Books 2018

1. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by George Pólya
2. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman
3. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
4. Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education by Neil Postman
5. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman, Andrew Postman
6. Rich Russians: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie by Elisabeth Schimpfeossl
7. The Responsibility of Intellectuals by Noam Chomsky
8. To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism by Evgeny Morozov
9. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
10. The Kingdom of Speech by Tom Wolfe

Illustration by Rod Collins, Director of Innovation at Optimity Advisors and published in the Huffington Post

11. Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness by Frédéric Laloux (Author), Ken Wilber (Foreword)

12. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator)

13. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

14. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

PROFESSIONAL

15. Data Driven Design: How Today’s Product Designer Approaches User Experience by Phillip A. Harris

16. Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers, and Everyone by Kevin M. Hoffman, Matt Sutter (Illustrator), Jeff Gothelf (Foreword)

17. Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams by Peter Merholz, Kristin Skinner

18. Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye by Rudolf Arnheim

19. Managing Chaos Digital Governance by Design By Lisa Welchman

20. Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously by Jeff Gothelf , Josh Seiden

21. The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael D. Watkins

NOVELS & MEMOIRS

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22. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

23. «Рахманинов» Сергей Федякин

24. Far from Russia: A Memoir Book by Olga Carlisle

25. «Строгие суждения» Владимир Набоков

26. The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

27. Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits

29. Men Explain Things to Me (Essays — Solnit Trilogy) by Rebecca Solnit

29. «Четыре трети нашей жизни», Нина Алексеевна Кривошеина.

30. The Ladies from St. Petersburg: Three Novellas by Nina Berberova

31. «Империя должна умереть. История русских революций в лицах. 1900–1917», Михаил Зыгарь

33. «Война и мир» Лев Николаевич Толстой (War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy)

TRAVELING

33. 101 Places in Italy: A Private Grand Tour: 1001 Unforgettable Works of Art by Francis Russell

34. Ezra Pound’s Chinese Friends: Stories in Letters by Ezra Pound, Zhaoming Qian (Editor)

35. Elegant Flower: First Steps in China by Desmond Neill (Author)

36. Forgotten Kingdom by Peter Goullart