In the Mind of Stalin
By: James Greensmith
3.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
On 1 October 1939, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty and soon to be the UK’s wartime l…
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1. Mastery
By: Robert Greene
4.26
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more
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"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."-Robert Greene, Mastery
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"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."-Robert Greene, Mastery
2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.08
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more
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"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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3. 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
By: Brianna Wiest
3.76
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writi… read more
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"Hold yourself to your standard."-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
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"There are two mindsets people tend to have: explorer or settler. Our society has a “settler"-Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
4. India's Wars: A Military History 1947-1971
By: Arjun Subramaniam
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
The armed forces occupy a special position in Indian society. Yet, standard accounts of contemporar… read more
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5. Ego Is the Enemy
By: Ryan Holiday
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive, visionary geniuses who remade the worl… read more
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7. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
By: Yasmin Cordery Khan
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom--through th… read more
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8. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
By: Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
3.00
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs gives you the… read more
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9. Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World
By: Tom Zoellner
2.00
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10. The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
By: Darren Hardy
3.90
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11. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
12. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
By: Jack Weatherford
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
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"The first key to leadership is self-control."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to de…"-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
13. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
4.63
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more
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14. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
15. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
By: Robert Kurson
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first jo… read more
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16. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
17. Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
By: Ryan Holiday
4.04
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
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"Start small...on something big."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
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18. Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact
By: Phil M. Jones
3.74
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know ex… read more
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19. Permanent Record
By: Edward Snowden
4.30
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more
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"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
20. The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
By: Anna Fifield
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant,… read more
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"Kim Jong Chol even found a way to work the Belgian movie star into his school work. "If I had my idea world I would not allow weapons and atom bombs any more," he wrote in a school project while in B…"-Anna Fifield, The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
21. The Greatest Evil is War
By: Chris Hedges
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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"The heroes of war and the heroes of sport are indistinguishable in militarized societies. War is sold to a gullible public as a noble game... War is not a sport. It is about killing. It is dirty, mes…"-Chris Hedges, The Greatest Evil is War
22. How to Fight a War
By: Mike Martin
4.21
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, autocrats and elected leaders alike have a… read more
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23. The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
By: Tom Higham
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris… read more
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24. The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
By: Hal Brands
4.02
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
A leading historian’s guide to great-power competition, as told through America’s successes and fai… read more
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25. In the Mind of Stalin
By: James Greensmith
3.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
On 1 October 1939, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty and soon to be the UK’s wartime l… read more
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