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Sam Hinkie

Sam Hinkie is an investor and American sports executive. He is the founder of 87 Capital, and has previously served as the general manager of the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers from 2013 to 2016. He has also consulted for several National Football League teams.

11 Recommended books from Sam Hinkie

  • East of Eden

    by John Steinbeck June 1, 2003 Literature & Fiction

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    4.5 stars

    6,255 ratings

    A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover ed...

  • Empire of the Summer Moon

    by S. C. Gwynne May 25, 2010 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    9,922 ratings

    The Epic New York Times Bestseller
    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
    Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
    A _...

  • Means of Ascent

    by Robert A. Caro March 7, 1990 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    531 ratings

    In Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro brings alive Lyndon Johnson in his wilderness yea...

  • On Power

    by Robert A. Caro May 9, 2017 Politics & Social Sciences

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    4.5 stars

    15 ratings

    From two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time National Book Award winner Robert A. Caro: a short, penetrating reflection on ...

  • Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

    by Bryan Caplan May 8, 2012 Politics & Social Sciences

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    4.5 stars

    146 ratings

    We've needlessly turned parenting into an unpleasant chore. Parents invest more time and money in their kids than ever, but the...

  • Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

    by Dan Gardner September 13, 2016 Business & Money

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    4.5 stars

    1,391 ratings

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST

    “The most important book on decision ma...

  • The Outsiders

    by William Thorndike October 23, 2012 Business & Money

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    4.5 stars

    1,133 ratings

    "It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different." - John Templeton.

    What makes a success...

  • The Passage of Power

    by Robert A. Caro May 1, 2012 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    1,330 ratings

    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN...

  • The Power Broker

    by Robert A. Caro July 12, 1975 Biographies & Memoirs

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    4.5 stars

    1,441 ratings

    Everywhere acknowledged as a modern American classic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and chosen by the Modern Library as one of ...

  • The Road

    by Cormac McCarthy March 28, 2006 Literature & Fiction

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    4.4 stars

    10,186 ratings

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

    The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to surv...

  • Where Good Ideas Come From

    by Steven Johnson October 4, 2011 Engineering & Transportation

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    4.5 stars

    722 ratings

    One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come ...

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