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El espejo del cerebro

by Nazareth Castellanos • 2021

Meditation strengthens a brain network that catches distraction. The body, not just the mind, leads.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Meditation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 💭 Mind Wandering 🎯 Attention Training ❤️ Emotional Regulation

El espejo del cerebro

Meditation strengthens a brain network that catches distraction. The body, not just the mind, leads.

by Nazareth Castellanos 2021 105 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Meditation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 💭 Mind Wandering 🎯 Attention Training ❤️ Emotional Regulation

Human Givens

by Joe Griffin • 2003

Depression isn't a broken brain. It's a loop: unmet needs fuel overactive dreaming and self-blame.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧱 Innate Needs 💤 Sleep And Dreaming 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🌧️ Depression Recovery

Human Givens

Depression isn't a broken brain. It's a loop: unmet needs fuel overactive dreaming and self-blame.

by Joe Griffin 2003

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197 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧱 Innate Needs 💤 Sleep And Dreaming 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🌧️ Depression Recovery

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals

by Peter Pronovost • 2010

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

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🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture 📊 Quality Improvement 📚 Evidence-Based Medicine

Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals

Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.

by Peter Pronovost 2010 282 pages

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244 ratings

🏥 Patient Safety 🔗 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Safety Culture 📊 Quality Improvement 📚 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Better Brain

by Bonnie Kaplan • 2021

More prescriptions, more depression. The missing variable is the nutrient density of what we eat.

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🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection 💊 Micronutrient Therapy 💚 Beyond Medication ⚡ Brain Metabolism

The Better Brain

More prescriptions, more depression. The missing variable is the nutrient density of what we eat.

by Bonnie Kaplan 2021 368 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection 💊 Micronutrient Therapy 💚 Beyond Medication ⚡ Brain Metabolism

Cannabis Is Medicine

by Bonni Goldstein MD • 2020

Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.

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🏥 Medical Cannabis 🌿 Plant Medicine 💊 Chronic Pain Management 💉 Opioid Alternatives ⚕️ Integrative Medicine

Cannabis Is Medicine

Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.

by Bonni Goldstein MD 2020 369 pages

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135 ratings

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🌿 Plant Medicine 💊 Chronic Pain Management 💉 Opioid Alternatives ⚕️ Integrative Medicine

When We Cease to Understand the World

by Benjamín Labatut • 2020

From the trenches of WWI to the edge of mathematics, genius opens doors it cannot close.

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🖋️ Fictionalized Biography 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Tortured Genius ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 💀 Cost Of Discovery

When We Cease to Understand the World

From the trenches of WWI to the edge of mathematics, genius opens doors it cannot close.

by Benjamín Labatut 2020 193 pages

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🖋️ Fictionalized Biography 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Tortured Genius ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 💀 Cost Of Discovery

Impossible Cure

by Amy L. Lansky • 2003

Using what makes you sick to heal you: the guide to a 200-year-old medical system.

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🧪 Homeopathic Medicine 🌿 Alternative Medicine ⚡ Energy Medicine 📜 Classical Homeopathy 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal

Impossible Cure

Using what makes you sick to heal you: the guide to a 200-year-old medical system.

by Amy L. Lansky 2003 320 pages

4.29

259 ratings

🧪 Homeopathic Medicine 🌿 Alternative Medicine ⚡ Energy Medicine 📜 Classical Homeopathy 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal

The Calorie Myth

by Jonathan Bailor • 2013

High-quality food resets your weight thermostat, so you can eat more and still lose.

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🧬 Hormonal Set-Point 🥦 Calorie Quality 🚫 Anti-Diet Culture 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition 💪 Eccentric Training

The Calorie Myth

High-quality food resets your weight thermostat, so you can eat more and still lose.

by Jonathan Bailor 2013 336 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Hormonal Set-Point 🥦 Calorie Quality 🚫 Anti-Diet Culture 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition 💪 Eccentric Training

Sleep

by Steven W. Lockley • 2012

Sleep isn't downtime. It's brain maintenance on a timer, and modern life is breaking the clock.

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💤 Sleep Regulation ☀️ Circadian Biology 😴 Sleep Deprivation 🏥 Sleep Disorders 🏙️ Sleep And Society

Sleep

Sleep isn't downtime. It's brain maintenance on a timer, and modern life is breaking the clock.

by Steven W. Lockley 2012 146 pages

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500+ ratings

💤 Sleep Regulation ☀️ Circadian Biology 😴 Sleep Deprivation 🏥 Sleep Disorders 🏙️ Sleep And Society

Between Life and Death

by Kathryn Butler • 2019

Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.

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🕊️ End-Of-Life Care ⚖️ Bioethics 🏥 Critical Care 🌿 Palliative Care 🙏 Sanctity Of Life

Between Life and Death

Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.

by Kathryn Butler 2019

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221 ratings

🕊️ End-Of-Life Care ⚖️ Bioethics 🏥 Critical Care 🌿 Palliative Care 🙏 Sanctity Of Life

The Ketogenic Diet

by Kristen Mancinelli • 2014

Eat more fat, drop pounds: the carbohydrate threshold that shifts metabolism into fat-burning mode.

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🥑 Low-Carb Diets 🔥 Ketogenic Lifestyle ⚡ Metabolic Health 🔢 Carb Counting 🍱 Meal Prep

The Ketogenic Diet

Eat more fat, drop pounds: the carbohydrate threshold that shifts metabolism into fat-burning mode.

by Kristen Mancinelli 2014 224 pages

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160 ratings

🥑 Low-Carb Diets 🔥 Ketogenic Lifestyle ⚡ Metabolic Health 🔢 Carb Counting 🍱 Meal Prep

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

by Caitlin Doughty • 2019

A mortician answers kids' blunt questions: from eyeball-eating cats to freeze-dried space corpses.

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🧬 Mortuary Science 💀 Death Positivity 🦠 Decomposition ⚰️ Funeral Practices 🤪 Quirky Science

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death

A mortician answers kids' blunt questions: from eyeball-eating cats to freeze-dried space corpses.

by Caitlin Doughty 2019 200 pages

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🧬 Mortuary Science 💀 Death Positivity 🦠 Decomposition ⚰️ Funeral Practices 🤪 Quirky Science

Numbers Don't Lie

by Vaclav Smil • 2020

Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.

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🔋 Energy Transitions 👴 Demographic Shifts 🌽 Food Systems 🌍 Global Development ⚙️ History Of Technology

Numbers Don't Lie

Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.

by Vaclav Smil 2020 384 pages

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10k+ ratings

🔋 Energy Transitions 👴 Demographic Shifts 🌽 Food Systems 🌍 Global Development ⚙️ History Of Technology

Sex, Drugs & Economics

by Diane Coyle • 2002

It is not about money. Economics reveals why people break rules, seek thrills, and hit snooze.

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Sex, Drugs & Economics

It is not about money. Economics reveals why people break rules, seek thrills, and hit snooze.

by Diane Coyle 2002 280 pages

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131 ratings

Optimal Illusions

by Coco Krumme • 2023

Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.

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🏭 Efficiency Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking 🐌 Slow Living 🏡 Localism 🤖 Humane Technology

Optimal Illusions

Optimization promised perfection. It delivered fragile systems and hollowed communities.

by Coco Krumme 2023 256 pages

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238 ratings

🏭 Efficiency Critique 🔗 Systems Thinking 🐌 Slow Living 🏡 Localism 🤖 Humane Technology

Interviews with the Masters

by Robert Greene • 2013

How masters see patterns, trust intuition, and turn failure into fuel, told firsthand.

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🧱 Expertise Development 🎨 Creative Mastery 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🔗 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🔄 Analogical Reasoning

Interviews with the Masters

How masters see patterns, trust intuition, and turn failure into fuel, told firsthand.

by Robert Greene 2013 821 pages

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479 ratings

🧱 Expertise Development 🎨 Creative Mastery 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🔗 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🔄 Analogical Reasoning

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011

by Tao Le • 1996

USMLE Step 1 distilled: high-yield facts, mnemonics, and a 7-week plan to maximize your score.

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📋 Medical Board Review 📚 Usmle Prep 💡 High-Yield Review 📝 Test-Taking Strategy 🔑 Mnemonics

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011

USMLE Step 1 distilled: high-yield facts, mnemonics, and a 7-week plan to maximize your score.

by Tao Le 1996 623 pages

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1k+ ratings

📋 Medical Board Review 📚 Usmle Prep 💡 High-Yield Review 📝 Test-Taking Strategy 🔑 Mnemonics

Metabolic Autophagy

by Siim Land • 2019

Unlock your body's self-repair system without giving up muscle: the fasting and training protocol.

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🕛 Intermittent Fasting 🥑 Ketogenic Diet 🏋️ Resistance Training 🧬 Longevity 🔥 Metabolic Health

Metabolic Autophagy

Unlock your body's self-repair system without giving up muscle: the fasting and training protocol.

by Siim Land 2019 427 pages

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197 ratings

🕛 Intermittent Fasting 🥑 Ketogenic Diet 🏋️ Resistance Training 🧬 Longevity 🔥 Metabolic Health

This Book Has Issues

by Christian Jarrett • 2008

Your brain lies to you constantly. A guided tour of psychology's most unsettling experiments.

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🎓 Introductory Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Illusion 💾 Memory Science 👥 Social Psychology

This Book Has Issues

Your brain lies to you constantly. A guided tour of psychology's most unsettling experiments.

by Christian Jarrett 2008 160 pages

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350 ratings

🎓 Introductory Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Illusion 💾 Memory Science 👥 Social Psychology

Healthy to 120

by Matt Cook • 2017

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Inflammation is. A man's natural plan for a longer, healthier life.

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🧬 Longevity Science 🧔 Men's Health 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🌿 Natural Remedies 🩺 Medical Skepticism

Healthy to 120

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Inflammation is. A man's natural plan for a longer, healthier life.

by Matt Cook 2017 178 pages

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33 ratings

🧬 Longevity Science 🧔 Men's Health 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🌿 Natural Remedies 🩺 Medical Skepticism

What Happens When We Die?

by Sam Parnia • 2005

The brain flatlines in seconds during cardiac arrest, yet some patients recall verifiable details.

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🌅 Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤯 Mind-Body Problem ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 👻 Dualist Theories

What Happens When We Die?

The brain flatlines in seconds during cardiac arrest, yet some patients recall verifiable details.

by Sam Parnia 2005 240 pages

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289 ratings

🌅 Near-Death Experiences 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤯 Mind-Body Problem ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 👻 Dualist Theories

Incompleteness

by Rebecca Goldstein • 2005

A genius turned a paradox into a proof that broke the promise of a complete mathematics.

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📐 Philosophy Of Math 📜 Intellectual History 🔁 Self-Reference 📏 Formalism 🔬 Logical Positivism

Incompleteness

A genius turned a paradox into a proof that broke the promise of a complete mathematics.

by Rebecca Goldstein 2005 300 pages

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1k+ ratings

📐 Philosophy Of Math 📜 Intellectual History 🔁 Self-Reference 📏 Formalism 🔬 Logical Positivism

Anatomy 101

by Kevin Langford • 2015

206 bones, 60,000 miles of vessels, one engine: your body's parts and how they work together.

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🦴 Human Anatomy 🧬 Body Systems 🫀 Physiology 🧫 Cellular Biology 📝 Study Guide

Anatomy 101

206 bones, 60,000 miles of vessels, one engine: your body's parts and how they work together.

by Kevin Langford 2015 289 pages

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263 ratings

🦴 Human Anatomy 🧬 Body Systems 🫀 Physiology 🧫 Cellular Biology 📝 Study Guide

Psychology of the Unconscious

by C.G. Jung • 2003

Freud said libido was sexual. Jung said it was life itself, and myths held the proof.

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🕳️ Depth Psychology 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🏛️ Mythological Analysis 🎭 Archetypal Psychology 💭 Symbolic Thought

Psychology of the Unconscious

Freud said libido was sexual. Jung said it was life itself, and myths held the proof.

by C.G. Jung 2003 624 pages

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1k+ ratings

🕳️ Depth Psychology 🌙 Dream Interpretation 🏛️ Mythological Analysis 🎭 Archetypal Psychology 💭 Symbolic Thought

The Norm Chronicles

by Michael Blastland • 2014

Why we fear plane crashes but not burgers: the stories and numbers behind your worst instincts.

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🗣️ Risk Communication 🎲 Probability Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Health Statistics

The Norm Chronicles

Why we fear plane crashes but not burgers: the stories and numbers behind your worst instincts.

by Michael Blastland 2014 336 pages

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500+ ratings

🗣️ Risk Communication 🎲 Probability Literacy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📊 Health Statistics

Rage Inside the Machine

by Robert Elliott Smith • 2019

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

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🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Rage Inside the Machine

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

by Robert Elliott Smith 2019 344 pages

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145 ratings

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Don't loose out work out- Rujuta Diwekar...

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2014

Most fat loss advice is wrong. The fix starts with strength, not cardio.

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🧬 Exercise Science 💪 Strength Training ⏳ Metabolism And Aging 🔍 Debunking Fitness Myths 😴 Post-Workout Recovery

Don't loose out work out- Rujuta Diwekar...

Most fat loss advice is wrong. The fix starts with strength, not cardio.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2014 260 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧬 Exercise Science 💪 Strength Training ⏳ Metabolism And Aging 🔍 Debunking Fitness Myths 😴 Post-Workout Recovery

Pictures of the Mind

by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald • 2009

The self is a brain process you can train: neuroplasticity and meditation science reveal how.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Consciousness Studies 💓 Affective Neuroscience 😊 Science Of Happiness 💊 Addiction Neuroscience

Pictures of the Mind

The self is a brain process you can train: neuroplasticity and meditation science reveal how.

by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009 177 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Consciousness Studies 💓 Affective Neuroscience 😊 Science Of Happiness 💊 Addiction Neuroscience

Your Life Is Manufactured

by Tim Minshall • 2025

The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.

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🚢 Global Supply Chains ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial History 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Lean Manufacturing

Your Life Is Manufactured

The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.

by Tim Minshall 2025 369 pages

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432 ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial History 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Lean Manufacturing

Groupthink

by Christopher Booker • 2020

The psychological engine behind the Reign of Terror now powers modern politics and climate policy.

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🧠 Mass Psychology 👥 Social Conformity 🫧 Collective Delusion 📢 Echo Chambers 🏛️ Ideological Capture

Groupthink

The psychological engine behind the Reign of Terror now powers modern politics and climate policy.

by Christopher Booker 2020 240 pages

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116 ratings

🧠 Mass Psychology 👥 Social Conformity 🫧 Collective Delusion 📢 Echo Chambers 🏛️ Ideological Capture

The Plague Year

by Lawrence Wright • 2020

American exceptionalism met a virus that didn't care. How the most prepared nation on earth lost.

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🦠 Covid-19 😷 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💉 Vaccine Development ⚖️ Racial Inequity

The Plague Year

American exceptionalism met a virus that didn't care. How the most prepared nation on earth lost.

by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages

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2k+ ratings

🦠 Covid-19 😷 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💉 Vaccine Development ⚖️ Racial Inequity

Wired for Intimacy

by William M. Struthers • 2009

Porn exploits the male brain's wiring. The neuroscience of breaking free.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction 🔗 Sexual Addiction Recovery 📖 Biblical Sexuality ✝️ Christian Psychology 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Wired for Intimacy

Porn exploits the male brain's wiring. The neuroscience of breaking free.

by William M. Struthers 2009 196 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Addiction 🔗 Sexual Addiction Recovery 📖 Biblical Sexuality ✝️ Christian Psychology 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

by Theresa Payton • 2014

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

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🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 🕵️ Surveillance State

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

by Theresa Payton 2014 328 pages

3.56

112 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 🕵️ Surveillance State

Machine Learning Simplified

by Andrew Wolf • 2022

Supervised learning, gently: pipeline, optimization, and the real reasons your model overfits.

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🎯 Supervised Learning 📚 Machine Learning Fundamentals 📊 Statistical Learning ✅ Model Evaluation 🧹 Data Preprocessing

Machine Learning Simplified

Supervised learning, gently: pipeline, optimization, and the real reasons your model overfits.

by Andrew Wolf 2022 109 pages

4.87

193 ratings

🎯 Supervised Learning 📚 Machine Learning Fundamentals 📊 Statistical Learning ✅ Model Evaluation 🧹 Data Preprocessing

Bad Advice

by Paul A. Offit • 2018

Why a movie star's health advice spreads faster than doctors', and what to do about it.

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🩺 Health Misinformation 🗣️ Science Communication 📰 Media Criticism 💉 Vaccine Hesitancy 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Bad Advice

Why a movie star's health advice spreads faster than doctors', and what to do about it.

by Paul A. Offit 2018 272 pages

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500+ ratings

🩺 Health Misinformation 🗣️ Science Communication 📰 Media Criticism 💉 Vaccine Hesitancy 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Attraction, Love, Sex

by Simon LeVay • 2023

Sexual reproduction is an evolutionary paradox. Why it persists, and everything that follows.

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🔬 Human Sexuality 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💘 Sexual Attraction 💑 Relationship Science 🌈 Sexual Orientation

Attraction, Love, Sex

Sexual reproduction is an evolutionary paradox. Why it persists, and everything that follows.

by Simon LeVay 2023 311 pages

3.49

43 ratings

🔬 Human Sexuality 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💘 Sexual Attraction 💑 Relationship Science 🌈 Sexual Orientation

I, Mammal

by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2011

Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👑 Social Dominance ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 🔄 Rewiring The Brain 🎯 Reward Systems

I, Mammal

Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.

by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011 312 pages

4.24

134 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👑 Social Dominance ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 🔄 Rewiring The Brain 🎯 Reward Systems

The Science of Food

by Marty Jopson • 2017

Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.

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🧪 Food Science 👅 Flavor Chemistry 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Gut Microbiome ⚙️ Food Technology

The Science of Food

Why your knife glides, your bread browns, and your kraut sours: the hidden science in every kitchen.

by Marty Jopson 2017 225 pages

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203 ratings

🧪 Food Science 👅 Flavor Chemistry 🫙 Fermentation 🦠 Gut Microbiome ⚙️ Food Technology

Character Strengths Matter

by Shannon Polly • 2015

Your best traits are already inside you. The science-backed method for finding and using them.

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🌟 Positive Psychology 🧱 Character Development 🔍 Strength Identification 🔄 Behavioral Change 🧘 Well-Being Practices

Character Strengths Matter

Your best traits are already inside you. The science-backed method for finding and using them.

by Shannon Polly 2015 250 pages

4.14

110 ratings

🌟 Positive Psychology 🧱 Character Development 🔍 Strength Identification 🔄 Behavioral Change 🧘 Well-Being Practices

Two Sides of the Moon

by David Randolph Scott • 2004

The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.

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🚀 Space Race 🥶 Cold War History 🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir 🌙 Lunar Exploration ⚙️ Technological Rivalry

Two Sides of the Moon

The space race seen from both cockpits: an astronaut and cosmonaut compare notes.

by David Randolph Scott 2004 448 pages

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500+ ratings

🚀 Space Race 🥶 Cold War History 🧑‍🚀 Astronaut Memoir 🌙 Lunar Exploration ⚙️ Technological Rivalry

Psychedelic Medicine

by Richard Louis Miller • 2017

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

Psychedelic Medicine

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

by Richard Louis Miller 2017 256 pages

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312 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age

by David J. Helfand • 2016

Mental tools from science that let you gut-check any claim yourself, no search engine required.

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🧪 Scientific Literacy 🔍 Misinformation Defense 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🎲 Probability Thinking 🔬 Scientific Method

A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age

Mental tools from science that let you gut-check any claim yourself, no search engine required.

by David J. Helfand 2016 344 pages

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220 ratings

🧪 Scientific Literacy 🔍 Misinformation Defense 🔢 Quantitative Reasoning 🎲 Probability Thinking 🔬 Scientific Method

Creation

by Adam Rutherford • 2013

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

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🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Darwinian Evolution

Creation

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

by Adam Rutherford 2013 288 pages

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500+ ratings

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Darwinian Evolution

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds

by John Bowlby • 1979

Attachment is not learned dependency but an evolved instinct; early disruption shapes a lifetime.

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🧩 Attachment Theory 👶 Developmental Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🤱 Early Childhood Bonds

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds

Attachment is not learned dependency but an evolved instinct; early disruption shapes a lifetime.

by John Bowlby 1979 224 pages

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383 ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory 👶 Developmental Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🤱 Early Childhood Bonds

A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

by Joosr • 2015

Bad decisions follow the same few patterns. Learn the traps, and stop falling for them.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Heuristics And Biases 💸 Behavioral Economics ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🧭 Rational Thinking

A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

Bad decisions follow the same few patterns. Learn the traps, and stop falling for them.

by Joosr 2015 23 pages

3.57

14 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Heuristics And Biases 💸 Behavioral Economics ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🧭 Rational Thinking

This Is Your Do-Over

by Michael F. Roizen • 2015

You control 75 percent of your health. Seven rules for rewriting what your genes started.

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🧬 Epigenetics 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Nutrition Science 🧠 Behavioral Change

This Is Your Do-Over

You control 75 percent of your health. Seven rules for rewriting what your genes started.

by Michael F. Roizen 2015 384 pages

3.70

269 ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Nutrition Science 🧠 Behavioral Change

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins

by Marc Weissbluth • 2009

Two babies, one sleep clock. A pediatrician's protocol for syncing twin sleep so everyone rests.

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🧒 Twin Parenting 🛌 Infant Sleep ⏰ Sleep Training 📅 Baby Schedules 🧘 Self-Soothing

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins

Two babies, one sleep clock. A pediatrician's protocol for syncing twin sleep so everyone rests.

by Marc Weissbluth 2009 208 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

🧒 Twin Parenting 🛌 Infant Sleep ⏰ Sleep Training 📅 Baby Schedules 🧘 Self-Soothing

Blame My Brain Amazing Teenage Brain

by Nicola Morgan • 2005

Mood swings, risk, late nights. Not rebellion. Brain remodeling. Here's what's happening upstairs.

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🌱 Adolescent Development 🧠 Brain Plasticity 😴 Sleep Science ⚡ Adolescent Risk Taking 🎢 Emotional Regulation

Blame My Brain Amazing Teenage Brain

Mood swings, risk, late nights. Not rebellion. Brain remodeling. Here's what's happening upstairs.

by Nicola Morgan 2005 240 pages

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1k+ ratings

🌱 Adolescent Development 🧠 Brain Plasticity 😴 Sleep Science ⚡ Adolescent Risk Taking 🎢 Emotional Regulation

Skin Rules

by Jaishree Sharad • 2018

A dermatologist's six-week plan: two daily rituals, serums that deliver, and kitchen cures to quit.

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🧴 Skincare Routines 🩺 Dermatology Basics 🔬 Evidence-Based Skincare 🧪 Ingredient Science 💉 Cosmetic Dermatology

Skin Rules

A dermatologist's six-week plan: two daily rituals, serums that deliver, and kitchen cures to quit.

by Jaishree Sharad 2018 269 pages

4.02

127 ratings

🧴 Skincare Routines 🩺 Dermatology Basics 🔬 Evidence-Based Skincare 🧪 Ingredient Science 💉 Cosmetic Dermatology

Conscious Evolution

by Barbara Marx Hubbard • 1998

Humanity's next evolutionary step is not biological; it is a conscious choice we can make now.

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Conscious Evolution

Humanity's next evolutionary step is not biological; it is a conscious choice we can make now.

by Barbara Marx Hubbard 1998 296 pages

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🌀 Evolutionary Spirituality 🌍 Social Transformation 🌏 Planetary Awakening 🧠 Memes And Culture 🌌 New Cosmology

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