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1. A carnival of snackery: diaries (2003-2020)

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Sedaris, David
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In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit.

2. The end of race politics: arguments for a colorblind America

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Hughes, Coleman
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"An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning that the so-called 'anti-racist' movement is driving us-ironically-toward a new kind of racism. As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years ago, Coleman Hughes wondered why his peers seemed more pessimistic about the state of American race relations than his own grandparents-who lived through segregation. The...

3. Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress

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Pinker, Steven, 1954-
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An assessment of the human condition in the twenty-first century presents data demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise throughout the world because of the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.

4. I've been thinking

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Dennett, Daniel C.
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"A memoir by one of the greatest minds of our age, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C. Dennett."--

5. When you are engulfed in flames

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Sedaris, David
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A collection of essays celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from a flower vase to a drug purchase in a North Carolina mobile home.