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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
What if the greatest forces shaping our lives are the ones we never see coming? The Black Swan plunges into the world of improbable events—rare, unpredictable, and colossal in impact—unveiling how our blind faith in patterns and probabilities leaves us vulnerable to chaos. With sharp wit and philosophical depth, the book dismantles our illusion of certainty, urging us to rethink what it means to understand risk, randomness, and the unknowable. Are we prisoners of the past, forecasting the future through a broken lens? This is a provocative exploration of how fragility, arrogance, and surprise dance at the heart of every decision we make.
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher : Random House Publishing Group, 2011
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 480
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141034591
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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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What They Don’t Teach you at Harvard Business School
In the high-stakes arena of business, textbooks teach strategy—but the real world demands instinct, timing, and the unspoken art of reading people. What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School is a sharp, street-smart guide into the unwritten rules of success—where handshake psychology, quiet observation, and intuitive judgment matter more than perfect spreadsheets. How do you win trust in a boardroom full of egos, or spot the lie hidden in polite words? With wit and candor, this book invites you behind the curtain of corporate theater, revealing that the most valuable lessons in business are often unsaid, unseen, and unteachable.
- Originally Published: 1984
- Publisher: Profile Books, 2014
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 9781781253397
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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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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
In a world where our choices are never as free as they seem, Nudge reveals the hidden levers that shape how we decide—from what we eat to how we save, vote, or plan our futures. Through the lens of behavioral science, it explores how small, well-placed cues—nudges—can guide us toward wiser, healthier, and more ethical outcomes without taking away our agency. But can gentle guidance coexist with true freedom, or does every choice architecture carry the fingerprints of power? With clarity and warmth, this book challenges us to see decision-making not as a cold calculation, but as a deeply human dance between impulse, intention, and design. It is a quiet manifesto for a smarter society—one choice at a time.
- Originally Published: 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 384
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141999937
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Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich
Behind the polished gates of global finance and industry, Plutocrats peels back the gilded curtain on a new ruling class—one whose influence stretches beyond borders and whose wealth multiplies as inequality deepens. With unsettling clarity and a journalist’s eye for paradox, the book charts how meritocracy mutates into oligarchy, and how ambition, once a ladder for the many, becomes a fortress for the few. Are today’s ultra-rich the architects of progress, or the harbingers of social fracture? As the fortunes of the elite soar ever higher, the real question emerges: can a world tilted so steeply still hold together?
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher: The Penguin Press, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141043425
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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
What if the key to building the future lay not in predicting it, but in reversing into it—starting with the customer, and daring to challenge every assumption in your way? Working Backwards pulls back the curtain on the enigmatic engine behind one of the world’s most relentless innovators, revealing not just tools and tactics, but a mindset forged in clarity, discipline, and radical ownership. With crisp prose and surgical insight, the book explores how bold ideas become scalable systems—by writing the press release before the code, and choosing conviction over consensus. Can innovation truly be methodical, or must genius always be chaotic? This is a rare blueprint for those bold enough to rethink how greatness is built—one decision, and one principle, at a time.
- Originally Published: 2021
- Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 2021
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 286
- BookType: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781250275714
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Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Power and Prediction explores the profound transformation unleashed when prediction—once a human art—is mastered by machines, reshaping economies, industries, and the very fabric of decision-making. With incisive clarity, it reveals how the ability to foresee outcomes redefines value and power, challenging us to reconsider who holds control in a world governed by algorithms. As prediction becomes both a tool and a force, the book asks: How will our choices change when uncertainty itself can be quantified, anticipated, and commodified? This is an urgent inquiry into the future’s architecture, where insight and influence converge in unpredictable ways.
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Harvard Business Publishing, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781647824198
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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
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Principles: Life and Work
Principles invites readers into the crucible where clarity, discipline, and radical honesty forge the very foundation of success. It challenges us to confront the paradox of control: how can one embrace uncertainty and complexity while steadfastly adhering to unyielding truths? Beneath its pragmatic surface lies a profound meditation on human nature and the pursuit of meaningful progress, questioning whether life’s most intricate problems can be unraveled through a systematic approach to decision-making. What if the key to mastering chaos is not avoiding failure, but learning to decode it with rigor and openness? This book offers a daring blueprint for those ready to transform their personal and professional worlds by living—and leading—according to enduring principles.
- Originally Published: September 2017
- Publisher: Avid Reader Press, 2019
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 592
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1501124020
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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
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Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
What if the secret to explosive business growth lies not in big budgets or blind luck, but in bold experiments and relentless curiosity? Hacking Growth is a fast-paced blueprint for those ready to abandon traditional marketing myths and embrace the agile, data-fueled mindset that has built some of the world’s most iconic companies. With each chapter, it challenges readers to reimagine how products spread, customers engage, and momentum is sustained—not by chance, but by design. In a world where attention is fleeting and loyalty hard-won, can growth be engineered rather than hoped for? This is the modern entrepreneur’s playbook—part science, part rebellion, and all about unlocking unstoppable traction.
- Originally Published: 2015
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781524760007
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Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy
In Your Next Five Moves, strategy is no longer the preserve of chess masters or CEOs—it becomes a personal battlefield where clarity of vision meets calculated action. With sharp precision and real-world intensity, this book draws you into the high-stakes game of decision-making, challenging you to think not just one step ahead, but five. Are you building an empire—or merely reacting to the board in front of you? Through bold frameworks and unflinching self-examination, it dares you to master the paradox of ambition: to move fast while thinking long. Every chapter is a call to rise above guesswork and lead your life like a grandmaster plans a win.
- Originally Published: August 18, 2020
- Publisher: Gallery Books, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781982154813
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Execution lays bare the vital, often overlooked art of turning vision into reality—a disciplined journey where strategy falters without action, and leadership is measured by results, not intentions. With incisive clarity, it exposes the tensions between ambition and accountability, revealing how the relentless pursuit of flawless execution can forge or fracture organizations. What does it take to bridge the chasm between planning and doing, and how do leaders inspire teams to carry the weight of responsibility without faltering? This book challenges readers to confront the hard truths of leadership and the unforgiving demands of making things happen in an uncertain world.
- Originally Published: 2002
- Publisher: Crown Business, 2002
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0609610572
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Why do some ideas light up the world while others fade into silence? Contagious peels back the curtain on the science of social transmission, revealing the invisible levers—emotion, story, visibility, and value—that make content irresistible and messages magnetic. With brisk insight and captivating clarity, it decodes why whispers become roars, why we share what we do, and how influence often hides in plain sight. At its core lies a tantalizing question: Is virality crafted or caught? This is a playbook not just for marketers, but for anyone who wants their ideas to live—and spread.
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1451686579
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Success can be seductive—blinding us to the very habits that quietly hold us back. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There is a sharp, illuminating guide for high achievers who find themselves stalled at the edge of their next great breakthrough. It dares to ask: What if the behaviors that built your rise are now the barriers to your ascent? In brisk, candid prose, it reveals the hidden interpersonal flaws—subtle, often unspoken—that undermine leadership and derail potential. This is not merely a book about climbing higher, but about growing deeper, confronting the blind spots that ambition often refuses to see.
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2007
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1401301309
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Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity
What if those who claim to rescue the global poor are the very ones tightening their chains? Bad Samaritans rips away the moral façade of free-market evangelism, revealing a world where rich nations preach openness while guarding their own prosperity behind walls of hypocrisy. With sharp wit and unforgiving logic, it exposes the quiet sabotage embedded in economic advice—how development is stifled not by corruption or incompetence alone, but by the deliberate policies of those who “help.” Is the path to progress paved by imitation, or rebellion? This book dares readers to question the fairness of the global order—and to see who truly benefits when the powerful cry reform.
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781905211371
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The Art of War
In The Art of War, strategy becomes poetry, and conflict a test not of brute force but of clarity, deception, and timeless wisdom. Each page slices through illusion like a blade, revealing how true victory lies not in battle won, but in war avoided. Can the path to mastery begin not with aggression, but with stillness, foresight, and the elegant dance of calculated moves? This is no mere manual of combat—it is a meditation on power, perception, and the eternal war within and without. For those willing to listen, it whispers truths that echo across empires and ages.
- Originally Published: 5th century BC
- Publisher: Shambhala Classics
- Genre: Treatise, Non-fiction
- Pages: 296
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0007420124
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BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company
Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 is a masterclass in transforming vision into enduring impact, unraveling the intricate dance between bold innovation and disciplined leadership. It challenges the entrepreneur to transcend mere survival, inviting a profound inquiry: what does it take to build an enterprise that not only grows but thrives with purpose and resilience through uncertainty? This book pulses with the tension of ambition meeting strategy, illuminating the path from chaotic beginnings to lasting greatness. In the crucible of entrepreneurship, will you rise as a leader who shapes the future—or be consumed by the relentless demands of building something truly remarkable?
- Originally Published: 1992
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0399564239
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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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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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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
Most small businesses don’t fail for lack of passion—they fail because passion alone is not a system. The E-Myth Revisited shatters the romantic illusion of the lone entrepreneur, revealing the silent traps that turn dreamers into overworked employees of their own creations. Through the lens of a simple bakery’s struggle, it asks: what if working in your business is the very thing keeping you from working on it? Part parable, part playbook, this is a journey from chaos to clarity, guiding you to build not just a livelihood, but a living, breathing enterprise that thrives without you.
- Originally Published: 1995
- Publisher: Harper Business, 2004
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0887307287
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
In a world awash with lofty goals and hollow jargon, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy cuts like a scalpel through the fog of wishful thinking to reveal a brutal truth: most plans fail not from poor execution, but from the absence of strategy itself. With the precision of a strategist and the clarity of a skeptic, it exposes the seductive ease of bad strategy—grand visions without focus, ambition without action—and replaces it with a sharp-edged framework for real-world advantage. What if the key to power lies not in setting more goals, but in confronting the hardest problem head-on? This is a thinker’s call to arms: to resist noise, embrace clarity, and dare to lead with intent in a world that rewards distraction.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Profile Books, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1781256176
- Access: 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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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Multipliers explores a paradox both unsettling and liberating: that the most powerful leaders are not those who hoard intelligence, but those who ignite it in others. With striking clarity, the book maps the quiet divide between leaders who drain potential and those who expand it—turning ordinary teams into reservoirs of brilliance. What kind of leader are you: a diminisher cloaked in control, or a multiplier who turns silence into ideas and pressure into growth? In this vivid and practical journey, Multipliers reveals that true influence lies not in knowing all the answers, but in asking the questions that awaken greatness in others. It is both a mirror and a manual for anyone daring enough to lead with generosity and boldness.
- Publisher: Harper Business
- Published: June 15, 2010
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0061964398
- Access: Members
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
What if negotiation wasn’t a battle of wills, but a search for mutual truth? Getting to Yes reveals a radical yet quietly powerful approach to conflict—one where listening becomes strategy, and principled compromise paves the way to lasting resolution. In a world where egos clash and positions harden, this book dares to ask: can we separate the people from the problem, and still win? Practical yet profound, it turns the tense theatre of negotiation into a space for clarity, calm, and transformation. The stakes? Not just deals or agreements—but trust, dignity, and the art of human connection.
- Originally Published: 1981
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2011
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0143118756
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
What separates the merely good from the truly great—and why do so few ever make the leap? Good to Great is a lucid, empirical exploration of the hidden engines that propel ordinary companies into excellence, revealing that greatness is not a matter of luck or charisma, but of disciplined people, relentless focus, and a willingness to confront brutal truths. Like a masterfully drawn map, it charts a course through the fog of mediocrity to a summit few dare to climb. Can greatness be engineered—or must it be born? In these pages lies a quiet but radical answer: greatness, though rare, is within reach—if we are willing to do the work.
- Originally Published: 2001
- Publisher: Harper Business, 2001
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 300
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0066620992
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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
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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
- Access: Members
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Money Magnet
Money Magnet is a sharp, no-nonsense blueprint for turning ambition into income, and hustle into lasting wealth. It cuts through financial noise with street-smart wisdom and unapologetic clarity, teaching not only how money moves—but how to make it move for you. Beneath its bold tone lies a deeper challenge: is wealth a product of luck, or the outcome of mindset, discipline, and deliberate action? This is a guide for those tired of chasing money and ready to learn how to attract it. What if the real secret to success isn’t in what you earn—but in what you believe?
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Wiley, 2013
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 260
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1890679460
- Access: Members
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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Game Theory by Ken Binmore is an elegant invitation into the grand theater of strategy, where every choice is a move and every player a potential ally or rival. With clarity and wit, it unveils the hidden logic behind cooperation, conflict, and competition—whether in politics, poker, or everyday life. Beneath its mathematical surface lies a profound question: if we are all rational, why is life so unpredictable? This is a book not just about games, but about the delicate dance between reason and desire, structure and spontaneity. In the end, it dares you to ask—are you playing the game, or is the game playing you?
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 208
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0199218462
- Access: Members
