Nouran's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:47:57 -0700 60 Nouran's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[طريقى - سنوات للحلم .. والصدام .. والعزلة]]> 22393792 217 كمال الجنزوري 9770932760 Nouran 0 to-read 3.38 2013 طريقى - سنوات للحلم .. والصدام .. والعزلة
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Nouran 0 to-read 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> The Intelligent Investor 106835 Now available for the first time in paperback!

The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.

Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles.

Vital and indispensable, this HarperBusiness Essentials edition of The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.]]> 623 Benjamin Graham 0060555661 Nouran 0 to-read 4.24 1949 The Intelligent Investor
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]]> ‫الغواص� (Arabic Edition) 219750417 357 ريم بسيوني 977146325X Nouran 0 currently-reading 4.42 2024 ‫الغواص‬ (Arabic Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals]]> 54785515 The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless battle against distraction; we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with “getting everything done,� Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing that many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.]]> 271 Oliver Burkeman 0374159122 Nouran 4 4.20 2021 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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Started off this book thinking it’ll tell me new ways of increasing my productivity and getting more number of things done; turned out it’s the complete opposite. It redefines how you perceive time and making the best use of it, and highlights the capitalist ways that “control� our time. However, I felt it a little too slow and slightly repetitive.
]]> <![CDATA[‫يهو� مصر في القرن العشرين: كيف عاشوا ولماذا خرجوا؟‬]]> 58380806 هذه الأسئلة وسواها مما يُجيب عنه هذا الكتاب المهم الذي اعتمد فيه مؤلفه د.محمد أبو الغار على دراسات معمَّقة صادرة بلغات مختلفة، ولقاءات حيَّة مع شخصيات يهودية مِصرية بارزة تقيم في جنيف وباريس وفلوريدا ومِصر، وعلى الوثائق والصحف اليهودية التي تُغطي فترات تاريخيَّة متباينة، وعلى التاريخ الشفهي لليهود المِصريين المسجَّل والموثَّق في مراكز أبحاث متعددة، بالإضافة إلى محاضر جلسات الطائفة اليهوديَّة منذ عام 1886 حتى عام 1961، ومؤلفات اليهود المِصريين الذين هاجروا إلى فرنسا، وشغلوا مراكز مرموقة في الأوساط الثقافية?الفرنسيَّة، ونالوا جوائز قيِّمة.
لهذا أتى كتاب د. محمد أبو الغارعلميًّا.. موضوعيًّا.. حريصًا على نقد الأفكار والمسلَّمات التي أحاطت باليهود المِصريين، وأعاقت تقديم تاريخ اجتماعي مُنصفٍ وحقيقيٍّ لمِصر ينهض على التنوُّع والتعدُّد، وقبول الآخر المختلف، مؤمنًا بأن "التاريخ ملك لنا جميعًا نعرفه ونتذكره؛ لنأخذ منه الدروس والعبر"، وأن ما يكتبه عن تاريخ يهود مصر"يُتيح مصدرًا جديدًا محايدًا لنا ولأولادنا".]]> 468 محمد أبو الغار 9770937053 Nouran 0 to-read 3.86 ‫يهود مصر في القرن العشرين: كيف عاشوا ولماذا خرجوا؟‬
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]]> <![CDATA[Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison]]> 80369 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

Barely two hundred and fifty years ago a man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by the most influential philosopher since Sartre compels us to reevaluate our assumptions about all the ensuing reforms in the penal institutions of the West. For as he examines innovations that range from the abolition of torture to the institution of forced labor and the appearance of the modern penitentiary, Michel Foucault suggests that punishment has shifted its focus from the prisoner's body to the soul � and that our very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.

Lucidly reasoned and deftly marshaling a vast body of research, Discipline and Punish is a genuinely revolutionary book, whose implications extend beyond the prison to the minute power relations of our society.]]> 333 Michel Foucault 0679752552 Nouran 0 to-read 4.23 1975 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny]]> 43877 Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Peace.

This inspiring tale provides a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he discovers powerful, wise, and practical lessons that teach us to:

Develop Joyful Thoughts, Follow Our Life's Mission and Calling, Cultivate Self-Discipline and Act Courageously, Value Time as Our Most Important Commodity, Nourish Our Relationships, and Live Fully, One Day at a Time.]]> 208 Robin Sharma 0062515675 Nouran 0 to-read 3.88 1996 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger]]> 6950010
Using simple Buddhist principles and applying them in a way that is easy for non-Buddhists to understand and put into practice, Scheff and Edmiston have created an interactive book that helps readers change perspective, step by step, so that they can replace the anger in their lives with a newfound happiness. Based on the successful anger management program Scheff created, The Cow in the Parking Lot shows how anger is based on unmet demands, and introduces the four most common types—Important and Reasonable (you want love from your partner); Reasonable but Unimportant (you didn’t get that seat in the restaurant window); Irrational (you want respect from a stranger); and the Impossible (you want someone to fix everything wrong in your life).

Scheff and Edmiston show how, once we identify our real unmet demands we can dissolve the anger; how, once we understand our "buttons," we can change what happens when they’re pushed. He shows how to laugh at ourselves—a powerful early step in changing angry behavior. By the end, as the reader continues to observe and fill in the exercises honestly, it won’t matter who takes that parking space—only you can make yourself angry.]]> 198 Leonard Scheff 0761158154 Nouran 0 3.95 2008 The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
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]]> The Sun Also Rises 3876 The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped to establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.]]> 189 Ernest Hemingway Nouran 0 to-read 3.81 1926 The Sun Also Rises
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]]> The Bonfire of the Vanities 2666 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344.

The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow.

The novel was originally conceived as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings: It ran in 27 installments in Rolling Stone starting in 1984. Wolfe heavily revised it before it was published in book form. The novel was a bestseller and a phenomenal success, even in comparison with Wolfe's other books. It has often been called the quintessential novel of the 1980s.]]> 690 Tom Wolfe Nouran 0 to-read 3.89 1987 The Bonfire of the Vanities
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]]> <![CDATA[فلسفة علم الاقتصاد: بحث في تحيزات الاقتصاديين وفي الأسس غير العلمية لعلم الاقتصاد]]> 6088661 يقصد المؤلف بأوجه الضعف ما يقوم عليه علم الاقتصاد، بمختلف موضوعاته، من تحيزات وأهواء تعكس مصالح طبقية أو قومية، أو مناخا ثقافيا أو فكريا معينا لا يلزم بالضرورة أصحاب ثقافات أخرى غير تلك التي نشأ وترعرع فيها علم الاقتصاد.
الكتاب يشرح الأسس غير العلمية التي تقوم عليها مختلف موضوعات علم الاقتصاد: الإنتاج، والاستهلاك، والأثمان، والسكان، والملكية، وتوزيع الدخل في الفكر الرأسمالي والاشتراكي على السواء، ونظرية الناتج القومي والعمالة، والتنمية الاقتصادية، والتجارة الدولية، وتحليل النفقات والمنافع، إنه ينقب عن الفلسفة الكامنة وراء مناقشة معينة ليست في الحقيقة مواقف محايدة وموضوعية ومجردة عن الغرض، كما يظن كثيرون من دارسي علم الاقتصاد، بل مواقف شكلتها نظرة معينة إلى العلاقات الاقتصادية والاجتماعية، أو فلسفة معينة في الحياة ليس هناك ما يضطر أصحاب نظرة مغايرة أو فلسفة أخرى إلى اعتناقها.]]> 292 جلال أمين Nouran 0 to-read 3.85 2008 فلسفة علم الاقتصاد: بحث في تحيزات الاقتصاديين وفي الأسس غير العلمية لعلم الاقتصاد
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]]> آداب النفوس 17992476 145 الحارث بن أسد المحاسبي Nouran 0 to-read 4.14 850 آداب النفوس
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]]> <![CDATA[من هم اليهود؟ وما هي اليهودية؟ أسئلة الهوية وأزمة الدولة اليهودية]]> 5619985 تنقسم الدراسة إلى ثلاثة أبواب يفكك في أولها مفهوم الوحدة اليهودية العالمية والهوية اليهودية، ثم يبين في الباب الثاني مدى تجانس الجماعات اليهودية في العالم، ويحلل في الباب الأخير سؤال الهوية وأزمة المجتمع الصهيوني والتناقضات الأساسية بين الرؤية الصهيونية لما يسمى الهوية اليهودية وواقع الجماعات اليهودية.
يدحض هذا الكتاب مسلمات كثيرة ويكشف زيف كثير من الادعاءات؛ فيشكل لبنة أساسية في تحليل الفكر اليهودي والصهيوني ويستشرف - مثل أي عمل غير مسبوق - مستقبل الدولة اليهودية]]> 396 عبد الوهاب المسيري 9770923737 Nouran 0 to-read 4.16 2008 من هم اليهود؟ وما هي اليهودية؟ أسئلة الهوية وأزمة الدولة اليهودية
author: عبد الوهاب المسيري
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation]]> 34964946 Never Get Angry Again is New York Times and internationally bestselling author David J. Lieberman's comprehensive, holistic look at the underlying emotional, physical, and spiritual causes of anger, and a practical guide to what the reader can do to gain perspective.

David J. Lieberman understands that a change in perspective is all that is needed to help keep from flying off the handle. In Never Get Angry Again, he reveals how to see anger through a comprehensive, holistic lens, illuminates the underlying emotional, spiritual, and physical components of anger, and gives the readers simple, practical tools to snuff out anger before it even occurs.

Take a deep breath and count to ten. Meditate. Visualize your happy place.

You’ve probably heard all of these anger management techniques and more from friends, family, and experts, but somehow they miss the mark when it comes to coping with the complex emotion of anger.

Let’s face it: if anger-management techniques were effective, you wouldn’t be reading this book. These clumsy attempts to maintain calmness are usually futile and sometimes emotionally draining. The fact is, either something bothers us (causing anxiety, frustration, or anger), or it doesn’t. A state of calm is better accomplished by not becoming agitated in the first place. When we fight the urge to blow up or melt down, we fight against our own nature.]]> 240 David J. Lieberman 1250154391 Nouran 0 to-read 3.80 2018 Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority]]> 40881894 Are you hungry to help others through leadership but don't feel like you have the authority?

One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead. Great leaders don't buy it. Great leaders--whether they have the official authority or not--learn how to be an influential presence wherever they are.

In How to Lead When You're Not in Charge, author and pastor Clay Scroggins explains the nature of leadership and what's needed to be a great leader--even when you answer to someone else.

Drawing from biblical principles and his experience as the lead pastor of Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Clay will help you nurture your vision and cultivate influence with integrity and confidence, even when you lack authority in your organization or ministry.

In this book, Clay will walk you through the challenge of leadership and the four basic behaviors all great leaders have and how to cultivate


Leading yourself
Choosing positivity
Thinking critically
Rejecting passivity
With practical wisdom and humor, Clay Scroggins will help you free yourself to become the great leader you want to be so you can make a difference. Even when you're not in charge.

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"This book will be one of the most, if not the most, pivotal leadership books you'll ever read." - Andy Stanley

"If you're ready to lead right where you are, this book can show you how to start." - Dave Ramsey

"Read this book! The marketplace is full of leadership messages, but this one is a stand out." - Louie Giglio]]> 214 Clay Scroggins 0310531586 Nouran 0 to-read 3.66 2017 How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority
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]]> <![CDATA[Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change]]> 156739318 __________

Change your mind to change your life

Are you stuck in a habit of believing that you are not good enough?

Do you fixate on a particular narrative about yourself that you wish you could change?

Are negative beliefs holding you back from reaching your fullest potential?

If this sounds like you, then Rewire is your personal guide to unpacking the neuroscience behind why we are subconsciously programmed to repeat certain habits and how we can do, or undo, any type of behaviour in order to achieve peak mental wellbeing.

Neuroscientist Nicole Vignola will talk you through the principles of neuroplasticity and explain how her neurohack methods can help you change your behavioural patterns, enabling you to control how you react to whatever life throws your way, from regulating our stress response through to overcoming self-limiting beliefs.

If there are habits and behaviours that are holding you back from being the person you truly want to be, this book will help you recognise that you are not stuck. It will equip you with the tools to rewire your brain so you can become whoever you want to be. Because the habits you create today will determine who you are in the future.
__________]]> 328 Nicole Vignola 1405958995 Nouran 0 to-read 4.25 2024 Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change
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]]> تيارات الفكر الإسلامي 5986636 فالفكر، الذى أبدع الحضارة، هو أعظم إنجازات الإسلام والمسلمين.. بل إنه هو صانع السياسة، والخلفاء، والسلاطين!..
ولن ندرك حقيقة تاريخنا الحضارى، إلا إذا أدركنا حقيقة التيارات والمدارس والمذاهب الفكرية، التى صنعته.. والتى تصارعت فيه!
بل إننا لن ندرك تيارات «الصحوة الإسلامية» المعاصرة، إلا بإدراك جذورها فى هذا التاريخ..
فمن: «الخوارج».. إلى تيار «الجامعة الإسلامية» الحديث.. وعبر: «المرجئة» و«المعتزلة» و«الزيدية» و«السلفية» و«الأشعرية» و«الشيعة» و«الوهابية» و«السنوسية» و«المهدية».. إلخ.. إلخ.. يقدم هذا الكتاب خريطة التيارات الفكرية التى صنعت حضارة الإسلام.. محددا فيها: «طاقات التقدم».. و«قيود التخلف والجمود»!..
إنه «نافذة» للوعى بالتاريخ.. وسبيل لاستشراف المستقبل الإسلامى المنشود!]]> 406 محمد عمارة 9770900354 Nouran 0 to-read 4.09 تيارات الفكر الإسلامي
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]]> The Satanic Verses 12781
From the back cover.]]> 561 Salman Rushdie 0312270828 Nouran 0 to-read 3.73 1988 The Satanic Verses
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]]> Mastery 13589182 318 Robert Greene 0670024961 Nouran 0 to-read 4.26 2012 Mastery
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]]> <![CDATA[Mindset: The New Psychology of Success]]> 40745 A newer edition of this book can be found here.

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset � those who believe that abilities are fixed � are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset � those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love � to transform their lives and your own.]]> 276 Carol S. Dweck Nouran 0 to-read 4.09 2006 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action]]> 7108725 Why do you do what you do?

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?

People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. It was their natural ability to start with why that enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things.

In studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way—and it's the complete opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be lead, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

Any organization can explain what it does; some can explain how they do it; but very few can clearly articulate why. WHY is not money or profit—those are always results. WHY does your organization exist? WHY does it do the things it does? WHY do customers really buy from one company or another? WHY are people loyal to some leaders, but not others?

Starting with WHY works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those who start with WHY never manipulate, they inspire. And the people who follow them don't do so because they have to; they follow because they want to.

Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire. This book is for anyone who wants to inspire others or who wants to find someone to inspire them.]]> 256 Simon Sinek 1591842808 Nouran 0 to-read 4.10 2009 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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]]> <![CDATA[The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM]]> 17166225 Start waking up to your full potential every single day with the updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book with more than 2 million copies sold.

Getting everything you want out of life isn’t about doing more. It’s about becoming more. Hal Elrod and The Miracle Morning have helped millions of people become the person they need to be to create the life they’ve always wanted. Now, it’s your turn.

Hal’s revolutionary S.A.V.E.R.S. method is a simple, effective step-by-step process to transform your life in as little as six minutes per day:

�Silence: Reduce stress and improve mental clarity by beginning each day with peaceful, purposeful quiet
�Affirmations: Reprogram your mind to overcome any fears or beliefs that are limiting your potential or causing you to suffer
�Visualization:Experience the power of mentally rehearsing yourself showing up at your best each day
�Exercise: Boost your mental and physical energy in as little as 60 seconds
�Reading: Acquire knowledge and expand your abilities by learning from experts
�Scribing: Keep a journal to deepen gratitude, gain insights, track progress, and increase your productivity by getting clear on your top priorities

This updated and expanded edition has more than 40 pages of new content, including:

�The Miracle Evening: Optimize your bedtime and sleep to wake up every day feeling refreshed and energized for your Miracle Morning
�The Miracle Life: Begin your path to inner freedom so you can truly be happy and learn to love the life you have while you create the life you want]]> 172 Hal Elrod Nouran 0 to-read 3.91 2012 The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
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]]> <![CDATA[Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living]]> 40534545 3 Books Collection Set:

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai � a reason to jump out of bed each morning. And according to the residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa � the world’s longest-living people � finding it is the key to a longer and more fulfilled life. Inspiring and comforting, this book will give you the life-changing tools to uncover your personal ikigai. It will show you how to leave urgency behind, find your purpose, nurture friendships and throw yourself into your passions.

The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

The Danish word hygge is one of those beautiful words that doesn't directly translate into English, but it more or less means comfort, warmth or togetherness. Hygge is the feeling you get when you are cuddled up on a sofa with a loved one, in warm knitted socks, in front of the fire, when it is dark, cold and stormy outside. It that feeling when you are sharing good, comfort food with your closest friends, by candle light and exchanging easy conversation. It is those cold, crisp blue sky mornings when the light through your window is just right.

Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

Step aside Hygge. Lagom is the new Scandi lifestyle trend taking the world by storm. This delightfully illustrated book gives you the lowdown on this transformative approach to life and examines how the lagom ethos has helped boost Sweden to the No.10 ranking in 2017's World Happiness Report. Lagom (pronounced 'lah-gom') has no equivalent in the English language but is loosely translated as 'not too little, not too much, just right'. It is widely believed that the word comes from the Viking term 'laget om', for when a mug of mead was passed around a circle and there was just enough for everyone to get a sip.]]> Héctor García 9123672609 Nouran 0 to-read 3.85 2018 Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way]]> 49100630 Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.

�Ikigai urges individuals to simplify their lives by pursuing what sparks joy for them� (Marie Kondo)

Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever-an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie. Often used to convey that the encounter is unique and special, it is a tenet of Zen Buddhism and is attributed to a sixteenth-century master of the Japanese tea ceremony, or ‘ceremony of attention�, whose intricate rituals compel us to focus on the present moment.

From this age-old concept comes a new kind of mindfulness. In The Book of Ichigo Ichie, you will learn to use all five senses to anchor yourself in the present.

Every one of us contains a key that can open the door to attention, harmony with others, and love of life. And that key is ichigo ichie.]]> 208 Héctor García 1529401291 Nouran 0 to-read 3.96 2018 The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way
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]]> <![CDATA[العلمانية الجزئية والعلمانية الشاملة: التطبيق]]> 6203319
تحاول هذه الدراسة أن تزيل بعض الغموض المحيط بمصطلح "العلمانية" الذي أصبح واحدًا من أهم المصطلحات في الخطاب التحليلي، وأن تصل إلى تعريف مركب له يتسم بمقدرة تفسيرية عالية.

إذ يفرّق المؤلف بين ما يسميه "العلمانية الجزئية" (فصل الدين عن الدولة مع التزام الصمت بخصوص القضايا النهائية) وبين "العلمانية الشاملة" (فصل القيم الإنسانية والأخلاقية والدينية عن الحياة في جانبيها العام والخاص، ونزع القداسة عن الإنسان والطبيعة بحيث يتحول العالم بأسره إلى مادة استعمالية يوظفها الأقوى لحسابه).ـ]]> 492 عبد الوهاب المسيري 9770908347 Nouran 0 to-read 4.14 2002 العلمانية الجزئية والعلمانية الشاملة: التطبيق
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It]]> 30736658 A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating � effective in any situation.

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders, and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most � when people’s lives were at stake.

Rooted in the real-life experiences of an intelligence professional at the top of his game, Never Split the Difference will give you the competitive edge in any discussion.]]> 274 Chris Voss Nouran 4 4.37 2016 Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
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]]> كنت رئيسًا لمصر 6304929 420 محمد نجيب Nouran 0 currently-reading 3.96 1984 كنت رئيسًا لمصر
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]]> <![CDATA[Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success]]> 31450959
The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities - from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic - with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which readers will learn how to enhance their performance by a myriad of ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose; and priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity.

In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches readers on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.]]> 240 Brad Stulberg 162336793X Nouran 5 4.15 2017 Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma]]> 18693771 A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain's natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk's own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.]]> 464 Bessel van der Kolk 0670785938 Nouran 0 to-read 4.36 2014 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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]]> <![CDATA[Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things]]> 157095669 #1 New York Times bestseller

"This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress."
-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights.

We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distances we ourselves can travel. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.

Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid story­telling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess � it’s about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the charac­ter skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.

This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.]]> 304 Adam M. Grant 0593653149 Nouran 0 to-read 4.09 2023 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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]]> <![CDATA[The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast]]> 16158493 Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What's on your list? What's holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills - time you don't have and effort you can't spare?
Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy?
To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That's why it's difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It's so much easier to watch TV or surf the web...
In The First 20 Hours , Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you'll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well.
This method isn't it's field-tested. Kaufman invites readers to join him as he field tests his approach by learning to program a Web application, play the ukulele, practice yoga, re-learn to touch type, get the hang of windsurfing, and study the world's oldest and most complex board game.
What do you want to learn?]]> 288 Josh Kaufman 1591845556 Nouran 0 to-read 3.46 2013 The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
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]]> Gaza Writes Back 18754110
These stories are acts of resistance and defiance, proclaiming the endurance of Palestinians and the continuing resilience and creativity of their culture in the face of ongoing obstacles and attempts to silence them.

Whether tackling the tragedy that surrounds missile strikes and home raids, or the everyday indignities encountered by Palestinian refugees, Gaza Writes Back brings to life the real issues that the people of Gaza face. One prominent theme in many of the stories is the value placed on the wisdom of parents and grandparents. A sense of longing pervades the book, as the characters in the stories reveal desires ranging from the mundane to the complex—including, in several of the stories, a strong yearning to return to the characters� long-cherished family homes and properties after many decades in exile from them. Social differences within Gaza are also sensitively explored. A few stories are especially difficult—but critical—to digest , for the vividness with which they depict the experiences of victims of Israeli military strikes and confront the legacy of violence and occupation, particularly on young people.

Readers will be moved by the struggles big and small that emerge from the well-crafted writing by these young people, and by the hope and courage that radiates from the authors� biographies. The contributors are university students and recent graduates, Palestinians who have chosen to speak out in their second language, which is an “expressive way to be more creative in a world where words are significantly mighty,� according to Tasnim Hamouda. Another contributor, Nour El Borno, believes “that if a person can write effectively, it is his or her duty to get up, write, and help change this world to something better.�

Five years after Operation Cast Lead, these stories remind us that the pain lingers on and the people of Gaza will be forever scarred by the attack. Yet, the call for justice remains forceful and persistent, and these young Gazan writers refuse to let the world forget about them—their land, their people, and their story.]]> 208 Refaat Alareer 1935982354 Nouran 0 to-read 4.58 2014 Gaza Writes Back
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Years� War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917�2017]]> 41812831
In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God, let Palestine be left alone.� Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members—mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists—The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.

Original, authoritative, and important, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is not a chronicle of victimization, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day.]]> 336 Rashid Khalidi 1627798552 Nouran 0 to-read 4.50 2020 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
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]]> بين القصرين 3840581 584 Naguib Mahfouz 9770914916 Nouran 5 4.37 1956 بين القصرين
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]]> The Thief and the Dogs 96562
After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray him to the police, are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him. But in the most bitter betrayal, his mentor, Rauf Ilwan, once a firebrand revolutionary who convinced Said that stealing from the rich in a unjust society is an act of justice, is now himself a rich man, a respected newspaper editor who wants nothing to do with the disgraced Said. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.]]> 160 Naguib Mahfouz 0385264623 Nouran 0 to-read 3.65 1961 The Thief and the Dogs
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]]> <![CDATA[No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline]]> 8112865 No Excuses! shows you how you can achieve success in all three major areas of your life:

1. Your personal goals.
2. Your business and money goals.
3. Your overall happiness.

Each of the 21 chapters in this book shows you how to be more disciplined in one aspect of your life, with end-of-chapter exercises to help you apply the “no excuses� approach to your own life. With these guidelines, you can learn how to be more successful in everything you do—instead of wistfully envying others who you think are just “luckier� than you. A little self-discipline goes a long way...so stop making excuses and read this book!]]> 293 Brian Tracy 1593155824 Nouran 0 to-read 4.02 2010 No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline
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]]> <![CDATA[Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible]]> 113935 291 Brian Tracy 1576753077 Nouran 0 to-read 4.24 1989 Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
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]]> <![CDATA[Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time]]> 95887 The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. This new edition is revised and updated throughout, and includes brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating our time.]]> 144 Brian Tracy 1576754227 Nouran 0 to-read 3.90 2001 Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
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]]> <![CDATA[The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness]]> 43306206
The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It’s a philosophy that’s profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves.

The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to Be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you.]]> 288 Ichiro Kishimi Nouran 0 to-read 3.89 2013 The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
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]]> الترغيب والترهيب 18047509

عدد المجلدات: 4]]> 1869 Nouran 0 to-read 4.41 الترغيب والترهيب
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]]> <![CDATA[Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life]]> 944267 314 Henry Cloud Nouran 0 to-read 4.20 1992 Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
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]]> التنوير في إسقاط التدبير 6439991 128 أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري Nouran 0 to-read 4.42 1305 التنوير في إسقاط التدبير
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]]> The Psychology of Money 41881472 242 Morgan Housel 0857197681 Nouran 4 4.27 2020 The Psychology of Money
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]]> <![CDATA[Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike]]> 27220736
In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today.

But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path, to start his own business—a business that would be dynamic, different.

Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream—along with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight-knit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission, and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything.]]> 400 Phil Knight 1501135910 Nouran 0 to-read 4.45 2016 Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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]]> The Brothers Karamazov 4934
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.]]> 796 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0374528373 Nouran 0 to-read 4.36 1880 The Brothers Karamazov
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]]> Surrounded by Idiots 39101777
Author Thomas Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Understanding someone’s pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson breaks down the four kinds of behavior types—Reds who are dominant and commanding, Yellows who are social and optimistic, Greens who are laid back and friendly, and Blues who are analytical and precise—and explains how to identify and interact with each type of person. Instead of being bogged down with overly technical categorizations, the simple four color system allows you to speedily identify a friend or coworker and adjust how you speak and share with them.

Surrounded by Idiots is full of practical information for interacting with people based on their color, including the strengths and weaknesses of all the profiles, how to give positive and negative feedback to each, and the best way to word an email when writing to someone with a different profile.]]> 11 Thomas Erikson 125023400X Nouran 0 to-read 3.54 2014 Surrounded by Idiots
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]]> الطريق الوحيد 9431482 Başka hiçbir umarım yoktu, sahtecilik yapmak zorundaydım...
Bütün yollar bana kapalıydı, önümde yalnız tek yol vardı. İşte bu romana "Tek Yol" adı verişim bundandır. Bu yüzden "çaresiz kalanların" yada "çaresiz kaldığını sananların" romanını yazmak istedim."]]> 502 Aziz Nesin Nouran 0 to-read 3.92 الطريق الوحيد
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]]> Perfume 23017010 Patrick Süskind 1306954088 Nouran 5 4.05 1985 Perfume
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average rating: 4.05
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[بحثاً عن الزمن المفقود - جانب منازل سوان]]> 201497 623 Marcel Proust Nouran 0 to-read 4.10 1913 بحثاً عن الزمن المفقود - جانب منازل سوان
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]]> <![CDATA[59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot]]> 6340948
"Discover why even thinking about going to the gym can help you keep in shape "

"Learn how pot plants make you more creative "

"Find out why putting a pencil between your teeth instantly makes you happier "

" "

'At last, a self-help guide that is based on proper research. Perfect for busy, curious, smart people' Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Last Theorem

'A triumph of scientifically proven advice over misleading myths of self-help. Challenging, uplifting and long overdue' Derren Brown]]> 357 Richard Wiseman 023074429X Nouran 0 to-read 3.79 2009 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
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]]> جريمة في الجامعة 87233186 270 عزالدين شكري فشير 9770937649 Nouran 0 to-read 3.39 2023 جريمة في الجامعة
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]]> The Interpretation of Dreams 93981 630 Sigmund Freud 1566195764 Nouran 0 to-read 3.86 1899 The Interpretation of Dreams
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]]> In the Eye of the Sun 870998 Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.]]> 801 Ahdaf Soueif 0747545898 Nouran 4 3.71 1993 In the Eye of the Sun
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]]> <![CDATA[Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity]]> 18050134
Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and relaxed on a first date? What is it about a politician who seems wooden or a comedian whose jokes fall flat or an athlete who chokes? In all of these cases, striving seems to backfire.

In Trying Not To Try, Edward Slingerland explains why we find spontaneity so elusive, and shows how early Chinese thought points the way to happier, more authentic lives. We’ve long been told that the way to achieve our goals is through careful reasoning and conscious effort. But recent research suggests that many aspects of a satisfying life, like happiness and spontaneity, are best pursued indirectly. The early Chinese philosophers knew this, and they wrote extensively about an effortless way of being in the world, which they called wu-wei (ooo-way). They believed it was the source of all success in life, and they developed various strategies for getting it and hanging on to it.

With clarity and wit, Slingerland introduces us to these thinkers and the marvelous characters in their texts, from the butcher whose blade glides effortlessly through an ox to the wood carver who sees his sculpture simply emerge from a solid block. Slingerland uncovers a direct line from wu-wei to the Force in Star Wars, explains why wu-wei is more powerful than flow, and tells us what it all means for getting a date. He also shows how new research reveals what’s happening in the brain when we’re in a state of wu-wei —why it makes us happy and effective and trustworthy, and how it might have even made civilization possible.

Through stories of mythical creatures and drunken cart riders, jazz musicians and Japanese motorcycle gangs, Slingerland effortlessly blends Eastern thought and cutting-edge science to show us how we can live more fulfilling lives. Trying Not To Try is mind-expanding and deeply pleasurable, the perfect antidote to our striving modern culture.]]> 304 Edward Slingerland 0770437613 Nouran 0 to-read 3.69 2014 Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
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]]> <![CDATA[Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail]]> 52962238
A few years ago, Ray Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn’t encountered before. They included huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world’s three major reserve currencies; big political and social conflicts within countries, especially the US, due to the largest wealth, political, and values disparities in more than 100 years; and the rising of a world power (China) to challenge the existing world power (US) and the existing world order. The last time that this confluence occurred was between 1930 and 1945. This realization sent Dalio on a search for the repeating patterns and cause/effect relationships underlying all major changes in wealth and power over the last 500 years.

In this remarkable and timely addition to his Principles series, Dalio brings readers along for his study of the major empires—including the Dutch, the British, and the American—putting into perspective the “Big Cycle� that has driven the successes and failures of all the world’s major countries throughout history. He reveals the timeless and universal forces behind these shifts and uses them to look into the future, offering practical principles for positioning oneself for what’s ahead.]]> 576 Ray Dalio 1982160276 Nouran 0 to-read 4.26 2021 Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard]]> 60018587 "The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter--and everyone around you wiser." --Adam Grant

Two-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team, Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion

When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to Australia. At the time, he did not speak English, and, unsurprisingly, struggled at school. But, then, in fifth grade, something happened to change his life: he discovered competitive debate. Immediately, he was hooked. It turned out, perhaps counterintuitively, that debating was the perfect activity for someone shy and unsure of himself. It became a way for Bo not only to find his voice, but to excel socially and academically. And he's not the only one. Far from it: presidents, Supreme Court justices, and CEOs are all disproportionally debaters. This is hardly a coincidence. By tracing his own journey from immigrant kid to world champion, Seo shows how the skills of debating--information gathering, truth finding, lucidity, organization, and persuasion--are often the cornerstone of successful careers and happy lives.

Drawing insights from its strategies, structure, and history, Seo teaches readers the skills of competitive debate, and in doing so shows how they can improve their communication with friends, family, and colleagues alike. He takes readers on a thrilling intellectual adventure into the eccentric and brilliant subculture of competitive debate, touching on everything from the radical politics of Malcom X to Artificial Intelligence. Seo proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that, far from being a source of conflict, good-faith debate can enrich our daily lives. Indeed, these good arguments are essential to a flourishing democracy, and are more important than ever at time when bad faith is all around, and our democracy seems so imperiled.]]> 352 Bo Seo 0593299515 Nouran 0 to-read 3.62 Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World]]> 31423133

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better.

Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments.]]> 2 William H. McRaven Nouran 0 to-read 3.99 2017 Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
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]]> <![CDATA[Corporate Intelligence: How to Survive and Rise in the Modern Corporation]]> 44153485 158 Mark Powell Nouran 0 to-read 4.00 Corporate Intelligence: How to Survive and Rise in the Modern Corporation
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]]> أنا قادم أيها الضوء 63943207 «وجدتني لا أكتب يوميات مريض، بل أكتب أحداثًا ومشاعر، ما جربته وما تعلمته، سيرة ذاتية لي ولجيلي أيضًا.
ودونما أشعر عبرت كتابتي من الخاص إلى العام، وهكذا تنقلت بين شرح علمي إلى أخبار التطورات السياسية، ومن تفنيد خرافات حول ما يسمى بـ «الطب البديل» إلى متابعة وفاة الملكة إليزابيث، أتأمل في الموت والحياة.
لو تحققت نجاتي بمعجزة ما، فسأسعى نحو ذلك الضوء الذي زادت خبرتي به وتقديري له في أيام مرضي، وسأمنح ما أستطيع عرفانًا لكوني محظوظًا بزوجة مضيئة، وبأبٍ وأمٍّ مضيئيْن، وبالكثير من الأصدقاء الذين يطمئنني نورهم لحقيقة الخير في الدنيا.
ولو وافاني القدر بالوقت الذي قدره الأطباء، أرجو أن يكون ما بعد نفقي نورًا وهدوءًا، وأن يمرَّ عبر هذا الكتاب بعض الضوء إلى من يقرأ».]]> 315 محمد أبو الغيط Nouran 5 4.68 2022 أنا قادم أيها الضوء
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]]> <![CDATA[أثقل من رضوى: مقاطع من سيرة ذاتية]]> 18295750
تمزج رضوى عاشور في هذه المقاطع من سيرتها الذاتية بين مشاهد من الثورة وتجربتها في مواجهة المرض طوال السنوات الثلاث الأخيرة، تربطها بسنوات سابقة وأسبق. تحكي عن الجامعة والتحرير والشهداء. تحكي عن نفسها، وتتأمل فعل الكتابة.]]> 393 Radwa Ashour 9770932639 Nouran 0 to-read 3.93 2013 أثقل من رضوى: مقاطع من سيرة ذاتية
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]]> لا أحد يرثي لقطط المدينة 37924754 160 محمد الحاج 6144720081 Nouran 0 to-read 3.32 لا أحد يرثي لقطط المدينة
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Laughter and Forgetting]]> 240976 The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970's. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than just its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed and experienced.]]> 313 Milan Kundera 0060932147 Nouran 0 to-read 4.01 1979 The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany]]> 767171 No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates, the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army orders, private letters—all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world.

The famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this massive documentation. The result is a monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind.

This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work.

The accounts of how the United States got involved and how Hitler used Mussolini and Japan are astonishing, and the coverage of the war-from Germany's early successes to her eventual defeat-is must reading

]]> 1147 William L. Shirer 0671728687 Nouran 0 to-read 4.20 1960 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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]]> <![CDATA[Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't]]> 76865
The Challenge
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning.

But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study
For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

The Standards
Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.

The Comparisons
The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good?

The Findings
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:
Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.

The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.

A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology.

The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.]]> 300 Jim Collins 0066620996 Nouran 2 4.12 2001 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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The book provides interesting business examples, but it gets to a point where explanation is repetitive and mundane. The format would have been better as bulleted and more concise, rather than the narrative format, as chapters melded together.
]]> ليالي ألف ليلة 61238484 310 Naguib Mahfouz 9770915009 Nouran 5 4.50 1979 ليالي ألف ليلة
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]]> Rich Dad, Poor Dad 69571 195 Robert T. Kiyosaki 0751532711 Nouran 0 to-read 4.10 1997 Rich Dad, Poor Dad
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]]> <![CDATA[Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life...]]> 4894
Two are mice named Sniff and Scurry. And two are "Littlepeople" � beings the size of mice who look and act a lot like people. Their names are Hem and Haw.

"Cheese" is a metaphor for what you want to have in life � whether it's a good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind.

And the "Maze" is where you look for what you want � the organisation you work in or the family or community you live in.

In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change. Eventually, one of them deals with it successfully, and writes what he has learned from his experience on the Maze walls.

When you come to see "The Handwriting on the Wall," you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, so that you can enjoy less stress and more success (however you define it) in your work and in your life.

Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.]]> 98 Spencer Johnson 0091883768 Nouran 0 to-read 3.88 1999 Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life...
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]]> Culture and Imperialism 22135 Culture and Imperialism, by Edward Said, is a collection of thematically related essays that trace the connection between imperialism and culture throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.]]> 402 Edward W. Said 0679750541 Nouran 0 to-read 4.19 1993 Culture and Imperialism
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]]> <![CDATA[In Quest of Justice: Islamic Law and Forensic Medicine in Modern Egypt]]> 39318395 392 Khaled Fahmy 0520279034 Nouran 0 to-read 4.50 2022 In Quest of Justice: Islamic Law and Forensic Medicine in Modern Egypt
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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 Nouran 0 to-read 4.19 2008 Outliers: The Story of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon]]> 53138083 Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives.

Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999. In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world has ever known. With twenty-seven years of Amazon experience between them, much of it in the early aughts—a period of unmatched innovation that brought products and services including Kindle, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, and Amazon Web Services to life—Bryar and Carr offer unprecedented access to the Amazon way as it was refined, articulated, and proven to be repeatable, scalable, and adaptable.

With keen analysis and practical steps for applying it at your own company—no matter the size—the authors illuminate how Amazon’s fourteen leadership principles inform decision-making at all levels and reveal how the company’s culture has been defined by four characteristics: customer obsession, long-term thinking, eagerness to invent, and operational excellence. Bryar and Carr explain the set of ground-level practices that ensure these are translated into action and flow through all aspects of the business.

Working Backwards is a practical guidebook and a corporate narrative, filled with the authors� in-the-room recollections of what “Being Amazonian� is like and how it has affected their personal and professional lives. They demonstrate that success on Amazon’s scale is not achieved by the genius of any single leader, but rather through commitment to and execution of a set of well-defined, rigorously-executed principles and practices—shared here for the very first time.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
]]> 304 Colin Bryar 1250267595 Nouran 5 4.16 2021 Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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]]> أفراح القبة 59110613 170 Naguib Mahfouz Nouran 4 4.06 1981 أفراح القبة
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]]> <![CDATA[The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure]]> 36556202
First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and what doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths are incompatible with basic psychological principles, as well as ancient wisdom from many cultures. They interfere with healthy development. Anyone who embraces these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—is less likely to become an autonomous adult able to navigate the bumpy road of life.

Lukianoff and Haidt investigate the many social trends that have intersected to produce these untruths. They situate the conflicts on campus in the context of America’s rapidly rising political polarization, including a rise in hate crimes and off-campus provocation. They explore changes in childhood including the rise of fearful parenting, the decline of unsupervised play, and the new world of social media that has engulfed teenagers in the last decade.

This is a book for anyone who is confused by what is happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live, work, and cooperate across party lines.]]> 352 Jonathan Haidt 0735224900 Nouran 0 to-read 4.23 2018 The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
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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 Nouran 0 to-read 4.12 2008 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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]]> <![CDATA[The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon]]> 17660462 The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.

Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators--Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg--Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing.

The Everything Store will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.]]> 384 Brad Stone 0316219266 Nouran 5
The book got me to admire Jeff Bezos� relentlessness and brains but also hate his guts at the same time. It recounts the story of how Amazon was founded, the obstacles it faced along the years and how it grew to become the website/marketplace/retailer/tech-company we know today.

10/10 would recommend to anyone who wants to thrive in the market - from business owners to employees - by just grasping the work ethics and mastermind that drove Bezos and the Jeff Bots throughout the decades (although I reprimand the harshness of their morals which sort of stand till today in Amazon the workplace).]]> 4.12 2013 The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
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Interesting interesting read!

The book got me to admire Jeff Bezos� relentlessness and brains but also hate his guts at the same time. It recounts the story of how Amazon was founded, the obstacles it faced along the years and how it grew to become the website/marketplace/retailer/tech-company we know today.

10/10 would recommend to anyone who wants to thrive in the market - from business owners to employees - by just grasping the work ethics and mastermind that drove Bezos and the Jeff Bots throughout the decades (although I reprimand the harshness of their morals which sort of stand till today in Amazon the workplace).
]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator]]> 73127 - Business owners will learn how to dramatically improve profits.
- Managers will learn how to become dynamic leaders.
- Parents will discover how to shape their child's future.
- Salespeople will learn how to build-and protect-their bottom line.
- All readers will find how to develop power and control over their ability to get what they want-in all areas of their lives.]]> 319 Roger Dawson 1564144984 Nouran 0 to-read 4.03 1988 Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator
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]]> <![CDATA[غرفة 304: كيف اختبأت من أبي العزيز 35 عاماً]]> 43695125
وأنا أيضًّا، كلما كبرت تعلمت أن أخفي أصدقائي «المقلقين» عن أبي وأمي، وأن أخفي أنا وأصدقائي عن الآخرين أشياء كثيرة.

عندما أخذني أبي إلى الغرفة وأغلق الباب، وقرر أنه قد حان الوقت لنتكلم وحدنا، لنخفي بعض الأشياء ما بيننا عن الآخرين، لنكن أصدقاء، لم يكن يعلم أني أخفيت عنه أنني قرأت في ذلك الكتاب، الذي أخفاە عنا في الأرفف العالية، أن على الآباء أن يكونوا أصدقاء لأولادهم، لكي يعرفوا ما يخفي الأولاد ما بينهم وبين أصدقائهم.

يخفي الكبار مؤامراتهم ليشكلوا بها الأبناء، ويخفي الأبناء مؤامراتهم ليكونوا أبناء تلك المؤامرات الأخرى.

الأصدقاء آباء جدد، الآباء أصدقاء قدامى.]]> 111 Amr Ezzat عمرو عزت 9770935441 Nouran 0 to-read 3.65 2019 غرفة 304: كيف اختبأت من أبي العزيز 35 عاماً
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]]> <![CDATA[Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions]]> 25666050 A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.]]> 368 Brian Christian 1627790365 Nouran 0 to-read 4.12 2016 Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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]]> كيف وصل إلينا هذا الدين 43702769 و كان الغرض من هذه المجموعة من الأفكار و المقالات هو تقديم رؤية علمية متماسكة للدين في جميع قضاياه. و لكي يصح الكلام لا بد من بيان المنهج الذي سلكه علماء الأمة, الذي يمثل هذا الكتاب أول أجزائها. و هو موضوع (النقل).
في هذا الكتاب يشرح لنا المؤلف في أسلوب أدبي مناهج التوثق عند علماء المسلمين,سواء من المحدثين أو من الفقهاء, ليبين كيف كانوا يتوثقون من الروايات, و ما موقفهم من معارضتها للعقل أو للمعارف الثابتة,فينتقل بك عبر المقالات في شرح الاحتمالات التي تؤثر سلباً على عملية النقل, و بيان مناهجهم المختلفةالتي استخدموها لمعالجة هذه الاحتمالات في لغة أدبية لم ثؤثر على المحتوى العلمي للطرح.]]> 112 علاء عبد الحميد Nouran 0 3.97 2019 كيف وصل إلينا هذا الدين
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]]> <![CDATA[Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World]]> 25744928 One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way.

In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill.

A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.]]> 296 Cal Newport 1455586692 Nouran 5 4.16 2016 Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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]]> أم ميمي 56566409 بعد أن بدأت ذات العباءة في التمايل من باب التسخين على الترابيزة التي ثبت متانتها، أضاء أبو سامية أنوار الصالة وبدأ في التصفيق فتبعناه دون حماس في البداية، لكننا سرعان ما تحمسنا، حين اكتشفنا أنها لا ترتدي العباءة لكونها من أقارب سامية الراغبين في المجاملة، بل كانت على وشك تقديم وصلة رقص استربتيز، حيث بدأت بفك أزرار العباءة على مهل، وانتهت بعد فترة من الزمان مرت كأنها ثواني، بالشروع في خلع ورقة التوت الكلوتّي التي كانت آخر ما ترتديه، لولا أن أوقفتها صرخة العريس الذي أمرها بالتوقف عن ذلك، لأن لكل شيئ حدوداً كما قال.]]> 224 بلال فضل Belal Fadl 9933655523 Nouran 0 to-read 3.41 2021 أم ميمي
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]]> <![CDATA[Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy]]> 32938155
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “I was in ‘the void,’� she writes, “a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.� Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.
Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy.
Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. “I want Dave,� she cried. Her friend replied, “Option A is not available,� and then promised to help her make the most of Option B.
We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.]]> 240 Sheryl Sandberg 0753548283 Nouran 0 to-read 3.81 2017 Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
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]]> <![CDATA[Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know]]> 55539565 Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity, but constantly willing to rethink their stances and that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams.

New evidence shows us that as a mindset and a skilllset, rethinking can be taught and Grant explains how to develop the necessary qualities to do it. Section 1 explores why we struggle to think again and how we can learn to do it as individuals, arguing that 'grit' alone can actually be counterproductive. Section 2 discusses how we can help others think again through learning about 'argument literacy'. And the final section 3 looks at how schools, businesses and governments fall short in building cultures that encourage rethinking.

In the end, learning to rethink may be the secret skill to give you the edge in a world changing faster than ever.]]> 307 Adam M. Grant 1984878107 Nouran 0 to-read 4.12 2021 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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]]> في ممر الفئران 30612235
كتب د. أحمد خالد توفيق من قبل عن عالم كابوسي، يمتزج فيه معنى الظلام بمعاني الجهل والقهر والتخبط. ولكنه اليوم يقدم لنا رواية ديستوبية مثيرة عن عالم لم يعد النور فيه من حقوق الإنسان الطبيعية، وحيث يتخبط الناس مكفوفين في ممر الفئران، وهم يجهلون أن هناك نورًا خلقه الله، وأنه كان للجميع قبل أن تحتكره فئة محظوظة. ربما كان الخلاص ممكنًا، ولربما هو أمل زائف. سنعرف عندما نعرف...]]> 384 أحمد خالد توفيق 9776467555 Nouran 3 3.81 2016 في ممر الفئران
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]]> And the Mountains Echoed 16115612 404 Khaled Hosseini 159463176X Nouran 3 4.06 2012 And the Mountains Echoed
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]]> <![CDATA[طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد]]> 6740340 عبد الرحمن الكواكبي (1848 ـ 1902) مفكر ومصلح ولد في حلب، بدأ حياته بالعمل في الصحافة داعيًا للإصلاح والقومية العربية، فتعرض لكثير من المتاعب من قِبَل الدولة العثمانية، فسجن عدة مرات، وعاش شريدًا يطوف العالم العربي داعيا إلى الحرية السياسية، والعدالة الاجتماعية، وتجديد الدين. له كتابان مشهوران يعتبر «طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد» أهمهما.
ومن أقواله المأثورة في هذا الكتاب:
ـ لقد تمحص عندي أن أصل الداء هو: الاستبداد السياسي.. ودواؤه هو: الشورى الدستورية.
ـ من أقبح أنواع الاستبداد: استبداد الجهل على العلم.. واستبداد النفس على العقل!
ـ خلق الله الإنسان حرّا، قائده العقل.. فكفر.. وأبى إلا أن يكون عبدًا، قائده الجهل!!
ـ إن المستبد فرد عاجز، لا حول له ولا قوة إلا بأعوانه أعداء العدل وأنصار الجور.
ـ تراكم الثروات المفرطة، مولد للاستبداد، ومضر بأخلاق الأفراد.
ـ الاستبداد أصل لكل فساد!]]> 141 Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi 9770920479 Nouran 3 4.25 1902 طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد
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كتاب غني لغويًا بوصفه وتعابيره. لا يقدم الجديد فكريًا نظرًا لقراءتي له بعد أكثر من ١٠٠ من إصداره، مما يجعل الأفكار النابغة حينها، مكررة الآن.
]]> ‫دنيَ� الله� (Arabic Edition) 37514198 201 Naguib Mahfouz Nouran 0 to-read 3.94 1962 ‫دنيَا الله‬ (Arabic Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty]]> 10245602 Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these questions from the ground. In a book the Wall Street Journal called “marvelous, rewarding,� the authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed—not fight—poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world’s poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.]]> 320 Abhijit V. Banerjee 1586487981 Nouran 0 to-read 4.29 2011 Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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]]> The One Minute Manager 763362 The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees.

The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.]]> 111 Kenneth H. Blanchard 0688014291 Nouran 0 3.97 1981 The One Minute Manager
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business]]> 12609433
Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern—and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year.

An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees—how they approach worker safety—and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones.

What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives.

They succeeded by transforming habits.

In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

Along the way we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation’s largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death.

At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.

Habits aren’t destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.]]> 375 Charles Duhigg 1400069289 Nouran 0 4.13 2012 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship]]> 18176747
In The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, draws on his own story of founding, running, selling, buying, managing, and investing in technology companies to offer essential advice and practical wisdom for navigating the toughest problems business schools don't cover. His blog has garnered a devoted following of millions of readers who have come to rely on him to help them run their businesses. A lifelong rap fan, Horowitz amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favorite songs and tells it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, from cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in.

His advice is grounded in anecdotes from his own hard-earned rise—from cofounding the early cloud service provider Loudcloud to building the phenomenally successful Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm, both with fellow tech superstar Marc Andreessen (inventor of Mosaic, the Internet's first popular Web browser). This is no polished victory lap; he analyzes issues with no easy answers through his trials, including demoting (or firing) a loyal friend;
whether you should incorporate titles and promotions, and how to handle them;
if it's OK to hire people from your friend's company; how to manage your own psychology, while the whole company is relying on you; what to do when smart people are bad employees; why Andreessen Horowitz prefers founder CEOs, and how to become one; whether you should sell your company, and how to do it.

Filled with Horowitz's trademark humor and straight talk, and drawing from his personal and often humbling experiences, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures.]]> 304 Ben Horowitz 0062273205 Nouran 0 to-read 4.20 2014 The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
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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 Nouran 0 to-read 4.17 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> <![CDATA[Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles]]> 16112413 142 Yasmin Mogahed 0985751207 Nouran 0 4.46 2012 Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles
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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 Nouran 0 to-read 4.01 2002 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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]]> <![CDATA[العلمانية الجزئية والعلمانية الشاملة: النظرية]]> 5982240
تحاول هذه الدراسة أن تزيل بعض الغموض المحيط بمصطلح "العلمانية" الذي أصبح واحدًا من أهم المصطلحات في الخطاب التحليلي، وأن تصل إلى تعريف مركب له يتسم بمقدرة تفسيرية عالية.

إذ يفرّق المؤلف بين ما يسميه "العلمانية الجزئية" (فصل الدين عن الدولة مع التزام الصمت بخصوص القضايا النهائية) وبين "العلمانية الشاملة" (فصل القيم الإنسانية والأخلاقية والدينية عن الحياة في جانبيها العام والخاص، ونزع القداسة عن الإنسان والطبيعة بحيث يتحول العالم بأسره إلى مادة استعمالية يوظفها الأقوى لحسابه).ـ]]> 344 عبد الوهاب المسيري 9770908320 Nouran 0 to-read 4.18 2002 العلمانية الجزئية والعلمانية الشاملة: النظرية
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom]]> 6596 The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.]]> 152 Miguel Ruiz 1878424505 Nouran 1 4.20 1997 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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]]> حديث الصباح والمساء 3495882 240 Naguib Mahfouz 9770915912 Nouran 3 3.75 1987 حديث الصباح والمساء
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شخصيات وسرد ممتع كعادة روايات وقصص نجيب محفوظ. لكن لل67 شخصية في هذا الكتاب خطوط زمنية مختلفة ومتفاوتة من قبل الحملة الفرنسية لبعد مقتل السادات، مما يصعب على القارىء المتابعة ووصل شجرة عائلة الشخصيات المديدة ببعض.
]]> <![CDATA[Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams]]> 34466963 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781501144318.

Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better night's sleep every night.]]> 368 Matthew Walker Nouran 5 4.37 2017 Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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average rating: 4.37
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This book took me longer than expected to read, mainly because I kept on sleeping mid-page every time (but that just proves that the book’s goal has worked!
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The Success Secrets of the Ancients�
An Assured Road to Happiness and Prosperity

Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,� hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money—and making more.

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MORE THAN TWO MILLION BOOKS SOLD]]> 194 George S. Clason 0451205367 Nouran 0 to-read 4.25 1926 The Richest Man in Babylon
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average rating: 4.25
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