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The astonishing breadth of our passions
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The Burning Earth: A Historyby Sunil Amrith
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippiby Wright Thompson
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On Freedomby Timothy Snyder
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
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Roman Year: A Memoirby André Aciman
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Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Deathby Susana Monsó
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
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A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevensonby Camille Peri
Schmaltz of Significance
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We Are the Borg
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