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10 Book

The Accidental Investment Banker

Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
Jonathan A. Knee
Oxford UP, 2006
9 Book

Not Just for the Boys

Why We Need More Women in Science
Athene Donald
Oxford UP, 2023
9 Book
Ben Shneiderman
Oxford UP, 2022
9 Book

The Poetry and Music of Science

Comparing Creativity in Science and Art
Tom McLeish
Oxford UP, 2019
9 Book

The Elephant in the Brain

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Oxford UP, 2018
9 Book

Future Politics

Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech
Jamie Susskind
Oxford UP, 2018
9 Book

Near Abroad

Putin, the West and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus
Gerard Toal
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Book
Isaiah Berlin
Oxford UP, 2002
9 Book

Leading Professionals

Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas
Laura Empson
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Book

Strategy

A History
Lawrence Freedman
Oxford UP, 2013
9 Book

The Real North Korea

Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
Andrei Lankov
Oxford UP, 2014
9 Book
Duncan Green
Oxford UP, 2016
9 Book

The Death of Expertise

The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
Tom Nichols
Oxford UP, 2017
9 Book

Gaia

A New Look at Life on Earth
James Lovelock
Oxford UP, 2000
9 Book

The Bottom Billion

Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
Oxford UP, 2007
9 Book

Building Reputational Capital

Strategies for Integrity and Fair Play that Improve the Bottom Line
Kevin T. Jackson
Oxford UP, 2004
9 Book

Emotion

The Science of Sentiment
Dylan Evans
Oxford UP, 2001
9 Book
Richard Dawkins
Oxford UP, 1990
9 Book

How to Change the World

Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
David Bornstein
Oxford UP, 2004
9 Book

Beyond Greed and Fear

Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing
Hersh Shefrin
Oxford UP, 2002
9 Book

CEO Succession

A Window on How Boards Can Get It Right When Choosing a New Chief Executive
Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden
Oxford UP, 2000
8 Book

Wreckonomics

Why It's Time to End the War on Everything
Ruben Andersson and David Keen
Oxford UP, 2023
8 Book

Disaster by Choice

How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes
Ilan Kelman
Oxford UP, 2020
8 Book

The Smart Neanderthal

Bird Catching, Cave Art & the Cognitive Revolution
Clive Finlayson
Oxford UP, 2019
8 Book

Kidnap

Inside the Ransom Business
Anja Shortland
Oxford UP, 2019
8 Book
Sarah Harper
Oxford UP, 2019
8 Book

Jihad and Death

The Global Appeal of Islamic State
Olivier Roy
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

Israeli National Security

A New Strategy for an Era of Change
Charles D. Freilich
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

End of an Era

How China’s Authoritarian Revival Is Undermining Its Rise
Carl Minzner
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

The Third Revolution

Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
Elizabeth C. Economy
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Counter-Revolution

Liberal Europe in Retreat
Jan Zielonka
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Searching for Boko Haram

A History of Violence in Central Africa
Scott MacEachern
Oxford UP, 2018
8 Book

Yemen Endures

Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia
Ginny Hill
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

False Dawn

Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
Steven A. Cook
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book

Refuge

Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World
Paul Collier and Alexander Betts
Oxford UP, 2017
8 Book
Martin E. P. Seligman et al.
Oxford UP, 2016