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Everything from professional Scrabble to abortion to Lena Dunham comes under loving scrutiny in Gay’s profound essays. Told in simplistic yet soul-crushing prose, these musings show how media affects us.
Read the definitive account of the Kray twins, who ruled London’s underworld in the 1960s with brute force and astonishing violence, before catching the movie adaptation starring Tom Hardy.
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From poker game sandwiches to Epicurean philosophy, this history of hospitality is witty, warm, and filled with fascinating facts. If it only came with a bottle of wine, it’d be the ideal dinner party guest.
What started as a simple, if ambitious, mission to capture the people of New York has evolved over the years to a bastion of community and humanity, with its myriad faces and forms.
Schwartz investigates with elucidatory detail why the freedom of choice—the fundamental aspect of American society—may also be our downfall.
Rebecca Solnit’s essential feminist text is a slim yet biting indictment of the ways women continue to be silenced and their knowledge discredited, giving rise to the term “mansplaining.”
An exultant tribute to centuries of human ingenuity, Ridley’s investigation of the ideas that have shaped civilization argues for an inventive past & an even better future.
A compelling portrait of our rushed, desensitized society, this Pulitzer Prize-winning work reaches far beyond its title story of the acclaimed concert violinist ignored in a subway station.
Both a study & a call to action, Leonard’s unflinching look at our drive to accumulate, consume & dispose of stuff reveals our environmental impact & calls for change.
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