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150 great articles and essays by the world's best writersPsychology
The Blind Man Who Learned To See by Michael FinkelFriendship, Schmoozing & Social Climbing by Glenn O’Brien
Mixed Feelings by Sunny Bains
Why Men Lie by Vince Passaro
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History
The Worst Mistake in History by Jared Diamond1491 by Charles C. Mann
The Origin of Aids by Tom Curtis
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Politics
The Oil We Eat by Richard ManningInside the Bohemian Grove by Philip Weiss
The Dark Side of Dubai by Johann Hari
The Case Against Babies by Joy Williams
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Information
What Defines a Meme? by James GleickHow to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard
Mother Earth Mother Board by Neal Stephenson
The Omega Glory by Michael Chabon
The Movie Set That Ate Itself by Michael Idov
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Work
Phoning It In by Stanley BingNickel And Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Loading Dock Manifesto by John Hyduk
Something’s Got to Give by Darcy Frey
Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet by Mark Jacobson
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Adventure
Death of an Innocent by Jon KrakauerAdventures in My Bed by Bucky McMahon
Home by Chris Jones
On Tipping in Cuba by Chris Turner
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The Female Body
The Female Body by Margaret AtwoodA Thin Line Between Mother and Daughter by Jennifer Egan
Hello, I Am Fat by Lindy West
Either/Or by Ariel Levy
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War
M by John SackThe Vietnam Syndrome by Christopher Hitchens
Bystanders to Genocide by Samantha Power
Paintballing with Hezbollah by Mitchell Prothero
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Memoir
How a Holiday Party Went Wrong by George SaundersMistakes Were Made, Errors Happened by Karl Taro Greenfeld
My Mom Couldn’t Cook by Tom Junod
I See a Little Silhouetto of a Man by Ian Frazier
Living With Geese by Paul Theroux
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Money
To Have is To Owe by David GraeberFreakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt
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Sex
Hard Core by Natasha Vargas-CooperWhat Do Women Want? by Daniel Bergner
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Drugs
Me & My Monkey by AnonymousThe Electric Cough-Syrup Acid Test by Jim Hogshire
Opium Made Easy by Michael Pollan
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