6 best-selling biography books like Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas by Han Fook Kwang

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Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

By: Han Fook Kwang

4.36

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 92. This book, which was first published in…

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Cover of Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) by Lee Kuan Yew, Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne, Henry Kissinger

1. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

By: Lee Kuan Yew , Graham Allison , Robert D. Blackwill , Ali Wyne , Henry Kissinger

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel

2. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

By: Ezra F. Vogel

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no sc… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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3. 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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  • nonfiction
Cover of Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia series) by Tom Plate

4. Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia series)

By: Tom Plate

3.66

Format: 296 pages,

An interview with the first Prime Minister of Singapore read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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5. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness

By: Chade-Meng Tan

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

With Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan, one of Google's earliest engineers and personal growth… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. The Art of Seduction

By: Robert Greene , Робърт Грийн

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium," s… read more

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  • nonfiction

7. The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

By: Lee Kuan Yew

3.77

Format: 342 pages,

Visionary? Authoritarian? Model for the West? Lee Kuan Yew, the long-time leader of Singapore, has … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

8. One Man's View of the World

By: Lee Kuan Yew

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on tod… read more

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9. Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group: The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia

By: None , None

4.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

After Suharto gained power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he stayed as the country's president for … read more

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10. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

By: Richard H. Thaler

4.16

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

By: Michael J. Sandel

4.31

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"

-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

12. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know

By: Katty Kay , Claire Shipman

3.96

Format: 236 pages, ebook

Following the success of Lean Inand Why Women Should Rule the World, the authors of the bestselling… read more

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13. Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going

By: None , Han Fook Kwang , None , None , None , None , None

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Lee Kuan Yew is Singapore's most influential son but he is not without his critics. He has not flin… read more

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14. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.17

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innov… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Total annihilation has a way of sharpening people's minds."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"So if you want to know the truth about the universe, about the meaning of life, and about your own identity, the best place to start is by observing suffering and exploring what it is. The answer isn…"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

"To survive and flourish in such a world, you will need a lot of mental flexibility and great reserves of emotional balance. You will have to repeatedly let go of some of what you know best, and feel …"

-Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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15. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

By: David Epstein

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think. Plenty of experts… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We learn who we are only by living, and not before."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"Repetition, it turned out, was less important than struggle."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"If we treated careers more like dating, nobody would settle down so quickly."

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

"mental meandering and personal experimentation are sources of power, and head starts are overrated"

-David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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16. 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

Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Han Fook Kwang's Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi

17. The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

By: Ichiro Kishimi

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our re… read more

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  • nonfiction
"All you can do in regard to your own life is choose the best path that you believe in."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"But is being normal, being ordinary, really such a bad thing? Is it something inferior? Or, in truth, isn't everybody normal?"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Look, no matter how much you want to be Y, you cannot be reborn as him. You are not Y. It's okay for you to be you. However, I am not saying it's fine to be 'just as you are'. If you are unable to re…"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

Cover of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living by Héctor  García

18. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

By: Héctor García

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

3 Books Collection Set: Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life The people of Ja… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Walk slowly and you’ll go far"

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

"Keep going; don’t change your path."

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

"Happiness is always determined by your heart."

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

"when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you."

-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

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19. Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Well before the end of the 20th century however print had lost its former dominance. This resulted in, among other things, a different kind of person getting elected as leader. One who can present hi…"

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

Cover of Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan

20. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

By: Cheuk Kwan

3.57

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more

Similar categories in Cheuk Kwan's Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World book and Han Fook Kwang's Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas by Han Fook Kwang

21. Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

By: Han Fook Kwang

4.36

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 92. This book, which was first published in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction

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Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

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4.26

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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Ezra F. Vogel

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia series)

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3.66

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3.96

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4.67

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Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler

3.84

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