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Ruby Lal
The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
Paul Bloom
The Origins of Good and Evil. Crown Publishers, 2013.
John Lewis
A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017
Scott Page
Princeton University Press, 2010.
Arnold Thackray
The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary. Basic Books, 2015.
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Tim Ferriss
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. Mariner Books, 2016.
David Leavitt
Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. Atlas Books, 2006.
Admiral William H. McRaven
Little Things that Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Kate Moore
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women. Sourcebooks, 2017.
Josephy Murphy
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. Way to Success, 2019.
Jasmine Brown
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.
Justin Lee
How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Change the World. TarcherPerigee, 2018.
Olivia Campbell
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.
Nicole LePera
Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self. Harper Wave, 2021.
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Jia Jiang
How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible. Harmony, 2015.
Dale Carnegie
Simon & Schuster, 1981 (revised by Dorothy Carnegie, originally published in 1936).
Andrew W. Lo
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought. Princeton, 2019.
Alexis Coe
A Biography of George Washington. Viking, 2020.
Dan Harris
A 10% Happier How-to Book. Harmony, 2017.
Will Storr
Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Collins, 2019.
Isabel Allende
On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
Lisa Mosconi
A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
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Yanis Varoufakis
My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment. Vintage, 2018
Paul Bloom
The Origins of Good and Evil. Crown Publishers, 2013.
Ruby Lal
The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
John Lewis
A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017
Scott Page
Princeton University Press, 2010.
Arnold Thackray
The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary. Basic Books, 2015.
Karl Pillemer
Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage. Hudson Street Press, 2015.
Walter Isaacson
His Life and Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Alexis Coe
A Biography of George Washington. Viking, 2020.
Isabel Allende
On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang
A fascinating look at rejection from every angle, from understanding and overcoming the fear of rejection to learning how to increase your chances of a yes while becoming perfectly okay with a no.
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