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Recommended by one of our members who work in tech, this book rounds up Naval’s interpretation of Stoic philosophy and how to accept things out of one’s control in life.
Written by American neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, this memoir is about his own life becoming a doctor, then later becoming a patient and facing death himself. Tears and tissue will ensue.
An oldie, but a favorite amongst the digital nomad communities. This book rewired how many of us perceived the 9-5 and how we manage our time.
At age 24 Jamie Zeppa, a Canadian who had never been outside of North America, said goodbye to her fiancé and her plans for graduate school and moved to Bhutan, a remote Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas. Beyond the Sky and the Earth is an autobiographical work that details her experiences and transformations after spending three years in Bhutan.
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars—at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.