Malileh's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:33:59 -0700 60 Malileh's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg چه كسی باور می‌كند� رُستم 533758 باز اندیشی روانشناسانه ی ِآوارگی و نیاز به پیوندیابی با ریشه ها ، اسطوره ی عشق و وطن ، محور اصلی این رمان است.]]> 248 روح‌انگی� شریفیان Malileh 3 3.67 1995 چه كسی باور می‌كند، رُستم
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]]> اسرار گنج دره جنی 233256
چاپ اول انتشارات روزن دی ماه ۱۳۵۳]]> 233 ابراهیم گلستان 9649283153 Malileh 2 3.36 1975 اسرار گنج دره جنی
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average rating: 3.36
book published: 1975
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]]> <![CDATA[نوشتن با دوربین: رو در رو با ابراهیم گلستان]]> 1196061 276 پرویز جاهد Malileh 0 to-read 3.45 2005 نوشتن با دوربین: رو در رو با ابراهیم گلستان
author: پرویز جاهد
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average rating: 3.45
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]]> <![CDATA[کتابخانه بابل و ۲۳ داستان دیگر]]> 5984765 از داستان‌ها� دیگر این مجموعه می‌توا� به جاودانه، دو مرد مرده ، داستان جنگجو و اسیر و ... اشاره کرد.
چاپ اول ۱۳۷۸
چاپ ششم ۱۳۸۹]]> 260 Jorge Luis Borges 9644481151 Malileh 0 to-read 3.92 2000 کتابخانه بابل و ۲۳ داستان دیگر
author: Jorge Luis Borges
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> ارمیا 207199 � موجی شده.
و بعد باز هم بی‌اختیا� نگاهش ارمیا را و نمازش را به عینک ترجیح داد…]]> 300 Reza Amirkhani 9643697665 Malileh 3 3.22 1990 ارمیا
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average rating: 3.22
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rating: 3
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]]> تماماً مخصوص 9106527 422 Abbas Maroufi 3938406801 Malileh 5 3.82 2009 تماماً مخصوص
author: Abbas Maroufi
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]]> ارميا 3252102 چاپ اول ۱۳۸۶ 226 Reza Amirkhani Malileh 3 3.08 1990 ارميا
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]]> Fear and Trembling/Repetition 24968 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

Presented here in a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, "Fear and Trembling and Repetition" are the most poetic and personal of Soren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writings. Published in 1843 and written under the names Johannes de Silentio and Constantine Constantius, respectively, the books demonstrate Kierkegaard's transmutation of the personal into the lyrically religious.

Each work uses as a point of departure Kierkegaard's breaking of his engagement to Regine Olsen--his sacrifice of "that single individual." From this beginning "Fear and Trembling" becomes an exploration of the faith that transcends the ethical, as in Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac at God's command. This faith, which persists in the face of the absurd, is rewarded finally by the return of all that the faithful one is willing to sacrifice. "Repetition" discusses the most profound implications of unity of personhood and of identity within change, beginning with the ironic story of a young poet who cannot fulfill the ethical claims of his engagement because of the possible consequences of his marriage. The poet finally despairs of repetition (renewal) in the ethical sphere, as does his advisor and friend Constantius in the aesthetic sphere. The book ends with Constantius' intimation of a third kind of repetition--in the religious sphere.]]> 420 Søren Kierkegaard 0691020264 Malileh 0 to-read 4.24 1843 Fear and Trembling/Repetition
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]]> <![CDATA[Joyous Health: Eat And Live Well Without Dieting]]> 20623674 Joyous Health is a fresh new approach to eating that will change the way you think about food and what you eat, and it offers a simple and practical path to creating a healthy lifestyle. In just six short weeks, holistic nutritionist Joy McCarthy, creator of the popular blog Joyous Health, will guide you through an easy-to-follow and flexible program. You’ll quickly be eating and living joyously and on a permanent path to good health with amazing results—both inside and out—that include:

� improved digestion
� increased energy and zest for life
� sleeping like a baby
� glowing skin and shiny hair
� balanced hormones
� weight loss and increased libido
� lowered blood pressure and cholesterol
� feeling fabulous every day of the week

Joyous Health celebrates eating delicious, clean, whole foods and enjoying a vibrant lifestyle. Inside you’ll learn all about the best foods and habits for joyous health, foods to avoid, benefits of detoxing, how to create a joyous kitchen, along with a ten-day meal plan to get you started. Featuring beautiful colour photography throughout, the book also features eighty recipes with pure ingredients and delicious combinations—including Carrot Cake Smoothie, Coconut Flour Banana Pancakes, Thai Beetroot Soup, Chewy Almond Butter Cookies, Curry Chicken Burgers, and Double-Chocolate Gluten-Free Cookies.

]]> 436 Joy McCarthy 0143190784 Malileh 4 3.88 2013 Joyous Health: Eat And Live Well Without Dieting
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]]> پیکر فرهاد 150121 151 Abbas Maroufi Malileh 4 3.39 1998 پیکر فرهاد
author: Abbas Maroufi
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average rating: 3.39
book published: 1998
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]]> کجا ممکن است پیدایش کنم 15746806 Where I am likely to Find it
است؛ ‏چا� نخست: بهار ۱۳۸۶؛ چاپ دوم ۱۳۸۶، چاپ سوم: زمستان ۱۳۸۶، ‏‫چا� چهارم: پاییز ۱۳۸۷؛ و ... چاپ هشتم 1391؛ ‏موضو�: داستان‌ها� کوتاه ژاپنی-- ‏‫قر� ۲۰م.‏]]> 166 Haruki Murakami 9643623297 Malileh 2 3.56 2005 کجا ممکن است پیدایش کنم
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]]> Seize the Day 52782 114 Saul Bellow 0142437611 Malileh 2 3.56 1957 Seize the Day
author: Saul Bellow
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]]> Thinking, Fast and Slow 11468377 Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking.]]> 499 Daniel Kahneman 0374275637 Malileh 0 to-read 4.17 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> آخرین انار دنیا 13555495 342 Bachtyar Ali 9642430533 Malileh 3 3.85 2002 آخرین انار دنیا
author: Bachtyar Ali
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]]> Malgudi Days 14082 Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan’s centennial

Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.� Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize- winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.]]> 264 R.K. Narayan 0143039652 Malileh 0 to-read 4.22 1943 Malgudi Days
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]]> Eat, Pray, Love 19501
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.]]> 368 Elizabeth Gilbert 0143038419 Malileh 3 3.64 2006 Eat, Pray, Love
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
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average rating: 3.64
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]]> دا 6412246
"دا" روایت خاطرات سیده زهرا حسینی در بصره و خرمشهر است که سالهای محاصره خرمشهر توسط نیروهای عراقی محور مرکزی این کتاب را تشکیل می‌ده�. این کتاب از زبان دختر 17 ساله گوشه ای از تاریخ جنگ تحمیل را بازگویی می‌کن� و به اعتقاد اغلب کارشناسان مهمترین و تاثیرگذارترین
کتاب در زمینه خاطره نگاری دفاع مقدس محسوب می‌شو�.

به نقل از سایت "خبرگزاری مهر"
مهر نیوز]]> 812 سیده اعظم حسینی Malileh 2 3.72 2009 دا
author: سیده اعظم حسینی
name: Malileh
average rating: 3.72
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]]> یک عاشقانه‌� آرام 194563 240 Nader Ebrahimi 9645529123 Malileh 1 3.60 1997 یک عاشقانه‌ی آرام
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name: Malileh
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1997
rating: 1
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]]> سمفونی مردگان 300905 352 Abbas Maroufi 9643113442 Malileh 5 4.25 1989 سمفونی مردگان
author: Abbas Maroufi
name: Malileh
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> Antigone 352383 72 Jean Anouilh 041330860X Malileh 3 3.79 1944 Antigone
author: Jean Anouilh
name: Malileh
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1944
rating: 3
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]]> مهمان ناخوانده 6100159 143 Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Malileh 3 3.90 1993 مهمان ناخوانده
author: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> And the Mountains Echoed 16115612 404 Khaled Hosseini 159463176X Malileh 0 to-read 4.06 2012 And the Mountains Echoed
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]]> شب هزار و یکم 193514 ‫د� نمایشِ نخست، نمونه‌� پیشین و گمشدهٔ افسانه‌� ضحاک (اژدهاک) بازسازی شده است؛ داستانِ گفته‌نشده‌� شاه ضحاک و همسرانش شهرناز و ارنواز؛ که نویسنده فکر می‌کن� سرچشمه‌� اصلی داستان پایه‌ا� و بنیادین کتاب نابود شدهٔ هزار افسان است. نمایش دوم داستانِ گفته نشده‌� مترجم گمنامی است که هزارافسان را از پارسی به عربی برگرداند و نام آن الف لیله و لیله کرد؛ کتابی که قرن‌ه� بعد در بازگرداندنِ دوباره به پارسی، نامِ هزارویک شب گرفت. و نمایش سوم نیز که زمانش به روزگار ما نزدیک‌ت� است، داستان گفته نشده‌� سرانجامِ زنی است که هزارویک شب را خوانده‌اس�.]]> 110 Bahram Beyzaie 9646751822 Malileh 0 to-read 4.18 2003 شب هزار و یکم
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]]> <![CDATA[هر سرانجامی سرآغازیست (آتش بدون دود, #7)]]> 9253286 416 Nader Ebrahimi Malileh 0 to-read 4.14 1992 هر سرانجامی سرآغازیست (آتش بدون دود, #7)
author: Nader Ebrahimi
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen]]> 101255 On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. Now, for its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee has prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of On Food and Cooking. He has rewritten the text almost completely, expanded it by two-thirds, and commissioned more than 100 new illustrations. As compulsively readable and engaging as ever, the new On Food and Cooking provides countless eye-opening insights into food, its preparation, and its enjoyment.

On Food and Cooking pioneered the translation of technical food science into cook-friendly kitchen science and helped give birth to the inventive culinary movement known as "molecular gastronomy." Though other books have now been written about kitchen science, On Food and Cooking remains unmatched in the accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness of its explanations, and the intriguing way in which it blends science with the historical evolution of foods and cooking techniques.

Among the major themes addressed throughout this new edition are:




Traditional and modern methods of food production and their influences on food quality
The great diversity of methods by which people in different places and times have prepared the same ingredients
Tips for selecting the best ingredients and preparing them successfully
The particular substances that give foods their flavors and that give us pleasure
Our evolving knowledge of the health benefits and risks of foods
On Food and Cooking is an invaluable and monumental compendium of basic information about ingredients, cooking methods, and the pleasures of eating. It will delight and fascinate anyone who has ever cooked, savored, or wondered about food.]]> 896 Harold McGee 0684800012 Malileh 0 to-read 4.46 1984 On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
author: Harold McGee
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> روی ماه خداوند را ببوس 79451 112 Mostafa Mastoor 9643055744 Malileh 3 3.10 2000 روی ماه خداوند را ببوس
author: Mostafa Mastoor
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average rating: 3.10
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]]> قمار عاشقانه 237717 بنماند هیچش الا هوس قمار]]> 318 Abdolkarim Soroush Malileh 3 3.78 2000 قمار عاشقانه
author: Abdolkarim Soroush
name: Malileh
average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)]]> 48019 208 Peter F. Drucker 0060833459 Malileh 0 to-read 4.07 1966 The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
author: Peter F. Drucker
name: Malileh
average rating: 4.07
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]]> ذوب‌شد� 7853248 127 Abbas Maroufi 9643115852 Malileh 4 3.21 2009 ذوب‌شده
author: Abbas Maroufi
name: Malileh
average rating: 3.21
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rating: 4
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]]> Stumbling on Happiness 56627 � Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight?
� Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want?
� Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why can’t we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?

In this brilliant, witty, and accessible book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to mis-conceive our tomorrows and mis-estimate our satisfactions. Vividly bringing to life the latest scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, Gilbert reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there. With penetrating insight and sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become.]]> 263 Daniel Todd Gilbert 1400077427 Malileh 0 to-read 3.82 2006 Stumbling on Happiness
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]]> <![CDATA[Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions]]> 1713426
Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught?

Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup?

Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full?

And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar?

When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're in control. We think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we?

In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.

Not only do we make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, but we make the same "types" of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable--making us "predictably" irrational.

From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, Ariely explains how to break through these systematic patterns of thought to make better decisions. "Predictably Irrational" will change the way we interact with the world--one small decision at a time.]]> 247 Dan Ariely Malileh 0 to-read 4.12 2008 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
author: Dan Ariely
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]]> <![CDATA[Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead]]> 17876 Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead (150th Anniversary Edition)

The compelling works presented in this volume were written at distinct periods in Dostoyevsky's life, at decisive moments in his groping for a political philosophy and a religious answer. From the primitive peasant who kills without understanding that he is destroying life to the anxious antihero of Notes from Underground—who both craves and despises affection—the writer's often-tormented characters showcase his evolving outlook on our fate.

Thomas Mann described Dostoyevsky as "an author whose Christian sympathy is ordinarily devoted to human misery, sin, vice, the depths of lust and crime, rather than to nobility of body and soul" and Notes from Underground as "an awe- and terror- inspiring example of this sympathy."]]> 233 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0451529553 Malileh 0 to-read 4.19 1864 Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 1864
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]]> Siddhartha 52036 152 Hermann Hesse Malileh 0 to-read 4.07 1922 Siddhartha
author: Hermann Hesse
name: Malileh
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1922
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]> 9717 The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles, to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world’s truly great writers.]]> 314 Milan Kundera 0571224385 Malileh 0 to-read 4.12 1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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]]> The Plague 11989
It tells the story from the point of view of a narrator of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter, chapter 5 of part 5. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author's distinctive absurdist point of view.

The book tells a gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel, eloquently understated and epic in scope, and a parable of ageless moral resonance, profoundly relevant to our times. In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. It gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims to almost unearthly extremes of suffering, madness, and compassion.

The Plague is considered an existentialist classic despite Camus' objection to the label. The novel stresses the powerlessness of the individual characters to affect their destinies. The narrative tone is similar to Kafka's, especially in The Trial, whose individual sentences potentially have multiple meanings; the material often pointedly resonating as stark allegory of phenomenal consciousness and the human condition.]]> 308 Albert Camus Malileh 0 to-read 4.05 1947 The Plague
author: Albert Camus
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> Franny and Zooey 5113 ‘Everything everybody does is so—I don’t know—not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and—sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you’re conforming just as much only in a different way.�

First published in The New Yorker as two sequential stories, ‘Franny� and ‘Zooey� offer a dual portrait of the two youngest members of J. D. Salinger’s fictional Glass family.

Franny Glass is a pretty, effervescent college student on a date with her intellectually confident boyfriend, Lane. They appear to be the perfect couple, but as they struggle to communicate with each other about the things they really care about, slowly their true feelings come to the surface. The second story in this book, ‘Zooey�, plunges us into the world of her ethereal, sophisticated family. When Franny’s emotional and spiritual doubts reach new heights, her older brother Zooey, a misanthropic former child genius, offers her consolation and brotherly advice.

Written in Salinger’s typically irreverent style, these two stories offer a touching snapshot of the distraught mindset of early adulthood and are full of the insightful emotional observations and witty turns of phrase that have helped make Salinger’s reputation what it is today.]]> 201 J.D. Salinger 0316769029 Malileh 0 to-read 3.97 1957 Franny and Zooey
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Malileh 3 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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]]> چراغ‌ه� را من خاموش می‌کن� 58275 293 Zoya Pirzad 9643056562 Malileh 2 3.60 2002 چراغ‌ها را من خاموش می‌کنم
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]]> دزیر 350222 The stunning, massively bestselling story of Napoleon's first fiancé

First published in 1953, this riveting true-life tale comes to life in diary form, giving readers an inside glimpse at the young Napoleon and his family. éé is enchanted by the young officer, and he asks her to marry him. But he must leave for Paris, where he meets his eventual wife Josephine. A heartbroken éé is unsure she'll ever find anyone again. A love story, but so much more, éé is the tale of a simple merchant's daughter who ends up with a kind of royalty she never expected: an unforgettable story just waiting to be reborn.

]]> 720 Annemarie Selinko 9647196407 Malileh 4 4.09 1951 دزیر
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]]> غیرمنتظر 439827 عنوان: غیرمنتظر؛ مترجم: نگار صدقی؛ تهران، ماه ریز؛ 1378؛ در 106 ص؛ شابک: 964921704؛ چاپ اول 1378]]> 106 Christian Bobin Malileh 5 3.42 1994 غیرمنتظر
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]]> پیامبر و دیوانه 739902 خلیل جبران در کتاب پیامبر یک شهر خیالی به نام ارفالس خلق کرده است و داستان درباره فردی به نام مصطفی است که پس از ۱۲ سال زندگی در این شهر قصد دارد آنجا را ترک کند و هنگام خداحافظی با مردم شهر به سوالاتشان جواب می‌ده�. این سوالات موضوعاتی مانند زناشویی، دوستی، درد و... را در برمی‌گیر� که مصطفی به آنها پاسخ می‌ده�.
کتاب دوم دیوانه نام دارد. روای دیوانه شده و کتاب از زاویه دید او نوشته شده است. حقیقت، عشق، بخشش، اندوه، کار، لذت، مرگ، آزادی و ... موضوعاتی ست که در این کتاب طرح می‌شو�.]]> 199 Kahlil Gibran Malileh 4 3.49 2002 پیامبر و دیوانه
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]]> کافه پیانو 3281941 چاپ اول ۱۳۸۶]]> 266 Farhad Jafari Malileh 3 2.88 2007 کافه پیانو
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]]> مثل آب برای شکلات 1288308
مثل آب برای شکلات داستان زندگی زنان نسلهای گذشتهٔ مکزیک است که به سبک رئالیسم جادویی و با زبان خانگی و فُرم زنانه (نوشتار زنانه) نگارش شده‌اس�. این رمان، عشقی زیبا را در کنار مبارزهٔ یک زن با سنت‌ها� جامعه خود نشان می‌ده�.

هر فصل از این کتاب با دستور آشپزی و یا داروسازی جالبی شروع شده و به موضوع آن فصل مرتبط می‌شو�.

این کتاب در سال ۱۹۸۹ توسط لورا اسكوئيول نوشته شده و درسال ۱۹۹۲ نیز فیلمی بر اساس آن در مکزیک توسط Alfonso Arau ساخته شده‌اس�. کتاب به ۳۰ زبان ترجمه شده و بیش از سه میلیون نسخه از آن چاپ شده است.

نام کتاب معنایی دوگانه دارد: نخست اشاره به دستور تهیه شکلات داغ (هات چاکلت) دارد که در مکزیک با آب و کاکائو تهیه می‌شو� (نه با شیر). دوم، اصطلاحی در زبان اسپانیایی است استعاره از احساسات تند و برانگیختگی جنسی

از: ]]> 238 Laura Esquivel 964551276X Malileh 2 3.66 1989 مثل آب برای شکلات
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]]> انجمن شاعران مرده 1290733
The story is set at the fictional Welton Academy in Vermont and was filmed at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. The script was written based on the author's life at Montgomery Bell Academy, an all-boys preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee. A novelisation by Nancy H. Kleinbaum (ISBN 0553282980) based on the movie's script has also been published.]]> 207 N.H. Kleinbaum 9646358012 Malileh 5 3.88 1988 انجمن شاعران مرده
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]]> <![CDATA[فراتر از بودن و موتسارت و باران]]> 348582 134 Christian Bobin 9647049056 Malileh 5 3.66 1996 فراتر از بودن و موتسارت و باران
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average rating: 3.66
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]]> خداحافظ گاری کوپر 662768 288 Romain Gary 9644481429 Malileh 2 3.84 1964 خداحافظ گاری کوپر
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]]> The Gadfly 68187 270 Ethel Lilian Voynich 1406955132 Malileh 5 4.23 1897 The Gadfly
author: Ethel Lilian Voynich
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Malileh 4 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
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]]> The Stranger 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Malileh 5 4.04 1942 The Stranger
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]]> Sophie’s World 10959 An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.]]> 403 Jostein Gaarder 1857993284 Malileh 3 3.94 1991 Sophie’s World
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]]> <![CDATA[Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood]]> 395021
“A wholly original achievement.... Satrapi evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a world of protests and disappearances.... A stark, shocking impact.” � The New York " The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years"

In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the coming-of-age story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.

Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.]]> 153 Marjane Satrapi 0375422307 Malileh 4 4.21 2003 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
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]]> <![CDATA[God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything]]> 43369 307 Christopher Hitchens 0446579807 Malileh 0 to-read 3.94 2007 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable]]> 242472
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.

Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the “impossible.�

For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. In this revelatory book, Taleb will change the way you look at the world, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, “On Robustness and Fragility,� which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.

Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a landmark book—itself a black swan.]]> 480 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1400063515 Malileh 0 to-read 3.96 2007 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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]]> Les Misérables 24280 1463 Victor Hugo 0451525264 Malileh 2 4.19 1862 Les Misérables
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]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 Malileh 4 4.44 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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]]> <![CDATA[Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson]]> 6900
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.]]> 210 Mitch Albom Malileh 3 4.19 1997 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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]]> The Grand Design 8520362
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent “grand design� of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation?

The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meet—if only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.

In The Grand Design they explain that according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. When applied to the universe as a whole, this idea calls into question the very notion of cause and effect. But the “top-down� approach to cosmology that Hawking and

Mlodinow describe would say that the fact that the past takes no definite form means that we create history by observing it, rather than that history creates us. The authors further explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the “multiverse”—the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature.

Along the way Hawking and Mlodinow question the conventional concept of reality, posing a “model-dependent� theory of reality as the best we can hope to find. And they conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing us and our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a complete “theory of everything.� If confirmed, they write, it will be the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, and the ultimate triumph of human reason.

A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform—and provoke—like no other.']]> 199 Stephen Hawking 0553805371 Malileh 0 to-read 4.07 2010 The Grand Design
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]]> The Selfish Gene 61535 360 Richard Dawkins 0199291152 Malileh 0 to-read 4.15 1976 The Selfish Gene
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]]> <![CDATA[Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking]]> 40102 The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.]]> 296 Malcolm Gladwell 0316010669 Malileh 0 to-read 3.97 2005 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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]]> The Art of Loving 14142
Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.]]> 180 Erich Fromm 0061129739 Malileh 0 to-read 4.05 1956 The Art of Loving
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]]> <![CDATA[Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us]]> 6452796 The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.]]> 242 Daniel H. Pink 1594488843 Malileh 0 to-read 3.94 2009 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil]]> 359194
Renowned social psychologist and creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil.

The Lucifer Effect explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.� Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women.

Here, for the first time and in detail, Zimbardo tells the full story of the Stanford Prison Experiment, the landmark study in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into “guards� and “inmates� and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners.

By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the “bad apple� with that of the “bad barrel”—the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around.

This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior.]]> 551 Philip G. Zimbardo 1400064112 Malileh 0 to-read 3.91 2007 The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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]]> How We Decide 3860977
Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate, or we “blink� and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind’s black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they’re discovering that this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason—and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it’s best to let our unconscious mull over the many variables. But when we’re picking a stock, intuition often leads us astray. The trick is to determine when to use the different parts of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think.

Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need, drawing on cutting-edge research as well as the real-world experiences of a wide range of “deciders”—from airplane pilots and hedge fund investors to serial killers and poker players.

Lehrer shows how people are taking advantage of the new science to make better television shows, win more football games, and improve military intelligence. His goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better?]]> 259 Jonah Lehrer 0618620117 Malileh 0 to-read 3.84 2009 How We Decide
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]]> The God Delusion 14743
With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament, to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion, and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence.

The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong, but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.]]> 374 Richard Dawkins 0618680004 Malileh 0 to-read 3.89 2006 The God Delusion
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]]> <![CDATA[Outliers: The Story of Success]]> 3228917 Learn what sets high achievers apart � from Bill Gates to the Beatles � in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.]]> 309 Malcolm Gladwell 0316017922 Malileh 0 to-read 4.19 2008 Outliers: The Story of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference]]> 2612 The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.]]> 301 Malcolm Gladwell 0316346624 Malileh 0 to-read 4.01 2002 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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]]> <![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running]]> 2195464
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back.

By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.]]> 188 Haruki Murakami Malileh 0 to-read 3.87 2007 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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]]> Memoirs of a Geisha 930
In "Memoirs of a Geisha," we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.]]> 434 Arthur Golden 0739326228 Malileh 3 4.07 1997 Memoirs of a Geisha
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]]> The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Malileh 4 4.34 2003 The Kite Runner
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]]> The Phantom of the Opera 480204 The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.

Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.]]> 360 Gaston Leroux 0060809248 Malileh 1 3.98 1910 The Phantom of the Opera
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Malileh 5 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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]]> The Catcher in the Rye 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919�2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Malileh 5 3.81 1951 The Catcher in the Rye
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]]> <![CDATA[Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative]]> 13099738 160 Austin Kleon 0761169253 Malileh 4 3.95 2012 Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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