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The Concise Laws Of Human Nature
Beneath the polished surface of civility lies a labyrinth of impulse, emotion, and primal instinct—and The Laws of Human Nature hands you the torch to navigate it. With a tone both surgical and haunting, this book exposes the timeless patterns that govern how people think, act, and deceive—even themselves. Can mastering the hidden currents of human behavior lead to deeper empathy, or does such power risk manipulation? Equal parts mirror and map, it dares you to confront the shadows within and around you. What you do with that knowledge may define your influence—or your downfall.
- Originally Published: 2018
- Publisher: Profile Books, 2020
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 287
- Book Type: Hardcopy(Pocket Version)
- ISBN: 9781788161565
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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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Globalization and its Discontents
In a world knitted ever tighter by the threads of commerce and capital, Globalization and Its Discontents pulls back the curtain on the uneven bargains and broken promises of the global economy. With piercing clarity and moral urgency, it chronicles how international institutions meant to uplift the poor instead deepen their despair, as policies crafted in distant boardrooms unravel the lives of millions. Can a system that claims universality serve justice when its power is so unequally distributed—and whose voice counts when nations rise or fall on decisions they did not choose? This is not merely a critique, but a plea—for accountability, for empathy, and for a new vision of global prosperity rooted in dignity rather than dominance. It is a story of ambition betrayed, and of the silent rebellions that ripple through the streets of the global South.
- Originally Published: 2002
- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
- Pages: 304
- Genre: Non-Fiction
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0393324396
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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
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Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
What if the key to enduring chaos is not merely to withstand it—but to thrive because of it? In Antifragile, ideas crackle like lightning as it dismantles the illusion of stability and celebrates systems, individuals, and ideas that grow stronger under pressure, volatility, and disorder. Through paradox and provocation, it asks: Why worship resilience when you can embrace something better—something that feeds on uncertainty and emerges sharper, fiercer, and wiser? With a voice that is both incendiary and exacting, this book maps a radical philosophy for living wisely in a world that will never be safe, still, or predictable. It is not a manual for survival—but a manifesto for transcendence.
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher : Penguin Books, 2013
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 544
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141038223
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The Deals that Made the World
Behind every headline, hidden in the fine print, are the deals that quietly shape the way we eat, work, love, and live. The Deals That Made the World peels back the polished surface of capitalism to expose the secret negotiations, corporate handshakes, and silent revolutions that have redrawn the global order. It asks a haunting question: if the rules of our lives are written in back rooms and boardrooms, whose interests do they truly serve? With the pace of a thriller and the insight of an exposé, this book turns the everyday into the extraordinary—and demands that we look again at the forces steering our fate.
- Originally Published: 2017
- Publisher : Hodder, 2018
- Pages: 461
- Genre: Business, Autobiography
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1473646421
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Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
In a world desperate for patterns, Fooled by Randomness delivers a sobering truth: much of what we call success is luck masquerading as skill. With sharp wit and intellectual daring, the book peels back the layers of financial markets, human behavior, and belief systems to reveal how easily we are deceived by noise dressed as signal. How many of our convictions rest not on reason, but on stories we tell ourselves after the fact? This is a mind-bending journey through uncertainty, where arrogance meets probability, and where humility may be the only reliable compass. It is a mirror held up to our illusions—inviting us not just to see the world differently, but to think more wisely within it.
- Originally Published: 2001
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007
- Pages: 368
- Genre: Self-help
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141031484
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Why do some nations flourish while others are trapped in cycles of poverty and decay? Why Nations Fail cuts through geography, culture, and chance to expose the raw machinery of power—where inclusive institutions build prosperity and extractive ones hollow it out. With the force of a grand detective story, it reveals how empires collapse not from outside threats, but from within, when the few prey upon the many. Can a society rewrite its destiny, or are its failures hardwired into the very rules it lives by? This is a journey into the heart of inequality—and a blueprint for those bold enough to change it.
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher : Crown Currency, 2013
- Pages: 544
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0307719225
- Access: Members
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Measure What Matters: OKRs – The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
What if the secret to achieving bold dreams lies not in working harder, but in choosing what to measure—and what to ignore? Measure What Matters unveils the power of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), a deceptively simple system that has propelled visionary teams toward clarity, alignment, and unstoppable momentum. With real-world stories of ambition wrestled into focus, the book invites readers into boardrooms where ideas live or die by the metrics that define them. In a world drowning in data but starved for direction, can the right goal-setting framework spark both performance and purpose? Clear-eyed and compelling, this is a blueprint for anyone determined not just to move fast, but to move true.
- Originally Published: 2017
- Publisher : Penguin Business, 2018
- Pages: 306
- Genre: Business
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0241348482
- Access: Prime Membership
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Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
Basic Economics is a lucid, unsentimental journey through the invisible architecture that shapes every choice, every price, every life. With clarity and force, it strips away jargon and ideology to reveal how the simplest human actions—buying, selling, saving—echo across cities, nations, and generations. In a world pulsing with wants and limited means, what happens when good intentions collide with hard realities? This book invites readers to see the marketplace not as cold arithmetic, but as the ongoing story of human trade-offs, incentives, and unintended consequences. It is both a guidebook and a mirror for anyone seeking to understand how societies thrive—or unravel.
- Originally Published: 2000
- Publisher : Basic Books, 2014
- Genre: Economics
- Pages: 704
- Book Type: Hardcover
- ISBN-13: 978-0465060733
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
In Against the Gods, the ancient chaos of fate is challenged by humanity’s relentless quest to measure, predict, and master the unknown. From the gamblers of Renaissance Italy to the architects of modern finance, this sweeping narrative traces how risk—once the realm of divine caprice—was transformed into a tool of decision, progress, and power. But can numbers truly conquer uncertainty, or do we merely wrap randomness in the illusion of control? Blending intellectual history with sharp economic insight, this book invites readers to reconsider how we understand the future—and how that understanding shapes the choices we make today. It is both a celebration of reason’s triumph and a quiet meditation on its limits.
- Originally Published: 1998
- Publisher : Wiley, 1998
- Pages: 400
- Genre: Investing
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0471295631
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The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
What does it take to turn an idea into impact in a world crowded with noise and inertia? The Art of the Start 2.0 is a bold, clear-sighted guide for dreamers with deadlines—an entrepreneurial manifesto that distills the chaos of launching a venture into action, purpose, and traction. With crisp insight and unflinching candor, it charts a path from pitch decks to product launches, from bootstrapping to building movements. Beneath the tactics lies a deeper question: is entrepreneurship just strategy—or is it a calling to shape the future? This is not just a how-to—it’s a rallying cry for those ready to begin.
- Originally Published: 2004
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2015
- Genre: Entrepreneurship
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0241187265
- Access: Members
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Making Money Is Killing Your Business: How to Build a Business You’ll Love and Have a Life, Too
What if the very pursuit of profit is the trap keeping your business—and your life—from true freedom? Making Money is Killing Your Business delivers a jolt to the conventional wisdom of entrepreneurship, urging business owners to trade endless busyness for intentional legacy-building. With bold clarity and a liberating tone, it redefines success as time, purpose, and impact—rather than just the bottom line. Can you build a business that makes meaning, not just money? This book is a wake-up call for those tired of being owned by what they’ve built.
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Crankset Publishing, 2015
- Pages: 303
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0984334322
- Access: Members
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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to drive your career and create a remarkable future
In a world designed to reward conformity, what happens when you choose to become indispensable? Linchpin is a call to arms for the creative misfit, the quiet revolutionary, the individual daring to bring art and humanity back into work. With fierce urgency and warm provocation, it dismantles the myth of job security and invites you to forge your own value by showing up, standing out, and shipping your brilliance. Are you a replaceable cog, or the irreplaceable force that holds everything together? This book dares you to decide—and to matter.
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2010
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0749953355
- Access: Members
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? is a searing wake-up call from the edge of disillusionment—an urgent plea to rediscover courage, character, and common sense in an era adrift in apathy and excuses. With a voice both battle-worn and unyielding, it confronts the vacuum at the top and demands we stop mistaking charisma for competence, noise for leadership. If power no longer serves the people, who will rise to lead with heart and spine, not just ambition? This is not merely a critique—it is a challenge to reclaim the soul of leadership before it’s too late.
- Originally Published: April 2007
- Publisher: Scribner, 2008
- Genre: Biography
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1416532491
- Access: Members
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Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
In a world drowning in sameness, Purple Cow charges through the grey fog of mediocrity with a singular question: why be ordinary when remarkable is the only path to survival? This provocative manifesto calls creators, entrepreneurs, and marketers to abandon the safety of the herd and dare to be dangerously different. It’s a vivid exploration of what happens when you stop following the rules—and start rewriting them. What if the biggest risk in your work isn’t failure, but invisibility? Bold, fast-paced, and brimming with defiant energy, this book is a call to stand out or fade away.
- Originally Published: 2002
- Publisher: Penguin, 2005
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 160
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0141016405
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Can we end poverty—not in theory, but in our lifetime? The End of Poverty charts a daring and data-driven journey through the heart of global suffering, revealing how economic despair is not an inevitable fate but a solvable problem. With clarity and urgency, it exposes the hidden mechanics that trap nations in extreme deprivation and unveils a roadmap of practical solutions that challenge apathy and resignation. This is not just an economic treatise—it is a call to moral action, a testament to the possibility that with enough resolve, compassion, and precision, humanity can lift its most vulnerable beyond survival into dignity. What does it say about us if we can rescue the poor—and choose not to?
- Originally Published: December 2005
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2006
- Genre: Economics, Politics
- Pages: 464
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0143036586
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Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism
In Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism, the flags may have changed, but the power still flows from the same hands. With surgical precision and revolutionary fire, this book unveils how economic control, foreign aid, and multinational influence have replaced the old chains of empire with new, invisible shackles. If independence is declared but decisions are made abroad, can freedom truly be said to exist? It is a searing exposé of betrayal cloaked in diplomacy, where the promise of sovereignty is bartered for dependency. Through every page, the reader is challenged to ask: who profits when the colonizer never leaves—but merely changes form?
- Originally Published: 1965
- Publisher: Panaf, 2009
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 316
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0901787231
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
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How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World
In a world where corporations shape the fate of economies, How Boards Work opens the door to the secret chambers of power—where strategy is sculpted, risk is reckoned with, and the future is quietly decided. Through lucid analysis and insider clarity, this book unravels the anatomy of the boardroom, revealing the delicate balance between governance and ambition, ethics and profit. What happens when the stewards of capitalism must choose between short-term gains and long-term survival? With poise and urgency, it challenges us to rethink who holds the reins of our financial destiny—and how they ought to wield them. A vital guide for those who dare to sit at the table where decisions ripple across the world.
- Originally Published: May 2021
- Publisher: Basic Books, 2021
- Genre: Business
- Pages: 304
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1541619425
- Access: Members
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
In a world where businesses battle for scraps in bloody waters, Blue Ocean Strategy charts a bold course toward untamed markets where competition fades and innovation reigns. It is a call to creators, visionaries, and restless thinkers to abandon the fight for dominance and instead redraw the map entirely. Through strategic clarity and imaginative leaps, it reveals how the most successful ventures are not those who outfight their rivals—but those who make them irrelevant. Can you build value without a battlefield? This is not just a book on business—it is a manifesto for those who dare to swim beyond the horizon.
- Originally Published: 2004
- Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, 2005
- Genre: Business Management
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591396192
- Access: Members
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Your Marketing Sucks
Blunt as a slap and sharp as a scalpel, Your Marketing Sucks tears through the comfortable illusions that drain budgets and deliver nothing. With ruthless clarity, it exposes how most marketing is little more than noise—expensive, aimless, and self-indulgent. This is a wake-up call masquerading as a manifesto, urging you to abandon vanity metrics and demand results that matter: sales, impact, growth. What if the problem isn’t your product—but the story you’re failing to tell? In a world drowning in messages, only those who cut through with purpose will survive.
- Originally Published: 2003
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 2005
- Genre: Marketing
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1400081691
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Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
Dead Aid delivers a fierce and fearless indictment of the foreign aid system, arguing that what was meant to heal Africa may, in fact, be helping to hold it down. With unflinching logic and moral urgency, it dismantles the comfortable myth that money alone can fix poverty, revealing instead a cycle of dependency, corruption, and arrested growth. This is not a rejection of compassion—it is a challenge to rethink what true empowerment looks like. What if generosity, poorly aimed, becomes a weapon disguised as a gift? In the ruins of well-meant intentions, Dead Aid dares to ask what Africa truly needs to rise.
- Originally Published: 2009
- Publisher: Penguin, 2010
- Genre: Politics, Economics
- Pages: 188
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0141031187
- Access: Members
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Zero to One is a provocative exploration of creation itself—a manifesto for those who refuse to settle for incremental change and instead seek to build the future from nothing. It challenges the comfort of competition, urging innovators to forge unique paths that transform industries and rewrite the rules of progress. At its heart lies a profound paradox: true breakthrough demands both bold originality and relentless discipline. What does it take to leap from zero to one, to create something utterly new in a world obsessed with copying? This is not just a guide to startups—it is a call to reimagine possibility itself.
- Originally Published: 2014
- Publisher: Virgin Books, 2015
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 210
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0753555200
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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Beneath the veneer of intellect lies a hidden force that shapes our lives: the art of understanding and mastering our own emotions. Emotional Intelligence unravels the delicate threads that connect self-awareness, empathy, and resilience, revealing how these unseen powers govern success, relationships, and well-being. It challenges the myth that intelligence alone determines destiny, inviting readers into a profound journey of inner discovery and transformation. What if the key to unlocking human potential is not in logic, but in feeling? This book beckons you to explore the subtle alchemy of the heart and mind entwined.
- Originally Published: 1995
- Publisher: Bantam, 2005
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0553383713
- Access: Members
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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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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
What happens when a company dares to trust its people more than its policies? No Rules Rules takes readers behind the curtain of Netflix’s radical reinvention of workplace culture—where freedom is currency, candor is king, and control is traded for creativity. With bold strokes and sharp insight, it challenges the conventional wisdom that structure breeds success, revealing instead how chaos, when managed with clarity, can unlock astonishing innovation. Can an organization thrive without rules—or does liberation come with its own invisible leash? This is a story of rebellion, reinvention, and the quiet revolution rewriting how the world works.
- Originally Published: 2020
- Publisher: Virgin Books, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780753553664
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Why do some teams charge into fire while others fracture at the first spark? Leaders Eat Last is a rallying cry for a kind of leadership forged not in boardrooms but in the bonds of trust, sacrifice, and shared purpose. With stirring clarity, it unveils a world where the strongest leaders are those who protect others first—who create a circle of safety so powerful that people risk more, care more, and thrive together. In an age obsessed with individual gain, can selflessness be the most strategic path to collective success? This is not merely a manual on leadership—it is a vision of what human organizations could be if led with heart and courage.
- Originally Published: 2014
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 368
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591845324
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Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell
Behind Silicon Valley’s shimmering innovation stood a quiet force whose currency was trust, empathy, and relentless belief in people. Trillion Dollar Coach unpacks the extraordinary influence of Bill Campbell, the man who guided tech titans not through commands, but by cultivating human connection in boardrooms built for disruption. As leaders scaled impossible heights, Campbell posed a question more enduring than any business metric: what if the key to winning is caring more? Blending rich anecdotes with hard-won lessons, this is a story of mentorship as strategy, and humanity as the ultimate competitive edge. In a world obsessed with speed and scale, it dares to argue that leadership begins—and ends—with heart.
- Originally Published: April 16, 2019
- Publisher: John Murray, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1473675988
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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
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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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How the World Works
Pulling back the curtain on empire, propaganda, and profit, How the World Works is a bracing excavation of the hidden engines driving global power. With scalpel-sharp clarity, it exposes the elegant lies and quiet violence beneath foreign policy, media narratives, and the illusion of democratic choice. This is a world where the loudest ideals mask the deepest betrayals—and where truth itself is a casualty of convenience. Can justice survive in a system built to obscure it?
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780241145388
- Access: Members
