Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
By: Dave Oliver
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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1. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250 Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, … read more
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"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth …"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
2. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
By: Sherry Sontag , Christopher Drew , Annette Lawrence Drew
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
For decades American submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and ad… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- naval history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Fuck you, God. Nothing gets through HY-80"-Sherry Sontag, Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
3. Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
By: Tim Brown
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The re… read more
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- nonfiction
- leadership
4. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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- history
"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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- audiobook
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6. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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7. The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security
By: Grant Tedrick Hammond
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The ideas of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd have transformed American military policy and practice.… read more
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- leadership
8. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
By: Marc Levinson
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.04
Format: None pages,
Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works--and … read more
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- history
- audiobook
10. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
By: Atul Gawande
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the … read more
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11. All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion
By: Jerome Preisler , Kenneth Sewell
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Forty years ago, in May 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank in mysterious circumstances with a lo… read more
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12. The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
By: Walter R. Borneman
4.32
Format: 559 pages, Hardcover
How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the worl… read more
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- history
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- military fiction
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- leadership
13. Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans
By: None
4.89
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most admired admirals of his generation--and the only admiral to serve as Supreme A… read more
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14. Out of the Crisis
By: W. Edwards Deming
3.75
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks t… read more
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15. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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16. The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
By: Neal Stephenson
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson.… read more
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17. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
By: None , Ben R. Rich
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more
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18. The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
By: Jason Fung , Jimmy Moore
4.15
Format: None pages,
Thousands of books have been written about the latest and greatest diets that will help people lose… read more
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19. The Story of Human Language
By: None
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Audiobook
"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more
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20. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
By: Alan Cooper
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this book about the darker side of technology's impact on our lives, Alan Cooper begins by expla… read more
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21. The Right Stuff
By: Tom Wolfe
4.08
Format: 432 pages,
Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuffat a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism.… read more
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22. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
23. What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture
By: Ben Horowitz
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestsellin… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- leadership
"Without trust, communication breaks. Here’s why: In any human interaction the required amount of community is inversely proportional to the level of trust."-Ben Horowitz, What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture
24. 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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25. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)
By: Jack Carr
4.54
Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition
You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more
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26. Sierra Six (Gray Man, #11)
By: Mark Greaney
4.58
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
It's been years since the Gray Man's first mission, but the trouble's just getting started in the l… read more
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27. Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
By: Aubrey Clayton
4.24
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is … read more
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28. Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
By: Charles A. Lockwood
4.23
Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition
Sink ’Em All, was originally published in 1951 by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy c… read more
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- audiobook
29. How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain
By: Peter S. Goodman
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Part Michael Lewis, part The Way Things Work: From the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspond… read more
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30. Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power (Jewish Lives)
By: Marc Wortman
4.50
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” Admiral Hyman George Rickover (1899–1986) remains an alm… read more
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31. Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
By: Dave Oliver
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm. Hyman Rickover made a unique impact… read more
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