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  • Founding Brothers

    by Joseph J. Ellis October 17, 2000 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    1,580 ratings

    An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Frank...

  • Francis Crick

    by Matt Ridley September 12, 2021 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.6 stars

    42 ratings

    Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Francis Crick is the first biography of the eminent scientist, co-discoverer of the...

  • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    by Jack Weatherford March 22, 2005 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.6 stars

    2,834 ratings

    New York Times Bestseller • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote cornerof the world created ...

  • Genius

    by James Gleick September 29, 1992 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.6 stars

    600 ratings

    New York Times Bestseller: This life story of the quirky physicist is “a thorough and masterful portrait of one of the great mi...

  • Great Ideas Meditations

    by Marcus Aurelius July 25, 2021 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    7,691 ratings

    In one of the world's most famous and influential books, Meditations, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180) describes the ...

  • Greenlights

    by Matthew McConaughey October 20, 2020 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.7 stars

    43,823 ratings

    Number 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over two million copies sold! From the Academy Award®–winning actor, an unconventional m...

  • Hard Drive

    by James Wallace and Jim Erickson April 16, 1992 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.7 stars

    23 ratings

    This biography chronicles William Gates' rise as the most powerful player in the computer industry--a man who has revolutionize...

  • Hit Men

    by Fredric Dannen July 2, 1991 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.6 stars

    173 ratings

    Copiously researched and documented, Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ...

  • Home Work

    by Julie Andrews October 13, 2020 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4,123 ratings

    In this New York Times bestselling follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews reflects on her astoni...

  • Hopping over the Rabbit Hole

    by Anthony Scaramucci October 31, 2016 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    69 ratings

    Develop the Scaramucci mindset that drives entrepreneurial success

    Hopping over the Rabbit Hole chronicles the rise, fall, a...

  • House of Morgan

    by Ron Chernow September 20, 2001 Biographies & Memoirs

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    810 ratings

    The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever wr...

  • How Google Works

    by Jonathan Rosenberg and Eric Schmidt September 23, 2014 Biographies & Memoirs

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    1,245 ratings

    Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google over a decade ag...

  • How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

    by Scott Adams October 22, 2013 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.7 stars

    3,088 ratings

    Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career,...

  • How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars

    by Billy Gallagher February 13, 2018 Biographies & Memoirs

    "In the grand tradition of Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires (2009)... an engaging look into a fascinating subculture...

  • Howard Hughes

    by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele September 17, 2004 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.4 stars

    259 ratings

    Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the b...

  • However Long the Night

    by Aimee Molloy April 30, 2013 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.6 stars

    147 ratings

    In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose exp...

  • I Love Capitalism!

    by Ken Langone May 15, 2018 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.6 stars

    547 ratings

    New York Times Bestseller

    Iconoclastic entrepreneur and New York legend Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a po...

  • Idea Makers

    by Stephen Wolfram July 7, 2016 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.2 stars

    111 ratings

    This book of thoroughly engaging essays from one of today's most prodigious innovators provides a uniquely personal perspective...

  • If At Birth You Don't Succeed

    by Zach Anner March 16, 2016 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.7 stars

    390 ratings

    **“Hilarious and inspiring, Anner has made a life filled with fans, love, and Internet fame―reminding us that disability is no ...

  • In the Plex

    by Steven Levy April 12, 2011 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.4 stars

    320 ratings

    Written with full cooperation from top management, including cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, this is the inside story be...

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