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Books that inspires, advices and guide us to success in every sphere of life.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
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Cleopatra: A Life
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Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author)
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
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The Warrior Heart Practice: A Simple Process to Transform Confusion into Clarity and Pain into Peace
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4.05 avg rating — 288 ratings
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 92,133 ratings
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
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Joshua Foer (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 93,351 ratings
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 61,610 ratings
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Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
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A Brief History of Time
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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The Art of War
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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A Stolen Life
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
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3.77 avg rating — 41,100 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
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3.94 avg rating — 107,682 ratings
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I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
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3.74 avg rating — 85,711 ratings
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| 326 |
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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David Grann (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 430,703 ratings
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| 327 |
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Man's Search for Meaning
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4.37 avg rating — 842,101 ratings
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| 327 |
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Think and Grow Rich
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4.17 avg rating — 372,354 ratings
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| 327 |
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 45,521 ratings
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| 327 |
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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
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4.03 avg rating — 26,511 ratings
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
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4.13 avg rating — 52,739 ratings
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| 331 |
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A Grief Observed
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| 333 |
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Retirement:Your New Adventure!: It's your choice to decide if your windshield will be bigger than your rearview mirror
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Bob Boylan (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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4.12 avg rating — 129,830 ratings
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1776
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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4.04 avg rating — 74,135 ratings
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The Right Stuff
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Mastery
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Robert Greene (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 47,445 ratings
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| 338 |
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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
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3.94 avg rating — 157,447 ratings
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
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4.22 avg rating — 36,163 ratings
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The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
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4.08 avg rating — 101,588 ratings
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The Case for Christ
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4.23 avg rating — 150,339 ratings
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Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles
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Rivvy Neshama (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,019 ratings
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
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3.84 avg rating — 167,520 ratings
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
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4.17 avg rating — 62,962 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 70,681 ratings
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The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life
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3.98 avg rating — 90,320 ratings
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Naked
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4.10 avg rating — 271,568 ratings
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Look Me in the Eye
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John Elder Robison (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 69,263 ratings
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Hallucinations
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Lucky
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The Second Sex
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In a Sunburned Country
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The Things They Carried
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 209,263 ratings
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Capital in the Twenty First Century
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| 357 |
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
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4.16 avg rating — 56,348 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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Susan Cain (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 467,918 ratings
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
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Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 279,015 ratings
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| 360 |
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Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 109,045 ratings
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Meditations
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Becoming
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Michelle Obama (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 1,168,701 ratings
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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The Feminine Mystique
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A Room of One’s Own
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Escape
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Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
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4.25 avg rating — 87,639 ratings
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Just Mercy
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SPLIT
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Seven Years in Tibet
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How to Be a Woman
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
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DOCTRINE (UPWavers Book 1)
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Sonny Saggar (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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199 Ways To Improve Your Relationships, Marriage, and Sex Life
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L.B. Sommer (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings
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How I Met the Man of My Dreams: a guide to MANifesting yours
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Heroic Quest- A simple guide to happiness
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The Viability of a Seed
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Observation City
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Tienes una invitación para ir al Cielo?
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I Know I Can
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Voyager: The Art of Pure Awareness
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Parables & Parallels: Modern Day Insights into Many Ancient Words
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Life in the World of Yomo: Start the Adventure to Your Perfect Calling
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Just Thinking: Thoughts on Spirituality, Loss, Love & One Day at a Time
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Love versus Goliath
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Win No Matter What: A Guide to Hyping up Your Life
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Nihar Suthar (Goodreads Author)
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What Did I Do Wrong?
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Hope Is On The Horizon
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Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel
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Being Divine: Open to Your Intuition
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Brain Matters in Business
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The Pulse of Awakening: How-to Connect with Soul and Life Purpose
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Elias and The Legend of Sirok
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From Dreaming to Becoming
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Second Chances: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity
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i love this site!!!
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Just got here hope i will have the same feeling once i get started,cant wait
Hope i will have a great feeling once i get it and start reading. when it will be possible.
what a nice platform to explore motivational minds and ideas of icons. i've been longing for this.
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