Marc's Book Club - The Big List
Marc's Book Club - The Big List
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Marc's Book Club - The Big List

Since 2008 I have run a small book club for a group of friends. We meet every second month over dinner and a glass of wine. It's a great way to stimulate an interesting conversation with a group of friends, and also some discipline to keep us reading regularly. I often say to people that for the price of a few books and a few hours reading time, we've learned so much it almost feels like cheating! For anyone interested in doing more reading and wanting to know where to start, I have marked the books that I recommend that everyone read..

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Marc Harrison
8th September 2025
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All Marketers Are Liars

All Marketers Are Liars
Seth Godin
Oct 2008Don Mateo's
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The E-Myth Revisited

The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber
Dec 2008Kanzaman
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  • Strategy
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The Speed of Trust

The Speed of Trust
Stephen M. R. Covey with Rebecca R. Merrill
Jan 2009Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Made to Stick

Made to Stick
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Mar 2009Kanzaman
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  • Communication
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Purple Cow/Tribes/The Dip

Purple Cow/Tribes/The Dip
Seth Godin
May 2009Curry Club
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  • Marketing/Sales
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Slack

Slack
Tom DeMarco
Jul 2009Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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A Whole New Mind

A Whole New Mind
Daniel H. Pink
Aug 2009Spread Eagle
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
  • Creativity
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4-Hour Work Week

4-Hour Work Week
Timothy Ferriss
Oct 2009Gurkhas
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  • Strategy
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Influence

Influence
Robert B. Cialdini
Nov 2009Burmese House
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  • Communication
  • Negotiation
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Outliers

Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Feb 2010Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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What Got You Here

What Got You Here
Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
Apr 2010Boheme
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  • Leadership/Management
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The Wisdom of Crowds

The Wisdom of Crowds
James Michael Surowiecki
Jul 2010Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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The Black Swan

The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sep 2010Burmese House
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  • Statistics
  • Finance/Economics
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Delivering Happiness

Delivering Happiness
Tony Hsieh
Nov 2010Gurkhas
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  • Startups
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The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
Jan 2011Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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The Prince

The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Mar 2011Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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The Mesh

The Mesh
Lisa Gansky
Apr 2011OST
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  • Technology
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Flow

Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
May 2011Himalaya Sherpa
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  • Personal Development
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Predictably Irrational

Predictably Irrational
Dr. Dan Ariely
Jul 2011Kanzaman
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Art of the Start

Art of the Start
Guy Kawasaki
Oct 2011Boheme
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Where Good Ideas Come From

Where Good Ideas Come From
Steven Johnson
Dec 2012Himalaya Sherpa
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  • Creativity
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More Than You Know

More Than You Know
Michael Mauboussin
Jan 2012Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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The Innovator's Solution

The Innovator's Solution
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor
Mar 2012Spread Eagle
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  • Strategy
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Hey Whipple, Squeeze This

Hey Whipple, Squeeze This
Luke Sullivan and Edward Boches
Apr 2012Burmese House
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Pitch Anything

Pitch Anything
Oren Klaff
May 2012Groove Train
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  • Communication
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Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes

Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes
Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich
Jul 2012Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Abundance

Abundance
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Aug 2012Maedaya
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  • Society
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Blink

Blink
Malcolm Gladwell
Oct 2012Gurkhas
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Quiet

Quiet
Susan Cain
Jan 2013Boheme
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  • Communication
  • Personal Development
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Twilight of the Elites

Twilight of the Elites
Christophe Guilluy
Jan 2013Boheme
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Getting to Yes

Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher and William Ury
Mar 2013Gurkhas
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  • Negotiation
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To Sell is Human

To Sell is Human
Daniel H. Pink
May 2013Boheme
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Impro

Impro
Keith Johnstone
Jul 2013I Love Dumplings
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  • Communication
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Happiness Hypothesis

Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt
Sep 2013I Love Dumplings
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Antifragile

Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nov 2013Spread Eagle
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  • Statistics
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The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Jan 2014Boheme
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  • Design
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Mindset

Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
Mar 2014Groove Train
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Daring Greatly

Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
May 2014Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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Big Short / Flash Boys

Big Short / Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
Jul 2014I Love Dumplings
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Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.
Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace
Sep 2014The Hungarian
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Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer
Nov 2014Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
Jan 2015Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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How Children Succeed

How Children Succeed
Paul Tough
Mar 2015Spread Eagle
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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The Rise of Superman

The Rise of Superman
Steven Kotler
Jun 2015The Hung
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  • Personal Development
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The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
Jul 2015Spread Eagle
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  • Personal Development
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Bold

Bold
Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler
Sep 2015Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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Rise of the Robots

Rise of the Robots
Martin Ford
Nov 2015Boheme
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Thinking Fast & Slow

Thinking Fast & Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Jan 2016BBQ at home
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Elon Musk

Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
Mar 2016Boheme
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  • Biography
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Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder
May 2016Boheme
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  • Philosophy
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Originals

Originals
Adam Grant
Jul 2016CANCELLED
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  • Startups
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Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler
Sep 2016Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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The Righteous Mind

The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
Nov 2016Spread Eagle
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The Second Machine Age

The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Jan 2017BBQ at home
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The Upstarts

The Upstarts
Brad Stone
Mar 2017Boheme
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  • Startups
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Superforecasting

Superforecasting
Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
May 2017Spread Eagle
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  • Statistics
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Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Jul 2017Boheme
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  • Biography
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The Obstacle is the Way

The Obstacle is the Way
Ryan Holiday
Sep 2017Boheme
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  • Personal Development
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Extreme Ownership

Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Nov 2017Spread Eagle
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  • Leadership/Management
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Everyday Sexism

Everyday Sexism
Laura Bates
Jan 2018BBQ at home
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  • Society
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Building a StoryBrand

Building a StoryBrand
Donald Miller
Mar 2018Boheme
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  • Marketing/Sales
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Skin in The Game

Skin in The Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
May 2018Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Principles

Principles
Ray Dalio
Jul 2018Boheme
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  • Leadership/Management
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Sep 2018Boheme
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  • History
  • Psychology/Behaviour
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The War on Normal People

The War on Normal People
Andrew Yang
Dec 2018Boheme
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  • UBI
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Algorithms to Live By

Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
Mar 2019Boheme
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker
May 2019Spread Eagle
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  • Philosophy
  • Science
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How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
Jul 2019Spread Eagle
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
  • Science
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Ego Is The Enemy

Ego Is The Enemy
Ryan Holiday
Sep 2019Spread Eagle
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  • Philosophy
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Mans' Search For Meaning

Mans' Search For Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Sep 2019Spread Eagle
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  • Philosophy
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Deep Work

Deep Work
Cal Newport
Jan 2020BBQ at Bret's
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  • Personal Development
73

Lost Connections

Lost Connections
Johann Hari
Mar 2020Zoom
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  • Personal Development
  • Psychology/Behaviour
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Delivered From Distraction

Delivered From Distraction
Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D.
Feb 2021Spread Eagle
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  • ADHD
  • Psychology/Behaviour
77

Think Again

Think Again
Adam Grant
Mar 2021Spread Eagle
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
  • Negotiation
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Why Fish Don't Exist

Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller
May 2021Spread Eagle
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  • Biography
  • Science
79

The Code Breaker

The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson
Aug 2021Burnley Brewing
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  • Science
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Stamped

Stamped
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X Kendi
Nov 2021Spread Eagle
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  • Society
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Educated

Educated
Tara Westover
Mar 2022TBA
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  • Society
  • Biography
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Factfulness

Factfulness
Hans Rosling
May 2022Burnley Brewing
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  • Society
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Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits
James Clear
Jan 2023Bridge Hotel
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  • Personal Development
  • Psychology/Behaviour
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How To Be Perfect

How To Be Perfect
Michael Shur
Jul 2023Spread Eagle
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  • Philosophy
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases
Paul Holes
Sep 2023Spread Eagle
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  • True Crime
  • Biography
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Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia

Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia
Anita Hess
Nov 2023Spread Eagle
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  • Society
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The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
Brian Christian
Jan 2024The Terminus
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  • Robotics/AI
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Talking to Strangers

Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell
Mar 2024The Terminus
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  • Communication
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Humble Pi

Humble Pi
Matt Parker
May 2024Spread Eagle
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  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
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Supercommunicators

Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg
Sep 2024The Terminus
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  • Communication
  • Negotiation
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The Anxious Generation

The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
Dec 2024The Terminus
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  • Psychology/Behaviour
  • Parenting
  • Social Media
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb
Mar 2025The Terminus
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All Marketers Are Liars

2

The E-Myth Revisited

3

The Speed of Trust

4

Made to Stick

5

Purple Cow/Tribes/The Dip

6

Slack

7

A Whole New Mind

8

4-Hour Work Week

9

Influence

10

Outliers

11

What Got You Here

13

The Wisdom of Crowds

14

The Black Swan

15

Delivering Happiness

16

The Tipping Point

17

The Prince

18

The Mesh

19

Flow

20

Predictably Irrational

21

Art of the Start

22

Where Good Ideas Come From

23

More Than You Know

24

The Innovator's Solution

25

Hey Whipple, Squeeze This

26

Pitch Anything

27

Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes

28

Abundance

29

Blink

30

Quiet

31

Twilight of the Elites

32

Getting to Yes

33

To Sell is Human

34

Impro

35

Happiness Hypothesis

36

Antifragile

37

The Design of Everyday Things

38

Mindset

39

Daring Greatly

40

Big Short / Flash Boys

41

Creativity, Inc.

42

Moonwalking with Einstein

43

The Power of Habit

44

How Children Succeed

45

The Rise of Superman

46

The Last Lecture

47

Bold

48

Rise of the Robots

49

Thinking Fast & Slow

50

Elon Musk

51

Sophie's World

52

Originals

53

Crucial Conversations

54

The Righteous Mind

55

The Second Machine Age

56

The Upstarts

57

Superforecasting

58

Shoe Dog

59

The Obstacle is the Way

60

Extreme Ownership

61

Everyday Sexism

62

Building a StoryBrand

63

Skin in The Game

64

Principles

65

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

66

The War on Normal People

67

Algorithms to Live By

68

Enlightenment Now

69

How to Change Your Mind

70

Ego Is The Enemy

71

Mans' Search For Meaning

72

Deep Work

73

Lost Connections

76

Delivered From Distraction

77

Think Again

78

Why Fish Don't Exist

79

The Code Breaker

80

Stamped

81

Educated

82

Factfulness

83

Atomic Habits

86

How To Be Perfect

87

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

88

Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia

89

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

90

Talking to Strangers

91

Humble Pi

92

Supercommunicators

93

The Anxious Generation

94

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone