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A City Is Not a Computer

A City Is Not a Computer – Other Urban Intelligences

Shannon Mattern

2021

Princeton University Press

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A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide

A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide

Cyd Harrell

2020

Five Seven Five Books

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A History of Future Cities

A History of Future Cities

Daniel Brook

2013

W. W. Norton & Company

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Accomplishment

Accomplishment – How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

Michael Barber

2021

Penguin Books

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Agendashift

Agendashift – Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation

Mike Burrows

2018

New Generation Publishing

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AI and the Octopus Organization

AI and the Octopus Organization – Building the Superintelligent Firm

Nils Brill; Nico Wunker

2025

Menlo Park

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An A-Z of Pasta

An A-Z of Pasta – Stories, Shapes, Sauces, Recipes

Rachel Roddy

2021

Penguin Books, Limited

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Beyond Sticky Notes

Beyond Sticky Notes – Co-Design for Real: Mindsets, Methods and Movements

Kelly Ann McKercher

2020

Beyond Sticky Notes

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Blockchain Chicken Farm

Blockchain Chicken Farm – And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

Xiaowei Wang

2020

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

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Broad Band

Broad Band – The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Claire Lisa Evans

2018

Portfolio/Penguin

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Build

Build – An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell

2022

Harper Business

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Built for People

Built for People – Transform Your Employee Experience Using Product Management Principles

Jessica Zwaan

2023

Kogan Page, Limited

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Caps Lock

Caps Lock – How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It

Ruben Pater

2021

Valiz

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Choice Hacking

Choice Hacking – How to Use Psychology and Behavioral Science to Create an Experience That Sings

Jennifer L. Clinehens

2020

Independently Published

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Content Design

Content Design

Sarah Richards

2017

Content Design London

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Content Transformation

Content Transformation – Planning, Strategy, Culture Change

Hinrich von Haaren

2022

Lulu Press, Inc.

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Dark Matter and Trojan Horses

Dark Matter and Trojan Horses – A Strategic Design Vocabulary

Dan Hill

2014

Strelka Press

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Delivery Management

Delivery Management – Enabling Teams to Deliver Value

Jonny Williams

2022

Vulpes Press

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Designing for Democracy

Designing for Democracy – How to Build Community in Digital Environments

Jennifer Forestal

2022

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

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Designing Organisations

Designing Organisations – Why It Matters and Ways to Do It Well

Naomi Stanford

2014

Palgrave Macmillan Limited

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Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery

Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery – Why the Strategy Is Delivery

Ben Terrett; Mike Bracken; Tom Loosemore; Andrew Greenway

2018

London Publishing Partnership

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Digital Unplugged

Digital Unplugged – Über außergewöhnliche Phänomene und Macher unserer Zeit

Philipp Westermeyer

2021

Econ Verlag

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Digitizing Government

Digitizing Government – Understanding and Implementing New Digital Business Models

A. Brown; J. Fishenden; M. Thompson

2014

Palgrave Macmillan

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Disability Visibility

Disability Visibility – First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

2020

Vintage

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Do Open

Do Open – How a Simple Email Newsletter Can Transform Your Business (and it can)

David Hieatt

2017

The Do Book Company

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End State

End State – 10 Big Ideas for the Future

James Plunkett

2021

Orion Publishing Group, Limited

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Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint

Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint – And Keynote and Slides and Prezi and All the Rest

Russell Davies

2008

Cyan Books

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Exponential

Exponential – How the Next Digital Revolution Will Rewire Life on Earth

Azeem Azhar

2021

Penguin Random House

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Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution

Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution – A Handbook for Entrepreneurs

Uri Levine

2023

BenBella Books

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Fiber

Fiber – The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

Susan Crawford

2018

Yale University Press

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Four Thousand Weeks

Four Thousand Weeks – Time and How to Use It

Oliver Burkeman

2022

Penguin Random House

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Freiheit

Freiheit – Erinnerungen 1954–2021

Angela Merkel

2024

Kiepenheuer & Witsch

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Freiheit

Freiheit – Gedichte

Erich Fried

2018

Wagenbach

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Games People Play

Games People Play – The Psychology of Human Relationships

Eric Berne

2016

Penguin Life

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Good Services

Good Services – Decoding the Mystery of What Makes a Good Service

Lou Downe

2019

BIS Publishers

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Good Strategy Bad Strategy – The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard Rumelt

2011

Crown Business

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Hack Your Bureaucracy

Hack Your Bureaucracy – Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on any Team

Marina Nitze; Nick Sinai

2022

Hachette Go

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How Countries Go Broke

How Countries Go Broke – Principles for Navigating the Big Debt Cycle, Where We Are Headed, and What We Should Do

Ray Dalio

2025

Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

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How Great Ideas Happen

How Great Ideas Happen – The Hidden Steps Behind Breakthrough Success

George Newman

2026

Simon & Schuster

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How Infrastructure Works

How Infrastructure Works – Inside the Systems That Shape Our World

Deb Chachra

2023

Penguin Publishing Group

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How Spies Think

How Spies Think – 10 Lessons in Intelligence

David Omand

2021

Penguin

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster – The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Bill Gates

2021

Penguin Books, Limited

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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Kind of the Story of My Life

Scott Adams

2013

Portfolio / Penguin

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How to Make Sense of Any Mess

How to Make Sense of Any Mess – Information Architecture for Everybody

Abby Covert

2014

CreateSpace

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How to Run A Government

How to Run A Government – So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy

Michael Barber

2015

Allen Lane

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How to Solve It

How to Solve It – A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

George Pólya

2022

Penguin

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Humanocracy

Humanocracy – Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

Michele Zanini; Gary Hamel

2020

Harvard Business Review Press

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Inside the Nudge Unit

Inside the Nudge Unit – How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference

David Halpern

2015

Ebury Publishing

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Kill It with Fire

Kill It with Fire – Manage Aging Computer Systems

Marianne Bellotti

2021

No Starch Press

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Liebe

Liebe – Gedichte

Erich Fried

2018

Wagenbach

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Living in Data

Living in Data – A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future

Jer Thorp

2021

MCD

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Living in Information

Living in Information – Responsible Design for Digital Places

Jorge Arango

2018

Two Waves Books

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Lust

Lust – Gedichte

Erich Fried

2018

Wagenbach

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction – A Very Short Introduction

Antulio J. Echevarria II

2017

Oxford University Press

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Mind Shift

Mind Shift – It Doesn't Take a Genius to Think Like One

Erwin Raphael McManus

2005

Thomas Nelson

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Motherland

Motherland – A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy

Julia Ioffe

2025

HarperCollins

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Negotiation Made Simple

Negotiation Made Simple – A Practical Guide for Solving Problems, Building Relationships, and Delivering the Deal

John Lowry

2023

HarperCollins Leadership

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Never Split the Difference

Never Split the Difference – Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

Chris Voss

2016

Harper Business

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On Leadership

On Leadership – Lessons for the 21st Century

Tony Blair

2025

Penguin

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Our Lives in Their Portfolios

Our Lives in Their Portfolios – Why Asset Managers Own the World

Brett Christophers

2023

Verso Books

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Platformland

Platformland – An Anatomy of Next-Generation Public Services

Richard Pope

2024

London Publishing Partnership

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Power to the Public

Power to the Public – The Promise of Public Interest Technology

Hana Schank; Tara Dawson McGuinness

2021

Princeton University Press

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Präraffaelitische Girls erklären das Internet

Präraffaelitische Girls erklären das Internet

Christiane Frohmann

2018

Frohmann

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Public Relations Theory III

Public Relations Theory III – In the Age of Publics

Carl H. Botan; Erich J. Sommerfeldt

2023

Taylor & Francis Group

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Rationale Dummköpfe. Eine Kritik der Verhaltensgrundlagen der Ökonomischen Theorie

Rationale Dummköpfe. Eine Kritik der Verhaltensgrundlagen der Ökonomischen Theorie

Amartya Sen

2002

Suhrkamp

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Read Write Own

Read Write Own – Building the Next Era of the Internet

Chris Dixon

2024

Random House

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Recoding America

Recoding America – Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

Jennifer Pahlka

2023

Henry Holt & Company

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Reinventing Government

Reinventing Government – How the Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming the Public Sector

David Osborne; Ted Gaebler

1992

Plume

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Representations

Representations – of the Intellectual

Edward W. Said

1996

Vintage

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Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create

Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create – An (Anti-)Manual for Artistic Research

Dirk Vis

2021

Onomatopee

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Rewired

Rewired – The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI

Rodney Zemmel; Eric Lamarre; Kate Smaje

2023

John Wiley & Sons

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Rewiring Democracy

Rewiring Democracy – How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship

Bruce Schneier, Nathan E. Sanders

2025

The MIT Press

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Rom verstehen

Rom verstehen – Das Römische Reich in Infografiken

John Scheid

2014

dtv

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Scaling People

Scaling People – A Tactical Guide to Company Building

Claire Hughes Johnson

2022

Stripe Press

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Sehnsucht

Sehnsucht – Gedichte

Erich Fried

2018

Wagenbach

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Strategies for Systemic Cities

Strategies for Systemic Cities – Public Space in a Digital Culture

M. DEL. RIETHER SIGNORE (G.); G. Riether

2020

LISTLAB

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Strategy Is Your Words

Strategy Is Your Words – A Strategist's Fight for Meaning

Mark Pollard

2020

Mighty Jungle

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Stuck on the Platform

Stuck on the Platform – Reclaiming the Internet

Geert Lovink

2022

Valiz

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Superagency

Superagency – What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future

Reid Hoffman; Greg Beato

2025

Authors Equity

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Supercommunicators

Supercommunicators – How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

2024

Random House

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Systems Thinking, Systems Practice

Systems Thinking, Systems Practice – Includes a 30-Year Retrospective

Peter Checkland

1999

Wiley

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Tech Cold War

Tech Cold War – The Geopolitics of Technology

Ansgar Baums; Nicholas Butts

2025

Lynne Rienner Publishers

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The 33 Strategies of War

The 33 Strategies of War

Robert Greene

2005

Viking

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The 80/20 Principle, Third Edition

The 80/20 Principle, Third Edition – The Secret to Achieving More with Less

Richard Koch

2022

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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The Age of AI

The Age of AI – And Our Human Future

Eric Schmidt; Daniel Huttenlocher; Henry A Kissinger

2021

Little, Brown and Company

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The Agile Comms Handbook

The Agile Comms Handbook – How to Clearly, Creatively Work in the Open

Giles Turnbull

2021

Use the Human Voice

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The Art of Delivery

The Art of Delivery – The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services

Michelle Clement

2025

Biteback Publishing

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The Art of Strategic Leadership

The Art of Strategic Leadership – How Leaders at All Levels Prepare Themselves, Their Teams, and Organizations for the Future

Steven J. Stowell; Stephanie S. Mead

2016

John Wiley & Sons

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The Big Con

The Big Con – How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Hijacks Our Economies

Mariana Mazzucato; Rosie Collington

2023

Penguin Books, Limited

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The Bilingual Brain

The Bilingual Brain – And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language

Albert Costa

2020

Penguin Books

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The Comfort Crisis

The Comfort Crisis – Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

Michael Easter

2021

Rodale Books

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

Martin Wolf

2023

Penguin Publishing Group

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The Entrepreneurial State

The Entrepreneurial State – Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths

Mariana Mazzucato

2013

Anthem Press

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The Essence of Software

The Essence of Software – Why Concepts Matter for Great Design

Daniel Jackson

2021

Princeton University Press

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The Fearless Organization

The Fearless Organization – Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

Amy C. Edmondson

2018

Wiley

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The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded

The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded – Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

Michael Watkins

2013

Harvard Business School Press

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The Form Book

The Form Book – Best Practice in Creating Forms for Printed and Online Use

Borries Schwesinger

2010

Thames & Hudson

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The Future of War

The Future of War – A History

Lawrence Freedman

2017

PublicAffairs

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The Government Fix

The Government Fix – How to Save Public Services in a Digital Age

Hana Schank; Sara Hudson

2019

New Degree Press

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The Government Machine

The Government Machine – A Revolutionary History of the Computer

Jon Agar

2003

MIT Press

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The Identity Trap

The Identity Trap – A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

2023

Penguin Press

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The Infinity Machine

The Infinity Machine – How an Army of Crypto-hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum

Sebastian Mallaby

2020

Harper Business

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The Internet Con

The Internet Con – How to Seize the Means of Computation

Cory Doctorow

2023

Verso Books

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The Modem World

The Modem World – A Prehistory of Social Media

Kevin Driscoll

2022

Yale University Press

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The Privatization of Everything

The Privatization of Everything – How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

Donald Cohen

2025

The New Press

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The Privatized State

The Privatized State

Chiara Cordelli

2020

Princeton University Press

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The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist – How Prosperity Evolves

Matt Ridley

2010

Harper

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The Responsive City

The Responsive City – Engaging Communities Through Data-smart Governance

Susan Crawford; Stephen Goldsmith

2014

Jossey-Bass

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The Revolt of the Public

The Revolt of the Public – And the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

Martin Gurri

2018

Stripe Press

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The Secret of Secrets

The Secret of Secrets – A Novel

Dan Brown

2025

Doubleday

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The Service Organization

The Service Organization – How to Deliver and Lead Successful Services, Sustainably

Kate Tarling

2023

London Publishing Partnership

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The Smart Enough City

The Smart Enough City – Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

Ben Green; Jascha Franklin-hodge

2019

MIT Press

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The Tech That Comes Next

The Tech That Comes Next – Addressing the Imbalance in Tech, Data, and AI in Organizations and Communities

Amy Sample Ward; Afua Bruce

2022

John Wiley & Sons

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The True Believer

The True Believer – Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Eric Hoffer

2002

Harper Perennial

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The Upside of Uncertainty

The Upside of Uncertainty – A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown

Nathan Furr

2022

Harvard Business Review Press

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The Well-Gardened Mind

The Well-Gardened Mind – The Healing Power of Plants, Earth, and the Outdoors

Sue Stuart-Smith

2020

Scribner

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Things We Could Design

Things We Could Design – For More Than Human-Centered Worlds

Ron Wakkary

2021

MIT Press

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Thinking in Bets

Thinking in Bets – Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

2019

Portfolio

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To Run the World

To Run the World – The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power

Sergey Radchenko

2024

Cambridge University Press

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Träge Transformation. Welche Denkfehler den digitalen Wandel blockieren

Träge Transformation. Welche Denkfehler den digitalen Wandel blockieren

Sascha Friesike; Johanna Sprondel

2022

Vahlen

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Transform Through Purpose

Transform Through Purpose – Your Path to Living an Authentic and Intentional Life

Reed Nyffeler

2024

Greenleaf Book Group

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Truth

Truth – How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality

Hector Macdonald

2019

Black Swan

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User Friendly

User Friendly – How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work and Play

Cliff Kuang; Robert Fabricant

2019

Ebury Publishing

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Warum heißt es Traum und nicht Memoryschaum

Warum heißt es Traum und nicht Memoryschaum

Gabriel Yoran; Christoph Rauscher

2024

Park X Ullstein

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Warum Krieg?

Warum Krieg?

Richard Overy

2024

Rowohlt Berlin

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We the Possibility

We the Possibility – Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems

Mitchell Weiss

2021

Harvard Business Review Press

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What Tech Calls Thinking

What Tech Calls Thinking – An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley

Adrian Daub

2020

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

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When McKinsey Comes to Town

When McKinsey Comes to Town – The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm

Michael Forsythe; Walt Bogdanich

2022

Penguin Random House

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Wiki Government

Wiki Government – How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful

Beth Simone Noveck

2009

Brookings Institution Press

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Wireframing for everyone

Wireframing for everyone

Michael Angles; Leon Barnard; Billy Carlson

2023

A Book Apart

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Work

Work – A History of How We Spend Our Time

James Suzman

2020

Bloomsbury Publishing

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Working in Public

Working in Public – The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

Nadia Eghbal

2020

Stripe Press

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Write Useful Books: A Modern Approach to Designing and Refining Recommendable Nonfiction

Write Useful Books: A Modern Approach to Designing and Refining Recommendable Nonfiction – A Modern Approach to Designing and Refining Recommendable Nonfiction

Rob Fitzpatrick

2021

Useful Books

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Zukünfte gestalten

Zukünfte gestalten – Spekulation, Kritik, Innovation

Benedikt Groß; Eileen Mandir

2022

Verlag Hermann Schmidt

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