Staff Picks
May
11
2018
STAFF PICK: Factfulness by Hans Rosling
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Title: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling, Anna R. Rosling, and Ola Rosling Narrator: Richard Harries Recommended by Bill Gates, Factfulness is a resource to help you rationally respond …
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May
08
2018
STAFF PICK: The Language of Kindness by Christie Watson
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Title: The Language of Kindness: One Nurse’s Story Author: Christie Watson Narrator: Christie Watson When both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I was warned that their declining …
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May
04
2018
STAFF PICK: The Life List of Adrian Mandrick
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Title: The Life List of Adrian Mandrick Author: Chris White Narrator: David Aaron Baker Love, obsession, addiction. Bird-lover Adrian Mandrick is always experiencing all three, which together make a perfect storm. When his estranged mother leaves him a voicemail, a …
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Apr
27
2018
STAFF PICK: Educated by Tara Westover
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Title: Educated: A Memoir Author: Tara Westover Narrator: Julia Whelan Anyone who knows me well knows that I love coming-of-age memoirs almost as much as air. Reminiscent of one of …
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Apr
13
2018
STAFF PICK: Brotopia by Emily Chang
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Title: Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley Author: Emily Chang Narrator: Emily Chang Bloomberg Technology reporter Emily Chang confronts Silicon Valley’s rampant sexism, which has excluded women from the greatest wealth creation of our generation. For a …
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Apr
06
2018
STAFF PICK: Only Child by Rhiannon Navin
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Title: Only Child Author: Rhiannon Navin Narrator: Kivlighan De Montebello First grader Zach Taylor’s school is the latest to be flocked by reporters and thrown into the headlines for the most devastating reason: it has been added to the long list of …
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