Dangerously Sleepy: Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness
By: Alan Derickson
3.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Workers in the United States are losing sleep. In the global economy a growing number of employees …
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1. The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul
By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting… read more
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2. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
By: Adam Rutherford
4.03
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to… read more
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"We look to statistics for reassurance in these types of situations. Here is one: 100% of mass shootings have been enabled by access to guns. I can guarantee that even if there were a genotype shared …"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
"(...) prawo Godwina (tendencja do pojawiania się wzmianki o Hitlerze w przedłużających się dyskusjach w sieci) lub prawo nagłówków Betteridge'a (jeśli nagłówek zawiera pytanie, odpowiedź prawdopodobn…"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
3. The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
By: Adam Gazzaley , Larry D. Rosen
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our abili… read more
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- nonfiction
4. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
5. Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice
By: Adam Benforado
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
"A law professor sounds an explosive alarm on the hidden unfairness of our legal system." --Kirkus … read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
By: Alex Epstein
4.12
Format: None pages,
A sure-to-be-controversial defense of the fossil fuel industry Conventional wisdom says fossil fuel… read more
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7. Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
"Rest is such a valuable book. If work is our national religion, Pang is the philosopher reintegrat… read more
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- nonfiction
8. The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
By: None , Edward E. Ericson Jr. , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4.32
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prison… read more
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- history
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"To taste the sea, all one needs is one gulp."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
9. Focus: The Future of Your Company Depends on It
By: Al Ries , Laura Ries
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
What's the secret to a company's continued growth and prosperity? Internationally known marketing e… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets
By: Kevin Maney , Al Ramadan , Dave Peterson , Christopher Lochhead
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companie… read more
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- nonfiction
11. The Art of Travel
By: Alain de Botton
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Any Baedeker will tell us wherewe ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us howand why… read more
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12. How to Think More About Sex
By: Alain de Botton
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Covering such topics as adultery, lust, pornography and impotence, Alain de Botton argues that 21st… read more
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13. The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career Job, and Waking Up Excited for Work Every Day
By: None , None
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Remember the days when, for the vast majority of workers, a job was (at best) a means to a paycheck… read more
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14. Living in Your Top 1%: Nine Essential Rituals to Achieve Your Ultimate Life Goals
By: None
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULD SUCCEED AT ANYTHING YOU SET YOUR MIND TO . . . WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Regardless … read more
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15. Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders
By: Adam Morgan
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Eating the Big Fish, Adam Morgan offers hands-on advice, examples, and useful information to the… read more
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16. Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
By: Alan Sokal , Jean Bricmont
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
In 1996, Alan Sokal published an essay in the hip intellectual magazine Social Textparodying the sc… read more
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17. Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself
By: Alejandro Junger
4.80
Format: 360 pages,
A Life-Changing Medical BreakthroughClean is an M.D.'s program designed to be easily incorporated i… read more
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18. Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want
By: Alexandra H. Solomon
4.75
Format: 14 pages, Paperback
Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner, you must first become a good partner… read more
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19. The Wild Diet: Get Back to Your Roots, Burn Fat, and Drop Up to 20 Pounds in 40 Days
By: Abel James
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
As seen on ABC's My Diet Is Better Than Yours Abel James, creator of the wildly popular The Fat-Bur… read more
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20. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
By: Alex Hutchinson
4.13
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more
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21. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
By: Adam Kay
4.12
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Twas The Nightshift Before Christm… read more
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"Who's that you can see in his suit of magenta? It's me - I've been soaked head to toe in placenta."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says; 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake'."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"ENT is commonly known as Early Nights and Tennis - a good choice of specialty if you like a quiet Christmas. See also, dermaholiday."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"I ask why. then remember why most people do most things, and thus find myself introduced - at the tender age of twenty-four - to the sexual kink of mummification."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
22. The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
By: Amy C. Edmondson
3.99
Format: 233 pages, Hardcover
Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy The Fearless Organization: Creati… read more
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23. If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
By: Alan Alda
3.86
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
From iconic actor and bestselling author Alan Alda, an indispensable guide to communicating better—… read more
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"The trouble with a lecture is that it answers questions that haven't been asked."-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"You're going to learn if something's bad. It's not like you're going to say, 'Well, that lion was really unpleasant. I think maybe I'll come back here and see if I like it the next time."-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"I came to the conclusion that, even in life, unless I’m responding with my whole self—unless, in fact, I’m willing to be changed by you—I’m probably not really listening. But if I do listen—openly, n…"-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"I would come in armed with only curiosity, and my own natural ignorance. I was learning the value of bringing my ignorance to the surface... Ignorance was my ally, as long as it was backed up by curi…"-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
24. The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes
By: Alya Mooro
3.76
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
The greater freedom is to be who you actually are; to be able to live your life in the way you deem… read more
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25. Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
By: Abby Norman
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir… read more
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"I was not a ghost. I was a little girl with needs and wants and allergies. Still, I hung soundlessly, as weightlessly as I could, in the air. The living can haunt a house, too."-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
"In retrospect, that was the moment I realized my ignorance was going to exacerbate whatever the problem was, and that I had to prescribe myself some kind of medical education, at least as it pertaine…"-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
"So often we think that the truth is a static entity that exists only in a singular place--a place that we have to find. But I have come to realize that the answers I have been looking for, the truth …"-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
"Where a woman is in her menstrual cycle also influences how her body metabolizes, well, anything. Researchers know this: that's why, when they do include women in trials, they design the research so …"-Abby Norman, Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain
26. The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
By: Amanda Little
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and profes… read more
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"Most of us generate more planet-warming emissions from eating than we do from driving or flying. Food production now accounts for about a fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions annually, which means…"-Amanda Little, The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
27. The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
By: Allen Gannett
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Big data entrepreneur Allen Gannett overturns the mythology around creative genius, and reveals the… read more
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"People crave the familiar yet seek the novel."-Allen Gannett, The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
"To create something novel you must know what already exists."-Allen Gannett, The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
"You can't have insights about things you don't know anything about"-Allen Gannett, The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
"It is possible that any of us could dream the next great chart topper."-Allen Gannett, The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
28. Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
By: Ada Calhoun
3.69
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right… read more
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"Single women may still be marginalized or stigmatized even--some say especially--when they are happy about being single."-Ada Calhoun, Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
"Somehow for this generation of women, the belief that girls could do anything morphed into a directive that they must do everything."-Ada Calhoun, Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
"We are some of the best-educated human beings in history and among the first adults in recent American history in worse financial shape than our parents."-Ada Calhoun, Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
"It feels like every day there's another report of a company's bold new plan to cut costs and increase annual savings by "streamlining"--read: having fewer people do more work."-Ada Calhoun, Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
29. Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
By: Adam Fisher
4.09
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all ba… read more
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- nonfiction
30. What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being a Better Leader
By: Jules Goddard
3.65
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
For decades, we have looked to management theorists, organizational psychologists and economists to… read more
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31. Dangerously Sleepy: Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness
By: Alan Derickson
3.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Workers in the United States are losing sleep. In the global economy a growing number of employees … read more
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