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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The Everything Store is the riveting saga of an empire born from code and ambition—a tale of obsession, disruption, and the relentless drive to reshape the way the world buys, sells, and lives. At its heart is a visionary who dared to build a store without walls, ceilings, or limits—just an idea fueled by data and domination. With the tempo of a corporate thriller and the depth of a modern myth, the story probes a haunting paradox: can one man’s dream to serve everyone come without a cost to everyone else? This is the anatomy of power in the digital age—mesmerizing, unsettling, and utterly essential. Where does convenience end, and conquest begin?
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2013
- Genre: Biography
- Pages: 384
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0316219266
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The Great Gatsby
A glittering mansion, a mysterious millionaire, and a love that haunts the edges of every champagne-soaked evening—The Great Gatsby is a lyrical elegy for the American Dream and the illusions we chase in its name. Through the eyes of a quiet outsider, we are drawn into the world of Jay Gatsby, a man who builds his fortune not for power or glory, but for a woman he lost long ago. Beneath the dazzle of Jazz Age opulence lies a tale of longing, betrayal, and the quiet ache of dreams deferred. Can one truly rewrite the past—or does the past rewrite us? Fitzgerald’s novel is both seduction and lament, a mirror held up to the heart’s most extravagant hopes.
- Originally Published: 1925
- Publisher : Vintage Classics, 2010
- Genre: Novel, Tragedy
- Pages: 148
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 9780099541530
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The House of the Dead
Behind the iron gates of a Siberian prison, where frost bites deeper than regret, a nobleman condemned for murder watches souls unravel and humanity flicker like candlelight in the wind. The House of the Dead is both a brutal chronicle of incarceration and a meditative search for grace in a world stripped of dignity. Through the eyes of its introspective narrator, we confront a haunting question: can suffering purify, or does it simply erode? In this stark yet lyrical portrayal of degradation and unexpected tenderness, punishment becomes a mirror—reflecting not just guilt, but the strange resilience of the human spirit.
- Originally Published: 1861
- Publisher: Dover Publications, 2004
- Genre: Fiction
- Pages: 446
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0486434094
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The Idiot
In a world driven by vanity, power, and concealed wounds, what place is there for pure goodness? The Idiot follows Prince Myshkin—a man of childlike honesty and saintly compassion—whose return to Russian society sets off a quiet storm of obsession, betrayal, and unspoken despair. As he moves through a web of wounded souls and fevered passions, his innocence becomes both a beacon and a curse, casting light on the madness that masquerades as reason. Is it folly to live with an unguarded heart—or is it the only form of sanity left? With haunting tenderness and tragic irony, this luminous novel exposes the cruel bewilderment of a society that cannot recognize grace, even as it longs for it.
- Originally Published: 1869
- Publisher : Everyman’s Library, 2002
- Pages: 632
- Genre: Novel
- Book Type: Hardcopy/Hardcover
- ISBN-13: 978-1857152548
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The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
In The Jakarta Method, the silent scaffolding of modern geopolitics is laid bare, revealing a brutal choreography of fear, propaganda, and mass extermination executed in the name of freedom. From the blood-soaked streets of Indonesia to whispered betrayals across continents, this chilling narrative traces how a hidden blueprint of violence reshaped the world order. What if the triumph of democracy required the erasure of millions of voices? With relentless clarity and haunting resonance, the book invites us to reckon with the moral cost of global supremacy—and asks who gets to write history when the bodies are buried.
- Originally Published: 2020
- Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1541742406
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The Lean Startup
What if failure were not a dead end, but a compass? The Lean Startup reimagines the chaotic world of entrepreneurship as a disciplined dance of bold ideas, rapid testing, and relentless adaptation. In this playbook for modern innovators, the startup becomes a living experiment—where uncertainty is not feared but harnessed, and progress is measured not by grand plans but by learning what customers truly need. Can a startup grow not by building more, but by building less—and learning faster? With clarity and urgency, this book invites creators to trade guesswork for insight, and vision for validated action.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, 2011
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780670921607
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
What if the wisest path to wealth was the one that whispered rather than roared? The Little Book of Common Sense Investing strips away the illusions of Wall Street theatrics and invites readers into a world where patience, simplicity, and discipline quietly outpace the frenzy of speculation. At its heart is a paradox: that doing less—investing broadly, holding long—may yield far more. Can one resist the seductive noise of short-term wins and trust the quiet power of compounding truth? This is not just a guide to investing—it is a call to clarity in a world addicted to chaos.
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Wiley, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 304
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1119404507
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The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth
The Looting Machine exposes a brutal paradox at the heart of Africa’s richest resource states: how nations teeming with oil, diamonds, and minerals can remain shackled by poverty, violence, and decay. With the urgency of investigative reportage and the gravity of a political thriller, the book maps a continent-wide system where global corporations, corrupt elites, and shadowy networks turn natural wealth into a curse. Can a land so rich be so poor by accident—or is the suffering by design? As veins of gold and crude are drained from beneath the soil, this powerful account compels readers to question who truly profits and who is left to bleed. It is a story of power without accountability and prosperity built on the silence of the exploited.
- Originally Published: May 2015
- Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2016
- Genre: Economics, History
- Pages: 368
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1610397117
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The Master and Margarita
A mysterious foreigner arrives in Soviet Moscow—charming, diabolical, and accompanied by a talking cat with a taste for vodka—and soon reality begins to unravel. The Master and Margarita is a fever dream of love and damnation, where satire waltzes with the supernatural and truth is as dangerous as it is elusive. As a condemned writer and a fearless woman navigate a world haunted by betrayal, bureaucracy, and a whisper of the divine, the line between good and evil blurs like ink in water. Can love survive the tyranny of both politics and the soul? This is a novel where the devil gets the last laugh—and perhaps, the last mercy.
- Originally Published: 1967
- Publisher : Vintage Classics, 2024
- Pages: 448
- Genre: Romance novel, Satire, Fantasy
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0099540946
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
What would compel a man with everything—wealth, power, prestige—to abandon it all for a silent path through the Himalayas? The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari traces the remarkable odyssey of a high-powered lawyer who trades worldly success for spiritual awakening, uncovering timeless wisdom buried beneath life’s noise. In lyrical parables and radiant lessons, the book invites readers to consider: is the true measure of success the empire we build outside—or the sanctuary we cultivate within? With gentle urgency and meditative grace, this is a tale that beckons the restless heart toward clarity, balance, and purpose. It is not just a journey—it is an invitation to redesign your life.
- Originally Published: 1996
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009
- Genre: Fiction
- Pages: 236
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0007848423
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The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
In a world ruled by uncertainty, where markets shift like wind over water, The Most Important Thing Illuminated offers a quiet, rigorous wisdom—less about predicting the future than preparing the mind. Through a series of hard-earned insights, it explores the paradoxes of risk, the discipline of patience, and the humility required to thrive amid chaos. What if the key to success isn’t in bold bets, but in knowing when not to act? With clarity and calm authority, this is a map for investors who seek more than profit—a way to think clearly in a world that rarely is.
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 248
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0231162845
- Access: Members
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The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape peels back the veneer of civilization to reveal humanity in its rawest, most primal form—an intricate dance of instincts, desires, and survival etched deep within our biology. Through sharp observation and vivid analogy, it challenges us to confront the paradox of a species both marvelously evolved and perpetually at odds with its own nature. What truths lie hidden beneath our skin, and how does understanding our animal origins reshape the story we tell about ourselves? This provocative exploration invites readers to reconsider what it truly means to be human, caught between instinct and intellect, flesh and culture.
- Originally Published: 1967
- Publisher : Vintage, 2005
- Genre: Sociology
- Pages: 192
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0099482017
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The Odyssey
Across storm-tossed seas and shadowed isles, The Odyssey charts the perilous return of Odysseus, a cunning warrior who longs for the warmth of his hearth more than the glory of conquest. As gods conspire and monsters stir, every step homeward becomes a trial of spirit, loyalty, and the fragile line between heroism and hubris. Beneath its epic sweep lies a haunting question: how much must a man lose to truly know himself—and what awaits when he does? Laced with enchantment and anchored in longing, this ancient tale pulses with the timeless ache of exile and the stubborn hope of return.
- Originally Published: 800 B.C.E
- Publisher : Everyman’s Library, 1992
- Pages: 509
- Genre: Narrative Poetry, Epic
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1857150940
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The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business
What if mastering business didn’t require a classroom, a fortune, or a degree—but a shift in mindset? The Personal MBA is a sharp, liberating manifesto for the self-taught strategist, distilling the essence of entrepreneurship, value creation, and decision-making into powerful, practical insights. With clarity and conviction, it reveals that true business wisdom is not locked behind ivy-covered walls but found in the choices we make, the systems we build, and the problems we dare to solve. Can one book replace a thousand lectures—and teach you to build something that lasts? Read it, and decide for yourself.
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2012
- Genre: Business, Self-help
- Pages: 464
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591845577
- Access: Members
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
In a world where beauty is worshipped and youth fleeting, The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the haunting tale of a man who trades the erosion of his soul for the preservation of his face. Beneath the glittering charm of Dorian’s exterior lies a portrait—locked away and festering—bearing the grotesque truth of his moral decay. As he indulges in every pleasure and evades every consequence, the novel dares to ask: what becomes of a life unburdened by guilt but untouched by grace? Wilde’s gothic masterpiece is a seductive meditation on vanity, corruption, and the cost of eternal youth—a mirror both enchanting and unforgiving. How long can one outrun the shadow cast by his own desires?
- Originally Published: 1890
- Publisher: SF Classic, 2020
- Genre: Gothic fiction
- Pages: 254
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1774378359
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Time is an illusion, suffering its echo—and The Power of Now invites you to step beyond both. In luminous, meditative prose, it unravels the mental noise that binds us to regret and anxiety, offering instead the stillness of the present moment as a gateway to peace. But can we truly awaken without first dying to the identities we’ve built? This is not a promise of escape, but a call to return—to a place you’ve never left but have forgotten how to feel. In the quiet between thoughts, a deeper life waits.
- Originally Published: 1997
- Publisher: Yellow Kite, 2020
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 224
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0340733509
- Access: Members
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock Your Master Key to Success
Beneath the noise of waking thought lies a silent force that shapes your destiny—The Power of Your Subconscious Mind reveals how to unlock it. With clarity and conviction, this guide explores the untapped reservoir within, where beliefs become reality and imagination births truth. Are you the master of your mind, or merely its obedient echo? This is a journey into the hidden architecture of your life, where healing, success, and peace are not external conquests but inner awakenings. To read it is to remember the power you’ve always had—and to finally wield it.
- Originally Published: 1963
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2022
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 296
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0143453604
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The Prince
In a world where loyalty flickers and power is fleeting, The Prince reads like a dark mirror held up to the ambitions of rulers and the hearts of men. With razor-edged clarity, it unveils a ruthless political theatre where morality bends beneath necessity, and virtue may be the enemy of survival. Can a leader be both feared and loved—or must he choose? Part manifesto, part cautionary tale, this chillingly pragmatic guide strips away idealism to reveal the brutal mechanics of control, legacy, and the human hunger to command fate. It whispers dangerous truths to anyone who would dare to rule.
- Originally Published: 1532
- Publisher: FingerPrint Classics, 2023
- Genre: Political Science
- Pages: 170
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-8175993075
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The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Wealth is not built in spreadsheets but in minds shaped by fear, hope, greed, and patience. The Psychology of Money dives beneath the numbers to reveal the messy, human heart of financial decision-making—where stories, not statistics, rule the day. With elegant clarity and arresting insight, it asks: why do smart people make irrational choices about money, and how can we learn to master behavior rather than markets? This is not a manual of riches, but a meditation on how money dances with time, emotion, and the deeply personal stories we tell ourselves. What if the key to financial success isn’t knowing more, but doing less—and thinking differently?
- Originally Published: 2020
- Publisher: Harriman House, 2020
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0857197689
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The Richest Man in Babylon
In the ancient city of Babylon, timeless wisdom unfolds through parables that illuminate the path to wealth, discipline, and prosperity. The Richest Man in Babylon reveals how simple yet profound principles—saving, investing, and living within one’s means—can transform scarcity into abundance. Amidst the glittering sands of fortune, a pressing question emerges: can anyone truly master the art of wealth without first mastering themselves? This enduring tale challenges readers to confront their relationship with money, urging a journey not just toward riches, but toward lasting financial wisdom and freedom.
- Originally Published: 1926
- Publisher: Fingerprint Publishing, 2018
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 155
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9789388144315
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The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses unfolds like a kaleidoscope of identities and beliefs, where two men—cast adrift from life and faith—navigate a fractured world of exile, memory, and transformation. Blending myth and reality with a lyrical, sometimes incendiary voice, the narrative probes the fragile boundaries between doubt and devotion, truth and illusion. What happens when the sacred collides with the profane, and the self must confront the shadow of its own fractured soul? This provocative journey challenges readers to reconsider the power of stories, the nature of faith, and the cost of freedom in a world that demands both conformity and rebellion.
- Originally Published: 1988
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2008
- Genre: Fiction, Magical Realism
- Pages: 576
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780812976717
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The Secret
What if the key to transforming your life lies not in the world around you, but in the unseen power within your own mind? The Secret unveils a mystical force that shapes destiny through the energy of thought and the gravity of belief, inviting readers to unlock abundance, love, and success by harnessing the law of attraction. This luminous guide challenges the boundaries between hope and reality, asking: Can the universe truly respond to the whispers of desire, or is the greatest secret the courage to believe in possibility itself? With an uplifting tone and timeless wisdom, the book beckons seekers to step into a realm where intention breathes life into dreams.
- Originally Published: 2006
- Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 198
- Book Type: Hardcopy/Hardcover
- ISBN: 978-1582701707
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The Secret History
Under the ivy-clad walls of an elite New England college, a group of brilliant misfits seeks beauty, transcendence—and commits an unthinkable act. The Secret History is a haunting descent into the intoxicating world of ancient ideals and modern guilt, where intellect collides with morality and the line between admiration and obsession dissolves. As their secret begins to unravel, one must ask: can you study the sublime without becoming monstrous yourself? Tartt’s lyrical prose casts a long, elegant shadow, inviting readers to peer into the darkness behind knowledge and the price of belonging. This is a story not just of murder, but of how easily we can lose ourselves in the pursuit of something greater.
- Originally Published: 1992
- Publisher: Penguin General UK, 2002
- Genre: Psychological Fiction
- Pages: 640
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780140167771
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
What if catastrophe was not merely a tragedy—but a calculated opportunity? The Shock Doctrine unveils a chilling narrative where economic policies descend like storms upon societies reeling from war, disaster, or upheaval, not to heal but to transform. In piercing, unflinching prose, it exposes how moments of collective vulnerability have been seized to remake nations in the image of free-market extremism. This is not just an indictment—it is a haunting journey into the machinery of power, where the true cost of progress is measured in silence, fear, and forgotten lives. At its heart lies a troubling question: when change comes cloaked in crisis, who really benefits—and who disappears?
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Picador, 2008
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 720
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0312427993
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The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence
The Small Big reveals a quiet truth with seismic implications: the most powerful changes often come from the subtlest shifts. In a world obsessed with grand gestures and sweeping overhauls, this book uncovers the hidden science behind small tweaks that lead to massive influence—how a single word, a tiny cue, or a modest gesture can tilt decisions, shape behavior, and move hearts. With clarity and curiosity, it explores the paradox of persuasion: that less can truly be more. Can the key to transforming the world lie not in revolution, but in the smallest pivot of perception? This is a playbook for those who understand that the finest levers move the heaviest loads.
- Originally Published: 2014
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd., 2015
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 302
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1781252758
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The Social Contract
What does it mean to be free in a world bound by law? The Social Contract dares to reimagine society as a pact not of submission, but of collective will—where individuals, by surrendering to the “general will,” reclaim a deeper liberty. With the cadence of a manifesto and the gravity of prophecy, Rousseau’s vision pulses with the paradox of freedom through unity, obedience through autonomy. Can a people truly govern themselves without becoming each other’s tyrants? This is a call to awaken the sovereign within us all.
- Originally Published: 1762
- Publisher : Penguin Books, 2005
- Pages: 168
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141018881
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The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor
Why do some markets hum with prosperity while others falter and fracture under pressure? The Truth About Markets is a sharp, thought-provoking journey through the beating heart of economic systems—from the corridors of Wall Street to the bazaars of emerging economies—exposing the myths, contradictions, and unexpected virtues of market behavior. With wit and precision, it dismantles the illusion of perfect rationality, revealing instead a world where culture, institutions, and human folly shape the destinies of nations. Is efficiency always the endgame—or might the most successful markets be those that are messier, more human, and less driven by cold equations? This book is both an intellectual provocation and a call to reimagine the values we assign to wealth, success, and collective good.
- Originally Published: 2003
- Publisher : Penguin, 2004
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 496
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 9780140296723
- Access: Members
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The Wealth of Nations
Beneath the bustle of markets and the clink of coin lies a quiet, invisible force—shaping lives, nations, and destinies. The Wealth of Nations is a sweeping inquiry into the rhythms of trade, labor, and self-interest, revealing how the pursuit of personal gain can, paradoxically, serve the greater good. But can a system built on competition and profit ever truly align with justice and human flourishing? With clarity and philosophical depth, this is not just a blueprint for economies, but a profound meditation on the delicate balance between freedom, ambition, and the common good. It invites the reader to look beyond price tags and profits—to ask what wealth really means.
- Originally Published: 1776
- Publisher: Bantam Classic, 2003
- Genre: Economics, Philosophy
- Pages: 1231
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0553585971
- Access: Members
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Things Fall Apart
In a land where tradition sings through drumbeats and ancestral fire, Things Fall Apart follows Okonkwo, a fierce warrior haunted by fear of failure and consumed by a need to escape his father’s shame. As colonial forces creep into the Igbo world, bringing both alien faith and foreign rule, the fragile balance between honor and change begins to crack. Through stark prose and lyrical intensity, the novel confronts a painful paradox: when the old ways falter, is it strength or surrender that preserves the soul? What happens to a man—and a people—when the pillars of their world begin to crumble? Achebe crafts a haunting elegy for a culture on the cusp of dissolution, where dignity and downfall are bound in the same breath.
- Originally Published: 1958
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 1994
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 209
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780385474542
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Think & Grow Rich
What if the secret to wealth lay not in toil or talent, but in thought itself? Think & Grow Rich is a bold invitation to rewire the mind—to harness belief, desire, and persistence as engines of material and spiritual transformation. Woven through with tales of triumph and failure, it whispers a timeless truth: that riches begin in the invisible realm of ideas before manifesting in the world of gold. Can a single thought, fiercely held, shape your destiny? This book dares you to believe it can.
- Originally Published: 1937
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 293
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- Access: Members
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Thinking Fast and Slow
Your mind is a battleground between two selves: one impulsive and instinctual, the other deliberate and slow. Thinking, Fast and Slow pulls back the curtain on the quiet tug-of-war behind every choice we make—from trivial daily decisions to life-altering judgments—revealing just how often we are strangers to our own reasoning. What if your confidence is an illusion, your logic a mirage, and your certainty the mask of a hidden bias? With surgical clarity and unsettling insight, this book challenges not just how you think, but who you believe yourself to be.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2024
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 624
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141033570
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To The Lighthouse
In the fleeting hours of a single summer day, the Ramsay family gathers at their Scottish seaside home, where promises hang suspended like morning mist—will they finally make that longed-for journey to the lighthouse? Virginia Woolf transforms ordinary moments into profound meditations on time, memory, and the fragile threads that bind us to those we love. As consciousness flows between characters like tidal currents, each voice reveals the weight of unspoken desires and the ache of impermanence. Can we ever truly reach the destinations we set for ourselves, or do we discover that the journey itself has already changed us beyond recognition? This luminous novel captures the exquisite tension between what we hope for and what we ultimately become.
- Originally Published: 1927
- Publisher: Vintage, 2004
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 198
- BookType: Hardcopy(Paperback)
- ISBN: 9780099478294
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