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Your invitation to become a philanthropist | Sara Lomelin (re-release)

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Why the best ideas come from play | Maxwell Pearce

Coaches kept telling Maxwell Pearce to stick to the fundamentals. Good thing he didn't listen. A Harlem Globetrotter and artist, he went on to build a global reputation for gravity-defying dunks and a theory that the same playful rule-breaking is what powers progress in every fie ...  Show more

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