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Alexis Bauer Kolak

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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoff Colvin

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume

by Noam Chomsky

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Alexis’s Quotes

“So thoughtlessly we sling on our destinies.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

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“Henrietta’s cells have now been living outside her body far longer than they ever lived inside it,”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

tags: buddhism

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“Don't Panic.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

tags: h2g2, hitchhiker-s-guide, humor, panic

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“We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph. —ELIE WIESEL from The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26940 members — last activity May 02, 2026 01:45PM
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

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This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2026 (or any other year). The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge ...more