The Mr. X Interviews: Volume 1: World Views from a Fictional US Sovereign Creditor
By: Luke Gromen
4.36
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
How is the US’ relationship with the world changing after the 2008 financial crisis? Why is that re…
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1. The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
By: Lionel Shriver
3.70
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. The very essence of American life, the dollar, is… read more
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"Economics doesn't reward nice. It rewards smart."-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
"Yet what best protected privacy wasn't concealment but apathy - the fact that other people simply weren't interested."-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
"They still want credit for being tolerant, without taking the rap for the fact that you only ‘tolerate’ what you can’t stand."-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
"What do you make of the proposition that the definition of a truly free society is a place where you can still get away with something?"-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
2. The Lessons of History
By: Will Durant , Ariel Durant
4.07
Format: 119 pages, Hardcover
In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for th… read more
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"We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"Democracy is the most difficult of all forms of government, since it requires the widest spread of intelligence, and we forgot to make ourselves intelligent when we made ourselves sovereign."-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
"We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow he…"-Will Durant, The Lessons of History
3. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
By: Roger Lowenstein
4.20
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
“A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk … read more
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- finance
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4. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
5. The Drawing of the Three
By: Stephen King
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
In 1978, Stephen King introduced the world to the last gunslinger, Roland of Gilead. Nothing has be… read more
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6. Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
By: Jed McKenna
3.84
Format: 224 pages,
Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment Isn't ~One~ Kind of Enlightenment -- It's the ~Only~ Kind :: TH… read more
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7. Ego Is the Enemy
By: Ryan Holiday
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive, visionary geniuses who remade the worl… read more
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8. The Waste Lands
By: Stephen King , Ned Dameron
3.80
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Roland, The Last Gunslinger, moves ever closer to The Dark Tower of his dreams and nightmares--as h… read more
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9. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
10. The DAO of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
By: Ron Paul , Mark Spitznagel
3.73
Format: None pages, ebook
As today's preeminent doomsday investor Mark Spitznagel describes his Daoistand roundaboutinvestmen… read more
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11. Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing
By: Jed McKenna
4.33
Format: 260 pages,
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12. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
By: Thomas Sowell
3.49
Format: 16 pages, Hardcover
This is the revised and enlarged edition of a new kind of introduction to economics for the general… read more
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13. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
By: Liaquat Ahamed
4.19
Format: 144 pages,
With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late … read more
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14. The Gunslinger
By: Stephen King
3.56
Format: None pages,
Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionin 1978, the p… read more
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15. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
By: W. Timothy Gallwey , Zach Kleinman , Pete Carroll
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and… read more
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16. The Way of Zen
By: Alan W. Watts
4.17
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up t… read more
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"I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"A te elibera de convenție nu înseamnă a o refuza cu dispreț, ci a nu fi amăgit de ea. Înseamnă a fi capabil să o folosești ca pe un instrument, nu a fi folosit de ea."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
17. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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18. Spiritual Warfare
By: Jed McKenna
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Book Three of Jed McKenna's Enlightenment Trilogy: Guns and bombs are children's toys. A true war w… read more
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19. The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
By: Ichiro Kishimi
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our re… read more
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"All you can do in regard to your own life is choose the best path that you believe in."-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
"But is being normal, being ordinary, really such a bad thing? Is it something inferior? Or, in truth, isn't everybody normal?"-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
"Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy."-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
"Look, no matter how much you want to be Y, you cannot be reborn as him. You are not Y. It's okay for you to be you. However, I am not saying it's fine to be 'just as you are'. If you are unable to re…"-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
20. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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21. Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
By: Ryan Holiday
4.04
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday's best… read more
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"Start small...on something big."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
"You can also commit injustice by doing nothing."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
"History is written with blood, sweat, and tears, and it is etched into eternity by the quiet endurance of courageous people."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
22. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
By: Ray Dalio
4.28
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has s… read more
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23. Stillness Is the Key
By: Ryan Holiday
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more
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"Build a life you don't need to escape from."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
24. Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
By: Lyn Alden
4.70
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
A Comprehensive Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Money Broken Money explores the histo… read more
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25. The Blocksize War: The battle for control over Bitcoin’s protocol rules
By: Jonathan Bier
4.24
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
This book covers Bitcoin’s blocksize war, which was waged from August 2015 to November 2017. On the… read more
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26. 21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole
By: Gigi
4.02
Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition
Falling down the Bitcoin rabbit hole is a strange experience. Like many others, I feel like I have … read more
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27. The Fiat Standard: Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization
By: Saifedean Ammous
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Fiat Standard, world-renowned economist Saifedean Ammous applies his unique analytical lens … read more
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28. Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
By: David Goggins
4.44
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call! Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoi… read more
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"Whatever it takes for you to believe that you're better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valian…"-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
"We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will b…"-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
"Back in SEAL training, I loved when people froze up and quit. I felt it elevated me in some way, but that was ego-driven immaturity and poor leadership. These days, I consider my business to make eve…"-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
29. Central Banking 101
By: Joseph J. Wang
4.41
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Central banking is magic. With a few words, the Fed can lift the stock market out of desperation an… read more
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30. Snow Crash
By: Neal Stephenson
4.02
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) modern classic that coined the term "me… read more
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"They made data a controlled substance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"To condense fact from the vapor of nuance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"I just saved your fucking life, Mom. . . . You could at least offer me an Oreo."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
31. The Mr. X Interviews: Volume 1: World Views from a Fictional US Sovereign Creditor
By: Luke Gromen
4.36
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
How is the US’ relationship with the world changing after the 2008 financial crisis? Why is that re… read more
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