Man’s Search for Himself
Rollo May
A work of existential psychology, May’s text is intelligent and engaging, with prose as lovely as the insights are profound.
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The Courage to Create
Rollo May
May sees creativity as the ultimate goal of all people (not merely those traditionally deemed “creative”) and links creativity to well-being and a desire to make the world a better place.
How to Tell When You’re Tired
Reg Theriault
A fabulous little book, written by a lifelong worker.
Library
Matthew Battles
Battles’ lively history runs from the ancients to the internet, with tales of libraries built and burned along the way.
My Bread
Jim Lahey & Rick Flaste
Lahey’s simple method for bread making (which trades kneading for time) is worth the hype.
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
Infuriatingly good. There isn’t another writer alive who could take the obscurities of subprime mortgages and credit default swaps and deliver a page-turner like this one.
The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste
Set in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, The Shadow King centers Hirut, an orphan living as a servant in the home of Kidane, and his wife, Aster.
Against Technoableism
Ashley Shew
“Technoableism is a belief in the power of technology that considers the elimination of disability a good thing, something we should strive for.”
Stories Are Weapons
Annalee Newitz
Weapons used abroad always come home, and weapons of the mind are no different.
The Mismeasure of Man
Stephen Jay Gould
First published in 1981—thirteen years before The Bell Curve—Stephen Jay Gould’s Mismeasure of Man nonetheless claims to be the definitive refutation of that deeply racist book.