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Tim Ferriss

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About Tim Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, and podcaster.

Renowned for his bestselling "The 4-Hour Workweek" book, he has shaped contemporary views on work, productivity, and lifestyle management. His publications, emphasizing efficient living, propelled Ferriss to the forefront of thought leadership in self-optimization.

His influence extended into digital media with "The Tim Ferriss Show", a trailblazing podcast that features insights from experts across various sectors.

Additionally, Ferriss also marked his presence in the tech industry as an early investor and advisor for companies like Uber and Facebook.

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Man’s Search For Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

by Timothy Ferriss

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The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

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Tao Te Ching

by Stephen Mitchell

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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard

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The Hero with a Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell

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Finite and Infinite Games

by James P. Carse

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The Chronicles of Narnia

by C. S. Lewis

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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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Tools of Titans

by Timothy Ferriss

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Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

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The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes

by William Ury

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The Open Society and Its Enemies

by Karl R. Popper

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The Singularity Is Near

by Ray Kurzweil

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

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Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr.

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Requiem for a Dream

by Hubert Selby Jr.

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Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life

by Gail Sheehy

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Sugar Blues

by William Dufty

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5/3/1: The Simplest and Most Effective Training System for Raw Strength

by Jim Wendler

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The Passion Trap: How to Right an Unbalanced Relationship

by Dean C. Delis & Cassandra Phillips

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Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

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Brave Enough

by Cheryl Strayed

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One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism

by Rodney Stark

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The Idea of Decline in Western History

by Arthur Herman

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Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

by Harriet Lerner

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Why Won't You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts

by Harriet Lerner

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Touchpoints

by T. Berry Brazelton

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Thinking Body, Dancing Mind

by Chungliang Al Huang

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes

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The Baroque Cycle

by Neal Stephenson

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Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda

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Alice in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

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Shame

by Salman Rushdie

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No Logo

by Naomi Klein

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A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

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Peter Pan

by J M Barrie

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The Master Key System

by Charles F. Haanel

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Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

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You Are Not So Smart

by David McRaney

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Getting the Love You Want

by Harville Hendrix PhD

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The Female Brain

by Louann Brizendine

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The Lessons of History

by Will Durant & Ariel Durant

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River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

by Richard Dawkins

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Wooden

by John Wooden

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The Champion's Mind

by Jim Afremow

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Making Sense of People

by Samuel Barondes

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In Over Our Heads

by Robert Kegan

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Changing on the Job

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The Biology of Desire

by Marc Lewis

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Scarcity

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From Bacteria to Bach and Back

by Daniel C. Dennett

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The Minefield Girl

by Sofia Ek

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Black Box Thinking

by Matthew Syed

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The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

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The Monster at the End of This Book

by Jon Stone

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The Rise of Superman

by Steven Kotler

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Seeking Wisdom

by Peter Bevelin

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The Heart of a Champion

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Superforecasting

by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner

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How to Measure Anything

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Decisive

by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

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Mind Gym

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Inch and Miles

by John R. Wooden

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Remix

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Musicophilia

by Oliver Sacks

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The Doctor and the Soul

by Viktor E. Frankl

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Rhinoceros Success

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Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom

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In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

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Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

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Meditations

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Propaganda

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The Scientist In The Crib

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Ready Player One: A Novel

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Out of Control

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The Age of Spiritual Machines

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Childhood's End

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Leaves of Grass

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The Story of My Experiments with Truth

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Gödel, Escher, Bach

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The Ultimate Resource

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The Catcher in the Rye

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Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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The Artist's Way

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Awaken the Giant Within

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City of Thieves

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Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins

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The Happiest Baby on the Block

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The Sleepeasy Solution

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The Master and Margarita

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A Field Guide to Getting Lost

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James Baldwin: Collected Essays

by James Baldwin

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The Price of the Ticket

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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

by Richard Bach

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Hope for the Flowers

by Trina Paulus

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Living Forward

by Michael Hyatt & Daniel Harkavy

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How Will You Measure Your Life?

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Winnie-the-Pooh

by A. A. Milne

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The Scourge of the Swastika

by Edward Frederick Langley Russell

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The Drama of the Gifted Child

by Alice Miller

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Don Quixote

by Miguel De Cervantes

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Dune

by Frank Herbert

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The Stranger

by Albert Camus

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The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie

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The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber

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How to Fly a Horse

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Deep Survival

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The Voice That Is Great Within Us

by Hayden Carruth

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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

by Jim Dethmer & Diana Chapman

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The Four Agreements

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Book of Longing

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Brave New World

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Way of the Peaceful Warrior

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On China

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The Way of the Shark

by Greg Norman

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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

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Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

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A Fine Balance

by Rohinton Mistry

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The Meaning of Culture

by John Cowper Powys

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The Enigma of Anger

by Garret Keizer

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The Stars

by H. A. Rey

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Quiet

by Susan Cain

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Wait

by Frank Partnoy

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The Power of Nice

by Linda Kaplan Thaler

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The Power of Small

by Linda Kaplan Thaler

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Weapons of Math Destruction

by Cathy O'Neil

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Retail Superstars

by George Whalin

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Small Giants

by Bo Burlingham

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Simply Brilliant

by William C. Taylor

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Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century

by Hermann Simon

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The Map That Changed the World

by Simon Winchester

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Born to Run

by Christopher McDougall

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The Barefoot Investor

by Scott Pape

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History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

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Total Freedom

by Jiddu Krishnamurti

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The Evolution of Everything

by Matt Ridley

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The Double Helix

by James D. Watson PhD

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32 Yolks

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A Plea for the Animals

by Matthieu Ricard

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Zen in the Art of Archery

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

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The Crack in the Cosmic Egg

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The Act of Creation

by Arthur Koestler

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes

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A Pattern Language

by Christopher Alexander

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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The Paleo Solution

by Robb Wolf

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Leadership on the Line

by Martin Linsky

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The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness

by Joel ben Izzy

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Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

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The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

by James Dale Davidson

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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

by Samin Nosrat

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The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity

by Daniel Reid

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The Prophet

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Nine Stories

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The Jaws Log

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Ulysses

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Under Saturn's Shadow

by James Hollis

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Iceland Small World

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The Wisdom of the Enneagram

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

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Your Beauty Mark

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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Ernest Hemingway on Writing

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The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Nonstop Metropolis

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The Second Sex

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Good Calories, Bad Calories

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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

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About Face

by Colonel David H. Hackworth

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Influence

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Siddhartha

by Herman Hesse

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

by Richard P. Feynman

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