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    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

    What if the rarest event could bankrupt empires—and you never saw it coming? Nassim Nicholas Taleb dismantles humanity’s obsession with predictability, revealing how “Black Swans”—unforeseen, earth-shattering events—shape history, fortunes, and failures, from stock market crashes to pandemics. But as we cling to illusions of control, a chilling paradox emerges: The more we plan for certainty, the less prepared we are for chaos. So, do you dare stare into the abyss of the unknown… or will your blind spots devour you whole?

    • 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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  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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    Things Fall Apart

    What if the very traditions that forged your identity could crumble in the blink of an eye? In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo, a warrior clinging to pride in a world shifting beneath his feet, battles to uphold his legacy as colonial shadows encroach on his homeland. But when culture collides with change and defiance dances with despair, will his fire consume him—or light the way for those left behind? Some truths refuse to be buried… and some falls rewrite history.

    • Originally Published: 1958
    • Publisher: Penguin Books, 1994
    • Genre: Novel
    • Pages: 209
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780385474542
  • Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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    Devil on the Cross

    What if the devil wasn’t a myth, but a tyrant in a tailored suit, auctioning your future to the highest bidder? In Devil on the Cross, Wariinga, a defiant young woman stripped of hope, confronts a grotesque underworld where greed is gospel and her people’s suffering is a spectator sport. But as she uncovers the rot festering in her nation’s soul, will her rebellion ignite liberation—or bind her to the very evil she fights? The cross awaits… and no one escapes unscathed.

    • Originally Published: 1980
    • Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2017
    • Pages: 320
    • Genre: Novel
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780143107361
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    Chip War: The Fight For the World’s Most Critical Technology

    What if the tiniest engine driving your daily life is also the atomic bomb of global power struggles? Chip War plunges you into the silent, brutal arena where microscopic silicon chips ignite a trillion-dollar showdown between tech titans, autocrats, and spies. Chris Miller cracks open the vault of the semiconductor industry, exposing how these slivers of sand dictate everything from your paycheck to nuclear codes—but as nations scramble to dominate this invisible battlefield, ask yourself: Will we harness the chips that command our era, or kneel as casualties in a war where surrender isn’t an option… it’s extinction?

    • Originally Published: 2022
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2023
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 431
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781398504127
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  • Mindset by Carol S. DweckMindset - Editorial reviews
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    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    What if your greatest limitation isn’t lack of talent, but a lie you’ve been told your entire life? In Mindset, pioneering psychologist Carol S. Dweck unravels the invisible force that dictates success, love, and self-worth—exposing how a single belief can shackle your potential or set it free. But when failure strips away every excuse, will you cling to the comfort of ‘I can’t’… or rewrite the story of who you’re meant to become?

    • Originally Published: 2006
    • Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007
    • Pages: 320
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN-13: 9780345472328
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    The House of the Dead

    What if survival demanded surrendering your very soul? In The House of the Dead, Aleksandr Petrovich, a disgraced nobleman, navigates the merciless chaos of a Siberian prison camp—where brutality collides with fleeting humanity, and every act of defiance could cost his sanity. As he teeters between revulsion and unexpected kinship with fellow convicts, one haunting truth emerges: the bars of captivity are not iron, but the shadows within. Will his awakening redeem him… or condemn him to a fate worse than chains?

    • Originally Published: 1861
    • Publisher: Dover Publications, 2004
    • Genre: Fiction
    • Pages: 446
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN-13: 978-0486434094
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  • Thinking Fast and Slow
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    Thinking Fast and Slow

    What if your greatest flaw is believing you’re rational? Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman exposes the warring minds within us all—the lightning-fast intuition that saves us (and sabotages us) and the sluggish logic we trust to clean up the mess. But as biases hijack decisions and confidence masks incompetence, a chilling truth emerges: Your brain isn’t built for truth, it’s built for survival. So, who’s really in control: you… or the lies you call instincts?

    • 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
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    What They Don’t Teach you at Harvard Business School

    What if your MBA only taught you 10% of what it takes to dominate the boardroom? Mark H. McCormack—the sports agent who turned handshakes into a billion-dollar empire—exposes the unwritten laws of business: where reading microexpressions trumps spreadsheets, and loyalty is currency. But when every deal hinges on instincts no classroom can teach, how many calculated risks would you take before your next move becomes your last?

    • 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
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    The Lean Startup

    What if your startup’s biggest risk isn’t failure—but wasting years building something nobody wants? The Lean Startup shatters the myth of the “perfect launch,” thrusting entrepreneurs into a relentless cycle of building, measuring, and pivoting before their runway vanishes. When customer feedback reveals harsh truths hidden beneath polished prototypes, will you cling to your vision… or survive by embracing the art of strategic surrender?

    • Originally Published: 2011
    • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, 2011
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 336
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780670921607
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    Frankenstein

    What if the spark of life you ignited turned into a nightmare you couldn’t control? In Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but tormented scientist, shatters the boundaries of nature to breathe life into his darkest ambition—only to unleash a haunting force that mirrors humanity’s deepest fears. As obsession twists into terror and creation confronts creator, one question remains: Is the true monster born of flesh… or the ruin of a soul that dared to play God?

    • Originally Published: 1818
    • Publisher: Wordsworth Classics, 1992
    • Genre: Fiction
    • Pages: 174
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781853260230
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  • MacbethMacbeth
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    Macbeth

    What if a single prophecy could unravel your soul? Macbeth, a noble warrior, grapples with this torment when a chilling prediction ignites a spiral of ambition and moral decay. As crowns are seized and alliances fracture, his conscience battles a hunger for power—but in a world where fate whispers and blood stains, can any victory outweigh the cost? Will you dare witness how far a man will fall before his own shadow devours him?

    • Originally Published: 1606
    • Publisher: Wordsworth Classics, 1992
    • Genre: Tragedy
    • Pages: 128
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781853260353
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    The Art of Public Speaking

    What if your voice could move mountains—but your fear keeps it buried? Dale Carnegie’s The Art of Public Speaking arms you with the tools to turn trembling into triumph, transforming anxiety into electrifying authority. But when the crowd’s eyes lock onto yours, will you rise as the hero of your own story… or let silence write your epitaph?

    • Originally Published: 1915
    • Publisher: Insight Press, 2019
    • Genre: Self-Help
    • Pages: 200
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9789391244613
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  • Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
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    Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

    What if the “happiest” nation on Earth harbored a secret so dark it could devour its soul? Dr. Kighare Menka, a surgeon haunted by the mutilated bodies of his patients, stumbles upon a grisly conspiracy trading in human flesh—a scheme entwined with the country’s most revered leaders. When his closest friend becomes the next target, Menka must unravel the lies before his own name joins the missing… but in a world where power wears a saint’s mask, can truth survive—or will it be buried with the bones?

    • Originally Published: 2021
    • Publisher: Vintage, 2022
    • Genre: Fiction
    • Pages: 464
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780593314470
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  • NudgeNudge
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    Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

    What if every choice you make is shaped by invisible forces you never noticed? In Nudge, Nobel laureate Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein expose how subtle tweaks—like rearranging cafeteria food or tweaking retirement plan defaults—steer billions of decisions, blending freedom with a provocative form of “libertarian paternalism”. But as governments and corporations weaponize these psychological levers, one question lingers: Are you truly in control, or just a puppet of someone else’s design?

    • Originally Published: 2008
    • Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2022
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 384
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780141999937
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  • You Must Set Forth at Dawn
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    You Must Set Forth at Dawn

    What if your fight for freedom transformed you from a man into a myth? Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s gripping memoir traces his decades-long battle against Nigeria’s military dictators—a journey of exile, clandestine resistance, and smuggled wildcats—where every homecoming risks collapse under the weight of a nation’s hopes. But when tyranny’s shadow clings to those you love, can a symbol survive as a human… or will the dawn demand more than flesh can bear?

    • Originally Published: 2006
    • Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2007
    • Genre: Memoir
    • Pages: 528
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0375755149
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    Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich

    What if the world’s wealthiest individuals no longer see themselves as citizens of any nation? Plutocrats pulls back the curtain on a global elite rewriting the rules of power—self-made billionaires and financiers who bend economies to their will while the middle class crumbles. When the line between merit and manipulation vanishes, whose future gets sold to the highest bidder… and who’s left holding the bill?

    • Originally Published: 2012
    • Publisher: The Penguin Press, 2013
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 352
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780141043425
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  • Life is Hard
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    Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

    What if the key to surviving life’s cruelties isn’t happiness—but embracing its inherent hardship? In Life Is Hard, MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya confronts the universal trials of grief, failure, and injustice with raw honesty, weaving ancient wisdom and personal anguish into a lifeline for the weary. Through chronic pain and existential despair, he argues that philosophy’s true power lies not in erasing suffering but in illuminating how to live with it—and fight for a world worth enduring. But when the line between solace and reckoning blurs… will you dare to see life as it truly is?

    • Originally Published: 2022
    • Publisher: Riverhead Books, 2022
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 240
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0593538210
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  • The Alter Ego Effect
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    The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life

    What if your greatest limitation was just a costume waiting to be removed? In The Alter Ego Effect, Todd Herman exposes how world-class athletes and visionary leaders secretly weaponize a second self to crush anxiety and access superhuman focus—but this power isn’t reserved for the elite. When your fiercest enemy whispers you’re not enough in your own voice… what mask would you dare to wear?

    • Originally Published: 2019
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 272
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780062838636
    • Access: Members
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    Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

    What if the most disruptive business empire of our time didn’t rely on visionary genius—but on a playbook so counterintuitive it defies every corporate norm? Working Backwards pulls back the curtain on Amazon’s unorthodox rise, revealing how two insiders cracked the code to obsessive customer focus, ruthless operational precision, and a culture where “high standards” mean rewriting the rules of success. But when relentless innovation collides with the pressure to outpace an entire industry, can these principles survive their own scale—or will the empire’s greatest strengths become its fatal flaw? What’s your company’s excuse?

    • Originally Published: 2021
    • Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, 2021
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 286
    • BookType: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781250275714
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  • The Secret History
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    The Secret History

    What if the pursuit of beauty demanded a blood sacrifice? In The Secret History, outsider Richard Papen becomes entangled with an elite group of classics students whose obsession with ancient rituals spirals into a chilling pact to bury a lethal secret. But as guilt fractures their bond, each must confront how far they’ll go to protect their illusions—and whether the terror of truth might destroy them all. Would you trust the person you’ve vowed to die for… or the stranger staring back in the mirror?

    • Originally Published: 1992
    • Publisher: Penguin General UK, 2002
    • Genre: Psychological Fiction
    • Pages: 640
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780140167771
    • Access: Members
  • Man and His Symbols
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    Man and His Symbols

    What if the key to your deepest fears and desires wasn’t buried in your waking mind—but hidden in symbols whispering through your dreams? Man and His Symbols unveils Carl Jung’s exploration of the unconscious, where archetypal shadows and forgotten myths collide with modern identity, demanding reconciliation. But when confronting your anima, shadow, and the collective legacy of humanity’s psyche, will you emerge whole—or unravel under truths too ancient to ignore?

    • Originally Published: 1964
    • Publisher : Penguin Random House, 1968
    • Genre: Psychology
    • Pages: 415
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN-13: 978-0440351832
    • Access: Members
  • Grit by Angela Duckworth
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    Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    What if the key to success isn’t talent, luck, or genius—but something you’ve underestimated your whole life? In Grit, Angela Duckworth shatters the myth of “natural-born brilliance,” exposing how relentless passion and perseverance—not innate skill—propel ordinary people to achieve the extraordinary. But when every failure becomes a lesson and every setback a test of resolve… will you crumble under doubt—or dig deeper to unlock the unstoppable force within?

    • Originally Published: 2016
    • Publisher: Scribner, 2016
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 352
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781501111105
    • Access: Members
  • Power and Prediction
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    Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

    What if the key to future dominance wasn’t in your decisions—but in the predictions you ignore? Power and Prediction exposes how industries from finance to healthcare hang in the balance as AI’s “prediction machines” rewrite the rules of power, silently shifting control from intuition to algorithmic foresight. But when tomorrow’s winners are decided by who dares to dismantle entire systems rather than tweak them… will your organization dictate the new world order—or become its first casualty?

    • Originally Published: 2022
    • Publisher: Harvard Business Publishing, 2022
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 288
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781647824198
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  • Atomic HabitsPraise for Atomic Habits
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    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

    What if mastering your destiny hinged not on life-altering decisions, but the 37-second routines you dismiss as trivial? Atomic Habits reveals how your morning coffee ritual and late-night scrolls silently author your biography—one unconscious repetition at a time. But when science proves your identity is just borrowed clothing stitched from these threads… will you keep wearing yesterday’s mistakes, or rewrite the pattern before it rewrites you?

    • Originally Published: 2018
    • Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2018
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 320
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781847941831
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  • The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
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    The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

    What if the single most transformative hour of your life begins while the world still sleeps? In The 5AM Club, an entrepreneur haunted by failure and an artist paralyzed by self-doubt collide with an enigmatic billionaire who claims predawn rituals hold the keys to escaping mediocrity—but as their predawn journey exposes buried fears and self-sabotage, a chilling question emerges: What price would you pay to join history’s greatest achievers…and what parts of yourself must you sacrifice to stay?

    • Originally Published: 2018
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 336
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781443456623
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  • Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
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    Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity, and Living a Good Life

    What if the greatest threats to your future aren’t the unknowns—but the patterns you’ve ignored for centuries? In Same as Ever, Morgan Housel unravels the invisible threads of human behavior that bind history’s triumphs and disasters, revealing how greed, fear, and survival instincts silently steer our chaotic world. You’ve mastered predicting markets and navigating crises, but what happens when the next catastrophe isn’t a surprise—just a rerun of humanity’s oldest script?

    • Originally Published: 2023
    • Publisher: Harriman House, 2023
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 224
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1804090947
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  • Think and Grow Rich
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    Think & Grow Rich

    What if the secret to limitless wealth wasn’t in your bank account… but in your mind? Imagine unlocking a 1930s billionaire’s vault of forbidden psychological tactics—obsessive desire, brainwave-altering rituals, shadowy mental alliances—to transform your poverty mindset into unstoppable fortune. But when ancient forces awaken your darkest self-doubts… will you master the 13th principle… or become another casualty of your own invisible barriers?

    • Originally Published: 1937
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 293
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
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  • The Personal MBA: Master the Art of BusinessThe Personal MBA Master the Art of Business
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    The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

    What if the keys to dominating the business world weren’t locked behind ivy-covered walls but hidden in plain sight? Josh Kaufman’s The Personal MBA equips renegades with the unwritten rules of commerce—value creation, psychological persuasion, and profit alchemy—that elite programs bury under decades of debt. But when society dismisses you as “unqualified,” will you cling to their outdated playbook… or rewrite the future with margins sharp enough to cut through doubt?

    • Originally Published: 2010
    • Publisher: Portfolio, 2012
    • Genre: Business, Self-help
    • Pages: 464
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1591845577
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  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    What if the monster you fear most is the one you’ve locked inside yourself? In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a brilliant but tormented scientist unleashes a dangerous experiment to split his soul—only to find his darkest impulses taking violent, uncontrollable form. But as the line between man and monster dissolves, will his final act save humanity… or prove that the true horror was hiding in the mirror all along?

    • Originally Published: 1886
    • Publisher: Vintage Classics Library, 2016
    • Genre: Gothic, Horror
    • Pages: 240
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781784871604
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  • The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
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    The Satanic Verses

    What if surviving a fall from the heavens left you cursed with the power to unravel reality itself? The Satanic Verses follows two men, transformed by a miraculous—or monstrous—act of salvation, as they grapple with fractured identities, divine delusions, and the seductive chaos between faith and betrayal. But when dreams bleed into waking life and ancient sins demand modern reckoning, how much of your soul would you sacrifice to outrun a god’s wrath—or become one?

    • Originally Published: 1988
    • Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2008
    • Genre: Fiction, Magical Realism
    • Pages: 576
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780812976717
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    Utopia

    What if the perfect society demanded your darkest sacrifice? In Utopia, Thomas More’s visionary explorer stumbles upon an island where poverty and greed are relics—yet beneath its gleaming order lies a chilling bargain between idealism and humanity’s soul. As he unravels the cost of paradise, one question gnaws: could you live in a world that saves everyone… by erasing everything that makes them alive?

    • Originally Published: 1516
    • Publisher: Wordsworth Classic, 1997
    • Genre: Utopia
    • Pages: 160
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9781853264740
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  • The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. ClasonThe Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
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    The Richest Man in Babylon

    What if the ancient secrets to boundless wealth were etched in clay tablets, waiting to shatter everything you know about money? In The Richest Man in Babylon, a struggling young laborer in the crumbling heart of a legendary empire dares to seek the wisdom of history’s wealthiest minds—only to uncover ruthless truths about greed, discipline, and the fragile line between fortune and ruin. But when gold reveals its cruelest lessons, will he emerge a king… or be devoured by the very riches he craved?

    • Originally Published: 1926
    • Publisher: Fingerprint Publishing, 2018
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 155
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9789388144315
    • Access: Members