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How We Change

by Ross Ellenhorn • 2020

You're not failing at change. You're succeeding at self-preservation, and that's the real problem.

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🧠 Existential Psychology 🔄 Behavior Change 😰 Existential Anxiety 🪜 Incremental Progress 🤲 Self-Acceptance

How We Change

You're not failing at change. You're succeeding at self-preservation, and that's the real problem.

by Ross Ellenhorn 2020 391 pages

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🧠 Existential Psychology 🔄 Behavior Change 😰 Existential Anxiety 🪜 Incremental Progress 🤲 Self-Acceptance

Vector

by Robyn Arianrhod • 2024

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

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🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics 📐 Geometric Thinking 🔄 Scientific Revolutions

Vector

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

by Robyn Arianrhod 2024 376 pages

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🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics 📐 Geometric Thinking 🔄 Scientific Revolutions

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

by Robert J. Gordon • 2016

Indoor plumbing, electricity, and the car transformed daily life in ways the internet never will.

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🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Economy ⚙️ Technological Change 🏠 Standard Of Living 🏭 Industrial Revolutions

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Indoor plumbing, electricity, and the car transformed daily life in ways the internet never will.

by Robert J. Gordon 2016 784 pages

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🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Economy ⚙️ Technological Change 🏠 Standard Of Living 🏭 Industrial Revolutions

Copenhagen

by Michael Frayn • 1998

Ghosts relive Heisenberg's visit to Bohr in 1941 Copenhagen, hunting a motive that no one can fix.

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👻 Memory Play 🎭 Theatre Of Ideas 🧪 Science And Ethics 💣 Atomic Age 🤝 Fractured Friendship

Copenhagen

Ghosts relive Heisenberg's visit to Bohr in 1941 Copenhagen, hunting a motive that no one can fix.

by Michael Frayn 1998 132 pages

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👻 Memory Play 🎭 Theatre Of Ideas 🧪 Science And Ethics 💣 Atomic Age 🤝 Fractured Friendship

The Sea Around Us

by Rachel Carson • 1951

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

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🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea 🌡️ Climate Science 🍃 Nature Writing

The Sea Around Us

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

by Rachel Carson 1951 288 pages

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🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea 🌡️ Climate Science 🍃 Nature Writing

The Invisible Rainbow

by Arthur Firstenberg • 2017

Two centuries of evidence that electrification, not infection, is what made us sick.

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🏥 Medical History ⚡ Electromagnetic Fields 🏭 Environmental Illness 💡 History Of Electricity 🦠 Modern Epidemics

The Invisible Rainbow

Two centuries of evidence that electrification, not infection, is what made us sick.

by Arthur Firstenberg 2017 546 pages

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🏥 Medical History ⚡ Electromagnetic Fields 🏭 Environmental Illness 💡 History Of Electricity 🦠 Modern Epidemics

A Demon of Our Own Design

by Richard Bookstaber • 2007

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

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🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

A Demon of Our Own Design

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

by Richard Bookstaber 2007 288 pages

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🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye

by Ellie Phillips • 2010

Make cavities and gum disease optional: a home routine that works by changing mouth chemistry.

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🦠 Oral Microbiome 🪥 Preventive Dentistry 🦷 Natural Remineralization ⚖️ Oral PH Balance 💧 Dry Mouth Solutions

Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye

Make cavities and gum disease optional: a home routine that works by changing mouth chemistry.

by Ellie Phillips 2010 236 pages

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🦠 Oral Microbiome 🪥 Preventive Dentistry 🦷 Natural Remineralization ⚖️ Oral PH Balance 💧 Dry Mouth Solutions

Born to Rebel

by Frank J. Sulloway • 1996

Firstborns guard the status quo; laterborns upend it. The pattern holds from nursery to revolution.

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👥 Sibling Dynamics 🧠 Personality Formation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Conformity And Rebellion 🔭 Scientific Revolutions

Born to Rebel

Firstborns guard the status quo; laterborns upend it. The pattern holds from nursery to revolution.

by Frank J. Sulloway 1996 672 pages

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👥 Sibling Dynamics 🧠 Personality Formation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Conformity And Rebellion 🔭 Scientific Revolutions

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness

by Mario Alonso Puig • 2017

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

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🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💗 Mind-Body Connection 🌊 Ego Transcendence

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

by Mario Alonso Puig 2017 260 pages

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🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💗 Mind-Body Connection 🌊 Ego Transcendence

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mental Models

by Peter Hollins • 2024

Da Vinci's cognitive toolkit, decoded into eleven practices any curious mind can steal.

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🔬 Polymath Thinking 🧠 Creative Cognition 🔍 Curiosity Cultivation 👁️ Sensory Awareness 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mental Models

Da Vinci's cognitive toolkit, decoded into eleven practices any curious mind can steal.

by Peter Hollins 2024 180 pages

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🔬 Polymath Thinking 🧠 Creative Cognition 🔍 Curiosity Cultivation 👁️ Sensory Awareness 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility

Arsenals of Folly

by Richard Rhodes • 2007

Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.

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🧊 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Arms Race 🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship 🤝 US-Soviet Relations 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex

Arsenals of Folly

Two leaders came within one word of eliminating all nuclear weapons, then lost the moment.

by Richard Rhodes 2007 400 pages

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🧊 Cold War History ☢️ Nuclear Arms Race 🚨 Nuclear Brinkmanship 🤝 US-Soviet Relations 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex

The Stage of Time

by Matthew LaCroix • 2019

History was rewritten, your DNA was engineered, and a hidden planet resets civilization on cycle.

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🏛️ Ancient Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Stage of Time

History was rewritten, your DNA was engineered, and a hidden planet resets civilization on cycle.

by Matthew LaCroix 2019 213 pages

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🏛️ Ancient Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Meaning of Human Existence

by Edward O. Wilson • 2014

Evolution built us for tribal survival, not civilization. That mismatch is our deepest problem.

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🦴 Human Origins 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Group Selection ⛪ Religion And Science 🔬 Scientific Naturalism

The Meaning of Human Existence

Evolution built us for tribal survival, not civilization. That mismatch is our deepest problem.

by Edward O. Wilson 2014 207 pages

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🦴 Human Origins 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Group Selection ⛪ Religion And Science 🔬 Scientific Naturalism

Herbs and Nutrients for Neurologic Disorders

by Sidney J. Kurn • 2008

Herbs and nutrients that target the shared mechanisms behind Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS, and more.

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🩺 Integrative Medicine 🥗 Nutritional Medicine 🧠 Brain Disorders 🔥 Neuroinflammation ⚡ Mitochondrial Health

Herbs and Nutrients for Neurologic Disorders

Herbs and nutrients that target the shared mechanisms behind Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS, and more.

by Sidney J. Kurn 2008 256 pages

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🩺 Integrative Medicine 🥗 Nutritional Medicine 🧠 Brain Disorders 🔥 Neuroinflammation ⚡ Mitochondrial Health

Humans Are Underrated

by Geoff Colvin • 2015

A radiologist's most valuable skill is no longer reading scans. It is reading people.

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💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Automation And Jobs 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 🫂 Empathy In Business 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Humans Are Underrated

A radiologist's most valuable skill is no longer reading scans. It is reading people.

by Geoff Colvin 2015 248 pages

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💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Automation And Jobs 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 🫂 Empathy In Business 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

Words and Rules

by Steven Pinker • 1999

Jogged is rule, bought is memory. Two systems, one verb, and their collisions explain language.

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 📚 Language Acquisition 💭 Connectionism Debate 🧩 Mental Grammar 🔤 Language Universals

Words and Rules

Jogged is rule, bought is memory. Two systems, one verb, and their collisions explain language.

by Steven Pinker 1999 397 pages

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 📚 Language Acquisition 💭 Connectionism Debate 🧩 Mental Grammar 🔤 Language Universals

Degree in a Book

by Alan Porter • 2018

Psychology's biggest ideas: why conditioning works, how memory fails, and what shapes personality.

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📜 History Of Psychology 🧠 Psychology Fundamentals 💻 Cognitive Science 👥 Social Influence 🎭 Personality Theory

Degree in a Book

Psychology's biggest ideas: why conditioning works, how memory fails, and what shapes personality.

by Alan Porter 2018 256 pages

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📜 History Of Psychology 🧠 Psychology Fundamentals 💻 Cognitive Science 👥 Social Influence 🎭 Personality Theory

The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe • 1979

Test pilots' raw code of courage meets the celebrity-making machinery of the space race.

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🚀 Space Race ✈️ Test Pilots 📰 New Journalism 🎥 Media Myth-Making 👥 Military Brotherhood

The Right Stuff

Test pilots' raw code of courage meets the celebrity-making machinery of the space race.

by Tom Wolfe 1979 369 pages

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🚀 Space Race ✈️ Test Pilots 📰 New Journalism 🎥 Media Myth-Making 👥 Military Brotherhood

The Keystone Approach

by Rebecca Fett • 2017

Arthritis and psoriasis start in the gut: starve the inflammation by restoring the microbiome.

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🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Gut Health 🧬 Microbiome Diet 🍽️ Elimination Diets 💊 Probiotics

The Keystone Approach

Arthritis and psoriasis start in the gut: starve the inflammation by restoring the microbiome.

by Rebecca Fett 2017 300 pages

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🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Gut Health 🧬 Microbiome Diet 🍽️ Elimination Diets 💊 Probiotics

The End of Materialism

by Charles T. Tart • 2009

Lab-tested psi data defy materialism: the mind can perceive distant events and predict the future.

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🔬 Science & Spirit 🔮 Parapsychology 👁️ Psi Phenomena 🧠 Mind Beyond Brain 🌅 Near-Death Experiences

The End of Materialism

Lab-tested psi data defy materialism: the mind can perceive distant events and predict the future.

by Charles T. Tart 2009 416 pages

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🔬 Science & Spirit 🔮 Parapsychology 👁️ Psi Phenomena 🧠 Mind Beyond Brain 🌅 Near-Death Experiences

Places of the Heart

by Colin Ellard • 2010

How every space you enter, room, street, or screen, quietly rewires your brain.

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🏗️ Built Environment 🏙️ Urban Design 🌿 Biophilia 🏠 Place Attachment

Places of the Heart

How every space you enter, room, street, or screen, quietly rewires your brain.

by Colin Ellard 2010 256 pages

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🏗️ Built Environment 🏙️ Urban Design 🌿 Biophilia 🏠 Place Attachment

The Wright Brothers

by David McCullough • 2015

No college, no funding, a bicycle shop: two brothers who beat the world to powered flight.

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🛩️ Aviation History 🛠️ Inventor Biographies 👥 Brother Partnerships 🏛️ Early 1900s America 🔧 Self-Taught Engineers

The Wright Brothers

No college, no funding, a bicycle shop: two brothers who beat the world to powered flight.

by David McCullough 2015 320 pages

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🛩️ Aviation History 🛠️ Inventor Biographies 👥 Brother Partnerships 🏛️ Early 1900s America 🔧 Self-Taught Engineers

How to Change a Memory

by Steve Ramirez • 2025

Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.

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🧠 Memory Science 🎭 False Memories 💔 Memory And Trauma 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👤 Identity And Memory

How to Change a Memory

Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.

by Steve Ramirez 2025 256 pages

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🧠 Memory Science 🎭 False Memories 💔 Memory And Trauma 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👤 Identity And Memory

The Underworld

by Susan Casey • 2023

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

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🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism 🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems 🌎 Climate Change

The Underworld

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

by Susan Casey 2023 352 pages

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🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism 🦑 Deep Sea Ecosystems 🌎 Climate Change

Proof

by Adam Kucharski • 2025

Math proves, courts weigh odds, science disproves. Three logics of truth, one costly confusion.

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🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📢 Misinformation 🎲 Probability And Risk

Proof

Math proves, courts weigh odds, science disproves. Three logics of truth, one costly confusion.

by Adam Kucharski 2025 368 pages

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🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📢 Misinformation 🎲 Probability And Risk

The New Economics

by Steve Keen • 2022

Loans make money. Private debt swings crash economies. Neoclassical economics missed both.

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📚 Heterodox Economics 🔍 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏦 Endogenous Money 💣 Private Debt Crises 🔄 Complexity Economics

The New Economics

Loans make money. Private debt swings crash economies. Neoclassical economics missed both.

by Steve Keen 2022 210 pages

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📚 Heterodox Economics 🔍 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏦 Endogenous Money 💣 Private Debt Crises 🔄 Complexity Economics

Ocean

by David Attenborough • 2025

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

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🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🦑 Deep Sea ❄️ Arctic Ecology

Ocean

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

by David Attenborough 2025 400 pages

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🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs 🦑 Deep Sea ❄️ Arctic Ecology

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White • 2024

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

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🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

In the Long Run

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

by Jonathan White 2024 271 pages

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🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

The Fear Factor

by Abigail Marsh • 2017

Heroes and psychopaths: separated by how one brain region processes fear.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🫂 Empathy Research 🎭 Psychopathy 🤝 Prosocial Behavior

The Fear Factor

Heroes and psychopaths: separated by how one brain region processes fear.

by Abigail Marsh 2017 302 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🫂 Empathy Research 🎭 Psychopathy 🤝 Prosocial Behavior

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

by Edward H. Spence • 2021

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

by Edward H. Spence 2021 259 pages

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique

All in Her Head

by Elizabeth Comen • 2024

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

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🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

All in Her Head

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

by Elizabeth Comen 2024 368 pages

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🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

Magic Medicine

by Cody Johnson • 2018

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

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🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Magic Medicine

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

by Cody Johnson 2018 232 pages

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🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

A History of the World Through Body Parts

by Kathryn Petras • 2022

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

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🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body 🧐 Historical Curiosities ♿ Disability In History

A History of the World Through Body Parts

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

by Kathryn Petras 2022 256 pages

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🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body 🧐 Historical Curiosities ♿ Disability In History

Debunking Economics

by Steve Keen • 2001

A handful of logical mistakes in economic theory made the Great Recession invisible to the experts.

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🧑‍🏫 Heterodox Economics 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🤔 Philosophy Of Economics 📉 Business Cycle Theory 💣 Debt Dynamics

Debunking Economics

A handful of logical mistakes in economic theory made the Great Recession invisible to the experts.

by Steve Keen 2001 554 pages

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🧑‍🏫 Heterodox Economics 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🤔 Philosophy Of Economics 📉 Business Cycle Theory 💣 Debt Dynamics

by Carole Hooven • 2021

The hormone that builds muscle and drives desire divides the sexes more cleanly than we admit.

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🧪 Behavioral Endocrinology 🚻 Sex Differences 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 💋 Human Sexuality 🏃 Athletic Performance

The hormone that builds muscle and drives desire divides the sexes more cleanly than we admit.

by Carole Hooven 2021 352 pages

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🧪 Behavioral Endocrinology 🚻 Sex Differences 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 💋 Human Sexuality 🏃 Athletic Performance

Being There

by Erica Komisar • 2026

The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.

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🧠 Early Childhood Development 🔗 Attachment Theory 💼 Working Mothers 👶 New Mothers 🧬 Brain Development

Being There

The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.

by Erica Komisar 2026 272 pages

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🧠 Early Childhood Development 🔗 Attachment Theory 💼 Working Mothers 👶 New Mothers 🧬 Brain Development

Tinker Dabble Doodle Try

by Srini Pillay • 2017

Strategic mental breaks outperform constant concentration. The science of when to stop trying.

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🧠 Neuroscience 🎯 Productivity 💡 Creative Thinking 🧘 Mind Wandering 🧩 Problem Solving

Tinker Dabble Doodle Try

Strategic mental breaks outperform constant concentration. The science of when to stop trying.

by Srini Pillay 2017

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🧠 Neuroscience 🎯 Productivity 💡 Creative Thinking 🧘 Mind Wandering 🧩 Problem Solving

The Victory Lab

by Sasha Issenberg • 2012

How data scientists toppled campaign gurus and built the modern, data-driven political machine.

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🗳️ Political Campaigns 📊 Data-Driven Politics 🧪 Field Experiments 📢 Voter Mobilization 🔬 Behavioral Science

The Victory Lab

How data scientists toppled campaign gurus and built the modern, data-driven political machine.

by Sasha Issenberg 2012 321 pages

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🗳️ Political Campaigns 📊 Data-Driven Politics 🧪 Field Experiments 📢 Voter Mobilization 🔬 Behavioral Science

Phi

by Giulio Tononi • 2012

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self 🎨 Qualia And Experience 💻 Computational Neuroscience

Phi

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

by Giulio Tononi 2012 386 pages

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self 🎨 Qualia And Experience 💻 Computational Neuroscience

Eat Your Ice Cream

by Ezekiel J. Emanuel • 2026

Six doctor-tested habits that outperform every wellness fad, and you still get to eat dessert.

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🧬 Longevity Science 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👥 Social Health 🧱 Habit Formation 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Eat Your Ice Cream

Six doctor-tested habits that outperform every wellness fad, and you still get to eat dessert.

by Ezekiel J. Emanuel 2026 256 pages

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🧬 Longevity Science 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👥 Social Health 🧱 Habit Formation 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Befriend Your Brain

by Faith G. Harper • 2022

Your brain confuses deadlines with predators. The neuroscience-backed playbook for retraining it.

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🧠 Trauma Recovery 🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma 🔄 Brain Retraining 🎢 Emotional Regulation 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

Befriend Your Brain

Your brain confuses deadlines with predators. The neuroscience-backed playbook for retraining it.

by Faith G. Harper 2022 223 pages

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🧠 Trauma Recovery 🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma 🔄 Brain Retraining 🎢 Emotional Regulation 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment

by Frances A. Yates • 1972

How an occult brotherhood helped launch modern science, then got written out of the story.

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📚 Intellectual History 🏰 Early Modern Europe 🔮 Hermetic Philosophy 🕯️ Secret Societies ⚗️ Alchemical Tradition

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment

How an occult brotherhood helped launch modern science, then got written out of the story.

by Frances A. Yates 1972 352 pages

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📚 Intellectual History 🏰 Early Modern Europe 🔮 Hermetic Philosophy 🕯️ Secret Societies ⚗️ Alchemical Tradition

The Secret Life of Pronouns

by James W. Pennebaker • 2011

Your pronouns betray who you are: your status, your emotions, even whether you're lying.

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 📊 Text Analysis 🕵️ Deception Detection 🗣️ Language And Identity 🎭 Personality Psychology

The Secret Life of Pronouns

Your pronouns betray who you are: your status, your emotions, even whether you're lying.

by James W. Pennebaker 2011 368 pages

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 📊 Text Analysis 🕵️ Deception Detection 🗣️ Language And Identity 🎭 Personality Psychology

The New Science of Learning

by Terry Doyle • 2018

Your brain runs on biological rules. Sleep, exercise, and spaced practice beat cramming every time.

🧠 Learning Science 📚 Study Skills ⏱️ Spaced Repetition 🧬 Brain Health 🌱 Growth Mindset

The New Science of Learning

Your brain runs on biological rules. Sleep, exercise, and spaced practice beat cramming every time.

by Terry Doyle 2018 188 pages

🧠 Learning Science 📚 Study Skills ⏱️ Spaced Repetition 🧬 Brain Health 🌱 Growth Mindset

Biblical Archaeology

by Eric H. Cline • 2009

Biblical archaeology set out to prove scripture. It built a science that asked better questions.

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🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🔬 Archaeological Methods 📖 Biblical Historicity 📜 Textual Transmission 🔍 Antiquities Forgery

Biblical Archaeology

Biblical archaeology set out to prove scripture. It built a science that asked better questions.

by Eric H. Cline 2009 168 pages

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340 ratings

🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🔬 Archaeological Methods 📖 Biblical Historicity 📜 Textual Transmission 🔍 Antiquities Forgery

Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain

by Daniel G. Amen • 2025

Pain runs on a feedback loop in your brain. The practical blueprint for breaking it.

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🩹 Chronic Pain 🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🕊️ Trauma Recovery

Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain

Pain runs on a feedback loop in your brain. The practical blueprint for breaking it.

by Daniel G. Amen 2025 480 pages

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91 ratings

🩹 Chronic Pain 🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🕊️ Trauma Recovery

Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro

by Paul Zandbergen • 2020

Automate ArcGIS Pro: convert a thousand files, rebuild maps, crunch rasters with Python you write.

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🗺️ Geoinformatics 🤖 Geospatial Automation ⚙️ Geoprocessing 📊 Spatial Analysis 📜 Geodata Scripting

Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro

Automate ArcGIS Pro: convert a thousand files, rebuild maps, crunch rasters with Python you write.

by Paul Zandbergen 2020 412 pages

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23 ratings

🗺️ Geoinformatics 🤖 Geospatial Automation ⚙️ Geoprocessing 📊 Spatial Analysis 📜 Geodata Scripting

How to Become Famous

by Cass R. Sunstein • 2024

The Beatles weren't inevitable. A behavioral economist on the luck behind every success story.

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📊 Behavioral Economics 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🎯 Survivorship Bias 🍀 Luck And Success 🔄 Social Contagion

How to Become Famous

The Beatles weren't inevitable. A behavioral economist on the luck behind every success story.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2024 272 pages

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📊 Behavioral Economics 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🎯 Survivorship Bias 🍀 Luck And Success 🔄 Social Contagion

More Than Words

by Maryellen MacDonald • 2025

Speaking strains the brain more than listening: a hidden effort that builds the mind for life.

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🔬 Psycholinguistics 👶 Language Development 🗣️ Self-Talk 📚 Learning Science ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

More Than Words

Speaking strains the brain more than listening: a hidden effort that builds the mind for life.

by Maryellen MacDonald 2025 336 pages

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142 ratings

🔬 Psycholinguistics 👶 Language Development 🗣️ Self-Talk 📚 Learning Science ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

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