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    Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It

    Behind every billion-dollar startup lies a labyrinth few ever see—Secrets of Sand Hill Road invites you inside. With the precision of a dealmaker and the candor of a mentor, it demystifies the high-stakes dance between founders and venture capitalists, where ambition is currency and missteps are costly. How do great ideas survive the gauntlet of funding, power dynamics, and boardroom battles? This book is both map and mirror: revealing how venture capital shapes the future—and how entrepreneurs must shape themselves to survive it. For anyone who has ever dared to turn vision into venture, this is a guide to the game behind the curtain.

    • Originally Published: 2019
    • Publisher: Virgin Books, 2019
    • Genre: Fiction
    • Pages: 320
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780753553961
    • Access: Prime Members
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    Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life

    In a world where every conversation is a transaction and every moment a pitch, Sell or Be Sold fires a bold ultimatum: influence or be influenced, lead or follow, close the deal or be closed out. This is not merely a manual on sales—it is a manifesto for living with conviction, mastering persuasion, and refusing to be a passive participant in your own destiny. With relentless energy, it strips away the illusions of neutrality and reveals the raw reality: if you’re not selling your ideas, values, or vision, someone else is selling theirs to you. What if success isn’t about talent or timing—but the courage to own the room and never back down? This is high-octane strategy for those ready to speak up, stand out, and seal their future.

    • Originally Published: 2011
    • Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2012
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 200
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1608322565
    • Access: Members
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    Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days

    Side Hustle is a blueprint for reclaiming financial freedom without quitting your day job—a brisk, empowering journey from idea to income in just 27 days. With clarity and conviction, it lights a path through the chaos of modern work, urging readers to stop waiting for permission and start building something of their own. What if your best idea doesn’t need a business plan—just belief and a single brave step? Beneath the tactics lies a deeper promise: that autonomy, not just money, is the real reward. This is more than a guide—it’s a call to action for anyone tired of trading dreams for a paycheck.

    • Originally Published: 2017
    • Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN U.K, 2019
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 277
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1509859085
    • Access: Members
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    Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

    What if your brain was not merely wired to think, but sculpted to connect? Social Intelligence unveils the hidden architecture of our relationships—the subtle neural choreography that binds strangers, lovers, friends, and rivals in an invisible emotional dance. With every glance, every word, every silence, we shape—and are shaped by—the people around us. Can understanding these quiet exchanges unlock a more compassionate, resilient, and deeply human world? A warm, revelatory exploration of empathy, attunement, and the biology of connection, this book invites you to see every interaction as a mirror—and a choice.

    • Originally Published: 2006
    • Publisher: Bantam Books, 2006
    • Genre: Social Psychology
    • Pages: 374
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0470444344
    • Access: Members
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    Sons & Lovers

    In Sons and Lovers, D.H. Lawrence crafts an achingly intimate portrait of Paul Morel, a young artist caught between his suffocating devotion to his mother and his desperate need to forge his own identity through love and creative expression. Lawrence draws from the raw materials of his own working-class upbringing to explore how family bonds can simultaneously nurture and destroy, creating a psychological landscape so vivid you can feel the coal dust settling on your skin. The novel asks a question that resonates across generations: How do we break free from the very relationships that shaped us without losing ourselves entirely in the process? This is Lawrence at his most accessible yet penetrating—a book that will leave you examining your own family dynamics long after you’ve turned the final page.

    • Originally Published: 1913
    • Publisher: VIVI Books, 2014
    • Genre: Literary Fiction
    • Pages: 435
    • Book Type: Hardcover
    • ISBN: 9788182529007
    • Access: Members
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    Strategic Real Estate Investing: Creating Passive Income Through Real Estate Mastery

    In the complex world of real estate, Strategic Real Estate Investing reveals how vision and precision transform ordinary properties into powerful engines of wealth. It challenges the reader to move beyond mere transactions and embrace a mindset where strategy, timing, and insight converge to unlock hidden value. What if every investment was not just a purchase, but a calculated step toward financial freedom and influence? This book invites you to navigate the paradox of risk and reward with clarity, turning uncertainty into opportunity in the ever-shifting landscape of real estate.

    • Originally Published: 2021
    • Publisher: Harrison House Publishers, 2021
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 240
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1680314793
    • Access: Members
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    Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down

    Structures unveils the hidden poetry of the physical world, where the strength and grace of bridges, buildings, and bones converge in an elegant dance of forces. Through lucid explanation and vivid metaphor, this book transforms the cold calculations of engineering into a vibrant exploration of resilience and balance. What invisible laws govern the tension between fragility and strength, order and chaos, in both man-made marvels and nature’s design? Challenging the reader to see beyond the surface, Structures invites a profound reflection on how the architecture of matter shapes the very fabric of existence.

    • Originally Published: 1978
    • Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2003
    • Genre: Engineering
    • Pages: 424
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780306812835
    • Access: Members
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    Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

    What if the key to power, peace, and persuasion wasn’t louder voices or sharper wit, but an ancient art refined through the centuries? Thank You for Arguing transforms everyday disagreements into opportunities for mastery, inviting readers to wield rhetoric not as manipulation, but as a form of elegant influence. With wit, wisdom, and a touch of mischief, it exposes the mechanics behind how opinions are shaped, minds are moved, and conflicts resolved—or won. Can argument be more than conflict—can it be connection, even seduction? This is not just a book about speaking better—it is a guide to thinking more clearly, listening more keenly, and navigating the modern world with strategic grace.

    • Originally Published: 2007
    • Publisher: Crown, 2020
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 480
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0593237380
    • Access: Members
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    The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

    The 10X Rule is a rallying cry for those who refuse to settle for average in a world that rewards audacity. With the energy of a storm and the precision of a blueprint, it argues that success demands not just more effort—but ten times the vision, discipline, and action most dare to imagine. What if your goals aren’t too ambitious, but far too small? This book dismantles comfort zones and dares you to operate at levels that feel unreasonable—because only at that scale does extraordinary become possible. It is not a promise of ease, but a challenge: how far would you go if fear, failure, and fatigue were no longer excuses?

    • Originally Published: 2011
    • Publisher: Wiley, 2011
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 240
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0470627600
    • Access: Members
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    The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

    In the chaos of competing priorities and endless to-do lists, The 4 Disciplines of Execution offers a razor-sharp blueprint for turning ambition into action. It challenges leaders and teams to focus not on doing more, but on doing what matters most—with relentless clarity and precision. How do you close the yawning gap between strategy and results, between what you hope to achieve and what actually gets done? This is not a book about planning; it is a manifesto for movement, a method for breaking through inertia to achieve goals once thought unreachable. When urgency overwhelms purpose, discipline is the only path forward.

    • Originally Published: 2012
    • Publisher: Free Press, 2012
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 352
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1451627053
    • Access: Members
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    The 48 Laws of Power

    In the ruthless theater of ambition, The 48 Laws of Power is both a mirror and a map—a compendium of strategies drawn from the shadows of court intrigue, battlefield cunning, and boardroom calculation. With each law, a mask is lifted, revealing the mechanics of manipulation, the seduction of influence, and the quiet violence of control. Can one master power without becoming its prisoner? Stark, provocative, and unapologetically amoral, this book does not ask you to play fair—it demands you decide whether to play at all. It is a handbook for those who wish not merely to survive, but to dominate.

    • Originally Published: 1998
    • Publisher: Profile Books, 2000
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 452
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1861972781
    • Access: Members
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    The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

    In The 5AM Club, a mysterious mentor ushers a struggling artist and a weary entrepreneur into a secret that transforms not just mornings, but destinies. Through a poetic blend of fable and self-mastery, the book unveils a daily ritual designed to unlock creativity, fuel productivity, and fortify inner peace before the world awakens. What if the hour most people sleep through held the key to living with purpose and power? As the sun rises, so too does the possibility of reclaiming your genius and building a life anchored in discipline, joy, and silent victory. This is not merely a book about waking early—it is a call to rise above the ordinary.

    • Originally Published: 2018
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 336
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781443456623
    • Access: Members
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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    A violin whispers in the fog as London’s shadowy corners yield secrets to the piercing gaze of Sherlock Holmes—man of reason, master of deduction, and enigma in himself. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes unfolds as a tapestry of the bizarre and the beguiling, where crimes are puzzles and truth often lies hidden beneath polite society’s polished surface. Alongside the loyal Dr. Watson, Holmes navigates mysteries that test not only intellect, but morality, honor, and justice. What drives a man to uncover the darkest motives of others—curiosity, duty, or something more elusive? These stories dare you to see the world not as it appears, but as it truly is, if only one knows how to look.

    • Originally Published: 1892
    • Publisher : Vintage Classics Library, 2016
    • Genre: Detective fiction
    • Pages: 215
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN-13: 978-1784871574
    • Access: Members
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    The Alchemist

    In a world where dreams often fade beneath the weight of duty, The Alchemist invites us into the journey of a young shepherd who dares to follow the whispers of his heart across deserts, omens, and ancient wisdom. With prose as luminous as starlight on sand, this tale explores the soul’s yearning to uncover its Personal Legend—the treasure buried not just in distant lands, but within. As the boy learns to listen to the language of the world, a timeless question arises: must we travel far to discover what was always ours? A fable of fate, faith, and self-discovery, it is a reminder that the real alchemy lies in the transformation of the seeker.

    • Originally Published: 1988
    • Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003
    • Genre: Quest, Adventure Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Novel
    • Pages: 172
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-8172234980
    • Access: Members
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    The Alchemy of Finance

    What if the markets are not machines of logic, but mirrors of our deepest fears, hopes, and illusions? The Alchemy of Finance peels back the polished surface of economic theory to reveal a volatile world shaped as much by perception as by reality. Through the lens of reflexivity—a daring theory that turns traditional finance on its head—the book explores how human bias fuels booms and busts, and how understanding that chaos can become a source of extraordinary insight. Is it possible to profit from uncertainty not by mastering it, but by dancing with it? Both philosophical and razor-sharp, this is a provocative invitation to rethink what we believe about money, markets, and the minds that move them.

    • Originally Published: 1987
    • Publisher : Wiley, 2015
    • Pages: 416
    • Genre: Finance, Investing, Markets
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-471-44549-4
    • Access: Prime Membership
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    The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life

    What if the barrier between who you are and who you aspire to be could be dissolved by stepping into an alternate self—an alter ego crafted with intention and power? The Alter Ego Effect explores the transformative force of harnessing hidden personas to break free from fear, doubt, and limitation, revealing how identity can be both a prison and a key. In a world where external pressures seek to define us, can adopting a secret self unlock untapped reservoirs of courage, creativity, and resilience? This compelling guide navigates the mysterious interplay between psychology and performance, inviting readers to become architects of their own destiny by mastering the art of reinvention.

    • Originally Published: 2019
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 272
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780062838636
    • Access: Members