 🛠️ Resourcefulness

Market Wizards

av Jack D. Schwager • 1989

Different strategies, identical rules: why some traders survive and compound while most blow up.

4.28

10 000+

🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Trader Discipline 📚 Trading Wisdom

Immersiv

Market Wizards

Different strategies, identical rules: why some traders survive and compound while most blow up.

av Jack D. Schwager 1989 480 sidor

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🧠 Trading Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Trader Discipline 📚 Trading Wisdom

The New New Thing

av Michael Lewis • 1999

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

3.76

10 000+

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

The New New Thing

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

av Michael Lewis 1999 349 sidor

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💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital 🌐 Internet History ⚡ Disruption

Making Movies

av Sidney Lumet • 1995

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

4.29

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🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction ✂️ Editing Room 🔊 Sound Design

Making Movies

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

av Sidney Lumet 1995 240 sidor

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🎬 Filmmaking Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎭 Actor Direction ✂️ Editing Room 🔊 Sound Design

Michael Jordan

av Roland Lazenby • 2014

Before the global brand and the six rings: one locked door and a sophomore's broken pride.

4.31

8 000+

📖 NBA History 🏀 Basketball Greats 🗽 American Icons 🔥 Competitive Drive 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Michael Jordan

Before the global brand and the six rings: one locked door and a sophomore's broken pride.

av Roland Lazenby 2014 678 sidor

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📖 NBA History 🏀 Basketball Greats 🗽 American Icons 🔥 Competitive Drive 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Cicero

av Anthony Everitt • 2001

A provincial outsider became Rome's most powerful voice. He still could not save the Republic.

3.90

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🏛️ Late Roman Republic 📜 Political Biography 🗣️ Oratory And Rhetoric 🏚️ Fall Of The Republic ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

Cicero

A provincial outsider became Rome's most powerful voice. He still could not save the Republic.

av Anthony Everitt 2001 400 sidor

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🏛️ Late Roman Republic 📜 Political Biography 🗣️ Oratory And Rhetoric 🏚️ Fall Of The Republic ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

A Man for All Markets

av Edward O. Thorp • 2016

From Vegas card counting to quant hedge funds: one mathematician's edge over every system he faced.

4.24

8 000+

🧮 Quantitative Investing 📖 Financial Memoirs 🎲 Gambling Mathematics ⚖️ Risk Management 🔍 Market Inefficiencies

A Man for All Markets

From Vegas card counting to quant hedge funds: one mathematician's edge over every system he faced.

av Edward O. Thorp 2016 416 sidor

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🧮 Quantitative Investing 📖 Financial Memoirs 🎲 Gambling Mathematics ⚖️ Risk Management 🔍 Market Inefficiencies

The Cult of We

av Eliot Brown • 2021

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

4.26

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

The Cult of We

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

av Eliot Brown 2021 430 sidor

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

Meet the Frugalwoods

av Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018

An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.

3.74

7 000+

🏦 Financial Independence 💰 Frugal Living 🔥 Fire Movement 🌱 Homesteading 🔨 Diy Lifestyle

Meet the Frugalwoods

An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.

av Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018 256 sidor

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🏦 Financial Independence 💰 Frugal Living 🔥 Fire Movement 🌱 Homesteading 🔨 Diy Lifestyle

Invent and Wander

av Jeff Bezos • 2020

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

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🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Invent and Wander

Bezos's shareholder letters: two decades of long-term bets while Wall Street demanded quarter wins.

av Jeff Bezos 2020 288 sidor

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🤖 Tech Entrepreneurship ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture 🎯 Customer-Centric Business 🏗️ Founder Philosophy

Wizard

av Marc J. Seifer • 1996

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

3.73

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📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Wizard

Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.

av Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 sidor

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📝 Inventor Biography ⚡ History Of Electricity ⚔️ War Of Currents 💰 Gilded Age 🎩 Eccentric Inventor

Confessions of an Advertising Man

av David Ogilvy • 2004

Entertaining ads rarely sell. Great ones make a concrete promise, then repeat it for decades.

6 000+

🎨 Advertising Craft ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Sales Psychology 🥃 Madison Avenue

Confessions of an Advertising Man

Entertaining ads rarely sell. Great ones make a concrete promise, then repeat it for decades.

av David Ogilvy 2004 208 sidor

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🎨 Advertising Craft ✍️ Copywriting 🏗️ Brand Building 🧠 Sales Psychology 🥃 Madison Avenue

Tried by War

av James M. McPherson • 2008

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

4.09

5 000+

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

Tried by War

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

av James M. McPherson 2008 329 sidor

4.09

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

The Long Loneliness

av Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

5 000+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

The Long Loneliness

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

av Dorothy Day 1952 288 sidor

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✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

Stalling for Time

av Gary Noesner • 2010

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

3.93

5 000+

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

Stalling for Time

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

av Gary Noesner 2010 226 sidor

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

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

av Laura Hillman • 2003

Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.

4.16

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🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🌿 Survivor Memoirs 📋 Schindler Survivors 💪 Wartime Resilience 📜 German Jewish History

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.

av Laura Hillman 2003 288 sidor

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🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🌿 Survivor Memoirs 📋 Schindler Survivors 💪 Wartime Resilience 📜 German Jewish History

American Icon

av Bryce G. Hoffman • 2012

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

4.42

5 000+

🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

American Icon

GM and Chrysler took government bailouts; Ford bet $23.6 billion on a Boeing executive instead.

av Bryce G. Hoffman 2012 432 sidor

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🏭 Corporate Turnarounds 🚗 Auto Industry 🚨 Crisis Leadership 📊 Data-Driven Management 🔄 Culture Change

J.K. Rowling

av Marc Shapiro • 2000

A single mother, a café table, a sleeping baby: where the world's biggest book series began.

3.90

4 000+

🖋️ Author Biographies 👧 Young Reader Biographies 💰 Rags To Riches ✍️ Writer's Journey 🏔️ Creative Perseverance

J.K. Rowling

A single mother, a café table, a sleeping baby: where the world's biggest book series began.

av Marc Shapiro 2000 287 sidor

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🖋️ Author Biographies 👧 Young Reader Biographies 💰 Rags To Riches ✍️ Writer's Journey 🏔️ Creative Perseverance

Inferno

av Catherine Cho • 2020

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

4.24

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🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

Inferno

A bioweapon is encoded in Dante's Inferno, and the symbologist decoding it just lost his memory.

av Catherine Cho 2020 240 sidor

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🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎨 Art History Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🧬 Bioengineered Threats 🖼️ Renaissance Art

The Bridge

av David Remnick • 2010

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

4.10

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📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Bridge

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

av David Remnick 2010 672 sidor

4.10

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📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

Think Big

av Ben Carson • 1992

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

4.20

4 000+

✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

Immersiv

Think Big

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

av Ben Carson 1992 291 sidor

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✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

Aftermath

av Rachel Cusk • 2012

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

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💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

Aftermath

A friend answers a late-night call, refuses to let her cry alone. A divorce memoir begins.

av Rachel Cusk 2012 160 sidor

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💔 Divorce Memoirs 👩‍👧 Motherhood Memoirs 📝 Personal Essays ✊ Feminist Memoir 🛋️ Therapy Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

av Suze Rotolo • 2008

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

3.85

4 000+

🎵 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

3.85

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

50/50

av Dean Karnazes • 2008

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

3.78

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👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

50/50

Fifty marathons, fifty states, fifty days. The miles were not the hardest thing.

av Dean Karnazes 2008 333 sidor

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👟 Ultrarunning 📖 Running Memoirs 🏃 Endurance Sports 🧠 Mental Toughness ✈️ Adventure Travel

Timothy Keller

av Collin Hansen • 2023

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

4.53

3 000+

🏙️ 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

4.53

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

Keynes Hayek

av Nicholas Wapshott • 2011

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

3.92

2 000+

🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

Keynes Hayek

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

av Nicholas Wapshott 2011 300 sidor

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🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

A Gift of Hope

av Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

3.98

2 000+

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

av Danielle Steel 2012 144 sidor

3.98

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🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

Tao of Charlie Munger

av David Clark • 2017

Why Charlie Munger says no to almost everything, and how a very few yeses built Berkshire.

4.11

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💰 Value Investing 🧠 Mental Models 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

Tao of Charlie Munger

Why Charlie Munger says no to almost everything, and how a very few yeses built Berkshire.

av David Clark 2017 256 sidor

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💰 Value Investing 🧠 Mental Models 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

The Obamas

av Jodi Kantor • 2011

Round one went to Washington: how the Obamas' marriage survived the presidency's first two years.

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🖋️ Political Biography 💍 Presidential Marriage 🏛️ First Families 🏠 White House Life 🌍 Racial Dynamics

The Obamas

Round one went to Washington: how the Obamas' marriage survived the presidency's first two years.

av Jodi Kantor 2011

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🖋️ Political Biography 💍 Presidential Marriage 🏛️ First Families 🏠 White House Life 🌍 Racial Dynamics

Guitar Zero

av Gary F. Marcus • 2012

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

3.64

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🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Guitar Zero

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

av Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 sidor

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🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Only in Naples

av Katherine Wilson • 2015

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

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🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Only in Naples

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

av Katherine Wilson 2015 287 sidor

3.74

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🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Kushner, Inc.

av Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2 000+

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc.

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

av Vicky Ward 2019 304 sidor

3.53

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🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

I, Steve

av George Beahm • 2011

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

3.45

2 000+

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

I, Steve

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

av George Beahm 2011 160 sidor

3.45

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

Great Thinkers

av The School of Life • 2016

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

4.35

1 000+

🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Great Thinkers

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

av The School of Life 2016 480 sidor

4.35

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🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Bad Habits

av Jenny McCarthy • 2012

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

3.61

1 000+

⛪ 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

3.61

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

Letters

av Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

4.09

1 000+

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

Letters

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

av Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 sidor

4.09

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📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

The Visionaries

av Wolfram Eilenberger • 2020

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

3.91

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👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

The Visionaries

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

av Wolfram Eilenberger 2020 400 sidor

3.91

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👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

Appetite for America

av Stephen Fried • 2010

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

4.21

1 000+

🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

Appetite for America

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

av Stephen Fried 2010 751 sidor

4.21

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🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

England's Mistress

av Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

3.91

1 000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

av Kate Williams 2006 415 sidor

3.91

1 000+ betyg

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

Keynes

av Robert Skidelsky • 2009

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

3.78

1 000+

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