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    Great Neglected Memoirs, recommended by Brad Bigelow

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    The Story of a Life
    by Konstantin Paustovsky

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    Journey Around My Room, The Autobiography of Louise Bogan
    by Ruth Limmer

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    The Seventh Gate
    by Peter Greave

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    Under Gemini: A Memoir
    by Isabel Bolton

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    Julia: A Portrait of Julia Strachey
    by Julia Strachey

Great Neglected Memoirs

by Brad Bigelow

     

    Best Books for 15 Year Olds, recommended by TheAnnaGat

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    The Tragedy of the Moon
    by Isaac Asimov

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    The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
    by Carl Sagan

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    Blind Watchmaker
    by Richard Dawkins

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    Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer on Writing
    by Margaret Atwood

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    Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
    by James Gleick

Best Books for 15 Year Olds

by TheAnnaGat

     

    Crisis communications research books, recommended by JoDetavernier

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    Ongoing Crisis Communication: Planning, Managing, and Responding
    by Timothy Coombs

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    The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation (Handbooks in Communication and Media)
    by Craig E Carroll (ed)

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    Social Media and Crisis Communication
    by Lucinda Austin and Yan Jin

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    Theorizing Crisis Communication
    by Timothy L. Sellnow

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    The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research (Handbooks in Communication and Media)
    by Andreas Schwarz, Matthew W Seeger and Claudia Auer (eds)

Crisis communications research books

by JoDetavernier

     

    Best Books about the Toronto Blue Jays, recommended by Matthew Elmslie

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    Diamond Dreams. 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball
    by Stephen Brunt

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    Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game That Saved Me
    by Stacey May Fowles

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    Foul ball!: Five years in the American League
    by Alison Gordon

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    The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95 mph
    by Shawn Green

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    Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball
    by David Wells

Best Books about the Toronto Blue Jays

by Matthew Elmslie

     

    The Best Books on Gut Health and Nutrition, recommended by Tom Gorst

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    Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain?for Life
    by David Perlmutter

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    Eat the Yolks
    by Liz Wolfe

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    Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
    by Michael Moss

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    Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
    by William Davis

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    The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Bloomsbury Revelations)
    by Carol J. Adams

The Best Books on Gut Health and Nutrition

by Tom Gorst

     

    The Best Books on Dating and Relationships, recommended by Tom Gorst

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    The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
    by Neil Strauss

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    The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexua
    by David Deida

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    The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
    by Eckhart Tolle

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    The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
    by Gary Chapman

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    The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem: The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem by the Leading Pioneer in the Fi
    by Nathaniel Branden

The Best Books on Dating and Relationships

by Tom Gorst

     

    The Best Books on the Future, recommended by Antonio Gallo

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    Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
    by Parag Khanna

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    New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
    by James Bridle

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    Megatech: Technology in 2050
    by Daniel Franklin

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    Origin: A Novel
    by Dan Brown

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    Future Shock
    by Alvin Toffler

The Best Books on the Future

by Antonio Gallo

     

    The Best Books I Read to My Kids When They Were Younger, recommended by Scott Pack

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    Krabat
    by Otfried Preussler

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    Goldfish Hide and Seek
    by Satoshi Kitamura

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    Barkbelly
    by Cat Weatherill

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    4

    A Cuddle for Claude
    by David Wojtowycz

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    Tumtum and Nutmeg: The First Adventure
    by Emily Bearn

The Best Books I Read to My Kids When They Were Younger

by Scott Pack

     

    Best books on the economics of the arts, recommended by Michael Rushton

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    The Economics of the Arts
    by Mark Blaug (editor)

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    2

    Paying the Piper: Culture, Music, and Money
    by Alan Peacock

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    In Praise of Commercial Culture
    by Tyler Cowen

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    Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce
    by Richard E. Caves

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    5

    Economics and Culture
    by David Throsby

Best books on the economics of the arts

by Michael Rushton

     

    The best books on Belgium, recommended by Onserfdeel

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    The Sorrow of Belgium
    by Hugo Claus

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    Flemish Legends
    by Charles de Coster

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    Het Belgisch labyrint
    by Geert van Istendael

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    Chapel Road
    by Louis Paul Boon

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    5

    Belgium, een utopie voor onze tijd (Dutch Edition)
    by Philippe van Parijs

The best books on Belgium

by Onserfdeel

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