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Dirk rated To Kill a Mockingbird: 5 stars
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, …
1984 by George Orwell
Which One Will YOU Be IN the Year 1984?
There won't be much choice, of course, if this book's predictions …
Dirk rated Das bleibt in der Familie: 4 stars
Dirk rated Atomic Habits: 5 stars
Atomic Habits by James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading …
Dirk rated Rumo & die Wunder im Dunkeln: 5 stars
Dirk rated See. Not. Rettung.: 5 stars
See. Not. Rettung. by Tobi Schlegl
Über mehrere Wochen half Tobias Schlegl als Notfallsanitäter bei der Seenotrettung Geflüchteter vor der Küste Libyens – und es wurde …
Dirk rated Im Grunde gut: 2 stars
Im Grunde gut by Rutger Bregman
Der Historiker Rutger Bregman setzt sich in seinem Buch mit dem Wesen des Menschen auseinander. Anders als in der westlichen …
Dirk rated Die Daten, die ich rief: 4 stars
Die Daten, die ich rief by Katharina Nocun
Aktuell zum Facebook-Datenskandal: Wissen Konzerne alles über uns und sind wir wirklich so berechenbar?
Diese Frage kann Katharina Nocun mit …
Dirk rated Tipping Point: 3 stars
Nudge by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Thaler and Sunstein develop libertarian paternalism as a middle path between command-and-control and strict-neutrality choice architectures. Libertarian paternalism protects humans …
Dirk rated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 5 stars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1)
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet …
Dirk rated Utopia for Realists: 2 stars
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
From a universal basic income to a 15-hour workweek, from a world without borders to a world without poverty – …
Dirk rated Thinking, fast and slow: 5 stars
Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman introduces two modes of thought - system 1, fast and intuitive, and system 2, slow and reasoned - and …
Dirk rated How to Win Friends and Influence People: 5 stars
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Humans are relational beings. This is the best self-improvement book to know how to create meaningful and fruitful relationships.