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Zorba the Greek

The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of the mind.

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

From the bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a groundbreaking exploration of why most people make bad judgments, and how to control for that noise.

Imagine that …

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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

An adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip b…

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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs upending weight loss as we knew it—from his personal experience on Ozempic to what these drugs mean fo…

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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…

Neither plant nor animal, it is found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. It can be microscopic, yet a…

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Dying To Meet You

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The Magic of Mushrooms: Fungi in Folklore, Superstition and Traditional Medicine

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How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books

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Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong

In the course of research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how little scientific evidence there is for many of our most deep-rooted ideas about food. Is salt really bad for you? Is fish good …

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Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself.

From trendy restaurants to city grids, to TikTok and Netflix feeds the world round, algorithmic …

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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us—the microbiome—bui…

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How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can app…

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The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity—and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?
Why is addiction "perfectly logical" to an addict?
Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference?
Why are some pe…

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