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Health workers wearing face mask stand in front of a triage tent for suspected COVID-19 patients outside the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon on April 2, 2020. - Over 500 people have died in Portugal after contracting COVID-19 among more than 6,000 recorded cases of the disease. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

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Society

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

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Life

Welcome to a great, straightforward guide to the tree of life

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Humans

An elegant account of how one ancient language went global

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Mind

A rich guide to the science of imagination also digs into art