Milkyway Media: 151 books

Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life (2018) is a motivational book that teaches aspirational professionals how to develop an efficient, ceaseless work ethic that can be used to overcome obstacles and achieve success. The book contains...

Jack Weatherford’s book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2005) offers a reconsideration of the historical legacy of the famed twelfth-century ruler Genghis Khan. Weatherford complements oversimplified caricatures that represent the Mongolian warlord as little more than a barbarian… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder (2010), by Paul T. Mason and Randi Kreger, is a guidebook for loved ones of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The book was originally published in 1998 and has sold more than half a million copies. Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson chronicles the origins and development of computers and the internet. The book begins in 1833 with the vision of the English mathematician Ada, Countess of Lovelace, and ends with the question...

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (2009) by Gay Hendricks reveals one of the most common barriers to an individual's success: the Upper Limit Problem (ULP), a self-imposed, subconscious limit for how much happiness and positivity someone can feel. Using research,...

Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offers a step-by-step strategy to identify and capture untapped markets. It is the process-oriented sequel to the authors’ highly influential book about strategic planning, Blue Ocean Strategy (2005). Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity (2017) is a step-by-step guide to being a strong leader who is able to communicate effectively with a team. To be successful, a radically candid boss must balance two actions: caring about employees while at the same time challenging them with direct and specific feedback… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Walter Isaacson’s Leonardo da Vinci (2017) is a biography of the Italian Renaissance artist, researcher, and inventor. Isaacson traces Leonardo’s life and scientific pursuits, and provides history and criticism for each of his important works… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future (2012) demonstrates how creative individuals can monetize their passions and attain independence from traditional employment. Author Chris Guillebeau argues that solo entrepreneurs can use their skills...

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World (2017) by Admiral William H. McRaven is an expanded version of a commencement speech that the author gave at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. Its central theme is that military training as a Navy SEAL imparts 10...

Delivering Happiness (2013) by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh is a business memoir that outlines the company’s customer service-focused model. In 2009, when Zappos announced that larger retailer Amazon would be acquiring the company, Hsieh recalled that his first attempted enterprise was a worm farm when he was nine years old. .. Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

The Secret History of Wonder Woman (2014) by Jill Lepore traces Wonder Woman’s origins to the women’s movements of the early twentieth century and connects the character’s early portrayals to the life, work, and feminist beliefs of creator William Moulton Marston. Marston was born in 1893… Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen (2017) examines how, over the last five centuries, verifiable facts have coexisted alongside conspiracy theories, dubious miracle cures, and religious fanaticism within the American consciousness. In 1517, German priest...

Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now (2018) is a bold defense for the ideas that serve as the foundation for the modern world, as well as an expansive discussion of how those ideas are continuing to make the world a better place for humanity. Although most were developed in the eighteenth century,...