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    From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, Kingby Anupreeta Das From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist

    Former New York Times finance editor Anupreeta Das provides a complex portrait of a titan who incarnates his era.

  • Review
    Send in the “Shame Clowns”
    The Shame Machine
    The Shame Machineby Cathy O'Neil Send in the “Shame Clowns”

    Bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction Cathy O’Neil offers a brilliant diatribe against the “shame machine” and all its pernicious machinations.

  • Review
    Fix the Earth
    Not the End of the World
    Not the End of the Worldby Hannah Ritchie Fix the Earth

    Research and analysis from an Oxford University expert shows some environmental problems are solvable.

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    Microbes Rule
    Pathogenesis
    Pathogenesisby Jonathan Kennedy Microbes Rule

    Bacteria and viruses have played a fascinating, unexpected role in human, urban, and political development.

  • Review
    Judgment Under Pressure
    Risk
    Riskby General Stanley McChrystal Judgment Under Pressure

    Ret. General Stanley McChrystal details successful and unsuccessful strategic responses to pressure.

  • Review
    Experts Who Take Action
    Upskill, Reskill, Thrive
    Upskill, Reskill, Thriveby James McKenna Experts Who Take Action

    Professional learning and teaching expert James McKenna provides a comprehensive program to help companies best enable their people to learn and retain new skills.

  • Review
    Think Less Live More
    Live More Think Less
    Live More Think Lessby Pia Callesen Think Less Live More

    Metacognitive therapist offers techniques and exercises for avoiding rumination that can spur depression.

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    Tools for Mental Peace
    Mental Immunity
    Mental Immunityby Richard Norman Tools for Mental Peace

    Richard Norman provides helpful, if familiar, ways to stay strong amid stress and boost your self-regard.

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    Always Be Closing
    Never Sit in the Lobby
    Never Sit in the Lobbyby Glenn Poulos Always Be Closing

    Experienced B2B salesman Glenn Poulos offers a system for successful B2B sales.

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    Bring Out the Dead
    All the Living and the Dead
    All the Living and the Deadby Hayley Campbell Bring Out the Dead

    London broadcaster and journalist Hayley Campbell dissects the processes of taking care of the dead.

  • Review
    The Power of Self-Compassion
    Mirror Mirror
    Mirror Mirrorby Julie Nee The Power of Self-Compassion

    This actionable framework helps boost your self-love, self-affirmation and kindness to the person in the mirror.

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    Strong Feelings
    Feel-Good Productivity
    Feel-Good Productivityby Ali Abdaal Strong Feelings

    Humans are emotional creatures — even when they’re working. Productivity expert Ali Abdaal argues that emotions are a source of energy and part of a cycle…

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    Sanctioned Theft
    Autocracy, Inc.
    Autocracy, Inc.by Anne Applebaum Sanctioned Theft

    Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum — who is also the author of Gulag — details how today’s dictators grow rich as their citizens suffer.

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    Constant Turmoil
    Age of Revolutions
    Age of Revolutionsby Fareed Zakaria Constant Turmoil

    Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria — author of The Gang of Three and The Future of Freedom — links historical and economic trends to provide a…

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    An Indigenous Consciousness
    Unreconciled
    Unreconciledby Jesse Wente An Indigenous Consciousness

    Anishinaabe tribe journalist Jesse Wente offers an insightful, sensitive journey through his developing understanding of his Indigenous identity.