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New York Times Business BestsellersMarch 2019
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Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John Carreyrou"The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos--the Enron of Silicon Valley--by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers.
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Dare to lead : brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts
by Brené Brown
The "Power of Vulnerability" TED talk speaker and best-selling author of Braving the Wilderness draws on new research with business leaders, change makers and culture shifters to demonstrate how to become an active, courageous and accountable leader
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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
by Stephanie Land
An economic-hardship journalist describes the years she worked in low-pay domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them. 75,000 first printing.
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Grit : the power of passion and perseverance
by Angela Duckworth
Argues that focused persistence is more important than talent in enabling high achievement, drawing on the author's pioneering research and experiences as the daughter of a hard-to-please parent to counsel caregivers, educators, athletes, students and businesspeople on how to promote optimal performance through perseverance.
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Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike
by Philip H. Knight
The influential founder and CEO of Nike shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid startup and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic and profitable brands, offering insights into his own experiences as a young man who envisioned a company that would be run in atypical ways.
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Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Ordinary Time draws on five decades of scholarship to offer an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth and exercise of leadership as demonstrated by Presidents Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR and Johnson
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Zucked : waking up to the Facebook catastrophe
by Roger McNamee
A noted tech venture capitalist, early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley investor describes his witness to how Facebook tools can be exploited to spread propaganda and enable criminal activity that directly impact public health and political order.
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