en-US Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:49:11 -0700 60 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 2756053 176 Orlando Boyer 0829713433 Jose 4 4.47 1983
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Es un buen libro, lleno de biografias de hombres de fe y oración.
]]> 7126 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s, Dumas was inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment when writing his epic tale of suffering and retribution.]]> 1276 Alexandre Dumas 0140449264 Jose 4 4.31 1846
author: Alexandre Dumas
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]]> 32186143 The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Tower of Swallows, in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired The Witcher video games.

After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world... an Elven world. She is trapped with no way out. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world.

But this is Ciri, the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher, Geralt, and his companions - and also to try to conquer her worst nightmare. Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail. And the world is still at war.]]> 560 Andrzej Sapkowski Jose 0 currently-reading 4.02 1999
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]]> 59641216
So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us. . . and so much more.

In an extraordinary story that only he could tell—and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it—Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace he’s found in sobriety and how he feels about the ubiquity of Friends, sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way. Frank, self-aware, and with his trademark humor, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for.]]> 250 Matthew Perry 1250866448 Jose 4 3.91 2022
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]]> 25986743 1376 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 8420412147 Jose 5 4.53 1605
author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
name: Jose
average rating: 4.53
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]]> 1885 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Jose 4 4.28 1813
author: Jane Austen
name: Jose
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Good read, very femenine world and point of view, but that's what makes it great. It's a window to the life of a woman in the 1800s in England.
]]> 318431
Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.

The foster son of a Thembu chief, Mandela was raised in the traditional, tribal culture of his ancestors, but at an early age learned the modern, inescapable reality of what came to be called apartheid, one of the most powerful and effective systems of oppression ever conceived. In classically elegant and engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in a Jewish firm in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s.

He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children. He brings vividly to life the escalating political warfare in the fifties between the ANC and the government, culminating in his dramatic escapades as an underground leader and the notorious Rivonia Trial of 1964, at which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Herecounts the surprisingly eventful twenty-seven years in prison and the complex, delicate negotiations that led both to his freedom and to the beginning of the end of apartheid. Finally he provides the ultimate inside account.]]> 656 Nelson Mandela 0316548189 Jose 4 Mandela is a different kind of man than Gandhi for example.. but it's interesting to see how he handled the situation.]]> 4.35 1991
author: Nelson Mandela
name: Jose
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Great book, gives you a little bit of history of South Africa and their struggles.
Mandela is a different kind of man than Gandhi for example.. but it's interesting to see how he handled the situation.
]]> 5129 Brave New World is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English author Aldous Huxley. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist.]]> 288 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Jose 0 to-read 3.99 1932
author: Aldous Huxley
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]]> 7604 Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.]]> 368 Vladimir Nabokov Jose 0 currently-reading 3.87 1955
author: Vladimir Nabokov
name: Jose
average rating: 3.87
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]]> 30792714 Valhalla y de las valkirias; de Tor, de Frig y Freya, de Bálder, de Loki, y se traza la cosmogonía de las creencias precristianas. Entre los relatos de corte épico legendario que contiene ocupa un lugar destacado la historia de Sígurd, el héroe que supo matar al dragón Fáfnir y apoderarse del tesoro de los nibelungos. Edición y traducción de Luis Lerate]]> 248 Snorri Sturluson 849104342X Jose 5 4.08 1220
author: Snorri Sturluson
name: Jose
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 161453 304 Charles R. Swindoll 0849913829 Jose 4 4.33 1988
author: Charles R. Swindoll
name: Jose
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 6656 This Everyman’s Library edition–containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso–includes an introduction by Nobel Prize—winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli’s marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations.

Translated in this edition by Allen Mandelbaum, The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity.

Mandelbaum’s astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece of that genius whom our greatest poets have recognized as a central model for all poets.]]> 798 Dante Alighieri 0679433139 Jose 4 4.09 1304
author: Dante Alighieri
name: Jose
average rating: 4.09
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]]> 5297
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.]]> 272 Oscar Wilde Jose 4 4.13 1890
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Jose
average rating: 4.13
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]]> 107470 334 Charles R. Swindoll 0849913853 Jose 4 4.33 1998
author: Charles R. Swindoll
name: Jose
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 31143781
"In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul me back ... You can scarce imagine how nauseatingly inhuman they looked - those pale chinless faces and great, lidless, pinkish-grey eyes!"

An English scientist regales his dinner guests with the tale of his travels to the year 802,701, where he discovers that the human race has evolved into two distinct societies. The Eloi, elegant and peaceful, yet lacking spirit, are terrorised by the sinister, light-fearing Morlocks, who live underground, surrounded by industry. And when his time machine mysteriously vanishes, the scientist must descend to the realm of the Morlocks in order to find his only hope of escape ...

H. G. Wells is considered a founding father of modern science fiction, coining the term 'time machine' and popularising the idea of time travel in literature.]]> 144 H.G. Wells 0008190038 Jose 4 It's a classic, so many sci-fi stories exist because of this book.]]> 3.68 1895
author: H.G. Wells
name: Jose
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1895
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It's a great book, very short, so.. worth the time.
It's a classic, so many sci-fi stories exist because of this book.
]]> 18247597
There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting...]]> 448 Andrzej Sapkowski 1473211565 Jose 4 4.17 1997
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
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average rating: 4.17
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By now we know the main characters very well, and in this book we get to know the antagonist's a little better. The story progresses and everyone is fighting in their own way. Every character is in the lowest point we have ever seen them. Ciri is by now the main focus of the story and is the most interesting character to watch how she grows and react to everything she has been through
]]> 24661771 Pedro Simón Abril (Alcaraz, Albacete 1530 - Medina de Rioseco, Valladolid, 1595), humanista, helenista, pedagogo, religioso, traductor español.
Profesor de artes, filosofía y gramática en Uncastillo (Zaragoza) entre 1566 y 1570; este último año la Universidad Sertoriana de Huesca lo procesó por enseñar en ese lugar las disciplinas de Artes y Filosofía, lo que era entonces privilegio único de esa institución académica. Como el maestro se negó a suspender sus enseñanzas, fue declarado contumaz y excomulgado desde los púlpitos y tuvo que ceder finalmente, suplicando la absolución en mayo de 1571, jurando que sólo enseñaría Gramática y que defendería los antiguos privilegios de la universidad oscense. El episodio da fe de la importancia del estudio de Artes, que competía con la Universidad, pero también del esfuerzo de la Universidad de Huesca por mantener en Aragón el monopolio de la enseñanza superior, que no tardaría en perder con la fundación de la universidad de Zaragoza. Pedro Simón Abril enseñó también griego, filosofía y poesía en Tudela, ciudad a la que siempre se referirá con nostalgia, en Zaragoza (1574-1576), y en su ciudad natal, Alcaraz (Albacete), donde pudo conocer al bachiller Sabuco y tener como discípula a su hija, la célebre doña Oliva Sabuco de Nantes. Fue nombrado uno de los primeros catedráticos de la Universidad de Zaragoza (que data del 24 de mayo de 1583), en esta universidad enseñó Latinidad, Griego y Retórica, allí tuvo por colega a Pedro Malón de Chaide. En noviembre de 1583 incorporó el grado de licenciado al de maestro, que seguramente había obtenido en la universidad de Valencia.

Como una de las figuras más importantes del Humanismo español, fue autor de gramáticas latinas (Latini idiomatis docendi ac discendi methodus, 1561 y De lingua latina vel de arte grammatica, 1567) y otra griega, así como de otras obras gramaticales escritas, contra lo usual entonces, en lengua castellana, siguiendo en ello la recomendación de Nebrija en sus Introducciones latinae. Abril sostiene este principio de la enseñanza en lengua vulgar también como norma pedagógica aplicable a cualquier otra disciplina en sus Apuntamientos de cómo se deben reformar las doctrinas y la manera de enseñallas (Madrid: P. Madrigal, 1589 y aparecido en Libros escogidos de Filósofos R. A. E., 1953, p. 294-300). Simón Abril afirma en esta obra que los errores didácticos provienen de enseñar en lenguas extrañas (latín y griego) que el pueblo no entiende; deduce que es necesario usar la lengua propia para mejorar el entendimiento y para ello el uso de la lengua vulgar en la enseñanza es condición primordial para conocer antes y mejor la gramática griega y latina. Sostiene que las matemáticas se enseñen en lengua vulgar; en el ámbito de las Facultades Mayores afirma que es un grave error enseñar la Medicina en latín o en griego, porque el médico no llega a conocer con perfección la anatomía del cuerpo humano ni la terapia natural y apropiada]]> 261 Aristotle Jose 0 to-read 4.30 -350
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]]> 18656031 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher

The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times.

But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries.

While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it. It's an impossible situation in which to find one girl - Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra, has vanished - until a rumor places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor.

Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands.

The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Time of Contempt.]]> 400 Andrzej Sapkowski 0316219185 Jose 4 4.22 1996
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Jose
average rating: 4.22
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another good book continuing the story of Geralt and his journey to rescue his Ciri. great stories of Geralt and his comrades, you can feel their relationships. if you get to this point in the saga is because you are already hooked up.
]]> 535739 Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is skillful and accurate.]]> 329 Cao Xueqin 0385093799 Jose 0 to-read 4.00 1791
author: Cao Xueqin
name: Jose
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]]> 51496 139 Robert Louis Stevenson 0451528956 Jose 4 It's a classic for a reason. ]]> 3.84 1886
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
name: Jose
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1886
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it's a pity that this story is so well known in the pop culture and we don't have the mystery and the opportunity to discover it by our own. But still I enjoyed the book, great story, it makes you analyze our human nature, the good and evil that lives within us.
It's a classic for a reason.
]]> 14781491 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher
Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill -- but only if she lives to use it.

A coup threatens the Wizard's Guild.
War breaks out across the lands.
A serious injury leaves Geralt fighting for his life...
... and Ciri, in whose hands the world's fate rests, has vanished...

The Witcher returns in this sequel to Blood of Elves.


The Witcher series
The Last Wish
The Sword of Destiny
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire

The Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only)]]> 352 Andrzej Sapkowski 0316219134 Jose 4 4.11 1995
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Jose
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1995
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Great book, another solid one in the saga.
]]> 3004985 LA REPÚBLICA presenta el modelo de ciudad donde domina la justicia frente al desorden, la confusión y la perversión; sin embargo, como señala Manuel Fernández-Galiano en la introducción al volumen, el diálogo no apunta a la construcción ideal de una sociedad perfecta de hombres perfectos, sino que es un «tratado de medicina política» con aplicación a los regímenes existentes en su tiempo.]]> 604 Plato 8420636738 Jose 4 Plato writes in a conversation style, which makes it easier to read. But it has very good ideas, and questions, and thoughts in general.
It's a most read in my opinion. ]]> 3.97 -400
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It's amazing this was written more then 2000 years ago, and is still so relevant.
Plato writes in a conversation style, which makes it easier to read. But it has very good ideas, and questions, and thoughts in general.
It's a most read in my opinion.
]]> 29496432  
Now  Find Your Why  picks up where Start With Why left off. It shows you how to apply Simon Sinek’s powerful insights so that you can find more inspiration at work -- and in turn inspire those around you.
 
I believe fulfillment is a right and not a privilege. We are all entitled to wake up in the morning inspired to go to work, feel safe when we’re there and return home fulfilled at the end of the day. Achieving that fulfillment starts with understanding exactly WHY we do what we do. 
 
As Start With Why has spread around the world, countless readers have asked me the same question: How can I apply  Start With Why  to my career, team, company or nonprofit? Along with two of my colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, I created this hands-on, step-by-step guide to help you find your WHY.

With detailed exercises, illustrations, and action steps for every stage of the process,  Find Your Why  can help you address many important concerns, including:
 
* What if my WHY sounds just like my competitor’s?
* Can I have more than one WHY?
* If my work doesn’t match my WHY, what should I do?
* What if my team can’t agree on our WHY?
 
Whether you've just started your first job, are leading a team, or are CEO of your own company, the exercises in this book will help guide you on a path to long-term success and fulfillment, for both you and your colleagues. 
 
Thank you for joining us as we work together to build a world in which more people start with WHY.
 
Inspire on!
-- Simon]]> 256 Simon Sinek 0143111728 Jose 3 3.64 2017
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]]> 32620333
What really makes love last? Does love ever work the way we say it does in movies and books and Facebook posts? Or does obsessing over those love stories hurt our real-life relationships? When her parents divorced after a twenty-eight year marriage and her own ten-year relationship ended, those were the questions that Mandy Len Catron wanted to answer.

In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it means to love someone, be loved, and how we present our love to the world, Catron deconstructs her own personal canon of love stories. She delves all the way back to 1944, when her grandparents first met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver, drawing insights from her fascinating research into the universal psychology, biology, history, and literature of love. She uses biologists’ research into dopamine triggers to ask whether the need to love is an innate human drive. She uses literary theory to show why we prefer certain kinds of love stories. She urges us to question the unwritten scripts we follow in relationships and looks into where those scripts come from in the first place. And she tells the story of how she decided to test a psychology experiment that she’d read about—where the goal was to create intimacy between strangers using a list of thirty-six questions—and ended up in the surreal situation of having millions of people following her brand-new relationship.

In How to Fall in Love with Anyone Catron flips the script on love and offers a deeply personal, and universal, investigation.]]> 238 Mandy Len Catron 1501137441 Jose 2 3.67 2017
author: Mandy Len Catron
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> 6043781 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher.
For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.

Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil.

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all - and the Witcher never accepts defeat.

The Witcher returns in this sequel to The Last Wish, as the inhabitants of his world become embroiled in a state of total war.]]> 398 Andrzej Sapkowski Jose 4 4.05 1994
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Jose
average rating: 4.05
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I liked it, it expands the story of Ciri, Triss, Yen and their relationship.
]]> 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 Jose 3 4.16 2011
author: Daniel Kahneman
name: Jose
average rating: 4.16
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]]> 84985 552 Robert C. Martin 0135974445 Jose 5 4.26 2002
author: Robert C. Martin
name: Jose
average rating: 4.26
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a must read for a software developer
]]> 24292208 Insights on Revelation explores one of the most perplexing books in Scripture. Drawing on Gold Medallion Award–winner Chuck Swindoll’s 50 years of experience studying and preaching God’s Word, this series combines Chuck’s deep insight, signature easygoing style, and humor to bring a warmth and practical accessibility not often found in commentaries.

Each of the 15 volumes in Swindoll’s Living Insights New Testament Commentary series combines verse-by-verse commentary, charts, maps, photos, key terms, and background articles with practical application. The newly updated volumes now include parallel presentations of the NLT and NASB before each section. This series is a must-have for pastors, teachers, and anyone else who is seeking a deeply practical resource for exploring God’s Word.]]> 514 Charles R. Swindoll 1414393997 Jose 0 currently-reading 4.82 2014
author: Charles R. Swindoll
name: Jose
average rating: 4.82
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]]> 10048834
Altaïr embarks on a formidable mission—one that takes him throughout the Holy Land and shows him the true meaning of the Assassin’s Creed. To demonstrate his commitment, Altaïr must defeat nine deadly enemies, including Templar leader Robert de Sable.

Altaïr’s life story is told here for the first time: a journey that will change the course of history; his ongoing battle with the Templar conspiracy; a family life that is as tragic as it is shocking; and the ultimate betrayal of an old friend.]]> 453 Oliver Bowden 0441020992 Jose 4 4.03 2011
author: Oliver Bowden
name: Jose
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2011
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it's a good book, especially if you are a fan of the video games saga, Altair is my favorite character in the games. it entertains you for a while..
]]> 36072 372 Stephen R. Covey 0743269519 Jose 4 4.16 1989
author: Stephen R. Covey
name: Jose
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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it's a good book, it has some good ideas nothing groundbreaking.. but it can help you.
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Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie.

As Don tries to schedule time for pregnancy research, getting Gene and Claudia to reconcile, servicing the industrial refrigeration unit that occupies half his apartment, helping Dave the Baseball Fan save his business, and staying on the right side of Lydia the social worker, he almost misses the biggest problem of all: he might lose Rosie when she needs him the most.]]> 368 Graeme Simsion 1476767327 Jose 3 ]]> 3.62 2014
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average rating: 3.62
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not as good as the first one, but not that bad

]]> 94439 352 Charles R. Swindoll 0849913896 Jose 4 4.39 2004
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great book, the life of Job is always a good study for your life, whether you are going through though situations or not. it helps you keep things in perspective
]]> 25454056
In this collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection The Last Wish, join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike...

The anthology is composed of several stories, loosely linked in a chronological order:
The Bounds of Reason (Granica możliwości)
A Shard of Ice (Okruch lodu)
Eternal Flame (Wieczny ogień)
A Little Dedication (Trochę poświęcenia)
The Sword of Destiny (Miecz przeznaczenia)
Something More (Coś więcej)]]> 405 Andrzej Sapkowski Jose 4 4.25 1992
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average rating: 4.25
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Good compilation of short stories in the witcher's world, helps you understand a little better the relationship between Geralt, Yen and Ciri. I enjoyed this one too.
]]> 29939161
"I raced through Radical Candor --It’s thrilling to learn a framework that shows how to be both a better boss and a better colleague. Radical Candor is packed with illuminating truths, insightful advice, and practical suggestions, all illustrated with engaging (and often funny) stories from Kim Scott’s own experiences at places like Apple, Google, and various start-ups. Indispensable." ― Gretchen Rubin author of New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project

"Reading Radical Candor will help you build, lead, and inspire teams to do the best work of their lives. Kim Scott's insights--based on her experience, keen observational intelligence and analysis--will help you be a better leader and create a more effective organization." ― Sheryl Sandberg author of the New York Times bestseller Lean In

"Kim Scott has a well-earned reputation as a kick-ass boss and a voice that CEOs take seriously. In this remarkable book, she draws on her extensive experience to provide clear and honest guidance on the fundamentals of leading others: how to give (and receive) feedback, how to make smart decisions, how to keep moving forward, and much more. If you manage people--whether it be 1 person or a 1,000--you need Radical Candor . Now." ― Daniel Pink author of New York Times bestseller Drive

From the time we learn to speak, we’re told that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. When you become a manager, it’s your job to say it--and your obligation.

Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then at Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. She has earned growing fame in recent years with her vital new approach to effective management, Radical Candor.

Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it’s obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it’s ruinous empathy. When you do neither it’s manipulative insincerity.

This simple framework can help you build better relationships at work, and fulfill your three key responsibilities as a leader: creating a culture of feedback (praise and criticism), building a cohesive team, and achieving results you’re all proud of.

Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Taken from years of the author’s experience, and distilled clearly giving actionable lessons to the reader; it shows managers how to be successful while retaining their humanity, finding meaning in their job, and creating an environment where people both love their work and their colleagues.]]> 336 Kim Malone Scott 1250103509 Jose 0 to-read 4.03 2017
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]]> 31244 Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heap’s expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights “Noddy” Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes “the Golden Dustman.” Charles Dickens’s last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend encompasses the great themes of his earlier works: the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickens’s most complex—and satisfying—novels.]]> 801 Charles Dickens 0375761144 Jose 0 to-read 4.08 1865
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]]> 320 One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, alive with unforgettable men and women, and with a truth and understanding that strike the soul. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece of the art of fiction.]]> 417 Gabriel García Márquez Jose 0 to-read 4.10 1967
author: Gabriel García Márquez
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> 467164 166 Rainer Maria Rilke 1573225851 Jose 0 to-read 4.35 1905
author: Rainer Maria Rilke
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]]> 3704500 110 Joann Sfar 2070603393 Jose 0 to-read 4.29 2008
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]]> 480204 The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.

Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.]]> 360 Gaston Leroux 0060809248 Jose 0 to-read 3.98 1910
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]]> 14028 Snow Country is widely considered to be the writer's masterpiece, a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western Japan.

At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages, a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness.]]> 175 Yasunari Kawabata 0679761047 Jose 0 to-read 3.60 1948
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]]> 22463
Yet The Origin of Species (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and—by implication—within the human world.

Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age.]]> 703 Charles Darwin Jose 0 to-read 4.01 1859
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]]> 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]> 488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 Jose 0 to-read 4.03 1897
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]]> 40603587
But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0010SIPT4]]> 400 Andrzej Sapkowski Jose 4 I had a good time reading this one.]]> 4.12 1993
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it's a great entry point for this saga, individual short stories, that explained the world of the witcher, introduce important characters, etc.
I had a good time reading this one.
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]]> 30289 416 Plato 0140449140 Jose 0 to-read 3.97 -400
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]]> 656
War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.


Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.]]> 1392 Leo Tolstoy 0192833987 Jose 0 to-read 4.14 1868
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]]> 12938
The play tells us about families struggling between greed and cruelty, on the one hand, and support and consolation, on the other. Emotions are extreme, magnified to gigantic proportions. We also see old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride, and, perhaps, wisdom—one reason this most devastating of Shakespeare’s tragedies is also perhaps his most moving.

The authoritative edition of King Lear from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:

-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

-Scene-by-scene plot summaries

-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases

-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language

-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books

-An annotated guide to further reading

Essay by Susan Snyder

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.]]> 339 William Shakespeare Jose 0 to-read 3.91 1605
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]]> 15645
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante's masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante's key sources and influences. Of the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. With this major new translation, Anthony Esolen has succeeded brilliantly in marrying sense with sound, poetry with meaning, capturing both the poem's line-by-line vigor and its allegorically and philosophically exacting structure, yielding an Inferno that will be as popular with general readers as with scholars, teachers, and students. For, as Dante insists, without a trace of sentimentality or intellectual compromise, even Hell is a work of divine art.

Esolen's edition also provides a critical ntroduction and endnotes, with appendices containing Dante's most important sources—from Virgil to Saint Thomas Aquinas and beyond —that deftly illuminate the religious universe the poet inhabited.

Verse Translation by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré]]> 490 Dante Alighieri 0812970063 Jose 0 to-read 4.03 1321
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]]> 91953 736 Thomas Hobbes 0140431950 Jose 0 to-read 3.71 1651
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This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition is a complete and unabridged version of the Marcus Dods translation.]]> 892 Augustine of Hippo 0679600876 Jose 0 to-read 4.13 426
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Sophocles' Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king who acting entirely in ignorance kills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are helplessly carried along with Oedipus towards the final, horrific truth.

To make Oedipus more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. We hope that the reader may, through this edition, more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the drama.]]> 75 Sophocles 1580495931 Jose 0 to-read 3.74 -429
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]]> 528899 Dialogues of Plato offers a philosophy that has guided man through the ages. In his magnificent writings, Plato examines our virtues and vices, our problems and questions. With remarkable literary grace, he shows us how man can understand his place in the world and live an intelligent and happy life. This edition features the Jowett Translations, edited and with introductory notes by Justin D. Kaplan. The complete texts of The Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Symposium, and extensive selections from The Republic are included.

]]> 340 Plato 0553213717 Jose 0 to-read 4.08
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At the novel's core is long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. The litigation, which already has taken many years and consumed between £60,000 and £70,000 in court costs, is emblematic of the failure of Chancery.

Though Chancery lawyers and judges criticised Dickens's portrait of Chancery as exaggerated and unmerited, his novel helped to spur an ongoing movement that culminated in the enactment of legal reform in the 1870s.]]> 1017 Charles Dickens 0143037617 Jose 0 to-read 4.01 1853
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]]> 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Jose 0 to-read 4.26 1960
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]]> 8964 Jesus Freaks by dc Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs, is a companion volume to dc Talk's album of the same name. It is a book for teenagers about martyrdom, containing dozens of profiles of figures ranging from Stephen, whose martyrdom is described in the Book of Acts, to "Anila and Perveen," two teenage Pakistani girls and Christian believers. In 1997, Perveen was killed for running away in order to avoid marrying a Muslim man; Anila was imprisoned for helping her friend escape. In an introduction to the book, Michael Tait explains its purpose: "In a world built on free will instead of God's will, we must be the Freaks. While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat. Then the world will see Jesus." The book's design is hip and easy to read, and its summary of Christian persecutions that continue today is useful--and frightening.]]> 383 D.C. Talk 1577780728 Jose 0 to-read 4.21 1995
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]]> 25666050 A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.]]> 368 Brian Christian 1627790365 Jose 0 to-read 4.11 2016
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]]> 15997 Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle rages across three worlds - heaven, hell, and earth - as Satan and his band of rebel angels plot their revenge against God. At the center of the conflict are Adam and Eve, who are motivated by all too human temptations but whose ultimate downfall is unyielding love.

Marked by Milton's characteristic erudition, Paradise Lost is a work epic both in scale and, notoriously, in ambition. For nearly 350 years, it has held generation upon generation of audiences in rapt attention, and its profound influence can be seen in almost every corner of Western culture.]]> 453 John Milton 0140424393 Jose 0 to-read 3.85 1667
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]]> 36773175
92 Entonces cobro animo y el dios quejoso con motivo de a causa del ultraje que Agam a quien no devolvio la hija ni.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.]]> 269 Homer 0265802946 Jose 4 Good read, it's a classic. 4.04 -750
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Good read, it's a classic.
]]> 11084145 630 Walter Isaacson 1451648537 Jose 3 4.15 2011
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It's ok, focus a lot on the history of Apple, I think the company was a major part of his life but I don't think we need that level of detail in the company and the products.
]]> 4865
Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie's principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age.

Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.]]> 288 Dale Carnegie Jose 5 4.21 1936
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Great book, with good life principles to interact with other people.
]]> 21539470 288 Charles R. Swindoll 1414380631 Jose 4 4.41 1988
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It's a good book, studies the life of a great man, we can learn a lot from the life of Abraham.
]]> 69571 195 Robert T. Kiyosaki 0751532711 Jose 4 4.08 1997
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name: Jose
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it's a good book about cash flow, liabilities, assets, etc. It teaches good principles.
]]> 1052
The Success Secrets of the Ancients—
An Assured Road to Happiness and Prosperity

Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,” hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of—and a solution to—your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money—and making more.

The Richest Man in Babylon
Read it and recommend it to loved ones—
and get on the road to riches.

MORE THAN TWO MILLION BOOKS SOLD]]> 194 George S. Clason 0451205367 Jose 0 to-read 4.25 1926
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]]> 106835 Now available for the first time in paperback!

The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.

Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles.

Vital and indispensable, this HarperBusiness Essentials edition of The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.]]> 623 Benjamin Graham 0060555661 Jose 0 to-read 4.23 1949
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]]> 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 Jose 0 to-read 3.92 2007
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Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.

The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.]]> 292 Graeme Simsion 1476729085 Jose 4 4.00 2013
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name: Jose
average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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]]> 9198068 128 John Bunyan 082540505X Jose 0 to-read 4.26 1998
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]]> 386162 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 193 Douglas Adams Jose 0 to-read 4.28 1979
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]]> 1041 273 Donald J. Trump 140160255X Jose 0 to-read 3.46 2006
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]]> 92057
Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here, the man who called himself "the angriest Black man in America" relates how his conversion to true Islam helped him confront his rage and recognize the brotherhood of all mankind.

An established classic of modern America, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was hailed by the New York Times as "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book." Still extraordinary, still important, this electrifying story has transformed Malcolm X's life into his legacy. The strength of his words, and the power of his ideas continue to resonate more than a generation after they first appeared.]]> 466 Malcolm X Jose 0 to-read 4.36 1965
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average rating: 4.36
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]]> 165580 36 Michael Jordan 0062511904 Jose 0 to-read 4.24 1994
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name: Jose
average rating: 4.24
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]]> 946106
A whole generation was introduced to object technology through the first edition of this book. This long-awaited new edition retains the qualities of clarity, practicality and scholarship that made the first an instant bestseller, but has been thoroughly revised and expanded.

Among the new topics covered in depth are: concurrency, distribution, client/server and the Internet, object-oriented databases, design by contract, fundamental design patterns, finding classes, the use and misuse of inheritance, abstract data types, and typing issues. The book also includes completely updated discussions of reusability, modularity, software quality, object-oriented languages, memory management, and many other essential topics.]]> 1296 Bertrand Meyer 0136291554 Jose 0 to-read 4.04 1988
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name: Jose
average rating: 4.04
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]]> 21413662
Garoto prodígio da NASA, Randall Munroe tornou-se conhecido com a icônica série em quadrinhos XKCD, que passou a publicar na internet em 2005. Desde então, milhões de pessoas visitam semanalmente o xkcd.com em busca de suas figuras desenhadas com palitinhos e seus comentários sobre ciência, tecnologia e amor. Munroe não tem exatamente leitores, e sim um séquito de seguidores apaixonados.

Mas os fãs do XKCD costumam fazer perguntas estranhas a Munroe. O que aconteceria se você rebatesse uma bola de beisebol a 90% da velocidade da luz? Qual a velocidade máxima permitida para passar de carro por uma lombada sem morrer? Se os robôs causassem o apocalipse, quanto tempo a humanidade duraria? Em busca de atender a curiosidade de seus leitores, Munroe criou o também imensamente popular ™E se??, um blog destinado a resolver essas e outras grandes questões da humanidade.

Para encontrar as respostas, Munroe cria complexas simulações computadorizadas, lê dezenas de memorandos do exército, resolve equações diferenciais e consulta operadores de usinas nucleares. Suas respostas são uma obra-prima da clareza e do humor. Em geral elas terminam com a aniquilação da humanidade, ou pelo menos numa grande explosão.

Nas listas dos mais vendidos mesmo antes de ser publicado, E se? traz questões nunca antes respondidas, além de versões expandidas e atualizadas das perguntas mais populares do blog. Leitura obrigatória não só para os fãs do XKCD, mas para todos que já se viram considerando hipóteses absurdas e descabidas. Randall Munroe está ao seu lado.]]> 303 Randall Munroe 0544272994 Jose 0 to-read 4.13 2014
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]]> 12609433 375 Charles Duhigg 1400069289 Jose 0 to-read 4.13 2012
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]]> 5148 A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war.

Set at a boys boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.

A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is John Knowles crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic.]]> 208 John Knowles Jose 0 to-read 3.60 1959
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]]> 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters—shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919–2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Jose 0 to-read 3.81 1951
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]]> 25541028 392 Ashlee Vance 0062301233 Jose 0 to-read 4.10 2015
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]]> 19380996 208 Hector Hermosillo Jose 4 3.67 2011
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]]> 23014006 How to secure financial freedom for ourselves and our families.

Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world - from Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett, to Ray Dalio and Steve Forbes - Tony Robbins has created a simple 7-step blueprint that anyone can use for financial freedom.

Robbins has a brilliant way of using metaphor and story to illustrate even the most complex financial concepts - making them simple and actionable. With expert advice on our most important financial decisions, Robbins is an advocate for the reader, dispelling the myths that often rob people of their financial dreams.

Tony Robbins walks readers of every income level through the steps to become financially free by creating a lifetime income plan. This book delivers invaluable information and essential practices for getting your financial house in order.

MONEY: Master the Game is the book millions of people have been waiting for.]]> 688 Anthony Robbins 1476757801 Jose 3 4.00 2014
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]]> 30186948 233 Napoleon Hill Jose 2 4.17 1937
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]]> 6684862 For the millions of people who have read and loved Think and Grow Rich, here- for the first time-is a workbook and companion to the classic bestseller.

With its life-changing thirteen-step process, Think and Grow Rich has been a blueprint for countless many on their road to riches. Now, for the first time, readers and students of this powerful program will have this beautifully designed and user-friendly volume for use alongside the classic.

The Think and Grow Rich Workbook includes:

* More than fifty transformational exercises, for every one of the thirteen steps

* Dozens of inspirational nuggets from the book, each highlighted for further study
* Short and powerful quotes aimed to boost the Think and Grow Rich experience
* Journal sections to record answers, thoughts, next-steps, and "wins"
* Biographical sketches of some of history's wealthiest people
* A practical spiral-bound binding, designed to make using the workbook easy and helpful
* Lists, ideas, tips, and much more!

The Think and Grow Rich Workbook is the best guide for anyone who wants to turn their dreams into reality.
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