KlugeHow is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ate for breakfast yesterday? And why are we inclined to buy more cans of soup if the sign says \"LIMIT 12 PER CUSTOMER\" rather than \"LIMIT 4 PER CUSTOMER?\" In Kluge, Gary Marcus argues convincingly that our minds are not as elegantly designed as we may believe. The imperfections result from a haphazard evolutionary process that often

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Patti Smith’s National Book Award–winning memoir

European Story for Avner Shats centers on a trio of three indelible characters: an Israeli writer vaguely reminiscent of Shats

"—Louise Penny

’ Holly Martin

nothing goes better with a great meal than a good drink

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a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted

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Debrena Jackson Gandy debunks society's myth that doing something for yourself is decadent and selfish

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moving towards peace