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Ogilvy on Advertising
David Ogilvy

What Happened To Advertising? What Would Gossage Do?
Massimo Moruzzi

The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams
Seth Godin

The Alter Ego Effect: Defeat the Enemy, Unlock Your Heroic Self, and Start Kicking Ass
Todd Herman

Fire Your Boss: Discover Work You Love Without Quitting Your Job
Aaron McHugh

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Layla Saad

If I Could Tell You Just One Thing: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice
Richard Reed

Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon

Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder
Chip Conley

This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Seth Godin

Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map To Winning Creative Battles
Tim Grahl

Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma
Charles A. O'Reilly III, Michael L. Tushman

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Tim Ferriss

Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
Jenny Blake

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Timothy Ferriss

Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
Jeff Goins

Reinvent Yourself
James Altucher

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson

Enough
Patrick Rhone

Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less—and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
Scott Sonenshein

Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
Joi Ito, Jeff Howe

We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama
E. J. Dionne Jr., Joy-Ann Reid

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown

The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
Seth Godin

Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World
Al Pittampalli

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Cal Newport

Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions
Carmen Simon

Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
Steven Pressfield

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
Jerry Weintraub

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance

What to Do When It's Your Turn (and It's Always Your Turn)
Seth Godin

Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois
George Lois

The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
Shawn Coyne

I'm Not for Everyone. Neither Are You.
David Leddick

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
Scott Adams

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
Chris Hadfield

Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do
Plume

Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin

Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
Marilyn McEntyre

Do the Work
Steven Pressfield

The Flinch
Julien Smith

We Are All Weird
Seth Godin

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Austin Kleon

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
Guy Kawasaki

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek

Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Hugh MacLeod

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Seth Godin

End Malaria
The Domino Project

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield