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Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy cover
Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy ↗ Viktor E. Frankl
How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations cover
How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations ↗ Carl Benedikt Frey
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why It Matters cover
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why It Matters ↗ Jesse Norman
Friedrich Hayek: A Biography cover
Friedrich Hayek: A Biography ↗ Alan Ebenstein
Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life cover
Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life ↗ Jonathan Sperber
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes cover
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes ↗ Zachary D. Carter
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit cover
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit ↗ Frank Knight
Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover
Debt: The First 5,000 Years ↗ David Graeber
The Alchemy of Finance cover
The Alchemy of Finance ↗ George Soros
Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare cover
Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare ↗ Juan Zarate
The Making of a Permabear: The Perils of Long-term Investing in a Short-term World cover
The Making of a Permabear: The Perils of Long-term Investing in a Short-term World ↗ Jeremy Grantham, Edward Chancellor
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk cover
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk ↗ Peter L. Bernstein
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism cover
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism ↗ Naomi Klein
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters cover
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters ↗ Richard Rumelt
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self cover
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self ↗ Andrea Wulf
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder cover
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder ↗ Nassim Taleb
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future cover
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future ↗ Sebastian Mallaby
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers cover
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers ↗ Will Durant
Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die cover
Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die ↗ Steven Nadler
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age cover
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age ↗ James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg
Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics cover
Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics ↗ Aristotle
The Practicing Stoic cover
The Practicing Stoic ↗ Ward Farnsworth
The Poverty of Historicism cover
The Poverty of Historicism ↗ Karl Popper
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy cover
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy ↗ Henry Kissinger
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order cover
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order ↗ Kai-Fu Lee
Civilization and Its Discontents cover
Civilization and Its Discontents ↗ Sigmund Freud
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? cover
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? ↗ Michael J. Sandel
Social Justice Fallacies cover
Social Justice Fallacies ↗ Thomas Sowell
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life cover
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life ↗ Luke Burgis
The History of Philosophy cover
The History of Philosophy ↗ A. C. Grayling
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition cover
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition ↗ Michael Inwood
Common Sense cover
Common Sense ↗ Thomas Paine
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History cover
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History ↗ Howard Bloom
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 cover
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 ↗ Max Hastings
This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments cover
This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America's National Monuments ↗ McKenzie Long
The Best Kind of American cover
The Best Kind of American ↗ Kim Ghattas
Recollections: An Autobiography cover
Recollections: An Autobiography ↗ Viktor E. Frankl
Nausea cover
Nausea ↗ Jean-Paul Sartre
The Creative Act: A Way of Being cover
The Creative Act: A Way of Being ↗ Rick Rubin
The Science of Storytelling cover
The Science of Storytelling ↗ Will Storr
Micromegas cover
Micromegas ↗ Voltaire
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! cover
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! ↗ Richard P. Feynman
The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook cover
The Socratic Method: A Practitioner's Handbook ↗ Ward Farnsworth
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership cover
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership ↗ Plutarch
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None cover
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None ↗ Friedrich Nietzsche
I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche cover
I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche ↗ Sue Prideaux
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind cover
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind ↗ Regan Penaluna
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art cover
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art ↗ Don Thompson
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy ↗ William B. Irvine
Do the Work cover
Do the Work ↗ Steven Pressfield
The War of Art cover
The War of Art ↗ Steven Pressfield
The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning cover
The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning ↗ Steven Pressfield
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work ↗ Mason Currey
Andrew Carnegie cover
Andrew Carnegie ↗ David Nasaw
The Right to Sex cover
The Right to Sex ↗ Amia Srinivasan
The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton cover
The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton ↗ Jefferson Morley
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature cover
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature ↗ David George Haskell
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind cover
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind ↗ Tom Holland
Descartes in 90 Minutes cover
Descartes in 90 Minutes ↗ Paul Strathern
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life cover
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life ↗ John Gray
European Thought and Culture in the 19th Century cover
European Thought and Culture in the 19th Century ↗ Lloyd Kramer
Navigating the Creative Odyssey: Embracing Curiousity, Courage and the Chaos of Creation cover
Navigating the Creative Odyssey: Embracing Curiousity, Courage and the Chaos of Creation ↗ Emil Drud
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life cover
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life ↗ Rory Sutherland
Ogilvy on Advertising cover
Ogilvy on Advertising ↗ David Ogilvy
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction ↗ William Zinsser
Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life cover
Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life ↗ Emily A. Austin
Beirut Spy cover
Beirut Spy ↗ Said Aburish
Trump and a Post-Truth World cover
Trump and a Post-Truth World ↗ Ken Wilber
The Great Philosophers: Spinoza cover
The Great Philosophers: Spinoza ↗ Roger Scruton
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties cover
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties ↗ Tom O'Neill
Spinoza: A Life cover
Spinoza: A Life ↗ Steven Nadler
Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-Up Comedy cover
Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-Up Comedy ↗ Franklyn Ajaye
Kant: A Very Short Introduction cover
Kant: A Very Short Introduction ↗ Roger Scruton
Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars cover
Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars ↗ Camille Paglia
The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women cover
The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women ↗ Rebecca Buxton, Lisa Whiting
Machine Ego: Tragedy of the modern mind cover
Machine Ego: Tragedy of the modern mind ↗ Harsha Perera
Approaches to the Theory of Freedom in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz cover
Approaches to the Theory of Freedom in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz ↗ Virginia Aspe
My Own Life cover
My Own Life ↗ David Hume
Solace: A Legacy of Care cover
Solace: A Legacy of Care ↗ Rayah I. Touma Sawaya
A Mind at Peace cover
A Mind at Peace ↗ Christopher Blum, Joshua Hochschild
Alta cultura descafeinada. Situacionismo low cost y otras escenas del arte en el cambio de siglo cover
Alta cultura descafeinada. Situacionismo low cost y otras escenas del arte en el cambio de siglo ↗ Alberto Santamaría
Vive como un mendigo, baila como un rey cover
Vive como un mendigo, baila como un rey ↗ Ignatius Farray
19th Century Europe: A Cultural History cover
19th Century Europe: A Cultural History ↗ Hannu Salmi
Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results cover
Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results ↗ David Peter Stroh
Firebrand: A Corporate Elements Mystery cover
Firebrand: A Corporate Elements Mystery ↗ Megan Preston Meyer
Mania: A Novel cover
Mania: A Novel ↗ Lionel Shriver
Cien años de soledad cover
Cien años de soledad ↗ Gabriel García Márquez
Americanah cover
Americanah ↗ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm cover
The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm ↗ Hilarie Burton
The Metamorphosis cover
The Metamorphosis ↗ Franz Kafka
The Dead cover
The Dead ↗ James Joyce
Brave New World cover
Brave New World ↗ Aldous Huxley
The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel cover
The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel ↗ Irvin D. Yalom
South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel cover
South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel ↗ Haruki Murakami
Under Water: How Holding My Breath Taught Me to Live cover
Under Water: How Holding My Breath Taught Me to Live ↗ Claire Walsh
Narcissus and Goldmund cover
Narcissus and Goldmund ↗ Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf cover
Steppenwolf ↗ Hermann Hesse
The Adventures of Augie March cover
The Adventures of Augie March ↗ Saul Bellow
Birds Without Wings cover
Birds Without Wings ↗ Louis de Bernieres
Niebla cover
Niebla ↗ Miguel de Unamuno
San Manuel Bueno Martir cover
San Manuel Bueno Martir ↗ Miguel de Unamuno
The Iliad cover
The Iliad ↗ Homer
Woody Allen Interview cover
Woody Allen Interview ↗ Woody Allen
Mere Anarchy cover
Mere Anarchy ↗ Woody Allen
Getting Even cover
Getting Even ↗ Woody Allen
Without Feathers cover
Without Feathers ↗ Woody Allen
Side Effects cover
Side Effects ↗ Woody Allen
On the Road cover
On the Road ↗ Jack Kerouac
Apropos of Nothing cover
Apropos of Nothing ↗ Woody Allen
Heart of Darkness cover
Heart of Darkness ↗ Joseph Conrad
Night Train to Lisbon cover
Night Train to Lisbon ↗ Pascal Mercier
Stoner cover
Stoner ↗ John Williams
Notes from the Underground cover
Notes from the Underground ↗ Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot cover
The Idiot ↗ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books cover
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books ↗ Azar Nafisi
A Clockwork Orange cover
A Clockwork Orange ↗ Anthony Burgess
Killing Commendatore: A novel cover
Killing Commendatore: A novel ↗ Haruki Murakami
Max Entropy & the Avalanche cover
Max Entropy & the Avalanche ↗ Megan Preston Meyer
Samarcanda cover
Samarcanda ↗ Amin Maalouf
In the Tunnel cover
In the Tunnel ↗ Takamichi Okubo
Los ríos profundos cover
Los ríos profundos ↗ José María Arguedas
El hablador cover
El hablador ↗ Mario Vargas Llosa
You Can't Go Home Again cover
You Can't Go Home Again ↗ Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life cover
Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life ↗ Thomas Wolfe
Bartleby y compañía: La pregunta de Florencia cover
Bartleby y compañía: La pregunta de Florencia ↗ Enrique Vila-Matas
Tu cruz en el cielo desierto cover
Tu cruz en el cielo desierto ↗ Carolina Sanín
Harem cover
Harem ↗ Raffi
Paper Sparrows cover
Paper Sparrows ↗ Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
The Philosopher's Apprentice cover
The Philosopher's Apprentice ↗ James Morrow
Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel cover
Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel ↗ Celeste Ng
The Outsider: A Novel cover
The Outsider: A Novel ↗ Stephen King
The Great Alone: A Novel cover
The Great Alone: A Novel ↗ Kristin Hannah
Mastery cover
Mastery ↗ Robert Greene
The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Work and Life cover
The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Work and Life ↗ Paul Millerd
Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough cover
Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough ↗ Michael Easter
Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life cover
Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life ↗ Tasha Eurich
The Discomfort Zone: How to Get What You Want by Living Fearlessly cover
The Discomfort Zone: How to Get What You Want by Living Fearlessly ↗ Farrah Storr
The Tao of Pooh cover
The Tao of Pooh ↗ Benjamin Hoff
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It cover
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It ↗ Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers cover
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers ↗ Ben Horowitz
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream cover
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream ↗ Alissa Quart
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World ↗ David Epstein
Tough Choices: A Memoir cover
Tough Choices: A Memoir ↗ Carly Fiorina
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts cover
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts ↗ Annie Duke
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win cover
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win ↗ Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life cover
Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life ↗ Hal Gregersen
The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead cover
The Book of Beautiful Questions: The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead ↗ Warren Berger
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas cover
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas ↗ Warren Berger
The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World cover
The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World ↗ Scott Hartley
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self cover
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self ↗ Michael Easter
Gang Fit: Freedom and Strength cover
Gang Fit: Freedom and Strength ↗ Guru Anaerobic
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes ↗ Alfie Kohn
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models cover
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models ↗ Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness cover
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness ↗ Morgan Housel
48 Laws of Power cover
48 Laws of Power ↗ Robert Greene
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom cover
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom ↗ William Glasser
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Values, and Spiritual Growth cover
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Values, and Spiritual Growth ↗ M. Scott Peck
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups cover
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups ↗ Daniel Coyle
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action cover
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action ↗ Simon Sinek
Continuous Discovery Habits cover
Continuous Discovery Habits ↗ Teresa Torres
The New Multi-Channel, Integrated Marketing cover
The New Multi-Channel, Integrated Marketing ↗ Craig Huey
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You cover
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You ↗ John C. Maxwell
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen cover
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen ↗ Donald Miller
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See cover
This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See ↗ Seth Godin
The Decision Makeover: An Intentional Approach to Living the Life You Want cover
The Decision Makeover: An Intentional Approach to Living the Life You Want ↗ Mike Whitaker
Don't Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love cover
Don't Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love ↗ Shana Lebowitz Gaynor
Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change cover
Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change ↗ April Rinne
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings cover
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings ↗ Nick Gray
The Freelance Mindset: Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work, Play, and Life cover
The Freelance Mindset: Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work, Play, and Life ↗ Joy Batra
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life cover
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life ↗ Scott Adams
A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness cover
A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness ↗ Roger L. Martin
Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) cover
Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) ↗ Amy Gallo
The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World cover
The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World ↗ Dorie Clark
Fixed.: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving cover
Fixed.: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving ↗ Amy E. Herman
Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact cover
Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact ↗ Phil M. Jones
Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover
Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth ↗ Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares
The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less cover
The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less ↗ Sahil Lavingia
The Wizard of Ads: Turning Words into Magic And Dreamers into Millionaires cover
The Wizard of Ads: Turning Words into Magic And Dreamers into Millionaires ↗ Roy H. Williams
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters cover
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters ↗ Joseph Sugarman
The Boron Letters cover
The Boron Letters ↗ Gary Halbert, Bond Halbert
The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time cover
The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time ↗ Rob Fitzpatrick, Devin Hunt
Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction cover
Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction ↗ Rob Fitzpatrick
So Good They Can't Ignore You cover
So Good They Can't Ignore You ↗ Cal Newport
The Seductive Illusion of Hard Work cover
The Seductive Illusion of Hard Work ↗ Utkarsh Amitabh