1. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell |  Rank: 11 | Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance
that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The
Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a
gift for translating... more
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3. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Marc Weissbluth |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 111 | One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach
to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problemsHere Dr.
Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers... more
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5. The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 169 | "Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world,
a shifting of perspective," writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions
and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on... more
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7. Man's Search For Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 257 | Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most
influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins
with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's
imprisonment... more
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8. How to Be Idle
Tom Hodgkinson |  Rank: 286 | When your alarm clock jolts you awake in the morning, do you wish you could
just lie in bed, read a book, sip a cup of tea and be idle all day?
Hodgkinson, founder of the Idler magazine, does. And in this book
he presents... more
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10. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 308 | Arguably the best book ever on what is increasingly becoming the science of
persuasion. Whether you're a mere consumer or someone weaving the web of
persuasion to urge others to buy or vote for your product, this... more
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