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psychology

Book cover for 'Mindset' by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., titled 'The New Psychology of Success,' highlighting how attitudes can help fulfill potential in parenting, business, school, and relationships, with a gold circle indicating 2 million copies in print.

Book cover titled 'The Psychology of Optional Experience' by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, labeled as a national bestseller, with a blue background and yellow and white text. The publisher icons include Harper Perennial and Modern Classics.

Book cover of 'Chatter' by Ethan Kross, featuring colorful circles and the subtitle 'The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It.'

Book cover of 'Grit' by Angela Duckworth, with arrows pointing in various directions and a quote about psychologists' research

Book cover of 'Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything' by Viktor E. Frankl. The cover features a blue and black textured background with white and yellow text, including a gold circular sticker noting the author of 'Man's Search for Meaning'.

Book cover titled 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor E. Frankl, featuring a candle wick at the bottom and a gold circle with text indicating over 12 million copies sold globally.

Book cover for "A Way of Being" by Carl R. Rogers, with an orange, textured background, red and blue accents, and black text.

Book cover titled 'On Becoming a Person' by Carl R. Rogers with a green and yellow background

Sport & psychology

Book cover titled 'HBR's 10 Must Reads: On Mental Toughness' featuring a subtitle about mental toughness articles from Harvard Business Review, with additional info about an interview with Martin E.P. Seligman.

Book cover for "The Inner Game of Tennis" by W. Timothy Gallwey. The cover features a large green tennis ball on a light background, with a green border. The title is in bold black text, and there are additional texts mentioning an introduction by Bill Gates and a foreword by Pete Carroll.

Book cover titled "Levels of the Game" by John McPhee. The cover features a green tennis court diagram showing the positions of players Ashe and Graebner.

Close-up of a golf ball on a tee with a golf club behind it on grass, and a cover of a book titled 'The Inner Game of Golf' by W. Timothy Gallwey beneath.

Book cover titled 'The Confident Mind' by Dr. Nate Zinsser, featuring a Roman bust with a helmet, and text about mental toughness training.

Book cover titled "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" by David Epstein, featuring a keyring with multiple keys against a teal background.

Book cover for "The Fighter’s Mind" by Sam Sheridan, featuring a back view of a fighter in the foreground and another fighter in a fighting stance in the background, with text highlighting the mental strategies of fighters and extreme athletes.

Close-up of the cover of the autobiography 'Open' by Andre Agassi, featuring a portrait of Andre Agassi's face with a serious expression, revealing his brown eyes, beard, and earring, with a red banner at the top stating "#1 National Bestseller."

Book cover titled 'Curveball' by Barry Zito with a subtitle mentioning discovering true fulfillment after chasing fortune and fame. Features a silhouette of a man with a baseball cap against an orange background.

Book cover for "The Way of Baseball" by Shawn Green with Gordon McAlpine. The cover features an illustration of a baseball inside a brushstroke-style circle, with text describing the book as a meditation on baseball and life.

Book cover of "The Phenomenon" by Rick Ankiel and Tim Brown featuring a close-up of a man wearing a red cap.

Literature & Philosophy

Book cover for 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius featuring a stylized red and black bird with white feathers on a black background.

Book cover titled 'Zen in the Art of Archery' by Eugen Herrigel featuring a traditional Japanese bow and an arrow.

Book cover for 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' by Robert M. Pirsig, featuring a stylized motorcycle gear shift lever surrounded by abstract shapes.

Book cover of 'The Odyssey' by Homer, featuring an illustration of three women with detailed hair and jewelry, some damaged and torn sections, and decorative blue wave patterns at the top and bottom.

Book cover titled 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind' by Shunryu Suzuki, published by Shambhala Library, featuring a black ink Japanese calligraphy brush stroke illustration on a white background with a gold border.

Book cover of 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck featuring a minimalist landscape with a setting sun, a small house with a windmill, and two people walking in the distance.

Book cover for "The Iliad" by Emily Wilson featuring a torn section revealing a classical painting of a winged figure holding a shield on a red background.

The cover of a book titled 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse. The background is blue, with a bronze or gold-colored seated Buddha statue in the center.

Book cover titled 'Sun Tzu Art of War' by Ralph D. Sawyer, with Chinese characters on the right side and a red background.

A black and white illustration of a woman with exaggerated features, dressed in dark clothing, standing on a cobblestone street near a bridge and buildings. The woman has a long face and nose, and she is holding a purse. The words are written along her body in a twisted manner: "FYO DOR DOE TOY EVSKY" on her torso, "A NEW TRANSLATION" on her leg, "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT" on her other leg. The art style is reminiscent of woodcut or engraved art.

Book cover titled "Notes from Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, with a black abstract city skyline on a white background.

Book cover titled 'A Guide to the Good Life' by William B. Irvine, featuring a grayscale sculpture of a thoughtful person with hands clasped, and a subtitle 'the ancient art of stoic joy'.

Book cover for 'Awareness' by Anthony De Mello, featuring a silhouette of trees at sunset or sunrise with clouds in the sky.

Self development

Book cover for 'Ego is the Enemy' by Ryan Holiday, featuring white capital text on a blue background and an image of an ancient bust with the title and author details.

Book cover titled 'Tools of Titans' by Tim Ferriss with a black wrench graphic on an orange background and a yellow starburst indicating the author is a New York Times best-selling author of 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and 'The 4-Hour Body'. The subtitle reads, 'The tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers'.

Book cover for 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear, titled 'Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results'. It mentions it is a New York Times bestseller and that over 20 million copies have been sold. The cover has a minimalistic design with dotted text creating the word 'Atomic Habits' and a cream background.

Book cover titled "How to Be a Stoic" by Massimo Pigliucci, featuring a yellow background with green leaves and a quote about Stoic philosophy at the top.

Book cover for 'The Obstacle Is the Way' by Ryan Holiday featuring a beige background, black and red text, and a laurel wreath design.

Book cover of 'Tribe of Mentors' by Timothy Ferriss, featuring a yellow and black background with bold black and yellow text, and a blue highlight box with additional text.

Book cover titled 'The Creative Act: A Way of Being' by Rick Rabin featuring a minimalistic black circle with a smaller filled circle inside on a white background.

Book cover titled "An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance: The Art of Learning" by Josh Waitzkin. The cover features a large, softly-lit photo of a woman practicing a hand gesture, with a smaller black and white photo of a young boy playing chess at the bottom.

Book cover titled 'How to Win Friends & Influence People' by Dale Carnegie, with a subtitle 'The Only Book You Need to Lead You to Success' and a blue circle indicating it is updated for the next generation of leaders.

Book cover titled "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins, featuring a man in a white military uniform with medals, and a background image of the same man in a suit, with the title overlaid in bold gold letters and a gold badge that says "Clean Edition."

Book cover titled 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' by Mark Manson, with orange background, bold black and white text, and a splash graphic.

The cover of a book titled "The Road to Character" by David Brooks, with a red background, white text, and a black silhouette of a person standing with shadows.

Book cover titled 'The War of Art' by Steven Pressfield with the subtitle 'Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles', featuring a small orange flower growing from a brick.

Book cover for '12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos' by Jordan B. Peterson, highlighting that over ten million copies sold, with a quote from the New York Times.

Cover of the book titled "How to Know a Person" by David Brooks. The background features colorful, stylized layered profiles of human heads in shades of red, orange, yellow, green, and purple.

Book cover titled 'Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams' by Matthew Walker PhD, featuring a starry night sky with a yellow crescent moon and the subtitle emphasizing sleep and dreams

Book cover for 'Beyond Order' by Jordan B. Peterson. The cover features a black background with white and brown text. The title is in large brown letters, and there are white arrows and lines surrounding the title. The cover also includes a quote from the New York Times and mentions the author's previous work '12 Rules for Life'.

Book cover for 'The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life' by David Brooks, featuring an illustration of layered mountains in pastel colors with a yellow background.

Book cover titled 'How to Think Like a Roman Emperor' by Donald Robertson, featuring a statue of Marcus Aurelius wearing earphones, with the subtitle 'The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius'.

leadership & culture

Book cover titled 'The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership' by Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh, featuring a photo of Bill Walsh wearing a headset and a San Francisco 49ers player in uniform during a football game.

Book cover titled "Wooden on Leadership" by John Wooden and Steve Jamison. Features a close-up photograph of John Wooden's face with white hair, glasses, and a serious expression against a dark background. Text includes a note about rare excerpts from Coach Wooden's private notebooks.

Book cover titled "Extreme Ownership" with a dart hitting the letter "X" on the word "EXTREME" and the subtitle "How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.

Book cover for 'Legacy' by James Kerr, with subtitle 'What the all blacks can teach us about the business of life,' featuring a person holding a rugby ball with water droplets and a black background with white speckles. A gold circle indicates '10th Anniversary Edition.'

Book cover for 'The Culture Code' by Daniel Coyle, featuring a black background with a golden radial burst design and the title in white text.

Book cover of 'Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success' by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty, featuring images of eleven championship rings.

Book cover of 'The Captain Class' by Sam Walker, featuring silhouettes of athletes playing hockey, basketball, baseball, and running, with bold red and white text and a quote from Theo Epstein.

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