From the July 2020 Issue The Pragmatist’s Progress Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life By John Kaag
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From the June 1998 Issue Secrets of the Oxford English Dictionary The Surgeon of Crowthorne By Simon Winchester LR
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From the December 2013 Issue An Inspector Calls Pietr the Latvian By Georges Simenon & translated by David Bellos The Late Monsieur Gallet By Georges Simenon & translated by Anthea Bell The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien By Georges Simenon & translated by Linda Coverdale LR
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