| A Fine Mess |
T.R. Reid |
Politics-Economics |
Tax systems |
| A Short History of China |
Gordon Kerr |
History |
Chinese history |
| American Generalship |
Edgar Puryear |
Leadership |
Survey of leadership lessons from U.S. Military generals |
| Atomic Habits |
James Clear |
Self Improvement |
Building better habits and breaking bad ones |
| Bad Therapy |
Abigail Shrier |
Sociology |
Argument against over-therapy of children |
| Boyd |
Robert Coram |
Biography-Military |
Biography of John Boyd, fighter pilot |
| Central Banking 101 |
Joseph Wang |
Economics |
Describes central banking in the modern era |
| Clear and Simple as the Truth |
Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner |
Writing |
The classical style of writing |
| Debt |
David Graeber |
Social Science |
A history of debt |
| Factfulness |
Hans Rosling |
Economics |
Global progress and economics |
| Fooled by Randomness |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
Knowledge and Variance |
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| Goliath |
Matt Stoller |
Law-Economics |
Monopolies in the United States post 1900 |
| High Output Management |
Andy Grove |
Management |
Management |
| How Big Things Get Done |
Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner |
Social Science |
Project Management |
| How to Train a Wild Elephant |
Jan Chozen Bays |
Philosophy |
Mindfulness |
| How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen |
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Parenting |
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| The Hundred-Year Marathon |
Michael Pillsbury |
Global Politics |
China-hawk view on China’s international strategy |
| Influence |
Robert B. Cialdini |
Psychology |
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| Lifespan |
Dr. David Sinclair |
Bioscience |
Longevity and lifespan |
| Lying for Money |
Dan Davies |
Finance |
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| Meditations |
Marcus Aurelius |
Philosophy |
Stoicism |
| Never Split the Difference |
Chris Voss |
Communication |
Negotiation |
| Predictably Irrational |
Dan Airely |
Behavioral Economics |
Decision making and behavioral economics |
| Prisoners of Geography |
Tim Marshall |
Geopolitics |
How geography shapes nations and geopolitics |
| Remote |
David Heinemeier Hanson, Jason Fried |
Work |
Advocacy for Remote work |
| Say Nothing |
Patrick Radden Keefe |
Irish History |
Narrative History of the IRA |
| Showdown at Gucci Gulch |
Alan Murray, Jeffery Brinbaum |
Politics |
Tax reform act of 1987 |
| Slack |
Tom DeMarco |
Management |
Organizational efficiency and “slack” |
| Speed and Scale |
John Doerr, Ryan Panchadsaram |
Climate Change |
Overview of solutions to climate change |
| Strategy |
Lawrence Freedman |
Strategy |
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| Stubborn Attachments |
Tyler Cowen |
Economics |
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| Superforecasting |
Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner |
Behavioral Economics |
Explores forecasting and those who are exceptional at it |
| Team of Rivals |
Doris Kearns Godwin |
Biography-Politics |
Biography of Abraham Lincoln |
| The Carbon Age |
Eric Roston |
Climate Change |
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| The Dead Hand |
David E. Hoffman |
History |
Cold war bio-weapons and dead hand project |
| The Divide |
Jason Hickel |
Economics |
Global Inequality |
| The Goal |
Eliyahu M. Glodratt |
Management |
Novel on the goal of management and motivation |
| The Kill Chain |
Christian Brooze |
War-Military |
Modern Warfare and conflict with China |
| The Power Broker |
Robert Caro |
Biography-History |
Biography of Robert Moses and New York history |
| The Provos |
Peter Taylor |
Irish History |
History of IRA and Sinn Fein |
| The Science of Storytelling |
Will Storr |
Communication |
Storytelling |
| The Storm Before the Storm |
Mike Duncan |
History |
Roman history after peak of the empire but before Caesar |
| The Viral Underclass |
Steven Thrasher |
Social Science |
Relationship between marginalization and viral outbreaks |
| These Truths |
Jill Lepore |
History |
One-Volume U.S. History |
| Thinking in Bets |
Annie Duke |
Decision Making |
Making decisions with imperfect information |
| Thinking in Systems: A Primer |
Donella H. Meadows |
Systems |
Primer on system thinking |
| Titan |
Ron Chernow |
Biography |
A Biography of John D. Rockefeller Sr. |
| Understanding Variation |
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Work |
Understanding variation in work processes |
| Viral |
Matt Ridley, Alina Chan |
Bioscience |
Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory |
| Whiteshift |
Eric Kaufmann |
Social Science |
Demographics change in America |
| Why We’re Polarized |
Ezra Klein |
Politics |
Polarization in politics |