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The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell turns stories of social change into practical questions about people, messages, and circumstances.
Worth Reading
Worth Reading
Independent reading selections for creativity, craft, curiosity, and meaning.
Worth Reading is AuthZ’s shelf of independent reading selections, not a collection of literary essays. We choose books that help people create, develop their craft, follow their curiosity, or find language for questions that matter to them. Each note explains what a book might make possible in a reader’s life.
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The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan retells world history through the networks connecting Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, challenging Europe-centred narratives.
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The Sense of Style
Steven Pinker connects style to cognition, showing how attention, memory, syntax, and evidence can help writers make difficult ideas clear.