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Below is a collection of books that range in both subject matter and authorship that are worth considering reading this winter. We are highlighting exceptional diverse and female voices who are paving the way to a more inclusive future.
- In Search of Van Gogh: Capturing the Life of the Artist Through Photographs and Paintings
-By Gloria Fossi
Follow in Vincent Van Gogh’s footsteps, and witness the landscapes, architecture, and people that inspired him, from his home in the Netherlands to his travels through the European countryside, with guidance from art historian Gloria Fossi and photographers Danilo De Marco and Mario Dondero.
- Kindred
-By Octavia Butler
Butler skilfully juxtoposes the serious issues of slavery, human rights, and racial prejudice with an exciting science-fiction and historical novel.
- My Life In Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
-By Indra Nooyi
The former PepsiCo CEO tells her story of being the first woman of color and immigrant to lead a Fortune 50 company.
- Silent Spring
-By Rachel Carson
This book, published in 1962, remains one of the most effective denunciations of industrial malpractice ever written and is widely credited with triggering popular ecological awareness in the US and Europe.
- Overloaded: How Every Aspect of Your Life is Influenced by Your Brain Chemicals
-By Ginny Smith
From your morning coffee to falling in love or how you grapple with pain, a full range of sensations and everyday actions is explored by Smith’s look at the brain chemicals that influence all the moments in our lives.
- Children of the Land
-By Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Considered the best book of 2020 by NPR, Castillo sheds light on the tragedy of immigration from his personal experience crossing the border as a child and how he suffered temporary blindness from the stress caused by the difficult journey.
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
-By Phil Knight
This memoir explores the travel adventures Knight went on after finishing college and the world view it gave him as he built his shoe empire from the ground up.
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