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5 Must-Read Fiction Books, recommended by Başar Atıcı

1

As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner

2

Murder in the Ironsmiths Market
by Yaşar Kemal

3

Old Masters: A Comedy
by Thomas Bernhard

4

The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk

5

Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges

5 Must-Read Fiction Books

by Başar Atıcı

Best Math Books for People who Don’t Do Math, recommended by Karen Carlson

1

Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality
by Ben Orlin

2

Change Is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World
by Ben Orlin

3

The Heart of Mathematics: An invitation to effective thinking
by Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird

4

The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Ian Stewart

5

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe

Best Math Books for People who Don’t Do Math

by Karen Carlson

American Revolutionaries, recommended by Franklin Ridgway

1

Assata: An Autobiography
by Assata Shakur & Angela Davis

2

Eugene V. Debs Speaks
by Eugene V. Debs

3

The Haymarket Tragedy
by Paul Avrich

4

Lucy Parsons: An American Revolutionary
by Carolyn Ashbaugh

5

Teamster Rebellion
by Farrell Dobbs

American Revolutionaries

by Franklin Ridgway

Top 5 Books for Navigating Technological Risk, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Governing the Machine: How to navigate the risks of AI and unlock its true potential
by Ray Eitel-Porter, Paul Dongha & Miriam Vogel

2

IT Risk Management Demystified: A Playbook for Technology Professionals
by Habert Antony

3

Making Business Sense of Technology Risk
by Norman D Marks

4

The Businessperson’s Guide to Technology Risk Management
by Jonathan Prewitt

5

Implementing Cybersecurity: A Guide to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Manag
by Anne Kohnke, Ken Sigler & Dan Shoemaker

Top 5 Books for Navigating Technological Risk

by Daisy Reynolds

Top 5 Books to Create an Effective Marketing Strategy, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

The 10 Principles of Effective Social Media Marketing: Strategies to Guarantee Impact
by Jon-Stephen Stansel

2

Marketing Strategy: Implementing and Measuring a Successful Marketing Strategy
by Jenna Tiffany

3

Inclusive Marketing: Why Representation Matters to Your Customers and Your Brand
by Jerry Daykin

4

Digital Marketing Strategy: An Integrated Approach to Online Marketing
by Simon Kingsnorth

5

How to Write a Marketing Plan: Define Your Strategy, Plan Effectively and Reach Your Marketing Goals
by John Westwood

Top 5 Books to Create an Effective Marketing Strategy

by Daisy Reynolds

Top 5 Non-Fiction Books that Increase Joy of Reading, recommended by Başar Atıcı

1

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan

2

In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
by Geert Mak

3

The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
by Robert Gerwarth

4

Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State
by Cemal Kafadar

5

Kahramanlar Çağının İzinde: Heinrich Schliemann ve Troya Kazıları
by Heinrich Schliemann

Top 5 Non-Fiction Books that Increase Joy of Reading

by Başar Atıcı

Top 5 Books to Craft a Sustainable Music Career, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Make Music Your Business: The musician's blueprint for a thriving career
by Ben Hughes

2

The Ultimate Music Career Guide: Discover Your Skills and Interests to Help You Determine and Achiev
by Yellowbrick Learning & Yellowbrick Learning

3

The Progressive Music Career: A Young Person’s Guide
by Pat Heath

4

How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams
by Emily White

5

You Can Make It In Music: Think Your Way To 140+ Music Careers
by David Grossman

Top 5 Books to Craft a Sustainable Music Career

by Daisy Reynolds

Top 5 Books to Build Accessible Communications Strategically, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Accessible Communications: Create Impact, Avoid Missteps and Build Trust
by Lisa Riemers & Matisse Hamel-Nelis

2

Better Internal Communication: How to add value, be strategic and fast track your career
by Lesley Allman

3

Building a Culture of Inclusivity: Effective Internal Communication For Diversity, Equity and Inclus
by Priya Bates & Advita Patel

4

Crucial Communication: Control Difficult Workplace Conversations Using Essential Dialogue Tools to A
by Gary Peterson

5

Dark and Silent Office: A Digital Accessibility Guidebook for Inclusive Communication in the Workpla
by Stephanie Warlick

Top 5 Books to Build Accessible Communications Strategically

by Daisy Reynolds

The Best Detective Fiction, recommended by Dave Zeltserman

1

Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett

2

Solomon's Vineyard
by Jonathan Latimer

3

Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe)
by Rex Stout

4

The Chill
by Ross Macdonald

5

The New York Trilogy (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Paul Auster, Lucy Sante & Art Spiegelman

The Best Detective Fiction

by Dave Zeltserman

Top Reads on Mergers & Acquisitions, recommended by Honeysol Gotas

1

Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies
by Bill Snow

2

The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide
by Alexandra Reed Lajoux & LLC Capital Expert Services

3

The Art of M&A, Fourth Edition: A Merger Acquisition Buyout Guide
by Stanley Foster Reed, Alexandra Lajoux & H. Peter Nesvold

4

Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z
by Andrew Sherman

5

Mergers & Acquisitions Cybersecurity: The Framework For Maximizing Value
by Lawrence Grant

Top Reads on Mergers & Acquisitions

by Honeysol Gotas

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