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1 - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson · Spiegel & Grau
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#1 New York Times Bestseller | Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times * The Washington Post * The Boston Globe * The Seattle Times * Esquire * Time
Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction | Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction... |
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2 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk MD · Viking
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A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three... |
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3 - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin J DiAngelo · Beacon Press
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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
In this "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson)... |
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5 - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · Harper
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100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations... |
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7 - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah · Spiegel & Grau
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times * USA Today... |
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8 - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
MATTHEW WALKER · Scribner
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A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this "stimulating and important book" (Financial Times) from the director of UC Berkeley's Center for Human Sleep Science is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber. As the Guardian said, Walker... |
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9 - Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell · Back Bay Books
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In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?
His answer is that we pay too much... |
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10 - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth · Scribner
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In her instant, multi-month New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls "grit" - "inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere"... |
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11 - Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Major New York Times bestseller
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award in 2012
Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
One of The Economist's... |
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13 - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande · Picador
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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and Chicago Tribune, now in paperback with a new reading group guide Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease... |
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14 - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou · Vintage
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The Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Time, Esquire, Fortune, Marie Claire, GQ, Mental Floss, Science Friday, Bloomberg, Popular Mechanics,... |
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15 - No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg · Penguin Books
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A New York Times Bestseller!
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations
In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided... |
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