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Amy Chua
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Penguin Group, 2011.
Isabel Allende
On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World. William Morrow, 2018.
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Mark Miodownik
Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.
Tania Gergel
The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History’s Greatest Conqueror as Told by His Original Biographers. Penguin Books, 2004.
David Goldblatt
A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Kassia St. Clair
The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.
Marie Kondo
The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. Ten Speed Press, 2014.
Durreen Shahnaz
Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women. Broadleaf Books, 2023.
Jody Rosen
The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. Crown, 2022
Timothy C. Winegard
A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator. Dutton, 2019.
Daron Acemoglu
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Currency, 2012.
Sarah Harvey
The Japanese Secret to Lasting Change—Small Steps to Big Goals. The Experiment, LLC, 2020.
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Isabel Allende
On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Evan Osnos
Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China. Vintage, 2015.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Stephen Cavalier
The World History of Animation. Quarto Publishing, 2011.
Laura Lee
How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.
Oliver Roeder
A Human History. W.W. Norton & Company, 2022.
Henry Mance
How to Love Animals: in a Human–Shaped World. Viking. 2021.
Timothy C. Winegard
A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator. Dutton, 2019.
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World. William Morrow, 2018.
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Amy Chua
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Penguin Group, 2011.
Isabel Allende
On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Steve Brusatte
A New History of a Lost World. William Morrow, 2018.
Michael Zakkour
China’s Super Consumers: What 1 Billion Customers Want and How to Sell it to Them. Wiley, 2014.
Jack Weatherford
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Three Rivers Press, 2004.
Linda Jaivin
From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower—A Retelling for Our Times. The Experiment, 2021.
Evan Osnos
Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China. Vintage, 2015.
Richard Dobbs, et al.
The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends. Public Affairs, 2015.
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