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Ryan’s favorite books

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Factfulness by Hans Rosling

A Short History of Medicine by Steve Parker

Who Ate the First Oyster? by Cody Cassidy

Exercised by Daniel E. Lieberman

The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr

Stuff You Should Know by Josh Clark

Meet Me by the Fountain by Alexandra Lange

Ritual by Dimitris Xygalatas

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Some We Love, Som...

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Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals

by Hal Herzog

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