"An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields." -Adam Grant Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession...
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Author: Wright, CraigSummary:Genre: Business and economics, Psychology -
Author: Goldwag, ArthurSummary:
Did you know? Freemasonry's first American lodge included a young Benjamin Franklin among its members. The Knights Templar began as impoverished warrior monks then evolved into bankers. Groom...
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Author: Greene, RobertSummary:
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From the world's foremost expert on power and strategy comes a daily devotional designed to help you seize your destiny. Robert Greene, the #1 New York Times...
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Author: Blume, Lesley M.M.Summary:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th...
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Author: Piketty, ThomasSummary:
It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality, which we know has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than...
Genre: Business and economics, Social science -
Author: Kotler, StevenSummary:
Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers--athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more--who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far...
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Author: Ashbery, JohnSummary:
This collection gathers unpublished, book-length projects and long poems written between 1993-2007, along with one (as yet) undated work, to showcase John Ashbery's diverse artistry.
Genre: Poetry -
Author: Maguire, Peter, Gracie, RicksonSummary:
Rickson Gracie shares the full story of how his father and uncles came to develop Jiu-Jitsu, what it was like to grow up among generations of world-renowned fighters from the Gracie clan, and the...
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Author: Gigliotti, Jim.Summary:
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional martial arts film to a...
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Author: Burrough, BryanSummary:
A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” — Houston...
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Author: Viesturs, Ed.Summary:
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top At 28,251 feet...
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Author: McDougall, ChristopherSummary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? “Equal...
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Author: Gottlieb, ScottSummary:
Dr. Scott Gottlieb reveals how COVID-19 was able to trounce America's pandemic preparations. As the pandemic unfolded, he was in regular contact with all the key players in Congress, the...
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Author: Fishman, CharlesSummary:
The remarkable story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic mission to reach the moon. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when...
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Author: Kizzia, Tom.Summary:
Documents the story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and the antiestablishment family settlement in remote Alaska that was exposed as a cult-like prison where Hale brutalized and isolated...