Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
A lot of people talk about how great it is to start a business, but only Ben Horowitz is brutally honest about how hard it is to run one.
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Bill Gates
Source Code: My Beginnings
A memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding.
Jens Andersen
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination
The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and rare interviews with the founding family that still owns the company.
Yuval Noah Harari
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Nexus is the latest book by Yuval Noah Harari in which he explores some of the existential questions that concern technology and humanity and their interaction.
Nahoko Uehashi
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Balsa, a warrior, rescues Prince Chagum and must protect him on his quest to deliver the water spirit’s egg to the sea. They uncover the spirit’s truth while being hunted by the monster Rarunga and the prince’s father.
Nancy Matsumoto, Michael Tremblay
Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake
This book that focuses on the ingredients in sake and well as the microbes and people that magically transform those ingredients into the beverage we all love.
James Freeman
The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee
Blue Bottle Coffee Company has become a celebrated roaster known for its complex, flavorful coffees and exquisite pour-overs. As coffee production evolves with specialized techniques, this book guides readers from farm to cup, detailing sourcing and brewing methods for the perfect cup.
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Suzanne Collins
Sunrise on the Reaping
The Fiftieth Annual Hunger Games are about to begin. Who will be tribute? Who will live and die? Return to Panem for more pulse-pounding action than ever before. Oh, and may the odds be ever in your favor.
Chris Miller
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chip War highlights the crucial role of computer chips in shaping modern politics, economics, and technology. However, the West’s lead in chip production is threatened, jeopardizing America’s military superiority and the economic prosperity of democratic nations.
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
In a dystopian England, Kathy, a clone raised in a secluded boarding school, grapples with the knowledge that her sole purpose is to donate her organs, exploring the profound questions of identity and humanity in a life predetermined by science.
Howard Schultz
Pour Your Heart into It
In Pour Your Heart Into It, Howard Schultz shares how he grew Starbucks from a small shop into a global brand. Emphasizing passion, commitment, and core values, his story inspires leaders to build businesses with heart and purpose.
Satoshi Yagisawa
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them.
Satoshi Yagisawa
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Takako, heartbroken and jobless, moves to her uncle's bookshop in Tokyo. Initially reluctant, she finds solace in books and the shop's quiet charm. Through literature and new relationships, she rediscovers herself and heals from her past.
Michiko Aoyama
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Sayuri Komachi is no ordinary librarian. She has read every book on her shelf and has the unique ability to read the souls of anyone who walks through her door. She senses exactly what they're looking for in life and provides the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before Your Memory Fades
On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through time.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Tales from the Café
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a Tokyo back alley, a café has served coffee for over a century and is rumored to offer time travel. One summer, four customers visit, hoping to make the journey. However, time travel has rules: the trip lasts only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.
Liu Cixin
The Three-Body Problem
During China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to contact aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth.