Categories → #nonfiction
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Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the WorldAt once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human.
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Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st CenturyJeff Lawson, software developer turned CEO of Twilio, creates a new playbook for unleashing the full potential of software developers in any organization, showing how to help management utilize this coveted and valuable workforce to enable growth, solve a wide range of business problems and drive digital transformation.
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The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy TaleArif Naqvi was charismatic, inspiring, and self-made—all the qualities of a successful business leader. The founder of Abraaj, a Dubai-based private-equity firm, Naqvi was the Key Man to the global elite searching for impact investments to make money and do good. In April 2019—Naqvi was arrested on charges of fraud and racketeering, and faces up to 291 years in jail.
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The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to 'Zombie Banks,' the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the MarketyConstable and Wright's guide explores the not widely known economic indicators that the smartest investors watch closely in order to beat the stock market--from Big Macs to Zombie Bank. Not only valuable and informative, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is also wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining, making it the most fun to read investors' guide on the market.
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How Will You Measure Your Life?The renowned Harvard Business School professor and author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” often spoke and wrote about how to measure a life beyond traditional metrics like wealth, power, or career success. He offered a deeply philosophical and values-driven framework centered around finding meaning and happiness through serving others
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the MarketsThis book is a foundational text in understanding how we often misinterpret random events as meaningful patterns, particularly in contexts like finance and life in general.
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Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for EveryoneAs told by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Hit Refresh is the story of corporate change and reinvention as well as the story of Nadella’s personal journey, one that is taking place today inside a storied technology company, and one that is coming in all of our lives as intelligent machines become more ambient and more ubiquitous
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of LivingA beautifully packaged daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, featuring new translations of the most celebrated Stoics with historical context and practical tips from bestselling author Ryan Holiday.
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The Gene: An Intimate HistorySpanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function.