18 Best nonfiction books like The Promises of Giants by John Amaechi

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The Promises of Giants

By: John Amaechi

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Winner, 2021 Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, for Leadership and Strategy  "THE MOST UN…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Promises of Giants by John Amaechi , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Ball Four

By: Jim Bouton

4.05

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more

Similar categories in Jim Bouton's Ball Four book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

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2. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

By: Jeffrey K. Liker

4.07

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

"This book will give you an understanding of what has made Toyota successful and some practical ide… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey K. Liker's The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • management
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • business
  • leadership

3. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

By: Greg McKeown , Liz Wiseman

4.50

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Greg McKeown's Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

4. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

By: L. David Marquet

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than … read more

Similar categories in L. David Marquet's Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

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5. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

Similar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • communication
  • relationships
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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6. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

Similar categories in Edmund Conway's Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction
  • business
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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7. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

Similar categories in Adam M. Grant's Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • leadership
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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8. 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

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction
"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

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9. Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business (Made Simple Series)

By: Donald Miller

4.25

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

This guide from New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller, is a must-have for any marketing p… read more

Similar categories in Donald Miller's Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business (Made Simple Series) book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • business
  • self help
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10. The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul

By: Brad Stulberg

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Join thousands of readers and learn about the foundations of sustainable excellence and concrete ha… read more

Similar categories in Brad Stulberg's The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • business
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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11. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

Similar categories in Steven Bartlett's The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • self help
  • management
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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12. Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less

By: Jim Vandehei

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communicat… read more

Similar categories in Jim Vandehei's Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • communication
  • self help
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Brevity is confidence. Length is fear."

-Jim Vandehei, Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less

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13. The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Shay was still angry but shrugged nonchalantly as if to say, it's not that big of a deal. "So, what… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Lencioni's The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • self help
  • business
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • management
  • leadership
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14. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

By: Akala

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was whit… read more

Similar categories in Akala's Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The officer's question already let me know that in his eyes I was dirt; that is, matter out of place."

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

"As long as whiteness is a metaphor for power, blackness must of course function as a metaphor for powerlessness, and as long as money whitens, poverty must blacken."

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

"Are we really trying to encourage and normalise black academic excellence in the UK? Or would we prefer the extra cost of imprisonment and crime that comes further down the line after neglect, just s…"

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

"Real-life racism makes you paranoid, even in children it creates the dilemma of not knowing if someone is just being horrible in the ‘normal’ way, as people so often are, or if you are being ‘blacked…"

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

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15. Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others

By: Stephen M.R. Covey

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Speed of Trust , a revolutionary new way to lead, deemed “the de… read more

Similar categories in Stephen M.R. Covey's Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • self help
  • business
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • management
  • leadership
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16. How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong

By: James O'Brien

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Every day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming benefits scroungers, the EU, Muslims, feminists … read more

Similar categories in James O'Brien's How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Theresa May took this aversion to thinking to its apotheosis when she declared that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ shortly after becoming prime minister in July 2016. Even by the standards of modern British p…"

-James O'Brien, How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong

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17. Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive

By: Greg Harden

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"What I learned from Greg is still a part of who I am today."--Tom Brady, 7-time Super Bowl champio… read more

Similar categories in Greg Harden's Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • leadership
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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18. The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography

By: Benjamin Zephaniah

4.33

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Zephaniah's The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. The Promises of Giants

By: John Amaechi

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Winner, 2021 Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, for Leadership and Strategy  "THE MOST UN… read more

Similar categories in John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • communication
  • relationships
  • self help
  • business
  • biography
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • buisness
  • management
  • leadership
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20. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

By: Luis Elizondo

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unid… read more

Similar categories in Luis Elizondo's Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs book and John Amaechi's The Promises of Giants

  • nonfiction

10 must-read self help books like The Promises of Giants by John Amaechi

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business (Made Simple Series)

Donald Miller

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul

Brad Stulberg

4.13

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16 must-read audiobook books like Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Transform Your Habits

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

Owen Jones

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla

4.32

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