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The 4-Hour Body

By Timothy Ferriss

Advice and How-To

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The game-changing author of The 4-Hour Workweek teaches you how to reach your peak physical potential with minimum effort. “A practical crash course in how to reinvent yourself.”—Kevin Kelly, Wired Is it possible to…

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The 48 Laws of Power

By Robert Greene

Advice and How-To

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature In the book that…

Thanks for the Feedback

By Douglas Stone

Business

The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers—but also family, friends, and in-laws—they all have…

T-Shirt Swim Club

By Ian Karmel

Biographies and Memoirs

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Comedian Ian Karmel, with help from his sister, Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations of being fat and why it’s so hard to talk about something so visible. “As charming and funny as it…

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Switch

By Chip Heath

Advice and How-To

The Heath brothers argue that lasting change requires appealing to both the rational mind and the emotional one, which they frame as a Rider directing an Elephant, while also shaping the Path they travel. Case studies from hospitals, businesses, schools and families illustrate each principle.