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Tiểu sử Tóm tắt sách

Under Their Thumb

của Bill German • 2009

A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.

3.99

424

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism 📣 Fan Culture 🎬 Behind The Music 🔀 Blurred Boundaries

Under Their Thumb

A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.

của Bill German 2009 372 trang

3.99

424 đánh giá

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism 📣 Fan Culture 🎬 Behind The Music 🔀 Blurred Boundaries

Whale Hunt in the Desert

của Deke Castleman • 2004

Steve Cyr, the Vegas host who hooks whales with comps and psychology until they crash.

3.77

401

🔍 Exposé 🎰 Casino Industry 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 🎲 Gambling Addiction 📖 Gambling Memoir

Whale Hunt in the Desert

Steve Cyr, the Vegas host who hooks whales with comps and psychology until they crash.

của Deke Castleman 2004 330 trang

3.77

401 đánh giá

🔍 Exposé 🎰 Casino Industry 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 🎲 Gambling Addiction 📖 Gambling Memoir

Elizabeth I CEO

của Alan Axelrod • 2000

Outlast rivals, command loyalty, turn crises into triumphs: Elizabeth I's playbook for leaders.

3.67

406

👑 Historical Leadership 🎭 Personal Branding ⚡ Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Power Dynamics ♟️ Political Maneuvering

Elizabeth I CEO

Outlast rivals, command loyalty, turn crises into triumphs: Elizabeth I's playbook for leaders.

của Alan Axelrod 2000 286 trang

3.67

406 đánh giá

👑 Historical Leadership 🎭 Personal Branding ⚡ Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Power Dynamics ♟️ Political Maneuvering

One Hundred Names for Love

của Diane Ackerman • 2011

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

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1.000+

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs 🧠 Neuroplasticity ✍️ Writing As Therapy

One Hundred Names for Love

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

của Diane Ackerman 2011 336 trang

3.85

1.000+ đánh giá

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs 🧠 Neuroplasticity ✍️ Writing As Therapy

Silver Screen Fiend

của Patton Oswalt • 2015

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

3.62

7.000+

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs ⚠️ Addiction Memoirs 💡 Creative Ambition 🎪 Alternative Comedy

Silver Screen Fiend

A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.

của Patton Oswalt 2015 240 trang

3.62

7.000+ đánh giá

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 🎭 Comedian Memoirs ⚠️ Addiction Memoirs 💡 Creative Ambition 🎪 Alternative Comedy

The Lost Men

của Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

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🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History 📜 Forgotten Histories ⚓ Heroic Age Of Exploration

The Lost Men

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

của Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006 366 trang

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2.000+ đánh giá

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History 📜 Forgotten Histories ⚓ Heroic Age Of Exploration

Big Fellow, Long Fellow

của T. Ryle Dwyer • 1998

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

4.23

129

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🔥 Guerrilla Warfare 🕵️ Intelligence Operations

Big Fellow, Long Fellow

Why a calculating idealist and a street-smart operator led Ireland to independence, then civil war.

của T. Ryle Dwyer 1998 371 trang

4.23

129 đánh giá

🍀 Irish History 👥 Dual Biography ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🔥 Guerrilla Warfare 🕵️ Intelligence Operations

Hero

của Michael Korda • 2010

He designed himself into a legend, then spent his life trying to escape it.

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4.000+

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🎖️ World War One 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare 🎭 Self-Invention 👘 Cultural Immersion

Hero

He designed himself into a legend, then spent his life trying to escape it.

của Michael Korda 2010 699 trang

3.88

4.000+ đánh giá

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🎖️ World War One 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare 🎭 Self-Invention 👘 Cultural Immersion

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon

của Steven J. Lawson • 2012

Spurgeon held that Calvinism and evangelism fuel each other. The most published preacher proves it.

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🏛️ Reformed Theology 📖 Gospel Preaching ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🔥 Evangelistic Zeal 🎯 Pastoral Ministry

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon

Spurgeon held that Calvinism and evangelism fuel each other. The most published preacher proves it.

của Steven J. Lawson 2012 160 trang

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1.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Reformed Theology 📖 Gospel Preaching ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🔥 Evangelistic Zeal 🎯 Pastoral Ministry

The Invisible Woman

của Claire Tomalin • 1990

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

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1.000+

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Invisible Woman

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

của Claire Tomalin 1990 384 trang

3.75

1.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

Confidence Game

của Christine S. Richard • 2010

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

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500+

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Confidence Game

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

của Christine S. Richard 2010 352 trang

4.14

500+ đánh giá

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

9 Rules of Engagement

của Harris Faulkner • 2018

What a Vietnam vet father taught his daughter about success that no civilian book will.

4.03

225

🪖 Military Leadership 🎖️ Veteran Memoirs 💪 Emotional Resilience ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🦎 Adaptability

9 Rules of Engagement

What a Vietnam vet father taught his daughter about success that no civilian book will.

của Harris Faulkner 2018 251 trang

4.03

225 đánh giá

🪖 Military Leadership 🎖️ Veteran Memoirs 💪 Emotional Resilience ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🦎 Adaptability

Shakey

của Jimmy McDonough • 2002

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

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8.000+

🧑‍🎤 Rock History 🎸 Singer-Songwriters 🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene 🎭 Tortured Artists 🔨 Artistic Obsession

Shakey

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

của Jimmy McDonough 2002 786 trang

4.09

8.000+ đánh giá

🧑‍🎤 Rock History 🎸 Singer-Songwriters 🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene 🎭 Tortured Artists 🔨 Artistic Obsession

Shot All to Hell

của Mark Lee Gardner • 2013

One cashier's refusal turned the James-Younger gang's last heist into a bloody rout.

4.03

1.000+

⚔️ Civil War Guerrillas 🤠 American Outlaws 🏦 Failed Bank Heists 📜 Outlaw Mythology 🔍 Manhunt Stories

Shot All to Hell

One cashier's refusal turned the James-Younger gang's last heist into a bloody rout.

của Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 trang

4.03

1.000+ đánh giá

⚔️ Civil War Guerrillas 🤠 American Outlaws 🏦 Failed Bank Heists 📜 Outlaw Mythology 🔍 Manhunt Stories

Wonderland Avenue

của Danny Sugerman • 1989

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

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🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism

Wonderland Avenue

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

của Danny Sugerman 1989 480 trang

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2.000+ đánh giá

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism

Backstory

của Ken Auletta • 2003

Why America's best newspaper kept winning Pulitzers while its parent company kept losing money.

3.50

📰 News Industry 🖊️ Editorial Independence 🏛️ Press Ownership 📊 Business Journalism 👥 Newsroom Leadership

Backstory

Why America's best newspaper kept winning Pulitzers while its parent company kept losing money.

của Ken Auletta 2003 332 trang

3.50

74 đánh giá

📰 News Industry 🖊️ Editorial Independence 🏛️ Press Ownership 📊 Business Journalism 👥 Newsroom Leadership

The Accidental Investment Banker

của Jonathan A. Knee • 2006

Inside the decade investment banks abandoned client loyalty for fast deals and met the dot-com bust.

3.58

500+

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🕶️ Insider Memoir 🤝 Deal Making ⚠️ Conflicts Of Interest

The Accidental Investment Banker

Inside the decade investment banks abandoned client loyalty for fast deals and met the dot-com bust.

của Jonathan A. Knee 2006 288 trang

3.58

500+ đánh giá

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🕶️ Insider Memoir 🤝 Deal Making ⚠️ Conflicts Of Interest

Stand Before Your God

của Paul Watkins • 1994

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

4.04

343

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 💔 School Bullying

Stand Before Your God

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

của Paul Watkins 1994 254 trang

4.04

343 đánh giá

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 💔 School Bullying

The Unknown Billionaires

của Michael Caldwell • 2014

Behind fifty self-made fortunes: the patterns that separate billion-dollar builders from the rest.

3.88

146

📖 Entrepreneur Biographies 💰 Self-Made Wealth 🔍 Pattern Spotting 💪 Resilience ⚡ Disruption

The Unknown Billionaires

Behind fifty self-made fortunes: the patterns that separate billion-dollar builders from the rest.

của Michael Caldwell 2014 277 trang

3.88

146 đánh giá

📖 Entrepreneur Biographies 💰 Self-Made Wealth 🔍 Pattern Spotting 💪 Resilience ⚡ Disruption

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

của Georgia Pritchett • 2021

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

3.82

6.000+

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life

An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.

của Georgia Pritchett 2021 293 trang

3.82

6.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Anxiety Memoirs 🎤 Women In Comedy 📝 Vignette Memoir 🖤 Dark Humor 🇬🇧 British Humor

Most Talkative

của Andy Cohen • 2012

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

3.81

17.000+

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

Most Talkative

How a chatterbox from St. Louis became Bravo's ringmaster and the agent of Housewives chaos.

của Andy Cohen 2012 288 trang

3.81

17.000+ đánh giá

🎬 Reality Television 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Stories ⭐ Celebrity Culture 😄 Self-Deprecating Humor 📺 Pop Culture Obsession

How Not to Get Rich

của Alan Pell Crawford • 2014

Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.

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123

🏦 Financial Biography 🎩 Gilded Age ✍️ Literary Biography 📉 Business Failures 🎲 Speculation

How Not to Get Rich

Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.

của Alan Pell Crawford 2014 224 trang

3.63

123 đánh giá

🏦 Financial Biography 🎩 Gilded Age ✍️ Literary Biography 📉 Business Failures 🎲 Speculation

Darwin and Evolution

của Paul Strathern • 1998

How a seasick naturalist and a stranger's letter launched the most disruptive idea in science.

3.58

125

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🌿 Natural Selection 📖 Scientific Biography ⛪ Science And Religion

Darwin and Evolution

How a seasick naturalist and a stranger's letter launched the most disruptive idea in science.

của Paul Strathern 1998 96 trang

3.58

125 đánh giá

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🌿 Natural Selection 📖 Scientific Biography ⛪ Science And Religion

Hatching Twitter

của Nick Bilton • 2013

A hackathon side project became an $11 billion company, destroying every friendship that built it.

4.04

19.000+

🎭 Startup Drama 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📋 Tech Biographies ⚡ Founder Conflicts 🏛️ Boardroom Politics

Hatching Twitter

A hackathon side project became an $11 billion company, destroying every friendship that built it.

của Nick Bilton 2013 321 trang

4.04

19.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Startup Drama 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📋 Tech Biographies ⚡ Founder Conflicts 🏛️ Boardroom Politics

Josephine Baker

của Jean-Claude Baker • 1993

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

3.78

351

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance 🕵️‍♀️ Celebrity Spies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Transracial Adoption

Josephine Baker

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

của Jean-Claude Baker 1993 592 trang

3.78

351 đánh giá

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance 🕵️‍♀️ Celebrity Spies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Transracial Adoption

The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation

của John F. Baker Jr. • 2009

A classroom photograph sent a man searching for his enslaved ancestors on a Tennessee plantation.

4.24

131

🪶 American Slavery 🏚️ Plantation Life 🎙️ Oral Histories 🧬 Genealogical Research 💔 Family Separation

The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation

A classroom photograph sent a man searching for his enslaved ancestors on a Tennessee plantation.

của John F. Baker Jr. 2009 432 trang

4.24

131 đánh giá

🪶 American Slavery 🏚️ Plantation Life 🎙️ Oral Histories 🧬 Genealogical Research 💔 Family Separation

Peace Pilgrim

của Peace Pilgrim • 1983

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

4.25

500+

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Inner Peace 🤲 Surrender

Peace Pilgrim

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

của Peace Pilgrim 1983 208 trang

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500+ đánh giá

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Inner Peace 🤲 Surrender

Wittgenstein

của A.C. Grayling • 1988

The philosopher who built logic a perfect prison, then demolished it with everyday chatter.

3.72

1.000+

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 📊 Analytic Philosophy 📜 Intellectual Biography 🛠️ Use Theory Of Meaning 💬 Ordinary Language Philosophy

Wittgenstein

The philosopher who built logic a perfect prison, then demolished it with everyday chatter.

của A.C. Grayling 1988 160 trang

3.72

1.000+ đánh giá

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 📊 Analytic Philosophy 📜 Intellectual Biography 🛠️ Use Theory Of Meaning 💬 Ordinary Language Philosophy

Wake Up With Purpose!

của Jean Dolores Schmidt • 2023

Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.

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2.000+

📿 Nun Memoirs 👵 Aging Gracefully 📚 Lifelong Learning 😄 Resilience And Humor 🏀 Sports Community

Wake Up With Purpose!

Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.

của Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023 234 trang

4.17

2.000+ đánh giá

📿 Nun Memoirs 👵 Aging Gracefully 📚 Lifelong Learning 😄 Resilience And Humor 🏀 Sports Community

Still Surprised

của Warren Bennis • 2010

He defined leadership for a generation, then walked away to live on a houseboat.

3.74

🏢 Organizational Behavior 📚 Leadership Studies 🤝 Mentorship 🌱 Adversity And Growth 🔄 Self-Reinvention

Still Surprised

He defined leadership for a generation, then walked away to live on a houseboat.

của Warren Bennis 2010 256 trang

3.74

72 đánh giá

🏢 Organizational Behavior 📚 Leadership Studies 🤝 Mentorship 🌱 Adversity And Growth 🔄 Self-Reinvention

The Plantagenets

của Dan Jones • 2012

A shipwrecked prince, a murdered archbishop, and the 246-year dynasty that built England.

4.25

24.000+

🏰 Medieval England 👑 English Monarchy ⚜️ Plantagenet Dynasty ⚔️ Warfare And Conquest ⚖️ Legal History

The Plantagenets

A shipwrecked prince, a murdered archbishop, and the 246-year dynasty that built England.

của Dan Jones 2012 534 trang

4.25

24.000+ đánh giá

🏰 Medieval England 👑 English Monarchy ⚜️ Plantagenet Dynasty ⚔️ Warfare And Conquest ⚖️ Legal History

Renegade

của Richard Wolffe • 2009

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

3.94

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🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

Renegade

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

của Richard Wolffe 2009 356 trang

3.94

2.000+ đánh giá

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

The Real Mad Men

của Andrew Cracknell • 2011

Why you never saw a VW ad with tail fins: the revolt that birthed modern advertising.

3.56

302

📰 Advertising History 🎨 Creative Industries 📋 Advertising Cases 💬 Soft Sell Advertising 💼 Advertising Professionals

The Real Mad Men

Why you never saw a VW ad with tail fins: the revolt that birthed modern advertising.

của Andrew Cracknell 2011 224 trang

3.56

302 đánh giá

📰 Advertising History 🎨 Creative Industries 📋 Advertising Cases 💬 Soft Sell Advertising 💼 Advertising Professionals

Black Tooth Grin

của Zac Crain • 2008

Shredding, double whiskeys, and a brother's bond: the life and onstage murder of Dimebag Darrell.

4.00

500+

🤘 Heavy Metal 🎸 Rock Star Biography ⭐ Texas Music Scene 👬 Brotherhood In Music 🥃 Drinking Culture

Black Tooth Grin

Shredding, double whiskeys, and a brother's bond: the life and onstage murder of Dimebag Darrell.

của Zac Crain 2008 336 trang

4.00

500+ đánh giá

🤘 Heavy Metal 🎸 Rock Star Biography ⭐ Texas Music Scene 👬 Brotherhood In Music 🥃 Drinking Culture

The Burger King

của Jim McLamore • 1998

Betting on a bigger burger: how one Miami partnership built a fast-food giant.

3.82

249

🏢 Founder Memoirs 🍔 Fast Food Industry 🏪 Franchise Management 📢 Brand Building 🤝 Business Partnerships

The Burger King

Betting on a bigger burger: how one Miami partnership built a fast-food giant.

của Jim McLamore 1998 286 trang

3.82

249 đánh giá

🏢 Founder Memoirs 🍔 Fast Food Industry 🏪 Franchise Management 📢 Brand Building 🤝 Business Partnerships

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

của Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

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1.000+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

của Anne Lister 1992 422 trang

3.95

1.000+ đánh giá

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

Longitude

của Dava Sobel • 1995

Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.

3.99

76.000+

⚓ Maritime History 🔬 History Of Science 🕰️ Clockmaking ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🧠 Lone Genius

Longitude

Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.

của Dava Sobel 1995 184 trang

3.99

76.000+ đánh giá

⚓ Maritime History 🔬 History Of Science 🕰️ Clockmaking ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🧠 Lone Genius

A Lion's Tale

của Chris Jericho • 2007

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

4.37

5.000+

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

A Lion's Tale

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

của Chris Jericho 2007 412 trang

4.37

5.000+ đánh giá

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

The Professor and the Madman

của Simon Winchester • 1998

The Oxford English Dictionary's most prolific contributor was a murderer confined to an asylum.

3.84

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🎯 Lexicography 🔗 Criminal Insanity 💥 Civil War Trauma 🎩 Victorian Scholarship 📚 Bibliomania

The Professor and the Madman

The Oxford English Dictionary's most prolific contributor was a murderer confined to an asylum.

của Simon Winchester 1998 242 trang

3.84

100.000+ đánh giá

🎯 Lexicography 🔗 Criminal Insanity 💥 Civil War Trauma 🎩 Victorian Scholarship 📚 Bibliomania

The Double Helix

của James D. Watson • 1968

A stolen X-ray glance, a rival's blunder, and a lunchtime insight that unveiled the double helix.

3.84

20.000+

🧬 Molecular Biology 📜 History Of Genetics ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🔍 Structural Biology 💡 Scientific Discovery

The Double Helix

A stolen X-ray glance, a rival's blunder, and a lunchtime insight that unveiled the double helix.

của James D. Watson 1968 143 trang

3.84

20.000+ đánh giá

🧬 Molecular Biology 📜 History Of Genetics ⚔️ Scientific Rivalry 🔍 Structural Biology 💡 Scientific Discovery

The Inkblots

của Damion Searls • 2015

Ten inkblots, one psychiatrist, and a century-long fight over what seeing reveals about the self.

3.74

500+

🧠 History Of Psychology 📋 Personality Assessment 👁️ Visual Perception 📊 Psychological Testing 🎨 Art And Psychology

The Inkblots

Ten inkblots, one psychiatrist, and a century-long fight over what seeing reveals about the self.

của Damion Searls 2015 405 trang

3.74

500+ đánh giá

🧠 History Of Psychology 📋 Personality Assessment 👁️ Visual Perception 📊 Psychological Testing 🎨 Art And Psychology

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

của Ranya Tabari Idliby • 2014

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

3.47

204

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

của Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014 256 trang

3.47

204 đánh giá

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Hitler

của Volker Ullrich • 2013

So underestimated by the old guard that they handed him the state, certain he was their puppet.

4.44

3.000+

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🕰️ Interwar Europe 👤 Political Biography ⬆️ Rise Of Dictators 🌟 Personality Cults

Hitler

So underestimated by the old guard that they handed him the state, certain he was their puppet.

của Volker Ullrich 2013 1008 trang

4.44

3.000+ đánh giá

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🕰️ Interwar Europe 👤 Political Biography ⬆️ Rise Of Dictators 🌟 Personality Cults

The Best Advice I Ever Got

của Katie Couric • 2011

CEOs, Olympians, and Oscar winners share the one piece of advice that changed their lives.

3.66

3.000+

🧭 Career Advice 📚 Curated Wisdom ⭐ Celebrity Wisdom 🦁 Overcoming Fear 🏀 Bouncing Back

The Best Advice I Ever Got

CEOs, Olympians, and Oscar winners share the one piece of advice that changed their lives.

của Katie Couric 2011 320 trang

3.66

3.000+ đánh giá

🧭 Career Advice 📚 Curated Wisdom ⭐ Celebrity Wisdom 🦁 Overcoming Fear 🏀 Bouncing Back

SMiLE

của Domenic Priore • 2005

His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.

3.80

145

🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences 📻 Bootleg Culture 🏛️ American Mythology

SMiLE

His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.

của Domenic Priore 2005 199 trang

3.80

145 đánh giá

🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences 📻 Bootleg Culture 🏛️ American Mythology

Sound

của Bella Bathurst • 2017

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

3.91

288

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

Sound

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

của Bella Bathurst 2017 223 trang

3.91

288 đánh giá

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

của Tony Danza • 2012

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

3.86

4.000+

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

của Tony Danza 2012 272 trang

3.86

4.000+ đánh giá

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

On Being Human

của Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

3.91

3.000+

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

On Being Human

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

của Jennifer Pastiloff 2019 336 trang

3.91

3.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

Targeted

của Brittany Kaiser • 2019

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

3.58

1.000+

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

Targeted

87 million stolen Facebook profiles, two elections, and one whistleblower's confession.

của Brittany Kaiser 2019 404 trang

3.58

1.000+ đánh giá

📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🎯 Behavioral Targeting 🗳️ Election Interference

Operation Ironman

của George Mahood • 2015

Hospital bed to Ironman in four months. He couldn't swim front crawl. He lined up anyway.

4.52

2.000+

🏃‍♂️ Endurance Sports 🏊 Triathlon 😂 Comedic Memoir 💪 Ultra Endurance 🎯 Against The Odds

Operation Ironman

Hospital bed to Ironman in four months. He couldn't swim front crawl. He lined up anyway.

của George Mahood 2015 311 trang

4.52

2.000+ đánh giá

🏃‍♂️ Endurance Sports 🏊 Triathlon 😂 Comedic Memoir 💪 Ultra Endurance 🎯 Against The Odds

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