Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
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The longing for things to be wonderful is one of the deepest yearnings of the human heart. After times of trial—such as the COVID pandemic, war, job loss, or grief—our desire rises to the surface dema…
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Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, #3)
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Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
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The Bronze Bow
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)
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A bold, urgent appeal from the acclaimed columnist and political commentator, addressing one of the most important issues of our time
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I and Thou
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The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intellig…
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