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The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.

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The Origins of Good and Evil. Crown Publishers, 2013.

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A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017

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Princeton University Press, 2010.

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The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary. Basic Books, 2015.

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Tim Ferriss

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The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. Mariner Books, 2016.

The Man Who Knew Too Much
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David Leavitt

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Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. Atlas Books, 2006.

Make Your Bed
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Admiral William H. McRaven

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Little Things that Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.

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Kate Moore

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The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women. Sourcebooks, 2017.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
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Josephy Murphy

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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. Way to Success, 2019.

Twice as Hard
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The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.

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How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Change the World. TarcherPerigee, 2018.

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Olivia Campbell

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How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.

How to Do the Work
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Nicole LePera

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Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self. Harper Wave, 2021.

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Rick Rubin

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A Way of Being. Penguin Press, 2023.

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How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible. Harmony, 2015.

How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Dale Carnegie

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Simon & Schuster, 1981 (revised by Dorothy Carnegie, originally published in 1936).

Adaptive Markets
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Andrew W. Lo

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Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought. Princeton, 2019.

You Never Forget Your First
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A Biography of George Washington. Viking, 2020.

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics
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Dan Harris

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A 10% Happier How-to Book. Harmony, 2017.

The Science of Storytelling
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Will Storr

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Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Collins, 2019.

Splash!
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Howard Means

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10,000 Years of Swimming. Hachette Books. 2020.

The Soul of a Woman
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.

Knowledge
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Lisa Mosconi

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A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.

The 48 Laws of Power
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Robert Greene

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The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.

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My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment. Vintage, 2018

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The Origins of Good and Evil. Crown Publishers, 2013.

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The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.

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John Lewis

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A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017

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Arnold Thackray

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The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary. Basic Books, 2015.

30 Lessons for Loving
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Karl Pillemer

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Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage. Hudson Street Press, 2015.

Einstein
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Walter Isaacson

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His Life and Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2007.

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A Biography of George Washington. Viking, 2020.

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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.

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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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