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Innocence Project

The Innocence Project works to exonerate those who have been wrongly convicted, by using DNA testing and other types of post-conviction relief.

Posted bypithysummaryJanuary 9, 2026January 9, 2026Posted inArchives, Products

Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption

“Picking Cotton” is a painful examination of how wrong our criminal justice system can be–both for those accusing and the accused.

Posted bypithysummaryJanuary 9, 2026January 9, 2026Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

The limits of humans’ physical capabilities, and how endurance can, and cannot, change those limits.

Posted bypithysummaryDecember 4, 2025February 2, 2026Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso is a show about belief–what happens when we believe in the best of ourselves and others, and what happens when we don’t.

Posted bypithysummaryDecember 4, 2025December 4, 2025Posted inArchives, Products

Pithy Summary – Bulletin #50

The Non-fiction Feature: Endure by Alex Hutchinson
The Memoir Spot: Just Add Water by Katie Ledecky
The Product Spot: Ted Lasso

Posted bypithysummaryDecember 4, 2025December 4, 2025Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

A look into Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky’s incredible endurance, work ethic, and skill.

Posted bypithysummaryDecember 4, 2025December 4, 2025Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Pithy Summary – Bulletin #49

The Non-fiction Feature: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
The Fiction Spot: 2054 by Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis
The Product Spot: NatGeo Geography page

Posted byCarlenOctober 13, 2025October 13, 2025Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Prisoners of Geography – Ten Maps that Explain Everything about the World

How geography can shape political decisions, economies, and futures.

Posted byCarlenOctober 13, 2025January 9, 2026Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

NatGeo Geography page

NatGeo’s Geography page, filled with explainers and interactive programs, is a chance to explore what geography is and how it shapes our world and choices.

Posted byCarlenOctober 13, 2025October 13, 2025Posted inArchives, Products

2054

2054 is a political sci-fi thriller, set a few decades in the future, after a war between the U.S. and China completely blows up the current political order.

Posted byCarlenOctober 13, 2025October 13, 2025Posted inArchives, Fiction

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