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Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
What if the oldest enemy wasn’t a beast—but a part of you? In this Pulitzer-winning epic, Siddhartha Mukherjee chronicles humanity’s millennia-long duel with cancer—a shape-shifting monarch that has ruled through fear, survived countless wars, and whispered promises of immortality. From ancient surgeries to cutting-edge breakthroughs, the battle rages with equal parts genius and desperation. But as we edge closer to victory, a haunting question remains: Will we ever truly conquer a foe that evolves… from our own cells?
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher : Fourth Estate, 2011
- Genre: science
- Pages: 586
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0007250929
- Access: Members
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
What if the greatest threat to America isn’t an external enemy, but the absence of leaders with the guts to lead? Lee Iacocca, the maverick auto titan who resurrected Chrysler, unleashes a fiery manifesto on the epidemic of cowardice and greed gutting boardrooms and ballot boxes alike. As trust crumbles and crises mount, his battle cry demands: Will you follow the failed script of power—or dare to rewrite the rules before it’s too late?
- Originally Published: April 2007
- Publisher: Scribner, 2008
- Genre: Biography
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1416532491
- Access: Members
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Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty
What if the man who built an empire on diamonds and gold also shaped a nation’s destiny—while wrestling with the moral cost of his power? Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty unveils the enigmatic magnate who dominated South Africa’s economy, funded political resistance, yet navigated apartheid’s toxic shadow. From clandestine deals with world leaders to fraught alliances with revolutionaries like Cyril Ramaphosa, his legacy teeters between visionary reformer and complicit titan of “white monopoly capital”. But when history demands a reckoning, does his wealth redeem—or condemn—the soul of a nation? The answer might keep you awake long after the last page.
- Originally Published: 2023
- Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2023
- Genre: Biography
- Pages: 593
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1868428014
- Access: Members
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The Bomber Mafia: A Tale of Innovation and Obsession
What if the dream of ending war humanely became the blueprint for its most devastating chapter? In The Bomber Mafia, a band of idealistic WWII airmen gambles on precision bombing to save lives—only to watch their moral crusade collide with the brutal calculus of total war. As technology and ideology clash, and firestorms erase the line between strategy and atrocity, one haunting question lingers: Can good intentions survive the inferno… or do they burn brightest just before they consume us?
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2022
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 237
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0141998404
- Access: Members
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Night
What if the very faith that sustains you became the chains that bind you in hell? In Night, young Eliezer’s world fractures as he confronts a nightmare where humanity’s light is snuffed by unspeakable cruelty, and survival demands sacrifices that scar the soul. But when hope itself becomes a weapon against the darkness, will he emerge with his spirit intact—or become another shadow swallowed by the eternal night?
- 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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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
What if building the world’s most relentless empire required sacrificing everything—even humanity? Brad Stone’s The Everything Store pulls back the curtain on Jeff Bezos’s unyielding quest to turn Amazon into a trillion-dollar titan, where obsessing over customers masks cutthroat tactics and shattered rivals. But as Bezos reshapes global commerce, one haunting question remains: does the man who sells everything risk losing his soul to the machine he built?
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2013
- Genre: Biography
- Pages: 384
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0316219266
- Access: Members
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
What if everything you believe about being human is a fairytale told by victorious ancestors? In Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari dismantles 70,000 years of human history, revealing how fragile myths—money, gods, nations—forged our dominance… and our doom. But as artificial intelligence looms and biotech rewrites our DNA, will we evolve into gods or go extinct by our own design? The answer might keep you awake long after the last page.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Signal, 2014
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 464
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0771038501
- Access: Members
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Man’s Search for Meaning
What if your survival depended not on physical strength, but on discovering meaning in the depths of human cruelty? Viktor Frankl’s harrowing true story of enduring Nazi concentration camps reveals an unshakable truth: even when stripped of everything—family, freedom, even his name—the last defiant act was choosing how to respond to suffering. But when death surrounds you and hope seems impossible… what gives life its grip on the soul… and could it haunt yours next?
- Originally Published: 1946
- Publisher: Rider, 2004
- Genre: Personal Narrative
- Pages: 160
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781844132393
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
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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
- Access: Members
