Do Improvise: Less Push. More Pause. Better Results. A New Approach to Work (and Life)
By: Robert Poynton
3.67
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Everyday we deal with the unplanned and the unexpected - from a broken toaster to losing (or gainin…
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1. La casa
By: Paco Roca
4.45
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A lo largo de los años el dueño llena de recuerdos su casa, testigo mudo de su vida. Y aquél es tam… read more
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2. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
3. Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything (Do Books Book 13)
By: None
4.33
Format: None pages,
'An excellent guide to the essence of beauty -- the freedom to create it and an argument for its po… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
- personal development
- design
4. Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change
By: Robin Norwood
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
This text is suitable for the reader for whom being in love means being in pain. Therapist Robin No… read more
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- nonfiction
- personal development
- psychology
- self help
5. Grief is the Thing with Feathers
By: Max Porter
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … read more
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6. Le Gourmet solitaire
By: Jirō Taniguchi , Masayuki Kusumi
3.87
Format: None pages,
On ne sait presque rien de lui. Il travaille dans le commerce, mais ce n'est pas un homme presse ; … read more
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7. Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite
By: Paul Arden
2.62
Format: None pages,
Filled with fun anecdotes, quirky photos, and off-the-wall business advice, the provocative sequel … read more
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8. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
9. It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be
By: Paul Arden , None
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Beis a handbook of how to succeed in the world… read more
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10. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By: Douglas R. Hofstadter
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal s… read more
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11. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- self help
12. Yoga
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.87
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Four Thousand Weeks
By: Oliver Burkeman
4.22
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- business
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"We’ve been granted the mental capacities to make almost infinitely ambitious plans, yet practically no time at all to put them into action."-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
"Rendering yourself more efficient — either by implementing various productivity techniques or by driving yourself harder—won’t generally result in the feeling of having ‘enough time,’ because, all el…"-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
"The problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will. The reason isn’t that you haven’t yet discovered…"-Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
14. The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
By: Michael Easter
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and re… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
15. No siento nada
By: Liv Strömquist
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Una radiografía del amor en la era del narcicismo extremo, el nuevo ensayo de la historietista más … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
16. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers r… read more
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- nonfiction
- personal development
- psychology
- self help
"Sick and weak are not useful entries in the dictionary of self-understanding."-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
"Given their automatic tuning out, ADD children forever find themselves being told to “pay attention"-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
17. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
18. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- self help
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
19. Paper Cup
By: Karen Campbell
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly ne… read more
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20. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
By: Marty Cagan
4.24
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
The basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very diff… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
- design
21. Jag kan ha fel och andra visdomar från mitt liv som buddhistmunk
By: Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Jag kan ha fel är Björn Natthiko Lindeblads självbiografiska berättelse om hur han lämnar en löftes… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- personal development
- self help
"Någon som försökte lugna mig efteråt menade att anledningen till att ormen var så långsam och inte hann hugga efter mig var att detta var en av de giftigaste ormarna och de behövde inte vara så snabb…"-Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, Jag kan ha fel och andra visdomar från mitt liv som buddhistmunk
22. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
By: Reed Hastings
4.28
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder… read more
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- nonfiction
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23. Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share. (Do Books, 36)
By: Russell Davies
3.88
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Don’t try to be interesting. That’s a fool’s errand. Do interesting instead. Make the world light … read more
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- nonfiction
24. Do Improvise: Less Push. More Pause. Better Results. A New Approach to Work (and Life)
By: Robert Poynton
3.67
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Everyday we deal with the unplanned and the unexpected - from a broken toaster to losing (or gainin… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- self help
25. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
By: Kai-Fu Lee
4.10
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee—one of the world’s most respected experts on AI and China—reveals that China has sud… read more
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- business
"When I launched my AI career in 1983, I did so by waxing philosophic in my application to the Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon. I described AI as “the quantification of the human thinking process, th…"-Kai-Fu Lee, AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
26. The Practice of Not Thinking
By: Ryūnosuke Koike
3.46
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What if we could learn to look instead of see, listen instead of hear… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
27. Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
By: Fredrik Backman
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World collects the personal dispatches from the front lines o… read more
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"Remember, a good friend helps you move, but a great friend helps you move a dead body."-Fredrik Backman, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
"There is plenty that can be said about your grandfathers' generation of men, but they wouldn't have had time to learn about everything in the world if the women of their generation hadn't taken care …"-Fredrik Backman, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
"And I hope that you’ll never get it into your head that just because a woman deserves every opportunity you do, you have to stop holding the door open for her when you can. That you'll never think it…"-Fredrik Backman, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
"That whole first year, jeez, your entire life revolves around poop. The presence of poop. The absence of poop. The discovery of poop. The aromatic sensation of poop. The waiting for poop. Seriously, …"-Fredrik Backman, Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
28. Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
By: Vivek H. Murthy
4.24
Format: 352 pages, ebook
In this groundbreaking book, Former Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy argues that … read more
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- nonfiction
- personal development
- psychology
- self help
"Today it's widely understood that one of the most important factors in preventing and addressing toxic stress in children is healthy social connection."-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
"The structure of operations also encourages connection. Any employee can attend meetings of any department, including Zingerman's board meeting. A truck driver can help plan a menu, and a chef can he…"-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
"The fact is, [University of Michigan organizational behavior professor Dr.] Wayne [Baker] said, most people do want to help. But that's not always intuitive. "We've shown that engaging in the process…"-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness
29. Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Achieve the impossible. (Do Books, 9)
By: Les McKeown
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Real-world leadership is very different from all that the media would have us believe. Forget the d… read more
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30. The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work
By: Kelly Small
4.07
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
It can be difficult to live according to your values in a complicated world. The Conscious Creative… read more
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- personal development
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- self help
31. Do Team: How to get the best from everyone. (Do Books, 29)
By: Charlie Gladstone
3.79
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This book is about working with other people. It’s about making that experience a positive one. It’… read more
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- business
