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Think Big

av Ben Carson • 1992

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

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✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

Immersiv

Think Big

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

av Ben Carson 1992 291 sidor

4.20

4 000+ betyg

✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

Shoe Dog

av Phil Knight • 2016

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

4.46

300 000+

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

Immersiv

Shoe Dog

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

av Phil Knight 2016 400 sidor

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🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

The Red Book

av C.G. Jung • 2009

The book Jung hid for fifty years reveals the terrifying self-experiment behind all his psychology.

4.49

6 000+

🕳️ Depth Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 💬 Inner Dialogue 📚 Jungian Psychology 🌪️ Spiritual Crisis

Immersiv

The Red Book

The book Jung hid for fifty years reveals the terrifying self-experiment behind all his psychology.

av C.G. Jung 2009 371 sidor

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🕳️ Depth Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 💬 Inner Dialogue 📚 Jungian Psychology 🌪️ Spiritual Crisis

Greenlights

av Matthew McConaughey • 2020

He turned down $14.5 million and wrestled in Mali to prove worst breaks are delayed breakthroughs.

4.2

400 000+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Personal Philosophy ➖ Subtractive Living 🎨 Creative Discipline

Immersiv

Greenlights

He turned down $14.5 million and wrestled in Mali to prove worst breaks are delayed breakthroughs.

av Matthew McConaughey 2020 289 sidor

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🎬 Hollywood Memoir 📖 Self-Help Memoir 🧠 Personal Philosophy ➖ Subtractive Living 🎨 Creative Discipline

The Setup

av Dan Bilzerian • 2021

Unlimited women, jets, millions: the system delivered it all. The confession? It feels like nothing.

4.13

1 000+

😈 Contrarian Self-Help 🤝 Social Dynamics 👑 Status And Attraction 🏗️ Environment Design 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation

Immersiv

The Setup

Unlimited women, jets, millions: the system delivered it all. The confession? It feels like nothing.

av Dan Bilzerian 2021

4.13

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😈 Contrarian Self-Help 🤝 Social Dynamics 👑 Status And Attraction 🏗️ Environment Design 🎢 Hedonic Adaptation

Moonwalk

av Michael Jackson • 1988

A pop icon's craft rules: learn from masters, own your work, convert every snub into fuel.

4.34

6 000+

🎵 Pop Music 💿 Music Industry ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🎨 Creative Process 🎯 Perfectionism

Immersiv

Moonwalk

A pop icon's craft rules: learn from masters, own your work, convert every snub into fuel.

av Michael Jackson 1988 283 sidor

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🎵 Pop Music 💿 Music Industry ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🎨 Creative Process 🎯 Perfectionism

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

av Peter Korn • 2013

A woodworker spent decades making furniture, only to discover he was the real project.

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1 000+

🛠️ Craft Philosophy 🎨 Creative Practice 💼 Work And Identity 📦 Material Culture 🌊 Flow Psychology

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters Sammanfattning

Immersiv

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

A woodworker spent decades making furniture, only to discover he was the real project.

av Peter Korn 2013 176 sidor

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🛠️ Craft Philosophy 🎨 Creative Practice 💼 Work And Identity 📦 Material Culture 🌊 Flow Psychology

Ett oroligt sinne

av Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

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🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

Ett oroligt sinne

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

av Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 219 sidor

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86 000+ betyg

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

Mein Kampf

av Adolf Hitler • 1925

The manifesto that blueprinted the Third Reich: racial empire, absolute rule, and total war.

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🏛️ Political Manifestos ⚡ Authoritarianism 📢 Propaganda Techniques 👥 Mass Psychology 💀 Racial Ideology

Mein Kampf

The manifesto that blueprinted the Third Reich: racial empire, absolute rule, and total war.

av Adolf Hitler 1925 722 sidor

3.18

44 000+ betyg

🏛️ Political Manifestos ⚡ Authoritarianism 📢 Propaganda Techniques 👥 Mass Psychology 💀 Racial Ideology

Never Finished

av David Goggins • 2022

Your mind quits before your body has to. Here is how to override that signal.

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47 000+

🧱 Mental Toughness ⚔️ Extreme Self-Discipline 🎖️ Navy Seal Mindset 🏃 Ultra-Endurance 🧨 Self-Sabotage

Never Finished

Your mind quits before your body has to. Here is how to override that signal.

av David Goggins 2022 312 sidor

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🧱 Mental Toughness ⚔️ Extreme Self-Discipline 🎖️ Navy Seal Mindset 🏃 Ultra-Endurance 🧨 Self-Sabotage

Born a Crime

av Trevor Noah • 2016

His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.

4.49

800 000+

🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa 🧬 Mixed Race Identity 🗣️ Code Switching 😂 Humor And Adversity 💪 Poverty And Resilience

Born a Crime

His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.

av Trevor Noah 2016 288 sidor

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🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa 🧬 Mixed Race Identity 🗣️ Code Switching 😂 Humor And Adversity 💪 Poverty And Resilience

Jag är Malala

av Malala Yousafzai • 2012

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

4.16

600 000+

🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Jag är Malala

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

av Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 sidor

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Solito

av Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

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80 000+

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing 👦 Childhood Perspective 💔 Family Separation

Solito

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

av Javier Zamora 2022 384 sidor

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📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing 👦 Childhood Perspective 💔 Family Separation

Becoming

av Michelle Obama • 2018

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

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1 000 000+

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Becoming

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

av Michelle Obama 2018 426 sidor

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Educated

av Tara Westover • 2018

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

4.46

1 000 000+

🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling 📚 Escape Through Education 🔥 Family Gaslighting

Educated

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

av Tara Westover 2018 334 sidor

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🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling 📚 Escape Through Education 🔥 Family Gaslighting

Funny in Farsi

av Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

3.84

27 000+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

Funny in Farsi

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

av Firoozeh Dumas 2003 240 sidor

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🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock 🗣️ Language Barriers 😂 Comedic Memoir

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

av Richard P. Feynman • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

4.26

200 000+

🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

av Richard P. Feynman 1985 352 sidor

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Anledningen till att jag hoppar

av Naoki Higashida • 2005

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

3.88

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🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

Anledningen till att jag hoppar

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

av Naoki Higashida 2005 135 sidor

3.88

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🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Living With Autism ⌨️ Alternative Communication

Wings of Fire

av A.P.J. Abdul Kalam • 1999

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

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🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace 🛡️ Defense Technology 🔬 Scientific Leadership

Wings of Fire

A boatman's son made India a missile power. The leadership lessons that built it from nothing.

av A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1999 180 sidor

4.29

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🧪 Scientific Memoir 🇮🇳 Indian Science 🚀 Aerospace 🛡️ Defense Technology 🔬 Scientific Leadership

My Inventions

av Nikola Tesla • 1935

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

3.91

12 000+

⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

My Inventions

Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.

av Nikola Tesla 1935 88 sidor

3.91

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⚡ Electrical Engineering 🕰️ Early Electrical Age 📝 Inventor Memoirs 🧠 Eccentric Inventor 🔮 Visionary Science

The Worlds I See

av Fei-Fei Li • 2023

How a Chinese immigrant who barely spoke English built the dataset that sparked the AI revolution.

4.31

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📷 Computer Vision 🧠 Deep Learning 🤖 Ai History 📊 Data-Driven Science ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Worlds I See

How a Chinese immigrant who barely spoke English built the dataset that sparked the AI revolution.

av Fei-Fei Li 2023 336 sidor

4.31

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📷 Computer Vision 🧠 Deep Learning 🤖 Ai History 📊 Data-Driven Science ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Happiest Refugee

av Anh Do • 2010

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

4.25

18 000+

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

The Happiest Refugee

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

av Anh Do 2010 232 sidor

4.25

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🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience 🧧 Vietnamese Diaspora 🎤 Comedy Career

The Diary of a Young Girl

av Anne Frank • 1947

A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.

4.20

4 000 000+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 📔 Wartime Diary 🌱 Adolescence In Wartime 🏚️ Life In Hiding ⚫ Nazi Occupation

The Diary of a Young Girl

A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.

av Anne Frank 1947 283 sidor

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🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 📔 Wartime Diary 🌱 Adolescence In Wartime 🏚️ Life In Hiding ⚫ Nazi Occupation

Autobiography of a Yogi

av Paramahansa Yogananda • 1946

Miracles, they said, were science. A young yogi's record of the Indian saints who proved it.

4.25

74 000+

🧘 Yogic Spirituality 📜 Vedantic Philosophy 🌏 East-West Spirituality 🌬️ Pranayama ✨ Mystical Experience

Autobiography of a Yogi

Miracles, they said, were science. A young yogi's record of the Indian saints who proved it.

av Paramahansa Yogananda 1946 503 sidor

4.25

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🧘 Yogic Spirituality 📜 Vedantic Philosophy 🌏 East-West Spirituality 🌬️ Pranayama ✨ Mystical Experience

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

av C.G. Jung • 1962

A boy hides a carved figure in the attic; from that secret, a psychology is born.

4.18

38 000+

🧠 Depth Psychology 💤 Dream Analysis 🌑 Shadow Work 🏛️ Mythological Symbolism 🕊️ Psychology Of Religion

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

A boy hides a carved figure in the attic; from that secret, a psychology is born.

av C.G. Jung 1962 466 sidor

4.18

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🧠 Depth Psychology 💤 Dream Analysis 🌑 Shadow Work 🏛️ Mythological Symbolism 🕊️ Psychology Of Religion

Night

av Elie Wiesel • 1956

A boy enters Auschwitz with a father to protect and a God who falls silent.

4.38

1 000 000+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 👨‍👦 Father And Son 🙏 Loss Of Faith 💔 Survivor's Guilt ⚔️ World War Ii

Night

A boy enters Auschwitz with a father to protect and a God who falls silent.

av Elie Wiesel 1956 120 sidor

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🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 👨‍👦 Father And Son 🙏 Loss Of Faith 💔 Survivor's Guilt ⚔️ World War Ii

Spare

av Prince Harry • 2023

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

3.83

400 000+

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Spare

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

av Prince Harry 2023 557 sidor

3.83

400 000+ betyg

🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Gifted Hands

av Ben Carson • 1992

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

4.18

22 000+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Gifted Hands

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

av Ben Carson 1992

4.18

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Gambler

av Billy Walters • 2023

His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.

3.82

3 000+

🎲 Sports Betting 🎰 Professional Gambling 📉 Insider Trading 📊 Risk Management 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Gambler

His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.

av Billy Walters 2023 384 sidor

3.82

3 000+ betyg

🎲 Sports Betting 🎰 Professional Gambling 📉 Insider Trading 📊 Risk Management 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Alex Ferguson

av Alex Ferguson • 2013

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

3.94

18 000+

🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

Alex Ferguson

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

av Alex Ferguson 2013 416 sidor

3.94

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🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

How To Build A Car

av Adrian Newey • 2017

Ayrton Senna died in his car. He still built more F1 championships than anyone.

4.45

14 000+

🏎️ Formula One 🏁 Motorsport Memoir 🔧 Race Car Design 💨 Aerodynamics 🎨 Creative Process

How To Build A Car

Ayrton Senna died in his car. He still built more F1 championships than anyone.

av Adrian Newey 2017 1 sidor

4.45

14 000+ betyg

🏎️ Formula One 🏁 Motorsport Memoir 🔧 Race Car Design 💨 Aerodynamics 🎨 Creative Process

The Actor's Life

av Jenna Fischer • 2017

Fifty rejections per success. The rest of the time, build your own work.

4.17

9 000+

🎭 Acting Careers 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎟️ Audition Strategies 🛠️ Self-Produced Work 🚪 Creative Rejection

The Actor's Life

Fifty rejections per success. The rest of the time, build your own work.

av Jenna Fischer 2017 252 sidor

4.17

9 000+ betyg

🎭 Acting Careers 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎟️ Audition Strategies 🛠️ Self-Produced Work 🚪 Creative Rejection

I'm Glad My Mom Died

av Jennette McCurdy • 2022

Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.

4.43

1 000 000+

👩‍👧 Toxic Mother 🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎬 Stage Parent 😈 Religious Guilt

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.

av Jennette McCurdy 2022 320 sidor

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👩‍👧 Toxic Mother 🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir 🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎬 Stage Parent 😈 Religious Guilt

Why I Am An Atheist

av Bhagat Singh • 1931

Facing execution at 23, he wrote his final testament: no God, no regret, only revolution.

4.43

6 000+

🧠 Rationalist Atheism 🇮🇳 Indian Independence 🌍 Anti-Colonial Resistance ✊ Revolutionary Politics 📝 Prison Writings

Why I Am An Atheist

Facing execution at 23, he wrote his final testament: no God, no regret, only revolution.

av Bhagat Singh 1931 91 sidor

4.43

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🧠 Rationalist Atheism 🇮🇳 Indian Independence 🌍 Anti-Colonial Resistance ✊ Revolutionary Politics 📝 Prison Writings

Svar till historien

av Mohammed Reza Pahlavi • 1979

The Shah's final word: clerics, communists, and allies who abandoned him. Three millennia ended.

3.91

500+

🏛️ Iranian History 📜 Political Memoirs 🌍 Foreign Intervention 🔥 Revolutionary Politics 🥶 Cold War History

Svar till historien

The Shah's final word: clerics, communists, and allies who abandoned him. Three millennia ended.

av Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 345 sidor

3.91

500+ betyg

🏛️ Iranian History 📜 Political Memoirs 🌍 Foreign Intervention 🔥 Revolutionary Politics 🥶 Cold War History

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

av Edwin Lefèvre • 2009

Markets change. People don't. A legendary trader's century-old memoir still outpredicts every model.

4.43

326

💰 Speculation 🧠 Market Psychology 📈 Trend Following 🎯 Trading Discipline 🔬 Behavioral Economics

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Markets change. People don't. A legendary trader's century-old memoir still outpredicts every model.

av Edwin Lefèvre 2009 448 sidor

4.43

326 betyg

💰 Speculation 🧠 Market Psychology 📈 Trend Following 🎯 Trading Discipline 🔬 Behavioral Economics

Source Code

av Bill Gates • 2025

How card games, a high school mainframe, and a friend's death forged Microsoft's co-founder.

4.15

14 000+

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💻 Personal Computing Origins 🎯 Obsession And Mastery 🧑‍💻 Young Programmers 🌅 Techno-Optimism

Source Code

How card games, a high school mainframe, and a friend's death forged Microsoft's co-founder.

av Bill Gates 2025 336 sidor

4.15

14 000+ betyg

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💻 Personal Computing Origins 🎯 Obsession And Mastery 🧑‍💻 Young Programmers 🌅 Techno-Optimism

The Many Lives of Mama Love

av Lara Love Hardin • 2023

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

4.43

100 000+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison 🌅 Redemption Arc 🔄 Second Chances

The Many Lives of Mama Love

Handcuffed in her cul-de-sac, a mother of four discovers family among the women of county jail.

av Lara Love Hardin 2023 319 sidor

4.43

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💊 Addiction Memoir 🔒 Incarceration Memoir 🤝 Found Family In Prison 🌅 Redemption Arc 🔄 Second Chances

Ghost in the Wires

av Kevin D. Mitnick • 2011

He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.

3.97

27 000+

🖥️ Computer Hacking 🎭 Social Engineering 🏃 Life On The Run 🔒 Cybercrime 💾 Early Hacker Culture

Ghost in the Wires

He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.

av Kevin D. Mitnick 2011 413 sidor

3.97

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🖥️ Computer Hacking 🎭 Social Engineering 🏃 Life On The Run 🔒 Cybercrime 💾 Early Hacker Culture

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

av Malcolm X • 1965

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

4.37

200 000+

🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

av Malcolm X 1965 460 sidor

4.37

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🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

The Baburnama

av Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur • 1531

A Central Asian king conquered the land he hated and wrote it all down.

3.95

500+

👑 Mughal Empire 🏔️ Central Asian History 📜 Medieval Memoir ⚔️ Conquest Narrative 🐫 Timurid Dynasty

The Baburnama

A Central Asian king conquered the land he hated and wrote it all down.

av Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 sidor

3.95

500+ betyg

👑 Mughal Empire 🏔️ Central Asian History 📜 Medieval Memoir ⚔️ Conquest Narrative 🐫 Timurid Dynasty

Long Walk to Freedom

av Nelson Mandela • 1994

His 27-year imprisonment is legend. The decades of organizing that led there tell the real story.

4.36

94 000+

✊ Anti-Apartheid Struggle 🇿🇦 South African History 📖 Political Memoirs 🚶 Civil Disobedience 🌄 Political Awakening

Long Walk to Freedom

His 27-year imprisonment is legend. The decades of organizing that led there tell the real story.

av Nelson Mandela 1994 558 sidor

4.36

94 000+ betyg

✊ Anti-Apartheid Struggle 🇿🇦 South African History 📖 Political Memoirs 🚶 Civil Disobedience 🌄 Political Awakening

Down the Drain

av Julia Fox • 2023

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

4.36

95 000+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

Down the Drain

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

av Julia Fox 2023 318 sidor

4.36

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

av Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

3.85

17 000+

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

av Steve Wozniak 2006 330 sidor

3.85

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

In Order to Live

av Yeonmi Park • 2015

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

4.48

100 000+

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship 🌏 Cultural Assimilation 📚 Education As Liberation

In Order to Live

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

av Yeonmi Park 2015 273 sidor

4.48

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🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship 🌏 Cultural Assimilation 📚 Education As Liberation

The Singapore Story

av Lee Kuan Yew • 1998

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

4.29

3 000+

🌏 Southeast Asia 📜 Decolonization 🏗️ Nation Building 📖 Political Memoir 🛡️ Anti-Communism

The Singapore Story

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

av Lee Kuan Yew 1998 680 sidor

4.29

3 000+ betyg

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