Suggestions from FPs 100 global thinkers of 2009 (II)

Discover top book recommendations from FP's 100 Global Thinkers of 2009 (II). Explore insightful reads and must-have titles suggested by leading intellectuals and influential minds worldwide.

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The Paradox of Choice

by Barry Schwartz

In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. …
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The Ascent of Money

by Niall Ferguson

Chronicles the evolution of finance from its origins in Mesopotamia to the modern world's most recent upheavals, covering such topics as the stock market bubble …
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Enduring Love

by Ian McEwan

From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement—a brilliant and compassionate novel of love, faith, and suspense, and of how life can change …
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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

A witty reflection on human nature describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how …
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The Great Transformation

by Karl Polanyi

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of …
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history …
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Nickel and dimed

 

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Waiting

by Ha Jin

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • National Book Award Winner • Pulitzer Prize Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book From the widely acclaimed …
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Muriel Barbery

The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu.
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Three Kingdoms

by Guanzhong Luo

A Chinese classic, portraying human ambition against a background of adventure and intrigue and set against historical events of the third century.
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Cybernetics

by Norbert Wiener

It appers impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a 'must' book for those in every branch of …