24 Best nonfiction books like Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company by Nicolai J. Foss

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Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company

By: Nicolai J. Foss

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on managers and hierarchy that bucks the trend of the lean, flat, leaderless organizati…

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1. Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

By: Catherine M. Pittman , Elizabeth M. Karle

4.12

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market: Government and Economy by Murray N. Rothbard

2. Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market: Government and Economy

By: Murray N. Rothbard

4.48

Format: 1544 pages, Hardcover

Murray N. Rothbard's great treatise Man, Economy, and State and its complementary text Power and Ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"We have seen in detail above that the ultimate earnings of factors go to the owners of labor and of ground land and, as interest, to capitalists. If land can be capitalized, does this not mean that l…"

-Murray N. Rothbard, Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market: Government and Economy

"There can be a reserve demand for a depletable resource, just as there is speculative reserve demand for any other stock of goods on the market. This speculation is not simple wickedness, however; it…"

-Murray N. Rothbard, Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market: Government and Economy

"One of the frequent attacks on the behavior of the free market is based on the Georgist bugbear of natural resources held off the market for speculative purposes. We have dealt with this alleged prob…"

-Murray N. Rothbard, Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market: Government and Economy

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3. Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

By: Peter T. Leeson

3.91

Format: 20 pages, Hardcover

Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! "The Invisible Hook" takes readers i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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4. Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard: How to Achieve Super Perfotrade Like a Stock Market Wizard: How to Achieve Super Performance in Stocks in Any Market Rmance in Stocks in Any Market

By: Mark Minervini

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The investor's guide to SUPERPERFORMANCE! For first time ever, U.S. Investing Champion Mark Minervi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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5. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

By: Leil Lowndes

3.78

Format: 112 pages, ebook

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills."-- Larry King "The lost a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business

6. Managing Oneself

By: Peter F. Drucker

4.00

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to t… read more

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7. Mendeleyev's Dream

By: Paul Strathern

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Trade Paperback

What is the world made of? The ancient Greeks speculated about earth, air, fire, and water; today w… read more

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8. Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban

By: Andrew Stellman , Jennifer Greene

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Agile revolutionized the way people think about developing software, but there are literally dozens… read more

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9. Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , J. Richard Gott III , None

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Welcome to the Universeis a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three … read more

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10. The Male Brain

By: Louann Brizendine

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eager… read more

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11. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

By: Walter Isaacson

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

The computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people k… read more

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12. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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13. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

By: Steve Magness

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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14. Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

By: Kelly Starrett

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Simple and proven physical practices designed to improve the way your body feels—less stiffness! fe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. The 6 Types of Working Genius

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.15

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that w… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • buisness
Cover of 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

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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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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17. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

By: Tim Urban

4.28

Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"

-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

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18. Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building

By: Claire Hughes Johnson

4.29

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most impo… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • buisness
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19. Everything is Figureoutable

By: Marie Forleo

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Do you ever have trouble finishing what you start? Do amazing ideas come to you all the time but af… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Bullshit makes good fertilizer."

-Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

"Clarity comes from engagement, not thought!"

-Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

"...a fall is never final unless you stay on the ground."

-Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

"There's a difference between owning your choices and blaming yourself."

-Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

Cover of The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans by Bill Hammack

20. The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans

By: Bill Hammack

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Discover the secret method used to build the world… For millennia, humans have used one simple m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Adrift: America in 100 Charts by Scott Galloway

21. Adrift: America in 100 Charts

By: Scott Galloway

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examinatio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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22. You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why

By: Eric Thomas

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Eric Thomas moves, inspires, encourages, and challenges people to reac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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23. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

By: Ashlee Vance

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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24. Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

By: Kieran Setiya

3.58

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022" Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challeng… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. La Disparition de Josef Mengele

By: Olivier Guez

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

1949 : Josef Mengele arrive en Argentine. Caché derrière divers pseudonymes, l’ancien médecin tor… read more

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26. Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters

By: Laura Vanderkam

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“An indispensable manual... Tranquility by Tuesday offers plenty of inspiration for a more serene l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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27. The Argument Hangover: Empowering Couples to Fight Smarter and Overcome Communication Pitfalls

By: Aaron Freeman

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Learn how you and your partner can fight smarter, communicate like pros, and handle any challenge a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Let That Sh*t Go: How to Find Peace of Mind When You're Standing in Line at the Grocery Store

By: Kate Petriw

3.80

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Life is stressful as f*ck. But it doesn’t have to be. It’s no wonder you can’t calm down: your to-… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Switch Craft: Harnessing the Power of Mental Agility to Transform Your Life

By: Elaine Fox

3.73

Format: 256 pages, ebook

"In clear and accessible language, Elaine Fox shows how psychological science can help you to be ag… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World

By: J. Doyne Farmer

4.38

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Doyne Farmer is the world's leading thinker on technological change. For decades he has focused on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company by Nicolai J. Foss

31. Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company

By: Nicolai J. Foss

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on managers and hierarchy that bucks the trend of the lean, flat, leaderless organizati… read more

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  • buisness

17 must-read business books like Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company by Nicolai J. Foss

Transform Your Habits

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Murray N. Rothbard

4.48

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Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

Peter T. Leeson

3.91

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Mark Minervini

0.00

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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Peter Attia

4.37

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Arthur C. Brooks

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