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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation
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Johnson, Steven
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, January 19, 2012
Veteran writer Steven Johnson synthesizes his longtime interest in the connections between evolution's biology and humanity's technology to foreground the best environments, habits, and methods for the innovative creativity so far seen on planet Earth. Like Malcolm Gladwell, he has a gift for clear and engaging prose, while tackling the rigors of specializations in dozens of technical fields. Whether he's talking about carbon-based life or the silicon-based life of our modern gadgets, his recognitions of the patterns of creativity are inspiring, helping readers understand the best conditions for our own work to help our species lead richer, more resourceful, and more resilient lives.
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Let The Great World Spin
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Colum McCann
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, January 01, 2011
This is what the novel form is all about: startling prose, microalertness to how everyday thought works, braided stories of people pondering ethics action and longing. You wish more people in life could be as reflective and honest as the interior monologues of McCann's characters. Achingly beautiful.
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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Malcolm Gladwell
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, January 06, 2010
Gladwell's storytelling gift combined with both the variety of social topics and the applicability of his findings make The Tipping Point a strong best-of-the-decade category. Also inspired one of the key buzzwords of the decade.
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