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When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death
When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death

“When you come to one of the many moments in life where you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world…”

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Leo: A Ghost Story Subverting Cultural Stereotypes
Leo: A Ghost Story Subverting Cultural Stereotypes

A heartening parable of seeing through difference, meeting the unfamiliar with friendliness, and dignifying the reality of the other.

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Adam Gopnik on Darwin’s Brilliant Strategy for Preempting Criticism and the True Mark of Genius
Adam Gopnik on Darwin’s Brilliant Strategy for Preempting Criticism and the True Mark of Genius

“In the back-and-forth of a self-made contest, both sides have a shot.”

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Louis I, King of the Sheep: An Illustrated Parable of How Power Changes Those in Power
Louis I, King of the Sheep: An Illustrated Parable of How Power Changes Those in Power

A subtle reminder that we are separated from those less fortunate than us by little more than unmerited cosmic odds.

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Barbara Walters on How to Be There for the Newly Bereaved and Heartbroken
Barbara Walters on How to Be There for the Newly Bereaved and Heartbroken

“Things being what they are in the world today, we are more and more driven to depend on one another’s sympathy and friendship in order to survive emotionally.”

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Gwendolyn Brooks’s Trailblazing Vintage Poems for Kids, Celebrating Diversity and the Universal Spirit of Childhood
Gwendolyn Brooks’s Trailblazing Vintage Poems for Kids, Celebrating Diversity and the Universal Spirit of Childhood

A playful and poignant bow before the singular validity of childhood.

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We’re Breaking Up: Rebecca Solnit on How Modern Noncommunication Is Changing Our Experience of Time, Solitude, and Communion
We’re Breaking Up: Rebecca Solnit on How Modern Noncommunication Is Changing Our Experience of Time, Solitude, and Communion

“Previous technologies have expanded communication. But the last round may be contracting it.”

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Sex Is a Funny Word: An Intelligent and Inclusive Illustrated Primer on Sexuality
Sex Is a Funny Word: An Intelligent and Inclusive Illustrated Primer on Sexuality

From crushes to gender identity, an honest, openhearted, and stereotype-defying celebration of our bodies.

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Psychologist Barry Schwartz on What Motivates Us to Work, Why Incentives Fail, and How Our Ideas About Human Nature Shape Who We Become
Psychologist Barry Schwartz on What Motivates Us to Work, Why Incentives Fail, and How Our Ideas About Human Nature Shape Who We Become

“Human nature is to a significant degree the product of human design.”

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Infinity and Me: A Lovely Picture-Book at the Nexus of Science, Philosophy, and Love
Infinity and Me: A Lovely Picture-Book at the Nexus of Science, Philosophy, and Love

An inclusive love letter to forever.

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