Playful Intelligence: The Power of Living Lightly in a Serious World
By: Anthony T. DeBenedet MD
3.51
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
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1. It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
By: Mark Wolynn
3.55
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generatio… read more
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- self help
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- psychology
- audiobook
2. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.10
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, Nas… read more
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- business
- self help
"Only the autodidacts are free."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"More data means more information, but it also means more false information."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Convincing - and confident - disciplines, say, physics, tend to use little statistical backup, while political science and economics, which have never produced anything of note, are full of elaborate…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not intere…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
3. The Fountainhead
By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff
3.88
Format: 704 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking ph… read more
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"This is pity,"-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack"-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
4. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
By: Leil Lowndes
3.78
Format: 112 pages, ebook
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills."-- Larry King "The lost a… read more
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5. Where Are the Children?
By: Mary Higgins Clark
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two litt… read more
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6. Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
By: John Boyne
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to f… read more
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7. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more
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"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"The more you read, the more you calm down."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
8. Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
By: Christopher Vaughan , None
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Read Stuart Brown's posts on the Penguin Blog. From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the … read more
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9. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
10. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
11. What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
By: Bruce D. Perry
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powe… read more
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- psychology
- audiobook
12. The Mystery Writer
By: Sulari Gentill
3.42
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A literary thriller about an aspiring writer who meets and falls in love with her literary idol—onl… read more
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13. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
14. Manifest
By: Roxie Nafousi
4.25
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
MANIFEST is the essential guide for anyone and everyone wanting to feel more empowered in their liv… read more
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15. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
By: John Eldredge
3.94
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written… read more
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"You can't fight a battle you don't think exists."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could have the maiden w…"-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
16. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
By: Ali Abdaal
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more
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17. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
By: Jane Goodall
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--a global… read more
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"Of course, a great deal of our onslaught on Mother Nature is not really lack of intelligence but a lack of compassion for future generations and the health of the planet: sheer selfish greed for shor…"-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
"She says that people who wonder how you can have hope in seemingly hopeless situations, like a death camp, confuse hope with idealism. Idealism expects everything to be fair or easy or good. She says…"-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
18. Beware the Woman
By: Megan Abbott
3.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, an eerie and prescient novel… read more
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19. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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20. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
By: Natalie Haynes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Greek myths are one of the most important cultural foundation-stones of the modern world. St… read more
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"For my mum, who has always thought that a woman with an axe was more interesting than a princess"-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"Medusa wasn't always a monster, Helen of Troy wasn't always an adulterer, Pandora wasn't ever a villain."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The greatest virtue, in other words, that an Athenian woman could aspire to was not to be registered, almost not to exist."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The guiding principle when searching for the cause of everything wrong in the world has been, all too often: _cherchez la femme_."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
21. When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
By: D. Dauphinee
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail… read more
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"She was simple in her intentions; she embraced the challenge of seeing the thing through."-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
"The young surveyor peered closer. Inside the bag were some bones. They were unmistakably human."-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail
22. Unwinding Anxiety
By: Judson Brewer
3.91
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and … read more
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23. The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
By: Joseph Henrich
4.12
Format: 706 pages, Kindle Edition
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020A Behavioral Scientis… read more
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- psychology
"The assembly of the innovation engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution becomes easier to see once we recognize how the psychology of premodern Europeans had been quietly evolving in the backg…"-Joseph Henrich, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
24. Lakewood
By: Megan Giddings
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentati… read more
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"People feel more loyalty to how they think things should be than to other people, including their family."-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
"She suddenly understood the thought experiments better based on this feeling, the uncanniness of someone you love being able to abruptly articulate a single feeling. Friendship, family, and romance b…"-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
"People want to believe these research studies are about something simple that they can relate to like winning a contest. They don’t want to think about why a government would want to experiment on it…"-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
"I meant to ask him, What did you do to me? But it came out as Why would you do this to someone? My mouth said it multiple times. I didn't mean the drug, I meant the experiments. But Smith took it to …"-Megan Giddings, Lakewood
25. The Ways We Hide
By: Kristina McMorris
3.98
Format: 536 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday comes a sweeping World War II tale … read more
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26. Playful Intelligence: The Power of Living Lightly in a Serious World
By: Anthony T. DeBenedet MD
3.51
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
As adults, we have more responsibilities than we could have ever imagined growing up. Learning the … read more
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