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Observer > 2017 > October > New Books: October 2017

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New Books: October 2017

September 29, 2017
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitch Prinstein; Viking, June 6, 2017.

Minding the Weather: How Expert Forecasters Think by Robert R. Hoffman, Daphne S. LaDue, H. Michael Mogil, Paul J. Roebber, and J. Gregory Trafton; The MIT Press, August 4, 2017.

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