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#1
Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers (VOICES)
Shel Perkins writes from a consulting and studio-lead perspective, offering step-by-step examples for proposals, pricing methods, and client conversations rather than abstract business theory.
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A Woman's Book of Money and Spiritual Vision: Putting Your Financial Values into Spiritual Perspective
Older edition is usually fine here if the core ideas matter more than the freshest case studies.
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#3
Cat Breaking Free : A Joe Grey Mystery
Shirley Rousseau Murphy mixes cozy-town atmosphere and animal-centered observation, so expect chapters that alternate human and animal viewpoints and a focus on relationships among neighbors and pets.
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#4
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane's vivid Boston setting and the focus on Jimmy, Sean, and Dave make this a standout example of crime fiction that treats grief and loyalty as the main conflicts.
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#5
TREASURE BOX
Choose this if you’re curious how Card treats faith, money, and memory through a single mystery—Quentin’s search for the truth about Madeleine and the cursed inheritance that shadows them.
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#6
A Coffin for Two
Jardine’s 2002 book rewards readers who appreciate classic British police procedure, sharp dialogue, and a coastal setting that shapes motive and memory.
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#7
Forever War, The
Haldeman’s own service in Vietnam informs Mandella’s perspective, making the book a direct exploration of how repeated deployment and time-lagged returns erode personal ties and identity.
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#8
Neuromancer
Gibson’s terse, image-driven sentences and the book’s blend of noir thriller with speculative tech make it feel like a fast, electric ride through a plausible near future.
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#9
All About Love: New Visions
Bell Hooks reframes love as a disciplined, political practice that heals individuals and communities.
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#10
The Left Hand of Darkness
Le Guin’s prose is spare and poetic, with a mix of narrative and ethnographic notes that deepen the sense of an alien society without heavy exposition.
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#11
The Autumn of the Patriarch (P.S.)
This note stays anchored to The Autumn of the Patriarch (P.S.) so the card does not fall back to vague recommendation language.
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#12
Shampoo Planet
Its questions about self-invention, consumption, and family tension still feel familiar in a culture built around brands and personal image.
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#13
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin’s clear prose and the moral questions around Ged’s choices make this a classic introduction to fantasy grounded in character and place.
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#14
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics (P.S.)
Herman writes in a narrative style that moves between courts and centuries, using primary sources like letters and memoirs to spotlight how sex and power intersected in the lives of real rulers.
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#15
Against Transcendence
This Cambridge University Press study gives readers a sustained way to reassess claims about transcendence in contemporary philosophy, culture, and science.
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#16
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game
This is a practical, reflective choice for readers who want to understand agile software development through team collaboration, iterative work, and real process trade-offs.
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#17
Heart of a Leader: Insights on the Art of Influence
Written in short, accessible chapters, the book delivers practical examples and simple tools leaders can try right away to improve how they lead.
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#18
Man's Search for Meaning
Frankl’s concise chapters alternate between memory and theory, so readers get both emotional narrative and a practical for finding purpose.
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#19
The Alchemist
Choose this when you need a gentle nudge toward a hard choice; Santiago’s lessons on fear, love at the oasis, and listening to omens speak to real-life crossroads.
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#20
Plato, Not Prozac!: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
Marinoff draws on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Stoics, and Confucius while presenting practical counseling techniques backed by client stories.
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#21
There's No Such Place As Far Away
The book’s strength is its clear, simple language and imagery that focus on memory and love as ways people stay 'near' even when separated by death.
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#22
The Four Loves
Lewis’s clear essays on affection, friendship, eros, and charity make this a compact, reflective book for readers rethinking how relationships shape moral life.
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#23
The consolation of philosophy
Boethius wrote this work in prison after his fall from power, and its blend of personal lament, philosophical reasoning, and verse has shaped Western ideas about providence and happiness.
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#24
Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers
This Harvard University Press volume is a compact, classroom-friendly introduction that orients readers to the fragments and basic themes of early Greek thought.