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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

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

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

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

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

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

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

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

Alan Stern

Collective Presencing

Collective Presencing

Ria Baeck

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

Homeira Qaderi

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

Educated: A Memoir

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

John W. Dower

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

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

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

Bill McKibben

Fascism: A Warning

Fascism: A Warning

Madeleine Albright

Figuring

Maria Popova

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations

Georgina Howell

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

Guilia Enders

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

Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Andrea Pitzer

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

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

Alexandra Horowitz

Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

Tilar J. Mazzeo

James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations

James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations

James Baldwin

Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

Malcolm Harris

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

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

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

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

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

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

Paul Theroux

One Step Ahead

Jack Prins

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

Riding off the Edge of the Map

Riding off the Edge of the Map

David Bryen

Santander: Rambling on Borrowed Time

Santander: Rambling on Borrowed Time

David Ellison

Searching for Sitala Mata: Eradicating Smallpox in India

Searching for Sitala Mata: Eradicating Smallpox in India

Cornelia E. Davis MD MPH

Shanghai: Loved and Lost

Shanghai: Loved and Lost

Elizabeth Shaen

Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome

Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome

David King

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

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

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

Talking to My Country

Talking to My Country

Stan Grant

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

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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

The Dream is Over, the Nightmare Begins

The Dream is Over, the Nightmare Begins

Gudrun Z Jones

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

The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

Marcus du Sautoy

Shugri Said Salh

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert

Shugri Said Salh

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 New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

Steven Lee Myers

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

Michael Lewis

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

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

The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS

The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS

Margaret Coker

The Yellow House

The Yellow House

Sarah M. Broom

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

Touching a Nerve - Our Brians, Our Selves

Touching a Nerve - Our Brians, Our Selves

Patricia S. Churchland

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Tarana Burke

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

Yes, Men Do Cry: A Journal

Yes, Men Do Cry: A Journal

Gary Fish