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The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World Arican American Interests The Art of Mindful BakingA meticulously researched and buoyantly written (Esquire) look at what happens when we talk to strangers, and why it affects everything from our own health and well being to the rise and fall of nations in the tradition of Susan Cains Quiet and Yuval Noah Hararis SapiensThis lively, searching work makes the case that welcoming others isnt just the bedrock of civilization, its the surest path to the best of what life has to offer.Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer