• Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley's Bill CampbellTrillion Dollar Coach
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    Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell

    Behind Silicon Valley’s shimmering innovation stood a quiet force whose currency was trust, empathy, and relentless belief in people. Trillion Dollar Coach unpacks the extraordinary influence of Bill Campbell, the man who guided tech titans not through commands, but by cultivating human connection in boardrooms built for disruption. As leaders scaled impossible heights, Campbell posed a question more enduring than any business metric: what if the key to winning is caring more? Blending rich anecdotes with hard-won lessons, this is a story of mentorship as strategy, and humanity as the ultimate competitive edge. In a world obsessed with speed and scale, it dares to argue that leadership begins—and ends—with heart.

    • Originally Published: April 16, 2019
    • Publisher: John Murray, 2020
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 352
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1473675988
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  • The Alchemist
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    The Alchemist

    In a world where dreams often fade beneath the weight of duty, The Alchemist invites us into the journey of a young shepherd who dares to follow the whispers of his heart across deserts, omens, and ancient wisdom. With prose as luminous as starlight on sand, this tale explores the soul’s yearning to uncover its Personal Legend—the treasure buried not just in distant lands, but within. As the boy learns to listen to the language of the world, a timeless question arises: must we travel far to discover what was always ours? A fable of fate, faith, and self-discovery, it is a reminder that the real alchemy lies in the transformation of the seeker.

    • Originally Published: 1988
    • Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003
    • Genre: Quest, Adventure Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Novel
    • Pages: 172
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-8172234980
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  • Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't - Nile Kenya
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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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  • No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
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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
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  • Rise and Kill First
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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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  • Harry Oppenheimer -Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty - Nile KenyaHarry Oppenheimer Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty
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    Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty

    In the glittering corridors of wealth and the shadowed chambers of apartheid South Africa, Harry Oppenheimer emerges as both titan and paradox—an industrial magnate who wielded diamond dust and political subtlety with equal precision. This sweeping biography lays bare the intricate dance between conscience and capitalism, legacy and complicity. Can a man build empires while resisting the moral decay that often feeds them? With piercing insight, the book explores how power can be used not only to dominate, but to influence, reform, and sometimes quietly defy. It is a portrait of a life lived at the fault lines of history, where ambition meets ethical ambiguity.

    • Originally Published: 2023
    • Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2023
    • Genre: Biography
    • Pages: 593
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1868428014
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  • The Prince - Nile KenyaThe Prince
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    The Prince

    In a world where loyalty flickers and power is fleeting, The Prince reads like a dark mirror held up to the ambitions of rulers and the hearts of men. With razor-edged clarity, it unveils a ruthless political theatre where morality bends beneath necessity, and virtue may be the enemy of survival. Can a leader be both feared and loved—or must he choose? Part manifesto, part cautionary tale, this chillingly pragmatic guide strips away idealism to reveal the brutal mechanics of control, legacy, and the human hunger to command fate. It whispers dangerous truths to anyone who would dare to rule.

    • Originally Published: 1532
    • Publisher: FingerPrint Classics, 2023
    • Genre: Political Science
    • Pages: 170
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-8175993075
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  • A Brief History of Mathematical Thought: Key concepts and where they come fromA Brief History of Mathematical Thought: Key concepts and where they come from
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    A Brief History of Mathematical Thought: Key concepts and where they come from

    From the ancient geometries etched in sand to the abstract symmetries of modern logic, A Brief History of Mathematical Thought is a luminous journey through the minds that dared to measure the universe. This is not merely a chronicle of numbers, but a meditation on how we shape the world—and ourselves—through patterns, proofs, and paradoxes. As it weaves through the philosophical, the aesthetic, and the profoundly human aspects of mathematics, the book asks: what does it mean to understand reality through symbols we cannot touch? At once intellectual and intimate, it invites the reader to see mathematics not as a cold discipline, but as a creative force pulsing through the story of civilization.

    • Originally Published: 2015
    • Publisher: Constable & Robinson, 2015
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 321
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1472117113
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  • The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence - Nile KenyaThe Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence
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    The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence

    The Small Big reveals a quiet truth with seismic implications: the most powerful changes often come from the subtlest shifts. In a world obsessed with grand gestures and sweeping overhauls, this book uncovers the hidden science behind small tweaks that lead to massive influence—how a single word, a tiny cue, or a modest gesture can tilt decisions, shape behavior, and move hearts. With clarity and curiosity, it explores the paradox of persuasion: that less can truly be more. Can the key to transforming the world lie not in revolution, but in the smallest pivot of perception? This is a playbook for those who understand that the finest levers move the heaviest loads.

    • Originally Published: 2014
    • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd., 2015
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 302
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1781252758
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  • Emotional IntelligenceEmotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
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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
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  • Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Nile KenyaZero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Zero to One is a provocative exploration of creation itself—a manifesto for those who refuse to settle for incremental change and instead seek to build the future from nothing. It challenges the comfort of competition, urging innovators to forge unique paths that transform industries and rewrite the rules of progress. At its heart lies a profound paradox: true breakthrough demands both bold originality and relentless discipline. What does it take to leap from zero to one, to create something utterly new in a world obsessed with copying? This is not just a guide to startups—it is a call to reimagine possibility itself.

    • Originally Published: 2014
    • Publisher: Virgin Books, 2015
    • Genre: Non-fiction
    • Pages: 210
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0753555200
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  • Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
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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
  • Your Marketing Sucks
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    Your Marketing Sucks

    Blunt as a slap and sharp as a scalpel, Your Marketing Sucks tears through the comfortable illusions that drain budgets and deliver nothing. With ruthless clarity, it exposes how most marketing is little more than noise—expensive, aimless, and self-indulgent. This is a wake-up call masquerading as a manifesto, urging you to abandon vanity metrics and demand results that matter: sales, impact, growth. What if the problem isn’t your product—but the story you’re failing to tell? In a world drowning in messages, only those who cut through with purpose will survive.

    • Originally Published: 2003
    • Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 2005
    • Genre: Marketing
    • Pages: 240
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1400081691
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  • Blue Ocean Strategy
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    Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

    In a world where businesses battle for scraps in bloody waters, Blue Ocean Strategy charts a bold course toward untamed markets where competition fades and innovation reigns. It is a call to creators, visionaries, and restless thinkers to abandon the fight for dominance and instead redraw the map entirely. Through strategic clarity and imaginative leaps, it reveals how the most successful ventures are not those who outfight their rivals—but those who make them irrelevant. Can you build value without a battlefield? This is not just a book on business—it is a manifesto for those who dare to swim beyond the horizon.

    • Originally Published: 2004
    • Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, 2005
    • Genre: Business Management
    • Pages: 256
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1591396192
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  • The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
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    The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

    What if power has less to do with ideology and more to do with cold, ruthless math? The Dictator’s Handbook dismantles the illusions of noble governance, revealing a chillingly pragmatic logic that guides both tyrants and democrats alike. In a world where survival hinges not on serving the people but on satisfying a select few, loyalty is currency and betrayal a tool of the trade. Witty, unflinching, and unsettlingly honest, this book invites readers to peer behind the curtain of leadership—and ask whether virtue ever truly rules. Do leaders shape systems, or do systems shape the leaders we get?

    • Originally Published: September 2011
    • Publisher: PublicAffairs
    • Published: July 31, 2012
    • Genre: Politics
    • Pages: 352
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1610391849
    • Access: Members
  • How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World
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    How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World

    In a world where corporations shape the fate of economies, How Boards Work opens the door to the secret chambers of power—where strategy is sculpted, risk is reckoned with, and the future is quietly decided. Through lucid analysis and insider clarity, this book unravels the anatomy of the boardroom, revealing the delicate balance between governance and ambition, ethics and profit. What happens when the stewards of capitalism must choose between short-term gains and long-term survival? With poise and urgency, it challenges us to rethink who holds the reins of our financial destiny—and how they ought to wield them. A vital guide for those who dare to sit at the table where decisions ripple across the world.

    • Originally Published: May 2021
    • Publisher: Basic Books, 2021
    • Genre: Business
    • Pages: 304
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1541619425
    • Access: Members
  • Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
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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
  • The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
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    The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth

    The Looting Machine exposes a brutal paradox at the heart of Africa’s richest resource states: how nations teeming with oil, diamonds, and minerals can remain shackled by poverty, violence, and decay. With the urgency of investigative reportage and the gravity of a political thriller, the book maps a continent-wide system where global corporations, corrupt elites, and shadowy networks turn natural wealth into a curse. Can a land so rich be so poor by accident—or is the suffering by design? As veins of gold and crude are drained from beneath the soil, this powerful account compels readers to question who truly profits and who is left to bleed. It is a story of power without accountability and prosperity built on the silence of the exploited.

    • Originally Published: May 2015
    • Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2016
    • Genre: Economics, History
    • Pages: 368
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1610397117
    • Access: Members
  • How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth CenturyHow to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
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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
    • Access: Members
  • Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism
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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
    • Access: Members
  • Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of NeoliberalismGlobalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
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    Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

    The Globalists pulls back the curtain on a powerful, often invisible movement—one that sought not to dismantle the nation-state, but to encase it in a legal and economic armor that would protect markets from the turbulence of democracy. Through the rise of neoliberal thought in the 20th century, it tells the provocative story of economists and visionaries who believed freedom was best safeguarded not by parliaments, but by institutions beyond the reach of the people. Can true democracy survive when sovereignty is traded for stability, and when markets are placed beyond the will of the majority? With piercing clarity and unsettling relevance, this book traces the quiet construction of a global order designed not for chaos—but for control. It is the intellectual history of a world remade behind closed doors.

    • Originally Published: March 2018
    • Publisher: Harvard University Press
    • Published: March 16, 2018
    • Genre: Neoliberalism
    • Pages: 400
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0674979529
    • Access: Members
  • The End of Poverty Economic Possibilities for Our Time
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    The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    Can we end poverty—not in theory, but in our lifetime? The End of Poverty charts a daring and data-driven journey through the heart of global suffering, revealing how economic despair is not an inevitable fate but a solvable problem. With clarity and urgency, it exposes the hidden mechanics that trap nations in extreme deprivation and unveils a roadmap of practical solutions that challenge apathy and resignation. This is not just an economic treatise—it is a call to moral action, a testament to the possibility that with enough resolve, compassion, and precision, humanity can lift its most vulnerable beyond survival into dignity. What does it say about us if we can rescue the poor—and choose not to?

    • Originally Published: December 2005
    • Publisher: Penguin Books, 2006
    • Genre: Economics, Politics
    • Pages: 464
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0143036586
    • Access: Members
  • The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov-HC
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    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov is a tempest of faith, passion, and blood—where three brothers, torn by guilt, desire, and spiritual hunger, are drawn into a patricide that becomes a mirror for their own souls. Beneath the mystery of their father’s violent death lies a deeper trial: of God, of free will, and of the human heart’s capacity for both light and depravity. Can love redeem the chaos we inherit, or is every soul bound to wrestle alone with the divine and the absurd? Lyrical and relentless, this epic unearths the moral labyrinth at the core of every family—and every man. A novel as intimate as a confession and as vast as a cathedral.

    • Originally Published: November 1880
    • Publisher: Penguin Classic, 2003
    • Genre: Novel
    • Pages: 1056
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0679410034
    • Access: Prime Membership
  • Little Women
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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
    • Access: Members
  • Animal Farm
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    Animal Farm

    On a quiet farm, where the animals rise in revolt against their human masters, an ideal of freedom is born—only to curdle into tyranny beneath the hoofprints of power. Animal Farm is a fable sharpened into a political blade, where noble dreams decay into slogans, and those who promise equality learn to walk upright over the backs of others. How does liberation become a new form of control, and why do the oppressed so often trade one master for another? With deceptively simple prose and chilling clarity, this tale reveals that the most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves. A story for every age, it asks: who truly governs when all are supposed to be free?

    • Originally Published: August 1945
    • Genre: Novella, Political Satire
    • Pages: 101
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 9780451526342
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  • The Catcher in the Rye
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    The Catcher in the Rye

    Wandering the gray streets of New York in a haze of grief and rebellion, Holden Caulfield speaks with a voice both raw and strangely tender—part confession, part cry for meaning in a world grown false. The Catcher in the Rye captures the ache of adolescence with uncanny precision: the longing to protect innocence, the fury at adult hypocrisy, the weight of a mind unraveling under truth too heavy to bear. Is Holden escaping the world, or is he the only one awake enough to see it clearly? With sardonic humor and aching vulnerability, this coming-of-age tale unfolds like a whispered secret between strangers who never quite belong. It is not just a story—it is a mirror for those who have ever walked alone, wondering where the honest people went.

    • Originally Published: July 1951
    • Publisher: Penguin, 1994
    • Genre: Novel
    • Pages: 192
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0140237504
    • Access: Members
  • Beyond Good and Evil
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    Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

    With a blade sharpened by irony and insight, Beyond Good and Evil tears through the comfortable illusions of morality, truth, and human greatness. In this audacious philosophical voyage, the reader is invited to abandon inherited certainties and peer into the abyss of power, instinct, and will. Is our conscience a noble guide—or a cage built by forgotten tyrants of thought? With lightning-bolt aphorisms and searing clarity, this work dares us to rethink the foundations of justice, virtue, and even the self. It is not a map, but a mirror—reflecting who we are, and who we might become when we step beyond the veil of good and evil.

    • Originally Published: 1886
    • Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002
    • Genre: Philosophy
    • Pages: 230
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-0521779135
    • Access: Members
  • The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
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    The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

    In a world dulled by apathy and despair, one man—deemed ridiculous by all, including himself—stands on the brink of ending his life. But a strange dream carries him far beyond death, into a vision of radiant truth and heartbreaking corruption, where innocence once bloomed and was then destroyed by the very minds meant to cherish it. The Dreams of a Ridiculous Man is a luminous fable of redemption, madness, and metaphysical wonder, pulsing with the fire of a soul awakening to love and meaning. Can a single dream transform a life deemed worthless—and if so, why do we so often sleep through our own salvation? This brief tale grips like a parable and lingers like a wound, asking what it truly means to be human in a fractured world.

    • Originally Published: 1877
    • Published: Createspace Independent Pub, 2016
    • Genre: Short Story, Philosophy
    • Pages: 26
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1535469142
    • Access: Members
  • On Earth as It Is on Television
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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
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  • Letters from a Stoic
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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
    • Access: Members
  • The 48 Laws of Power
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    The 48 Laws of Power

    In the ruthless theater of ambition, The 48 Laws of Power is both a mirror and a map—a compendium of strategies drawn from the shadows of court intrigue, battlefield cunning, and boardroom calculation. With each law, a mask is lifted, revealing the mechanics of manipulation, the seduction of influence, and the quiet violence of control. Can one master power without becoming its prisoner? Stark, provocative, and unapologetically amoral, this book does not ask you to play fair—it demands you decide whether to play at all. It is a handbook for those who wish not merely to survive, but to dominate.

    • Originally Published: 1998
    • Publisher: Profile Books, 2000
    • Genre: Self-help
    • Pages: 452
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1861972781
    • Access: Members
  • Lolita
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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
    • Access: Members