Books like On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal
12 books with a reading profile close to On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal by Naomi Klein. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
In Michael Pollan’s analysis of the Western diet, he identifies the rise of nutritionism—the ideology that views food merely as a collection of nutrients rather than a whole substance.
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
by Bill Gates
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Bill Gates outlines a technological and economic roadmap to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Also outward-looking · practical, analytical
In "Cooked," Michael Pollan examines the physical and cultural evolution of food through the lens of the four classical elements: fire, water, air, and earth.
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Timothy Snyder presents twenty concise instructions designed to prevent the collapse of democratic institutions into authoritarianism.
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The Design of Everyday Things
Also outward-looking · practical, analytical
Donald Norman focuses on the cognitive relationship between humans and the manufactured objects they use, from simple door handles to complex digital interfaces.
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Hans Rosling identifies ten mental instincts that distort our perception of global reality, such as the gap instinct, which falsely divides the world into "us" and "them," and the negativity instinct, which causes us to…
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Geoffrey A.
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The Case for Christ
by Lee Strobel
Also clear-cut · practical, analytical
Lee Strobel, a former legal editor for the Chicago Tribune, applies his investigative journalism background to scrutinize the historical reliability of the New Testament.
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The Pragmatic Programmer
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
The Pragmatic Programmer focuses on the technical and philosophical habits that define professional software engineering.
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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
by Erin Meyer
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Erin Meyer introduces a diagnostic system for navigating cultural differences through eight specific scales: communicating, evaluating, persuading, leading, deciding, trusting, disagreeing, and scheduling.
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical
Atul Gawande examines how increasing complexity in professional fields leads to avoidable human errors.
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