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Paul Bloom
The Origins of Good and Evil. Crown Publishers, 2013.
Ben Carlson
Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan. Bloomberg Press, 2015.
John Lewis
A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017
Karl Pillemer
Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage. Hudson Street Press, 2015.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
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Douglas Abrams
A Survival Guide for Trying Times. Celadon Books, 2021.
Sarah Harvey
The Japanese Secret to Lasting Change—Small Steps to Big Goals. The Experiment, LLC, 2020.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Don MIguel Ruiz
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book). Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc, 1997.
Marcel Proust
Days of Reading. Penguin Books’ edition, 2008
Lisa Mosconi
A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
Memory, Perception and the “Jennifer Aniston Neuron.” BenBella Books, 2017.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Creative Living Beyond Fear. Riverhead Books, 2015.
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Andrew W. Lo
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought. Princeton, 2019.
Lisa Mosconi
A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Thomas E. Ricks
What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country. Harper, 2020.
Ken Robinson
The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education. Penguin Publishing Group, 2015.
John Lewis
A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away. Pantheon Books, 2014.
Richard Dawkins
The Long Reach of the Gene. Oxford University Press, 1982.
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Paul Bloom
The Origins of Good and Evil. Crown Publishers, 2013.
Ben Carlson
Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan. Bloomberg Press, 2015.
John Lewis
A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017
Karl Pillemer
Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage. Hudson Street Press, 2015.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Richard Carlson
Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life. Hyperion Books, 1997.
Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air. Random House, 2016.
Raewyn Connell
Social Science and the Global Dynamics of Knowledge. Polity, 2007.
B.J. Miller
Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
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Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang
A fascinating look at rejection from every angle, from understanding and overcoming the fear of rejection to learning how to increase your chances of a yes while becoming perfectly okay with a no.
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