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"For fans of Sorry to Bother You and Wolf of Wall Street: a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime-a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he ...
Daniel Pink
2022-07-23T19:00:50.000Z
Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret Signals That Direct Our Lives
"A theory explaining cultural differences between countries and individuals based on the rigidity with which they adhere--or don't--to 'social norms'"--...
Daniel Pink
2022-07-17T19:00:48.000ZWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARTime, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Slate, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vox, Variety, Christian Science Monitor, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, Literary Hub, BuzzFeed, The New York Public LibraryNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWA...
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2022-07-11T19:01:11.000ZThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined t...
Daniel Pink
2022-07-06T19:01:19.000Z
Sleepwalk
A Novel
"[Chaon] does madcap well and likes his characters, even the killers -- especially the killers." --The New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceAn Indie Next pick for June 2022Named a Best Book of Spring by EsquireNamed a Best Book of Summer by The Chicago Tribune Named a Best Book of May by The Philadelphia InquirerAn ...
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2022-06-07T16:03:00.000ZFrom one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice.We do not have to be racist to be biased. With a perspective that is both scientific, investigative, and also...
Daniel Pink
2022-05-18T19:01:03.000ZAlso recommended by
Jeff RaikesA surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our cultureWhy do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why do the lonely find it hard to make friends? These questions seem unconnected, y...
Daniel Pink
2022-05-02T19:01:02.000Z
The Stoic Challenge
A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
Ancient Stoic insights combined with modern psychological research help us overcome—and even benefit from—everyday obstacles.Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired, but fortunately this is not the case. Philosopher William B. Irvine combines key lessons from the ancient Stoic...
Daniel Pink
2022-04-26T19:01:09.000ZIn a landmark article published in the esteemed Harvard Business Review, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton addressed a taboo topic that affects every workplace: employees who are insensitive to their colleagues, corporate bullies, bosses who just don't get it, the kind of people who make you exclaim in exasperation, "What an asshole!"N...
Daniel Pink
2022-04-05T19:01:30.000ZSince it was first published in David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business titles of its era, and the book on personal organisation. 'GTD' has become shorthand for an entire way of approaching the professional and personal tasks everyone faces in life, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organisatio...
Daniel Pink
2022-03-27T19:00:43.000ZThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Leif and the Fall by Allison Sweet Grant
The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Sunny Days by David Kamp
Together by Vivek H Murthy
Think Like a Rocket Scientist by Ozan Varol
Learning by Heart by Tony Wagner
Weird by Olga Khazan
The Cactus League by Emily Nemens
Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson
Hit Makers by Derek Thompson
Infomocracy by Malka Older
Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss
Cumulus by Eliot Peper
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Levels of the Game by John McPhee
Give and Take by Adam Grant
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
Quiet by Susan Cain
The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
A Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller