Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
By: John Doerr
4.22
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
To solve the seemingly-insurmountable climate crisis, we have to take collective action, drive soci…
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1. The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
By: Gretchen Bakke
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must … read more
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2. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
By: Naomi Oreskes , Erik M. Conway
4.17
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, en… read more
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"An all purpose expert is an oxymoron"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"The industry had realized you could create the impression of controversy simply by asking questions"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"After the Cold War, most scientists were relieved to be freed of the burdens of secrecy and misrepresentation, but Seitz, Singer, and Nierenberg continued to act as if the Cold War had not ended."-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
"...and that greater use of pesticides was the key to wiping out world hunger (although most social scientist disagree, pointing out that there is plenty of food in the world; the problem we face is o…"-Naomi Oreskes, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
3. River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
By: Rebecca Solnit
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a l… read more
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- nonfiction
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4. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
By: Paul Hawken
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
- New York Timesbestseller - The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on… read more
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5. Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
By: None
4.12
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I see [Raworth] as the John Maynard Keynes of the 21st Century: by ref… read more
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6. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
By: Yvon Chouinard
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and fo… read more
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7. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
8. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
By: Tony Fadell
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more
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- business
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9. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
10. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
By: Hannah Ritchie
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more
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- climate change
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11. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
By: Ray Dalio
4.28
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has s… read more
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12. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.43
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more
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"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
13. The Ministry for the Future
By: Kim Stanley Robinson
3.88
Format: 563 pages, Hardcover
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's fu… read more
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"What's the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Of course there is always resistance, always a drag on movement toward better things. The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change."-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"It was so hard to imagine that a mind could be gone. All those thoughts that you never tell anyone, all those dreams, all that entire pocket universe: gone. A character unlike any other character, a …"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
"Ideology, n. An imaginary relationship to a real situation. In common usage, what the other person has, especially when systematically distorting the facts. But it seems to us that an ideology is a n…"-Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
14. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
15. What We Owe the Future
By: William MacAskill
3.84
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
An Oxford philosopher makes the case for "longtermism"—that positively influencing the long-term fu… read more
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16. The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
By: Daniel Yergin
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Yea… read more
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"У 1976 в газеті "Вечірній Ленінград" з'явилася стаття про досі невідомого дзюдоїста, що переміг у змаганнях і здобув звання чемпіона. "Люди ще почують про нього в майбутньому", передбачало видання. Т…"-Daniel Yergin, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
17. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
By: Bill Gates
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing … read more
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18. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- economics
- business
- audiobook
19. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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20. Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
By: Scott Patterson
3.78
Format: 336 pages, ebook
A Wall Street Journal bestseller Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fasci… read more
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21. Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
By: Paul Polman
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
These massive dual challenges—and other profound shifts like pandemics, resource constraints, and s… read more
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"People with purpose thrive, brands with purpose grow, and companies with purpose last."-Paul Polman, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
"Anyone who things that you can have infinite growth in a finite environment is either a madman or an economist."-Paul Polman, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
"Our current economic system has two fundamental weaknesses: it’s based on unlimited growth on a finite planet, and it benefits a small number of people, not everyone."-Paul Polman, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
"Creating positive returns for stakeholders does not mean satisfying all of them at the same time, or focusing equal attention and resources on each. You can't prioritize everyone at once."-Paul Polman, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
22. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
4.45
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are har… read more
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23. Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
By: John Doerr
4.22
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
To solve the seemingly-insurmountable climate crisis, we have to take collective action, drive soci… read more
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- politics
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- environment
- climate change
- economics
- society
- business
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24. Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
By: Katharine Hayhoe
4.31
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe… read more
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- climate change
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25. Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
By: Jing Tsu
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world… read more
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26. Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
By: Paul Hawken
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist… read more
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- climate change
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27. Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future
By: Saul Griffith
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating n… read more
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28. The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
By: Michael E. Mann
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to d… read more
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29. Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It
By: Scott Kupor
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind… read more
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- audiobook
30. Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions
By: Akshat Rathi
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
'An important read for anyone in need of optimism' Bill Gates 'Dazzling and deeply reported' Dav… read more
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31. Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change
By: Simon Sharpe
4.34
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. As Greenland melts, Australia b… read more
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