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Analogia
George Dyson
Named one of WIRED’s "The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020" In Analogia, technology historian George Dyson presents...
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Coming Into the Country
John McPhee
Literary account of Alaska and Alaskans.
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Annals of the Former World
John McPhee
The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago,...
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The Rookie Hockey Mom
Melissa Walsh
Hone Hockey-Mom Sense. There are over a million hockey moms in the United States and Canada, many of whom have...
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Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller "Brilliant and timely" — Oliver Burkeman ~ Do Fewer...
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Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging
Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, Sally Howell
Essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience.
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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
Tom Wolfe
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The Immortality Key
Brian C. Muraresku
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have...
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