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Top 5 Books on Investing in Conservation and the Natural World, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Scaling Conservation: The business of restoring the wild
by Dr. Rich Stockdale

2

Generation Restoration: How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature
by Tim Christophersen

3

Let's Fix This: Cleaner Living in a Dirty World
by Chandra Clarke

4

Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration
by Laura J. Martin

5

The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small
by Isabella Tree

Top 5 Books on Investing in Conservation and the Natural World

by Daisy Reynolds

Top 5 books on Anxiety and Phobia, recommended by James austin

1

From Anxiety to Awakening: 11 Insights That Transform Worry Into Wisdom and Fear Into Freedom
by Jake Yanitz Rubin

2

Overthinking Silenced: Reclaim Your Peace, Freedom, and Clarity by Quieting Anxiety and Overcoming F
by Casey Bennett

3

Awakening From Anxiety: A Spiritual Guide to Living a More Calm, Confident, and Courageous Life (Ove
by Rev. Connie L. Habash MA LMFT & Rama Jyoti Vernon

4

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry
by Catherine M. Pittman PhD & Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS

5

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
by Default Author

Top 5 books on Anxiety and Phobia

by James austin

5 Essential Reads on Women and Diversity in Construction, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Building Women: How everyone in construction can win
by Faye Allen

2

The Impact of Women In Construction
by Theresa Kassim

3

Women in Construction: Towards a more equal, diverse, and inclusive built environment sector
by Patience Tunji-Olayeni, Clinton Aigbavboa, Abimbola Windapo & Ayodeji Oke

4

The Truth About Being a Woman in Construction: Finding Limitless
by Jessica Lynn

5

Managing Diversity and Equality in Construction: Initiatives and Practice
by Andrew W. Gale & Marilyn J. Davidson

5 Essential Reads on Women and Diversity in Construction

by Daisy Reynolds

Top 5 Books on Reaching Your Full Potential & Embracing Boldness as a Leader, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Leading on the Edge: The bold art of being more irrational and less mediocre
by Zana Goic Petricevic

2

The Big Bold Mindset: Re-thinking the Rules of Leadership
by Caspar James Craven

3

Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst 'Best Practices' of Business Today
by Susan Scott

4

Mavericks: How Bold Leadership Changes the World
by David Giles Lewis, Jules Goddard & Tamryn Batcheller-Adams

5

Bold Conscious Leadership: How To Feel Free In A Restricted World
by Raju Panjwani & Triccia Ramos

Top 5 Books on Reaching Your Full Potential & Embracing Boldness as a Leader

by Daisy Reynolds

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 That Masterfully Blend Military Strategy with Business Success, recommended by Keira Gould

1

Business Warfare: A framework for business strategy based on Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Foch and Machiavel
by Paulo Cardoso Do Amaral

2

THE ART OF STRATEGY: Steps Towards Business Agility (CHANGE, LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY FROM FIRST PRIN
by Erik Schön, Sun Tzu, John Boyd, Simon Wardley & Hisayo Oki

3

The Unseen Leader: How History Can Help Us Rethink Leadership
by Martin Gutmann

4

Management in Times of War: Leadership Examples from Ukraine’s Government and Private Sector
by Kostiantyn Koshelenko, Lauren Young, Shane ONeal, Greg Mckeown, Ian Bremmer, Kurt Matzler, David Rog

5

The Warfare of Business: Battle-Tested Strategies for Business Success
by Dan Knudson

Top 5 Books That Masterfully Blend Military Strategy with Business Success

by Keira Gould

Top 5 Books for Entrepreneurs Looking to Exit Their Business Successfully, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

The Exit Roadmap: The insider’s guide to selling your business profitably
by Chris Spratling

2

Go Sell My Business: Demystifying Your Exit Strategy
by Mark Masiak & Adrian Bromell

3

Exit Strategy: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling Your Business Without Regret
by Rob Walling, Sherry Walling PhD & John Warrillow

4

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.: Serial Entrepreneurs' Secrets Revealed!
by Colin C. Campbell

5

The Exit-Strategy Playbook: The Definitive Guide to Selling Your Business
by Adam Coffey

Top 5 Books for Entrepreneurs Looking to Exit Their Business Successfully

by Daisy Reynolds

Five Indispensable Texts for Revolutionary Marxists, recommended by Franklin Ridgway

1

The Communist Manifesto (Norton Critical Editions)
by Karl Marx & Frederic L. Bender

2

Essential Works of Lenin:
by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

3

Reform Or Revolution And Other Writings (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)
by Rosa Luxemburg

4

History of the Russian Revolution
by Leon Trotsky

5

Selected Writings
by Alexandra Kollontai

Five Indispensable Texts for Revolutionary Marxists

by Franklin Ridgway

Top 5 Books For Businesses Looking to Accelerate Growth, recommended by Daisy Reynolds

1

Data Impact: How legacy businesses SAVE LEVERAGE ALIGN SIMPLIFY OPTIMISE GROW to WIN
by Ritavan

2

Remarkable Business Growth: Your blueprint for 7 figures and beyond
by Richard Mawer

3

Seven Steps to Build a Multimillion Business with Smart Marketing and AI: The Modern Entrepreneur's
by Vitalij Kolotikov

4

The Six-Minute Entrepreneur: 52 Short Lessons for Long-Term Business Success
by Sara Davies

5

THE BUSINESS GROWTH CODE: The Strategic Roadmap to Scaling a Business While Maintaining Quality, Mul
by Seth Carrington

Top 5 Books For Businesses Looking to Accelerate Growth

by Daisy Reynolds

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

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