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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
New York Times BestsellerIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let...
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new e...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-26T12:09:50.000ZAlso recommended by
Bill GatesEven the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-05T10:42:28.000ZWTF? can be an expression of amazement or an expression of dismay. In today’s economy, we have far too much dismay along with our amazement, and technology bears some of the blame. In this combination of memoir, business strategy guide, and call to action, Tim O'Reilly, Silicon Valley’s leading intellectual and the founder of O’Reilly Media, explor...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-03T11:51:49.000ZThe Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to ...
Victor Asemota
2020-12-01T09:44:56.000ZInsiders call it the Craft. Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society. Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Masonic influence became pervasive. Under Geo...
Victor Asemota
2020-11-08T22:57:34.000Z
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel has become the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove reveals his strategy of focusing on a new way of measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads--when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall ...
Victor Asemota
2020-08-25T10:48:18.000ZA black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that Black Swan events explain almost everything about our world, and yet we—especially the experts—are blind to them. In this second edition, Taleb has added a new essay,...
Victor Asemota
2020-08-25T09:42:03.000ZDrawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the...
Victor Asemota
2020-08-23T03:49:29.000ZNow in its fifth edition, Diffusion of Innovations is a classic work on the spread of new ideas. It has sold 30,000 copies in each edition and will continue to reach a huge academic audience.In this renowned book, Everett M. Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico, explains how new...
Victor Asemota
2020-08-20T12:26:46.000ZAtomic Habits by James Clear
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss
The Power of Moments by Chip Heath
The Innovation Blind Spot by Ross Baird
Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Breakout Nations by Ruchir Sharma
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer
The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson
The Predators' Ball The Junk Bond Raiders and the Man Who Staked Them by Connie Bruck
You Can Get Anything You Want by Roger Dawson