How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Michael Mauboussin and Bill Gurley
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
A NYTimes.com Editor's Choice A Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist ?A jaunty, insightful new book . . . [that] draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us.??New York TimesHumans live in landscapes of makebelieve. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even spor...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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