The power of observation. What would you see if you...

Discover the power of observation with these transformative books. Learn what you might be missing and sharpen your perception skills to see the world differently.

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Desert Solitaire

by Edward Abbey

“Rough, tough, combative . . . a passionately felt, deeply poetic book.”—Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review “This is not primarily a …
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All Too Human

by George Stephanopoulos

All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power …
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Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain

New York chef and novelist Bourdain recounts his experiences in the restaurant business, and exposes abuses of power, sexual promiscuity, drug use, and other secrets …
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King Leopold's Ghost

by Adam Hochschild

Documents the plundering of the territory.
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Shake Hands with the Devil

by Roméo Dallaire

A Canadian general and former United Nations peacekeeper shares his harrowing eyewitness account of the genocide in Rwanda, revealing how he and his men managed …
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The Perfect Storm

by Sebastian Junger

A true story of men against the sea.
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The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien

One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this: Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The …
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals …
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The Coming Anarchy

by Robert D. Kaplan

Robert Kaplan, bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts, offers up scrupulous, far-ranging insights on the world to come in a spirited, rousing, and provocative book that …