Nikhil_feethwani

Nikhil

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12 books

Free Will

Determined
Free Will
Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting
The Illusion of Conscious Will
What about Free Will?: Reconciling Our Choices with God's Sovereignty
The Free Will Delusion

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11 books

Futurology

The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Abundance
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Factfulness

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5 books

Geopolitics

The World
World order
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
The World Is Flat
Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach

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16 books

Grammar

English Grammar in Use With Answers: Reference and Practice for Intermediate Students
Advanced Grammar in Use With answers
Oxford Practice Grammar: With Answers
Practical English usage
Understanding and using English grammar
Longman Advanced Learners' Grammar
Essential grammar in use

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19 books

Historical Figures

Alexander the Great
The Campaigns of Alexander
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
Augustus

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79 books

History

A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
The Egyptians
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
A History of the World in 100 Objects
The Second World War

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7 books

Humanism

The Little Book of Humanism
Good without God
Humanism: A Very Short Introduction
What Is Secular Humanism?
The God Argument
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope

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4 books

Humor Comedy

The Humor Code
Humor, Seriously
The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not
Elements of Wit: Mastering the Art of Being Interesting

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71 books

Immediate Next Read

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
Politics and the English Language
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe

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4 books

Intelligence

This Will Make You Smarter
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach
The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes

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8 books

Interdisciplinary

The Mismeasure of Man
Consilience
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world

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14 books

Linguistics

The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
A Little Book of Language
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
The Power of Babel
What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
The Study of Language

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5 books

Literature

The Complete Stories
The Metamorphosis
White Nights
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Crime and Punishment

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36 books

Logic Philosophy

Being Logical
Rulebook for Arguments
The Art Of Reasoning
An introduction to critical thinking and creativity
Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You
Logicomix
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense

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2 books

Luck Probablilty Human Error Risk

Fooled by Randomness
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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21 books

Maths

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
The Joy of x
Infinite Powers
How to Bake Pi
Beyond Infinity

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11 books

Medical Health

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
In Defence of Food : The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating

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11 books

Memoir Biography

Einstein: His Life and His Universe
Mortality
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Educated: A Memoir
Moneyball
When Breath Becomes Air
Into the Wild

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15 books

Mental Health

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT
Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks: A Workbook for Managing Depression and Anxiety

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17 books

Metaethics

What is this Thing Called Metaethics?
An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Normative Ethics
Ethics For Dummies

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10 books

Metaphysics

Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction
Metaphysics
Metaphysics: An Introduction
An Introduction to Metaphysics
Some Lessons in Metaphysics
Metaphysics

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2 books

Negotiation

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
The Communication Book: 44 Ideas for Better Conversations Every Day

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27 books

Neuroscience

The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Incognito: The Secret Lives Of The Brain
Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain
Neuroscience For Dummies

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84 books

Next Read

Into the Wild
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Tribe
The Coming Wave
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

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9 books

Nuclear Weapon

Command and Control
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Hiroshima
Fail-Safe
Warday
Poolbeg - In A Nutshell The Destroyer of Worlds - Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.
Nuclear Weapons
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