| |  | | | Revisit the infamous Hindenburg disaster of 1937 — and what it meant for a world between wars | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Jon Meacham calls it “an absorbing tale of ambition, technology, culture, and geopolitics”
- Learn how the ill-fated German zeppelin symbolized hope, became a Nazi propaganda tool, transformed modern media, and more
- This “remarkable achievement” has “the readability of a thriller, but also the factual background of a profoundly researched history book” (New York Times bestselling author Andrew Roberts)
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 | | | Learn how World War II helped shape modern Asia | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - “Essential reading for understanding Asia’s present” (New York Times bestselling author Richard Overy) from an award-winning scholar
- In the face of Japanese aggression and European imperialism, anti-colonial activists from India to Indonesia mobilized to fight for independence
- “Written with an impressive clarity of thought and prose, this is the history we so badly needed to balance the West’s version of the Second World War” (New York Times bestselling author Antony Beevor)
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 | | | How is Big Tech influencing democracy — and impacting future wars? | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - This investigative work takes a deep dive into the increasingly powerful role of tech billionaires and artificial intelligence in US national security
- A former national security editor at The Wall Street Journal “tracks the increasingly symbiotic relationship between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley” (Publishers Weekly)
- “A knowledgeable account” that Kirkus Reviews cautions is “informative [and] worrying”
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 | | | Can one person’s actions really change the course of history? | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel returns with this provocative look at leadership across centuries, continents, and disciplines
- With fascinating analysis of figures such as Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatcher, Genghis Khan, and many more
- “As with all Diamond’s books, you’ll never see the world in the same way again” (Nobel laureate James A. Robinson)
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 | | | Why is modern life full of red tape? | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A staff writer at The Atlantic digs into the evolution of bureaucracy in America — and makes a case for eliminating what she calls “the time tax”
- Learn how endless paperwork and the mental load of accessing services and paying bills drive inequality in the US
- “In her lucid and important treatise, Lowrey does an admirable job depicting how we got here and how completely fixable the problem is” (The New York Times)
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 | | | Amy Tan calls this ‘an inspiring love letter to the magic of the natural world’ | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - An award-winning journalist spent a year tracking every species of butterfly in her native Denmark — and learned about life along the way
- This international bestseller is a compelling combination of myth, philosophy, nature writing, and memoir
- “Luminous… Korsgaard reveals how even the most delicate creature can illuminate our deepest human longings” (Suleika Jaouad)
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 | | | Want to make life a little easier? Shape your situation to your advantage | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit — a psychologist and UPenn professor — blends personal stories with in-depth research
- This instant New York Times bestseller “offers many tips about how to trick yourself into sticking with your goals” (The New Yorker)
- Discover how to set up your space, pick supportive peers, attract mentors, and more in order to prime yourself for success
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 | | | A ‘revelatory’ minute-by-minute account (New York Post) of the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - Expertly combines the stories of more than 60 eyewitnesses
- Takes readers from the cockpits of fighter jets in the sky to a top secret conference at the National Military Command Center to a bunker multiple stories below the White House
- A “well-researched” read (Publishers Weekly) timed with the 25th anniversary of the devastating events
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 | | | Dog lovers shouldn’t miss this heartfelt look at the human-animal connection | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - An animal behavior expert and former New Yorker writer delivers “the canine answer to Raising Hare or H Is for Hawk” (The Times)
- Anna set out to help her rescued Italian greyhound — and found herself transformed by her quest to meet his needs
- With praise from Sy Montgomery (“compelling, vivid, and essential”) and Susan Orlean (“Heyward writes with great clarity, heart, and frankness”)
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