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The Elements of Style»rank: 807par: William Strunk, E. B. White
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. |
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World»rank: 10577par: A. J. Jacobs
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. |
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Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets»rank: 657par: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lf the prescriptions for getting rich that are outlined in books such as The Millionaire Next Door and Rich Dad Poor Dad are successful enough to make the books bestsellers, then one must ask, Why aren't there more millionaires? ln Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professional trader and mathematics professor, examines what randomness means in business and in life and why human beings are so prone to mistake dumb luck for consummate skill. This eccentric and highly personal exploration of the nature of randomness meanders from the ... |
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Mein Kampf»rank: 678par: Adolpf Hitler
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the 'betrayal' of Germany in World War l, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. lt also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the 'Aryan' race. The few outside the Nazi ... |
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Liar's Poker»rank: 213par: Michael Lewis
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the 'betrayal' of Germany in World War l, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. lt also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the 'Aryan' race. The few outside the Nazi ... |
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An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century»rank: 666par: James Orbinski
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the 'betrayal' of Germany in World War l, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. lt also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the 'Aryan' race. The few outside the Nazi ... |
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The Prince»rank: 590par: Niccolo Machiavelli
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for a television ... |
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Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man»rank: 487par: John Perkins
Chroniques et points de vue:From :John Perkins started and stopped writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man four times over 20 years. He says he was threatened and bribed in an effort to kill the project, but after 9/11 he finally decided to go through with this expose of his former professional life. Perkins, a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main, says he was an 'economic hit man' for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative ... |
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48 Laws Of Power»rank: 1178par: Robert Greene
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'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 to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book 'have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us.' The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. ... |
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Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama»rank: 2038par: Steve Dougherty
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'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 to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book 'have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us.' The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. ... |