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The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
Things that should never have happened, that seemed out of place and wrong, these were what prevailed, what endured, in the end.
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Sustainable Web Design โ Tom Greenwood
Can web design become a redemptive technology? How can web technology empower people to take meaningful action to restore our natural world?
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Lost & Found – Kathryn Schulz
It is impossible to overstate how emotionally, ethically, and intellectually impaired we would be if we could not perceive connections among seemingly dissimilar things.
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Being Mortal – Atul Gawande
“Itโs not death we fear, but what happens before โ losing our hearing, our memory, our best friends and our way of life.”
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Beirut Hellfire Society โ Rawi Hage
They are open books who feel their only redemption might be in everything else remaining open too, and everything openly said.
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Kaikeyi – Vaishnavi Patel
“I know you and your propensity to assume the worst in all situations.” Did the palace feel smaller because I had grown accustomed to larger…
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Beartown (Series) – Fredrick Backman
“The best thing about nature is that it isn’t nostalgic; rocks and trees don’t give a damn about their previous owners.”
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Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh – Shrayana Bhattacharya
Strange how people obsessed with talking about removing class divisions keep using all kinds of cultural markers to suggest how gauche the others are, to…
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Circe โ Madeline Miller
“That is one thing gods and mortals share: when we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
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Educated โ Tara Westover
โIt would be past dusk by thenโthat moment just before night sets in, when the landscape is visible only as darkness and lighter darkness, and…
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Creativity Inc. โ Ed Catmull
“Too many of us think of ideas as being singular, as if they float in the ether, fully formed and independent of the people who…
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Cosmicomics โ Italo Calvino
“From her present formlessness she would be transformed into one of the infinite possible forms, still remaining herself, however. I didn’t imagine the forms that…
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Atomic Habits โ James Clear
A new habit should not feel like a challenge. The actions that follow can be challenging, but the first two minutes should be easy. What…
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Homo Deus โ Yuval Harari
Other highlights: Highlights from Homo Deus The New Human Agenda Humans are (or were) largely concerned about three things particularly: famine, plague and war. “For generation…
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How To Take Smart Notes – Sonke Ahrens
“Notes should no longer be reminders of thoughts or ideas, but should contain the actual thought or idea in written form.” A note is only…
