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Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State by Barton Gellman
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: In 'Dark Mirror,' reporter concludes: 'Snowden did substantially more good than harm' Edward Snowden touched off a global debate in 2013 when he gave...
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This is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams
BUY Amazon | Bookshop This collection is a series of meditations based on a short poem by William Carlos Williams. Beginning with the trope of sin and redemption implicit in the Williams...
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The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Stock up on hot chocolate before reading this book Aventurine is a brave young dragon ready to explore the world outside of her family's...
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Little Eyes: A Novel by Samanta Schweblin
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: These 'Little Eyes' watch the world burn They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of in Sierra Leone, town squares...
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Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Murderbot makes a triumphant (and cranky) return in 'Network Effect' You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people,...
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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H Murthy M.D.
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: In 'Together,' former Surgeon General writes about importance of human connection Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem...
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Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: 'Funny Weather' asks what art can do in a crisis In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a...
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Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe byStaci Lola Drouillard
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Remembering the lost village of Chippewa City At the turn of the 19th century, one mile east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, you would have...
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Rodham: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Author Curtis Sittenfeld explores ‘what-if’ in ‘Rodham’ In 1971, Hillary Rodham is a young woman full of promise: Life magazine has covered her Wellesley commencement speech, she’s...
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