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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman

4.17 avg rating — 581,909 ratings
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcomin...
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Ed Catmull

4.21 avg rating — 102,103 ratings
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The Black Swan: The Impact ...
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author)

3.96 avg rating — 121,199 ratings
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies...
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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John Carreyrou

4.41 avg rating — 280,404 ratings
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So Good They Can't Ignore Y...
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
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Cal Newport

4.07 avg rating — 49,973 ratings
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The Rational Optimist: How ...
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
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Matt Ridley

3.97 avg rating — 13,409 ratings
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, a...
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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Ashlee Vance (Goodreads Author)

4.13 avg rating — 443,077 ratings
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Negotiating for Success: Es...
Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills
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George J. Siedel (Goodreads Author)

4.04 avg rating — 600 ratings
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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. ...
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
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Richard P. Feynman (Contibutor)

4.26 avg rating — 216,664 ratings
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Losing My Virginity: How I'...
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
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Richard Branson

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Einstein: His Life and Univ...
Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

4.17 avg rating — 201,245 ratings
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С ума сойти! Путеводитель п...
С ума сойти! Путеводитель по психическим расстройствам для жителя большого города
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Daria Varlamova

4.32 avg rating — 838 ratings
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В интернете кто-то неправ! ...
В интернете кто-то неправ! Научные исследования спорных вопросов
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Ася Казанцева

4.31 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
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Яндекс.Книга
Яндекс.Книга
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Дмитрий Соколов-Митрич

4.12 avg rating — 267 ratings
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David and Goliath: Underdog...
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
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Malcolm Gladwell

3.97 avg rating — 191,112 ratings
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How Google Works
How Google Works
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Eric Schmidt (Goodreads Author)

4.05 avg rating — 29,497 ratings
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The Inevitable: Understandi...
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
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Kevin Kelly (Goodreads Author)

3.89 avg rating — 11,942 ratings
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
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Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

4.16 avg rating — 1,352,541 ratings
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Ghost in the Wires: My Adve...
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
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Kevin D. Mitnick

3.97 avg rating — 27,281 ratings
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Naked Statistics: Stripping...
Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
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Charles Wheelan

3.96 avg rating — 15,084 ratings
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Failed It! How to turn mist...
Failed It! How to turn mistakes into ideas and other advice for successfully screwing up
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Erik Kessels

3.71 avg rating — 1,365 ratings
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The Adweek Copywriting Hand...
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters
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Joseph Sugarman

4.14 avg rating — 1,566 ratings
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Ogilvy on Advertising
Ogilvy on Advertising
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David Ogilvy

4.15 avg rating — 11,633 ratings
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Web Analytics 2.0: The Art ...
Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity
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Avinash Kaushik

4.13 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
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Bobos in Paradise: The New ...
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
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David Brooks

3.62 avg rating — 4,529 ratings
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ide...
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
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Chip Heath

3.98 avg rating — 98,988 ratings
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success
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Malcolm Gladwell

4.19 avg rating — 860,292 ratings
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The Tipping Point: How Litt...
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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Malcolm Gladwell

4.01 avg rating — 851,844 ratings
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Deep Work: Rules for Focuse...
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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Cal Newport

4.16 avg rating — 186,974 ratings
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The Hard Thing About Hard T...
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
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Ben Horowitz (Goodreads Author)

4.20 avg rating — 108,523 ratings
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What To Do When Machines Do...
What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data
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Malcolm Frank

3.57 avg rating — 497 ratings
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What Technology Wants
What Technology Wants
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Kevin Kelly (Goodreads Author)

3.74 avg rating — 7,187 ratings
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Data Science for Business: ...
Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking
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Foster Provost

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Talking to Crazy: How to De...
Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life
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Mark Goulston

3.93 avg rating — 2,088 ratings
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Attribution Modelling in Go...
Attribution Modelling in Google Analytics and Beyond
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Himanshu Sharma

3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street R...
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
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Michael Lewis

4.14 avg rating — 90,173 ratings
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Antifragile: Things That Ga...
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author)

4.10 avg rating — 57,238 ratings
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The Four: The Hidden DNA of...
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
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Scott Galloway

3.83 avg rating — 18,903 ratings
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Just Listen: Discover the S...
Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
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Mark Goulston

4.06 avg rating — 9,771 ratings
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Economics: The User's Guide
Economics: The User's Guide
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Ha-Joon Chang

4.16 avg rating — 8,494 ratings
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Black Box Thinking: Why Som...
Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do
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Matthew Syed

4.28 avg rating — 14,356 ratings
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Disrupted: My Misadventure ...
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
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Dan Lyons (Goodreads Author)

3.91 avg rating — 17,096 ratings
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Brotopia: Breaking Up the B...
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
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Emily Chang

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Weapons of Math Destruction...
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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Cathy O'Neil

3.87 avg rating — 29,882 ratings
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Никогда-нибудь. Как выйти и...
Никогда-нибудь. Как выйти из тупика и найти себя
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Елена Резанова

3.97 avg rating — 805 ratings
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Alibaba: The House That Jac...
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
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Duncan Clark

3.87 avg rating — 16,347 ratings
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Good to Great: Why Some Com...
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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Jim Collins

4.12 avg rating — 289,579 ratings
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the C...
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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Phil Knight

4.46 avg rating — 363,639 ratings
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Отчаянные аккаунт-менеджеры...
Отчаянные аккаунт-менеджеры. Как работать с клиентами без стресса и проблем. Настольная книга аккаунт-менеджера, менеджера проектов и фрилансера
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Борис Шпирт

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The Culture Code: The Secre...
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
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Daniel Coyle (Goodreads Author)

4.24 avg rating — 35,056 ratings
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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David Graeber

4.02 avg rating — 33,764 ratings
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Working with Emotional Inte...
Working with Emotional Intelligence
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Daniel Goleman (Goodreads Author)

3.82 avg rating — 6,235 ratings
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52 books · 6 voters · list created February 22nd, 2018 by Natalia (votes) .
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