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Cover of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May

2026-03

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Cover of Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides

2026-03

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Cover of Three Story Method: Foundations of Fiction

Three Story Method: Foundations of Fiction

J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon

2025-11

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Be a Writing Machine: Write Faster And Smarter, Beat Writer’s Block, and Be Prolific

ML Ronn

2025-11

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Cover of The Art of Spending Money: Simpler Choices for a Richer Life

The Art of Spending Money: Simpler Choices for a Richer Life

Morgan Housel

2025-10

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Understanding Show, Don’t Tell (And Really Getting It): Learn how to find —and fix— told prose in your writing

Janice Hardy

2025-10

Cover of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Robert D. Putnam

2025-09

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Cover of The Man Who Died Twice

The Man Who Died Twice

Richard Osman

Thursday Murder Club Mystery

2025-09

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Cover of The Bullet That Missed

The Bullet That Missed

Richard Osman

Thursday Murder Club Mystery

2025-09

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Cover of The Amulet of Samarkand

The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud

The Bartimaeus Trilogy · #1

2025-08

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30 and Out

Doug Allyn

2025-07

Cover of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

2025-07

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How To Raise An Adult: Breakf free of the over parenting trap and prepare your kid for success

Julie Lythcott-Haims

2025-07

Batman: Year 1

Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli with Richmond Lewis

2025-05

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“Where Are They Now?”

Meg Elison

2025-05

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“Through The Machine”

P. A. Cornell

2025-05

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“The Temporal Displacement of the Graves”

Russell Nichols

2025-05

Batman: Year 1 adapted for audio

DC High Volume

2025-05

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“The Price of Manners”

Martin Cahill

2025-05

Cover of Harry Potter And the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling and Illustrated

Harry Potter And the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling and Illustrated

Jim Kay

2025-01

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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More and Change the Way You Lead Forever

Michael Bungay Stanier

2024-12

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Cover of A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and A Vision for the Future

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and A Vision for the Future

David Attenborough

2024-12

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Cover of The Battle of the Labyrinth

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians · #4

2024-11

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Cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

2024-10

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Cover of Dinosaurs Before Dark

Dinosaurs Before Dark

Mary Pope Osborne

Magic Tree House · #1

2024-10

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Ring Shout or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times

P. Djèlí Clark

2024-09

Cover of The Titan’s Curse

The Titan’s Curse

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians · #3

2024-09

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The Other Side of the Hedge

E. M. Forster

2024-09

Cover of The Sea of Monsters

The Sea of Monsters

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians · #2

2024-09

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The Saint

V.S. Pritchett

2024-09

Cover of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, The Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire

Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, The Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire

Jonathan M. Katz

2024-09

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The Standard of Living

Dorothy Parker

2024-09

The Lighthouse Keeper

Daisy Johnson

2024-09

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Puttin’ Out the Ritz

Melissa Yi

2024-09

Cover of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

2024-08

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All That Glitters

Gar Anthony Haywood

2024-08

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The Three Day Blow

Ernest Hemingway

2024-08

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Somebody Has To Bleed

David Bart

2024-08

Southern Bastards Volume 4: Gut Check

Jason Aaron and Jason Latour

2024-08

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Kin

Bruce McAllister

2024-08

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Garden Party

Katherine Mansfield

2024-08

Southern Bastards Volume 3: Homecoming

Jason Aaron and Jason Latour

2024-08

Southern Bastards Volume 2: Gridiron

Jason Aaron and Jason Latour

2024-08

Southern Bastards Volume 1: Here Was a Man

Jason Aaron and Jason Latour

2024-08

Cover of The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians · #1

2024-06

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Cover of Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo

Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo

William Joyce

2024-06

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Cover of Talking to Strangers: What we should know about the people we don’t know

Talking to Strangers: What we should know about the people we don’t know

Malcom Gladwell

2024-06

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Cover of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler

2024-06

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Cover of First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

Annie Jacobson

2024-05

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Cover of Blessings of a Skinned Knee: Raising Self-Reliant Children

Blessings of a Skinned Knee: Raising Self-Reliant Children

Wendy Mogel

2024-04

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Cover of The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Folger Shakespeare Library Edition)

The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Folger Shakespeare Library Edition)

William Shakespeare

2024-04

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Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

S. C. Gwynne

2024-04

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Cover of Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Annie Jacobsen

2024-04

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Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

Lin Manuel Miranda and Johnny Sun

2024-04

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Cover of The Book Of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

The Book Of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

David Von Drehle

2024-03

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Cover of G-Man: J Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

G-Man: J Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Beverly Gage

2024-03

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Cover of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Michael Chabon

2024-03

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Cover of Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

Simon Sinek

2024-03

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Cover of A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

Sonia Purnell

2024-02

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Cover of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns-Goodwin

2024-02

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Cover of Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

Thich Nhat Hanh

2024-01

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The Catch, Slough House VI.5

Mick Herron

2024-01

Slough House, Slough House VII

Mick Herron

2024-01

The Marylebone Drop, Slough House Book V.5

Mick Herron

2023-12

Cover of Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

Robert Kurson

2023-12

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Cover of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

Haemin Sunim

2023-10

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Cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

2023-10

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Cover of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

2023-10

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Cover of Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America

Alec MacGillis

2023-10

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Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird

2023-10

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Expecting Better: Why the conventional pregnancy wisdom is so bad not and what you really need to know

Emily Oster

2023-10

Cover of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

2023-09

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Cover of Sherlock Holmes: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

2023-09

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Cover of Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

2023-08

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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2023-08

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Cover of Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2023-07

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Cover of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2023-07

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Cover of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

Jon Meacham

2023-07

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Cover of This Is How You Lose The Time War

This Is How You Lose The Time War

Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

2023-06

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Cover of A Darkness More Than Night

A Darkness More Than Night

Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch · #7

2023-06

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Cover of Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

Ben Rich and Leo Janos

2023-05

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Cover of The Warburgs: The Twentieth Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

The Warburgs: The Twentieth Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

Ron Chernow

2023-05

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Cover of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Brianna Wiest

2023-05

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Desert Star

Michael Connelly

Renee Ballard & Harry Bosch · #5

2023-03

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Cover of The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford

2023-03

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The Dark Hours

Michael Connelly

Renee Ballard & Harry Bosch · #4

2023-03

Cover of Night Fire

Night Fire

Michael Connelly

Renee Ballard & Harry Bosch · #3

2023-02

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Cover of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

T.J. Stiles

2023-02

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HTTP: Learn your browser’s language

Julia Evans

2023-02

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Nevada Gas

Raymond Chandler

2023-01

Dark Sacred Night

Michael Connelly

Renee Ballard & Harry Bosch · #2

2023-01

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Pearls Are a Nuisance

Raymond Chandler

2022-12

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The King In Yellow

Raymond Chandler

2022-12

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I’ll Be Waiting

Raymond Chandler

2022-12

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Spanish Blood

Raymond Chandler

2022-12

Cover of An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

Will Larson

2022-12

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The Simple Art of Murder

Raymond Chandler

2022-12

Cover of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman

2022-12

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Cover of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement

Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein

2022-11

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Cover of Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules

Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules

L. David Marquet

2022-11

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Cover of The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

Bina Venkataraman

2022-10

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Cover of The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

Michael Lewis

2022-09

Cover of The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success

The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success

Euny Hong

2022-09

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Cover of The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Jonas Jonasson

2022-09

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Cover of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

Daniel H. Pink

2022-09

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Cover of How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

Matt Ridley

2022-09

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Cover of The Up Side Of Down: Why Failing Well Is The Key To Success

The Up Side Of Down: Why Failing Well Is The Key To Success

Megan McArdle

2022-09

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Cover of Babylon’s Ashes

Babylon’s Ashes

James S.A. Corey

The Expanse · #6

2022-08

Cover of The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

Michael D. Watkins

2022-05

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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

2022-03

Cover of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

Stanley A. McChrystal, Chris Fussell, Tantum Collins, David Silverman

2022-03

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Cover of First, Break All The Rules: What The World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently

First, Break All The Rules: What The World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently

Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

2022-03

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Cover of Malazan Book of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon

Malazan Book of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson

2022-01

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Cover of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman

2021-12

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Cover of The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together

The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together

Twyla Tharp

2021-11

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Cover of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. II: Means of Ascent

The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. II: Means of Ascent

Robert Caro

2021-08

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Cover of A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

William B. Irvine

2021-07

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Cover of The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Eliyahu Goldratt

2021-05

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Cover of A Wizard of Earthsea

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

The Earthcycle · #1

2021-03

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Cover of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

2021-03

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Legacy of Orïsha, Book I: Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

2021-02

Cover of Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

Marty Cagan

2021-02

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Cover of The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

Rob Fitzpatrick

2021-01

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Dandelion Dynasty Book I: The Grace of Kings

Ken Liu

2020-12

Cover of The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

2020-12

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Bromeliad Trilogy, Book II: Diggers

Terry Pratchett

2020-10

Bromeliad Trilogy, Book III: Wings

Terry Pratchett

2020-10

Cover of Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim

2020-08

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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Nancy Isenberg

2020-08

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Cover of Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

Danny Meyer

2020-07

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Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

John Doerr, Larry Page

2020-05

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Cover of Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister

2020-03

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Cover of Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy (Pevear and Volokhonsky translation)

2020-01

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Cover of Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

Katherine Rundell

2020-01

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Cover of Shape Up

Shape Up

Ryan Singer

2019-11

The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. I: The Path to Power

Robert Caro

2019-07

The World As I See It

Albert Einstein

2019-04