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Beginners
Nov 23, 2021 · Tom Vanderbilt
After taking his young daughter to chess tournaments, journalist Tom Vanderbilt decided to take up the game himself. Competing against (and losing to)...
Education Relationships and Parenting Society and Culture -
Four Thousand Weeks
Nov 19, 2021 · Oliver Burkeman
For the writer Oliver Burkeman, our orientation toward time is flawed. Despite the fact that most people live for only 4,000 weeks, many people regime...
Psychology Self-Help Society and Culture -
Homo Deus
Nov 16, 2021 · Yuval Noah Harari
Historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari offers a vision of humanity’s future that is radically different from its past by just about every c...
History Science and Technology Society and Culture -
Woke, Inc.
Nov 15, 2021 · Vivek Ramaswamy
A self-proclaimed traitor to his class, Harvard and Yale Law School graduate and bioinformatics investor is tired of corporations pretending to care a...
Business Economics and Finance Politics -
The God Equation
Nov 12, 2021 · Michio Kaku
Where was matter before it burst into the macroscopic material of the universe? Truth be told, physicists still don’t know. But as science creep...
History Science and Technology Society and Culture -
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Nov 9, 2021 · Dale Carnegie
This classic by Dale Carnegie has been in print for over 80 years. The book is for anyone who wants to learn how to work effectively with people, to h...
Business Psychology Self-Help -
The Right Side of History
Nov 5, 2021 · Ben Shapiro
Violent riots routinely erupting on university campuses in protest of Ben Shapiro’s lectures galvanized him into proffering an explanation for w...
History Politics Society and Culture -
Present Concerns
Nov 2, 2021 · C.S. Lewis
In a conversation at his home on the outskirts of Oxford, England, Lewis told his long-time friend and editor Walter Hooper that he didn’t...
Religion and Theology Society and Culture -
Irreversible Damage
Oct 28, 2021 · Abigail Shrier
Many girls look for a sense of identity amidst the confusing and socially awkward years of adolescence. Often, young women channel this pursuit into g...
Health and Wellness Psychology Society and Culture -
The New Science of Narcissism
Oct 26, 2021 · W. Keith Campbell
The word “narcissist” is searched about one million times a month. It is invoked in the most casual of conversations, and plenty of people...
Relationships and Parenting Psychology Society and Culture
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