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A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships
by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam
Social Science
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
by Konstantin Kisin (Author), Peter Lloyd (Editor)
Biography & Autobiography
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Atomic Habits
by James Clear
Self-Help
Beetle in the Anthill
by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Science Fiction
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
Careless People
by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Memoir
David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
by Garry Kasparov
Deep Work for Distracted People: Simple Methods to Stay Focused, Think Clearly, and Finish What Matters
by MD Saly
Don't Leave Anything For Later
by Library Mindset
Entrepreneur Revolution
by Daniel Priestley
Business & Entrepreneurship
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
by Mark Manson
Self-Help
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns, M.D.
Focus on What Matters
by Darius Foroux
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Good to Great
by Jim Collins
Gut Feelings: Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel
by Dr. Will Cole
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
by Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover
Business & Economics
How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
I Will Teach You to Be Rich
by Ramit Sethi
Business & Economics
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles
Self-Help
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lifestyle Business Playbook
by Daniel Priestley
Limitless
by Jim Kwik
Business & Economics
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Psychology
Measure What Matters
by John Doerr
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
Mindset
by Dr Carol S. Dweck
Monsoon
by Wilbur Smith
Historical Fiction
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz
Business & Economics
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Principles
by Ray Dalio
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
by Ray Dalio
Business & Economics
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain
Psychology
Rework
by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Business
Rich Dad Poor Dad
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
by Morgan Housel
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
Sickness Unto Dispair
by Soren Kirkegaard
Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
by Hyrum Wright, Titus Winters, et al.
Technology
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom
The 4-Hour Work Week
by Timothy Ferriss
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
Fiction
The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
by Scott Galloway
The Anarchist Handbook
by Michael Malice
Political Science
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
by Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Psychology
The Certainty Illusion: What You Don't Know and Why It Matters
by Timothy Caulfield
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
by Robert C. Martin
Computers
The Compound Effect
by Darren Hardy
Study Aids
The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
by Steven Bartlett
Business & Self-Help
The Emotionally Healthy Leader
by Peter Scazzero
The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Four Tendencies
by Gretchen Rubin
The Happiness Equation
by Neil Pasricha
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
by Ben Horowitz
The Infinite Game
by Simon Sinek
The Innovator's Dilemma
by Clayton M. Christensen
Business
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud
The Lean Startup
by Eric Ries
Business & Economics
The Let Them Theory
by Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins
Self-Help
The Myth of Normal
by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté
Health & Wellness
The Next Right Thing
by Emily P. Freeman
The Obstacle Is the Way
by Ryan Holiday
Self-Help
The One Thing
by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
Self-Help
The Optimism Bias
by Tali Sharot
Psychology
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
The Perception of the Environment
by Tim Ingold
Anthropology
The Personal MBA
by Josh Kaufman
Business
The Power of Focus
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt
Business & Economics
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
by Eckhart Tolle
The Pragmatic Programmer
by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt
Software Development
The Psychology Of Money
by Morgan Housel
Psychology
The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins
The Social Paradox
by William von Hippel
Psychology
The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain
by Tara Swart, MD, PhD
The Speed of Trust
by Stephen M.R. Covey, Rebecca Merrill
Business & Economics
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
by Mark Manson
Self-Help
The Theory of the Leisure Class
by Thorstein Veblen
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche
The Trading Game
by Gary Stevenson
Finance
The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil
by Michael Malice
Political Science
Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
Self-Help
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
Psychology
Tratado Theorico e Pratico Sobre A Maneira de Construir Fogões de Sala Economicos e Salubres
by António Lobo Barbosa de São Romão
Economics
Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese Thought and Culture
by Robin R. Wang
You Can Heal Your Life
by Louise Hay
Zero to One
by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Business
Мы (We)
by Евгений Замятин (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
Fiction
Программирование на Python с помощью GitHub Copilot и ChatGPT
by Лео Портер, Даниэль Зингаро
Programming
Хочу учиться! Вызываем интерес к учебе по методу STEAM
by Таня Медведева
Education
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