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Chip War: The Fight For the World’s Most Critical Technology
Invisible to the naked eye yet powerful enough to shape empires, the microchip is the modern world’s most precious—and contested—resource. Chip War peels back the layers of global conflict not fought with missiles, but with silicon, code, and supply chains stretching across continents. In this high-stakes techno-thriller of nonfiction, nations race to control the circuitry that powers economies, armies, and everyday life. As alliances falter and dependencies deepen, one question echoes louder than ever: who holds the future when power lies in something smaller than a fingernail? Gripping, urgent, and chillingly real, this is the untold story of the silent war redefining our century.
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2023
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 431
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781398504127
- Access: Members
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Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
In a nation cloaked in irony—celebrated as the “happiest on earth” yet corroded by rot beneath its smiles—a doctor uncovers a macabre trade in human body parts, unraveling a sinister conspiracy that binds faith, politics, and power in a deadly knot. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is a darkly satirical epic, where absurdity and horror walk hand in hand through the corridors of privilege and corruption. Can truth survive in a land where joy is manufactured, and silence is the price of peace? With baroque language and blistering wit, this novel holds up a fractured mirror to society—daring us to ask whether laughter is a balm or a mask. It is a profound and unsettling journey into the theatre of power, where even hope wears a disguise.
- Originally Published: 2021
- Publisher: Vintage, 2022
- Genre: Fiction
- Pages: 464
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780593314470
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
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Crime and Punishment
In the stifling alleys of St. Petersburg, a young man commits a murder—not out of greed, but out of a fevered belief in his own moral exception. Crime and Punishment plunges into the shattered psyche of Raskolnikov, whose act of violence births a torment more relentless than justice itself. As guilt and redemption collide, the novel becomes a harrowing descent into the abyss of conscience, a crucible where reason and madness blur. Can one transcend morality to reshape the world—or does the soul exact its own terrible price? This is not merely a crime story, but a haunting meditation on what it means to be human in a world of suffering and consequence.
- Originally Published: 1866
- Publisher: Dover Publications, 2001
- Genre: Fiction, Psychological
- Pages: 448
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0486415871
- Access: Members
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Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
Currency Wars is a chilling dispatch from the hidden battlefield where nations clash not with bombs, but with bonds, reserves, and manipulated exchange rates. In this high-stakes realm of shadow finance and strategic deception, currencies are weapons, and economic collapse is a silent coup. As the world’s financial system teeters on the edge of engineered chaos, one question rises: can a nation defend its sovereignty when its money becomes its most vulnerable flank? Rickards draws the reader into a world where monetary policy is modern warfare, and the victors may not fire a single shot—but leave entire economies in ruins. Gripping and sobering, this is a call to understand the quiet violence of global finance before its consequences become deafening.
- Originally Published: Nov 2011
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2012
- Genre: Global Finance
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591845560
- Access: Members
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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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Death of a Salesman
In Death of a Salesman, the quiet tragedy of the American Dream unfolds through the fractured life of Willy Loman—a man chasing success with empty hands and fading hope. Haunted by memory and illusion, he wanders the wreckage of his past, measuring his worth in missed opportunities and imagined glory. As family and reality close in, the question echoes: what remains of a man who stakes his identity on a dream that never loved him back? Miller crafts a sorrowful, aching portrait of ambition, delusion, and the cost of needing to matter. This is not just the story of one salesman’s downfall—it is a mirror held to a society that sells identity for applause.
- Originally Published: 1949
- Publisher : Fingerprint Classics, 2017
- Genre: Tragedy
- Pages: 136
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-8175994300
- Access: Members!
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Devil on the Cross
In a land where the soil is rich but the people starve, Devil on the Cross follows a young woman returning to her homeland only to confront a grotesque masquerade of power, greed, and betrayal. As she journeys through the heart of postcolonial Kenya, she finds herself caught in a surreal pageant of thieves who celebrate the plunder of their own nation. Told with searing lyricism and satirical fire, the novel exposes a world where devils wear the faces of patriots and justice is a song barely remembered. Can a wounded soul ignite a revolution when the devil himself is nailed not to punishment—but to praise? This is a haunting fable of resistance, dignity, and the desperate poetry of survival.
- Originally Published: 1980
- Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2017
- Pages: 320
- Genre: Novel
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780143107361
- Access: Members
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Beneath the fog-choked streets of Victorian London, a brilliant doctor dares to divide the good from the evil within himself—only to unleash a darkness he cannot contain. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a chilling psychological thriller that probes the monstrous duality of human nature with unnerving precision. As civility gives way to savagery, can one ever truly separate virtue from vice, or are both bound in the soul’s unbreakable mirror? This haunting tale whispers a question still echoing through the ages: what lurks within us when no one is watching?
- Originally Published: 1886
- Publisher: Vintage Classics Library, 2016
- Genre: Gothic, Horror
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781784871604
- Access: Members
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Ego is the Enemy
In a world that rewards noise, ambition, and self-promotion, Ego is the Enemy is a quiet rebellion—an urgent call to master the inner war between aspiration and humility. With stories of rise and ruin from history’s corridors, it unveils how ego—disguised as confidence or vision—can quietly sabotage success, cloud judgment, and sever meaning from achievement. What if the greatest obstacle to fulfillment is not the world outside, but the unchecked voice within? Clear-eyed and fiercely practical, this book offers a path not to glory, but to greatness born of self-mastery. In the silence after ego fades, what might we finally hear?
- Originally Published: 2016
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2016
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 256
- Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591847816
- Access: Members
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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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Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
A biography not of a person, but of a relentless adversary, The Emperor of All Maladies charts the epic, often harrowing saga of cancer—from its shadowy origins in ancient texts to the modern laboratories where science battles fate. It is a tale of human defiance, where hope flickers in the corridors of hospitals and the minds of those daring to outwit a shape-shifting foe. How do we confront an enemy that is, in many ways, a distorted mirror of ourselves—our cells, our evolution, our very survival instinct gone rogue? Lyrical, haunting, and deeply humane, this is a chronicle of resilience, of the fragile victories and sobering costs that define the war against one of humanity’s oldest diseases.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher : Fourth Estate, 2011
- Genre: science
- Pages: 586
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0007250929
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
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Following the Leader: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping
What does it take to steer the world’s most populous nation through the crosscurrents of ambition, fear, and reform? Following the Leader opens a rare window into the minds of China’s political elite, revealing a system where power is personal, loyalty is currency, and the future hinges on a delicate dance between control and change. As rising leaders navigate an unforgiving terrain of ideology, bureaucracy, and global scrutiny, the question looms: who truly leads in a country where obedience and initiative must coexist? Both revealing and restrained, this is a story not just of politics, but of the human instincts that shape empires.
- Originally published: February 3, 2014
- Publisher: University of California Press, 2019
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780520303478
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
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Frankenstein
In a quest to conquer death itself, a brilliant but tormented scientist breathes life into a being stitched from forgotten fragments, unleashing a profound struggle between creation and creator. Frankenstein weaves a haunting tapestry of ambition, isolation, and the desperate yearning for connection in a world quick to shun the unfamiliar. As the creature grapples with its own existence and the shadows of rejection, the story probes the boundaries of human responsibility and the price of playing god. What defines true monstrosity—the malformed flesh or the heart that beats within? This timeless tale challenges us to confront the ethical depths of invention and the fragile nature of humanity.
- Originally Published: 1818
- Publisher: Wordsworth Classics, 1992
- Genre: Fiction
- Pages: 174
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781853260230
- Access: Members
