Basic Books Summaries and Reviews

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9 Book

The Longevity Imperative

Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives
Andrew Scott
Basic Books, 2024
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The Generation Myth

Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think
Bobby Duffy
Basic Books, 2021
9 Book

For Profit

A History of Corporations
William Magnuson
Basic Books, 2022
9 Book

Free Speech

A History from Socrates to Social Media
Jacob Mchangama
Basic Books, 2022
8 Book

False Alarm

How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
Bjorn Lomborg
Basic Books, 2021
9 Book

Vanguard

How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
Martha S. Jones
Basic Books, 2020
9 Book

Morality

Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
Jonathan Sacks
Basic Books, 2020
8 Book

Oceans of Grain

How American Wheat Remade the World
Scott Reynolds Nelson
Basic Books, 2022
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How Boards Work

And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World
Dambisa Moyo
Basic Books, 2021
8 Book

The Nowhere Office

Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future
Julia Hobsbawm
Basic Books, 2022
9 Book

The Hydrogen Revolution

A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy
Marco Alverà
Basic Books, 2021
10 Book

The Biological Mind

How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
Alan Jasanoff
Basic Books, 2018