Traction, I always find it a good book to gift to friends that are trying to start businesses.
By which author? There are quite a few books of this name!
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#12Flowers For Algernon - For my girlfriend.
Trafficked to Hell - For my Mother.
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#13The biography of Leonardo da Vinci, a beautiful and interesting book, https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/150... - one to my collegue, one to my former colleague.
A stunningly beautiful edition of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick http://www.foliosociety.com/book/PKD/scanner-androids - to a friend of mine, a big PKD fun.
I love giving great books as a gift :)
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#15I bought my wife pretty much every book written by Brandon Sanderson. (Mistborn, Stormlight Archives, etc).
I've also donated a couple of copies of Dune, Zelazny's Amber books, and The Martian over the course of the year to various local friends.
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#16Traction, I always find it a good book to gift to friends that are trying to start businesses.
By which author? There are quite a few books of this name!
This is the one that's usually recommended here. It's a great book! https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Cu...
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#17A Dash of Dragon - middle grade fantasy featuring strong female protagonists. Also just came on super sale on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Dragon-Heidi-Lang/dp/1481477935/...
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#18The Illustrated versions of Harry Potter is such a beautiful book. It went on sale recently to $24.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harry-potter-and-the-sorcer...
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#19The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Poetry-Donald-Trump/dp/17...
Artemis Fowl https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artemis-Fowl-Eoin-Colfer/dp/0141339...
Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a Fk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thug-Kitchen-Eat-Like-Give/dp/07515...
The Idea in You: How to Find It, Build It, and Change Your Life https://www.amazon.co.uk/Idea-You-Find-Build-Change/dp/02419...