A selection of books read and rated by La Rebelión, with reviews, reading time and audio editions.
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The Art of Thinking ClearlyRolf Dobelli★★★★☆1 min read · readers 4.0/5 (1) · audio ENWelcome to a guide that promises to sharpen your thinking and help you sidestep the common mental traps that plague our decision-making…
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What CountsOliver Burkeman★★★★★1 min read · readers 4.0/5 (1) · audio ENWelcome to 'Meditations for Mortals,' a guide designed to help you navigate the complexities of modern life by embracing your inherent…
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the FactsAnnie Duke★★★★★2 min read · readers 4.0/5 (1) · audio ENImagine you are watching a championship football game. The quarterback makes a risky pass in the final seconds, it gets intercepted, and…
Wisdom Takes WorkRyan Holiday★★★★★1 min read · readers 5.0/5 (1) · audio ENWelcome, everyone, to a look at Ryan Holiday's 'Wisdom Takes Work.' This isn't your typical self-help manual promising overnight success…
Vive más: Reduce tu edad biológica y aumenta tu vitalidadMarcos Vázquez★★★★★1 min readHello everyone, and welcome back to the show. Today, we're diving into a topic that fascinates many of us: how to not just live longer, but…
Discipline Is DestinyRyan Holiday★★★★☆2 min readAlright, let's talk about Ryan Holiday's "Discipline Is Destiny," a pivotal entry in his series exploring the cardinal Stoic virtues. This…
Courage is CallingRyan Holiday★★★★☆1 min readCourage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it. In this work, Ryan Holiday unpacks the nature of bravery…
A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson★★★★★1 min readImagine you are sitting in a comfortable armchair, and a very witty, well-traveled friend decides to tell you the entire story of the…
21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyYuval Noah Harari★★★★☆1 min readIn this expansive and probing collection of essays, Yuval Noah Harari shifts his focus from the deep evolutionary past he explored in his…
BehaveRobert Sapolsky★★★★★1 min readIn Behave, Robert Sapolsky embarks on an ambitious and deeply engaging journey to explain why humans do what they do. He approaches the…
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone AgeYuval Noah Harari★★★★★1 min readIn this sweeping narrative, Yuval Noah Harari shifts his focus from the biological trajectory of our species to the mechanics of…
The Body: A Guide for OccupantsBill Bryson★★★★★1 min readBill Bryson takes the reader on an extraordinary tour of the human body, treating the subject with the same wide-eyed curiosity and…
The Courage to Be DislikedIchiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga★★★★★1 min readImagine a dialogue between an inquisitive young man and a wise mentor, and you have the structure of this compelling exploration into…
The Daily StoicRyan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman★★★★☆2 min readPicture a book that wants to live on your nightstand for an entire year, not on a shelf to be admired from a distance. That is the premise…
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman★★★★★1 min readDaniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow is a sweeping tour of the human mind, written by a Nobel laureate who spent decades uncovering…
The Obstacle Is the WayRyan Holiday★★★★★1 min readIn this modern primer on Stoic philosophy, Ryan Holiday takes the ancient wisdom of thinkers like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus…
Invicto (Unbeaten)Marcos Vázquez★★★★☆1 min readMarcos Vázquez opens Invicto with a quietly bold premise: being unbeaten has less to do with talent, genetics, or luck than with the…
Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowYuval Noah Harari★★★★★1 min readIn Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari shifts his focus from the past of humanity to its potential future. After establishing how our species…
Project Hail MaryAndy Weir★★★★★1 min readIf you are looking for a story about an ordinary science teacher who suddenly finds himself alone at the edge of known space, with no…
Delta-vDaniel Suarez★★★★☆1 min readImagine waking up to discover that a reclusive billionaire, somewhere in the vast loneliness of the American West, has quietly assembled a…
GritAngela Duckworth★★★★★1 min readAngela Duckworth's Grit is built around a single, deceptively simple claim: the most reliable predictor of who achieves meaningful things…
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard P. Feynman★★★★★1 min readIn Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, the legendary physicist Richard Feynman invites us into a life lived entirely on his own terms…
SapiensYuval Noah Harari★★★★★1 min readImagine standing at the edge of history, looking back not at specific kings or wars, but at the biological and cognitive accidents that led…
The AlchemistPaulo Coelho★★★★☆1 min readThe story follows Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd who feels a restless pull away from the ordinary life his parents prepared for him…Showing 24 of 72 books; the full catalogue is on home.
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