Key Ideas from the World's Best Books

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Den of Vipers book cover
romantic_relationships

Den of Vipers

K.A. Knight

Fizz10 min
Dept. of Speculation book cover
bestsellers

Dept. of Speculation

Jenny Offill

Fizz10 min
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain book cover
neuroscience

Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Antonio R. Damasio

Fizz10 min
Descartes’ Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human book cover
cognition

Descartes’ Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human

Paul Bloom

Fizz10 min
Desert Star book cover
mystery

Desert Star

Michael Connelly

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software book cover
programming

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom book cover
design

Design Research Through Practice: From the Lab, Field, and Showroom

Ilpo Koskinen, John Zimmerman, Thomas Binder, Johan Redström, Stephan Wensveen

Fizz10 min
Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Drifting and Take Command of Your Life book cover
self_awareness

Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Drifting and Take Command of Your Life

Dominick Quartuccio

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Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation book cover
design

Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

Patrick Van Der Pijl, Justin Lokitz, Lisa Kay Solomon

Fizz10 min
Design for How People Learn book cover
education

Design for How People Learn

Julie Dirksen

Fizz10 min
Design for Six Sigma for Service: Developing Service and Transactional Businesses Using Six Sigma Quality book cover
strategy

Design for Six Sigma for Service: Developing Service and Transactional Businesses Using Six Sigma Quality

Kai Yang

Fizz10 min
Design with Nature book cover
environment

Design with Nature

Ian McHarg

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Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships book cover
relationships

Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships

Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson

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Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Groups, Teams, and Communities book cover
education

Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Groups, Teams, and Communities

Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lesli Lang

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Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands book cover
marketing

Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands

Alina Wheeler

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems book cover
data_science

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

Martin Kleppmann

Fizz10 min
Designing Design book cover
design

Designing Design

Kenya Hara

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Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design book cover
design

Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

Jenifer Tidwell

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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life book cover
career

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Fizz10 min
Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work book cover
career

Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Fizz10 min
Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers book cover
leadership

Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers

Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie

Fizz10 min
Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines book cover
design

Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines

Jeff Johnson

Fizz10 min
Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World book cover
health_med

Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World

Kelly Starrett

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Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? book cover
politics

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

Graham Allison

Fizz10 min
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes book cover
world_history

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

Tamim Ansary

Fizz10 min

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