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        The Claims of Life

        The Claims of Life

        The Claims of Life

        A Memoir

        by Diana Chapman Walsh

        ISBN: 9780262048491

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 7, 2023

        The engaging memoir of a legendary president of Wellesley College known for authentic and open-hearted leadership, who drove innovation with power and love.
        Earlier

        Earlier

        Earlier

        by Sasha Frere-Jones

        ISBN: 9781635901962

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: October 24, 2023

        Sasha Frere-Jones's evolution as a writer and musician with the deceptively casual intelligence that marks all of his work.
        Notebooks of a Wandering Monk

        Notebooks of a Wandering Monk

        Notebooks of a Wandering Monk

        by Matthieu Ricard

        Translated by Jesse Browner

        ISBN: 9780262048293

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 3, 2023

        The memoirs of renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and his extraordinary journey toward inner freedom and compassion in action.
        The House at Capo d’Orso

        The House at Capo d'Orso

        The House at Capo d'Orso

        by Sebastiano Brandolini

        ISBN: 9780262544962

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 2, 2023

        Rocks, wind, sea, and sky frame a house on the Sardinian coast, and the house frames a family's life and art, suspended in memory.
        An Oblique Autobiography

        An Oblique Autobiography

        An Oblique Autobiography

        by Yve-Alain Bois

        ISBN: 9781949484083

        Publisher: no place press

        Pub Date: December 6, 2022

        Essays and reminiscences by one of the preeminent art historians of our time, spanning more than four decades.
        Hervelino

        Hervelino

        Hervelino

        by Mathieu Lindon

        Translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman

        ISBN: 9781635901702

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: October 25, 2022

        On Hervé Guibert and the difficulty of writing and speaking about someone beloved and revered.
        Reading My Mother Back

        Reading My Mother Back

        Reading My Mother Back

        A Memoir in Childhood Animal Stories

        by Timothy C. Baker

        ISBN: 9781913380472

        Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

        Pub Date: September 13, 2022

        An innovative memoir connecting ideas of grief, memory, and animals to illustrate the importance of storytelling.
        A Synthesizing Mind

        A Synthesizing Mind

        A Synthesizing Mind

        A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory

        by Howard Gardner

        ISBN: 9780262542838

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 22, 2022

        An authority on the human mind reflects on his intellectual development, his groundbreaking work, and different types of intelligences—including his own.
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        No. 91/92

        No. 91/92

        A Diary of a Year on the Bus

        by Lauren Elkin

        ISBN: 9781635901535

        Publisher: Semiotext(e)

        Pub Date: September 14, 2021

        A love letter to Paris and a meditation on how it has changed in two decades, evolving from the twentieth century into the twenty-first, from analog to digital.
        When Blood Breaks Down

        When Blood Breaks Down

        When Blood Breaks Down

        Life Lessons from Leukemia

        by Mikkael A. Sekeres

        ISBN: 9780262542258

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 17, 2021

        A leading cancer specialist tells the compelling stories of three adult leukemia patients and their treatments, the disease itself, and the drugs developed to treat it.
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