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The Elements of Typographic Style book cover
design

The Elements of Typographic Style

Robert Bringhurst

Fizz10 min
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life book cover
cognition

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson

Fizz10 min
The Elephant's Journey book cover
classics

The Elephant's Journey

José Saramago

Fizz10 min
The Elimination Diet Cookbook: Practical Elimination Plans for Food Sensitivities and Allergies book cover
nutrition

The Elimination Diet Cookbook: Practical Elimination Plans for Food Sensitivities and Allergies

Tom Malterre, Mary Purdy

Fizz10 min
The Elixir of Long Life book cover
classics

The Elixir of Long Life

Honore De Balzac

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The Ellipsis Manual: Analysis and Engineering of Human Behavior book cover
psychology

The Ellipsis Manual: Analysis and Engineering of Human Behavior

Chase Hughes

Fizz10 min
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics book cover
economics

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

William Easterly

Fizz10 min
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History book cover
life_science

The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History

David Beerling

Fizz10 min
The Emigrants book cover
classics

The Emigrants

W. G. Sebald

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The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind book cover
ai_ml

The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind

Marvin Minsky

Fizz10 min
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life book cover
neuroscience

The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

Joseph LeDoux

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The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface book cover
writing

The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

Donald Maass

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The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live—and How You Can Change Them book cover
neuroscience

The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live—and How You Can Change Them

Richard J. Davidson and Sharon Begley

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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents book cover
mental_health

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

Lisa Damour

Fizz10 min
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis book cover
civilization

The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

Jeremy Rifkin

Fizz10 min
The Empathy Exams book cover
sociology

The Empathy Exams

Leslie Jamison

Fizz10 min
The Emperor Of Gladness book cover
classics

The Emperor Of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer book cover
life_science

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics book cover
popular_sci

The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

Roger Penrose

Fizz10 min
The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat book cover
world_history

The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Fizz10 min
The Emperor’s Babe book cover
classics

The Emperor’s Babe

Bernardine Evaristo

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The Employee Experience Advantage: How to Win the War for Talent by Giving Employees the Workspaces They Want, the Tools They Need, and a Culture They Can Celebrate book cover
leadership

The Employee Experience Advantage: How to Win the War for Talent by Giving Employees the Workspaces They Want, the Tools They Need, and a Culture They Can Celebrate

Jacob Morgan

Fizz10 min
The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate book cover
performing_arts

The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate

Peter Brook

Fizz10 min
The Encyclopedia Of Animals book cover
life_science

The Encyclopedia Of Animals

Various

Fizz10 min
The End Of Alchemy: Money, Banking, And The Future Of The Global Economy book cover
economics

The End Of Alchemy: Money, Banking, And The Future Of The Global Economy

Mervyn King

Fizz10 min

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