As Little Design as Possible
By: Jonathan Ive
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century. Even if you …
Want to Read"So much of what we try to do is get to a point where the solution seems inevitable: you know, you think "of course it's that way, why would it be any other way?" It looks so obvious, but that sense of inevitability in the solution is really hard to achieve."-Jonathan Ive, As Little Design as Possible
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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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- nonfiction
- biography
- entrepreneurship
"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
2. The Art of War
By: Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary
3.95
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chines… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Never venture, never win!"-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"Danger has a bracing effect."-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"The wise warrior avoids the battle."-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"If his forces are united, separate them."-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
3. Alexander the Great
By: Philip Freeman
4.31
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. Mastery
By: Robert Greene
4.26
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."-Robert Greene, Mastery
"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."-Robert Greene, Mastery
5. The Days of Abandonment
By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein
3.87
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
A national bestseller for almost an entire year, The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its… read more
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"I'm dead, but I'm fine."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
"The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
"We don't know anything about people, even those with whom we share everything."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
"Success depends on the capacity to manipulate the obvious with calculated precision."-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment
6. 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
"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
"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
"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
7. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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- architecture
- art
- nonfiction
8. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- nonfiction
"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
9. 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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- art
- nonfiction
- design
10. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
By: Pedro Domingos
5.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"Wonderfully erudite, humorous, and easy to read." --KDNuggets In the world's top research labs and… read more
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- nonfiction
11. Meditations
By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #2)
By: Drew Karpyshyn
2.33
Format: None pages,
In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping… read more
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13. Dynasty of Evil (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #3)
By: Drew Karpyshyn
3.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, demolished the ancient o… read more
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14. 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
By: Matthew Frederick
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks… read more
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15. The Pearl
By: John Steinbeck
3.54
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf be… read more
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"What have I to fear but starvation?" Kino asked."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
"In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
"It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
"We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
16. The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more
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17. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
By: Peter Thiel , Blake Masters
4.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. The great secret of our time is … read more
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18. Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
By: Leander Kahney
3.88
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
"Different and new is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard." --Jon… read more
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19. Path of Destruction (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #1)
By: Drew Karpyshyn
5.00
Format: None pages,
Once the Sith order teemed with followers. But their rivalries divided them in endless battles for … read more
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20. White Noise
By: Don DeLillo
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more
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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
21. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- design
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
22. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
By: Ken Kocienda
4.06
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. Hundreds… read more
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- biography
- design
- entrepreneurship
24. Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
By: Adam Rutherford
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Control is … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"However, if your understanding of a science extends only to the point where your political preconceptions are supported, then you are an ideologue, not a scientist."-Adam Rutherford, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
"The press loves a heretic, especially one who can set fire to things and then walk away to look for the next pile of kindling. It is more problematic when the arsonist is in the heart of government, …"-Adam Rutherford, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
25. As Little Design as Possible
By: Jonathan Ive
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential product designers of the twentieth century. Even if you … read more
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- architecture
- art
- history
- biography
- art design
- entrepreneurship
- nonfiction
- design
- reference
- education
"So much of what we try to do is get to a point where the solution seems inevitable: you know, you think "of course it's that way, why would it be any other way?" It looks so obvious, but that sense o…"-Jonathan Ive, As Little Design as Possible
