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Jane's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:27:49 -0800 60 Jane's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Nh?n t? Enzyme: Ph??ng th?c s?ng lành m?nh]]> 35506630
Trong cu?n sách này, Hiromi Shinya s? gi?i thi?u v?i các b?n v? ph??ng pháp s?ng l?u và kh?e m?nh mà ?ng ?? dày c?ng nghiên c?u cùng v?i s? tr? giúp c?a ??ng ??o các b?nh nh?n c?a ?ng.

V?y, làm th? nào ?? có th? s?ng l?u và kh?e m?nh? N?u nói ng?n g?n trong m?t c?u th?i thì ?ó là s?ng mà kh?ng tiêu t?n h?t “enzyme di?u k?”.

Có l? s? có nhi?u ng??i th?c m?c v? c?m t? “enzyme di?u k?”. Nói m?t cách ??n gi?n, “enzyme di?u k?” là enzyme nguyên m?u c?a h?n 5.000 lo?i enzyme trong c? th?, ??m nhi?m các ho?t ??ng duy trì s? s?ng c?a con ng??i. Các ezyme c?n thi?t này hình thành ngay trong t? bào c?a c? th? s?ng và chúng ta còn có th? t? t?ng h?p enzyme qua các b?a ?n hàng ngày.

V?y ?i?u khi?n chúng ta tiêu t?n enzyme di?u k?, làm th? nào ?? ?? b? sung enzyme di?u k? h?y cùng tìm hi?u trong cu?n sách Nh?n t? Ezyme này nhé.]]> 223 Hiromi Shinya 6047728154 Jane 4 4.10 2007 Nh?n t? Enzyme: Ph??ng th?c s?ng lành m?nh

Nh?n t? Enzyme: Ph??ng th?c s?ng lành m?nh

author: Hiromi Shinya
name: Jane
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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Cu?n sách ??a ra ???c m?t s? l?i khuyên v? ‘ph??ng th?c s?ng lành m?nh’ d?a trên kinh nghi?m c?a tác gi? trong quá trình khám ch?a cho các b?nh nh?n c?a mình. ??c xong cu?n sách này có thêm ??ng l?c ?n u?ng sinh ho?t ?i?u ?? h?n, bi?t thêm m?t s? ki?n th?c ?? ?i?u ch?nh ch? ?? dinh d??ng hàng ngày, ví d? nh? gi?m kh?u ph?n th?t, t?ng ph?n rau (t? l? 85% rau - 15% th?t), n?u v?n ?n th?t thì nên ?n ??ng v?t có th?n nhi?t th?p h?n th?n nhi?t con ng??i (ví d? nh? cá), kh?ng nên u?ng s?a bò, ?n s?a chua th?c ra ko có tác d?ng h? tr? tiêu hoá, u?ng trà xanh nhi?u có nhi?u tác h?i bên c?nh l?i ích ch?ng oxy hoá - ch?ng l?o hoá nh? tr??c gi? m?i ng??i v?n nói,... Kh?ng có quá nhi?u ki?n th?c m?i nh?ng tác gi? có ??a ra m?t s? quan ?i?m mình c?ng ??ng ? vì ?? t?ng th?y ?úng v?i c? th? c?a b?n th?n nên m?c dù kh?ng có nhi?u c? s? khoa h?c ???c th?a nh?n m?t cách chính th?c, ch? y?u d?a vào kinh nghi?m nh?ng mình ??c theo d?ng ‘l?ng nghe và ti?p thu’ ch? kh?ng c?m th?y v? l?. Tuy nhiên tác gi? vi?t h?i lo?ng ngo?ng và nhi?u ?o?n b? l?p ?, có nh?ng ?o?n l?i kh?ng gi?i thích r? làm ng??i ??c kh?ng th? ?ng d?ng ngay. Mình ?ánh giá 3.5 sao nh?ng vì v?n là m?t cu?n các b?n nên ??c nên kéo lên 4.
]]> Allie and Bea 33389838
When fifteen-year-old Allie’s parents are jailed for tax fraud, she’s sent to a group home. But when her life is threatened by another resident, she knows she has to get out. She escapes only to find she has nowhere to go—until fate throws Allie in Bea’s path.

Reluctant to trust each other, much less become friends, the two warily make their way up the Pacific Coast. Yet as their hearts open to friendship and love from the strangers they meet on their journey, they find the courage to forge their own unique family—and begin to see an imperfect world with new eyes.]]> 352 Catherine Ryan Hyde 1477809635 Jane 0 currently-reading 4.35 2017 Allie and Bea

author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> Nh?ng sáng ki?n Ph?n Lan 40040348 454 Ilkka Taipale 6041111279 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.67 2006

author: Ilkka Taipale
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Gen Z @ Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace]]> 30653959 320 David Stillman 0062475444 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.53

Gen Z @ Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace

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]]> <![CDATA[A Dog's Journey (A Dog's Purpose, #2)]]> 13167796 The direct sequel to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling A Dog's Purpose.

Buddy is a good dog.

After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into dangerous mischief, he is certain that this little girl is very much in need of a dog of her own.

When Buddy is reborn, he realizes that he has a new destiny. He's overjoyed when he is adopted by Clarity, now a vibrant but troubled teenager. When they are suddenly separated, Buddy despairs―who will take care of his girl?

A charming and heartwarming story of hope, love, and unending devotion, A Dog's Journey asks the question: Do we really take care of our pets, or do they take care of us? More than just another endearing dog tale, A Dog's Journey is the moving story of unwavering loyalty and a love that crosses all barriers.]]> 336 W. Bruce Cameron 0765330539 Jane 4 4.38 2012 A Dog's Journey (A Dog's Purpose, #2)

author: W. Bruce Cameron
name: Jane
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ng? ?t V?n Kh?e – 5 Ti?ng Là ?? Sao Ph?i Là 8?]]> 40198506
– Ng? bao l?u c?ng kh?ng h?t c?m giác m?t m?i

– Lu?n th?c d?y bu?i sáng trong tr?ng thái u? o?i

– D? b? t?nh gi?c, tr?n tr?c cho t?i n?a ?êm

– Kh?ng ?? th?i gian dành cho gi?c ng?

– Tr?i qua m?i ngày v?i qu? th?i gian eo h?p

Và b?n c?ng nh?n ra ?i?u ?ó, b?n c?ng bi?t nh?ng ng??i thành c?ng ??u ng? ít h?n bình th??ng nh?ng n?ng su?t c?ng vi?c c?a h? v?n lu?n hi?u qu?. B?n c?ng c? g?ng rèn luy?n b?n th?n mình nh?ng có th? vì 2 l? do d??i ??y s? làm b?n b? cu?c:

– Kh?ng th? th?c d?y s?m, dù c? g?ng ??n m?y c?ng kh?ng duy trì ???c

– Bu?n ng? trong su?t c? m?t ngày n?u nh? d?y s?m.

M?c ?? t?t và x?u c?a gi?c ng? kh?ng th? ch? ?o b?ng “th?i gian”.

Ch?t l??ng gi?c ng? = “Th?i gian” x “Ch?t l??ng”.

N?u có th? l?nh h?i “Ph??ng pháp ng? ngon trong 5 ti?ng” ???c gi?i thi?u trong cu?n sách "Ng? ít v?n kh?e", cho dù th?i gian dành cho gi?c ng? c?a b?n có ng?n ?i ch?ng n?a, c?ng s? kh?ng có chuy?n b?n ph?i tr?i qua m?t bu?i sáng kh? s?, kh?ng t?nh táo, m?t m?i v?n còn ch?a bi?n m?t, và làm vi?c kém hi?u qu? do c? ngày trong tr?ng thái bu?n ng?.

“Ph??ng pháp ng? ngon trong 5 ti?ng” c?a cu?n sách này truy?n ??t t?i b?n ??c k? thu?t s? h?u tính h?p l? c? v? y h?c l?n sinh l? h?c ?? tr? thành “ng??i ng? ng?n”.

Ph??ng pháp ng? ngon trong 5 ti?ng t?c là, cho dù b?n ch? ng? trong m?t th?i gian ng?n th?i, c? n?o b? và c? th? v?n có c?m giác tràn ??y sinh khí, ??i m?t và tinh th?n hoàn toàn trong tr?ng thái t?nh táo. Nh? ?ó, m?i ho?t ??ng trong ngày ??u ??t hi?u qu? cao nh?t.

Bên c?nh ?ó, k? thu?t “Th?c d?y lúc 5 gi? sáng” mà tác gi? s? ?? c?p t?i chính là ph??ng pháp c?i thi?n gi?c ng? v? cùng hi?u qu? dành cho nh?ng ng??i th??ng ng? kho?ng 7 ti?ng m?t ngày, giúp h? rút ng?n th?i gian ng? theo ki?n th?c y h?c ?úng ??n và khoa h?c.

Tuy nhiên, kh?ng ph?i ch? ??n gi?n c?t gi?m th?i gian ng? là ???c. ?i?u quan tr?ng là, cho dù ch? ng? ng?n, c? th? v?n kh?e m?nh, kh?ng nh?ng th? còn ng?p tràn n?ng l??ng ?? t?p trung vào nh?ng vi?c khác. M?c ?ích c?a cu?n sách này chính là nh? v?y. Ch? c?n áp d?ng tri?t ?? nh?ng ?i?u ???c ghi trong cu?n sách này, b?n hoàn toàn có th? tr? thành ng??i ng? ng?n.]]> 236 Tsubota Satoru Jane 0 currently-reading 3.70 2016 Ng? ?t V?n Kh?e – 5 Ti?ng Là ?? Sao Ph?i Là 8?

Ng? ?t V?n Kh?e – 5 Ti?ng Là ?? Sao Ph?i Là 8?

author: Tsubota Satoru
name: Jane
average rating: 3.70
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]]> G?n nh? là nhà 45442857
Cu?n sách quy t? các tác gi? làm vi?c trong nhi?u l?nh v?c nh? báo chí, ngo?i giao, giáo d?c, ki?n trúc, marketing t?o nên m?t cái nhìn ?a di?n v? m?t b? ph?n ng??i tr? Vi?t hi?n ??i.]]> 356 Tran Dieu Huyen 6041133299 Jane 4 4.00 G?n nh? là nhà

author: Tran Dieu Huyen
name: Jane
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Mu?n ít ?i h?nh phúc nhi?u h?n]]> 36385139
L?i s?ng t?i gi?n (Danshari) là m?t phong cách s?ng ??n t? Nh?t B?n, kh?ng còn quá m?i m? v?i h?u h?t chúng ta, h??ng t?i s? gi?i thoát kh?i nh?ng ám ?nh v? c? v?t ch?t l?n tinh th?n.

Mu?n ít ?i - H?nh phúc nhi?u h?n ghi l?i nh?ng tr?i nghi?m s?p x?p ?? ??c trong ng?i nhà c?a Michelle - ng??i ph? n? có m?t gia ?ình ??ng ?úc v?i cu?c s?ng th??ng xuyên ph?i d?ch chuy?n. ?? có m?t kh?ng gian tho?i mái, thu?n ti?n mà v?n g?n gàng dù s?ng ? M? hay Nh?t, c? ?? ch?n cách t?i gi?n ?? b?t ??u cu?c “cách m?ng” nhà c?a c?a mình.

Kh?ng c?u k? hay ph?c t?p, nh?ng quy t?c nho nh? c?a Michelle r?t thú v? và h?u ích, ai c?ng có th? áp d?ng vào chính c?n nhà c?a mình. Bên c?nh ?ó, c? còn chia s? nh?ng nguyên t?c gi?n d? ?? có m?t cu?c s?ng ??n gi?n mà v?n th?t tho?i mái, ?? ??y. S? t?i gi?n qua l?ng kính c?a Michelle tr? nên d? hi?u và g?n g?i h?n bao gi? h?t, ai c?ng có th? t? mình tinh gi?n nhà c?a, bu?ng b? ràng bu?c ?? c?m nh?n s? th?nh th?i trong t?m h?n.

Kh?ng ch? ??n thu?n là cu?n sách v? ngh? thu?t s?p ??t, Mu?n ít ?i - h?nh phúc nhi?u h?n gi?ng m?t th??c phim ??p ??, bình th?n ghi l?i t?ng kho?nh kh?c an nhiên trong hành trình bu?ng b?, ??t xu?ng nh?ng ?? ??c v??ng b?n ?? thu v? s? thanh th?n, t? do. B?i “s?p x?p nhà c?a, xét cho cùng, c?ng chính là s?p x?p m?i s? trong lòng”.]]> Michelle, Khánh Huy?n d?ch Jane 4 3.81 Mu?n ít ?i h?nh phúc nhi?u h?n

author: Michelle, Khánh Huy?n d?ch
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Sách ??p, nh? nhàng, ??n gi?n, là ki?u sách mình mu?n mua ?? th?nh tho?ng gi? l?i xem và th?y d? ch?u. Kh?ng có nhi?u s? ph?n tích cao siêu hay nh?ng l?i khuyen hardcore khuyên b?n v?t ?? ??c ra kh?i nhà, cu?n này gi?ng nh? m?t trang blog c?a tác gi? k? v? cu?c s?ng gia ?ình, r?i ??a ra m?t s? ví d? v? cách b?n th?n ch? ??a áp d?ng l?i s?ng t?i gi?n vào vi?c bài trí nhà c?a ra sao.
]]> <![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 Jane 0 to-read 4.20 1997 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

author: Miguel Ruiz
name: Jane
average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself]]> 1963638 The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.

Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, author and spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.

Copublished with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) The Untethered Soul begins by walking you through your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, helping you uncover the source and fluctuations of your inner energy. It then delves into what you can do to free yourself from the habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit your consciousness. Finally, with perfect clarity, this book opens the door to a life lived in the freedom of your innermost being.]]> 183 Michael A. Singer Jane 0 to-read 4.19 2007 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

author: Michael A. Singer
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us]]> 7783191
Πω? μπορε? ?να? αστυνομικ?? να περ?σει τρ?χοντα? μπροστ? απ? μ?α σκην? β?αιη? επ?θεση? χωρ?? να τη δει;

Γιατ? βραβευμ?νε? ταιν?ε? ε?ναι γεμ?τε? λ?θη στο μοντ?ζ;

Τ? κοιν? ?χουν οι εγκληματ?ε? με του? κορυφα?ου? σκακιστ??;

Γιατ? η ιλαρ? και ?λλε? παιδικ?? ασθ?νειε? επιστρ?φουν;

Γιατ? οι οικονομικο? διευθυντ?? μπορο?ν να μ?θουν πολλ? απ? του? μετεωρολ?γου?;

Ο "Α?ρατο? γορ?λλα?" αποκαλ?πτει του? πολυ?ριθμου? τρ?που? με του? οπο?ου? η δια?σθησ? μα? μπορε? να μα? παραπλαν?σει, αλλ? ε?ναι πολ? περισσ?τερα απ? ?να? κατ?λογο? ανθρωπ?νων ελαττωμ?των. Οι Τσ?μπρι? και Σ?ιμον? εξηγο?ν γιατ? υποκ?πτουμε σε αυτ?? τι? καθημεριν?? ψευδαισθ?σει? και τι μπορο?με να κ?νουμε για προστατευτο?με απ? τι? επιδρ?σει? του?. Εντ?λει, το βιβλ?ο προσφ?ρει ?να ε?δο? ?ραση? με ακτ?νε? Χ, διαπερν?ντα? ?τσι το π?πλο των ψευδαισθ?σεων που θολ?νουν τι? σκ?ψει? μα?, και για πρ?τη φορ? ?σω? να σκεφτο?με καθαρ?.]]> 320 Christopher Chabris 0307459659 Jane 0 to-read 3.90 2010 The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

author: Christopher Chabris
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]]> <![CDATA[100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People]]> 10778139
Learn to increase the effectiveness, conversion rates, and usability of your own design projects by finding the answers to questions such as:

What grabs and holds attention on a page or screen?
What makes memories stick?
What is more important, peripheral or central vision?
How can you predict the types of errors that people will make?
What is the limit to someone's social circle?
How do you motivate people to continue on to (the next step?
What line length for text is best?
Are some fonts better than others? These are just a few of the questions that the book answers in its deep-dive exploration of what makes people tick.]]> 242 Susan M. Weinschenk 0321767535 Jane 0 currently-reading 4.09 2011 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Reinventing Organizations: An Illustrated Invitation to Join the Conversation on Next-Stage Organizations]]> 30806310 Reinventing Organizations has resonated with readers all over the world, and they have turned it, one conversation at a time, into a word-of-mouth phenomenon. The book has helped shift the conversation from what's broken with management today to what's possible. It is inspiring thousands of organizations--corporations and nonprofits, schools and hospitals--to adopt radically more powerful, soulful, and purposeful practices.

The book resonates widely, but not everyone has time to devote to a dense 360-page management book. This illustrated version conveys the main ideas of the original book and shares many of its real-life stories in a lively, engaging way. Don't be surprised if you find it hard to put down and end up reading it almost in one sitting. Welcome to the conversation on next-stage organizations!]]> 172 Frederic Laloux 2960133552 Jane 3 4.34 Reinventing Organizations: An Illustrated Invitation to Join the Conversation on Next-Stage Organizations

Reinventing Organizations: An Illustrated Invitation to Join the Conversation on Next-Stage Organizations

author: Frederic Laloux
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]]> <![CDATA[21 Lessons for the 21st Century]]> 38820046 In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?

Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.

In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?

Harari's unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.]]> 372 Yuval Noah Harari 0525512179 Jane 0 currently-reading 4.16 2018

author: Yuval Noah Harari
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]]> Becoming 38746485
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.]]> 426 Michelle Obama 1524763136 Jane 5 4.42 2018

author: Michelle Obama
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]]> Written in the Stars 19772373
'This is THE novel for any girl who has ever wondered "What if"... Irresistible' Adele Parks

Have you ever wondered 'What if…?' What if you'd taken that other job, gone on a date with that sweet guy, moved to a different city? Would an alternative life path have led to a happier ending?

Now imagine if you could have taken both paths…

When Bea Bishop slips while walking down the aisle on her wedding day, she is momentarily knocked unconscious. And in a flash, her world splits and two separate parallel lives take her on two very different journeys. In one, Bea flees back down the aisle and out of the church. In the other, she glides blissfully towards Adam, her intended.

Each path will take her on a very different journey. And each will see her life change for better and for worse. But which story will lead to her happy-ever-after?]]> 465 Ali Harris Jane 0 to-read 3.69 2014 Written in the Stars

author: Ali Harris
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]]> Where'd You Go, Bernadette 13526165
When her daughter Bee claims a family trip to Antarctica as a reward for perfect grades, Bernadette, a fiercely intelligent shut-in, throws herself into preparations for the trip. But worn down by years of trying to live the Seattle life she never wanted, Ms. Fox is on the brink of a meltdown. And after a school fundraiser goes disastrously awry at her hands, she disappears, leaving her family to pick up the pieces--which is exactly what Bee does, weaving together an elaborate web of emails, invoices, and school memos that reveals a secret past Bernadette has been hiding for decades. Where'd You Go Bernadette is an ingenious and unabashedly entertaining novel about a family coming to terms with who they are and the power of a daughter's love for her mother.]]> 330 Maria Semple 0316204277 Jane 0 to-read 3.87 2012 Where'd You Go, Bernadette

author: Maria Semple
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]]> Ngày Mai V?n Là Tu?i Tr? 41184491
Nh?ng ngày mà ?? th? áp l?c d?n lên ??u b?n, tình c?m, c?ng vi?c, h?c hành, thi c?, gia ?ình... B?n s? c?m th?y ch?ng có ai hi?u mình trên th? gian này. C? ??c và m?t nhoài. C?ng ch?ng có tinh th?n ?? làm b?t c? vi?c gì, m?i vi?c c? trì tr?, b?t l?c ??n m?c hít th? th?i c?ng r?t c?c nh?c.

Nh?ng ngày b?n c?n ???c s?ng nhi?u h?n là vòng l?p di?n ra hàng ngày. Th?c d?y, làm vi?c, h?c t?p, ?n r?i l?i ng?, loanh quanh ch? có th?, v?y là m?t ngày tr?i qua. Ch?ng có chút vui s?ng, h?ng kh?i gì

Nh?ng ngày ?ó b?n c?n ph?i ??t ch?n ??n n?i ??u ?ó th?t xa, hít th? kh?ng khí trong lành, làm m?i m? b?n th?n và v??t ra kh?i gi?i h?n c?a chính mình.

Ngày Mai V?n Là Tu?i Tr? ???c vi?t trong nh?ng ngày nh? th?. Nh?ng ngày b?n c?n tìm l?i m?t ngu?n c?m h?ng, m?t l? do, m?t ??ng l?c ?? s?ng và n? l?c h?n.

Con ng??i hay máy móc c?ng gi?ng nhau c? mà th?i. Kh?ng có gì có th? ho?t ??ng m?i mà kh?ng c?n b?o d??ng. Và th? ?? nu?i d??ng c?m h?ng, ??ng l?c c?a con ng??i, chính là nh?ng chuy?n ?i.

?i th?t xa ?? tr? v?, ?? nhìn nh?n l?i nh?ng ?i?u ?? qua, ?? ti?p t?c c? g?ng cho nh?ng th? s?p ??n. Cu?c ??i s? ch?ng còn gì ? ngh?a khi b?n ch? su?t ngày ng?i m?t ch?, s?ng m?t cu?c ??i ??y an toàn và khép kín.

M? r?ng lòng và b??c ra bên ngoài, g?p g?, tr?i nghi?m nh?ng ?i?u m?i m? bên c?nh m?t ng??i b?n ??ng hành và mình yêu m?n, ch?c ch?n s? là cách tuy?t v?i nh?t ?? b?n c?m th?y cu?c ??i thêm ? ngh?a và b?n th?n ?ang ?úng h??ng ?i.

Dù có ra sao "Ngày mai v?n là tu?i tr?". Kh?ng bao gi? là mu?n ?? b?t ??u. Ch? c?n chúng ta ?? d?ng c?m ?? ?i và ?i ?úng cách. Ch?c ch?n cu?c s?ng s? thú v? h?n nhi?u.

Và n?u, b?n ?ang th?c m?c cách ?? ?i ?úng, ?i vui và ? ngh?a thì Ngày Mai V?n Là Tu?i Tr? s? giúp b?n tr?n v?n h?n trong hành trình c?a mình!]]> 296 ?c Sên Gió Jane 4 4.17

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]]> <![CDATA[The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism]]> 27310516 240 Arun Sundararajan 0262034573 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.58

The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism

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]]> The Refugees 30358505 209 Viet Thanh Nguyen 0802126391 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.87 2017

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]]> <![CDATA[Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It]]> 19661852 ?
“A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the ?New York Times ?bestseller? Guitar Zero
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At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered.
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Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day.?
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This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.]]> 326 Gabriel Wyner Jane 5 4.07 2014 Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

author: Gabriel Wyner
name: Jane
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Boya Chinese: Elementary 2 (2nd Ed.) (w/MP3)]]> 29858764 304 Li Xiao Qi 7301215398 Jane 4 4.25

Boya Chinese: Elementary 2 (2nd Ed.) (w/MP3)

author: Li Xiao Qi
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]]> <![CDATA[Boya Chinese: Elementary 1 (2nd Ed.) (w/MP3)]]> 25330690 434 Li Xiaoqi Jane 4 4.20 2013

Boya Chinese: Elementary 1 (2nd Ed.) (w/MP3)

author: Li Xiaoqi
name: Jane
average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Sejong Korean 1 (Korean edition)]]> 35483552 This book presents interesting and systematic learning contents to improve the communication skills of Korean learners and cultural contents that enable them to experience a wide range of Korean culture. It is composed of practical tasks considering local Korean learners situation at home and abroad. It also contains a variety of content for balanced learning of communication activities and language elements to improve fluency and accuracy evenly. In order to understand the Korean society and culture properly from the viewpoint of cultural mutualism, it is necessary to provide practical materials and cultural information So that cultural learning can be done in both directions. It is a great advantage to be able to learn Korean language through lectures translated into various languages in connection with Nuri-Sejong Haengdang learning program.

Sejong Korean 1 consists of 12 units, 4 cultural units, and preliminary units. The vocabulary includes about 15 to 25 words per unit, and the total number of vocabulary in the textbook is 268. Vocabulary was selected on the basis of frequency and difficulty related to the subject and communication activity of the unit. In addition, the culture unit was designed so that it could be treated lightly in about 10 minutes in related unit sharing the topic or in separate unit in conjunction with Nuri - Sejong Institute.]]> 186 8996994707 Jane 4 4.10 Sejong Korean 1 (Korean edition)

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]]> Educated 35133922
Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent.

Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.]]> 352 Tara Westover 0399590501 Jane 5 4.46 2018 Educated

author: Tara Westover
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Speak Any Language Fluently: Fun, stimulating and effective methods to help anyone learn languages faster]]> 40105619 216 Alex Rawlings 1472138570 Jane 4 4.10 2017

How to Speak Any Language Fluently: Fun, stimulating and effective methods to help anyone learn languages faster

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average rating: 4.10
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Chìa khóa ?? tr? thành ng??i ?a ng?n ng?]]> 39711408
?i theo trình t? th?ng th??ng c?a m?t ng??i b?t ??u h?c ngo?i ng? “Chìa Khóa ?? Tr? Thành Ng??i ?a Ng?n Ng?” s? d?n ??c gi? qua các giai ?o?n: B?t ??u – N?ng cao – Duy trì. T??ng ?ng v?i m?i giai ?o?n là nh?ng k? n?ng b?n c?n ?? có th? chinh ph?c ng?n ng? m?i. Xuyên su?t cu?n sách, tác gi? lu?n nh?c nh? b?n ch?m ch? th?c hành b?i l? thuy?t dù hay, ??c ?áo ??n ??u mà kh?ng bi?n thành hành ??ng thì b?n s? khó n?ng cao ???c trình ?? c?a mình.

58 bí quy?t ???c chia s? trong cu?n sách là c?a m?t “c?ng d?n toàn c?u” thành th?o 5 th? ti?ng, t?ng sinh s?ng t?i 7 qu?c gia ? 4 ch?u l?c trên th? gi?i – H? Thu H??ng. Sau m?i bí quy?t s? là ph?n bài t?p kèm theo m? QR k?t n?i v?i c?ng ?a ng?n ng?, n?i b?n có th? giao l?u và trao ??i cùng tác gi? c?ng nh? các ??c gi? khác. Ph?n ph? l?c s? cung c?p ngu?n tài li?u phong phú ?? b?n l?a ch?n trau d?i các k? n?ng c?a mình trong t?ng ng?n ng?. ??ng th?i chia s? c?a các chuyên gia n??c ngoài, là nh?ng ng??i thành th?o nhi?u ng?n ng? và t?ng sinh s?ng t?i nhi?u qu?c gia s? cho b?n góc nhìn ?a chi?u trong vi?c h?c ngo?i ng?.

H? Thu H??ng là ??ng sáng l?p “H? Chi?u Xanh ?i quanh th? gi?i”, m?t c?ng ??ng h? tr? các b?n tr? Vi?t v??n mình ra th? gi?i. Ngoài ra, c? còn là ??ng tác gi? c?a các d? án sách b?ng ti?ng Anh: “Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America” xu?t b?n ? Colombia, và “A Mile In Our Shoes: Personal Stories of Global Journeys” xu?t b?n ? ?an M?ch.]]> 284 H? Thu H??ng 604774043X Jane 3 3.72 Chìa khóa ?? tr? thành ng??i ?a ng?n ng?

Chìa khóa ?? tr? thành ng??i ?a ng?n ng?

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Cu?n sách gi?i thi?u nhi?u th?ng tin b? ích cho ng??i mu?n h?c ngo?i ng?, t? các ph??ng pháp h?c t?i nh?ng kênh th?ng tin các ??c gi? có th? tìm ??n n?u mu?n n?ng cao kh? n?ng ngo?i ng?. Cá nh?n mình ch?a th?c s? thích cách vi?t và trình bày c?a cu?n sách, cách chia v?n ?? h?i v?n nên kh?ng th?c s? l?i cu?n ng??i ??c. Tuy nhiên ??y v?n là m?t cu?n sách nên ??c ??i v?i các b?n mu?n h?c ngo?i ng?, ??c bi?t b? ích ??i v?i các b?n sinh viên ??i h?c.
]]> Braving the Wilderness 34565022 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives--experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, "True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts." Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, "The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand."]]> 197 Brené Brown 0812995848 Jane 0 currently-reading 4.11 2017 Braving the Wilderness

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]]> The Year I Met You 23002501
Jasmine know two things: one, she loves her vulnerable sister unconditionally, and will fight to the death to protect her from anyone who upsets her. Two, she's only ever been good at one thing – her job helping business start-ups.

So when she’s sacked and put on gardening leave, Jasmine realises that she has nothing else to fill her life. Insomnia keeps her staring out of her bedroom window, and she finds herself watching the antics of her neighbour, shock jock Matt, with more than a casual eye. Matt is also taking a forced leave of absence from work, after one of his controversial chat shows went too far…

Jasmine has every reason to dislike Matt, and the feeling appears to be mutual. But not everything is as it seems, and soon Jasmine and Matt are forced to think again…]]> 432 Cecelia Ahern 000750179X Jane 5 3.61 2014 The Year I Met You

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average rating: 3.61
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Warm and moving, yet very ‘real’ and wise novel of Cecelia Ahern, and beautifully written, as always. This one was a good read for me, maybe because I could somehow really feel Jasmine, the way she thinks about life, about asking for help, about work, goals, family and relationships in life. Highly recommend this book for those who is having a hard time, feeling lost, not useful, not knowing where to go in this life or why they need to wake up in the morning.
]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]> 31434883 No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. If she does, she'll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship—and even love—after all.

Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .

the only way to survive is to open your heart.]]> 336 Gail Honeyman 0735220689 Jane 5 4.21 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

author: Gail Honeyman
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]]> <![CDATA[Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living]]> 35099236
The Swedish concept of Lagom (pronounced "lah-gom") roughly translates to "not too little, not too much, just right." This charming book introduces readers to a new way of balanced living that promises happiness and sustainability in work and in life. Lagom provides simple solutions to juggle everyday priorities, reduce stress, eat well, and save money, with lessons on the importance of downtime, being outdoors, and Sweden's coffee break culture. Tips on removing clutter and creating a capsule wardrobe help readers achieve Sweden's famously clean and functional design aesthetic, while advice on going green and growing food gets their hands dirty.

With seemingly endless financial, emotional, and environmental benefits, Lagom presents an accessible and all-encompassing lifestyle that is sure to inspire mindfulness, wellbeing, and contentment.]]> 160 Linnea Dunne 0762463759 Jane 4 3.59 2017 Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living

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average rating: 3.59
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)]]> 7723542
Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog.

But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey's journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders, will he ever find his purpose?

Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh out loud funny, this book is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.]]> 319 W. Bruce Cameron 0765326264 Jane 5 4.34 2010 A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)

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Such a wonderful and heartwarming story that would make you laugh, cry and after all, you will love your four-legged friends even more than you love him/her now. Beautifully written book. After reading about Toby/Bailey/Ellie/Buddy, I feel a little bit different about my own dogs (in a positice way, off course), for example now I am curious about their thoughts, their feelings, about how they see and feel the world, and if they are happy with their lives with me. All these beautiful creatures have souls which are craving for love and affection, and this is our responsibility to take a great care of them.
]]> Seoul - ??n Và Yêu 35597879
Vì sao ?? Vì Seoul trong cu?n sách này kh?ng ch? là m?t thành ph?, mà ?ó ch?c ch?n là m?t anh chàng! M?t anh chàng ?n m?c r?t sành ?i?u, có chút khó ?oán nh?ng c?c k? galant, ?? th? l?i hay nói ng?t, ?i?m c?ng r?t l?n c?a “chàng” là chàng có ??n c? t? th? ngon lành và xinh ??p, khi?n b?n yêu m?t l?n r?i là c? mu?n yêu m?i ch?ng ng?ng, ch?ng mu?n v?, ch?ng mu?n yêu ai khác n?a!

Cu?n sách ???c Qu?nh in Seoul vi?t t? 7 n?m kinh nghi?m s?ng ? Hàn Qu?c, v?i t?t c? tình yêu dành cho thành ph? mà Qu?nh “lu?n gi? cho mình m?t l? do ?? quay l?i”. M?t cu?n guidebook v? cùng thi?t th?c, b?i ch? c?n có quy?n sách này, b?n s? chinh ph?c c? Seoul, b?n s? có th? ?i, ?n, ch?i nh? m?t ng??i d?n b?n ??a. Nh?ng ??y tuy?t ??i kh?ng ph?i là m?t cu?n guidebook th?ng th??ng – b?i b?n th? t??ng t??ng xem – v?i nó, b?n có th? ??n t?ng ngóc ngách, t?ng “h?m xéo” thú v? c?a thành ph? này. (Có cu?n sách nào s? “b?t mí” cho b?i n?i có th? u?ng ly cocktail r??u g?o ngon nh?t kia ch??) Nó cho b?n r?t nhi?u tr?i nghi?m khác nhau v? Seoul, ??a b?n ??n khu Gangnam s?m u?t và th??ng l?u, nh?ng c?ng kh?ng quên ch? cho b?n th?y khu ? chu?t d??i ch?n C?u Long S?n ngay g?n ??y…

??y còn là cu?n “nh?t k? Seoul” c?a Qu?nh – n?i m?i ??a danh, m?i l? h?i và mùa ??u có nh?ng k? ?c và k? ni?m r?t riêng c?a tu?i tr?. B?n s? b?t g?p trong sách th? tình yêu ??u ??i trong sáng, l?ng l? trong nh?ng c?n m?a mùa hè v?n v? v?i chi?c ? trong. C?u chuy?n v? kem cá ?m áp và ng?t ngào. Và c? l?n ?i l?c ??u tiên, l?n h?n hò ??u tiên n?a… B?n kh?ng ch? khám phá Seoul th?i ??u, mà còn khám phá c? m?t ph?n tu?i tr? c?a Qu?nh n?a ?ó.

V?y thì, b?n ?? s?n sàng ?? yêu Seoul nh? yêu m?t anh chàng m?t híp ch?a? ?, và t?i sao l?i là m?t híp nh?? B?i vì “M?t c?a anh bé xíu, ch? nhìn th?y m?i m?t mình em, yêu m?t mình em xinh ??p!”]]> 192 Qu?nh in Seoul Jane 2 3.65 Seoul - ??n Và Yêu

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Cách vi?t có l? h?i non và phù h?p v?i blog h?n, ch?a ?? chín cho m?t cu?n sách, dù là m?t c?m nang du l?ch. Phù h?p cho nh?ng b?n nào yêu thích v?n hoá Hàn Qu?c và mong mu?n ??n Seoul du l?ch, có th? cu?n này s? cho các b?n thêm ??ng l?c c?ng nh? m?t s? th?ng tin h?u ích cho chuy?n ?i.
]]> Con ???ng H?i giáo 21474711
Hóa ra, sau t?m áo chùng ?en u ám c?a c? b?n H?i giáo m?i quen là b? ng?c c?ng tròn v?i dòng ch? “No Man No Cry!” trên làn áo thun m?ng. Hóa ra, Trung ??ng kh?ng ph?i là b?c tranh m?t màu xám x?t c?a “H?i giáo c?c ?oan”, “kh?ng b?”, “b?t bình ??ng gi?i”, mà là t?m th?m Tunisia nhi?u màu s?c v?i tr?m tích v?n hóa hàng ngàn n?m, nh?ng c?ng trình ki?n trúc ??p ??n ngh?t th?, v?i cu?c s?ng th?m ??m t?n giáo, cùng v? hi?n ??i và hào nhoáng t?t cùng, nh?ng ??y b?n kho?n v? danh tính d?n t?c, r?i nh?ng bi k?ch, s? kh?n cùng, và nh?ng giá tr? kh?ng d? phán xét ?úng sai.

Nh?ng c?u chuy?n ng?m ng?p h?i th? cu?c s?ng, nh?ng nhìn nh?n s?c bén c?a m?t nhà nghiên c?u, nhà báo ???c chuy?n t?i trong l?i vi?t tr? trung, cu?n hút s? khi?n b?n khó lòng kìm n?i th?i thúc ???c b??c cùng c? trên Con ???ng H?i giáo.]]> 304 Nguy?n Ph??ng Mai Jane 4 4.40 2014

author: Nguy?n Ph??ng Mai
name: Jane
average rating: 4.40
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??c quy?n này th?y hi?u bi?t c?a mình v? th? gi?i th?c s? r?t h?n h?p, v? l?ch s?, ??a l?, t?n giáo, x? h?i, ??u h?n h?p c? :D Có r?t nhi?u th?ng tin m?i, r?i c?ng có nh?ng cái ch? ? vi?t t? n?m 2011 2012 ??n gi? c?ng có nh?ng thay ??i, nên mình v?a ??c v?a tra trên m?ng ?? tìm hi?u thêm. M?t cu?n ?áng ??c, ?? bi?t thêm v? th? gi?i, ?? ?i du l?ch qua các trang sách, ?? th?y th? gi?i này có th?t nhi?u màu s?c, ?? th?y mình nh? bé, và cu?i cùng là ?? c?m nh?n và c?m ph?c khí ch?t t? do và khát khao tìm hi?u th? gi?i này c?a tác gi?.
]]> T?i Là M?t Con L?a 17981838
Ph??ng Mai vi?t v?n t? lúc h?c l?p 10 và là c?y bút ?óng góp cho báo Hoa H?c Trò nh?ng s? ??u tiên. N?m 17 tu?i, Ph??ng Mai ra t?p truy?n ng?n ??u tay có tên ??i di?n. Hai n?m sau khi t?t nghi?p Cao ??ng S? ph?m Hà N?i, Ph??ng Mai tr? thành th? k? tòa so?n báo Hoa H?c Trò ? tu?i 24.

Nh?ng ch? s?m t? b? v? trí h?p d?n ?ó ?? ?i du h?c Hà Lan, giành h?c v? Th?c s? khoa h?c ngành Thi?t k? giáo d?c và Ti?n s? ngành Giao ti?p ?a v?n hóa. T? ?ó ??n nay, Ph??ng Mai là gi?ng viên t?i khoa Kinh t?, ??i h?c Amsterdam, Hà Lan. Mu?n làm "m?t hòn ?á l?n kh?ng bám rêu", Ph??ng Mai ?? ??t ch?n ??n g?n 80 qu?c gia trên th? gi?i.

Nguy?n Ph??ng Mai ?? tuyên ng?n nh? v?y trong T?i là m?t con l?a - cu?n sách ??u tiên trong xê ri Lên ???ng v?i trái tim tr?n tr?i c?a ch?. T?i sao l?i là m?t con l?a? B?i vì "Th?n l?a ?a n?ng". Con l?a Nguy?n Ph??ng Mai ?? kh??c t? cu?c s?ng êm ái theo quan ni?m c?a chúng ta - có nhà l?u, xe h?i, có ch?ng con và m?t c?ng vi?c ?n ??nh - ?? mi?t mài lao mình vào nh?ng chuy?n ?i. Ph??ng Mai ?? ??t ch?n ??n g?n 80 qu?c gia trên th? gi?i, ?? chiêm ng??ng nh?ng c?nh t??ng thiên nhiên tráng l? nh?t, ?? th?m vi?ng nh?ng k? quan v? ??i nh?t do bàn tay con ng??i làm nên, ?? th? s?c v?i nh?ng trò m?o hi?m mà ch? ngh? ??n th?i c?ng khi?n n?i da gà. "Thành tích" ?i ph??t, ?i b?i c?a Ph??ng Mai có th? làm ghen t? b?t c? m?t "ph??t th?" dày d?n nào.

Nh?ng n?u ch? có v?y thì Ph??ng Mai khác gì v?i nh?ng ng??i tr? thích xê d?ch hi?n nay, mà trong ?ó có nhi?u ng??i ?i ph??t theo m?t, ?i ?? th? hi?n, ?i ?? l?y thành tích, ?i ?? l?y ??a ?i?m? Vi?c "ta ?? t?ng ??n n?i ??y" có th? có m?t ? ngh?a nh?t ??nh. Nh?ng ?i?u quan tr?ng h?n là ta ?? ngh? gì, c?m gì, ng? ra ?i?u gì, t?m h?n ta ?? thay ??i nh? th? nào, và t? ?ó hành ??ng c?a ta chuy?n bi?n ra sao. Ph??ng Mai lên ???ng ?? hi?u ra r?ng nh?ng ??nh ki?n ?? khi?n chúng ta sai l?ch, th?m chí ngu ng?c, ?? th?y s? l? b?ch c?a con ng??i tr??c t? nhiên v? ??i, ?? th?y s? nguy hi?m c?a t?m l? ?ám ??ng, hay ?? nh?n ra v? ??p cu?c s?ng ? kh?p m?i n?i.

C? d?ch chuy?n c?ng ?? chiêm nghi?m v? danh tính b?n th?n - v? m?u hình mà mình mu?n tr? thành và m?u hình x? h?i mu?n mình tr? thành; ?? dò xét s?c m?nh c?a mình và phát hi?n ra ch? ng? ???c n?i s? h?i c?a b?n th?n m?i chính là ?i?u khó kh?n nh?t. T?t c? nh?ng tr?i nghi?m ?y ?? khi?n Ph??ng Mai thay ??i cách hành x? trong cu?c s?ng theo h??ng tích c?c h?n, trong ?ó có vi?c ?em nh?ng c?u chuy?n còn l?m lem b?i ???ng nh?ng ??y s?c thuy?t ph?c t?i các sinh viên t? kh?p n?m ch?u theo h?c b? m?n Giao ti?p ?a v?n hóa mà c? gi?ng d?y t?i ??i h?c Amsterdam, Hà Lan.

Trong x? h?i Vi?t Nam, d??ng nh? nh?ng m?nh ?? ph? n? và t? do, ??c th?n và h?nh phúc ???c coi là trái ng??c nhau, khó có th? sóng ??i. B?ng cách s?ng c?a mình, Ph??ng Mai ?? ch?ng minh ?i?u ng??c l?i. Ph??ng Mai là m?t trong nh?ng ?i?n hình c?a ng??i ph? n? hi?n ??i: ??c th?n, thành ??t, t? do, t? tin và h?nh phúc.]]> 184 Nguy?n Ph??ng Mai 6045331516 Jane 4 4.09 2013 T?i Là M?t Con L?a

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average rating: 4.09
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]]> Bossypants 9418327
She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon—from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.]]> 283 Tina Fey Jane 0 currently-reading 3.97 2011 Bossypants

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]]> <![CDATA[Gi?c m? M? - ???ng ??n Stanford]]> 33397539
B?i Huy?n Chip ch?a t?ng và kh?ng bao gi? ch?n ?i l?i mòn, kh?ng ng?i th? thách và lu?n khát khao s?ng khác bi?t. H?c xong c?p ba, c? kh?ng thi ??i h?c mà nh?n l?i m?i làm vi?c ? m?t c?ng ty Malaysia. Khi c?ng vi?c ?ang ti?n tri?n thu?n l?i, c? t? b? c?ng vi?c m? ??c ?? ?i vòng quanh th? gi?i. V? n??c sau chuy?n ?i kéo dài g?n ba n?m qua ba ch?u l?c, c? khi?n t?t c? s?ng s?t khi báo tin mình nh?n ???c h?c b?ng toàn ph?n t?i m?t trong nh?ng ng?i tr??ng hàng ??u th? gi?i. C? b? l?i sau l?ng nh?ng chuy?n ?i dài ngày và nh?ng c?u chuy?n th? phi ?? tr? thành m?t sinh viên t??ng nh? b?t bình th??ng nh?ng th?c s? l?i r?t bình th??ng ? m?t ng?i tr??ng ??c bi?t nh? Stanford.

B?n s? tìm ???c gì trong nh?t k? v? nh?ng n?m ??u t?i tr??ng ??i h?c c?a m?t c? gái nh? v?y?

Kh?ng ph?i cu?n h?i k? v?i nh?ng ?o?n miêu t? t?m tr?ng s?u l?ng tr? tình hay nh?ng pha hành ??ng cao trào, gay c?n, Gi?c m? M? - ???ng ??n Stanford nh? m?t ng??i b?n d? g?n và tin c?y, t? t?n k? v? hành trình b?n mùa: mùa thu xao xuyên h?nh phúc v?i gi?c m? Stanford, mùa ??ng khao khát mong ch? vì nh?ng tr?i nghi?m m?i, mùa xu?n n? l?c d?n s?c trong m?i tr??ng kh?c nghi?t và khép l?i m?t n?m khi mùa hè r?c r? c?ng tràn nhi?t huy?t ?? ??n nh? l?i h?n: L?i xách ba l? lên và ?i.

Vì tr?i nghi?m ?áng giá nh?t chính là nh?ng tr?i nghi?m c?a c?m xúc và trái tim.]]> 185 Chip Huyen 9786045521 Jane 4 4.06 2016 Gi?c m? M? - ???ng ??n Stanford

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Cu?n này c?a ch? Chíp làm mình liên t??ng ??n Oxford th??ng yêu c?a ch? D??ng Thu?. Nhi?u ng??i ??c t?a ?? có l? s? ngh? quy?n này gi?ng ki?u Em ph?i ??n Harvard h?c kinh t? hay ???c chia s? kinh nghi?m apply vào Stanford, nh?ng trong cu?n này ch? Chíp ch? y?u k? l?i v? n?m h?c ??u tiên t?i Stanford v?i ?? tr?i nghi?m t? chuy?n h?c hành, b?n bè, ng??i yêu. Nói chung t?a ?? d?n d?t ng??i ??c ??n v?i nh?ng k? v?ng h?i khác v? cu?n sách nên có th? m?i ng??i s? b? th?t v?ng, nh?ng n?u kh?ng ??t k? v?ng thì ??y là cu?n sách khá hay và r?t d? ??c.
]]> <![CDATA[L?i s?ng t?i gi?n c?a ng??i Nh?t]]> 34535573
Ch?ng có ai t? khi sinh ra ?? có tài s?n, ?? ??c gì trong tay. V?y nên b?t c? ai khi m?i chào ??i ??u là nh?ng ng??i s?ng t?i gi?n. C? m?i l?n b?n s? h?u trong tay nh?ng ?? dùng h?n m?c c?n thi?t là m?t l?n b?n l?y m?t t? do c?a chính mình. Giá tr? b?n th?n chúng ta kh?ng ?o b?ng nh?ng ?? dùng mà chúng ta s? h?u. Nh?ng ?? dùng này ch? cho chúng ta m?t chút c?m giác h?nh phúc nh?t th?i mà th?i. Mang theo nh?ng ?? dùng h?n m?c c?n thi?t s? l?y h?t th?i gian, n?ng l??ng c?a b?n. Khi nh?n ra ???c ?i?u ?ó, t?c là b?n ?? b?t ??u tr? thành m?t ng??i s?ng t?i gi?n.

Nh?ng ng??i s?ng t?i gi?n lu?n c?m th?y vui v?, m?i l? m?i ngày. Cái c?m giác này, t?i ngh? b?t c? ai c?ng có th? c?m nh?n ???c, dù b?n có ph?i là m?t ng??i s?ng t?i gi?n hay kh?ng, b?i b?t c? ai.

L?i s?ng t?i gi?n c?a ng??i Nh?t g?m có n?m ch??ng, trong ?ó, ch??ng m?t, tác gi? s? gi?i thi?u cho b?n l?i s?ng t?i gi?n là gì, ??a ra ??nh ngh?a c?a anh v? nó. Sau ?ó anh s? ??a ra l? do vì sao mình l?i theo l?i s?ng này sau nhi?u n?m s?ng trong c?n phòng c?a b?n th?n.

Ch??ng hai tác gi? s? ?? c?p ??n t?i sao sau ng?n ?y n?m, ?? ??c trong nhà l?i ch?t nhi?u ??n th?. Nh?ng ?? ??c ???c tích t? l?i do thói quen hay nhu c?u c?a con ng??i này mang ? ngh?a gì?

Ch??ng ba là nh?ng bí quy?t ?? c?t gi?m ?? ??c trong nhà. Tác gi? s? ??a ra cho b?n nh?ng quy t?c c? th?, nh?ng ph??ng pháp ?? có th? gi?m b?t ?? ??c trong nhà. Thêm vào ?ó c?ng s? gi?i thi?u cho b?n danh sách b? sung 15 ?i?u cho nh?ng ng??i mu?n t?i gi?n h?n n?a cùng v?i toa thu?c cho “c?n b?nh mu?n v?t b?”.

Ch??ng b?n, nh?ng thay ??i c?a chính tác gi? sau khi d?n h?t ?? ??c trong nhà. Kèm theo ?ó, anh còn ph?n tích và kh?o sát thêm v? các k?t qu? nghiên c?u t?m l? h?c.

Cu?i cùng ch??ng n?m, ti?p n?i ? t? ch??ng b?n, tác gi? s? gi?i thích t?i sao nh?ng thay ??i c?a b?n th?n l?i d?n ??n “h?nh phúc”.

?? hi?u s?u h?n v? l?i s?ng t?i gi?n, b?n nên ??c h?t t? ch??ng m?t ??n ch??ng b?n. Tuy nhiên, b?n c?ng có th? ??c riêng t?ng ch??ng. Th?m chí ch? c?n ??c ch??ng ba c?ng có th? giúp b?n c?t gi?m ???c ?? ??c c?a mình.

Trong cu?n sách này, “l?i s?ng t?i gi?n” ???c hi?u là: 1) gi?i h?n t?i thi?u c?n thi?t cho b?n th?n và 2) v?t b? t?t c? m?i th? tr? nh?ng th? quan tr?ng.

Và nh?ng ng??i s?ng theo l?i s?ng ?ó g?i là ng??i s?ng t?i gi?n.]]> 298 Fumio Sasaki 6045974239 Jane 4 3.83 2015 L?i s?ng t?i gi?n c?a ng??i Nh?t

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Có l? là cu?n sách nh?p m?n cho nh?ng ng??i mu?n theo ?u?i l?i s?ng ??n gi?n và ít ph? thu?c v?t ch?t h?n. Có th? do d?ch ch?a th?c s? hay nên mình kh?ng th?y cách chia s? th?c s? l?i cu?n, nh?ng tác gi? v?n nêu ???c m?t s? ?i?m khá thuy?t ph?c vì sao m?t ng??i nên gi?m b?t s? ph? thu?c c?a b?n th?n vào v?t ch?t c?ng nh? t? b? nh?ng thói quen, suy ngh? kh?ng quan tr?ng. 3.5 sao.
]]> <![CDATA[M?t cu?n sách v? ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n]]> 38318515
Sinh ra và l?n lên t?i Vi?t Nam nh?ng s?ng và làm vi?c nhi?u n?m t?i M?, Chi tìm th?y s? bình yên l? k? khi vi?t ti?ng Vi?t. D??ng nh? m?i áp l?c, c?nh tranh, nh?ng b??c ?i d?n d?p c?a m?t x? h?i phát tri?n kh?ng ch?m ??n m?t góc nh? an nhiên trong t?m h?n c? ...

??y có th? ch? là m?t (trong r?t nhi?u) cu?n sách v? Ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n b?n ??, ?ang, và s? ??c trong cu?c ??i, nh?ng ?i?u khi?n nó khác bi?t, là t?t c? ??u ???c vi?t b?i tr?i nghi?m cá nh?n và th? gi?i quan riêng c?a Chi Nguy?n – The Present Writer v? cu?c s?ng.

Cu?n sách này s? kh?ng cho b?n m?t “c?ng th?c chu?n” ?? ?ánh giá th? nào là t?i gi?n, th? nào là h?nh phúc. C?ng s? kh?ng có ?i?u gì hoàn toàn ?úng và hoàn toàn sai áp ??t lên b?n. Thay vào ?ó, cu?n sách gi?i thi?u nh?ng khái ni?m m?, truy?n c?m h?ng ?? b?n thay ??i t? duy và t? ??a ra quy?t ??nh ??u là l?i s?ng phù h?p nh?t v?i mình.

V?y nên, chính xác thì, ??y kh?ng-ch?- là m?t cu?n sách v? Ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n. ??y là m?t cu?n sách v? S?-Thay-??i. B?n ???c ??ng hành và khám phá hành trình thay ??i c?a tác gi?, và ???c truy?n c?m h?ng ?? m? ra m?t hành trình thay ??i cho chính mình — hành trình ??n cái ?ích h?nh phúc và l?i s?ng mà b?n h?ng mong mu?n.]]> 200 Chi Nguyen Jane 4 4.19 2018 M?t cu?n sách v? ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n

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Khi b?t ??u ??c cu?n sách này, mình ngh? s? ??c m?t phiên b?n ti?ng Vi?t na ná c?a quy?n ‘The Life-changing magic of tidying up’ c?a Marie Kondo, m?t ph?n vì trong báo ??p s? tháng 7 v?a r?i, ch? Chi có nói chính cu?n sách c?a Marie Kondo ?? d?n d?t ch? Chi ??n v?i ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n (minimalism). Có l? nhi?u ng??i khi tìm ??n cu?n này ban ??u c?ng s? ngh? ???c tác gi? d?y cách làm sao ?? ??n v?i ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n, làm sao ?? v?t b?t ?? ??c kh?ng c?n thi?t xung quanh, gi? l?i nh?ng th? ?em l?i ni?m vui th??ng xuyên cho mình, làm sao ?? nhà ít ??, chuy?n sang dùng ?? các màu trung tính là ch? y?u. ?úng là ch? Chi có ?? c?p r?ng hành trình ??n v?i ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n b?t ??u t? ?? ??c, nh?ng v??t lên trên ?ó, ch? ngh?a t?i gi?n ?em ??n m?t phong cách s?ng, bao hàm kh?ng ch? các giá tr? v?t ch?t mà c? giá tr? tinh th?n nh? các m?i quan h? x? h?i hay cách t? duy, nhìn nh?n cu?c s?ng hàng ngày c?a b?n th?n. ??y là m?t cu?n sách r?t ?áng ??c, ??c bi?t ??i v?i nh?ng ai ?ang l?c l?i trong gu?ng quay c?a v?t ch?t, c?ng vi?c, các m?i quan h? hàng ngày, c?m th?y mình kh?ng có th?i gian ?? th?, ?? tr?i nghi?m, ?? th?c s? ???c s?ng.
]]> <![CDATA[Make Your Idea Matter: Stand out with a better story]]> 18652789 143 Bernadette Jiwa Jane 0 currently-reading 4.14 2012

Make Your Idea Matter: Stand out with a better story

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]]> Cu?c S?ng R?t Gi?ng Cu?c ??i 29545686 257 Hoang Hai Nguyen 6047719791 Jane 0 currently-reading 4.01

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]]> Tu?i Tr? Kh?ng H?i Ti?c 40280415
T?i tin r?ng ch? khi nào chúng ta dám ??i m?t v?i cái ch?t, chúng ta m?i có th? hi?u ???c giá tr? c?a s? s?ng. Ai c?ng bi?t r?ng m?t ngày nào ?ó mình s? ch?t, nh?ng chúng ta v?n s?ng nh? mình là b?t t?. M?t ngày nào ?ó chúng ta s? làm ?i?u mình yêu thích. M?t ngày nào ?ó chúng ta s? thay ??i. M?t ngày nào ?ó chúng ta s? tr? thành con ng??i mình mu?n tr? thành. Nh?ng n?u b?n ?? ch?n ch? c? n?m m??i n?m kh?ng làm vi?c gì ?ó, ch?ng có l? do ?? làm vi?c ?ó ngày h?m nay, hay ngày mai, hay m?t ngày nào ?ó. ??n khi cái ch?t tìm ??n v?i ta, t?t c? ?? quá mu?n....

M?t cu?c s?ng kh?ng xoành x?nh, v?i t?i, là m?t cu?c s?ng có ? ngh?a. Là cu?c s?ng khi mà t?i t?o ra ???c giá tr? th?c s?, giúp ?? ???c nhi?u ng??i, cho ?i nhi?u h?n là nh?n. Là cu?c s?ng khi mà sau khi t?i ch?t ?i, s? có ng??i th??ng ti?c s? ra ?i c?a t?i kh?ng ph?i vì m?i quan h? máu m?, mà b?i vì t?i ?? góp ph?n t?o nên nh?ng thay ??i tích c?c trong cu?c s?ng c?a h?.]]> 292 Chip Huyen Jane 4 4.33 Tu?i Tr? Kh?ng H?i Ti?c

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M?t cu?n sách thú v? mà m?i ng??i tr? tu?i ??u nên ??c, ??c bi?t khi ? ?? tu?i 18 19 hay ??u 20. Nhi?u ph?n trong cu?n sách này ?? t?ng ???c ch? Huy?n Chip chia s? trên trang facebook c?a ch? ?, nh?ng cu?n sách h? th?ng l?i các bài vi?t theo trình t? ‘ng??i l?n’ d?n c?a các v?n ??. Cách vi?t g?n g?i, d? hi?u, các v?n ?? c?ng r?t thi?t th?c ??i v?i gi?i tr?, mình ngh? cu?n sách s? truy?n ???c c?m h?ng và ?em l?i nhi?u th?ng tin b? ích cho các b?n tr?.
]]> Gi?y Phút Này 28810470
M?t cu?c g?p ??nh m?nh. M?t tình yêu bùng cháy. M?t tr?n chi?n kh?c li?t.

M?t cu?n ti?u thuy?t h?i h?p ??n ngh?t th?. M?t cái k?t kh?ng th? dò ?oán. M?t tuy?t ph?m c?a Guillaume Musso.

“M?t cu?n ti?u thuy?t c?c k? hi?u qu?, dành ?? ??c trong vòng 24 gi? và s? là có t?i n?u ta ti?t l? tr??c ?o?n k?t.” – L’Express]]> 334 Guillaume Musso Jane 3 3.75 2015 Gi?y Phút Này

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]]> P.S. from Paris 34036335 From Marc Levy, the most-read French author alive today, comes a modern-day love story between a famous actress hiding in Paris and a bestselling writer lying to himself. They knew their friendship was going to be complicated, but love—and the City of Lights—just might find a way.

On the big screen, Mia plays a woman in love. But in real life, she’s an actress in need of a break from her real-life philandering husband—the megastar who plays her romantic interest in the movies. So she heads across the English Channel to hide in Paris behind a new haircut, fake eyeglasses, and a waitressing job at her best friend’s restaurant.

Paul is an American author hoping to recapture the fame of his first novel. When his best friend surreptitiously sets him up with Mia through a dating website, Paul and Mia’s relationship status is “complicated.”

Even though everything about Paris seems to be nudging them together, the two lonely ex-pats resist, concocting increasingly far-fetched strategies to stay “just friends.” A feat easier said than done, as fate has other plans in store. Is true love waiting for them in a postscript?

]]> 290 Marc Levy 1477809996 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.71 2015 P.S. from Paris

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]]> Tools of Titans 30820956 The latest groundbreaking book from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek.
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“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview, and the show is on the cusp of?passing 100 million downloads.
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“This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball’ you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests’ you haven’t met.
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“What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis?
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“I don’t view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can’t test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I’m not interested.
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“Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration.
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“I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.”]]> 673 Timothy Ferriss 1328683788 Jane 0 to-read 4.23 2016 Tools of Titans

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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 Jane 0 to-read 3.81 2017 Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

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]]> My Not So Perfect Life 30688763 Part love story, part workplace dramedy, part witty critique of the false judgments we make in a social-media-obsessed world, this is New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella’s most timely and sharply observed novel yet.

Everywhere Katie Brenner looks, someone else is living the life she longs for, particularly her boss, Demeter Farlowe. Demeter is brilliant and creative, lives with her perfect family in a posh townhouse, and wears the coolest clothes. Katie’s life, meanwhile, is a daily struggle—from her dismal rental to her oddball flatmates to the tense office politics she’s trying to negotiate. The final, demeaning straw comes when Demeter makes Katie dye her roots in the office. No wonder Katie takes refuge in not-quite-true Instagram posts, especially as she’s desperate to make her dad proud.

Then, just as she’s finding her feet—not to mention a possible new romance—the worst happens. Demeter fires Katie. Shattered but determined to stay positive, Katie retreats to her family’s farm in Somerset to help them set up a vacation business. London has never seemed so far away—until Demeter unexpectedly turns up as a guest. Secrets are spilled and relationships rejiggered, and as the stakes for Katie’s future get higher, she must question her own assumptions about what makes for a truly meaningful life.

Sophie Kinsella is celebrated for her vibrant, relatable characters and her great storytelling gifts. Now she returns with all of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that are the hallmarks of her bestsellers to spin this fresh, modern story about presenting the perfect life when the reality is far from the image.]]> 439 Sophie Kinsella 081299826X Jane 0 to-read 3.68 2017 My Not So Perfect Life

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]]> <![CDATA[Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me]]> 32737127 Mortal Instruments and the upcoming Rules Don’t Apply—is opening a poignant, honest conversation about the things young women struggle with: body image, self-confidence, relationships, family, dating, and so much more.

For the first time ever, Lily shares her life and her own deepest secrets, underlining that every single one of us experiences pain and heartbreak. We all understand what it’s like to live in the light and in the dark. For Lily, it’s about making it through to the other side, where you love what you see in the mirror and where you embrace yourself just as you are. She's learned that all it takes is one person standing up and saying something for everyone else to realize they’re not alone.

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Lily’s honest voice will inspire you to be who you are and say what you feel. It’s time to claim your voice! It’s time to live your life unfiltered.]]> 224 Lily Collins 0062473018 Jane 0 to-read 3.84 2017 Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me

Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me

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]]> <![CDATA[Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are]]> 28512671
Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world—provided we ask the right questions.

By the end of an average day in the early twenty-first century, human beings searching the internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information—unprecedented in history—can tell us a great deal about who we are—the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us, and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than twenty years ago, seemed unfathomable.

Everybody Lies offers fascinating, surprising, and sometimes laugh-out-loud insights into everything from economics to ethics to sports to race to sex, gender and more, all drawn from the world of big data. What percentage of white voters didn’t vote for Barack Obama because he’s black? Does where you go to school effect how successful you are in life? Do parents secretly favor boy children over girls? Do violent films affect the crime rate? Can you beat the stock market? How regularly do we lie about our sex lives and who’s more self-conscious about sex, men or women?

Investigating these questions and a host of others, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz offers revelations that can help us understand ourselves and our lives better. Drawing on studies and experiments on how we really live and think, he demonstrates in fascinating and often funny ways the extent to which all the world is indeed a lab. With conclusions ranging from strange-but-true to thought-provoking to disturbing, he explores the power of this digital truth serum and its deeper potential—revealing biases deeply embedded within us, information we can use to change our culture, and the questions we’re afraid to ask that might be essential to our health—both emotional and physical. All of us are touched by big data everyday, and its influence is multiplying. Everybody Lies challenges us to think differently about how we see it and the world.]]> 338 Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 0062390856 Jane 0 to-read 3.88 2017 Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

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]]> <![CDATA[The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds]]> 30334134
Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments about uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. Kahneman and Tversky are more responsible than anybody for the powerful trend to mistrust human intuition and defer to algorithms.

The Undoing Project is about the fascinating collaboration between two men who have the dimensions of great literary figures. They became heroes in the university and on the battlefield―both had important careers in the Israeli military―and their research was deeply linked to their extraordinary life experiences. In the process they may well have changed, for good, mankind’s view of its own mind.]]> 362 Michael Lewis 0393254593 Jane 0 to-read 3.95 2016 The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

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]]> <![CDATA[Without Reservations How A Family Root Beer Stand Grew Into A Global Hotel Company]]> 17341121 - Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo

“It’s rare that someone like Bill Marriott comes along—his singular leadership has shaped the culture and the astounding success of a company of 300,000 people. Without Reservations reveals the enduring secrets of his incomparable leadership—a must read for anyone aspiring to build an enterprise, to lead or to succeed.”
- W. Mitt Romney, Former Massachusetts Governor and Bain Financial Founder

“As our world grows more interdependent with each passing day, the most profitable companies will be those that find ways to benefit society as a whole within the framework of their business models. Bill Marriott knew this long before the dawn of the 21st century, and his results speak for themselves—he has built an enormously successful global corporation on the idea that businesses should be responsible members of their communities, and that all people deserve respect and the opportunity to thrive.”
- President William “Bill” Clinton

“Valuable real-world lessons for leaders at every level from an inspirational and visionary business icon, who is a tireless advocate for the significant role travel plays in building our economy, putting people to work in rewarding long-term careers and enhancing public diplomacy.”
- Roger J. Dow, President and CEO, U.S. Travel Association

“In this wonderful book, my good friend, Bill Marriott, shares valuable insight on how to succeed in business. More importantly, however, he shares valuable insight on how to succeed in life. His ‘Recipe for Success’ especially is a must-read.”
President George H. W. Bush

“Bill Marriott is one of the best entrepreneurial minds in the business. He knows what it takes to build brands, relationships and a winning corporate culture. Without Reservations is a compelling story of how best-in-class service, integrity, loyalty and leadership turned a small, family business into one of the world’s most respected companies.”
- Ken Chenault, CEO and Chairman, American Express

“Bill Marriott is a remarkable man who tells a remarkable story. Everyone—young and old—can learn something from his lessons on leadership. He has created a hotel company that is successful, not just because of its profits, but because of the opportunities it has created for people around the world.”
- Mrs. Laura Bush, Former First Lady of the United States

“Without Reservations is a testament to how a company creates a long-term competitive advantage in a service economy—it is all about the culture. Bill Marriott is the icon of the hotel industry today because he understands this principle better than anyone I have ever met. Without Reservations is a great read for those not just in our industry, but across our service economy.”
- Michael D. Johnson, Dean - E.M. Statler Professor, Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration

J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr., is a pioneer of modern-day hospitality. Starting in the business at the age of 5 — as a “salesman” for his family’s A&W root beer stand, he joined the family business, full-time, in 1956 and built Marriott International into what it is today — one of the most successful and respected companies in the world, with nearly 3,800 properties in more than 70 countries and annual revenues exceeding $12 billion. In Without Reservations, Marriott shares the story of this success — along with candid insights about mistakes made, opportunities missed and lessons learned during a life spent in a business where people always come first.]]> 220 J.W. "Bill" Marriott Jr. 9780983303 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.81 2012 Without Reservations How A Family Root Beer Stand Grew Into A Global Hotel Company

Without Reservations How A Family Root Beer Stand Grew Into A Global Hotel Company

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]]> <![CDATA[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life]]> 28257707 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]> 212 Mark Manson Jane 4 3.87 2016

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

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]]> <![CDATA[The Lighthouse Keeper (Starlight Cove, #1)]]> 32605697
Her plan: remodel and sell the lighthouse while untangling the perplexing family mystery. Neither task is easy, especially once her well-meaning parents and the quirky locals—including nautical researcher and Starlight Cove’s most eligible bachelor, Kip Whittaker—get involved. Despite their attraction, Dawn is reluctant to trust Kip, or any of the close-knit townsfolk. But as she pieces together the truth, Dawn’s once-shuttered heart opens up. And if she’s willing, the lighthouse might guide her to a place she never expected to find, where the past entwines with a bright new beginning.]]> 380 Cynthia Ellingsen Jane 4 3.81 2017 The Lighthouse Keeper (Starlight Cove, #1)

The Lighthouse Keeper (Starlight Cove, #1)

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average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)]]> 22674105 Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather.

On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiance willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore's It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. A romp through Asia's most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it's like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich.]]> 378 Kevin Kwan 0385539088 Jane 3 3.80 2015 China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)

China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2)

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]]> <![CDATA[Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3)]]> 29864343 Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel featuring a family driven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture-gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.

When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim to their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on sixty-four prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas' childhood home turns into a hotbed of backbiting and intrigue. As Su Yi's relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell-bent on destroying Astrid's reputation and relationship. Meanwhile, Kitty Pong, married to China's second richest man, Jack Bing, still feels upstaged by her new stepdaughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing.

In this sweeping tale that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong's most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace that is caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan hilariously reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.]]> 398 Kevin Kwan 0385542232 Jane 4 3.91 2017 Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3)

Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3)

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]]> <![CDATA[Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)]]> 16085481
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back.

Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should—and should not—marry.

Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.]]> 403 Kevin Kwan 0385536976 Jane 5 3.91 2013 Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)

Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)

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]]> <![CDATA[A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories]]> 26789827 328 Lee Wei Ling 9814642479 Jane 5 4.13

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]]> <![CDATA[N??c M?, N??c M? Và Nh?ng Truy?n Ng?n M?i]]> 30118101
(V? Tình Yêu - Tu?i 23)]]> 284 Phan Vi?t Jane 3 3.82 2016

N??c M?, N??c M? Và Nh?ng Truy?n Ng?n M?i

author: Phan Vi?t
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??c truy?n c?a Phan Vi?t c?m giác lúc nào ng??i ta c?ng ph?i ít nhi?u chi?n ??u trong cu?c s?ng hàng ngày, m?u truy?n nào c?ng ph?ng ph?t bu?n, c?ng mau nhi?u màu xám. K? c? khi có các nh?n v?t mang chút màu s?c t??i sáng, thì nh?ng m?ng t??i sáng ?ó d?ng ? c?ng là ?? làm n?i b?t các m?ng màu xám ? các nh?n v?t khác xung quanh. T?m l? các nh?n v?t ???c di?n t? r?t t? m?, nh?ng c?ng vì th? mà ??c c?m giác h?i n?ng n?, tuy nhiên ? m?t m?t nào ?ó cu?n này di?n t? ???c r?t th?c v? nh?ng m?t trái, khó kh?n khi s?ng ? n??c ngoài, làm mình nh? ??n nh?ng ngày h?i bé s?ng bên Nga v? t? h?n nhiên, sau này quay l?i sau bao nhiêu n?m m?i nh?n ra ngày x?a b? m? và c? chú b?n bè ?? v?t v? ra sao. Nh?ng khó kh?n trong chuy?n xin vi?c, xin visa, ?àm phán l??ng, cu?c s?ng b? t?c,... là nh?ng chuy?n r?t quen thu?c ??i v?i các b?n du h?c sinh có ? ??nh ??nh c? l?u dài ? M? (hay b?t c? n??c nào khác), nh?ng l?i kh?ng ???c nh?c ??n quá nhi?u trong các tác ph?m v?n h?c nói chung, vì v?y các b?n tr? c?ng kh?ng ???c bi?t nhi?u.
]]> <![CDATA[Talent, Transformation, and the Triple Bottom Line: How Companies Can Leverage Human Resources to Achieve Sustainable Growth]]> 13838289 416 Andrew Savitz 1118140974 Jane 0 to-read 3.64 2012

Talent, Transformation, and the Triple Bottom Line: How Companies Can Leverage Human Resources to Achieve Sustainable Growth

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]]> <![CDATA[The Starbucks Story: How the brand changed the world]]> 17144492 145 John Simmons 981440876X Jane 4 3.64 2005

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]]> The 4-Hour Workweek 368593
Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:
- How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want?
- How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs?
- How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist?
- How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"?
- What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income?
- How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it's beyond repair?
- What automated cash-flow "muses" are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks?
- How to cultivate selective ignorance-and create time-with a low-information diet?
- What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are?
- How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50-80% off?
- How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office]]> 308 Timothy Ferriss 0307353133 Jane 4 3.93 2007 The 4-Hour Workweek

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]]> <![CDATA[100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better To Live More]]> 26116275 100 Startup 304 Chris Guillebeau 1447286316 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.87 2012

100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better To Live More

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]]> <![CDATA[The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing]]> 22318578 Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international best seller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home - and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

]]> 213 Marie Kondō 1607747308 Jane 5 3.88 2010 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

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]]> <![CDATA[Likeable Business: Why Today's Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver]]> 15854790
"Likeable Business" lays out the eleven strategies small- and mid-sized companies can use to leverage likeability to increase profits and spur growth. Kerpen explains how to ensure that every aspect of a business communicates transparency, accountability, responsiveness, and authenticity--which customers find more likeable than traditional marketing campaigns.

Dave Kerpen is cofounder and CEO of the marketing firm Likeable Media. He has won three WOMMY awards from WOMMA for excellence in word-of-mouth marketing.]]> 240 Dave Kerpen 0071800476 Jane 0 currently-reading 4.03 2012 Likeable Business: Why Today's Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver

Likeable Business: Why Today's Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver

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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 Jane 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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]]> <![CDATA[The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you]]> 18529000
They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right .

Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.]]> 134 Rob Fitzpatrick Jane 0 to-read 4.44 2013 The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

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]]> <![CDATA[Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques]]> 517518 Rethink the Way You Think
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In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas?
In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this comprehensive handbook details ingenious creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. Through fun and thought-provoking exercises, you’ll learn how to create original ideas that will improve your personal life and your business life. Michalko’s techniques show you how to look at the same information as everyone else and see something different.
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With hundreds of hints, tricks, tips, tales, and puzzles, Thinkertoys will open your mind to a world of innovative solutions to everyday and not-so-everyday problems.]]> 416 Michael Michalko 1580087736 Jane 0 to-read 3.98 1991 Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques

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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 Jane 0 to-read 4.12 2001 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

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]]> Minimalism: Essays 18803068
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Grapes of Wrath scenario.
2. The debt is the first to go.
3. A practical guide to getting rid of everything you own.
4. Life is not simple.
5. This time with meaning.]]> 25 Ashley Riordan Jane 0 to-read 4.61 2013 Minimalism: Essays

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]]> <![CDATA[The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life]]> 254799 In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative. In The Creative Habit, Tharp takes the lessons she has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career and shares them with you, whatever creative impulses you follow -- whether you are a painter, composer, writer, director, choreographer, or, for that matter, a businessperson working on a deal, a chef developing a new dish, a mother wanting her child to see the world anew.

When Tharp is at a creative dead end, she relies on a lifetime of exercises to help her get out of the rut, and The Creative Habit contains more than thirty of them to ease the fears of anyone facing a blank beginning and to open the mind to new possibilities.

Tharp's exercises are practical and immediately doable -- for the novice or expert. In "Where's Your Pencil?" she reminds us to observe the world -- and get it down on paper. In "Coins and Chaos," she provides the simplest of mental games to restore order and peace. In "Do a Verb," she turns your mind and body into coworkers. In "Build a Bridge to the Next Day," she shows how to clean your cluttered mind overnight.

To Tharp, sustained creativity begins with rituals, self-knowledge, harnessing your memories, and organizing your materials (so no insight is ever lost). Along the way she leads you by the hand through the painful first steps of scratching for ideas, finding the spine of your work, and getting out of ruts into productive grooves. In her creative realm, optimism rules. An empty room, a bare desk, a blank canvas can be energizing, not demoralizing. And in this inventive, encouraging book, Twyla Tharp shows us how to take a deep breath and begin!

]]> 247 Twyla Tharp 0743235274 Jane 0 to-read 4.08 2003 The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

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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 Jane 0 to-read 4.17 2011

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]]> <![CDATA[Contagious: Why Things Catch On]]> 15801967 New York Times bestseller and named Best Marketing Book of 2014 by the American Marketing Association

What makes things popular? Why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And what makes online content go viral?

If you said advertising, think again. People don't listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And what makes online content go viral?

Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger has spent the last decade answering these questions. He's studied why New York Times articles make the paper's own Most E-mailed List, why products get word of mouth, and how social influence shapes everything from the cars we buy to the clothes we wear to the names we give our children. In this book, Berger reveals the secret science behind word-of-mouth and social transmission. Discover how six basic principles drive all sorts of things to become contagious, from consumer products and policy initiatives to workplace rumors and YouTube videos.

Contagious combines groundbreaking research with powerful stories. Learn how a luxury steakhouse found popularity through the lowly cheese-steak, why anti-drug commercials might have actually increased drug use, and why more than 200 million consumers shared a video about one of the seemingly most boring products there is: a blender. If you've wondered why certain stories get shared, e-mails get forwarded, or videos go viral, Contagious explains why, and shows how to leverage these concepts to craft contagious content. This book provides a set of specific, actionable techniques for helping information spread - for designing messages, advertisements, and information that people will share. Whether you're a manager at a big company, a small business owner trying to boost awareness, a politician running for office, or a health official trying to get the word out, Contagious will show you how to make your product or idea catch on.]]> 210 Jonah Berger 1451686579 Jane 0 to-read 3.97 2013 Contagious: Why Things Catch On

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]]> <![CDATA[Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered]]> 18290401 In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known.

Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.

In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

]]> 215 Austin Kleon 076117897X Jane 0 to-read 4.09 2014 Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

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]]> The Lean Startup 10127019 Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business.

The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on "validated learning," rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.

Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs - in companies of all sizes - a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it's too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.]]> 299 Eric Ries 0307887898 Jane 0 to-read 4.11 2011 The Lean Startup

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]]> <![CDATA[Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future]]> 18050143
The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.

Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself.

Doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. Tomorrow’s champions will not win by competing ruthlessly in today’s marketplace. They will escape competition altogether, because their businesses will be unique.

Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.]]> 195 Peter Thiel 0804139296 Jane 0 to-read 4.15 2014 Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

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]]> A Work in Progress 22886113
Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom; his struggles with identity, body image, and sexuality in his teen years; and his decision to finally pursue his creative and artistic passions in his early twenties, setting up his thrilling career as a YouTube personality, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and tastemaker.

Exploring his past with insight and humor, his present with humility, and his future with hope, Connor reveals his private struggles while providing heartfelt words of wisdom for young adults. His words will resonate with anyone coming of age in the digital era, but at the core is a timeless message for people of all ages: don't be afraid to be yourself and to go after what you truly want.

This full-color collection includes photography and childhood clippings provided by Connor and is a must-have for anyone inspired by his journey.]]> 212 Connor Franta 1476791619 Jane 0 to-read 4.14 2015 A Work in Progress

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]]> <![CDATA[Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy]]> 2848658
In BUYOLOGY, Lindstrom presents the astonishing findings from his groundbreaking, three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study, a cutting-edge experiment that peered inside the brains of 2,000 volunteers from all around the world as they encountered various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products. His startling results shatter much of what we have long believed about what seduces our interest and drives us to buy. Among his

Gruesome health warnings on cigarette packages not only fail to discourage smoking, they actually make smokers want to light up.

Despite government bans, subliminal advertising still surrounds us – from bars to highway billboards to supermarket shelves.

"Cool” brands, like iPods trigger our mating instincts.

Other senses – smell, touch, and sound - are so powerful, they physically arouse us when we see a product.

Sex doesn't sell. In many cases, people in skimpy clothing and suggestive poses not only fail to persuade us to buy products - they often turn us away .

Companies routinetly copy from the world of religion and create rituals – like drinking a Corona with a lime – to capture our hard-earned dollars.

Filled with entertaining inside stories about how we respond to such well-known brands as Marlboro, Nokia, Calvin Klein, Ford, and American Idol, BUYOLOGY is a fascinating and shocking journey into the mind of today’s consumer that will captivate anyone who’s been seduced – or turned off – by marketers’ relentless attempts to win our loyalty, our money, and our minds. Includes a foreword by Paco Underhill.]]> 241 Martin Lindstrom 0385523882 Jane 0 currently-reading 3.77 2008 Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy

Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy

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]]> <![CDATA[Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative]]> 13099738 160 Austin Kleon 0761169253 Jane 5 3.95 2012

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

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]]> Business Model Generation 7723797
1) Change the way you think about business models

Business Model Generation will teach you powerful and practical innovation techniques used today by leading companies worldwide. You will learn how to systematically understand, design, and implement a new business model or analyze and renovate an old one.

2) Co-created by 470 strategy practitioners

Business Model Generation practices what it preaches. Co-authored by 470 Business Model Canvas practitioners from 45 countries, the book was financed and produced independently of the traditional publishing industry. It features a tightly-integrated, visual, lie-flat design that enables immediate hands-on use.

3) Designed for doers

Business Model Generation is for those ready to abandon outmoded thinking and embrace new, innovative models of value creation: executives, consultants, entrepreneurs and leaders of all organizations.]]> 273 Alexander Osterwalder 2839906171 Jane 4 4.20 2010 Business Model Generation

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]]> <![CDATA[The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures]]> 2420301 A bold new way to tackle tough business problems—even if you draw like a second grader

When Herb Kelleher was brainstorming about how to beat the traditional hub-and- spoke airlines, he grabbed a bar napkin and a pen. Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and customers.

Used properly, a simple drawing on a humble napkin is more powerful than Excel or PowerPoint. It can help crystallize ideas, think outside the box, and communicate in a way that people simply “get”. In this book Dan Roam argues that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, even those who swear they can’t draw.

Drawing on twenty years of visual problem solving combined with the recent discoveries of vision science, this book shows anyone how to clarify a problem or sell an idea by visually breaking it down using a simple set of visual thinking tools – tools that take advantage of everyone’s innate ability to look, see, imagine, and show.

THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN proves that thinking with pictures can help anyone discover and develop new ideas, solve problems in unexpected ways, and dramatically improve their ability to share their insights. This book will help readers literally see the world in a new way.]]> 278 Dan Roam 1591841992 Jane 4 3.97 2008 The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

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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 Jane 4 4.01 2002 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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