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The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 709 ratings — published 1941
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The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,169 ratings — published 1864
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 917,555 ratings — published 1946
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Intellectuals and Society Intellectuals and Society (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,088 ratings — published 2009
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 12,298 ratings — published 1951
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The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 2,125 ratings — published 1943
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Who: The A Method for Hiring Who: The A Method for Hiring (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 7,745 ratings — published 2008
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The Innovator's Solut!on: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth The Innovator's Solut!on: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 13,822 ratings — published 2003
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 24,333 ratings — published 2024
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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 18,506 ratings — published 2013
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Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 28,518 ratings — published 1992
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The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
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avg rating 4.08 — 38,165 ratings — published 1966
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Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,341 ratings — published 2016
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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 6,853 ratings — published 2009
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The Wright Brothers The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 100,286 ratings — published 2015
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Napoleon: A Life Napoleon: A Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 29,855 ratings — published 2014
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Competing Against Luck Competing Against Luck (ebook)
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avg rating 4.15 — 6,119 ratings — published 2016
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 305,559 ratings — published 2001
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Lenin the Dictator Lenin the Dictator (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,868 ratings — published 2017
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The Ordeal of Civility : Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss & the Jewish Struggle with Modernity The Ordeal of Civility : Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss & the Jewish Struggle with Modernity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 81 ratings — published 1974
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No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published 1978
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Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,516 ratings — published 2024
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The Magic Mountain The Magic Mountain (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.13 — 64,417 ratings — published 1924
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Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 60,658 ratings — published 2020
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The (Mis)Behavior of Markets The (Mis)Behavior of Markets
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avg rating 4.09 — 6,209 ratings — published 1997
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Crowds and Power Crowds and Power (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 2,166 ratings — published 1960
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Iacocca: An Autobiography Iacocca: An Autobiography (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 10,846 ratings — published 1984
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 175,103 ratings — published 1959
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In Praise of Shadows In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 32,039 ratings — published 1933
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Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 6,768 ratings — published 2021
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Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,118 ratings — published 2017
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The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 320 ratings — published 2021
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War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Powerbrokers War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Powerbrokers (Audio CD)
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avg rating 3.89 — 666 ratings — published 2020
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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,675 ratings — published 2019
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The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,242 ratings — published 2019
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The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as a16z)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,364 ratings — published 2017
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Lenin on the Train Lenin on the Train (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 1,694 ratings — published 2016
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Fascism: The Career of a Concept Fascism: The Career of a Concept (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 167 ratings — published 2015
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Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,790 ratings — published 2015
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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 4,137 ratings — published 1970
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Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as a16z)
avg rating 3.75 — 113 ratings — published 1999
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The God that Failed The God that Failed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 483 ratings — published 1949
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Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as a16z)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,810 ratings — published 2016
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Mine Were of Trouble Mine Were of Trouble (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as a16z)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,191 ratings — published 1957
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The Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as a16z)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,494 ratings — published 1961
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 74,223 ratings — published 1938
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Lindbergh Lindbergh (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 5,846 ratings — published 1998
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The End of History and the Last Man The End of History and the Last Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 8,073 ratings — published 1992
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