The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay
By: Friederike Fabritius
4.09
Format: 242 pages, ebook
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A smart, science-based approach to retaining your talent and maki…
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1. No Contest: The Case Against Competition: Why We Lose in Our Race to Win
By: Alfie Kohn
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competiti… read more
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2. 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
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3. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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"Buy potatoes,"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
4. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more
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5. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
By: Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler
3.84
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
From the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein: a r… read more
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"Just as no building lacks an architecture, so no choice lacks a context."-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
"As good architects know, seemingly arbitrary decisions, such as where to locate the bathrooms, will have subtle influences on how the people who use the building interact. Every trip to the bathroom …"-Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
6. Against the Odds: An Autobiography
By: James Dyson
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
The maverick inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner recounts how he succeeded against the odds to b… read more
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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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- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
8. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
By: Nate Silver
3.75
Format: None pages,
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 elec… read more
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9. Thinking in Systems: A Primer
By: Donella H. Meadows , None
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meadows' Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on… read more
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10. The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
By: Shawn Achor
4.00
Format: 96 pages, ebook
Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work har… read more
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11. To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others
By: Daniel H. Pink
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York TimesBusiness Bestseller #1 Wall StreetJournalBusiness Bestseller #1 Washington Postbe… read more
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12. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
By: Charles T. Munger , None
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more
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"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
13. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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- business
"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
14. 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
- nonfiction
- business
- leadership
15. Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life
By: Marie Kondō
3.47
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Declutter your desk and brighten up your business with this transformative guide from an organizati… read more
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- business
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"Another way of building trust is to authentically delegate. Don't assign someone work and then constantly monitor their progress and ignore their ideas."-Marie Kondō, Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life
16. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
By: Shane Parrish
4.21
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more
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"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
17. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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- self help
18. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
By: Kevin Kelly
4.23
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more
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"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
19. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
20. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
By: James Nestor
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more
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21. 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
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"Brevity is confidence. Length is fear."-Jim Vandehei, Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less
22. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
By: Salman Khan
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more
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23. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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24. Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
By: Bradley Hope
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of t… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
25. Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire
By: Dan Martell
4.41
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Wall Street Journal Bestseller Learn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your company and gr… read more
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- business
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26. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
By: Michael Lewis
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
“Brilliant. . . . Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncerta… read more
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"Regret was the ham in the back of the deli that caused people to switch from turkey to roast beef."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic universe. In this match, surprises are expected."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours"-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"The way it feels to me,' he said, 'is that there were certain ideas that I was put on this earth to think. And now I can think them."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
27. Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life (And how anyone can harness it. Even you.)
By: Jennifer Aaker
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Anyone--even you!--can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the… read more
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"Having a sense of humor — both the ability to generate humor and to appreciate it — has repeatedly been found to correlate with measures of intelligence."-Jennifer Aaker, Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life (And how anyone can harness it. Even you.)
28. The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
By: William Stixrud
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on rais… read more
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"Society thrives on the diverse talents of its people."-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
"The reality is that we become successful in this world by working hard at something that comes easily to us, and that engages us."-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
29. The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
By: Christopher Leonard
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of Ameri… read more
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30. The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything
By: Matthew L. Ball
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ― United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and China ( Wall Street Journal, … read more
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31. The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay
By: Friederike Fabritius
4.09
Format: 242 pages, ebook
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A smart, science-based approach to retaining your talent and maki… read more
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