Making History

Richard Cohen

There are many stories we can spin about the past, but which accounts get told? And by whom? In this book, Cohen reveals how historians – and other critical witnesses such as the writers of the Bible,…

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Fox and I

Catherine Raven

Catherine Raven left home at fifteen, fleeing an abusive father and an indifferent mother. Drawn to the natural world, for years she worked as a ranger in National Parks, at times living in her run-do…

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Little Matches

Maryanne O'Hara

When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O’Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-…

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Under a White Sky

Elizabeth Kolbert

From her coverage in The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of our most important writers on the environment. Now she investigates the immense challenges humanity faces as we scramble to rev…

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The Frontlines of Peace

Séverine Autesserre

It’s always the same story told in a different setting. Violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, interveners and million-dollar donors come rushing in, peace is declared, and within a mon…

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The Guilt Detox

David Khayat

Who hasn’t uttered those empty words after an evening of heavy drinking or a particularly indulgent week? Just to forget all about our promises to abstain next week and begin the cycle all over again?…

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The Power of Ethics

Susan Liautaud

It’s not your imagination: we’re living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, we’re bombarded with reports of government leaders acting against the welfare of their constituents; companies prioritizin…

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A Briefcase Full of Cash

Estelle Shirbon

In April 2012 a Nigerian ex-governor, James Ibori, was sentenced to 13 years for fraud at Southwark Crown Court. He had stolen so much money from the state he governed that he could afford a private j…

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ME

Philippe Presles

Every day, we live with ourselves, our Me. It is our inner monologue, our view of the world, an inner record of our fears, our pain, our joys and our hopes. Nonetheless, we know precious little about…

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Why Vegan?

Peter Singer

…in Why Vegan?, Singer brings together the most consequential essays of his career to make this devastating case against our failure to confront what we are doing to animals, to…

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