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Still Me

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Lou clark knows too many things . . . She knows how many miles lie between her new home in new york and her new boyfriend sam in london. She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him.what lou doesn’t know is she’s about to meet someone who’s going to turn her whole life upside down. Because josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it’ll hurt

Me Before You

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Lou clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in the buttered bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend patrick. What lou doesn’t know is she’s about to lose her job or that knowing what’s coming is what keeps her sane.

Paris For One And Other Stories

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Liv, a spontaneous twenty-three-year-old graduate and sophie, a provincial shop girl, both find themselves in paris and in love. Though living decades apart, liv and sophie have a lot in common and they both find that marriage is only the beginning of their love stories . .

The House On The Lake

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Lisa needs to disappear. And her friend’s rambling old home in the wilds of yorkshire seems like the perfect place. Its miles away from the closest town and no one there know her or her little boy, joe. But when a woman from the local village comes to visit them, lisa realizes that she and joe aren’t as safe as she thought.

The Mister

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Life has been easy for maxim trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work, and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. 

Let It Snow

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Let it snow is a charming tale of love, romance and unforgettable emotions. Christmas eve is a time when the snow falls on a very festive ground which is decorated with lights. Gifts with colorful ribbons are being gift wrapped for loved ones. This particular eve, however, has all of this and more. There is an air of romance in the air as a hike from a stranded train ends in a kiss from a beautiful stranger, and the way back to true love happens during an early morning shift at starbucks. Also, a trip to the waffle house leads to falling in love with an old friend.

Into The Water

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Just days before her sister plunged to her death, jules ignored her call. Now nel is dead. They say she jumped. And jules must return to her sister’s house to care for her daughter, and to face the mystery of nel’s death. But jules is afraid. Of her long-buried memories, of the old mill house, of this small town that is drowning in secrecy . . . And of knowing that nel would never have jumped.

The Trials of Apollo The Tower of Nero

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It’s time to face the final trial . . . The battle for camp jupiter is over. New rome is safe. Tarquin and his army of the undead have been defeated. Somehow apollo has made it out alive, with a little bit of help from the hunters of artemis. But though the battle may have been won, the war is far from over. Now apollo and meg must get ready for the final – and, lets face it, probably fatal – adventure

Throne of Fire

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In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, carter and sadie, offspring of the brilliant egyptologist dr. Julius kane, embark on a worldwide search for the book of ra, but the house of life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.

The Invited

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In a quest for a simpler life, helen and nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this beautiful property has a dark and violent past, helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the local legend of hattie breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago.

Percy Jackson And The Greek Heroes

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If you like poisonings, betrayals, mutilations, murders and flesh-eating farmyard animals, keep reading . . . In this gripping follow-up to percy jackson and the greek gods, demigod percy jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original greek heroes in all their gory, bloodthirsty glory. Want to know who cut off medusa’s head? Which hero was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed pegasus, the winged horse? Percy has all the answers . . .

The Serpent’s Shadow

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He’s b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, carter and sade kane can’t seem to keep apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all.

The Librarian of Auschwitz

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Fourteen-year-old dita is one of the many imprisoned by the nazis at auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the terezin ghetto in prague, dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When jewish leader freddy hirsch asks dita to take charge of the eight precious books the prisoners have managed to smuggle past the guards, she agrees.

If I Stay

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For seventeen-year-old mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they’re all about a future full of music and love, a future that’s brimming with hope. But life can change in an instant. A cold february morning . . . A snowy road . . . And suddenly all of mia’s choices are gone. Except one. As alone as she’ll ever be, mia must make the most difficult choice of all.

Eve of Man

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Eve lives alone in the tower under the strict gaze of the mothers. She is prized and protected, because she is the last girl on earth. Eve has always understood that the survival of the human race is in her hands. Now she’s sixteen, and three males have been selected. Eve knows it’s time to face her fate. Until she meets bram. Eve sees a chance for something she never thought could be hers. But how do you choose between love and the future of humanity?

Huckleberry Lake

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Erin de laney came to mystic creek hoping that the slower pace might rekindle her enthusiasm for law enforcement. Instead she feels as frustrated as she did in the city and when her disillusionment with the job increases, she takes a position on her uncle’s ranch. Her life has enough complications without her attraction to handsome, deaf cowboy, wyatt fitzgerald, and the foreman on the ranch. Wyatt has sworn off dating, and erin fears that nothing she does will ever change his mind

The Fault In Our Stars

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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named augustus waters suddenly appears at cancer kid support group, hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Fifty Shades Darker

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Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur christian grey, anastasia steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a seattle publishing house. But desire for christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, anastasia cannot resist.

Thirteen Reasons Why

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Clay jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by hannah baker, his classmate and crush, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice explains that there are 13 reasons she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.

Bridge of Clay

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Bridge of clay is a 2018 novel by australian author markus zusak. It revolves around five brothers coming to terms with the disappearance of their father.

Blindside

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Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in bennett an exceptional investigator who might be willing to take on a case that needs to be kept under the radar. The two men strike the deal. Sources lead bennett to a homicide in the bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation – and also to the mayor’s missing daughter. But this murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications

Turtles All The Way Down (Soft Cover)

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Aza holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire russell pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from pickett’s son davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

Heroes of Olympus The House of Hades

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At the conclusion of the mark of athena, annabeth and percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow percy’s instructions to find the mortal side of the doors of death. If they can fight their way through the gaea’s forces, and percy and annabeth can survive the house of hades, then the seven will be able to seal the doors from both sides and prevent the giants from raising gaea. But, leo wonders, if the doors are sealed, how will percy and annabeth be able to escape?

Funny Boy

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Arjie is a ‘funny boy’ who prefers dressing as a girl. This novel follows the life of his family through arjie’s eyes as he struggles to come to terms both with his own homosexuality and with the racism of the society in which he lives. In the north of sri lanka there’s a war going on between the army and the tamil tigers, and gradually it begins to encroach on the family’s comfortable life. Sporadic acts of violence flare into full-scale riots and lead, ultimately, to tragedy.

The Girl You Left Behind

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Another new york times bestseller by the author of me before you and one plus one?a spellbinding story of two women united in their fight for what they love most jojo moyes’s word-of-mouth bestseller, me before you, catapulted her to wide critical acclaim and struck a chord with a wide range of readers everywhere

Heroes of Olympus Mark of Athena

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Annabeth is terrified. Just when she’s about to be reunited with percy – after six months of being apart, thanks to hera – it looks like camp jupiter is preparing for war. As annabeth and her friends jason, piper, and leo fly in on the argo ii, she can’t blame the roman demigods for thinking the ship is a greek weapon

Angels & Demons

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Angels and demons’ is a plot where a globally celebrated scientist, leonardo vetra of cern institute, switzerland is killed and a mystifying symbol is branded into his torso. The vatican, rome: the college of cardinals has gathered for deciding upon a new pope. Underneath the gathering lies a bomb which is extremely powerful and is persistently reckoning towards destruction.

The Giver of Stars

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Alice had come halfway across the world to find that, yet again, she was considered wanting. Well, she thought, if that was what everyone thought, she might as well live up to it.’ england, late 1930s, and alice wright – restless, stifled – make an impulsive decision to marry wealthy american bennett van cleve and leave her home and family behind. But stuffy, disapproving baileyville, kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure – or the escape – that she hoped for.

Life of Pi

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After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan and a 450-pound royal bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.

Heroes of Olympus The Lost Hero

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After saving olympus from the evil titan lord, kronos, percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved camp half-blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own:

The Trials of Apollo The Hidden Oracle

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After angering his father, zeus, the god apollo is cast down from olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in new york city as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the 4,000-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain zeus’ favor.

Deception Point

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About the bookdeception point is a story that revolves around the discovery of an extremely rare object that is buried deep inside layers of arctic ice when this rare find is discovered by a nasa satellite, the world thinks it to be a path-breaking find, while the space agency declares it to be a huge victory that could lead to many more victories in the days to come this find could have strong…

The Rip

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A young woman living on the street has to keep her wits about her. Or her friends. But when the drugs kick in that can be hard. Anton has been looking out for her. She was safe with him. But then steve came along. He had something over anton. Must have. But he had a flat they could crash in. And gear in his pocket. And she can’t stop thinking about it. A good hit makes everything all right.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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Yuval noah harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change. Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created?

Homo Deus – A Brief History of Tomorrow

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Over the past century, humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but as harari explains in his trademark style – thorough yet riveting – famine, plague, and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges

Sapiens A Brief History Of Humankind

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One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited earth. Yet today there is only one – homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but dr. Yuval noah harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago, with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Life Lessons From A Brain Surgeon

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With engrossing stories from the or and the lab, a leading neurosurgeon and neuroscientist explores the cutting-edge science that can be applied to everyday life for peak performance, improved memory, enhanced creativity, and much more. ..

Inner Engineering A Yogis Guide To Joy

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Inner engineering: a yogi’s guide to joy is a spiritual book by sadhguru jaggi vasudev. The book is intended to be a spiritual guide with practices for personal growth, and also a look at the author’s own spiritual journey.

Ikigai

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Finding your ikigai is easier than you might think. This book will help you work out what your own ikigai really is, and equip you to change your life. You have a purpose in this world: your skills, your interests, your desires and your history have made you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is find it.

Tess Of The D`Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)

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When tess durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy d’urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her ‘cousin’ alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, angel clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future.

Nectar In A Sieve

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The protagonist, rukmani, talks about about her arranged marriage to nathan in first person in this book. The story pans across from the time she was twelve, when she got married, until the death of her husband many years later. Although the book avoids particulars about the time period in which and the exact places where the story is set, clues in the context suggest that the story was set in the author’s contemporary india.

Othello (Penguin Classics)

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Inexorably poisoned against the woman he loves by his trusted friend iago, shakespeare’s othello is a timeless tragic figure. This penguin shakespeare edition is edited by kenneth muir with an introduction by tom mcalindon. ‘O! Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.’ a popular soldier and newly married man, othello seems to be in an enviable position

Pride And Prejudice (Penguin Classics)

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Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of elizabeth bennet in austen’s beloved classic pride and prejudice. When elizabeth bennet first meets eligible bachelor fitzwilliam darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend bingley and her beloved sister jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.

Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)

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Charles dickens’s great expectations charts the course of orphan pip pirrip’s life as it is transformed by a vast, mysterious inheritance. A terrifying encounter with the escaped convict abel magwitch in a graveyard on the wild kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decrepit miss havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward estella at satis house

Adultery

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Adultery, written by one of the most revered authors of the world, paulo coelho, is a story of a woman who is faced with an inevitable, life-altering choice when she chooses to break the monotony of her life.linda is in her thirties and is facing a crisis mentally and emotionally. She begins to question the void that was growing in her, the mundane, predictable days of her life. Although her life seemed perfect in everybody s eyes a contented marriage, adorable children and a successful career – she feels a keen sense of emptiness and displeasure.

Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)

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A novel of intense power and intrigue, jane eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman’s quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, jane eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-quality that serves her well as governess at thornfield hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice

Rich Dad Poor Dad For Teens

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You’re never too young to learn the language of money… And the lessons that rich dad taught robert. Like it or not, money is a part of our everyday lives and the more we understand it, the better the chance that we can learn to have our money work hard for us—instead of working hard for money all our lives.

Start With Why

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Why are some people and organizations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? Because in business it doesn’t matter what you do, it matters why you do it. Steve jobs, the wright brothers and martin luther king have one thing in common: they started with why.

Outliers-The Story of Success

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Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, kahneman explains: system one is fast, intuitive, and emotional; system two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices.

Built To Last

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This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies.’

Rich Dad`S Guide to Becoming Rich

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There are “financial experts” who advise people to take out their credits cards and cut them up. And that may be a good plan for someone who is financially irresponsible, it’s not great advice for someone who wants to build wealth and become financially free. Cutting up your credit cards won’t make you rich; learning to leverage and manage debt will.

Thinking , Fast And Slow

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The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate daniel kahneman’s seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including steven pinker and malcolm gladwell. In thinking, fast and slow, kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life’s work. It will change the way you think about thinking.

Hooked How To Build Habit Forming Products

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Nir eyal answers these questions (and many more) with the hook model – a four-step process that, when embedded into products, subtly encourages customer behaviour. Through consecutive “hook cycles,” these products bring people back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging.

Fake

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In this new book, robert fights what’s “fake” and helps listeners differentiate between what’s real…and what isn’t. Robert pulls no punches in his assessment of what is passed off as “fact” or conventional wisdom and believes that a strong foundation – for anything we want to build – needs to start with solid, true information. In today’s uncertain times, creating a secure financial future and the peace of mind that comes with it starts with taking action and taking control.

Skin In The Game

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In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from hammurabi to seneca, antaeus the giant to donald trump, nassim nicholas taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.

Retire Young Retire Rich – Rich Dads

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If you don’t plan on working hard all your life… This book is for you. If you’re ready to retire (or want to retire early enoughto enjoy your retirement years) you can learn from robert’s story of how he and his wife kim started with nothing and ‘retired’—financially free—in less than 10 years. .

The 80/20 Principle: Achieve More with Less

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Millions of highly effective people have become more successful by understanding the simple fact that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. All you have to do is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent. The 80/20 Principle shows you how.Richard Koch’s million-copy-selling global bestseller is now completely revised and updated, and more powerful and essential than ever. He reveals how the principle works and shows how to use it in a systematic and practical way to vastly increase your effectiveness, and improve your career.The unspoken corollary to the 80/20 principle is that little of what you spend your time on actually counts. But by concentrating on those things that do, you can unlock the enormous potential of the magic 20 percent. Discover how to identify the few methods that will lead to great results, and use them alone. Avoid hard work. Don’t push water uphill. Be very selective in what you do. Have a great life.

The Personal MBA

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An mba at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard cash. And if you don’t want to work for a consulting firm or an investment bank, the chances are it simply isn’t worth it. Josh kaufman is the rogue professor of modern business education.

Leaders Eat Last

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“a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work. This is not a crazy, idealised notion. In many successful organisations, great leaders are creating environments in which teams trust each other so deeply that they would put their lives on the line for each other.

Gandhi And Churchill

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The rivalry that destroyed and empire and forged our age revolves around the lives of two of the most universally renowned figures, mahatma gandhi and winston churchill. This book describes the arch rivalry between the two, and how it sealed the fate of the british empire and india. The two of them were born in completely different setups. Winston was born to an aristocratic family in britain, while gandhi was born in a small town in india to a middle-class family.

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