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artil's book club
One book per month, live discussion on our Instagram on the last Sunday of the month at 2 pm CET!
"Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief - a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow - up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut."
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Interviewing is one of the most anxiety-inducing experiences during the job hunt. You spend your time trying to convince a stranger that...
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Many of us have been working from home for just over a year now. Maybe it was fun to start with, but pandemic fatigue is real. Home...
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