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Listening to Books
by Maggie Gram + Follow
n+1 Magazine | February 2012
Why audiobooks just don't speak to some readers.
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Bruised But Defiant
by Mona Eltahawy + Follow
The Guardian | December 2011
Mona Eltahawy's tweets about her assault in Cairo made global headlines. Here she tells her full, extraordinary story for the first time.
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Learning About Work Ethic From My High School Driving Instructor
by James Somers + Follow
The Atlantic | November 2011
Bob of the Easy Method Driving School has spent his entire life teaching his students how to drive -- and there's nothing he loves to do more.
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In the New Gangland of El Salvador
by Alma Guillermoprieto + Follow
New York Review of Books | November 2011
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Her Way
by D.T. Max + Follow
New Yorker | November 2011
A pianist of strong opinions.
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The Once and Future Way to Run
by Christopher McDougall + Follow
New York Times Magazine | November 2011
The cult of barefoot running.
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The Trials of Bidder 70
by Abe Streep + Follow
Outside | November 2011
Before the Tar Sands protests and before Occupy Wall Street, a young activist named Tim DeChristopher disrupted a federal oil- and gas-lease auction. The act made him a martyr for a newly radicalized environmental movement—and landed him in prison. This is his story.
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Moral Minefield
by Divya Gupta + Follow
The Caravan | November 2011
Has Tata Steel, one of India’s oldest and most admired corporates, diverged from the ethical path laid down by its founding fathers?
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Beautiful Brains
by David Dobbs + Follow
National Geographic | October 2011
Moody. Impulsive. Maddening. Why do teenagers act the way they do? Viewed through the eyes of evolution, their most exasperating traits may be the key to success as adults.
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Personal Best
by Atul Gawande + Follow
New Yorker | October 2011
Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?