biographies & memoirs

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Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

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Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

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Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

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Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

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Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Ashlee Vance

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The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

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How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

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When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

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Creativity, Inc.

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

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The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

Michael Lewis

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

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Books allowed me to see a world beyond the front porch of my grandmother’s shotgun house…[and] the power to see possibilities beyond what was allowed at the time.

Oprah Winfrey