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7 Book

100 Plus

How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Careers, Relationships, Family, and Faith
Sonia Arrison
Basic Books, 2011
7 Book

A Crude Look at the Whole

The Science of Complex Systems in Business, Life, and Society
John H. Miller
Basic Books, 2016
9 Book

A Traitor to His Species

Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
Ernest Freeberg
Basic Books, 2020
8 Book

Alone Together

Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Sherry Turkle
Basic Books, 2012
10 Book

Applied Economics

Thinking Beyond Stage One
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books, 2003
7 Book

Basic Economics

A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books, 2000
10 Book

Bloodlands

Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Timothy Snyder
Basic Books, 2012
6 Book

Born Digital

Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
Urs Gasser and John Palfrey
Basic Books, 2008
9 Book

Buzz

The Nature and Necessity of Bees
Thor Hanson
Basic Books, 2018
9 Book

Captains of Consciousness

Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture
Stuart Ewen
Basic Books, 2001
8 Book

Code

Version 2.0
Lawrence Lessig
Basic Books, 2006
8 Book

Commodore

The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
Basic Books, 2007