Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
By: Matthew Symonds
3.77
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stan…
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1. The Lessons of History
By: Will Durant , Ariel Durant
4.07
Format: 119 pages, Hardcover
In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"Democracy is the most difficult of all forms of government, since it requires the widest spread of intelligence, and we forgot to make ourselves intelligent when we made ourselves sovereign."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow he…"-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
2. Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle: A Money Manager’s Reports 2002-15
By: Edward Chancellor
4.41
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
We live in an age of serial asset bubbles and spectacular busts. Economists, policymakers, central … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- finance
- business
3. Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy
By: Alex Moazed , Nicholas L. Johnson
2.70
Format: None pages,
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- nonfiction
- finance
- business
- technology
4. Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-And Revolutionized an Industry
By: Carlye Adler , Marc Benioff
3.76
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- business
- technology
5. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
By: Warren Buffett
3.54
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
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- nonfiction
- finance
- business
6. Sam Walton: Made In America
By: Sam Walton , John Huey
3.82
Format: 295 pages,
Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, w… read more
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7. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
By: Kenneth L. Fisher , Philip A. Fisher
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. Hi… read more
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- nonfiction
- finance
- business
8. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
By: Jon Gertner
4.14
Format: 152 pages,
From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs--officially, the research… read more
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9. The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
By: Howard Marks
3.81
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
"This is that rarity, a useful book."--Warren Buffett Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of O… read more
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10. Zen in the Art of Archery
By: R.F.C. Hull , None , Eugen Herrigel , Φοίβος Ι. Πιομπίνος
3.76
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Pro… read more
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11. The Bonfire of the Vanities
By: Tom Wolfe
3.90
Format: 690 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344.The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel… read more
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"Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman."-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
"Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread."-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
"He had the gaunt and haunted athletic look of those who stare daily down the bony gullet of the great god Aerobics."-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
"The only thing that had truly stuck in Sherman's mind about Christopher Marlowe, after nine years at Buckley, four years at St. Paul's, and four years at Yale, was that you were, in fact, supposed to…"-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
12. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at… read more
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- history
- biography
- finance
- nonfiction
- business
"With every girl there was a moment before you broke up when you knew - you just knew - that if you left her right then, you would never make up."-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investm…"-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
13. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
By: Amy Wallace , Ed Catmull
2.83
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
"What does it mean to manage well?" From Ed Catmull, co-founder (with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter)… read more
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14. Men, Machines, and Modern Times
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Men, Machines, and Modern Times, though ultimately concerned with a positive alternative to an Orwe… read more
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15. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
16. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more
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- nonfiction
- finance
- business
17. 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
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- history
- business
- technology
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
18. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
By: David A. Sinclair
4.15
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taugh… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
By: Robert Iger
4.41
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A grand vision defined: The CEO of The Walt Disney Company shares the ideas and values he has used … read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- business
"If you don't innovate, You die"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
"The path to innovation begins with curiosity"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
"If something doesn't feel right to you, then it's probably not right for you"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
"If you're in the business of making something, be in the business of making something great"-Robert Iger, The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
20. 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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- nonfiction
- history
"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
21. A Thousand Ships
By: Natalie Haynes
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their tu… read more
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"If he tells me to sing one more time, I think I might bite him."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"An artist constantly risks falling fully into chaos, instead of transforming it."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"Because really, how many cannibalistic giants can one Greek plausibly meet as he sails the open seas?"-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"We are all human. That means there is something about our experience that is the same. Otherwise, we would not all be human."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
22. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
By: Sebastian Mallaby
4.43
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more
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- history
- finance
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
23. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
By: Sebastian Junger
4.02
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
24. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
By: Jimmy Soni
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
25. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
By: Mike Isaac
4.14
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller A New York Times technology correspondent presen… read more
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- history
- biography
- finance
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
26. Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
By: William Green
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a renowned financial journalist comes a fresh, “engaging” (The New York Times), and profound b… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- finance
- business
27. 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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- nonfiction
- history
"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
28. Cable Cowboy
By: Mark Robichaux
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An inside look at a cable titan and his industry John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung he… read more
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- biography
- finance
- nonfiction
- business
- technology
29. How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone
By: Brian McCullough
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year Tech-guru Brian McCullough delivers a rollicking history of… read more
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- computers
- history
- nonfiction
- software
- business
- technology
30. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
By: Ray Kurzweil
3.93
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more
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- nonfiction
- technology
31. Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
By: Matthew Symonds
3.77
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stan… read more
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- history
- biography
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- reference
- software
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