<The Fine Art of Small Talk> by Debra Fine

Small Talk
A interesting book to help introvert and shy person to enjoy the fun of small talk in business. It's more of a skill that can be trained than a born gift.

<今日简史 21 Lessons for the 21st Century> by Yuval Noah Harari

21lessons
Although this book is written in 2018, it's amazing how Yuval were able to precisely forecast the panic and confusion with the emerging and development of AI and ML. In a current world where we seem to lose direction, he was able to help us look into the mist more clearly and at the end of the book, attempts to show us one of the ways to 'know thyself', which is crucially important to find peace in mind in this ever-changing world.

<AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis> by Raphael C. Malveau (Author), William J. Brown (Author), Hays W. "Skip" McCormick (Author), & 1 more

antipatterns
It's hard to say how a software product becomes successful, but there are certain lessons to learn and prevent from failing products. This book is trying to show us some common anti-patterns in software development and ways to refactor and eventually solve them at different levels of a company (from CTO to PM to architect to software developers).

<世界上最伟大的推销员> by 拉塞尔·H·康威尔

greatestsalesman
一本鸡汤文，部分关于销售原则的干货，比如销售更在于建立联系而不是一次买卖。本书名气有点大于实际的内容。

<人体交易> by 斯科特·卡尼

humantrade
这个灰色产业总是游离于主流视线之外，但却是我们不可忽视的全球交易利益链的一环。作者对于这个问题的兴趣开始于自己一位学生的不幸，但他之后的调查和发现为我们揭露了一个个庞大的灰色产业链，也展示了在全球化和资本化的市场中，人体是如何与价格挂上了钩并且进行全球交易的。

<南京大屠杀> by 张纯如

rapeofnanking
这本书估计已经家喻户晓了，不忘历史才能够更好地走向未来，正视过去才能够帮助下一代避免重蹈历史覆辙。