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Tess’s favorite books

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

Here Is New York by E.B. White

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

An Intimate History of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin

Art and Illusion by E.H. Gombrich

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Liberty by Isaiah Berlin

Isaiah Berlin by Michael Ignatieff

Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

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Tess’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (14)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (244)
did-not-finish‎ (1)

perspective-shifting‎ (14)
design‎ (5)

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The Haves and Hav...

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The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich

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Tess’s Friends (6)

Tri

Tri

300 books | 1 friend

Seth Be...

Seth Benzell

994 books | 139 friends

Amber

Amber

106 books | 20 friends

Andrey

Andrey

209 books | 92 friends

Nessie

Nessie

1 book | 1 friend

Ada Wai

Ada Wai

10 books | 2 friends

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Yizhou Jin

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Joan C....

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Non-fiction, Science, health, Sociolinguistics, artificial intelligence, cognition, and linguistics

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