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Book Cover for: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, Katy Milkman

How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Katy Milkman
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If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how vital it is to adapt. But why is change so hard? Listen in as award-winning behavioral scientist @katy_milkman—author of the groundbreaking *How to Change*—sets your New Years' resolutions up for success: https://t.co/XgGcV1jHZA

Hardcover, 2021

$31.00Member price:$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World, Jessica Nordell

The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World

Jessica Nordell
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"Even with just a three percent difference on how women were evaluated, over iterations...we ended up with a workplace that was 87 percent men at the very top of the organization."—Journalist @jessnordell on a telling simulation from her brand new debut book *The End of Bias*. https://twitter.com/SignalBoostShow/status/1453416735617519621

Paperback, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, Yascha Mounk

The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure

Yascha Mounk
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Democracy has had a rocky decade, but brilliant author and professor @Yascha_Mounk says it's worth it to keep trying. His new book *The Great Experiment* is out today: it's an urgent reminder that democracy is still our best shot at having a thriving liberal society. #democracy https://t.co/Q9ayYy6d5X

Paperback, 2023

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Andrea Elliott
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HUGE congrats to @andreafelliott for this amazing and well-deserved accomplishment!! Invisible Child illuminates poverty, inequality and the power of resilience - all through the story of one incredible girl #Pulitzer https://twitter.com/PulitzerPrizes/status/1523744759533039616

Paperback, 2022

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Juliet Takes a Breath, Gabby Rivera

Juliet Takes a Breath

Gabby Rivera
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Gabby Rivera (@QuirkyRican), creator of Marvel’s first queer Latina hero and author of *Juliet Takes a Breath*, is an outspoken creator invested in fostering better dialogue, inspiring radical creativity, and improving our most vulnerable communities: https://t.co/lihokOp8XG

Hardcover, 2019

$30.60Member price:$15.30 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again, Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari
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Congratulations to Lavin speaker @johannhari101 for winning the 2022 Business Book of the Year from @porchlightbooks for his @nytimes bestseller Stolen Focus, a book about our inability to pay attention and how to gain it back. https://t.co/KhDVwCKRoM https://t.co/rKwbrInPMs

Paperback, 2023

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond
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"Yes, of course, we are powerless to prevent an earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic eruption. But we can anticipate and prepare for them" – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel. https://t.co/TmmxoiayeW?

Paperback, 2017

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Defense Lawyer: The Barry Slotnick Story, James Patterson

The Defense Lawyer: The Barry Slotnick Story

James Patterson
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Out today! Bestselling author James Patterson's (@JP_Books) newest foray into astonishing true stories— *The Defense Lawyer: The Barry Slotnick Story*. James speaks with Reuters in a Q&A about Slotnick and the real-life cases that draw him in. https://t.co/61EBwmqiFt

Paperback, Large Print, 2021

$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Team Human, Douglas Rushkoff

Team Human

Douglas Rushkoff
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"[T]he person who can’t see a human being behind the mask of intolerance is weaker than the one who can."—Preeminent digital theorist @rushkoff serializes excerpts of his new book *Team Human*, a fiery distillation of his most urgent thoughts, on @Medium. https://bit.ly/3hijrmr

Paperback, 2021

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science, Alan Lightman

The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science

Alan Lightman
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Read the @nytimes interview with Lavin speaker Alan Lightman, whose new book, The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science, is out TODAY! https://t.co/HGA5xJCKNv

Paperback, 2024

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book