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Books to Watch | July 6, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

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The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale

By Porchlight

In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates, Western governments, and other investors entrusted with billions of dollars to make profits and end poverty, but who now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen financial frauds ever.

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This is Your Mind on Plants

Book Review by Emily Porter

In his new book, Michael Pollan focuses in on three substances that alter human consciousness—opium, caffeine, mescaline—and takes us on a whirlwind exploration through his research on the plants that contain them.

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Vessel: A Memoir

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

Through non-linear storytelling, Cai Chongda recalls his youth to young adulthood in 1980s China: his family, their homes, struggles with poverty and illness, his work and education, and the waves of Western influence on the village.

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The Great Disconnect: How 24/7 Workplace Culture Is Making People Less Productive

By Jen Fisher, Anh Nguyen Phillips

Because we’ve adopted technology faster than we’ve adapted to it, we’re paying the price with our physical, mental and emotional health.

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Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

The rocket scientists who figured out how to break us free from Earth’s gravity and get us to the moon usually get all the glory. Earl Swift tells their story, too, but goes beyond them to tell the tale of the engineers who made the final leg of the last three missions to the moon—aboard lunar rovers—possible.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | June 29, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

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Fair Pay: How to Get a Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses

By Porchlight

An expert takes on the crisis of income inequality, addressing the problems with our current compensation model, demystifying pay practices, and providing practical information employees can use when negotiating their salaries and discussing how we can close the gender and racial pay gap.

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Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

If Vanessa Zoltan can make such thoughtful, universal, contemporary, and personal connections with a nineteenth-century gothic Romance novel, I think that there are endless possibilities for what we can learn from the abundance of diverse authors and stories that exist today.

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Objects of Desire: Stories

Book Review by Emily Porter

Clare Sestanovich gives us a peek into the desires of modern life, lives that are figuring out the everyday, and writes lovely short stories that give us snippets of all these lives that tie together.