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Capital Returns

par Edward Chancellor • 2015

When money floods an industry, returns crash. A supply-side lens reveals the timing.

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📊 Capital Allocation 🔄 Industry Cycles 🏰 Competitive Advantage

Capital Returns

When money floods an industry, returns crash. A supply-side lens reveals the timing.

par Edward Chancellor 2015 225 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

📊 Capital Allocation 🔄 Industry Cycles 🏰 Competitive Advantage

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing

par Harvard Business Review • 2013

Marketing and sales are undermining each other. The structural fix that turns friction into revenue.

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🎯 Marketing Strategy 🤝 Sales Alignment 🧱 Departmental Silos

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing

Marketing and sales are undermining each other. The structural fix that turns friction into revenue.

par Harvard Business Review 2013 224 pages

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🎯 Marketing Strategy 🤝 Sales Alignment 🧱 Departmental Silos

La psychologie de l'amour

par Sigmund Freud • 2006

Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.

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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 📋 Case Studies 💭 Dream Interpretation

La psychologie de l'amour

Your love life is a childhood script, buried in the unconscious and acted out in symptoms.

par Sigmund Freud 2006 368 pages

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🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 📋 Case Studies 💭 Dream Interpretation

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Collaboration

par Harvard Business Publishing • 2013

The formula for knowing when collaboration pays off, and when working alone is smarter.

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🤝 Corporate Collaboration 👥 Cross-Functional Teams ⚔️ Conflict Resolution

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Collaboration

The formula for knowing when collaboration pays off, and when working alone is smarter.

par Harvard Business Publishing 2013 176 pages

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🤝 Corporate Collaboration 👥 Cross-Functional Teams ⚔️ Conflict Resolution

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul

par Jack Canfield • 1994

101 stories of ordinary people whose kindness, grit, and change of heart rewrote someone's world.

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☀️ Positive Outlook 💪 Emotional Resilience 💝 Acts Of Kindness

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul

101 stories of ordinary people whose kindness, grit, and change of heart rewrote someone's world.

par Jack Canfield 1994

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☀️ Positive Outlook 💪 Emotional Resilience 💝 Acts Of Kindness

Books of Blood

par Clive Barker • 1984

A con man who fakes séances is turned into a living page for the vengeful dead.

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🩸 Body Horror 💀 Splatterpunk 📖 Literary Horror

Books of Blood

A con man who fakes séances is turned into a living page for the vengeful dead.

par Clive Barker 1984 507 pages

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🩸 Body Horror 💀 Splatterpunk 📖 Literary Horror

Hitchcock/Truffaut

par François Truffaut • 1985

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

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🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics

Hitchcock/Truffaut

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

par François Truffaut 1985 368 pages

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🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics

Thee Psychick Bible

par Genesis P-Orridge • 1994

An occult bible built on sexual fluids, industrial noise, and the belief that time itself is god.

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🌀 Chaos Magick ✍️ Sigil Magick 🏭 Industrial Culture

Thee Psychick Bible

An occult bible built on sexual fluids, industrial noise, and the belief that time itself is god.

par Genesis P-Orridge 1994 175 pages

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🌀 Chaos Magick ✍️ Sigil Magick 🏭 Industrial Culture

Master Your Motivation

par Thibaut Meurisse • 2019

Motivation doesn't spark action. Completed actions spark motivation. Start with one tiny task.

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🧠 Motivation Science 📋 Personal Productivity 🔄 Habit Design

Master Your Motivation

Motivation doesn't spark action. Completed actions spark motivation. Start with one tiny task.

par Thibaut Meurisse 2019 177 pages

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🧠 Motivation Science 📋 Personal Productivity 🔄 Habit Design

Two Cheers for Anarchism

par James C. Scott • 2012

The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.

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🏴 Anarchist Thought 🏛️ State Critique 📜 Local Knowledge

Two Cheers for Anarchism

The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.

par James C. Scott 2012 198 pages

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🏴 Anarchist Thought 🏛️ State Critique 📜 Local Knowledge

Yes Means Yes!

par Jaclyn Friedman • 2008

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

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✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture

Yes Means Yes!

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

par Jaclyn Friedman 2008 361 pages

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✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture

The Lottery and Other Stories

par Shirley Jackson • 1949

An annual lottery where winning means death opens a collection where menace wears an ordinary face.

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🏠 Domestic Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 👥 Mob Mentality

The Lottery and Other Stories

An annual lottery where winning means death opens a collection where menace wears an ordinary face.

par Shirley Jackson 1949 302 pages

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🏠 Domestic Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 👥 Mob Mentality

American Story

par Bob Dotson • 2013

Four decades on American back roads, collecting the lives no news camera ever found.

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🧑‍🚒 Everyday Heroes 🧑‍🏭 Unsung Lives 🗞️ Human-Interest Stories

American Story

Four decades on American back roads, collecting the lives no news camera ever found.

par Bob Dotson 2013 274 pages

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🧑‍🚒 Everyday Heroes 🧑‍🏭 Unsung Lives 🗞️ Human-Interest Stories

Quotes That Will Change Your Life

par Russ Kick • 2017

A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.

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📚 Curated Wisdom 🌿 Perennial Wisdom 🔍 Self-Examination

Quotes That Will Change Your Life

A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.

par Russ Kick 2017 304 pages

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📚 Curated Wisdom 🌿 Perennial Wisdom 🔍 Self-Examination

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

par Allison Hoover Bartlett • 2009

A thief, a detective, and $100,000 in rare books stolen for something money can't buy: status.

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📚 Rare Book Collecting 📖 Bibliophilia 🧠 Criminal Psychology

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

A thief, a detective, and $100,000 in rare books stolen for something money can't buy: status.

par Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages

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📚 Rare Book Collecting 📖 Bibliophilia 🧠 Criminal Psychology

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes

par John Britt • 2004

High-fire glazes: the recipes, chemistry, and firing know-how for repeatable cone 10 results.

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🫙 Ceramic Glazes 🏺 Studio Ceramics ⚗️ Glaze Chemistry

The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes

High-fire glazes: the recipes, chemistry, and firing know-how for repeatable cone 10 results.

par John Britt 2004 184 pages

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🫙 Ceramic Glazes 🏺 Studio Ceramics ⚗️ Glaze Chemistry

Short Stories in French for Beginners

par Olly Richards • 2018

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

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🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Short Stories in French for Beginners

Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.

par Olly Richards 2018 268 pages

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🎒 Graded Reader 🇫🇷 French Setting 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Filthy Animals

par Brandon Taylor • 2021

After a crisis, a gay math student drifts into the charged bond between two partnered dancers.

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🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🔥 Queer Desire 🧠 Interior Lives

Filthy Animals

After a crisis, a gay math student drifts into the charged bond between two partnered dancers.

par Brandon Taylor 2021 288 pages

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🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🔥 Queer Desire 🧠 Interior Lives

Best American Essays 2018

par Hilton Als • 2018

The essay as weapon and refuge: twenty-seven writers on race, memory, and a nation on edge.

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✍️ The Essay Form 🖋️ Personal Essays 💬 Cultural Criticism

Best American Essays 2018

The essay as weapon and refuge: twenty-seven writers on race, memory, and a nation on edge.

par Hilton Als 2018 336 pages

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✍️ The Essay Form 🖋️ Personal Essays 💬 Cultural Criticism

This Just Speaks to Me

par Hoda Kotb • 2020

The courage you need today, in a page or two: words to steady you.

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🌅 Daily Reflections ✨ Inspirational Quotes 🎁 Gift Books

This Just Speaks to Me

The courage you need today, in a page or two: words to steady you.

par Hoda Kotb 2020 382 pages

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🌅 Daily Reflections ✨ Inspirational Quotes 🎁 Gift Books

Poirot's Early Cases

par Agatha Christie • 1974

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

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🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

Poirot's Early Cases

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

par Agatha Christie 1974 8 pages

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🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

Chicken Soup for the Soul

par Jack Canfield • 2009

The recession took their jobs, homes, and savings. 101 people share how they rebuilt anyway.

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🏠 Uplifting Anthologies 💪 Overcoming Adversity 📖 Resilience Stories

Chicken Soup for the Soul

The recession took their jobs, homes, and savings. 101 people share how they rebuilt anyway.

par Jack Canfield 2009 414 pages

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160 évaluations

🏠 Uplifting Anthologies 💪 Overcoming Adversity 📖 Resilience Stories

Easy Weeknight Dinners

par Emily Weinstein • 2024

100 recipes that each use two pans max, mostly under 30 minutes, and actually taste like something.

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🍽️ Weeknight Meals ⏱️ Quick Meals 🥘 Sheet Pan Cooking

Easy Weeknight Dinners

100 recipes that each use two pans max, mostly under 30 minutes, and actually taste like something.

par Emily Weinstein 2024 256 pages

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289 évaluations

🍽️ Weeknight Meals ⏱️ Quick Meals 🥘 Sheet Pan Cooking

Tales from Tiressia

par Charissa Weaks • 2024

Witches and immortal kings steal moments of passion while war threatens a frozen magical realm.

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🔥 Magic During Intimacy 💫 Immortal Lovers 👑 M/M Royal Romance

Tales from Tiressia

Witches and immortal kings steal moments of passion while war threatens a frozen magical realm.

par Charissa Weaks 2024 246 pages

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🔥 Magic During Intimacy 💫 Immortal Lovers 👑 M/M Royal Romance

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies

par Blake Snyder • 2007

Fifty films, ten master genres, one hidden template: the blueprint behind every story that works.

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📄 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Film Analysis

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies

Fifty films, ten master genres, one hidden template: the blueprint behind every story that works.

par Blake Snyder 2007 287 pages

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📄 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Film Analysis

Magic

par Isaac Asimov • 1995

A tiny demon's wishes always backfire in this final collection of comic fantasy tales and essays.

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📖 Comic Fantasy 🧞 Wishes Gone Wrong 😈 Trickster Demon

Magic

A tiny demon's wishes always backfire in this final collection of comic fantasy tales and essays.

par Isaac Asimov 1995 305 pages

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📖 Comic Fantasy 🧞 Wishes Gone Wrong 😈 Trickster Demon

The Lightning Wastes

par Will Wight • 2014

A young queen enters the Lightning Wastes to hunt deserters as Incarnations tear her kingdom apart.

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📚 Interconnected Stories 🚪 Realm-Hopping 🛡️ Reluctant Bodyguard

The Lightning Wastes

A young queen enters the Lightning Wastes to hunt deserters as Incarnations tear her kingdom apart.

par Will Wight 2014 57 pages

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📚 Interconnected Stories 🚪 Realm-Hopping 🛡️ Reluctant Bodyguard

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

par Nancy Guthrie • 2008

Creator of his mother, in a manger: classic voices on Christmas's staggering, world-remaking center.

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🎄 Christmas Devotionals 🌟 Incarnational Theology 🕯️ Advent Readings

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Creator of his mother, in a manger: classic voices on Christmas's staggering, world-remaking center.

par Nancy Guthrie 2008 142 pages

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🎄 Christmas Devotionals 🌟 Incarnational Theology 🕯️ Advent Readings

Différentes Saisons

par Stephen King • 1982

How do we survive the darkest seasons? Four novellas of hope, evil, friendship, and the uncanny.

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🔒 Prison Drama 🧠 Psychological Horror 🍂 Corruption Of Innocence

Différentes Saisons

How do we survive the darkest seasons? Four novellas of hope, evil, friendship, and the uncanny.

par Stephen King 1982 560 pages

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🔒 Prison Drama 🧠 Psychological Horror 🍂 Corruption Of Innocence

Discipleship

par A.W. Tozer • 2018

What if salvation and discipleship are not two steps but a single, total surrender?

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🛐 Discipleship 📚 Spiritual Classics ✝️ Cross Bearing

Discipleship

What if salvation and discipleship are not two steps but a single, total surrender?

par A.W. Tozer 2018 160 pages

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🛐 Discipleship 📚 Spiritual Classics ✝️ Cross Bearing

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

par Kim Cho-yeop • 2019

Alien symbionts live in infant brains, teach empathy, then vanish. The homesickness is permanent.

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🇰🇷 Korean Science Fiction 📖 Speculative Short Fiction 🔧 Technological Alienation

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

Alien symbionts live in infant brains, teach empathy, then vanish. The homesickness is permanent.

par Kim Cho-yeop 2019 192 pages

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🇰🇷 Korean Science Fiction 📖 Speculative Short Fiction 🔧 Technological Alienation

The News from Dublin

par Colm Tóibín • 2026

Nine stories of Irish exile and scandal, where survival means burying the truth.

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🍀 Irish Diaspora 📖 Irish Short Stories ✈️ Exile And Belonging

The News from Dublin

Nine stories of Irish exile and scandal, where survival means burying the truth.

par Colm Tóibín 2026 304 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🍀 Irish Diaspora 📖 Irish Short Stories ✈️ Exile And Belonging

Yoga for Everyone

par Dianne Bondy • 2019

No flexibility required: fifty poses, from chair to handstand, built for the body you have today.

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🧘 Accessible Yoga ❤️ Body Positive Yoga ➕ Plus Size Yoga

Yoga for Everyone

No flexibility required: fifty poses, from chair to handstand, built for the body you have today.

par Dianne Bondy 2019 256 pages

4.53

372 évaluations

🧘 Accessible Yoga ❤️ Body Positive Yoga ➕ Plus Size Yoga

Van Gogh's Imaginary Museum

par Chris Stolwijk • 2003

Over 1,100 artworks and 300 books lived in Van Gogh's head. This book opens the collection.

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🎨 Art History 🖼️ Van Gogh 🎌 Japonisme

Van Gogh's Imaginary Museum

Over 1,100 artworks and 300 books lived in Van Gogh's head. This book opens the collection.

par Chris Stolwijk 2003 320 pages

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🎨 Art History 🖼️ Van Gogh 🎌 Japonisme

The Big Book of Quotes

par M. Prefontaine • 2015

A handpicked collection of funny, tough, and true quotes for the moments you need a compass.

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📚 Quotation Collections 💬 Aphorisms And Sayings 🧠 Curated Wisdom

The Big Book of Quotes

A handpicked collection of funny, tough, and true quotes for the moments you need a compass.

par M. Prefontaine 2015 444 pages

4.01

161 évaluations

📚 Quotation Collections 💬 Aphorisms And Sayings 🧠 Curated Wisdom

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