Pleasures of Small Motions: Mastering the Mental Game of Pocket Billiards
By: Bob Fancher
4.25
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A psychotherapist and pool columnist breaks new ground by applying good science to the mental game …
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1. The Face-Changers (Jane Whitefield, #4)
By: Thomas Perry
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Jane Whitefield, legendary half-Indian shadow guide who spirits hunted people away from certain dea… read more
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2. Chaos: Making a New Science
By: James Gleick
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary… read more
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- nonfiction
"IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Of all the possible pathways of disorder, nature favors just a few."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Revolutions do not come piecemeal. One account of nature replaces another."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
3. 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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- nonfiction
"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
4. Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.27
Format: 539 pages, Paperback
Abaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. For generati… read more
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"Partners,"-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
"Trashy people puke,"-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
"Tell me everything it explains,"-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
"No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito."-James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
5. Stories of Your Life and Others
By: Ted Chiang
4.26
Format: 281 pages, ebook
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more
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"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
6. Grit
By: Angela Duckworth
4.67
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth sho… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2)
By: James S.A. Corey
3.81
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her pl… read more
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8. Childhood’s End
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more
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"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
9. The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life
By: J.L. Collins , Mr. Money Mustache
4.00
Format: 240 pages,
"In the dark, bewildering, trap-infested jungle of misinformation and opaque riddles that is the wo… read more
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- nonfiction
10. The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
By: Jussi Adler-Olsen , Lisa Hartford
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroye… read more
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"But promises based on ignorance always prove disappointing."-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
"So, I suppose you just have a sense of where it is. And you don’t have to be precise, is that it?"-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
"Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar."-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
"She is really really so beautiful there,' said Assad. Carl glanced at him. Apparently a woman's appearance was a particularly valuable factor in his assistant's world-view. But Carl agreed with him."-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
11. 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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- sports
- nonfiction
12. Revolutionary Suicide
By: Huey P. Newton , J. Herman Blake
4.00
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
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- nonfiction
13. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.31
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more
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"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
"Fish and company start to smell after three days."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
14. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
By: Stephen R. Covey , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler
3.78
Format: None pages,
Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high,… read more
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15. The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over
By: Marvin Karlins , Jack Schafer
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
From a former FBI Special Agent specializing in behavior analysis and recruiting spies comes a hand… read more
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16. Silence (Jack Till, #1)
By: Thomas Perry
3.71
Format: 224 pages,
Six years ago, Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear. Now Till must find her before tango-dancing… read more
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17. Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
By: John Gwynne
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
A black sun is rising ... Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin'… read more
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18. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most … read more
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19. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life
By: Richard Carlson
3.86
Format: 138 pages,
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all small stuff is a book that shows you how to keep from l… read more
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20. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
By: David Allen
4.01
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and ma… read more
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- nonfiction
"My mission is to create a world where there are no problems only projects."-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
"Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist."-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
"Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. Mastering the art of stres…"-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
"Your life and work are made up of outcomes and actions. When your operational behavior is grooved to organize everything that comes your way, at all levels, based upon those dynamics, a deep alignmen…"-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
21. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
By: Ken Liu
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantas… read more
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22. Saga, Volume 8
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.46
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
After the traumatic events of the War for Phang, Hazel, her parents, and their surviving companions… read more
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"Welcome to Abortion Town!"-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8
"Is this some kind of kinky thrupple thing? Because I'm not necessarily opposed."-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8
"I´ve held you in my heart since the day you left me. But you´re too heavy to carry another step. And I need to keep moving."-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8
"Doubt can paralyze you, can make you not want to do anything. But if you learn to channel it, to turn those feelings away from yourself and out at the world you can doubt what's impossible."-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8
23. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
By: Johann Hari
4.24
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing t… read more
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- nonfiction
"We live in a culture that is constantly amping us up with stress and stimulation."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
"We are now exposed to ten times the amount of artificial light that people were exposed to just fifty years ago."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
"If you see the world through fragments, your empathy often doesn’t kick in, in the way that it does when you engage with something in a sustained, focused way."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
"In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
24. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
By: Steve Magness
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness co… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
By: Anna Lembke
3.91
Format: 304 pages, ebook
This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delic… read more
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- nonfiction
"The reason we’re all so miserable may be because we’re working so hard to avoid being miserable."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"The paradox is that hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake, leads to anhedonia, which is the inability to enjoy pleasure of any kind."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"With prolonged and repeated exposure to pleasurable stimuli, our capacity to tolerate pain decreases, and our threshold for experiencing pleasure increases."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"Beyond extreme examples of running from pain, we’ve lost the ability to tolerate even minor forms of discomfort. We’re constantly seeking to distract ourselves from the present moment, to be entertai…"-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
26. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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- nonfiction
27. Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
By: John Gwynne
4.43
Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition
The Banished Lands is torn by war as High King Nathair sweeps the land challenging all who oppose h… read more
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"Don't punch at all if you can help it, he heard his father's voice, clear as if he were standing next to him, but if you must, punch first and punch hardest."-John Gwynne, Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
"I don't understand.' 'Yes, you do. You just do not want to. You humans are all the same. Willing to live a lie, any lie, as long as it is prettier than the truth. It's one of the few things that I lo…"-John Gwynne, Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
"He had had a taste of war now, though, and the thought of more of it filled him with dread. He was not scared, not of battle, anyway. It was more the knowledge of what came after - the loss of life, …"-John Gwynne, Valor (The Faithful and the Fallen, #2)
28. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
29. Termination Shock
By: Neal Stephenson
3.83
Format: 708 pages, Hardcover
A visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson's sweeping, prescient new nove… read more
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30. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
By: Rob Fitzpatrick
4.37
Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition
The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say y… read more
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- nonfiction
"The world’s most deadly fluff is: “I would definitely buy that."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Here’s the thing: only the market can tell if your idea is good. Everything else is just opinion."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Compliments are the fool’s gold of customer learning: shiny, distracting, and entirely worthless."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Trying to learn from customer conversations is like excavating a delicate archaeological site. The truth is down there somewhere, but it’s fragile."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
31. Pleasures of Small Motions: Mastering the Mental Game of Pocket Billiards
By: Bob Fancher
4.25
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A psychotherapist and pool columnist breaks new ground by applying good science to the mental game … read more
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