The Woodpecker Method
By: Axel Smith
4.29
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The quick explanation of the Woodpecker Method is that you need to solve a large number of puzzles …
Want to ReadIf you liked the nonfiction plot in The Woodpecker Method by Axel Smith , here is a list of 16 books like this:
1. Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
By: Kenneth P. Neat , Garry Kasparov , None
4.38
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have eng… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Kenneth P. Neat's Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1 book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
2. A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
By: Edward O. Thorp
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to be… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Edward O. Thorp's A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
3. The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)
By: Scott Lynch
3.86
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
With what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and hi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Scott Lynch's The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
4. The Seven Deadly Chess Sins
By: Jonathan Rowson
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
An investigation of the main reasons why chess players sometimes go astray - the seven deadly chess… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jonathan Rowson's The Seven Deadly Chess Sins book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
5. How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course
By: Jeremy Silman
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
How to Reassess Your Chess is the popular step-by-step course that will create a marked improvement… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jeremy Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
6. Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
By: Bruce Pandolfini , László Polgár
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The most complete collection of chess problems ever published, including 5,334 instructional situat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bruce Pandolfini's Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
7. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
By: Susan Wise Bauer
3.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Susan Wise Bauer's The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
8. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
By: Bobby Fischer , None , None
3.90
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a que… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Bobby Fischer's Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
9. The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice, #1)
By: John Flanagan
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition for ISBN: They have always scared him in the past -- the Rangers, with th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Flanagan's The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice, #1) book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
10. Steppenwolf
By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
11. Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master
By: Jeremy Silman
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to stud… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jeremy Silman's Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
12. Art of Attack in Chess
By: None
3.78
Format: 584 pages, Paperback
One of the finest chess books ever written, the Art of Attack has been transcribed into algebraic n… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's Art of Attack in Chess book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
13. The Hour of the Star
By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero
4.09
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Clarice Lispector's The Hour of the Star book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
14. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual
By: Jacob Aagaard , Jim Marfia , Mark Dvoretsky , Artur Yusupov , None
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A Modern Classic - Third Edition! When it first appeared, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual was immediatel… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jacob Aagaard's Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
15. Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
By: Garry Kasparov , None
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Audio CD
Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Garry Kasparov's Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
16. 100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
By: Jesús de la Villa
3.81
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
There are, contrary to what most amateurs believe, relatively few chess endgames one must know. Jes… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jesús de la Villa's 100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
17. A Study in Scarlet
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
'There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
18. Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
By: Scott Lynch
4.25
Format: 578 pages, Kindle Edition
Librarian note: An older cover for this edition can be found here: 31-Jul-2007. After a brutal b… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in Scott Lynch's Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
"Ah,"-Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
"Mizzenmast,"-Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
"Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind"-Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
"You'd have to take your shoes and breeches off to count to twenty-one!"-Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)
19. The Psychology of Money
By: Morgan Housel
4.30
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavio… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
20. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
By: Cal Newport
4.06
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to o… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
"Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"Digital minimalism definitively does not reject the innovations of the internet age, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools."-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasant…"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
21. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Stephen Fry's Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
22. STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World
By: Dan Lyons
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Our noisy world has trained us to think that those who get in the last word win, when in fact it’s … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Dan Lyons's STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
23. Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI
By: Matthew Sadler
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the wor… read more
Want to Read $ 18.23Similar categories in Matthew Sadler's Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
24. The Woodpecker Method
By: Axel Smith
4.29
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The quick explanation of the Woodpecker Method is that you need to solve a large number of puzzles … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
25. Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
By: Mauricio Flores Rios
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice.… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Mauricio Flores Rios's Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- chess
26. 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts, Too
By: Franco Masetti
4.41
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Chess is 99% tactics! This well-known maxim may sound strange but is really just an exaggerated bas… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Franco Masetti's 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts, Too book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
27. The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook: Practical Endgame Exercises for Every Chess Player
By: Jesús de la Villa
4.53
Format: 939 pages, Kindle Edition
Jesus de la Villa’s worldwide bestseller 100 Endgames You Must Know successfully debunked the myth … read more
Want to Read $ 14.49Similar categories in Jesús de la Villa's The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook: Practical Endgame Exercises for Every Chess Player book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
28. Mastering Chess Strategy
By: Johan Hellsten
4.52
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
This book provides a basic foundation of strategy in all three phases of chess – the opening, middl… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Johan Hellsten's Mastering Chess Strategy book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
29. Invisible Chess Moves: Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins
By: Emmanuel Neiman
3.75
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Every chess player knows that some moves are harder to see than others. Why is it that, frequently,… read more
Want to Read $ 10.49Similar categories in Emmanuel Neiman's Invisible Chess Moves: Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- nonfiction
- chess
30. Italian Game & Evans Gambit
By: Jan Pinski
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Italian Game (sometimes referred to as the Giuoco Piano) is one of the oldest openings around, … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Jan Pinski's Italian Game & Evans Gambit book and Axel Smith's The Woodpecker Method
- chess
