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How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
How to Be a Dictator is a chilling descent into the architecture of absolute power—where fear is sculpted into law, truth is strangled by spectacle, and the cult of personality drowns all dissent. Through eight harrowing portraits, it reveals how tyrants rise not solely by force, but by mastering the dark alchemy of propaganda, surveillance, and manufactured devotion. What kind of world emerges when one man becomes the nation, the voice of the people silenced beneath a single echo? At once gripping and unsettling, this book asks readers to confront the fragile boundary between order and oppression, and to see in history’s monsters the reflection of our collective vulnerability. It is not merely a study of despots—it is a warning whispered through time.
- Originally Published: 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
- Genre: Politics, History
- Pages: 304
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1408891612
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How to Develop Self-confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking
What if the power to change your life was not hidden in talent or status, but in your own voice—waiting to be unlocked? How to Develop Self-confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking is a practical yet inspiring guide through the fears that silence us, offering timeless tools to speak with clarity, courage, and conviction. It’s not just about commanding a room—it’s about discovering the strength to express who you are. Can learning to speak well become a path to becoming more fully yourself? Warm, empowering, and rooted in real experience, this book is a call to rise and be heard.
- Originally Published: 1956
- Publisher: Ebury Publishing, 2004
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0091906399
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
In a world brimming with noise and ego, How to Win Friends and Influence People offers a timeless key to the human heart—one forged not through manipulation, but through empathy, sincerity, and quiet persuasion. It maps the invisible architecture of connection, revealing how warmth and genuine interest can disarm resistance and transform strangers into allies. What if your greatest power lies not in asserting yourself, but in truly listening? Equal parts guidebook and mirror, this enduring classic invites you to master the delicate art of influence—by first mastering the art of being human.
- Originally Published: October 1936
- Publisher: Vermilion
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 260
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0091906351
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya
Beneath the polished veneer of empire lies a shadowed world of brutality and silenced suffering — Imperial Reckoning exposes the harrowing truth of colonial violence that shattered lives and reshaped a nation. Through a relentless pursuit of hidden testimonies and forgotten archives, this searing account reveals the moral abyss of power wielded without conscience. How does a society reconcile with horrors buried beneath the weight of history, and what justice can emerge from the ruins of imperial ambition? With a tone both unflinching and compassionate, the book invites readers to confront the costs of domination and the enduring quest for truth.
- Originally Published: 2005
- Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, 2005
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 496
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780805080018
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Why do we say “yes” when we mean to say “no”? Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion peels back the velvet curtain of persuasion to reveal the invisible levers that others pull to shape our decisions, beliefs, and desires. With surgical precision and psychological depth, it dissects six primal forces—reciprocity, scarcity, authority, commitment, liking, and social proof—that govern our behavior far more than reason ever could. Is persuasion a tool for manipulation, or a mirror reflecting our deepest instincts? This book does not merely explain influence—it casts a spotlight on the subtle choreography of human connection and control.
- Originally Published: 1984
- Publisher: Collins Business, 2006
- Genre: Self-help, psychology
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0061241895
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Irrational Exuberance 3rd Edition
Irrational Exuberance peers into the fevered mind of the market, where logic falters and illusions drive fortunes skyward—until they collapse. With calm precision and mounting urgency, it dissects the psychology behind bubbles, revealing how stories, sentiments, and collective delusions inflate prices far beyond reason. This is not just an analysis of numbers, but a meditation on hope, fear, and the frailty of human judgment in the face of uncertainty. Can a society built on speculation ever truly see itself clearly—or will it always chase shadows mistaken for light? Beneath the charts lies a warning: what we believe can be as dangerous as what we ignore.
- Originally published: 2000
- Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 392
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780691173122
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Jude the Obscure
In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy traces the aching path of a man whose dreams of learning, love, and belonging crumble beneath the grinding weight of class, convention, and fate. Jude Fawley, a stonemason with the soul of a scholar, reaches toward the promise of knowledge and connection, only to find himself punished for daring to hope beyond his station. At once tender and merciless, the novel asks: what becomes of a heart that dares to defy the world’s design, only to be shattered by it? Hardy delivers a bleak, unflinching meditation on aspiration and despair, where love is both salvation and ruin, and idealism can be the most tragic burden of all. This is not merely the story of a man—but of humanity caught between what it is and what it longs to be.
- Originally Published: 1895
- Publisher : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 376
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1853262616
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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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Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic is a quiet thunderclap—a collection of soul-deep meditations penned from the heart of an empire and the edge of mortality. In these letters, wisdom flows like a river through hardship, power, loss, and longing, offering not certainty but serenity. How does one remain unshaken in a world that trembles with fortune and fate? With luminous clarity and unflinching calm, this work invites you to step beyond the noise of ambition and into the silence where virtue becomes strength. It is not merely a guide to living, but a companion for enduring.
- Originally Published: 65 AD
- Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1969
- Genre: Philosophy
- Pages: 254
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0140442106
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Leviathan
KShs 0.00In Leviathan, the raw, unruly passions of human nature clash with the need for peace, order, and survival. From the shadow of perpetual conflict emerges Hobbes’s chilling vision: a towering, artificial sovereign—crafted not from iron or stone, but from the collective will of humankind. Is the surrender of freedom the price of civilization, or the beginning of tyranny cloaked in security? This is not merely a treatise on power, but a mirror held to the soul of society, asking what we are willing to trade to escape the war of all against all. With austere eloquence, it dares to confront the chaos beneath the crown.
- Originally Published: 1651
- Genre: Political Philosophy
- Release Date: March 2021
- Pages: 623
- Book Type: ebook (pdf)
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Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Life is a relentless teacher, demanding resilience amid its ceaseless trials and unyielding hardships. Life Is Hard delves into the paradox of human suffering—how pain can both shatter and shape the soul, forcing us to confront the delicate balance between acceptance and hope. Amid the turbulence of loss, failure, and disappointment, can we discover meaning without illusion, courage without denial? This profound meditation challenges us to embrace the stark realities of existence while seeking the quiet strength that sustains us through life’s darkest moments.
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Riverhead Books, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0593538210
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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
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Little Women
Little Women is a tender, richly woven portrait of four spirited sisters growing up amid the quiet trials and radiant joys of family life during a time of war and want. Through laughter, loss, and the slow unfolding of dreams, the March girls wrestle with the meaning of womanhood, ambition, sacrifice, and love. What does it mean to grow into oneself while remaining bound by the invisible threads of home? With warmth and wisdom, the story invites readers into a world where the everyday becomes epic—and where the greatest adventures begin at the hearth. It is a novel that speaks softly yet lingers like a beloved memory.
- Originally Published: 1868
- Publisher: Aladdin, 2019
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 530
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1534462205
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Lolita
In Lolita, desire dresses itself in the language of poetry, seduction veils cruelty, and obsession charts a cross-country odyssey through the haunted corridors of memory and guilt. With a voice as dazzling as it is disturbing, the unreliable narrator invites readers into a dark reverie where beauty becomes a battleground and innocence is never what it seems. Is it possible to separate the elegance of expression from the moral abyss it describes? Nabokov’s masterpiece dares us to confront the disquieting allure of language and the treacherous edges of love, power, and delusion. A lyrical descent into one man’s self-deception, Lolita leaves the reader spellbound—and unsettled.
- Originally Published: 1955
- Publisher: Penguin, 2011
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 368
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0241953242
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Macbeth
In the shadowed halls of power, ambition festers like a poison, twisting noble hearts into instruments of betrayal and despair. Macbeth is a dark, relentless exploration of the corrosive hunger for control and the tragic cost of unchecked desire. As prophecy stirs a restless mind, the line between fate and free will blurs, forcing a king to confront the demons within—and the blood that stains the path to his throne. What becomes of a soul when the quest for greatness demands the sacrifice of conscience? This timeless tragedy invites readers to peer into the abyss where ambition and morality collide.
- Originally Published: 1606
- Publisher: Wordsworth Classics, 1992
- Genre: Tragedy
- Pages: 128
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781853260353
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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
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Man and His Symbols
What if the key to understanding ourselves lies buried in dreams, myths, and the symbols we scarcely notice? Man and His Symbols is an evocative journey into the deep architecture of the human psyche, where the unconscious speaks in images older than memory. Through rich illustrations and profound insights, the book unveils how symbols shape our fears, desires, and destinies—often without our awareness. Can we truly become whole without listening to what the soul whispers in symbols? This is not merely a study of the mind, but an invitation to explore the unseen terrain of meaning within us all.
- Originally Published: 1964
- Publisher : Penguin Random House, 1968
- Genre: Psychology
- Pages: 415
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0440351832
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Man’s Search for Meaning
In the heart of unspeakable darkness, one man dared to ask not how to escape suffering—but how to endure it with dignity. Man’s Search for Meaning is both a harrowing memoir and a luminous meditation, tracing the inner life of a soul caught in the grip of history’s cruelest machinery. Amid despair, it whispers a radical truth: that even in the absence of freedom, we can choose our response, and that choice can shape a life. What if the key to survival is not power or luck, but purpose? This is a book that doesn’t offer comfort—it offers meaning.
- Originally Published: 1946
- Publisher: Rider, 2004
- Genre: Personal Narrative
- Pages: 160
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781844132393
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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
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Meditations
Alone beneath the stars, an emperor writes—not to command legions, but to steady his own soul. Meditations is a quiet thunder, a journal of inner battles fought in the hush of thought, where pride and grief, power and impermanence wrestle for mastery. What does it mean to govern the world, yet struggle to govern the self? With luminous simplicity and unflinching honesty, this work invites the reader not into a story, but into a lifelong discipline—of seeing clearly, accepting fully, and acting justly. It is less a book to be read than a mirror held up to the trembling heart of anyone who seeks to live with meaning.
- Originally Published: 161-180 CE
- Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2006
- Genre: Non-fiction, Philosophy
- Pages: 304
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0140449334
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
What if your true potential had less to do with talent and more to do with how you think about growth itself? In Mindset, the invisible architecture of belief is laid bare, revealing how the simple choice between a fixed or growth mindset can shape success, resilience, and the will to rise after failure. With clarity and warmth, this book challenges the reader to confront their self-imposed limits and reimagine effort not as struggle, but as transformation. Can you change your mind—and in doing so, change your life? This is a journey into the heart of learning, achievement, and the quiet revolution of believing you can.
- Originally Published: 2006
- Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 9780345472328
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Money Magnet
Money Magnet is a sharp, no-nonsense blueprint for turning ambition into income, and hustle into lasting wealth. It cuts through financial noise with street-smart wisdom and unapologetic clarity, teaching not only how money moves—but how to make it move for you. Beneath its bold tone lies a deeper challenge: is wealth a product of luck, or the outcome of mindset, discipline, and deliberate action? This is a guide for those tired of chasing money and ready to learn how to attract it. What if the real secret to success isn’t in what you earn—but in what you believe?
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Wiley, 2013
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 260
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1890679460
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Mrs Dalloway
On a single day in postwar London, Clarissa Dalloway prepares for a party—yet beneath the flutter of silk and social ritual lies a deep current of memory, regret, and quiet defiance. Mrs Dalloway is a luminous meditation on time and identity, where past and present shimmer and collide in the minds of those touched by love, loss, and the wounds of war. As Big Ben tolls the hours, what does it mean to truly live—when life is composed of fleeting moments and unspoken thoughts? Intimate and expansive, this is a novel that listens to the silence between words and finds entire worlds within.
- Originally Published: May 14, 1925
- Publisher: Vintage Classics Library, 2016
- Genre: Novel, Psychological Fiction
- Pages: 172
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1784871697
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Multipliers explores a paradox both unsettling and liberating: that the most powerful leaders are not those who hoard intelligence, but those who ignite it in others. With striking clarity, the book maps the quiet divide between leaders who drain potential and those who expand it—turning ordinary teams into reservoirs of brilliance. What kind of leader are you: a diminisher cloaked in control, or a multiplier who turns silence into ideas and pressure into growth? In this vivid and practical journey, Multipliers reveals that true influence lies not in knowing all the answers, but in asking the questions that awaken greatness in others. It is both a mirror and a manual for anyone daring enough to lead with generosity and boldness.
- Publisher: Harper Business
- Published: June 15, 2010
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0061964398
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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
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Never Split the Difference plunges into the high-stakes world where words can save lives—or cost everything. Drawing from the crucible of hostage negotiations, it reveals that the key to influence lies not in compromise, but in deep listening, calibrated empathy, and tactical truth-telling. What if winning a negotiation doesn’t mean meeting halfway, but mastering the emotional battlefield of human decision-making? With the precision of a thriller and the clarity of a field manual, this book turns the mundane act of conversation into a strategic dance of power, trust, and survival. In every deal, every disagreement, it dares you to ask: how much are you really willing to leave on the table?
- Originally Published: 2016
- Publisher: Harper Business, 2016
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0062407801
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and global entanglements, Nexus dares to ask: what does it mean to be human when every frontier—biological, technological, and ideological—collides? With lucid urgency, the book maps the shifting currents that bind data to power, consciousness to code, and ancient instincts to modern dilemmas. It is not a tale of answers, but of unsettling clarity, where the questions themselves become a mirror to our time: Can we master the tools we’ve built—or are we simply becoming extensions of them? At once sweeping and intimate, Nexus is a meditation on connection in the age of disconnection—a call to navigate the future with both reason and responsibility.
- Originally Published: 2024
- Publisher : Random House, 2024
- Pages: 492
- Genre: History
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0593736814
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Night
In the frozen silence of the camps, where humanity is stripped to its barest bones, one boy clings to life, to faith, to his father’s hand. Night is a haunting testimony of survival in a world where reason has fled and cruelty reigns, a journey through darkness that asks: what remains of the self when even God is silent? With stark, lyrical power, it lays bare the fragile thread between love and despair, memory and forgetting. Can the soul endure when the world forgets how to care? This is not just a memoir—it is a cry, a flame, a witness.
- Originally Published: 1956
- Publisher: Hill & Wang, 2006
- Genre: Memoir, Autobiography, Non-fiction novel
- Pages: 120
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0374500016
- Access: Members
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No Longer Human
What does it mean to be human when you no longer feel the pulse of belonging? No Longer Human is a raw and haunting confession of alienation, tracing the slow unraveling of Yozo Oba—a man who masks despair with laughter, only to sink deeper into a world he cannot grasp. With prose as delicate as it is devastating, the novel explores the aching silence between performance and authenticity, exposing the fragility of identity in a world that demands masks. Is it madness to feel too much—or not enough? Dazai’s masterwork is a piercing elegy for those stranded on the margins of themselves.
- Originally Published: 1948
- Publisher: Book Hill, 1973
- Genre: Fiction, Novel
- Pages: 177
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0811204811
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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
- Access: Members
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Notes From Underground
From the shadows of a St. Petersburg basement, an unnamed man rails against the world—and himself—in a voice as bitterly lucid as it is tragically human. Notes From Underground is a searing confession of alienation, pride, and self-destruction, where reason falters and freedom becomes a curse. Can a man be truly free if he cannot bear the weight of his own choices? At once ferocious and philosophical, this is a portrait of a mind at war with society, with morality, and with its own twisted desires. In the silence beneath civilization, what truths echo back?
- Originally Published: April 1864
- Publisher: Wordsworth Classics, 2015
- Genre: Fiction, Novella
- Pages: 168
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781840225778
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
In a world where our choices are never as free as they seem, Nudge reveals the hidden levers that shape how we decide—from what we eat to how we save, vote, or plan our futures. Through the lens of behavioral science, it explores how small, well-placed cues—nudges—can guide us toward wiser, healthier, and more ethical outcomes without taking away our agency. But can gentle guidance coexist with true freedom, or does every choice architecture carry the fingerprints of power? With clarity and warmth, this book challenges us to see decision-making not as a cold calculation, but as a deeply human dance between impulse, intention, and design. It is a quiet manifesto for a smarter society—one choice at a time.
- Originally Published: 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 384
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141999937
- Access: Members
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On Earth as It Is on Television
When mysterious alien ships appear over Earth and vanish without explanation, humanity is left not with answers, but with questions—and a gnawing sense of cosmic irrelevance. In On Earth as It Is on Television, Emily Jane crafts a tender, absurdist tapestry of modern life, where suburban dads unravel, teenagers drift through existential ennui, and even cats seem to know more than they let on. Through shifting perspectives and sly humor, the novel explores how ordinary people navigate the extraordinary—and how the real invasion might be the one inside us all. Is the universe trying to tell us something, or are we simply too distracted to listen?
- Originally Published: June 2023
- Publisher: Hyperion Avenue, 2023
- Genre: Novel, Sci-Fi
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1368092999
- Access: Members
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
In the mythical town of Macondo, time coils in circles and generations of the Buendía family are caught in a spell of love, loss, and prophecy. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a lyrical epic where magic bleeds into the everyday, and history repeats itself with tragic elegance. Through political revolutions, spectral visitations, and forbidden passions, the novel asks: can a family escape the fate woven into its name—or is solitude the inheritance of memory itself? Lush, surreal, and aching with beauty, this is a story where the past never dies and the future is already written in the stars.
- Originally Published: 1967
- Publisher : Penguin Books, 2024
- Pages: 422
- Genre: Novel, Magical Realism, Family saga, Epic Fiction
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0241968581
- Access: Members
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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Option B is a luminous testament to the human spirit’s resilience when life shatters its first, best plan. In the wake of unspeakable loss, it asks: when Plan A is no longer possible, can we find strength, grace, and meaning in the imperfect contours of Plan B? Through deeply personal reflections and psychological insights, the book becomes both lantern and ladder—lighting the dark and lifting the fallen. It offers not just solace, but a roadmap for rediscovering joy without denying pain. In a world where heartbreak is inevitable, Option B dares us to believe that healing—and even hope—can still be chosen.
- Originally Published: 2017
- Publisher: WH Allen, 2019
- Pages: 240
- Genre: Self-help
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0753548295
- Access: Members
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Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich
Behind the polished gates of global finance and industry, Plutocrats peels back the gilded curtain on a new ruling class—one whose influence stretches beyond borders and whose wealth multiplies as inequality deepens. With unsettling clarity and a journalist’s eye for paradox, the book charts how meritocracy mutates into oligarchy, and how ambition, once a ladder for the many, becomes a fortress for the few. Are today’s ultra-rich the architects of progress, or the harbingers of social fracture? As the fortunes of the elite soar ever higher, the real question emerges: can a world tilted so steeply still hold together?
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher: The Penguin Press, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141043425
- Access: Members
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Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Power and Prediction explores the profound transformation unleashed when prediction—once a human art—is mastered by machines, reshaping economies, industries, and the very fabric of decision-making. With incisive clarity, it reveals how the ability to foresee outcomes redefines value and power, challenging us to reconsider who holds control in a world governed by algorithms. As prediction becomes both a tool and a force, the book asks: How will our choices change when uncertainty itself can be quantified, anticipated, and commodified? This is an urgent inquiry into the future’s architecture, where insight and influence converge in unpredictable ways.
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Harvard Business Publishing, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781647824198
- Access: Members
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Pride & Prejudice
In a world where marriage is both a social ladder and a battlefield, Pride & Prejudice unfolds as a sparkling duel of intellect, wit, and wounded hearts. Elizabeth Bennet, fierce in mind and spirit, meets her match in the proud and enigmatic Mr. Darcy—yet behind their verbal skirmishes lies a deeper reckoning with class, character, and the illusions we cast on others and ourselves. Can love survive first impressions, or is true intimacy only forged through humility and hard-won understanding? With its graceful prose and sharp social commentary, this is a tale where decorum masks desire, and every glance or silence carries the weight of unspoken truths. Elegant, biting, and deeply human, it is a love story that resists simplicity—just like the people at its heart.
- Originally Published: 1813
- Publisher : Wordsworth Classics, 1993
- Pages: 325
- Genre: Fiction, Romance novel, Satire, Regency romance, Novel of manners
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-1853260001
- Access: Members
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Principles: Life and Work
Principles invites readers into the crucible where clarity, discipline, and radical honesty forge the very foundation of success. It challenges us to confront the paradox of control: how can one embrace uncertainty and complexity while steadfastly adhering to unyielding truths? Beneath its pragmatic surface lies a profound meditation on human nature and the pursuit of meaningful progress, questioning whether life’s most intricate problems can be unraveled through a systematic approach to decision-making. What if the key to mastering chaos is not avoiding failure, but learning to decode it with rigor and openness? This book offers a daring blueprint for those ready to transform their personal and professional worlds by living—and leading—according to enduring principles.
- Originally Published: September 2017
- Publisher: Avid Reader Press, 2019
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 592
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1501124020
- Access: Members
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Propaganda
In Propaganda, the unseen gears of modern society are laid bare—revealing how public opinion is not discovered, but designed. With chilling precision, it explores how invisible hands shape beliefs, habits, and even desires, turning democracy into a theater of managed consent. Is freedom still freedom if our thoughts are orchestrated by unseen forces? At once clinical and provocative, this book whispers a dangerous truth: those who understand persuasion rule the minds of the many. A mirror and a warning, it beckons the reader to question not only what they think—but why they think it.
- Originally Published: 1928
- Publisher: iG Publishing, 2004
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 175
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0970312594
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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
- Access: Members
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Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a parable of two fathers, two mindsets, and the quiet war between security and freedom. One teaches obedience and the promise of a paycheck; the other speaks of assets, risk, and the daring logic of wealth. Through the eyes of a young boy caught between these worlds, the book asks: what if everything you learned about money was designed to keep you dependent? With crisp clarity and provocative insight, it challenges the reader to question not only how they earn—but why they settle. This is not merely a lesson in finance, but a call to awaken the investor within.
- Originally Published: 1997
- Publisher: Plata Publishing, 2017
- Genre: Personal Finance
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1612680019
- Access: Members
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Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations
In the shadows of global diplomacy and beneath the silence of plausible deniability lies Rise and Kill First—a harrowing chronicle of Israel’s most closely guarded weapon: its secret assassination program. With unnerving clarity and cinematic intensity, the book unveils a world where morality bends beneath the weight of survival, and decisions made in dimly lit rooms shape the fate of nations. How far should a state go to protect its people—and what does it sacrifice in the process? Each page pulses with the tension of life-or-death choices, offering a sobering meditation on justice, vengeance, and the hidden costs of preemptive power. This is the realm where silence kills, and history is written in whispers and blood.
- Originally Published: 2018
- Publisher: Random House, 2018
- Genre: History
- Pages: 784
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781400069712
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Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity, and Living a Good Life
In a world obsessed with what changes, Same as Ever turns its gaze toward what doesn’t—the timeless truths of human behavior that shape markets, money, and decision-making across generations. With quiet force and lucid insight, it reveals how fear, greed, hope, and uncertainty echo through every boom and bust, every fortune made and lost. What if the best way to predict the future is not to chase what’s new, but to understand what never changes? This book invites readers to step back from the noise and peer into the deep patterns that govern our choices—unchanging, profound, and always present.
- Originally Published: 2023
- Publisher: Harriman House, 2023
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 224
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1804090947
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Once just another animal in the vast wilderness, Sapiens charts the astonishing rise of a fragile species that came to dominate the Earth — not through strength, but through stories. From fire to finance, gods to algorithms, it traces the tangled myths, revolutions, and inventions that shaped human civilization into both wonder and wreckage. Are we masters of our fate, or prisoners of the very systems we created? With clarity and urgency, this sweeping narrative invites readers to question what it truly means to be human — and whether the arc of progress has carried us forward or led us astray.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Signal, 2014
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 464
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0771038501
- Access: Members
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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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Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life
In a world where every conversation is a transaction and every moment a pitch, Sell or Be Sold fires a bold ultimatum: influence or be influenced, lead or follow, close the deal or be closed out. This is not merely a manual on sales—it is a manifesto for living with conviction, mastering persuasion, and refusing to be a passive participant in your own destiny. With relentless energy, it strips away the illusions of neutrality and reveals the raw reality: if you’re not selling your ideas, values, or vision, someone else is selling theirs to you. What if success isn’t about talent or timing—but the courage to own the room and never back down? This is high-octane strategy for those ready to speak up, stand out, and seal their future.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2012
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 200
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1608322565
- Access: Members
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Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days
Side Hustle is a blueprint for reclaiming financial freedom without quitting your day job—a brisk, empowering journey from idea to income in just 27 days. With clarity and conviction, it lights a path through the chaos of modern work, urging readers to stop waiting for permission and start building something of their own. What if your best idea doesn’t need a business plan—just belief and a single brave step? Beneath the tactics lies a deeper promise: that autonomy, not just money, is the real reward. This is more than a guide—it’s a call to action for anyone tired of trading dreams for a paycheck.
- Originally Published: 2017
- Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN U.K, 2019
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 277
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1509859085
- Access: Members
