Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
By: Michele Gelfand
3.73
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reve…
Want to Read $ 11.99"As threats crop up, groups tighten. As threats subside, groups loosen. Threats don't even even need to be real. As long as people perceive a threat, the perception can be as powerful as objective reality."-Michele Gelfand, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
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1. Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
By: Jim Collins , Morten T. Hansen , Jim Collins
4.10
Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition
Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreak… read more
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"Interestingly, we instinctively chase after pleasure believing it to be the source of sustainable happiness. Many of us spend most of our time and energy chasing pleasure, sometimes enjoying flow, an…"-Jim Collins, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
2. The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class
By: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us all… read more
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3. Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
By: Anne Lamott
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an honest, funny book about how to make sens… read more
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4. The Cloud of Unknowing
By: Anonymous , James Walsh
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Widely considered a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality, The Cloud of Unknowing is an a… read more
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5. The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
By: Maria Konnikova
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Timesbestselling author of Mastermind, a compelling investigation into the minds,… read more
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6. Immortality, Inc.
By: Robert Sheckley
3.36
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1959 as a startling, revolutionary novel of the future, then pushed to new cinem… read more
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7. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
By: Niall Ferguson
3.93
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, b… read more
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"The British Empire was the nearest thing there has ever been to a world government. Yet its mode of operation was a triumph of minimalism."-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"In the end, the British sacrificed her Empire to stop the Germans, Japanese and Italians from keeping theirs. Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire's other sins?"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"Between the early 1600s and the 1950s, more than 20 million people left the British Isles to begin new lives across the seas. Only a minority ever returned. No other country in the world came close t…"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
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8. Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America
By: Alissa Quart
3.37
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Families today are squeezed on every side—from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies t… read more
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9. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
By: David McRaney
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not … read more
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10. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
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11. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
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12. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more
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13. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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14. The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
By: Paul Bloom
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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15. The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
By: Patrick Lencioni
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Shay was still angry but shrugged nonchalantly as if to say, it's not that big of a deal. "So, what… read more
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16. Magic Words
By: Jonah Berger
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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17. Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
By: Reid Hoffman
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Foreword by Bill Gates LinkedIn cofounder, legendary investor, and host of the award-winning Maste… read more
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18. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays
By: Ann Leary
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from t… read more
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19. Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
By: Chris J. Anderson
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of huma… read more
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20. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
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**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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21. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Johann Hari
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more
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22. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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23. How to Survive in Ancient Rome
By: L.J. Trafford
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. Ho… read more
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24. Homeward
By: Angela Jackson-Brown
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The country is changing, and her own world is being turned upside down. Nothing—and no one—will eve… read more
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25. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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26. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
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27. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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28. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
By: Michele Gelfand
3.73
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reve… read more
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29. The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems
By: Paulo Savaget
3.51
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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30. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
By: Oliver Burkeman
4.51
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more
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31. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more
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