Humankind: A Hopeful History

By Rutger Bregman (2019) Pages: 400, Final verdict: Great-read Rutger Bregman is not your average historian. 32, Dutch, he rose to fame with his 2014 best-seller Utopia for Realists, where he shared his thesis for reconstructing modern society with "utopian" like universal basic income or a shorter workweek.... Read more

Sociology

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

By Bill Bryson (2019) Pages: 450, Final verdict: Should-read In the early 2000s I remember seeing an odd book at the front store of a bookshop. Its unusual title - A Short History of Nearly Everything - caught my attention. It told the story of the world (starting with the... Read more

Biology

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

By Bog Iger (2019) Pages: 272, Final verdict: Great-read Bob Iger had a remarkable run as the CEO of Disney. From 2005 to 2020 Disney stock rose more than 400%, it released dozens of box-office hits, and he transformed the media landscape with the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and... Read more

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Henrique Cruz

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Humankind: A Hopeful History

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company