Bring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do it Well, and Advance Your Career
By: Art Markman
3.59
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Few people really understand their own minds or the minds of others. Over the past decade, there…
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1. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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- psychology
"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
2. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
By: Richard P. Rumelt
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more
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- management
- leadership
- nonfiction
- business
- self help
3. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
By: Michael Lewis
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
#1 New York TimesBestseller -- With a new Afterword In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a … read more
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- nonfiction
- business
4. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
By: Michael D. Watkins
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since its original release, The First 90 Dayshas become the bestselling globally acknowledged bible… read more
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- self help
- personal development
- management
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
5. The Design of Everyday Things
By: Donald A. Norman
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
- psychology
6. Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
By: Laszlo Bock
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
From the visionary head of Google's innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry int… read more
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- self help
- management
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
7. Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
By: Eric Barker
4.11
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Ba… read more
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- self help
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- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
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8. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
By: W. Timothy Gallwey , Zach Kleinman , Pete Carroll
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- self help
9. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
By: David Sedaris
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a jo… read more
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10. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.02
Format: 288 pages, School & Library Binding
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away … read more
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"…hate's got to be a disease with me."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"We always hate people who surprise our secrets…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing..."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
"Today has been a day dropped out of June into April."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
11. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday l… read more
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12. Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations (Ted Books)
By: Dan Ariely
3.81
Format: None pages,
Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation--showing that the su… read more
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13. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
By: Chip Heath , Dan Heath
4.30
Format: 256 pages,
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14. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more
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15. How to Lie with Statistics
By: Darrell Huff , Irving Geis
4.36
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sa… read more
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16. Me Talk Pretty One Day
By: David Sedaris
4.33
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
David Sedaris' move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious pieces, including the title ess… read more
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17. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
By: David McRaney
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not … read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- self help
"I couldn’t shake the idea that I, too, was probably one conversation away from changing my own mind about something, maybe a lot of things. But I also recalled how many conversations I’d had that onl…"-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
"Before scientists began researching the Leadership LAB’s technique, few studies supported the possibility that campaigns could change voters’ views on polarized, partisan, politically controversial i…"-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
18. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
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19. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
By: Daniel H. Pink
3.84
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming … read more
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- self help
- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
20. When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal
By: Brianna Wiest
4.26
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
Healing is not a one-time event. It can begin with a one-time event — typically some form of sud… read more
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- nonfiction
- personal development
- psychology
- self help
"Life contracts before it expands, and pulls back before it leaps forward. This balancing act is not something we should resist, but rather, embrace."-Brianna Wiest, When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal
21. 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
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- self help
- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
22. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
By: Alice Wong
4.47
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, oth… read more
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- nonfiction
"Just knowing your rights (or your worth or value) will never be enough if you are powerless to force someone else to respect them."-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the …"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"Advocacy is for all of us; advocacy is a way of life. It is a natural response to the injustice and inequality in the world. While you and I may not have sole responsibility for these inequities, tha…"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"He understood that each individual group’s liberation was inextricably linked to the other—that justice and liberation could only be had if we all stand together and fight for the rights and libertie…"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
23. Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
By: Amanda Oliver
3.25
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society tod… read more
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- nonfiction
24. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
25. Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach
By: Mark Richards
4.26
Format: 419 pages, Paperback
Although salary surveys worldwide regularly identify software architect as one of the top ten best … read more
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- nonfiction
26. Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
By: Celeste Headlee
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Despite our constant search for new ways to 'hack' our bodies and minds for peak performance, human… read more
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- self help
- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
"In many ways I think we've lost the sight of the purpose of free time. We seem to immediately equate idleness with laziness but those two things are very different. "Leisure" is not a synonym for "in…"-Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
27. Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life
By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is as good a data storyteller as I have ever met.” — Steven Levitt, co-aut… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- self help
28. Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
By: Timothy Ferriss
4.08
Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition
Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate … read more
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- self help
- personal development
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
29. Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
By: Carl T. Bergstrom
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misin… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"Перефразовуючи Алена Ґінзберґа, програміст і бізнесмен Джеф Гаммербахер 2011 року гірко зауважив, що «найсвітліші голови мого покоління думають, як змусити людей клацати на оголошення в інтернеті, — …"-Carl T. Bergstrom, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
"People worry that AI has surpassed humans, but we doubt AI will claim this award anytime soon. One might think that the TED brand of bullshit is just a cocktail of sound-bite science, management-spea…"-Carl T. Bergstrom, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
30. Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home
By: Charlie Warzel
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The future isn't about where we will work, but how. For years we have struggled to balance work and… read more
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- leadership
- psychology
- nonfiction
- business
- self help
"But instead of making us work efficiently - and, by extension less - all of this tech has mostly just made us work more."-Charlie Warzel, Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home
"Sublimating your desire for activities that don't involve your children does not make you a more impressive parent; it just makes you a more exhausted and resentful one."-Charlie Warzel, Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home
"A lot of us have only the faintest traces of those childhood and early adult activities in our lives - what we might dare call hobbies. They largely exist as conversational markers and rhetorical pla…"-Charlie Warzel, Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home
"Once you've established a baseline, you need to get more granular and detailed in your conception of diversity. Too often executives take the wrong approach here and begin to try to "collect" an empl…"-Charlie Warzel, Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home
31. Bring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do it Well, and Advance Your Career
By: Art Markman
3.59
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Few people really understand their own minds or the minds of others. Over the past decade, there… read more
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- personal development
- psychology
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- management
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