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Cover of Masters of DoomMasters of Doom

David Kushner

Cover of Rainbows EndRainbows End

Vernor Vinge

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Cover of The Psychology of MoneyThe Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Cover of Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group: The Business Pillar of Suharto's IndonesiaLiem Sioe Liong's Salim Group: The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia*

Richard Borsuk

Cover of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your LifeIndistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Nir Eyal

Cover of Stories of Your Life and OthersStories of Your Life and Others*

Ted Chiang

Cover of DuneDune

Frank Herbert

Cover of Sun and SteelSun and Steel

Yukio Mishima

Cover of Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of RealityOur Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

Max Tegmark

Cover of The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Cover of MeditationsMeditations

Marcus Aurelius

Cover of Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsFlatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

Cover of The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the SeaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima

Cover of Orang-Orang OetimuOrang-Orang Oetimu

Felix K. Nesi

Cover of The Richest Man in BabylonThe Richest Man in Babylon

George S. Clason

Cover of The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Cover of The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Cover of Homo Deus: A History of TomorrowHomo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

Cover of "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character*

Richard P. Feynman

Cover of A Brief History of TimeA Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking

Cover of The Time MachineThe Time Machine

H.G. Wells

Cover of Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

Orson Scott Card

Cover of Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

Cover of The MartianThe Martian

Andy Weir

Cover of The RoadThe Road

Cormac McCarthy

Cover of The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover of 19841984

George Orwell

Cover of To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

Cover of Einstein: His Life and UniverseEinstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

Cover of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic FutureElon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance

Cover of Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FutureZero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

Cover of Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It AppearsAvogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears

William Hertling

Cover of A.I. ApocalypseA.I. Apocalypse

William Hertling

Cover of The Last FirewallThe Last Firewall

William Hertling

Cover of The Turing ExceptionThe Turing Exception

William Hertling

Cover of IntrospectIntrospect

Visakan Veerasamy

Cover of The Metamorphosis of Prime IntellectThe Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

Roger Williams

Cover of Valuable Humans in Transit and Other StoriesValuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories

qntm

Cover of How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusionHow to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

Derek Sivers

Cover of The Three-Body ProblemThe Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Cover of The Dark ForestThe Dark Forest*

Cixin Liu

Cover of Death's EndDeath's End*

Cixin Liu

Cover of The Creative Act: A Way of BeingThe Creative Act: A Way of Being*

Rick Rubin

Cover of Project Hail MaryProject Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Cover of Dune MessiahDune Messiah

Frank Herbert

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Cover of Chinese Education in Singapore: An Untold Story of Conflict and ChangeChinese Education in Singapore: An Untold Story of Conflict and Change

Zhixiong Zhang

Cover of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of ChinaWild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Jung Chang

Cover of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell TrainingStarting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

Mark Rippetoe

Cover of A History of Western PhilosophyA History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

Cover of The FountainheadThe Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Cover of Thinking in Systems: A PrimerThinking in Systems: A Primer

Donella H. Meadows

Cover of Dirt: The Erosion of CivilizationsDirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

David R. Montgomery

Cover of The Conquest of HappinessThe Conquest of Happiness

Bertrand Russell

Cover of Second Nature: A Gardener's EducationSecond Nature: A Gardener's Education

Michael Pollan

Cover of Nature and Selected EssaysNature and Selected Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cover of Permaculture: A Designers' ManualPermaculture: A Designers' Manual

Bill Mollison

Cover of In Defense of Food: An Eater's ManifestoIn Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Michael Pollan

Cover of A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian TrailA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

Cover of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryThe Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

Cover of WaldenWalden

Henry David Thoreau

Cover of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four MealsThe Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan

Cover of Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human MindPhantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

V.S. Ramachandran

Cover of Nonviolent Communication: A Language of LifeNonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Cover of The Red Book: Liber NovusThe Red Book: Liber Novus

C.G. Jung

Cover of The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)

C.G. Jung

Cover of The Power of MythThe Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell

Cover of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of TraumaThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

Cover of The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His EmpireThe Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Jack Weatherford

Cover of Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious FreedomGenghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom

Jack Weatherford

Cover of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

Cover of House of Glass (Buru Quartet, #4)House of Glass (Buru Quartet, #4)

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Cover of Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Cover of Jejak LangkahJejak Langkah

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Cover of Bumi ManusiaBumi Manusia

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Cover of Confessions of a MaskConfessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

Cover of Why Zebras Don't Get UlcersWhy Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert M. Sapolsky

Cover of The Stress of LifeThe Stress of Life

Hans Selye

Cover of Principles For Dealing With the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and FailPrinciples For Dealing With the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

Ray Dalio

Cover of AccelerandoAccelerando

Charles Stross

Cover of CryptonomiconCryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

Cover of Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)

Iain M. Banks

Cover of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

Cover of Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)

Larry Niven

Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

Douglas Adams

Cover of Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible IndividualsStubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals

Tyler Cowen

Cover of The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical AphorismsThe Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Cover of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the WorldThe Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson

Cover of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyCapital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

Cover of The Road to SerfdomThe Road to Serfdom

Friedrich A. Hayek

Cover of The Martian ChroniclesThe Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Cover of Atlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Cover of The Man in the High CastleThe Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Cover of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and WorstBehave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

Cover of Letters to a Young PoetLetters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

Cover of Man Alone with HimselfMan Alone with Himself

Friedrich Nietzsche

Cover of The Essential Neruda: Selected PoemsThe Essential Neruda: Selected Poems

Pablo Neruda

Cover of The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryThe Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Brian Greene

Cover of The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and LongingThe Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Rumi

Cover of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond

Cover of Deep LearningDeep Learning

Ian Goodfellow

Cover of Antifragile: Things That Gain from DisorderAntifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Cover of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming ProductsHooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

Cover of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Cover of I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of LifeI Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

Cover of Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily LifeSkin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Cover of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn EvilThe Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

Philip G. Zimbardo

Cover of Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the MarketsFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond

Cover of CosmosCosmos

Carl Sagan

Cover of The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)

Isaac Asimov

Cover of Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall DownStructures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

J.E. Gordon

Cover of Snow CrashSnow Crash

Neal Stephenson

Cover of Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

William Gibson

Cover of Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

Cover of Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

William Gibson

Cover of Debt: The First 5,000 YearsDebt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

Cover of Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Cover of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Ron Chernow

Cover of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the WorldMycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

Paul Stamets

Cover of Man and His SymbolsMan and His Symbols

C.G. Jung

Cover of Babad Tanah JawiBabad Tanah Jawi

W.L. Olthof

Cover of The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell BerryThe World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry

Cover of The Selected Poems of Wendell BerryThe Selected Poems of Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry

Cover of What Are People For?: EssaysWhat Are People For?: Essays

Wendell Berry

Cover of ConfessionsConfessions

Augustine of Hippo

Cover of Sustenance of the SoulSustenance of the Soul

Abu Zayd al-Balkhi

Cover of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden BraidGödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Cover of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American ProsperityStrong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

Charles L. Marohn Jr.

Cover of A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, ConstructionA Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

Christopher W. Alexander

Cover of What We Owe The Future: A Million-Year ViewWhat We Owe The Future: A Million-Year View

William MacAskill