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Curiosity / Alberto Manguel

Exploring the history of human curiosity, this work examines the impulse for knowledge through the lenses of various thinkers, from Dante to Rachel Carson. It reflects on how reading informs essential questions of identity, morality, and our relationship with the world.

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