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  • THE INVENTION OF POWER
    THE INVENTION OF POWER
    BRUCE BUENO DE MESQUITA
    In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world? Western exceptionalism--the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent--is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of...
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    Q. 210

  • THE ALTERNATIVE
    THE ALTERNATIVE
    NICK ROMEO
    Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy. Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still ...
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    Q. 330

  • WORLD ON THE BRINK
    WORLD ON THE BRINK
    DMITRI ALPEROVITCH / GARRETT GRAFF
    "Over the past few decades, China has climbed the ranks of the global powers with staggering speed. Its vast economy and growing regional aggression make it a threat to supersede the United States as the world's dominant power. But this outcome is far from inevitable. Like neighboring Russia-which harbors global ambitions of its own-right now China is at a turning point. Wherea...
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    Q. 210

  • A LEADER'S DESTINY
    A LEADER'S DESTINY
    ELIAS ABOUJAOUDE
    A psychiatrist puts leadership "on the couch," with a provocative exploration of its crucial, often ignored, psychological and personal character foundations. Elias Aboujaoude's distinctive exploration of leadership provides unusual insight into understanding who should and should not be striving for leadership positions. Dr Aboujaoude takes on the culture at large, expla...
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    Q. 330

  • THE SISTER
    THE SISTER
    SUNG-YOON LEE
    This first book on Kim Jong Un's increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest generation of North Korea's secretive and murderous dynasty.The first woman ever to issue the threat of a nuclear weapons strike is not even officially a head of state. Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and, ...
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    Q. 310

  • CREDIBLE
    CREDIBLE
    AMANDA GOODALL
    A leading business expert shows why expertise really matters, and how leaders who deeply understand the nuts and bolts of their industry and organization-- from businesses, to hospitals, to universities, to sports-- make all the difference for its success and the happiness of people who work there.Amanda Goodall has spent a decade researching what makes organizations tick, ever...
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    Q. 310

  • CONSPIRITUALITY
    CONSPIRITUALITY
    DEREK BERES / MATTHEW REMSKI / JULIAN WALKER
    u003cbu003eu003ciu003eConspiritualityu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia--peddling vaccine misinformation, tales of child trafficking, and wild conspiracy theories.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e In the e...
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    Q. 310

  • WARRIORS, REBELS & SAINTS
    WARRIORS, REBELS & SAINTS
    MOSHIK TEMKIN
    Do leaders make history or does history make leaders? A deep dive into how we define, seek, and become leaders. We live in a period of leadership in crisis. At home, and across the globe, we sense that unqualified and irresponsible individuals are being elevated to positions of power, strong men and autocrats are consolidating their hold on governance, and the people are los...
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    Q. 310

  • THE ALTERNATIVE
    THE ALTERNATIVE
    NICK ROMEO
    "Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century -- widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world -- many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows...
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    Q. 210

  • THE CASHLESS REVOLUTION
    THE CASHLESS REVOLUTION
    MARTIN CHORZEMPA
    The startling picture of how China's revolution in finance and technology is changing both Wall Street and the way individuals manage their personal finances.The future of finance - the way Wall Street operates and how individuals manage their money - is on the verge of upheaval. And the force underlying the change comes from China, where finance and technology are being merged...
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    Q. 300

  • GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
    GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
    ABHIJIT BANERJEE / ESTHER DUFLO
    The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of ...
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    Q. 230

  • WHAT IS LIFE WORTH?
    WHAT IS LIFE WORTH?
    KENNETH R. FEINBERG
    u003cbu003eThe inspiration for the major motion picture WORTH, starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eThe true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration, and courage.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eJust days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth F...
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    Q. 180

  • SHORTER -50%
    SHORTER
    PAGN, ALEX SOOJUNG-KIM
    The idea of success embraced by the global economy means being always-on, never missing an opportunity, and outworking your peers. But working ever-longer hours isn't sustainable for companies or individuals. Fatigue-induced mistakes, whether in the operating room or factory line or trading floor, costs companies billions, and overwork alienates and burns out valuable workers. ...
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  • OVERHEATED
    OVERHEATED
    KATE ARONOFF
    In the past few years, it has become impossible (for most) to deny the effects of climate change and that the planet is warming, and to acknowledge that we must act. But a new kind of denialism is taking root in the halls of power, shaped by a quarter-century of neoliberal policies, that threatens to doom us before we've grasped the full extent of the crisis.As Kate Aronoff arg...
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    Q. 175

  • EDIBLE ECONOMICS
    EDIBLE ECONOMICS
    HA-JOON CHANG
    Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economicsFor decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy.Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongsi...
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    Q. 200

  • THE TEN TOUGHEST LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS
    THE TEN TOUGHEST LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS
    KATIE BEST
    A renowned leadership consultant offers an essential guide for leaders, drawing on decades of in-the-field research and consulting As an executive coach, Dr. Katie Best has helped countless leaders achieve powerful results. But getting the right coaching isn't always possible, whether because the problem is too urgent or because the resources aren't there. That's when leader...
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    Q. 310

  • THE END OF REALITY
    THE END OF REALITY
    TAPLIN, JONATHAN T
    An instant bestseller! A brilliant takedown and exposé of the great con job of the twenty-first century—the metaverse, crypto, space travel, transhumanism—being sold by four billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreesen, Elon Musk), leading to the degeneration and bankruptcy of our society.At a time when the crises of income inequality, climate, and democracy are c...
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    Q. 190

  • AGENT JOSEPHINE
    AGENT JOSEPHINE
    LEWIS, DAMIEN
    The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality; ...
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    Q. 210

  • MEGANETS
    MEGANETS
    BACH, DAVID
    u003cbu003eHow the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives - as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics - are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e David Auerbach's exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand o...
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    Q. 310

  • FOR THE CULTURE
    FOR THE CULTURE
    MARCUS COLLINS
    The architect of some of the most famous ad campaigns of the last decade argues that culture is the most powerful vehicle for influencing behavior, and shows readers how to harness culture to inspire other people to share their vision.We all try to influence others in our daily lives. Whether you are a manager motivating your team, an employee making a big presentation, an acti...
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    Q. 300

  • POWER AND PROGRESS
    POWER AND PROGRESS
    DARON ACEMOGLU / SIMON JOHNSON
    The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a bold reinterpretation of economics and history that will fundamentally change how you see the world A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear: progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communic...
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    Q. 330

  • IF WE BURN
    IF WE BURN
    BEV VINCENT
    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW REPUBLIC, VERSO, AND THE JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY AN N+1 MAGAZINE 2023 RECOMMENDED BOOK The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic s...
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    Q. 310

  • GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
    GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
    DUFLO, ESTHER
    u003cbu003eThe winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eFiguring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical break...
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    Q. 305

  • QUIRKY
    QUIRKY
    MELISSA A SCHILLING
    The science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughsWhat really distinguishes the people who literally change the world--those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us?Melissa Schilling, one of the world...
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    Q. 190

  • THE SPACE BARONS
    THE SPACE BARONS
    DAVENPORT, CHRISTIAN
    The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontieru003cbru003eu003cbru003e u003ciu003eThe Space Baronsu003c/iu003e is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American spa...
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    Q. 185

  • THE BIG NINE
    THE BIG NINE
    AMY WEBB
    u003cpu003eWe like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we--the everyday people whose data powers AI--aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input into--one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big ni...
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    Q. 190

  • ATTACKER´S ADVANTAGE
    ATTACKER´S ADVANTAGE
    CHARAN, RAM
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    Q. 240

  • PAPER PROMISES: DEBT, MONEY, AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
    PAPER PROMISES: DEBT, MONEY, AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
    PHILIP COGGAN
    For the past forty years western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find ourselves again in crisis. But the oncoming defaults have a time-worn place in our economic history. As with the crises in the 1930s and 1970s, governments will fall, currencies will lose their value, and new systems will emerge. Just as Britain ...
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    Q. 275

  • THE OLIGARCHS
    THE OLIGARCHS
    DAVID HOFFMAN
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    Q. 250

  • THE NEW NOBILITY
    THE NEW NOBILITY
    IRINA BOROGAN / ANDREI SOLDATOV
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    Q. 170