The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, David BrooksWith unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns among the most read in the nation, Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success

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Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers

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One evening at a nightclub

the skyscrapers of Manhattan

both on and off the Internet

painful memories resurface for dedicated high school teacher Laura Reed and pediatrician J

Invisible Cities

but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster

Juliet is already wondering whether her live-in boyfriend Will has lost his lust for life -- and for her -- when tragedy strikes: He stands her up

That meeting and the events that follow turn what was an idyllic romance into an unending nightmare