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Trauma Releasing Exercises

av David Berceli • 2005

Your body knows how to shake off trauma. A self-guided system that reactivates that lost reflex.

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🧘 Somatic Therapy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Gut Intuition

Trauma Releasing Exercises

Your body knows how to shake off trauma. A self-guided system that reactivates that lost reflex.

av David Berceli 2005 90 sidor

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🧘 Somatic Therapy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Gut Intuition

The Archaic Revival

av Terence McKenna • 1992

Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌿 Plant Medicine 🧬 Consciousness Evolution ✨ Shamanic Ecstasy 👁️ Gnosis And Revelation

The Archaic Revival

Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.

av Terence McKenna 1992 288 sidor

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌿 Plant Medicine 🧬 Consciousness Evolution ✨ Shamanic Ecstasy 👁️ Gnosis And Revelation

The Control Revolution

av James R. Beniger • 1986

Steam outran human control. The century-long scramble to catch up invented modern data processing.

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⚙️ History Of Technology 📈 Economic History 🌿 Media Ecology 🤖 Cybernetics 📋 Scientific Management

The Control Revolution

Steam outran human control. The century-long scramble to catch up invented modern data processing.

av James R. Beniger 1986 508 sidor

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⚙️ History Of Technology 📈 Economic History 🌿 Media Ecology 🤖 Cybernetics 📋 Scientific Management

Sidewalk

av Mitchell Duneier • 1999

Some of the most disorderly figures on the sidewalk are also the ones preventing real crime.

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🛝 Urban Ethnography 💰 Informal Economies 🚨 Broken Windows Debate 👮 Police Discretion 🚶‍♀️ Street Harassment

Sidewalk

Some of the most disorderly figures on the sidewalk are also the ones preventing real crime.

av Mitchell Duneier 1999 400 sidor

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🛝 Urban Ethnography 💰 Informal Economies 🚨 Broken Windows Debate 👮 Police Discretion 🚶‍♀️ Street Harassment

From Babylon to Timbuktu

av Rudolph R. Windsor • 2023

Ancient Israel was black, its lost kingdoms ruled Africa, and the slave trade was foretold.

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🌍 African History ✊ Afrocentrism 🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🧭 Lost Tribes 🏛️ Ancient Near East

From Babylon to Timbuktu

Ancient Israel was black, its lost kingdoms ruled Africa, and the slave trade was foretold.

av Rudolph R. Windsor 2023 158 sidor

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🌍 African History ✊ Afrocentrism 🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🧭 Lost Tribes 🏛️ Ancient Near East

The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

av John Bagot Glubb • 1978

Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.

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🏛️ Imperial Decay 🔄 Cyclical History 🌍 Geopolitics 🎭 Moral Decline 📜 Philosophy Of History

The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.

av John Bagot Glubb 1978 52 sidor

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🏛️ Imperial Decay 🔄 Cyclical History 🌍 Geopolitics 🎭 Moral Decline 📜 Philosophy Of History

How the World Thinks

av Julian Baggini • 2018

The West asks what is true. India asks what liberates. A map of philosophy beyond Europe.

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🧭 Comparative Philosophy 🛐 Comparative Religion 🪞 Conceptions Of Self ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy

How the World Thinks

The West asks what is true. India asks what liberates. A map of philosophy beyond Europe.

av Julian Baggini 2018 398 sidor

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🧭 Comparative Philosophy 🛐 Comparative Religion 🪞 Conceptions Of Self ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy

The Age of Diagnosis

av Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

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🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects 🏥 Medicalization 🧬 Genetic Testing Risks

The Age of Diagnosis

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

av Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025 320 sidor

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🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects 🏥 Medicalization 🧬 Genetic Testing Risks

The Lost Realms

av Zecharia Sitchin • 1990

The same ancient astronauts who mined Sumer also raised the lost cities of the Americas.

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👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🏛️ Pseudoarchaeology 🗿 Lost Civilizations 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🌌 Archaeoastronomy

The Lost Realms

The same ancient astronauts who mined Sumer also raised the lost cities of the Americas.

av Zecharia Sitchin 1990 298 sidor

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👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🏛️ Pseudoarchaeology 🗿 Lost Civilizations 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🌌 Archaeoastronomy

The Mismeasure of Man

av Stephen Jay Gould • 1982

Skulls, IQ scores, and statistics: how each science of human ranking was rigged from the start.

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📜 History Of Science 🧬 Biological Determinism 📏 Scientific Racism 🧠 Iq Testing 🧫 Eugenics History

The Mismeasure of Man

Skulls, IQ scores, and statistics: how each science of human ranking was rigged from the start.

av Stephen Jay Gould 1982 446 sidor

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📜 History Of Science 🧬 Biological Determinism 📏 Scientific Racism 🧠 Iq Testing 🧫 Eugenics History

Chimpanzee Politics

av Frans de Waal • 1982

A chimpanzee colony is a political machine, complete with coalition coups and fragile peace accords.

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🐒 Primate Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Alliances 👑 Dominance Hierarchies

Chimpanzee Politics

A chimpanzee colony is a political machine, complete with coalition coups and fragile peace accords.

av Frans de Waal 1982 256 sidor

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🐒 Primate Behavior 🧠 Animal Cognition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Alliances 👑 Dominance Hierarchies

The Great Leveler

av Walter Scheidel • 2017

Inequality never falls gently. It only falls after catastrophe: war, revolution, plague, collapse.

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Studies 💰 Wealth Concentration ⚖️ Comparative History

The Great Leveler

Inequality never falls gently. It only falls after catastrophe: war, revolution, plague, collapse.

av Walter Scheidel 2017 528 sidor

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Studies 💰 Wealth Concentration ⚖️ Comparative History

The Anglo Files

av Sarah Lyall • 2008

An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.

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🇬🇧 British Culture 🤐 British Reserve 👑 Class In Britain 😂 British Humor 🛬 Expat Perspectives

The Anglo Files

An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.

av Sarah Lyall 2008 304 sidor

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🇬🇧 British Culture 🤐 British Reserve 👑 Class In Britain 😂 British Humor 🛬 Expat Perspectives

Pluses and Minuses

av Stefan Buijsman • 2018

Three mathematical discoveries run your digital life; understanding them is simpler than you think.

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🧮 Applied Mathematics 📜 History Of Mathematics 🔢 Mathematical Literacy 🖥️ Mathematical Modeling 🕸️ Network Theory

Pluses and Minuses

Three mathematical discoveries run your digital life; understanding them is simpler than you think.

av Stefan Buijsman 2018 209 sidor

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🧮 Applied Mathematics 📜 History Of Mathematics 🔢 Mathematical Literacy 🖥️ Mathematical Modeling 🕸️ Network Theory

Babylon

av Paul Kriwaczek • 2010

Mesopotamia spans half of recorded history. Its rise and fall echo our own.

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🏛️ Ancient Near East 🏙️ Urban Origins 👑 Imperial Expansion 🏗️ State Formation 💰 Economic Systems

Babylon

Mesopotamia spans half of recorded history. Its rise and fall echo our own.

av Paul Kriwaczek 2010 310 sidor

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🏛️ Ancient Near East 🏙️ Urban Origins 👑 Imperial Expansion 🏗️ State Formation 💰 Economic Systems

Whole Numbers and Half Truths

av Rukmini S. • 2021

India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.

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🗳️ Electoral Behavior 📊 Data Journalism 📈 Statistical Literacy 🏛️ Social Conservatism 💸 Poverty Measurement

Whole Numbers and Half Truths

India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.

av Rukmini S. 2021 324 sidor

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🗳️ Electoral Behavior 📊 Data Journalism 📈 Statistical Literacy 🏛️ Social Conservatism 💸 Poverty Measurement

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

av Jonn Elledge • 2024

Guesses, grudges, and a pope: 47 borders that explain why the map looks this way.

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🗺️ Political Geography 🧭 Cartographic History 🌍 Popular Geopolitics 🏛️ Imperial Partition 🗾 Partition Trauma

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

Guesses, grudges, and a pope: 47 borders that explain why the map looks this way.

av Jonn Elledge 2024 368 sidor

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🗺️ Political Geography 🧭 Cartographic History 🌍 Popular Geopolitics 🏛️ Imperial Partition 🗾 Partition Trauma

Escape from Rome

av Walter Scheidel • 2019

China kept rebuilding its empire. Europe never rebuilt Rome. That difference changed everything.

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🏛️ Comparative History 🌍 Macro History 🏗️ State Formation 🏚️ Imperial Collapse 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

Escape from Rome

China kept rebuilding its empire. Europe never rebuilt Rome. That difference changed everything.

av Walter Scheidel 2019 670 sidor

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🏛️ Comparative History 🌍 Macro History 🏗️ State Formation 🏚️ Imperial Collapse 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

Patient Zero

av Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Patient Zero

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

av Lydia Kang 2021 390 sidor

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Nine Pints

av Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

av Rose George 2018 289 sidor

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Women's Work

av Elizabeth Wayland Barber • 1994

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

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🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Women's Work

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

av Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994 334 sidor

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🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

How to Analyze People on Sight

av Elsie Lincoln Benedict • 1921

Five body types, five fates: a 1921 guide to reading character from the skeleton out.

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🧬 Constitutional Psychology 📜 Vintage Self-Help 🧫 Biological Determinism 🗂️ Personality Typology 👁️ Physiognomy

How to Analyze People on Sight

Five body types, five fates: a 1921 guide to reading character from the skeleton out.

av Elsie Lincoln Benedict 1921 135 sidor

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🧬 Constitutional Psychology 📜 Vintage Self-Help 🧫 Biological Determinism 🗂️ Personality Typology 👁️ Physiognomy

Hegemony How-To

av Jonathan Smucker • 2017

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

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🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics 📢 Narrative Strategy ⚡ Left Self-Critique

Hegemony How-To

Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.

av Jonathan Smucker 2017 290 sidor

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🧭 Movement Strategy 🗳️ Community Organizing 🧠 Gramscian Politics 📢 Narrative Strategy ⚡ Left Self-Critique

The Notebook

av Roland Allen • 2023

A blank paper book reshaped finance, art, and the self long before any screen.

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🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ History Of Technology 📓 Commonplace Books 📖 Diary History ✏️ Sketchbooks

The Notebook

A blank paper book reshaped finance, art, and the self long before any screen.

av Roland Allen 2023 416 sidor

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🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ History Of Technology 📓 Commonplace Books 📖 Diary History ✏️ Sketchbooks

The Quantified Self

av Deborah Lupton • 2016

Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.

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📊 Digital Self-Tracking 👁️ Data And Surveillance 🔍 Critical Data Studies 🏛️ Biopolitics 🤖 Sociology Of Technology

The Quantified Self

Your fitness tracker feeds a digital economy that profits from your body's data.

av Deborah Lupton 2016 240 sidor

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📊 Digital Self-Tracking 👁️ Data And Surveillance 🔍 Critical Data Studies 🏛️ Biopolitics 🤖 Sociology Of Technology

Doing Rapid Qualitative Research

av Cecilia Vindrola-Padros • 2021

Fast enough for policy, deep enough for skeptics: qualitative methods that deliver both.

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🧪 Qualitative Methods ⚡ Rapid Evaluation 📊 Program Evaluation 🔄 Iterative Analysis 👥 Team-Based Research

Doing Rapid Qualitative Research

Fast enough for policy, deep enough for skeptics: qualitative methods that deliver both.

av Cecilia Vindrola-Padros 2021 197 sidor

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🧪 Qualitative Methods ⚡ Rapid Evaluation 📊 Program Evaluation 🔄 Iterative Analysis 👥 Team-Based Research

Brain Bugs

av Dean Buonomano • 2011

Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Flaws 🔄 Neural Plasticity 👁️ Perceptual Illusions

Brain Bugs

Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.

av Dean Buonomano 2011 310 sidor

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Flaws 🔄 Neural Plasticity 👁️ Perceptual Illusions

History of Beauty

av Umberto Eco • 2004

Beauty was never absolute. Every era invents its own: from sacred light to industrial symmetry.

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🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Western Art History 💎 Concept Of Beauty 📜 Cultural History ✨ Medieval Aesthetics

History of Beauty

Beauty was never absolute. Every era invents its own: from sacred light to industrial symmetry.

av Umberto Eco 2004 438 sidor

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🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Western Art History 💎 Concept Of Beauty 📜 Cultural History ✨ Medieval Aesthetics

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis

av John Vervaeke • 2024

The West's loss of meaning has a 40,000-year history. Tracing it reveals the exit.

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📜 Intellectual History 🧠 Cognitive Science 🔍 Attention And Flow 🌱 Secular Spirituality 🕯️ Wisdom Traditions

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis

The West's loss of meaning has a 40,000-year history. Tracing it reveals the exit.

av John Vervaeke 2024 426 sidor

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📜 Intellectual History 🧠 Cognitive Science 🔍 Attention And Flow 🌱 Secular Spirituality 🕯️ Wisdom Traditions

The Goodness Paradox

av Richard W. Wrangham • 2019

Our gentleness was forged by the systematic killing of aggressive males. The same force enabled war.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🧬 Self-Domestication 😡 Aggression Theory 🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Goodness Paradox

Our gentleness was forged by the systematic killing of aggressive males. The same force enabled war.

av Richard W. Wrangham 2019 377 sidor

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🦴 Human Evolution 🧬 Self-Domestication 😡 Aggression Theory 🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life

av Douglas T. Kenrick • 2011

What if your brain is not one self but a committee, and the mating module runs most meetings?

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Modular Mind 🔍 Cognitive Biases 💑 Mating Strategies

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life

What if your brain is not one self but a committee, and the mating module runs most meetings?

av Douglas T. Kenrick 2011 256 sidor

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Modular Mind 🔍 Cognitive Biases 💑 Mating Strategies

American Holocaust

av David E. Stannard • 1992

Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.

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💀 Colonial Genocide 📖 Genocide Studies ✝️ Religious Violence 🔗 Dehumanization 🏚️ Land Dispossession

American Holocaust

Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.

av David E. Stannard 1992 408 sidor

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💀 Colonial Genocide 📖 Genocide Studies ✝️ Religious Violence 🔗 Dehumanization 🏚️ Land Dispossession

The Fall of Public Man

av Richard Sennett • 1977

Public life once ran on masks, not sincerity. We tore them off and strangers became threats.

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🏙️ Urban Sociology 📜 Historical Sociology 🏛️ Public Life 🎭 Everyday Performance 🪞 Authenticity Culture

The Fall of Public Man

Public life once ran on masks, not sincerity. We tore them off and strangers became threats.

av Richard Sennett 1977 512 sidor

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🏙️ Urban Sociology 📜 Historical Sociology 🏛️ Public Life 🎭 Everyday Performance 🪞 Authenticity Culture

Coyote America

av Dan Flores • 2016

America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.

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🐺 Animal Histories 🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation 🏙️ Urban Ecology ⚡ Human-Wildlife Conflict 🎭 Trickster Mythology

Coyote America

America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.

av Dan Flores 2016 271 sidor

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🐺 Animal Histories 🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation 🏙️ Urban Ecology ⚡ Human-Wildlife Conflict 🎭 Trickster Mythology

The Carnivore Diet Handbook

av K. Suzanne • 2018

Meat only. The radical diet handbook: lose weight, think sharper, and never chop a vegetable again.

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🥩 Carnivore Diet 🚫 Elimination Diets 🏹 Ancestral Health ⚡ Metabolic Health 🥑 Low-Carb Movement

The Carnivore Diet Handbook

Meat only. The radical diet handbook: lose weight, think sharper, and never chop a vegetable again.

av K. Suzanne 2018 184 sidor

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🥩 Carnivore Diet 🚫 Elimination Diets 🏹 Ancestral Health ⚡ Metabolic Health 🥑 Low-Carb Movement

After 1177 B.C.

av Eric H. Cline • 2024

Not every civilization collapsed in 1177 B.C. Egypt barely coped; Phoenicia and Cyprus thrived.

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🌊 Ancient Mediterranean 💥 Societal Collapse 🔄 Resilience Theory 🌡️ Climate And Civilization ⛏️ Archaeological History

After 1177 B.C.

Not every civilization collapsed in 1177 B.C. Egypt barely coped; Phoenicia and Cyprus thrived.

av Eric H. Cline 2024 352 sidor

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🌊 Ancient Mediterranean 💥 Societal Collapse 🔄 Resilience Theory 🌡️ Climate And Civilization ⛏️ Archaeological History

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

av Erving Goffman • 1959

Your self is a performance, staged for an audience of everyone you meet.

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🔄 Symbolic Interactionism 🎭 Dramaturgical Sociology 👤 Impression Management 🎬 Social Performance 🔬 Microsociology

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Your self is a performance, staged for an audience of everyone you meet.

av Erving Goffman 1959 259 sidor

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🔄 Symbolic Interactionism 🎭 Dramaturgical Sociology 👤 Impression Management 🎬 Social Performance 🔬 Microsociology

Becoming Animal

av David Abram • 2010

Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🪨 Animism 🌀 Phenomenology 🐺 More-Than-Human World 🌲 Deep Ecology

Becoming Animal

Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.

av David Abram 2010 336 sidor

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🪨 Animism 🌀 Phenomenology 🐺 More-Than-Human World 🌲 Deep Ecology

The Sociology of Georg Simmel

av George Simmel • 1964

Why a secret, a stranger, and a two-person group reveal more about society than any institution.

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🏛️ Classical Sociology 🔬 Microsociology 👥 Group Dynamics 🏙️ Urban Sociology 💰 Economic Sociology

The Sociology of Georg Simmel

Why a secret, a stranger, and a two-person group reveal more about society than any institution.

av George Simmel 1964 445 sidor

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🏛️ Classical Sociology 🔬 Microsociology 👥 Group Dynamics 🏙️ Urban Sociology 💰 Economic Sociology

The Social Conquest of Earth

av Edward O. Wilson • 2012

Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏛️ Multilevel Selection ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🛡️ Tribalism

The Social Conquest of Earth

Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.

av Edward O. Wilson 2012 352 sidor

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏛️ Multilevel Selection ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🛡️ Tribalism

A Little History of Psychology

av Nicky Hayes • 2024

Psychology's biggest insights grew from its bitterest feuds and its most embarrassing mistakes.

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🏛️ History Of Psychology 🧭 Schools Of Thought 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

A Little History of Psychology

Psychology's biggest insights grew from its bitterest feuds and its most embarrassing mistakes.

av Nicky Hayes 2024

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🏛️ History Of Psychology 🧭 Schools Of Thought 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

Why the West Rules—for Now

av Ian Morris • 2010

Western rule is a geographical accident. One 15,000-year index shows why, and predicts the handoff.

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🌍 Big History ⚖️ Comparative History 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 📊 Quantitative History ⚡ Energy And Civilization

Why the West Rules—for Now

Western rule is a geographical accident. One 15,000-year index shows why, and predicts the handoff.

av Ian Morris 2010 1162 sidor

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🌍 Big History ⚖️ Comparative History 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 📊 Quantitative History ⚡ Energy And Civilization

Māori History

av Captivating History • 2022

The Māori believed they were the only humans on Earth. Then European ships arrived.

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🌊 Polynesian Navigation 🌱 Indigenous Resilience 🚢 Colonial Encounters ⚔️ Land Wars 📜 Treaty Rights

Māori History

The Māori believed they were the only humans on Earth. Then European ships arrived.

av Captivating History 2022 138 sidor

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🌊 Polynesian Navigation 🌱 Indigenous Resilience 🚢 Colonial Encounters ⚔️ Land Wars 📜 Treaty Rights

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

av Amanda H. Podany • 2022

Before empires had kings, they had barley counters and scribes. Their ledgers are our history.

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🏛️ Ancient Near East 👥 Social History 🏙️ Early Cities 📝 Early Writing Systems ✍️ Scribal Culture

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

Before empires had kings, they had barley counters and scribes. Their ledgers are our history.

av Amanda H. Podany 2022 662 sidor

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🏛️ Ancient Near East 👥 Social History 🏙️ Early Cities 📝 Early Writing Systems ✍️ Scribal Culture

Memes of Translation

av Andrew Chesterman • 1997

Why do some ideas about translation survive for centuries while others vanish? A memetic answer.

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📚 Translation Studies 🧬 Memetics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🎓 Skill Acquisition 🏫 Translator Training

Memes of Translation

Why do some ideas about translation survive for centuries while others vanish? A memetic answer.

av Andrew Chesterman 1997 227 sidor

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📚 Translation Studies 🧬 Memetics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🎓 Skill Acquisition 🏫 Translator Training

Cults

av Marc Galanter • 1999

Distress into devotion: the social mechanics of cults, from Jonestown to Alcoholics Anonymous.

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🧠 Cult Psychology 👥 Group Dynamics ✨ Charismatic Leadership 💭 Belief Systems 🌀 Altered Consciousness

Cults

Distress into devotion: the social mechanics of cults, from Jonestown to Alcoholics Anonymous.

av Marc Galanter 1999 304 sidor

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🧠 Cult Psychology 👥 Group Dynamics ✨ Charismatic Leadership 💭 Belief Systems 🌀 Altered Consciousness

CLEP® Human Growth & Development Book + Online

av Patricia Heindel • 2014

Earn college credit fast: the lifespan development review that replaces a semester of lectures.

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 📅 Lifespan Development 📝 Test Preparation 🧒 Cognitive Development 👶 Attachment Theory

CLEP® Human Growth & Development Book + Online

Earn college credit fast: the lifespan development review that replaces a semester of lectures.

av Patricia Heindel 2014 312 sidor

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 📅 Lifespan Development 📝 Test Preparation 🧒 Cognitive Development 👶 Attachment Theory

Together

av Richard Sennett • 2011

The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.

3.81

469

🧱 Social Cooperation 🏙️ Urban Sociology 🎭 Ritual And Society 🔨 Craftsmanship 💬 Dialogic Thinking

Together

The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.

av Richard Sennett 2011 336 sidor

3.81

469 betyg

🧱 Social Cooperation 🏙️ Urban Sociology 🎭 Ritual And Society 🔨 Craftsmanship 💬 Dialogic Thinking

Herodotus

av Elizabeth Vandiver • 2000

Before Herodotus, the past was myth. After him, it was evidence, causes, and human choice.

4.24

420

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📜 Classical Historiography 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🔍 Historical Methodology 🌍 Cultural Relativism

Herodotus

Before Herodotus, the past was myth. After him, it was evidence, causes, and human choice.

av Elizabeth Vandiver 2000 12 sidor

4.24

420 betyg

🏛️ Ancient Greece 📜 Classical Historiography 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🔍 Historical Methodology 🌍 Cultural Relativism

The Power of Not Thinking

av Simon Roberts • 2020

AI beats us at chess but cannot pick up a pencil. The intelligence in your bones.

3.51

181

🧠 Embodied Cognition 👃 Sensory Anthropology ⚡ Expert Intuition 💪 Muscle Memory 📊 Big Data Critique

The Power of Not Thinking

AI beats us at chess but cannot pick up a pencil. The intelligence in your bones.

av Simon Roberts 2020 336 sidor

3.51

181 betyg

🧠 Embodied Cognition 👃 Sensory Anthropology ⚡ Expert Intuition 💪 Muscle Memory 📊 Big Data Critique

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