Congrats to Lavin’s speaker Johann Hari for winning the 2022 Business Book of the Year for his New York Times bestseller Stolen Focus! Looking at hundreds of submissions, Porchlight says "he makes clear, we can renew our imaginations and inspire our collective energies to fight for the common good. Stolen Focus is, in many ways, the book we need right now.”
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Lavin is proud to see books written by our exclusive speakers named to so many year-end Best Books lists—including, for a second year running, Amazon’s #1 nonfiction title and a Top 10 New York Times entry.
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Johann’s instant New York Times bestseller explores why we can’t seem to pay attention anymore, and how we can reclaim our focus. Amazon called it “vital and mesmerizing,” naming it not only the #1 nonfiction book of 2022, but also one of the 20 top business and leadership books.
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For their powerful storytelling and advocacy work, George was named on TIME’s annual list of rising stars, which honours leaders across industries and their “extraordinary efforts to shape our world—and to define our future.”
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Shalini explores how bias creeps into our machine-learning algorithms, and Sean offers a peek into the everyday lives of bees. Their films were nominated for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary and Outstanding Nature Documentary, respectively.
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“It Takes Guts,” a delightful look at the inner workings of the digestive system, won the ILA’s 2022 award for Intermediate Nonfiction. It’s Jennifer’s second kids’ book, and she draws on her career as a scientist, writer, and broadcaster to make science interesting and engaging for people of all ages.
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"Stolen Focus,” Johann’s bestselling investigation into why we can’t pay attention, reveals that the world around us is designed to keep us from concentrating—but we can still reclaim our minds.
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