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Art as Therapy: Alain de Botton on the 7 Psychological Functions of Art
Art as Therapy: Alain de Botton on the 7 Psychological Functions of Art

“Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.”

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Wisdom from a MacArthur Genius: Psychologist Angela Duckworth on Why Grit, Not IQ, Predicts Success
Wisdom from a MacArthur Genius: Psychologist Angela Duckworth on Why Grit, Not IQ, Predicts Success

“Character is at least as important as intellect.”

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What George Eliot Teaches Us About the Life-Cycle of Happiness and the Science of Why We’re Happier When We’re Older
What George Eliot Teaches Us About the Life-Cycle of Happiness and the Science of Why We’re Happier When We’re Older

“One has to spend so many years in learning how to be happy.”

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The Book of Mean People: Toni Morrison’s Children’s Allegory about Kindness and the Importance of Considering Context Before Making Judgments
The Book of Mean People: Toni Morrison’s Children’s Allegory about Kindness and the Importance of Considering Context Before Making Judgments

“Big people are little when they are mean. But little people are not big when they are mean.”

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Maurice Sendak, Teacher: Lessons on Art, Storytelling, and Life from the Beloved Artist’s 1971 Yale Course
Maurice Sendak, Teacher: Lessons on Art, Storytelling, and Life from the Beloved Artist’s 1971 Yale Course

“Maurice’s pleasures were his obsessions, and every one of them was contagious.”

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Brave Genius: How the Unlikely Friendship of Scientist Jacques Monod and Philosopher Albert Camus Shaped Modern Culture
Brave Genius: How the Unlikely Friendship of Scientist Jacques Monod and Philosopher Albert Camus Shaped Modern Culture

“Being aware of one’s life, one’s revolt, one’s freedom, and to the maximum, is living, and to the maximum.”

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How the Universe Works: Stephen Hawking’s Theory of Everything, Animated in 150 Seconds
How the Universe Works: Stephen Hawking’s Theory of Everything, Animated in 150 Seconds

A Brief History of Time in no time at all.

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How Evolution Works, Animated in Minimalist Motion Graphics
How Evolution Works, Animated in Minimalist Motion Graphics

From Darwin to your dog, or why DNA copying errors explain blue eyes.

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The Best Books on Writing, NYC, Animals, and More: A Collaboration with the New York Public Library
The Best Books on Writing, NYC, Animals, and More: A Collaboration with the New York Public Library

A celebration of timelessly wonderful reads in an elaborate diorama of papercraft book sculptures.

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The 7-Word Autobiographies of Famous Writers, Artists, Musicians, and Philosophers
The 7-Word Autobiographies of Famous Writers, Artists, Musicians, and Philosophers

John Irving, Joan Didion, David Byrne, Rem Koolhaas, Madeleine Albright, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Dennett, Andrew Sullivan, Ed Ruscha, Brian Eno, and more.

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