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Trauma Stewardship An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

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The Good Life Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz

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The Mind Illuminated A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness John Yates, Matthew Immergut, and Jeremy Graves

104

Tribe of Mentors Short Life Advice from the Best in the World Tim Ferriss

105

The Event-Driven Edge in Investing Six Special Situation Strategies to Outperform the Market By Asif Suria

106

Tribe of Mentors Short Life Advice from the Best in the World Tim Ferriss

107

The Signal and the Noise Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't Nate Silver

108

Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond

109

American Marxism Mark R. Levin

110

Mythologies Roland Barthes

111

Whole Brain Living The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life Jill Bolte Taylor

112

Waking Up A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Sam Harris

113

Prisoners of Geography Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Tim Marshall

114

The Power of Fun How to Feel Alive Again Catherine Price

115

This Is Marketing You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See Seth Godin

116

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made Jason Schreier

117

Blue Mind The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do Wallace J. Nichols

118

Competitive Strategy Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors Michael Porter

119

The Distracted Mind Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen

120

We Should All Be Millionaires A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power Rachel Rodgers

121

Unreasonable Hospitality The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect Will Guidara

122

15 Lies Women Are Told At Work Bonnie Hammer

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Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman In

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How to Be a Good Creature A Memoir in Thirteen Animals Sy Montgomery

125

Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil Hannah Arendt

126

Hidden Potential The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam Grant

127

I Am Malala The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai

128

Who The A Method for Hiring Geoff Smart and Randy Street

129

Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt

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Business Adventures by John Brooks

131

Protect Your Peace Trent Shelton

132

Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen

133

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

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The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

135

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

136

Good to Great Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins

137

Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

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The Goal A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eli Goldratt

139

Factfulness Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

141

Shoe Dog A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight

142

Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Levitt and Dubner

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Deep Work Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

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Atomic Habits Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear

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Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman

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Merchants of Doubt How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

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Permanent Record Edward Snowden

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Catch and Kill Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Ronan Farrow

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Manufacturing Consent The Political Economy of the Mass Media Edward S. Herman And Noam Chomsky

150

Going Infinite by Michael Lewis

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Originals by Adam Grant

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When They Win, You Win Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think Russ Laraway

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Better Small Talk Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends Patrick King

154

The Man Who Solved the Market How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution Gregory Zuckerman

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The Dictionary of Body Language A Field Guide to Human Behavior Joe Navarro

156

Bigger Leaner Stronger The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body Michael Matthews

157

Good Inside A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be Becky Kennedy

158

Just the good stuff Jim VandeHei

159

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind Vishen Lakhiani

160

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp

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Necessary Endings The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward Henry Cloud

162

The Master and His Emissary The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist

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Liar's Poker Michael Lewis

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Do Nothing

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Early Retirement Extreme A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence Jacob Lund Fisker

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Ultra-Processed People The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food Chris van Tulleken

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Mastermind How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova

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Wired to Create Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire

169

Stolen Focus Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again Johann Hari

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The Willpower Instinct How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It Kelly McGonigal

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Focus The Hidden Driver of Excellence Daniel Goleman

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Hyperfocus How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction Chris Bailey

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Deep Work Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cal Newport

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Indistractable How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life Nir Eyal

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The Master Guides: Focus Shortform

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10 Days to Faster Reading Jump-Start Your Reading Skills With Speed Reading The Princeton Language Institute and Abby Marks Beale

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The Power of Unwavering Focus Dandapani

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Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein

179

Presence Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges Amy Cuddy

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This Naked Mind Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life Annie Grace

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Winning The Ultimate Business How-To Book Jack Welch and Suzy Welch

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The Happiness Hypothesis Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Jonathan Haidt

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Stumbling on Happiness Daniel Gilbert

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The Art of Happiness A Handbook for Living Dalai Lama

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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Dale Carnegie

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Solve for Happy Engineer Your Path to Joy Mo Gawdat

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The Happiness Project Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Gretchen Rubin

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Good Vibes, Good Life How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness Vex King

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Happy Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine Derren Brown

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10% Happier How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Dan Harris

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Against Empathy The Case for Rational Compassion Paul Bloom

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Fierce Conversations Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time Susan Scott

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ADHD 2.0 New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction--from Childhood through Adulthood Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

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All About Love New Visions bell hooks

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The Most Important Thing Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor Howard Marks

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The Master Guides: Negotiation 101 Shortform

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Playing to Win How Strategy Really Works A.G. Lafley

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The Minimalist Entrepreneur How Great Founders Do More with Less Sahil Lavingia

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The E-Myth Revisited Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It Michael E. Gerber

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The Lean Startup How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries