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items What does “smart thinking” mean to you? They’re the books that introduce us to new ways of reasoning, living and growing. From authors like Malcolm Gladwell to Yuval Noah Harari, Amanda Montell and more, we love finding new ways to see the world, and...
Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"—filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number ...
Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell ...
Explore what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles—in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review) Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and The Bomber Mafia and host of the podcast Revisionist Hi...
In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?
In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?
Outliers: The Story of Success|Paperback
Ray Dalio's profound wisdom, combined with his practical approach, offers a transformative experience that will inspire readers to lead more principled lives.
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio, Hardcover
NEW from the bestselling HBR’s 10 Must Reads series. The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up?
If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and imp...
Leading experts such as Deborah Tannen, Jay Conger, and Nick Morgan provide the insights and advice you need to:
• Pitch your brilliant idea—successfully • Connect with your audience • Establish credibility • Inspire others to carry out your vision • Adapt to stakeholders’ decision-making styles • Frame goals around common interests • Build consensus an...
If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and imp...
Leading experts such as Deborah Tannen, Jay Conger, and Nick Morgan provide the insights and advice you need to:
• Pitch your brilliant idea—successfully • Connect with your audience • Establish credibility • Inspire others to carry out your vision • Adapt to stakeholders’ decision-making styles • Frame goals around common interests • Build consensus an...
HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials by Harvard Business Review ...
The book will teach you what great listeners do, how to stay fully present in challenging conversations, and how empathic listening can help others learn and grow.
Mindfulness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
A stunning 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new foreword by Paulo Coelho and charming interior illustrations–Discover the true power of trusting your intuition, honoring your instincts, and tapping i...
Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery and spiritual healing, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, moving millions across the globe and transforming the lives of countless readers across genera...
Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery and spiritual healing, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, moving millions across the globe and transforming the lives of countless readers across genera...
The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition) by Paulo Coelho
We are living through the most profound information revolution in human history. To understand it, we need to understand what has come before. We have named our species Homo sapiens, the wise human – but if humans are so wise, why are we doing so many self-destructive things? In particular, why are we on the verge of committing ecological and technological suicide? Humanity gains power by building large networks of ...
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow examines what might happen to the world when old myths are coupled with new godlike technologies, such as artificial intelligence and genetic engineering. Humans conquered the world thanks to their unique abili...
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Paperback
Civilisation is founded on engineering innovation; all progress stems from the human urge to make things and to shape the world around us, resulting in greater freedom, health and wealth for all. Drawing on history, his own experiences and conversati... Make, Think, Imagine provides an eloquent blueprint for how we can keep moving towards a brighter future.
Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization by John Browne ...
For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and every walk of life—and made them greater. Now, for the first time e...
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
"One of the best baseball—and management—books out.... Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general mange...
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game|Hardcover
There are more than a few small towns that live and breathe high school football, and this is a first-hand account of what that culture is like. In a racially-divided town in Texas, the story of the Permian Panthers of Odessa was so inspirational tha...
Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.
Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (25th Anniversary Edition)|Hardcover
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the series Sapiens: A Graphic History and Unstoppable U...
Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information
Sapiens, the book, takes us on a breath-taking ride through our entire human history, from its evolutionary roots to the age of capitalism and genetic engineering, to uncover why we are the way we are. Sapiens focuses on key processes that shaped hum...
Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]: A Brief History of Humankind
The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. There’s nowhere else in the world where that’s quite so true.
This book is perfect ...
Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts, Paperback
The Bible is the most sold book of all time, with an estimated 5 to 7 billion copies distributed. It has been translated into over 700 languages and continues to be popular worldwide. The Bible's influence extends across cultures and history, shaping both Western and global traditions.
The Book of Bibles. 40th Ed.|Hardcover
The best book on happiness I’ve ever come across. Gilbert’s take is that the problem isn’t that we can’t find happiness, it’s that we often don’t even know what happiness is.
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert, Paperback
Learn how to create teams that work the way you want them to. Then, discover ways to scale those teams, keeping them aligned with your objectives-and with each other-as your business grows.
If you want your teams to excel, TeamWork can fast-track your path to a winning business with a thriving culture.
If you want your teams to excel, TeamWork can fast-track your path to a winning business with a thriving culture.
TeamWork: How to Build a High-Performance Team|Hardcover
All in One. This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "Leadership That Gets Results" by Daniel Goleman, "One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?" "The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome," "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themsel...
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (with featured article
Explore series. This Updated and Expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership, Updated and Expanded (featuring
Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is the I-Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, ...
Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, ...
The 33 Strategies of War
In this remarkable and timely addition to his Principles series, Dalio brings readers along for his study of the major empires—including the Dutch, the British, and the American—putting into perspective the “Big Cycle” that has driven the successes a...
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail|Hardcover
Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny.
Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it).
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny.
Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it).
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty|Paperback
Nothing will get you thinking as much as this brilliant book.” —George Walden, The Sunday Telegraph “There is unlikely to be a more provocative or more compelling book published this year than Straw Dogs . . . Gray is one of the most consistently interesting and unpredictable thinkers in Britain.” —Jason Cowley, The Observer (London) “One of the most important books published this year, and will probably prove to be one of the most important this ce...
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals|Paperback
A magnificent look into basketball and the “Mamba mentality” of the late, great Kobe Bryant. Through his own prowess on the court, Bryant shares how to become a better basketball player. Whether you play basketball or are simply a fan, you will love The Mamba Mentality. The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE! Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award–winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living ...
Greenlights
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop... Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't|Hardcover
"What makes the truly exceptional companies different from the comparison companies and what were the common practices these enduringly great companies followed throughout their history?" Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a... Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper long into the 21st century and beyond.
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies|Paperback
The legendary New York Times bestselling tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas.
When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could impro...
When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could impro...
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy (revised)|Hardcover
From legendary tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou comes a motivational and inspirational guide to help readers achieve new success in any endeavor.
Superstar coach Patrick Mouratoglou knows what it takes to win. An international icon in the world of tennis, he coached Serena Williams for a decade at the height of her career. Now he currently coaches four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and ... Champion Mindset, Mouratoglou distills his lifetime of coaching excellence into ten commandments applicable to achieving success in all aspects of life, not just the court. Mouratoglou’s emphasis on coaching the player’s mindset is what makes him sin...
Superstar coach Patrick Mouratoglou knows what it takes to win. An international icon in the world of tennis, he coached Serena Williams for a decade at the height of her career. Now he currently coaches four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and ... Champion Mindset, Mouratoglou distills his lifetime of coaching excellence into ten commandments applicable to achieving success in all aspects of life, not just the court. Mouratoglou’s emphasis on coaching the player’s mindset is what makes him sin...
Champion Mindset: Coach Yourself to Win at Life|Hardcover