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That's on Me: Seasoned Executives Confess Their Rookie Mistakes

By Mike McHargue

Seasoned Executives Share Their Leadership Errors One indication of a good leader is the willingness not only to admit mistakes but also to share those errors with others so that the cycle is not repeated. To do this takes humility and courage. In Mike McHargue's That's on Me , nearly forty seasoned C-suite veterans, who have made all kinds of mistakes in their roles as leaders, share with you their insights on keeping teams focused, connecting with staff, running effective meetings, managing performance, and developing people. Their collective wisdom on the universal challenges of leadership can be applied to any leadership role and at any level.

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The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius

By Patchen Barss

"As a little boy, Roger Penrose and his father discovered a sundial in a clearing behind their home. In that machine made of light, shadow, and time, six-year-old Roger discovered a "world behind the world" of transcendently beautiful geometry, beginning a journey toward becoming one of the world's most influential mathematicians, philosophers, and physicists. In the years to come, Penrose earned a Nobel Prize, a knighthood, and dozens of other prestigious honors. He proved the limitations of general relativity, and he set a new agenda for theoretical physics. However, as Patchen Barss documents in The Impossible Man, success came at a price. Penrose's longing for knowledge was matched only by his inability to understand those around him, and he struggled to connect with friends, family, and especially the women in his life. His final years have been spent alone with his research, intentionally cut off from the people who loved him. Erudite and deeply moving, The Impossible Man intimately depicts the relationship between Penrose the scientist and Roger the human being.

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The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America

By Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz

"Who is Indian enough? To be Native American is to live in a world of contradictions. At the same time that the number of people in the U.S. who claim Native identity has exploded--increasing 85 percent in just ten years--the number of people formally enrolled in Tribes has not. While the federal government recognizes Tribal sovereignty, being a member of a Tribe requires navigating blood quantum laws and rolls that the federal government created with the intention of wiping out Native people altogether. Over two million Native people are tribally enrolled, yet there are Native people who will never be. ... Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz grapples with these contradictions. Through in-depth interviews, she shares the stories of people caught in the mire of identity-formation, trying to define themselves outside of bureaucratic processes"--

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The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win (Expanded Edition)

By Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory. More than three million readers of Extreme Ownership learned to apply combat-proven leadership lessons from authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.

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The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . .: Essays

By David Graeber

"Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's most important essays and interviews"--

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High and Rising: A Book about de la Soul

By Marcus J Moore

"This cultural biography details the influence of De La Soul, whose groundbreaking debut album revolutionized hip- hop, exploring their rise, industry challenges, and legacy intertwined with a personal narrative of the author's own life shaped by their music"--