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36 books

Corporate Coggery

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Be Fearless : 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose
The Magic of Thinking Big
No Excuses!
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed

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20 books

Economics; New Consensus Reading List

Concrete Economics
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
Doughnut Economics
Makers and Takers
Invisible hands : the making of the conservative movement from the New Deal to Reagan

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31 books

For the Love of Gaia

Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Overshoot
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

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16 books

In A Mirror, Darkly

Leadership: In Turbulent Times
The Laws of Human Nature
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
The Sociopath Next Door
The Upside of Your Dark Side

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21 books

In Pursuit of Happiness

Happiness by design
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
The American Paradox
The how of happiness a scientific approach to getting the life you want
Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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12 books

I think, therefore I am

The Enigma of Reason
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
What Makes Us Smart: The Computational Logic of Human Cognition
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
The Illusion of Conscious Will
Determined
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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28 books

Learning how to Learn

Learning How to Learn
Mindshift
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Why Don't Students Like School?
Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effectively through Creative Puzzle-Solving

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11 books

Long Night of Solace

Fascism: A Warning
A Paradise Built in Hell
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
How Democracies Die
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

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5 books

Philosophy; A Western History

Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1: The Dawn of Analysis
A New History of Western Philosophy: In Four Parts
A History of Western Philosophy
A Little History of Philosophy
Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2: The Age of Meaning

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20 books

Philosophy; Existentialism

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age
Notes from Underground
The Stranger
Nausea
The Plague

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11 books

Philosophy; Getting Your Feet Wet

Meditations
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
On the Shortness of Life
A Guide to the Good Life
An Introduction to Philosophy
What Does It All Mean?
Tetralogue: I'm Right, You're Wrong

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31 books

Popular Mathematics

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How to Solve it
A Mathematician's Apology
The Joy of x
Infinite Powers
Concrete Mathematics

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29 books

Popular Science

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Chaos: Making a New Science
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
The Book of Why
Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
The Story of Physics

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31 books

So, You Want to Learn Computer Science?

Python Crash Course: A Hands-On Project Based Introduction to Programming
Think Python
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Wzorce projektowe
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

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32 books

So, You Want to Learn Physics?

Conceptual Physics
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
University Physics with Modern Physics
Fundamentals of Physics
Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Linear Algebra and Its Applications

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26 books

Titrating TRP & Filtering FDS: An Empowered Dating Philosophy for All

Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
The Hite Report on Male Sexuality
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life: The Chump Lady's Survival Guide