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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIn 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the boot of his Plymouth, Knight grossed $8000 in his first year. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion...Categorized as:
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Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination...Categorized as:
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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the year 2018, it seems as if women’s anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women’s March, and before the #MeToo movement, women’s anger was not only politically catalytic—but politically problematic... -
![Le Livre de la joie: Le bonheur durable dans un monde en mouvement (L'art de la vie) by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu]()
Le Livre de la joie: Le bonheur durable dans un monde en mouvement (L'art de la vie) by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTwo great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy...Categorized as:
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![Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough by Brené Brown]()
Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough by Brené Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe Are Enough: Engaging with the World from a Place of WorthinessCourse objectives:Summarize the differences and similarities between the experience of shame for men and women• Define guilt vs... -
![Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman]()
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the author of Utopia For Realists, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our successIf one basic principle has served as the bedrock of bestselling author Rutger Bregman's thinking, it is that every progressive idea -- whether it was the abolition of slavery, the advent of democracy, women's suffrage, or the...Categorized as:
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![Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman]()
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the author of Utopia For Realists, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success... -
![Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama XIV]()
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama XIV
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves... -
![Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski]()
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAn essential exploration of why and how women’s sexuality works—based on groundbreaking research and brain science—that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy.Researchers have spent the last decade trying to develop a “pink pill” for women to function like Viagra does for men...Categorized as:
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![Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace]()
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratings“What does it mean to manage well?”From Ed Catmull, co-founder (with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter) of Pixar Animation Studios, comes an incisive book about creativity in business—sure to appeal to readers of Daniel Pink, Tom Peters, and Chip and Dan Heath. Creativity, Inc...Categorized as:
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Better by Atul Gawande
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled professionThe struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do...Categorized as:
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Let's Talk: ...About Making Your Life Exciting, Easier, And Exceptional by Art Rios
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen, where, why, and how did life stop being exciting and straightforward? We’ve taken on so much stress and worry. All the time. But why? For what?In the first book in the Let’s Talk series, bon vivant Art Rios talks about how to make life exciting, easier, exceptional, and filled with pleasures— right now. It’s straight talk about modern times. Simple ways to unwind and enjoy life...Categorized as:
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![The War on the West by Douglas Murray]()
The War on the West by Douglas Murray
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world...Categorized as:
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![Once a Warrior: How One Veteran Found a New Mission Closer to Home by Jake Wood]()
Once a Warrior: How One Veteran Found a New Mission Closer to Home by Jake Wood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The book that America needs right now."--Tom Brokaw, journalist and author of The Greatest Generation"Jake Wood offers one of the most soaring definitions of service I've ever seen... -
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![Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker]()
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science... -
![Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman]()
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsUniversal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. "A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell."—The New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need... -
![Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur C. Brooks]()
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur C. Brooks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls...Categorized as:
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![You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell]()
You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the Sunday Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer‘There’s a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts. A reckoning, when the things you have been pushing to the background, come forward and demand your attention...Categorized as:
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![Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein]()
Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPeggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and launched conversations about young women’s right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unexpected effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation...Categorized as:
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![The Five Levels of Attachment: Toltec Wisdom for the Modern World by Miguel Ruiz Jr., Miguel Ruiz]()
The Five Levels of Attachment: Toltec Wisdom for the Modern World by Miguel Ruiz Jr., Miguel Ruiz
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBuilding on the principles found in his father’s bestselling book The Four Agreements , don Miguel Ruiz Jr. invites us to gauge how attached we are to our own point of view... -
![The Courage of Truth: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1983-1984 by Michel Foucault, الزواوي بغوره]()
The Courage of Truth: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1983-1984 by Michel Foucault, الزواوي بغوره
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Courage of the Truth is the last course that Michel Foucault delivered at the Collège de France. Here, he continues the theme of the previous year's lectures in exploring the notion of "truth-telling" in politics to establish a number of ethically irreducible conditions based on courage and conviction...Categorized as:
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![21 Traps You Need to Avoid in Dating & Relationships by Brian Nox, Brian Nox]()
21 Traps You Need to Avoid in Dating & Relationships by Brian Nox, Brian Nox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMost women are very surprised when a man becomes distant, when they find out he wasn’t as interested as he seemed, or worse, when everything he said turns out to be a blatant lie.Nothing hurts more than getting that gut-level feeling that says he doesn't love you anymore.It's time to learn about the traps most women fall into that take away their power...Categorized as:
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![Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters, Peter Thiel]()
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters, Peter Thiel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIf you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things...Categorized as:
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![Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp]()
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems using design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers...Categorized as:
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![Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson]()
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellerThe long-awaited sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the worldIn 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties... -
![The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay]()
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsOur "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us that the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. But thirty is not the new twenty. In this enlightening book, Dr... -
![Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David D. Burns]()
Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David D. Burns
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeeling Great is based on 40 years of research and more than 40,000 hours treating individuals with severe mood problems. The goal is not just a rapid and complete elimination of negative feelings but the development of joy and enlightenment.In Feeling Great, Dr. David Burns reveals that our negative moods do not result from what's wrong with us, but rather--what's right with us...Categorized as:
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![How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings: Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women by Sarah Cooper]()
How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings: Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women by Sarah Cooper
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe unspoken rules for how women should behave in the workplace are as numerous as they are confusing. Ask for a pay rise? Pushy.Take credit for an idea? Arrogant.Admit a mistake? Weak.Successfully juggle work and family? Unpromotable...Categorized as:
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If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For by Jamie Tworkowski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times BestsellerIn 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms,” about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name... -
![Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal by Eric Greitens]()
Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal by Eric Greitens
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn an inspiring memoir from one of the world's most elite warriors, Eric Greitens recounts in remarkable detail his time as a Navy SEAL--from the most harrowing encounters and brutal attacks, to the lessons learned from his humanitarian efforts...Categorized as:
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