17 best-selling business books like Michael O'Leary: Turbulent Times for the Man Who Made Ryanair by Matt Cooper

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Michael O'Leary: Turbulent Times for the Man Who Made Ryanair

By: Matt Cooper

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

September 2017. Ryanair cancels over 700,000 bookings and its powerful PR juggernaut comes shudderi…

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1. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

By: Phil Knight

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight share… read more

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  • business
"We must all be professors of the jungle."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"maybe the cure for any burnout is to work harder."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to—equally important qualities in a friend."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

"Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment."

-Phil Knight, Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

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2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more

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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

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3. Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

By: Matthew Syed

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront… read more

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  • business
"Creativity is, in many respects, a response."

-Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

"Overcoming the blame tendency is a defining issue in the corporate world. Ben Dattner, a psychologist and organizational consultant, tells of an experience when he was working at the Republic Nationa…"

-Matthew Syed, Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do

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4. Confessions of an Advertising Man

By: David Ogilvy , Alan Parker

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

David Ogilvy was an advertising genius. At the age of 37, he founded the New York-based agency that… read more

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  • biography
  • business

5. 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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  • biography
  • business
Cover of To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History by Lawrence Levy

6. To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

By: Lawrence Levy

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success? "Hi, Lawrence?" the caller asked. "This … read more

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  • biography
  • business
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7. Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

By: Robert Anderson , Ray Kroc

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Few entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. … read more

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  • business

8. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the… read more

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9. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

By: Ben Horowitz

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

A lot of people talk about how great it is to start a business, but only Ben Horowitz is brutally h… read more

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10. Principles: Life and Work

By: Jeremy Bobb , Ray Dalio

3.99

Format: None pages, Audio CD

#1 New York Times Bestseller "Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." … read more

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11. Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

By: Alex Ferguson

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in th… read more

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12. My Life And Work

By: Henry Ford

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

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13. Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator

By: Richard Aldous

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tony Ryan was one of the greatest Irishmen of the twentieth century. Ingenious, driven and sometime… read more

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14. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

By: Bill Browder

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder o… read more

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15. Trump: The Art of the Deal

By: Donald J. Trump , Tony Schwartz

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Trump reveals the business secrets that have made him America's foremost deal maker! "I like thinki… read more

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16. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

By: Roger Fisher , Bruce Patton , William Ury

3.95

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Describes a method of negotiation that isolates problems, focuses on interests, creates new options… read more

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  • business
"Never yield to pressure, only to principle."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

"Recast an attack on you as an attack on the problem."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

"Sidestep their attack and deflect it against the problem."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

"Rather than resisting the other side’s criticism, invite it."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

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17. 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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  • business
"[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

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18. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • biography
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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19. 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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  • business
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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20. The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

By: Andrew Chen

4.19

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen H… read more

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  • business
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21. How To Build A Car

By: Adrian Newey

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but ne… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar

22. Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

By: Colin Bryar

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best p… read more

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  • business
"I can say confidently that the extra time we spent slowing down to uncover the necessary truths was ultimately a faster path to a large and successful business."

-Colin Bryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

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23. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

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  • business
Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

24. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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25. The Trading Game: A Confession

By: Gary Stevenson

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more

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  • business
Cover of Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy

26. Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.23

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explo… read more

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"The Soviets had to choose whether to show Blix the toilet facilities and hide the super-secret radar or vice versa."

-Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

"The world has already been overwhelmed by one Chernobyl and one exclusion zone. It cannot afford any more. It must learn its lessons from what happened in and around Chernobyl on April 26, 1986."

-Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

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27. 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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  • business
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28. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

By: Reed Hastings

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder… read more

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  • business
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29. The Shortest History of the Soviet Union

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

3.85

Format: None pages, ebook

In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defie… read more

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"Huge amounts of blood were shed to make and maintain the Soviet Union. Some of it was the blood of idealists, some of thugs and careerists, but most of it was the blood of ordinary people whose main …"

-Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union

"The Marxist prediction that capitalism would ultimately collapse and be replaced by socialism (Khrushchev’s tactless ‘We will bury you!’) had been a comfort to Soviet Communists as they struggled aga…"

-Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union

Cover of Michael O'Leary: Turbulent Times for the Man Who Made Ryanair by Matt Cooper

30. Michael O'Leary: Turbulent Times for the Man Who Made Ryanair

By: Matt Cooper

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

September 2017. Ryanair cancels over 700,000 bookings and its powerful PR juggernaut comes shudderi… read more

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31. Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8)

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.40

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessab… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Confessions of an Advertising Man

David Ogilvy , Alan Parker

3.95

Against the Odds: An Autobiography

James Dyson

3.32

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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

Lawrence Levy

3.32

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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

4.47

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The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company

David A. Price

3.95

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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

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