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Field Notes From a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary
By Esther Woolfson
The author studies “urban wildlife” in this ode to her Scottish hometown.
Too radical for their time, these women even confused Karl Marx.
The News: A User’s Manual
Alain de Botton
A thought-provoking look at how today’s news stokes our fears and exploits our weak hold on a sense of perspective.
The Empathy Exams: Essays
By Leslie Jamison
What can we learn from the myriad challenges we and others face?
The author takes readers on a quest for locally sourced food in this story about food, family, friendship, and a cow named Bubbles.
The Dream of the Great American Novel
By Lawrence Buell
This fresh, generous treatment of iconic works makes a persuasive case for the transcendence of truly seminal stories.
