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Figuring

Maria Popova

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

Alice L Baumgartner

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome

Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome

David King

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy

Sonia Purnell

Collective Presencing

Collective Presencing

Ria Baeck

James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations

James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations

James Baldwin

Three Years in Ethiopia: How a Civil War and Epidemics Led Me to My Daughter

Three Years in Ethiopia: How a Civil War and Epidemics Led Me to My Daughter

Cornelia E. Davis MD MPH

The Yellow House

The Yellow House

Sarah M. Broom

Santander: Rambling on Borrowed Time

Santander: Rambling on Borrowed Time

David Ellison

On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

Paul Theroux

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Ruth Kassinger

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China

Evan Osnos

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth

Rachel Maddow

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity

Izzeldin Abuelaish

Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Bill McKibben

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

Educated: A Memoir

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

Steven Lee Myers

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling

Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

Malcolm Harris

Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser

Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser

Lewis Richmond

Talking to My Country

Talking to My Country

Stan Grant

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

Alexandra Horowitz

Fascism: A Warning

Fascism: A Warning

Madeleine Albright

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Eric Weiner

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

Sandy Tolan

The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

Marcus du Sautoy

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

Rita Golden Gelman

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

Jim DeFede

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War

A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War

Deborah Campbell

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate

Al Franken

All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power

All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power

Nomi Prins

Being In My Body: What You Might Not Have Known about Trauma, Dissociation and the Brain

Being In My Body: What You Might Not Have Known about Trauma, Dissociation and the Brain

Toni Rahman

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

Thomas L Friedman

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

Shanghai: Loved and Lost

Shanghai: Loved and Lost

Elizabeth Shaen

Yes, Men Do Cry: A Journal

Yes, Men Do Cry: A Journal

Gary Fish

The Dream is Over, the Nightmare Begins

The Dream is Over, the Nightmare Begins

Gudrun Z Jones

Searching for Sitala Mata: Eradicating Smallpox in India

Searching for Sitala Mata: Eradicating Smallpox in India

Cornelia E. Davis MD MPH

Riding off the Edge of the Map

Riding off the Edge of the Map

David Bryen

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris

Touching a Nerve - Our Brians, Our Selves

Touching a Nerve - Our Brians, Our Selves

Patricia S. Churchland

One Step Ahead

Jack Prins