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ngs rated The wisdom of finance: 5 stars
The wisdom of finance by Mihir A. Desai
The Harvard Business School professor draws upon literature, film, philosophy, and history to argue that, at the core of finance …
ngs rated The Hidden Life of Trees: 5 stars
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the …
ngs rated Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: 2 stars
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a semi-autobiographical book written by John Perkins, first published in 2004.The book provides …
ngs rated A spy's life: 3 stars
A spy's life by Porter, Henry
A UN plane crashes in mysterious circumstances at La Guardia airport, New York. The only survivor is former British spy …
ngs rated The thin green line: 4 stars
Paul Sullivan: The thin green line (2015)
The thin green line by Paul Sullivan
Paul Sullivan shows how people can make better financial decisions, and come to terms with what money means to them. …
ngs rated The Player of Games: 3 stars
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It …
ngs rated The index card: 4 stars
ngs rated The Elements of Eloquence: 5 stars
The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth
From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth …
Collapse by Jared Diamond
"In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies …
ngs rated Goodbye, Things: 4 stars
Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki
Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was …
ngs rated Experiencing architecture: 5 stars
ngs rated The Book of Dust: 3 stars
The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman
La Belle Sauvage is a fantasy novel by Philip Pullman published in 2017. It is the first volume of a …
ngs rated Writing that works: 4 stars
ngs rated Waking Gods: 4 stars
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (The Themis Files, #2)
As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an …