Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
By: Tyler Cowen
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Widely acclaimed as one of the world's most influential economists, Tyler Cowen returns with his gr…
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By: Rich Cohen
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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2. 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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3. Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
By: Theodore Dalrymple
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
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4. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more
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5. Consider the Oyster
By: M.F.K. Fisher
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
M.F.K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that m… read more
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6. Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
By: Tyler Cowen
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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7. Beauty
By: Roger Scruton
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
"Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane," writes Roger Scruton. "It can be exhilarati… read more
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8. For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
By: Ayn Rand
4.14
Format: 152 pages,
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9. The Satanic Verses
By: Salman Rushdie
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
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10. Linear Algebra and Its Applications
By: Gilbert Strang
3.93
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11. How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint Of Everything
By: Mike Berners-Lee
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
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12. Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
By: Jane McGonigal
3.93
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
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13. The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
By: Peter Zeihan
4.42
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14. The Anti-capitalistic Mentality
By: Ludwig von Mises , Bettina Bien Greaves
4.09
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15. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
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16. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
By: Peter Attia
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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17. 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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18. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
By: Cal Newport
3.73
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more
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19. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
By: Annie Duke
4.18
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20. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
By: Jimmy Soni
4.23
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21. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
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22. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
By: Russell "Russ" Roberts
3.81
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4.07
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25. The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It
By: Marty Makary
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By: Pekka Hämäläinen
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29. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
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30. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
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