Diaa 's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:43:03 -0800 60 Diaa 's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg كبرت ونسيت أن أنسى 29244403
عندما سقطتُ وشجّ حاجبي،
عندما أجبرتني معلمة الرياضيات على الوقوف ووجهي للحائط
لأنني نسيت أن 7 × 6 = 42

عندما انكسرت درّاجتي ولم يشتروا لي أخرى
لكي لا أكسرها.
عندما انكسرت زجاجةُ روحي

عندما مات والداي
عندما لم أمت أنا
عندما كان العالم كثيراً وأنا وحدي

عندما نحر أخي دميتي لأن "الباربي" حرام
وشطب قناة "سبيس تون" لأن "البوكيمون" حرام.

عندما خلع صورة أمي وأبي من البرواز ودفنها في الدرج المكسور
كي لا تطرد الملائكة ..
عندما امتلأت شقوق الجدران بالشياطين

عندما أجبرتُ على دخول كلية البنات،
حفاظاً على عفافي.
عندما عرضني على صديقه للزواج،
حفاظاً على عفافي.

عندما مزّقتُ أغلفة كتبي لأحميها من الحرق.
عندما كتبتُ قصيدتي الأولى أسفل علبة الكلينيكس
وأنا أرتجفُ من الخوف

عندما شدّني من حجاب رأسي في أصبوحتي الشعرية الأولى ..
عندما صفعني أخيراً

قالوا لي جميعاً: تكبرين وتنسين.

المشكلة هي أنني كبرتُ ولم أنسَ،
كبرتُ ونسيتُ أن أنسى ..]]> 265 بثينة العيسى Diaa 0 to-read 3.62 2013 كبرت ونسيت أن أنسى
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]]> ٥٥ مشكلة حب 6799039 ليس الكلام بمعني العظات ...لكن نجوى الانسان لنفسه قد تدفعه الي ذرف دمعه مريحه او ضحكه مريره تكن هي كل الشفاء ...
يعرض الدكتور مصطفي محمود ٥٥ من مشاكل القراء مع حلهم
بعض هذه المشاكل قد تدفعك للبكاء وبعضها ممايثير الضحك ...]]> 182 مصطفى محمود 9770254371 Diaa 3 favorites 3.42 1966 ٥٥ مشكلة حب
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]]> 1919 42104087 446 أحمد مراد 9776386849 Diaa 3 3.67 2014 1919
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]]> البؤساء 13368678
إنها رواية البؤساء والمكافحين والثوار، رواية مليئة بكل أنواع المشاعر الإنسانية: الخسارات والانتصارات، الظلم والعدل، الآمال والانكسارات، الحزن والفرح، المحبة والكره.

تصور هذه الرواية مرحلة من حياة المجتمع الفرنسي وتمر بالثورة الفرنسية. صور "هيجو" عبر حياة جان فالجان وكوزيت، القدرة الإنسانية المذهلة على الكفاح، والصبر على الظلم، والرقة والجمال الإنساني والوفاء المتمثل في رجل، هو سجين سابق، عانى من الظلم وقساوة البشر، ولكنه، وبالرغم من ذلك عاد إلى إنسانية رائعة، فساعد كل مظلوم واحتضن كوزيت بأكثر مما يحتضن أب ابنته، وتحمل الظلم لكي يوصلها إلى بر الأمان.]]> 454 Victor Hugo Diaa 3 4.32 1862 البؤساء
author: Victor Hugo
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]]> Man and His Symbols 123632 Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide public, rather than just by psychiatrists, and therefore he agreed to write and edit this fascinating book. Here, Jung examines the full world of the unconscious, whose language he believed to be the symbols constantly revealed in dreams. Convinced that dreams offer practical advice, sent from the unconscious to the conscious self, Jung felt that self-understanding would lead to a full and productive life. Thus, the reader will gain new insights into himself from this thoughtful volume, which also illustrates symbols throughout history. Completed just before his death by Jung and his associates, it is clearly addressed to the general reader.]]> 415 C.G. Jung 0440351839 Diaa 0 to-read 4.19 1964 Man and His Symbols
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]]> <![CDATA[Mindset: The New Psychology of Success]]> 40745 A newer edition of this book can be found here.

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset � those who believe that abilities are fixed � are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset � those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love � to transform their lives and your own.]]> 276 Carol S. Dweck Diaa 0 to-read 4.09 2006 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking]]> 40102 The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.]]> 296 Malcolm Gladwell 0316010669 Diaa 0 to-read 3.97 2005 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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]]> Thinking, Fast and Slow 11468377 Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking.]]> 499 Daniel Kahneman 0374275637 Diaa 0 to-read 4.17 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> <![CDATA[The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality]]> 8229029
In the past few years, a handful of scientists have been in a race to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, our books, and every planet, star, and galaxy. The rest�96 percent of the universe—is completely unknown.

Richard Panek tells the dramatic story of how scientists reached this conclusion, and what they’re doing to find this "dark" matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy. Based on in-depth, on-site reporting and hundreds of interviews—with everyone from Berkeley’s feisty Saul Perlmutter and Johns Hopkins’s meticulous Adam Riess to the quietly revolutionary Vera Rubin—the book offers an intimate portrait of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have fueled their search, redefined science, and reinvented the universe.]]> 297 Richard Panek 0618982442 Diaa 0 to-read 3.94 2010 The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
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]]> <![CDATA[From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time]]> 6371455 A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward?

Time moves forward, not backward, everyone knows you can’t unscramble an egg. In the hands of one of today’s hottest young physicists, that simple fact of breakfast becomes a doorway to understanding the Big Bang, the universe, and other universes, too. In From Eternity to Here, Sean Carroll argues that the arrow of time, pointing resolutely from the past to the future, owes its existence to conditions before the Big Bang itself, a period modern cosmology of which Einstein never dreamed. Increasingly, though, physicists are going out into realms that make the theory of relativity seem like child’s play. Carroll’s scenario is not only elegant, it’s laid out in the same easy-to- understand language that has made his group blog, Cosmic Variance, the most popular physics blog on the Net.

From Eternity to Here uses ideas at the cutting edge of theoretical physics to explore how properties of spacetime before the Big Bang can explain the flow of time we experience in our everyday lives. Carroll suggests that we live in a baby universe, part of a large family of universes in which many of our siblings experience an arrow of time running in the opposite direction. It’s an ambitious, fascinating picture of the universe on an ultra-large scale, one that will captivate fans of popular physics blockbusters like Elegant Universe and A Brief History of Time.]]> 447 Sean Carroll 0525951334 Diaa 0 to-read 4.05 2009 From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
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]]> <![CDATA[Why Does E=mc²? (And Why Should We Care?)]]> 5958783
A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in the United Kingdom and a distinguished popular physicist, "Why Does E=mc²?" is one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity.]]> 264 Brian Cox 0306817586 Diaa 0 to-read 4.05 2009 Why Does E=mc²? (And Why Should We Care?)
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Roads To Quantum Gravity]]> 132695
In Three Roads to Quantum Gravity , Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings, and black holes and tells the fascinating stories behind these the rivalries, epiphanies, and intrigues he witnessed firsthand.

"Provocative, original, and unsettling." -- The New York Review of Books

"An excellent writer, a creative thinker." -- Nature]]> 256 Lee Smolin 0465078362 Diaa 0 to-read 4.20 2000 Three Roads To Quantum Gravity
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy]]> 17362 Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even Einstein himself rejected them.

Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our universe? Black holes, down which anything can fall but from which nothing can return; wormholes, short spacewarps connecting regions of the cosmos; singularities, where space and time are so violently warped that time ceases to exist and space becomes a kind of foam; gravitational waves, which carry symphonic accounts of collisions of black holes billions of years ago; and time machines, for traveling backward and forward in time.

Kip Thorne, along with fellow theorists Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, a cadre of Russians, and earlier scientists such as Oppenheimer, Wheeler and Chandrasekhar, has been in the thick of the quest to secure answers. In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work of scientific history and explanation, Dr. Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads his readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, coming finally to a uniquely informed answer to the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know the things they think they know? Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has been one of the greatest best-sellers in publishing history. Anyone who struggled with that book will find here a more slowly paced but equally mind-stretching experience, with the added fascination of a rich historical and human component.]]> 624 Kip S. Thorne 0393312763 Diaa 0 to-read 4.22 1994 Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
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]]> <![CDATA[Six Not So Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time]]> 6779 Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for “More Feynman! More Feynman!� The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einstein’s discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But, as Feynman shows so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are things of beauty and elegance. No one—not even Einstein himself—explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman.]]> 184 Richard P. Feynman 0465023932 Diaa 0 to-read 4.26 1963 Six Not So Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
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]]> <![CDATA[Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher]]> 5553 138 Richard P. Feynman 0465023924 Diaa 0 to-read 4.22 1994 Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
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]]> <![CDATA[God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything]]> 43369 307 Christopher Hitchens 0446579807 Diaa 0 to-read 3.94 2007 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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]]> Climbing Mount Improbable 248764 In Climbing Mount Improbable, Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth.

What drives species to evolve? How can intricate structures such as the human eye, the spider's web or the wings of birds develop, seemingly by chance? Regarding evolution's most complex achievements as peaks on a metaphorical mountain, Climbing Mount Improbable reveals the ways in which the theory of natural selection can precisely explain the beautiful, bizarre and seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things.

And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, Dawkins's eloquent descriptions of the living world's astonishing adaptations throw back the curtain on the mysteries of 'Mount Improbable'.

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 308 Richard Dawkins 0141026170 Diaa 0 to-read 4.11 1996 Climbing Mount Improbable
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Diaa 2 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
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]]> <![CDATA[Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun]]> 56167 192 David Goodstein 0393039188 Diaa 0 to-read 4.38 1996 Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun
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]]> Fermat's Enigma 38412
"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."

With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it.Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.]]> 315 Simon Singh 0385493622 Diaa 0 to-read 4.27 1997 Fermat's Enigma
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]]> Leonardo's Notebooks 24096 An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international best-seller.



Leonardo da Vinci—artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man—is a perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man-made world. During his life he created numerous works of art and kept voluminous notebooks that detailed his artistic and intellectual pursuits.



The collection of writings and art in this magnificent book are drawn from his notebooks. The book organizes his wide range of interests into subjects such as human figures, light and shade, perspective and visual perception, anatomy, botany and landscape, geography, the physical sciences and astronomy, architecture, sculpture, and inventions. Nearly every piece of writing throughout the book is keyed to the piece of artwork it describes.



The writing and art is selected by art historian H. Anna Suh, who provides fascinating commentary and insight into the material, making Leonardo's Notebooks an exquisite single-volume compendium celebrating his enduring genius.]]> 352 Leonardo da Vinci 1579124577 Diaa 0 to-read 4.00 1519 Leonardo's Notebooks
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]]> The Agony and the Ecstasy 321552 776 Irving Stone 0451171357 Diaa 0 to-read 4.08 1961 The Agony and the Ecstasy
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]]> The Lives of the Artists 233389 Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Giorgio Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art.

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Masaccio, before discussing the mature period of perfection, dominated by the titanic figures of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

This specially commissioned translation contains thirty-six of the most important lives as well as an introduction and explanatory notes.

About the Series:
For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

]]> 624 Giorgio Vasari 019283410X Diaa 0 to-read 3.78 1550 The Lives of the Artists
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]]> <![CDATA[Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings]]> 203805 720 Ingo F. Walther 3822812153 Diaa 0 to-read 4.13 1988 Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings
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]]> Leonardo da Vinci 34684622 600 Walter Isaacson 1501139150 Diaa 0 to-read 4.19 2017 Leonardo da Vinci
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]]> The Temptation to Exist 117565
"A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning."�Washington Post

"An intellectual bombshell that blasts away at all kinds of cant, sham and conventionality. . . . [Cioran's] language is so erotic, his handling of words so seductive, that the act of reading becomes an encounter in the erogenous zone."—Jonah Raskin, L.A. Weekly]]> 224 Emil M. Cioran 0226106756 Diaa 0 to-read 4.20 1956 The Temptation to Exist
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]]> A Short History of Decay 2855
E.M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history. He focuses on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science.]]> 186 Emil M. Cioran 1559704640 Diaa 0 to-read 4.27 1949 A Short History of Decay
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]]> The Trouble With Being Born 117564 Nos pensées se reportent alors vers ce monde où rien ne daignait s'actualiser, affecter une forme, choir dans un nom, et, où, toute détermination abolie, il était aisé d'accéder à une extase anonyme. Nous retrouvons cette expérience extatique lorsque, à la faveur de quelque état extrême, nous liquidons notre identité et brisons nos limites. Du coup, le temps qui nous précède, le temps d'avant le temps, nous appartient en propre, et nous rejoignons, non pas notre figure, qui n'est rien, mais cette virtualité bienheureuse où nous résistions à l'infâme tentation de nous incarner."]]> 224 Emil M. Cioran Diaa 0 to-read 4.16 The Trouble With Being Born
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]]> الحقيقة الغائبة 6462570 147 فرج فودة Diaa 0 to-read 3.94 1988 الحقيقة الغائبة
author: فرج فودة
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]]> تأملات 38714662 80 Franz Kafka Diaa 0 to-read 3.31 1913 تأملات
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]]> كافكا على الشاطئ 6186452 رجل عجوز يجيد محادثة القطط، أسماك تهطل من السماء، جنود يعيشون في غابة منذ الحرب العالمية الثانية، حجر سحري قد يقود إلى خراب العالم أو خلاصه... أجواء غرائبية تحفل بها تحفة الكاتب الياباني هاروكي موراكامي "كافكا على الشاطئ". التي بقدر ما هي غرائبية بقدر ما هي بسيطة تحتفل بسحر الحياة وتدافع عنها، وذلك من خلال حكايتين متوازيتين متقاطعتين، حكاية عجوز يبحث عن نصف ظله الضائع. وفتى في الخامسة عشر هارب من لعنة أبيه السوداء. وبينهما عوالم ومدن وشخصيات ورحلات شبه ملحمية تلخص جميعها حول البحث عن الحب، ومعنى الموت، وقيمة الذكريات، رواية لا تدفع كل واحد منا فحسب إلى تأمل الحياة، بل تستفزه لكي يغيرها أو لكي يغير نفسه فيها ويبدأ رحلة البحث عن بوصلته الضائعة]]> 672 Haruki Murakami 9953682836 Diaa 0 to-read 3.99 2002 كافكا على الشاطئ
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]]> اعترافات ولعنات 42868189
إن القارئ لفكر «إميل سيوران» لا يمكن أن يتقاطع مع نتاجه بشكل طبيعي من غير أن يشوبه شيء من هذا الجنون المستنير، لا يمكن حتى أن يعي سيوران سوى قارئ متمرس يعرف تماماً لماذا يكتب !.]]> 152 Emil M. Cioran Diaa 4 3.73 1987 اعترافات ولعنات
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]]> The Stranger 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Diaa 0 to-read 4.04 1942 The Stranger
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]]> غسق الأفكار 55550595
فإلى متى سنترك أنفسنا مداسين بأقدام مبدعين شتى لا يعلمون أي شيء ، هم أطفال رهيبون ، وملهمون ، فاقدون لإدراك معنى السعادة والشقاء ؟ لا يمكن أن نستحسن عبقريا لم يدرك جذور الحياة ، مهما كان تعدد تعبيراته ، إلا في لحظات اللامبالاة .

من المرعب التفكير في أن الذين عرفوا شيئا ما قلة قليلة جدا ، وأن عدد حالات الوجود المتكامل تزداد انحسارا . ولكن ، ما المقصود بوجود متكامل ، وما معنى المعرفة ؟ لا مراء في أن المقصود هو الاحتفاظ بظمإٍ للحياة عند ساعات الغسق.]]> 235 Emil M. Cioran Diaa 0 to-read 3.36 1940 غسق الأفكار
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]]> المياه كلها بلون الغرق 4683304 187 Emil M. Cioran Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.62 1952 المياه كلها بلون الغرق
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]]> The New Gods 579462
Returning to many of Cioran’s favorite themes, The New Gods explores humanity’s attachment to gods, death, fear, and infirmity, in essays that vary widely in form and approach. In “Paleontology� Cioran describes a visit to a museum, finding the relatively pedestrian destination rife with decay, death, and human weakness. In another chapter, Cioran explores suicide in shorter, impressionistic bursts, while “The Demiurge� is a shambolic exploration of man’s relationship with good, evil, and God. All the while, The New Gods reaffirms Cioran’s belief in “lucid despair,� and his own signature mixture of pessimism and skepticism in language that never fails to be a pleasure. Perhaps his prose itself is an argument against Cioran’s near-nihilism: there is beauty in his books.]]> 128 Emil M. Cioran Diaa 0 to-read 4.30 1969 The New Gods
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]]> On the Heights of Despair 117566
On the Heights of Despair shows Cioran's first grappling with themes he would return to in his mature works: despair and decay, absurdity and alienation, futility and the irrationality of existence. It also presents Cioran as a connoisseur of apocalypse, a theoretician of despair, for whom writing and philosophy both share the "lyrical virtues" that alone lead to a metaphysical revelation.

"No modern writer twists the knife with Cioran's dexterity. . . . His writing . . . is informed with the bitterness of genuine compassion."—Bill Marx, Boston Phoenix

"The dark, existential despair of Romanian philosopher Cioran's short meditations is paradoxically bracing and life-affirming. . . . Puts him in the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard."�Publishers Weekly, starred review

"This is self-pity as epigram, the sort of dyspeptic pronouncement that gets most people kicked out of bed but that has kept Mr. Cioran going for the rest of his life."—Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review]]> 128 Emil M. Cioran 0226106713 Diaa 0 to-read 4.21 1934 On the Heights of Despair
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]]> لو كان آدم سعيدًا 9622383
الكتابة نسيان الشيء لصالح تسميته أو معرفته. إنها كتابة تعبّر عن انتظار الكائن، وهي لذلك لا تأتي عبر منظومة فكرية؛ بل ضمن انقطاعية الكتابة المقطعية استجابةً لتشظي الكائن.

عَدَمية سيوران تستبعد أي هروب خارج عدمنا الزمني، فكيف نتمكن من معانقة الأبدية فـي حضن الزمن؟ إنه غنوصي ذو صفاء ووضوح فكري ينكر الخلاص. متصوف دنيوي متخلص من الأشكال الماورائية. فإذا النشوة عنده حضورٌ كلّيّ من دون موضوع وجِد: خواء ممتلئ. وهذا اللاشيء، عنده، هو كل شيء، فلا مجال لاستعادة الحالة الفردوسية الأولى، واليائس من خلاصه يصير عالم جمال. إنّ الإنسان الأخير هو إنسانٌ خاوٍ: إنه حكيم الأزمنة الحديثة.

- See more at: ]]> 77 Emil M. Cioran Diaa 0 to-read 3.66 لو كان آدم سعيدًا
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]]> نائب عزرائيل 40500085 128 يوسف السباعي Diaa 0 to-read 3.23 نائب عزرائيل
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]]> لا تحاول 33843886 لقد جلست على أسِرة الإنتحار
التي وضعتموها لي
في أسوء الحفر بأمريكا
كنتُ مفلساً ومجنوناً
أعني مجنوناً، فهمتم!
دموع هائلة، كلّ واحدة منها بحجم قلوبكم الحقيرة
تنهمر مني على الأرض
صراصير تزحف إلى حذائي
مصباح قذر بقوة 40 وات فوق رأسي
بغرفة رائحتها كالبول
بينما أنتم الأغنياء المشهورون والمزيفون
تضحكون من بعيد
من الأماكن الفاسدة الآمنة
بعد أن أطيتموني سريراً للانتحار وخيارين، لا ثلاثة:
تموت جوعاً، تجن، أو تقتل نفسك.]]> 200 Charles Bukowski 1773220098 Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.55 لا تحاول
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]]> Tales of Ordinary Madness 38503 Exceptional stories that came pounding out of Bukowski's violent and depraved life. Horrible and holy, you cannot read them and ever come away the same again.

With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground—people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time: a madman, a recluse, a lover; tender, vicious; never the same.

From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in his "tales of ordinary madness." These stories are humorous and haunting, angry yet tender portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles.]]> 238 Charles Bukowski 0872861554 Diaa 0 to-read 4.01 1983 Tales of Ordinary Madness
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]]> Love Is a Dog from Hell 23534 A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a “passionate madman.� Alternating between tough and gentle, sensitive and gritty, Bukowski lays bare the myriad facets of love—its selfishness and its narcissism, its randomness, its mystery and its misery, and, ultimately, its true joyfulness, endurance, and redemptive power.]]> 312 Charles Bukowski 0876853629 Diaa 0 to-read 4.01 1977 Love Is a Dog from Hell
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]]> Women 38500 291 Charles Bukowski 0061177598 Diaa 0 to-read 3.85 1978 Women
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]]> Notes of a Dirty Old Man 38502 Notes of a Dirty Old Man is a collection of articles written by Charles Bukowski for the underground, L.A.-based newspaper Open City, which operated from 1967 to 1969. Bukowski uses his own life as the basis for his series of articles, and characteristically leaves nothing out.]]> 204 Charles Bukowski Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.97 1969 Notes of a Dirty Old Man
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]]> Hot Water Music 50453 With his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music.He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite-sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque.

The stories in Hot Water Music dash around the worst parts of town -- a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton -- and depict the darkest parts of human existence. Bukowski talks simply and profoundly about the underbelly of the working class without raising judgement.

In the way he writes about sex, relationships, writing, and inebriation, Bukowski sets the bar for irreverent art -- his work inhabits the basest part of the mind and the most extreme absurdity of the everyday.]]> 221 Charles Bukowski 0876855966 Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.95 1983 Hot Water Music
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]]> <![CDATA[محترقاً في الماء غارقاً في اللهب]]> 30127729 144 Charles Bukowski Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.07 1974 محترقاً في الماء غارقاً في اللهب
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]]> رفقاء الليل 45999952 328 أحمد خالد توفيق 6009944317 Diaa 0 to-read 3.85 2019 رفقاء الليل
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]]> السر الأعظم 6659732 135 مصطفى محمود Diaa 0 3.68 1975 السر الأعظم
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]]> الذين هبطوا من السماء 5959791 * وأنيس منصور مؤلف هذا الكتاب يقوم برحلة تاريخية فلكية جغرافية مثيرة ويناقش قضايا لأول مرة فى اللغة العربية.
* وأنيس منصور يؤمن بأن هذه الحضارة الانسانية ليست هى الحضارة الوحيدة التي عاشت على الأرض كانت قبلها حضارات ازدهرت واندحرت ولأسباب لا نعرفها الآن.
* وهو يؤكد أن الانسان ليس هو الكائن العاقل الوحيد فى هذا الكون، وهناك كائنات أعقل وأذكى تعيش على كواكب أخرى كثيرة.
* وهو يؤكد أن هذه الكائنات الأعقل والأذكى قد جاءت إلى الأرض .. عاشت وأقامت وعلمت الانسان وحذرته ثم اختفت، ولكن بعد أن تركت أثارها فى الجيزة وفي بعلبك وفي كهوف التسيلى بليبيا، وبالقرب من بغداد، وفى جنوب فرنسا والنمسا وإنجلترا ووروسيا.
* أنيس منصور يؤكد أن الانسان أصله أنسان وليس قرداً، وأن آدم وحواء قد هاجرا إلى كوكبنا هذا من كواكب اخرى تماماً كما هاجرنا نحن من أوروبا إلى أستراليا إلى أمريكا.
* ثم هذا الأطباق الطائرة، وهذه الأجسام التي تطارد سفن الفضاء، وهذا الإنفجار الذي أضاء أوروبا أياماً كاملة، والإنفجارات النووية لمدينتى سودوم وعمره.
* إن هذا الكتاب يؤكد الكتب السماوية فى كل قضاياها الروحية الكبرى.
* أما القضايا فكثيرة ومثيرة.
* إنها رحلة بين السماء والأرض مع كاتب وفيلسوف وفنان كبير يعرف ماذا يقول وكيف يقول وبصورة مثيرة رشيقة جميلة.]]> 228 أنيس منصور Diaa 0 to-read 3.36 2001 الذين هبطوا من السماء
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]]> الدجاجة التي حلمت بالطيران 23441811 تنجح إبساك في الهروب من قفص الدجاج وتبدأ بالبحث عن حلمها وهو أن يكون لها فرخ "الكتكوت" الخاص بها والذي تقوم بتربيته والاحتفاظ به، ولتحقيق تلك الغاية تتوجه إلى البرية، ولكن يتعين عليها بعد ذلك خوص صراع مع الكثير من الصعوبات غير المتوقعة، ولكنها مع ذلك لم تتخل عن حلمها، وذات يوم، تعثر إبساك على بيضة ضالة، فترقد عليها وتنتظر لكي تفقس. ولكن، سرعان ما تدرك أن هذه البيضة تنتمي إلى بطة برية، وليس إلى دجاجة.

عندما تفقس البيضة، تبدأ الدجاجة وصغير البط الصغير "جرين توب" في مواجهة الواقع، وهو أنهما مختلفان في كل شيء وخاصة من ناحية الشكل... وبعد حين من الوقت تطير "جرين توب" بعيداً وتترك "إبساك" وراءها على الأرض، وتبقى إبساك وهي تراقب بعينيها طفلتها في فخر، وشعور من الحزن يعتورها ... ولكن يبقى عليها مواجهة ما هو أصعب لقد كانت عيني أنثى "ابن عرس" تترصدها! لتنتهي القصة نهاية فاجعة، ولتقول لقارئها أنه حتى في عالم الحيوان ثمن الحرية باهظ.. باهظ جداً.

تصلح هذه الرواية لكي تكون ترنيمة للحرية، والشخصية الفردية، والأمومة. فهي تعرض قصّة بطلة تتمرد على عالمٍ محكومٍ بتقاليد الحظيرة.

الدجاجة التي حلُمت بالطيران رواية ذات أبعاد عالمية، حيث تفتح نافذة على كوريا، وحيث أسرت قلوب ملايين القراء. تذكّرنا هذه الرواية نتيجة لتنوع شخصياتها الحيوانية؛ الدجاجة، البطة، الديك، الكلب، ابن عرس - بالروايات الكلاسيكية في الأدب الإنكليزي؛ مثل "مزرعة الحيوانات"، و"شارلوتس ويب".

تُبرز هذه النسخة العربية الأولى من رواية صن- مي هوانغ (الخرافية) في زماننا هذا مسيرة شخصية لا تُنسى في الأدب العالمي بشكلٍ جميلٍ؛ وبالرسومات الخاصة التي ازدانت بها.]]> 190 Sun-mi Hwang Diaa 0 to-read 3.91 2000 الدجاجة التي حلمت بالطيران
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]]> <![CDATA[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Diaa 0 to-read 4.01 2005 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present]]> 12263681 The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to art.

At the turn of the century, Vienna was the cultural capital of Europe. Artists and scientists met in glittering salons, where they freely exchanged ideas that led to revolutionary breakthroughs in psychology, brain science, literature, and art. Kandel takes us into the world of Vienna to trace, in rich and rewarding detail, the ideas and advances made then, and their enduring influence today.

The Vienna School of Medicine led the way with its realization that truth lies hidden beneath the surface. That principle infused Viennese culture and strongly influenced the other pioneers of Vienna 1900. Sigmund Freud shocked the world with his insights into how our everyday unconscious aggressive and erotic desires are repressed and disguised in symbols, dreams, and behavior. Arthur Schnitzler revealed women’s unconscious sexuality in his novels through his innovative use of the interior monologue. Gustav Klimt, Oscar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele created startlingly evocative and honest portraits that expressed unconscious lust, desire, anxiety, and the fear of death.

Kandel tells the story of how these pioneers—Freud, Schnitzler, Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele—inspired by the Vienna School of Medicine, in turn influenced the founders of the Vienna School of Art History to ask pivotal questions such as What does the viewer bring to a work of art? How does the beholder respond to it? These questions prompted new and ongoing discoveries in psychology and brain biology, leading to revelations about how we see and perceive, how we think and feel, and how we respond to and create works of art. Kandel, one of the leading scientific thinkers of our time, places these five innovators in the context of today’s cutting-edge science and gives us a new understanding of the modernist art of Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele, as well as the school of thought of Freud and Schnitzler. Reinvigorating the intellectual enquiry that began in Vienna 1900, The Age of Insight is a wonderfully written, superbly researched, and beautifully illustrated book that also provides a foundation for future work in neuroscience and the humanities. It is an extraordinary book from an international leader in neuroscience and intellectual history.]]> 636 Eric R. Kandel 1400068711 Diaa 0 to-read 4.21 2012 The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
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]]> <![CDATA[What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing]]> 53238858 Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.

“Through this lens we can build a renewed sense of personal self-worth and ultimately recalibrate our responses to circumstances, situations, and relationships. It is, in other words, the key to reshaping our very lives.�—Oprah Winfrey

This book is going to change the way you see your life.

Have you ever wondered "Why did I do that?" or "Why can't I just control my behavior?" Others may judge our reactions and think, "What's wrong with that person?" When questioning our emotions, it's easy to place the blame on ourselves; holding ourselves and those around us to an impossible standard. It's time we started asking a different question.

Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?� to “What happened to you?�

Here, Winfrey shares stories from her own past, understanding through experience the vulnerability that comes from facing trauma and adversity at a young age. In conversation throughout the book, she and Dr. Perry focus on understanding people, behavior, and ourselves. It’s a subtle but profound shift in our approach to trauma, and it’s one that allows us to understand our pasts in order to clear a path to our future—opening the door to resilience and healing in a proven, powerful way.]]> 304 Bruce D. Perry 1250223180 Diaa 0 to-read 4.43 2021 What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales]]> 63697 243 Oliver Sacks Diaa 0 to-read 4.08 1985 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
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]]> <![CDATA[The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution]]> 6117055
"The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counter-attack on creationists, followers of "Intelligent Design" and all those who still question evolution as scientific fact. In this brilliant tour de force, Richard Dawkins pulls together the incontrovertible evidence that underpins it: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from plate tectonics to molecular genetics.

"The Greatest Show on Earth" comes at a critical time as systematic opposition to the fact of evolution flourishes as never before in many schools worldwide. Dawkins wields a devastating argument against this ignorance whilst sharing with us his palpable love of science and the natural world. Written with elegance, wit and passion, it is hard-hitting, absorbing and totally convincing.]]> 470 Richard Dawkins 059306173X Diaa 0 to-read 4.15 2009 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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]]> <![CDATA["Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character]]> 35167685 A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original.


Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.]]> 400 Richard P. Feynman 0393355624 Diaa 0 to-read 4.26 1985 "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
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]]> The Gene: An Intimate History 27276428
The story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a ‘unit of heredity�. It intersects with Darwin’s theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms post-war biology. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, temperament, choice and free will. This is a story driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds � from Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin, and the thousands of scientists still working to understand the code of codes.

This is an epic, moving history of a scientific idea coming to life, by the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. But woven through The Gene, like a red line, is also an intimate history � the story of Mukherjee’s own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that genetics is vitally relevant to everyday lives. These concerns reverberate even more urgently today as we learn to “read� and “write� the human genome � unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children.

Majestic in its ambition, and unflinching in its honesty, The Gene gives us a definitive account of the fundamental unit of heredity � and a vision of both humanity’s past and future.]]> 592 Siddhartha Mukherjee Diaa 0 to-read 4.34 2016 The Gene: An Intimate History
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Diaa 0 to-read 4.33 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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]]> <![CDATA[Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive]]> 57423646 A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body, from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt—In a Nutshell

You wake up and feel a tickle in your throat. Your head hurts. You're mildly annoyed as you get the kids ready for school and dress for work yourself. Meanwhile, an epic war is being fought, just below your skin. Millions are fighting and dying for you to be able to complain as you head out the door.

So what, exactly, is your immune system?

Second only to the human brain in its complexity, it is one of the oldest and most critical facets of life on Earth. Without it, you would die within days. In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle of staggering scale raging within us, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact, in the time you've been reading this, your immune system has probably identified and eradicated a cancer cell that started to grow in your body.

Each chapter delves into an element of the immune system, including defenses like antibodies and inflammation as well as threats like bacteria, allergies, and cancer, as Dettmer reveals why boosting your immune system is actually nonsense, how parasites sneak their way past your body's defenses, how viruses work, and what goes on in your wounds when you cut yourself.

Enlivened by engaging graphics and immersive descriptions, Immune turns one of the most intricate, interconnected, and confusing subjects—immunology—into a gripping adventure through an astonishing alien landscape. Immune is a vital and remarkably fun crash course in what is arguably, and increasingly, the most important system in the body.]]> 341 Philipp Dettmer 0593241312 Diaa 0 to-read 4.59 2021 Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
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]]> <![CDATA[Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution]]> 57203194 Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. 'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups' Alexander McCall Smith 'Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth' The TimesHave you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But he also explores flights of the mind and escaping the everyday � through science, ideas and imagination. Fascinating and beautifully illustrated, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world's leading scientists and a talented artist.]]> 282 Richard Dawkins Diaa 0 to-read 4.10 2021 Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
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]]> <![CDATA[عقل غير هادئ: سيرة ذاتية عن الهوس والاكتئاب والجنون]]> 3683592
كتاب "عقل غير هادئ" يقاربهذه الإشكالية بقوة وعمق، فيلامس عن قرب مشاعر من يراقب ذاته تتملص منبين قبضته، وتخرج من حدود سيطرته، فلا يعود يتعرف على معالمها، ولا يميز قسماتها، ولا يحدد ردود أفعالها.

كتاب "عقل غير هادئ" للدكتورة والأكاديمية المتخصصة في علم النفس "كاي ردفيلد جاميسون" يأخذ القارئ في رحلة استثنائية مثيرة داخل مسارب نفس ثرية الوجدان شاعرية الملامح، ويمرق به إلى متاهات ذات مرهفة الحس، رقيقة الحاشية، أرهقها طول العذاب، وناءت بما تحمله من آلام، في سيرة ذاتية شجاعة ومدهشة ومفعمة بالصدق والبوح الشفيف والتصوير المذهل لتفاصيل آلام وعذابات يعاني منها ملايين البشر في شتى بقاع الأرض، ثم يغلقون صدورهم على مجرياتها وأحداثها، ويحكمون الأقفال والمتاريس على منافذ تلك المعاناة حتى لا تظهر خارجاً جالبة لأصحابها العار والسمعة السيئة والطعن في أُمن ما يمتلكه الإنسان وما يتنمايز به عن باقي الأحياء: العقل.

كيف يمكن أن تكون تفاصيل وملامح هذه الرحلة المثيرة إلى عالم سحر النشوة والتحليق في آفاق الفن والأدب والشعر والإبداع، ثم الارتحال ارتجاعياً للكآبة والسوداوية وأرتال من الظلمات بعضها فوق بعض إذا أخرج المرء يده لم يكد يراها؟ رحلة ملغم دربها باحتمالات الموت، والرغبة في التخلص من حياة الألم والعذاب هي أبرز عنوانيها. ومن ذلك الكرء الذي يخوض تلك التجربة؟ وما ملامحه النفسية وقسماته الشعرية؟ وكيف يمكن أن يتأرجح شخص على قدر كبير من الحساسية والشفافية والذكاء والتميز بين قمم العقل والخيال والإنجازات ثم يترنج ويسقط في مهاوي اليأس والجنون والإحباط؟

والقارئ وهو يلهث متنقلاً بين صفحات الكتاب، لا يملك إلا أن يعجب بالكتورة جاميسون، التي قررت، في لحظة صادقة، أن تخلع الأقنعة، وتمزق الأحجبة، وتخرج على الملأ لتحكي تجربتها الرهيبة مع مرض قاس يطلق عليه "ذهان الهوس الاكتئابي"، أو "الاضطراب الوجداني ثنائي القطبين"، غير مبالية بما قد يجره عليها ذلك البوح من سمعة سيئة قد تكلفها، ليس فقط عملها الأكاديمي والعلاجي، ولكن احترام الناس لها، خاصة أن عملها مرتبط بمعالجة الأرواح القلقة والنفوس المعذبة، ويغور بعيداً في مجاهل النفس البشرية محاولاً الحصول على مفاتيحها وشفراتها.

والكتاب صرخة صادقة ودعوة للبوح والمكاشفة تخترق مناطق وعرة اعتاد معظم من يكتب سيرته الذاتية على تجنبها وتفاديها، ومكاشفة من هذا النوع تعتبر قليلة جداً إن لم تكن نادرة، فهي تتجاوز الأسوار إلى مناطق بكر لم يسبق أن فضتها الأقلام أو اجترحتها الرؤى، وهي رحلة شائكة في مجاهل النفس البشرية وداخل وعورة دروبها، لتصف أدق المشاعر التي مرت بها الدكتور جاميسون خلال طريقها المزروع بالجراح والآلام في رحلتها التي تصل في قممها إلى النشوة الساحرة المسافرة على أجنحة آلهة الحب والشعر والجمال، ثم تنحدر في سفحها إلى عتمة وظلمة أنفاق الكآلة حتى الوصول إلى حواف الجنون.

وتأتي أهمية هذا الكتاب، من محاولته صنع فوق وتغيير في نظرة الناس للأمراض النفسية، وفي تعاطيهم معها، كونه يشعل الضوء، وينير العتمة المحيطة بذهان الهوس الاكتئابي خاصة وبالأمراض النفسية الأخرى عامة.

والكتاب أيضاً يقشع الضلالات المرتبطة بالعلاج بالعقاقير الطبية، ويؤكد أن هناك من يحتاجها، حتى لا يسقط فريسة لآلامه ومعاناته، وكي لا تقوده قسوة تلك الآلام للتخلص من حياته. كما يؤكد الكتاب بشدة على ممارسة نفتقدها في العالم العربي، وهي أهمية دور جلسات المعالجة النفسية (السيكوثرابي) ودور المعالج الهام في الأخذ بيد مريضة، وتفهم معاناته، وإنارة بقع ضوء في طريقه المعتم ليفهم ذاته، ويدرك تفاصيل معاناته. ومن أهم ما يقوله الكتاب ويوضحه أن المرض الذي يصيب النفس لا يختلف عن ذلك الذي يصيب الجسد وإن كان يفوقه ألماً وقسوة، وأنه نتيجة لعوامل وراثية جينية تتضافر مع ظروف الحياة لتحول حياة المريض إلى كابوس طويل ممض ليس له نهاية، فيشفى المريض أمام نفسه أولاً لأن جزءاً كبيراً من معاناة المريض النفسي يتجلى في محاكمته القاسية لنفسه على إصابته بالمرض.]]> 239 Kay Redfield Jamison Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.99 1995 عقل غير هادئ: سيرة ذاتية عن الهوس والاكتئاب والجنون
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]]> ما وراء المعنى والحقيقة 17661217 330 Bertrand Russell Diaa 0 3.67 1940 ما وراء المعنى والحقيقة
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]]> No Longer Human 194746 No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title).

Donald Keene, who translated this and Dazai's first novel, The Setting Sun, has said of the author's work: "His world � suggests Chekhov or possibly postwar France, � but there is a Japanese sensibility in the choice and presentation of the material. A Dazai novel is at once immediately intelligible in Western terms and quite unlike any Western book." His writing is in some ways reminiscent of Rimbaud, while he himself has often been called a forerunner of Yukio Mishima.

Cover painting by Noe Nojechowiz, from the collection of John and Barbara Duncan; design by Gertrude Huston]]> 176 Osamu Dazai Diaa 0 to-read 3.99 1948 No Longer Human
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]]> <![CDATA[قلق السعي إلى المكانة: الشعور بالرضا أو المهانة]]> 37760068 ذلك أن موقعنا على درجات السلم الاجتماعي يلعب دوراً حاسماً في حياتنا لأن صورتنا الذاتية تعتمد بشدة على ما يراه الآخرون فينا .
لكنه يتساءل أيضاً : هل يستحق البحث عن المكانة ان نقدم التضحيات ؟

يعتبر هذا الكتاب أغنى وأظرف وأكثر أعمال دو بوتون انتشاراً ، يظهر لنا فيه مدى سعة معرفة واطلاع صاحبه ، ومدى وفرة وأناقة وأصالة أفكاره .]]> 312 Alain de Botton 6144720057 Diaa 0 to-read 3.91 2004 قلق السعي إلى المكانة: الشعور بالرضا أو المهانة
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]]> فهرنهايت 451 18779468
أثارت هذه الرواية عند صدورها جدلاً واسعاً، من الإطراء إلى الذم. أما اليوم فثمّة إجماع عالمي على أنها من الإبداعات الأدبية الرائعة للقرن العشرين

راي برادبوري(1920-2012)هو من أعظم كتّاب الخيال العلمي والفانتازيا في العالم. نشر أكثر من 500 قصة قصيرة ورواية ومسرحية.]]> 224 Ray Bradbury 1855169525 Diaa 0 to-read 3.42 1953 فهرنهايت 451
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]]> <![CDATA[مبدأ الريبة : أينشتين ، هازينبرج ، بور والصراع من أجل روح العلم]]> 7857569 ----------------
ميكانيكا الكم: انقسم العلماء في تفسيراتهم إلى أسلوبين الأول ميكانيكا الموجات (طبيعة موجية) في زيورخ والثاني ميكانيكا المصفوفات (معادلات رياضية) في جوتنجن، وهناك أصوات إخرى من كوبنهاجن وكامبريدج. بورن وجوردن وهايزنبرغ قدموا حلولاً رياضية أما شرودنجر ولو دي بروجلي قدما حلاً موجياً.و اشترك بالفريقين نيلز بور وماكس بلانك وأينشتاين وبول ديراك وكرامر وبولي وسمرفيلد مع الكثير من المبادئ الفيزيائية والرياضية.
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الجيد بالكتاب أنه يعطي فكرى عن كيفية ولادة وتجمّع الأفكار العلمية، علم المطيافية، الأعداد الكمومية، قانون الديناميكا الحرارية (الأنتروبيا)، الحركة البراونية، السببية، الاحتمال الرياضي، علم الفيزياء الذرية، النظرية الموجية في المجال الكهرومغناطيسي، الإشعاع الذري، النسبية........ لكن ما يعيبه أسلوبه السردي و خاصة في قسم "روح النسق القديم".

تحميل الكتاب :

]]> 315 David Lindley 9776231578 Diaa 0 3.85 1996 مبدأ الريبة : أينشتين ، هازينبرج ، بور والصراع من أجل روح العلم
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]]> <![CDATA[A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing]]> 11337189
“Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And finally, why is there something rather than nothing?�

One of the few prominent scientists today to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss describes the staggeringly beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories that demonstrate not only can something arise from nothing, something will always arise from nothing. With a new preface about the significance of the discovery of the Higgs particle, A Universe from Nothing uses Krauss’s characteristic wry humor and wonderfully clear explanations to take us back to the beginning of the beginning, presenting the most recent evidence for how our universe evolved—and the implications for how it’s going to end.

Provocative, challenging, and delightfully readable, this is a game-changing look at the most basic underpinning of existence and a powerful antidote to outmoded philosophical, religious, and scientific thinking.]]> 204 Lawrence M. Krauss 145162445X Diaa 0 3.93 2012 A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
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]]> <![CDATA[The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3)]]> 41810
Detective Elijah Baley is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The prime suspect is a gifted roboticist who had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime. There's only one catch: Baley and his positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, must prove the man innocent. For in a case of political intrigue and love between woman and robot gone tragically wrong, there's more at stake than simple justice. This time Baley's career, his life, and Earth's right to pioneer the Galaxy lie in the delicate balance.]]> 435 Isaac Asimov 0553299492 Diaa 0 4.16 1983 The Robots of Dawn (Robot, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[العقل و الحاسوب و قوانين الفيزياء]]> 14936986
يجيب أنصار الذكاءالاصطناعي القوي عن هذا السؤال بـ "نعم" أما مؤلف هذا الكتاب، الفيزيائي اللامع روجر بنروز Roger Penrose فيحاول عبر عرض شائق لحالة العلم العلم الراهنة أن يثبت أن في عقل الإنسان من القوى ما لا يمكن لآلة أن تبلغها. و لإثبات وجهة نظره هذه يعرض لنا طائفة رائعة من المواضيع التي تمتد من المنطق و نظرية النسبية إلى فيزيولوجية الأعصاب و الدماغ و علم النفس المعرفي، فيناقش ما تلزمنا معرفته كي نصبح قادرين على حل مسألة قديمة/حديثة هي مسألة "العقل و الجسد" التي أعيت المفكرين عبر العصور.
و يخلص أخيراً من ذلك إلا أنه لا بد لنا من معرفة أعمق، و أبعد من نظرية الكم و النظرية النسبية، لكي نحاول أن نتنسم ملامح هذه النظية الأعمق (و لقد حاول هو فعلاً)، فقد يكون فيها الحل.

و هكذا سيجد المهتمون بالثقافة العلمية و الجوانب الفلسفية العامة في هذا الكتاب الفذ، شيئاً جديداً و آفاقاً رحبة ربما لم يعهدوها أبداً. بل سيشعر القارىء بعد قراءة هذا الكتاب أنه جنى من المعرفة و الثقافة ما يغنيه عن كثير من كتب العلم و ربما الفلسفة.]]> 544 Roger Penrose Diaa 0 currently-reading 3.85 1989 العقل و الحاسوب و قوانين الفيزياء
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]]> <![CDATA[الأعمال المختارة - المجلد الأول - الأعمال القصصية]]> 6561467
هذا هو المجلد الأول. يضم القصص القصيرة لتشيخوف والتي وضعته على قائمة الكتب الأكثر مبيعا منذ بداية القرن العشرين وحتى الآن]]> 373 Anton Chekhov Diaa 0 to-read 4.20 2009 الأعمال المختارة - المجلد الأول - الأعمال القصصية
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]]> علم النفس التحليلي 6975078 وفى هذا الكتاب أيضا موازنة بين فرويد ويونج، وثبتاً بمصطلحات علم النفس التحليلى أعده المترجم.]]> 248 C.G. Jung Diaa 0 to-read 3.73 1931 علم النفس التحليلي
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]]> <![CDATA[Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies]]> 20527133 Superintelligence asks the questions: what happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life.

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful—possibly beyond our control. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence.

But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation?]]> 352 Nick Bostrom 0199678111 Diaa 0 to-read 3.86 2014 Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)]]> 13
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.

"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.

"Life, the Universe and Everything"

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.

"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"

Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.

"Mostly Harmless"

Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?

Also includes the short story "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe".]]> 815 Douglas Adams 0345453743 Diaa 0 to-read 4.38 1996 The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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]]> The World's Religions 10285 416 Huston Smith Diaa 0 to-read 4.03 The World's Religions
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]]> Autonomous 28209634 Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her own submarine. A notorious anti-patent scientist who has styled herself as a Robin Hood heroine fighting to bring cheap drugs to the poor, Jack’s latest drug is leaving a trail of lethal overdoses across what used to be North America—a drug that compels people to become addicted to their work.

On Jack’s trail are an unlikely pair: an emotionally shut-down military agent and his partner, Paladin, a young military robot, who fall in love against all expectations. Autonomous alternates between the activities of Jack and her co-conspirators, and Elias and Paladin, as they all race to stop a bizarre drug epidemic that is tearing apart lives, causing trains to crash, and flooding New York City.]]> 303 Annalee Newitz 0765392070 Diaa 0 to-read 3.52 2017 Autonomous
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]]> A Beautiful Mind 13912 The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple sneakers and writing numerology treatises on the blackboards. The Phantom was John Nash, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who had spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s. His most important work had been in game theory, which by the 1980s was underpinning a large part of economics. When the Nobel Prize committee began debating a prize for game theory, Nash's name inevitably came up—only to be dismissed, since the prize clearly could not go to a madman. But in 1994 Nash, in remission from schizophrenia, shared the Nobel Prize in economics for work done some 45 years previously.

Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees).]]> 461 Sylvia Nasar 0571212921 Diaa 0 to-read 4.14 1998 A Beautiful Mind
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]]> The Idiot 12505 667 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0679642420 Diaa 0 to-read 4.22 1869 The Idiot
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]]> عالم صوفي 3263868 542 Jostein Gaarder Diaa 0 to-read 4.20 1991 عالم صوفي
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]]> <![CDATA[You Are Dying, and Your World Is a Lie]]> 18901427
The modern world has sold us on a lie. The lie says that to live is to be comfortable. To live is to be free of struggle. The lie says that the ultimate existence would be to never want for anything, to never be pushed so far that it hurts. So why do some of us seek out "edge" experiences? Why do we flirt with deprivation, with intentional chaos? Why do some of us push toward and through our own physical, emotional, and emotional limits, just to see how it feels?

Every day, safe in our modern cocoons, we can comfortably ignore the fact we are dying. But should we blind ourselves to the truth? Beyond self-help cliches lies a painful and sobering reality: YOUR TIME IN THIS LIFE IS LIMITED... AND IT IS RUNNING OUT.

This essay looks at what it is to strive, to seek out what hurts us so that we may find out what it is to truly be human.]]> 9 Johnny B. Truant Diaa 0 to-read 3.87 2012 You Are Dying, and Your World Is a Lie
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality]]> 22435 The fabric of the cosmos 569 Brian Greene 0965900584 Diaa 0 to-read 4.12 2004 The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
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]]> ما وراء الخير والشر 7054931 فأطلّ على أعماق نفسه بنظرة متفحصة ليكتب لنا بعبارات مختصرة رأيه في العديد من المواضيع التي تعدّ بنظره ذات أهمية ويجب أن تنقد وتوضح ولكن بأسلوبه الجديد البعيد عن الحداثة.]]> 320 Friedrich Nietzsche Diaa 0 to-read 3.76 1886 ما وراء الخير والشر
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]]> مدخل إلى الفكر الفلسفي 18526619 157 Józef Maria Bocheński Diaa 0 to-read 3.63 1991 مدخل إلى الفكر الفلسفي
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]]> <![CDATA[An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness]]> 361459 NATIONAL BESTSELLER � A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.

Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.

Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.]]> 240 Kay Redfield Jamison 0679763309 Diaa 0 to-read 4.06 1995 An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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]]> History of Art 2693801 1000 H.W. Janson 0500237514 Diaa 0 to-read 3.80 1962 History of Art
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]]> الإنسان والسلاح 13499647 Arms and the Man is a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw, and was first produced in 1894 and published in 1898, and has become one of the most popular plays of George Bernard Shaw. Like his other works, Arms and the Man questions conventional values and uses war and love as his satirical targets.

This edition of Arms and the Man is in the form of a paperback book.]]> 101 George Bernard Shaw Diaa 0 to-read 3.41 1898 الإنسان والسلاح
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]]> حلم رجل مضحك 14760689 22 Fyodor Dostoevsky Diaa 0 to-read 3.85 1877 حلم رجل مضحك
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]]> الوجودية 8156443 Book by John Macquarrie 332 John MacQuarrie Diaa 0 to-read 3.89 1972 الوجودية
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]]> <![CDATA[Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma]]> 20801198
But he was also an enigmatic figure, deeply reticent yet also strikingly naïve. Turing’s openness about his homosexuality at a time when it was an imprisonable offense ultimately led to his untimely lo death at the age of only forty-one. In Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma, David Boyle reveals the mysteries behind the man and his remarkable career.

Aged just 22, Turing was elected a fellow at King's College, Cambridge on the strength of a dissertation in which he proved the central limit theorem. By the age of 33, he had been awarded the OBE by King George VI for his wartime services: Turing was instrumental in cracking the Nazi Enigma machines at the top secret code breaking establishment at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.

But his achievements were to be tragically overshadowed by the paranoia of the post-War years. Hounded for his supposedly subversive views and for his sexuality, Turing was prosecuted in 1952, and forced to accept the humiliation of hormone treatment to avoid a prison sentence. Just two years later, at the age of 41 he was dead. The verdict: cyanide poisoning.

Was Turing’s death accidental as his mother always claimed? Or did persistent persecution drive him to take him own life?

Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma seeks to find the man behind the science, illuminating the life of a person who is still a shadowy presence behind his brilliant achievements.]]> 112 David Boyle Diaa 0 to-read 3.59 2014 Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma
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]]> هذا هو الإنسان 5982115
لكنه رغم استيائه نجده يمضي مع فاغنر باحثاً عن الحبور والصدف القدسية، حيث الموسيقى هي الحشيش الذي يلجأ إليه كي يتخلص من عبء ضغط شديد يثقل كاهله، وفاغنر هو السم المضاد لكل ما هو ألمانى. إن ما يدعو إلى التوقف عنده هو فلسفة نيتشه التي تجسد القوة والتمرد والتي ربما كانت صدى أو انعكاساً لحياته القصيرة وما الفيلسوف إلا فكرة فقد أصيب بالزهري وهو في عمر الثانية والثلاثين فحكمه صداع وضعف في البصر وأضطر أن يعتزل العمل كي يتفرغ لمصارعة مرضه ولم ينقطع أثناء ذلك عن أعمال الفكر حتى أصيب بالفالج قبل أن يلقى حتفه، وقد القى هذا المرض بظله الثقيل على هذا الفيلسوف الذي دفع ثمناً باهظاً للحظات من السعادة نقصهما هنا وهناك.]]> 166 Friedrich Nietzsche Diaa 0 to-read 3.47 1908 هذا هو الإنسان
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]]> <![CDATA[The Principles Of Quantum Mechanics (International Series Of Monographs On Physics)]]> 260142 314 Paul A.M. Dirac 0198520115 Diaa 0 to-read 4.47 1958 The Principles Of Quantum Mechanics (International Series Of Monographs On Physics)
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]]> <![CDATA[QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter]]> 5552
The focus, as the title suggests, is quantum electrodynamics (QED), the part of the quantum theory of fields that describes the interactions of the quanta of the electromagnetic field-light, X rays, gamma rays--with matter and those of charged particles with one another. By extending the formalism developed by Dirac in 1933, which related quantum and classical descriptions of the motion of particles, Feynman revolutionized the quantum mechanical understanding of the nature of particles and waves. And, by incorporating his own readily visualizable formulation of quantum mechanics, Feynman created a diagrammatic version of QED that made calculations much simpler and also provided visual insights into the mechanisms of quantum electrodynamic processes.

In this book, using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned "Feynman diagrams" instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman successfully provides a definitive introduction to QED for a lay readership without any distortion of the basic science. Characterized by Feynman's famously original clarity and humor, this popular book on QED has not been equaled since its publication.]]> 176 Richard P. Feynman 0691024170 Diaa 0 currently-reading 4.26 1985 QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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]]> <![CDATA[A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution]]> 30971755 304 Jennifer A. Doudna 0544716949 Diaa 0 to-read 4.10 2017 A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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]]> <![CDATA[Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100]]> 8492907 Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100.

In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of the revolutionary developments taking place in medicine, computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy production, and astronautics.

In all likelihood, by 2100 we will control computers via tiny brain sensors and, like magicians, move objects around with the power of our minds. Artificial intelligence will be dispersed throughout the environment, and Internet-enabled contact lenses will allow us to access the world's information base or conjure up any image we desire in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, cars will drive themselves using GPS, and if room-temperature superconductors are discovered, vehicles will effortlessly fly on a cushion of air, coasting on powerful magnetic fields and ushering in the age of magnetism.

Using molecular medicine, scientists will be able to grow almost every organ of the body and cure genetic diseases. Millions of tiny DNA sensors and nanoparticles patrolling our blood cells will silently scan our bodies for the first sign of illness, while rapid advances in genetic research will enable us to slow down or maybe even reverse the aging process, allowing human life spans to increase dramatically.

In space, radically new ships—needle-sized vessels using laser propulsion—could replace the expensive chemical rockets of today and perhaps visit nearby stars. Advances in nanotechnology may lead to the fabled space elevator, which would propel humans hundreds of miles above the earth's atmosphere at the push of a button.

But these astonishing revelations are only the tip of the iceberg. Kaku also discusses emotional robots, antimatter rockets, X-ray vision, and the ability to create new life-forms, and he considers the development of the world economy. He addresses the key questions: Who are the winner and losers of the future? Who will have jobs, and which nations will prosper?

All the while, Kaku illuminates the rigorous scientific principles, examining the rate at which certain technologies are likely to mature, how far they can advance, and what their ultimate limitations and hazards are. Synthesizing a vast amount of information to construct an exciting look at the years leading up to 2100, Physics of the Future is a thrilling, wondrous ride through the next 100 years of breathtaking scientific revolution. (From the Hardcover Edition)

(Duration: 15:39:15)]]> 416 Michio Kaku 0385530803 Diaa 0 4.01 2011 Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
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]]> <![CDATA[The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom]]> 96884 297 Jonathan Haidt 0465028020 Diaa 0 to-read 4.08 2006 The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
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]]> نادي السيارات 17524166 خلالها بأسلوبه الأدبي الجميل القضايا التي تلمس كل إنسان مثل الكرامة
والحرية والعدل

ومن الجدير بالذكر أن أحداث الرواية تدور في أربعينات القرن العشرين وتحكي ضمن أحداثها الحافلة عن دخول السيارات إلى مصر والظروف التي مر بها الشعب خلال هذه الفترة الحافلة من التاريخ]]> 644 Alaa Al Aswany Diaa 0 3.45 2013 نادي السيارات
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]]> <![CDATA[Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything]]> 10754019
An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, "Moonwalking with Einstein" recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.
]]> 320 Joshua Foer 1101475978 Diaa 0 to-read 4.08 2011 Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It]]> 161207 288 Kenneth L. Higbee 1569246297 Diaa 0 to-read 3.95 1977 Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It
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]]> البدايات 28811140 315 Neil deGrasse Tyson Diaa 0 4.17 2004 البدايات
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]]> <![CDATA[أشهر 50 خرافة في علم النفس: هدم الأفكار الخاطئة الشائعة حول سلوك الإنسان]]> 17255523
يتناول مؤلفو الكتاب ٥٠ خرافة بالدراسة والفحص، ويحددون مصادر تلك الخرافات، وأسباب تصديق الناس لها، وما تقوله الأبحاث العلمية المنشورة بشأنها. ويهدم مؤلفو الكتاب أيضًا إجمالي ٢٥٠ خرافة أخرى في صورة بسيطة تعتمد على ذكر الخرافة والحقيقة التي تنقضها. ويختتم المؤلفون الكتاب بإطلاعنا على ثلاثة عشر اكتشافًا جديدًا في علم النفس يصعب تصديقها على نحو يثبت أن الحقيقة أحيانًا تكون أغرب من الخيال.

يسدينا هذا الكتاب خدمة جليلة عن طريق تجميع كل هذه المعلومات في صورة ملائمة سهلة الاستخدام وذلك بإثباته أن العلم الصحيح يتفوق على المعرفة الشعبية والحدس الفطري، وبتعليمنا كيف نتشكك ونتفكر في كل ما نسمعه.]]> 369 Scott O. Lilienfeld Diaa 4 3.52 2009 أشهر 50 خرافة في علم النفس: هدم الأفكار الخاطئة الشائعة حول سلوك الإنسان
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]]> تحقيقات فلسفية 10262621 543 Ludwig Wittgenstein 9953007608 Diaa 5 4.48 1953 تحقيقات فلسفية
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