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Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea
By Gabbi Cisneros
Eloquence of the Sardine is meant to intrigue, to entertain, and to inspire any sort of interest in the ocean and its creatures. It counters the out of sight, out of mind indifference we usually treat them with by opening our eyes to their world.
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This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir
By Emily Porter
This Will All Be Over Soon is an incredibly sincere memoir of a woman trying to grapple with grief, the pandemic, and how to move forward from the depths of life's woes all while falling in love.
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The Infinite Staircase: A Technology Strategist Investigates the Business of Living
By Dylan Schleicher
Geoffrey Moore's new book offers a wealth of insight and understanding, perhaps even a strategy for living, but his very writing of it is a thankful reminder that we don't have to be just one thing.
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Social Warming: The Dangerous and Polarising Effects of Social Media
By Gabbi Cisneros
A new book that shows how social media is doing more than enabling harmful behavior, it is structurally facilitating that behavior and profiting off of it too.
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A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
By Bryan Rogers
Eric D. Weitz performs what amounts to a living autopsy on the history and health of the nation-state dating back nearly two hundred years.
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The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
By Emily Porter
Stephen Kurczy, a journalist who ventures to this small town looking for some silence of his own, finds a reality that is rarely known in today’s modern world.
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Go Where There Is No Path: Stories of Hustle, Grit, Scholarship, and Faith
By Gabbi Cisneros
Christopher Gray wants people to see an outsider's success as earned, not a fluke, and for entrepreneurs to know that for-profit companies, just as well as non-profits, can be good companies that offer solutions to social issues.
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A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work
By Dylan Schleicher
Overwork is glorified in our culture, but it is undermining our overall performance. Instead of suggesting we need to push through, Juliet Funt offers us a thoughtful way out.
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Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
By Dylan Schleicher
Reading award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins's wonderful and in-depth new book about the history of Tesla, I couldn't help wondering what the story would have been like without the oversized ego of Elon Musk involved, or help thinking that I'd like to read that story more.
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Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?: The Path of Purposeful Aging
By Gabbi Cisneros
This book urges us to be okay with redefining our ideas of prosperity, success, and happiness as we get older, though there's nothing wrong with being more generous with ourselves and our time when we're young as well.
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