The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry
By: Raj Kumar
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Tech entrepreneurs bring their thinking to "giving..".bringing a data-driven, results oriented appr…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Private philanthropy might just be able to make United Nations agencies, international organizations, and government more effective in a way that just increasing taxes on billionaires can't."-Raj Kumar, The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry
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1. The Intelligent Investor
By: Benjamin Graham , Jason Zweig , Warren Buffett
4.25
Format: 623 pages, Paperback
More than one million hardcovers soldNow available for the first time in paperback! The Classic … read more
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2. Ikigai
By: Francesc Miralles , Héctor García
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
"Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." --Japanese proverb According to t… read more
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3. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
By: Niall Ferguson , Dambisa Moyo
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
4. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
By: Cal Newport
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more
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5. Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
By: Carmine Gallo
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sel… read more
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6. The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
By: Daniel Coyle
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Hardcover
An essential book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides readers with a … read more
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7. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
By: Yvon Chouinard
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and fo… read more
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8. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more
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9. What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
By: Michael J. Sandel
3.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for… read more
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10. Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
By: Ethan Kross
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
AN AWARD-WINNING PSYCHOLOGIST REVEALS THE HIDDEN POWER OF OUR INNER VOICE AND SHOWS HOW WE CAN HARN… read more
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- business
"When supporting others, we need to offer the comfort of Kirk and the intellect of Spock."-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"The same brain circuitry that becomes active when we are attracted to someone or consume desirable substances (everything from cocaine to chocolate) also activates when we share information about our…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
"We often think of fight or flight as the main defensive reaction human beings turn to when faced with a threat. When under stress, we flee or hunker down for the impending battle. While this reaction…"-Ethan Kross, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
11. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
By: Brian Christian
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement … read more
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"Curiosity bred competence."-Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
12. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
By: Samantha Power
4.34
Format: 592 pages, ebook
Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rig… read more
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- nonfiction
"The world is filled with broken places. Pick your battles, and go win some."-Samantha Power, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
"Agency. Self-determination. Dignity. Solidarity. We could not discount the potential impact of even one such altered perspective on a young girl, her family, and, eventually, on an entire community."-Samantha Power, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
"The ugly political winds in the United States contrasted sharply with the earnest gravity of the occasion. Donald Trump had launched his campaign for president on a platform that blatantly stoked fea…"-Samantha Power, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
13. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
By: Hans Rosling
4.36
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporti… read more
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- economics
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"Free access to data doesn’t turn into knowledge without effort"-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
"Something frightening poses a perceived risk. Something dangerous poses a real risk."-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
"We like to believe that things happen because someone wanted them to, that individuals have power and agency: otherwise, the world feels unpredictable, confusing, and frightening."-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
"Does saying "things are improving" imply that everything is fine, and we should all relax and not worry? No, not at all. Is it helpful to have to choose between bad and improving? Definitely not. It'…"-Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
14. Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs
By: Reid Hoffman
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scalin… read more
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- business
15. The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
By: Daniel Yergin
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Yea… read more
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- economics
- business
"У 1976 в газеті "Вечірній Ленінград" з'явилася стаття про досі невідомого дзюдоїста, що переміг у змаганнях і здобув звання чемпіона. "Люди ще почують про нього в майбутньому", передбачало видання. Т…"-Daniel Yergin, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
16. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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17. Surrounded by Idiots
By: Thomas Erikson
3.50
Format: 11 pages, Audiobook
A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Id… read more
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- business
"... the Green's inability to change."-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots
"Communication happens on the listener’s terms"-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots
"The analytical Blues are calm, levelheaded, and think before they speak."-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots
"Rhetoric isn't the art of talking but rather the art of getting others to listen."-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots
18. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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- economics
"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
19. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
By: Melinda French Gates
4.28
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
A debut from Forbes' third most powerful woman in the world, Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary … read more
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"When it’s “he said/she said,"-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
"Overcoming the need to create outsiders is our greatest challenge as human beings."-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
"…contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created."-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
"It's the mark of a backward society - or a society moving backward - when decisions are made for women by men."-Melinda French Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
20. Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
By: Rajiv Shah
3.79
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Rajiv J. Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of President Barack… read more
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- economics
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21. The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry
By: Raj Kumar
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Tech entrepreneurs bring their thinking to "giving..".bringing a data-driven, results oriented appr… read more
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"Private philanthropy might just be able to make United Nations agencies, international organizations, and government more effective in a way that just increasing taxes on billionaires can't."-Raj Kumar, The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry
