Emy's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 26 Apr 2025 04:28:52 -0700 60 Emy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Sophie’s World 10959 An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.]]> 403 Jostein Gaarder 1857993284 Emy 0 currently-reading 3.94 1991 Sophie’s World
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]]> <![CDATA[Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners]]> 49128303
Poisoning is a dark art as old as human history itself. The Roman emperors used poison liberally to dispose of rivals, guests at Renaissance dinner parties were quietly assassinated with adulterated wine, and professional poisoners equipped murderous wives with toxic tonics for their husbands. In twentieth-century warfare, poisonous substances were used in new and awful ways to terrorize and obliterate both civilians and enemy forces. Today, in the search for the perfect covert weapon, shadowy figures deploy pernicious poisons which are almost impossible to trace. They are only the latest in a long line of experimenters: for the same poisons used to kill or injure others have been used throughout history as intoxicants, aphrodisiacs and even elixirs of life. As every amateur toxicologist knows, the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose.]]> 176 Ben Hubbard 0233006117 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.24 2023 Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners
author: Ben Hubbard
name: Emy
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[الفساد السياسي في المجتمعات العربية والإسلامية (أزمة الشوري) Political Corruption in Arab and Muslim Societies]]> 42387332 Arabic 144 محمد الغزالي 9771423924 Emy 3 nonfiction 3.00 2005 الفساد السياسي في المجتمعات العربية والإسلامية (أزمة الشوري) Political Corruption in Arab and Muslim Societies
author: محمد الغزالي
name: Emy
average rating: 3.00
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rating: 3
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]]> Nausea 298275 Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form he ruthlessly catalogues his every feeling and sensation about the world and people around him.

His thoughts culminate in a pervasive, overpowering feeling of nausea which "spread at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of our time, the time of purple suspenders and broken chair seats; it is made of wide, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain."

Roquentin's efforts to try and come to terms with his life, his philosophical and psychological struggles, give Sartre the opportunity to dramatize the tenets of his Existentialist creed.

The introduction for this edition of Nausea by Hayden Carruth gives background on Sartre's life and major works, a summary of the principal themes of Existentialist philosophy, and a critical analysis of the novel itself.]]> 178 Jean-Paul Sartre 0811201880 Emy 0 currently-reading 3.96 1938 Nausea
author: Jean-Paul Sartre
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]]> Waiting for Godot 17716 109 Samuel Beckett Emy 3 3.85 1952 Waiting for Godot
author: Samuel Beckett
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book published: 1952
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]]> <![CDATA[Psych: The Story of the Human Mind]]> 61238292 A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read

A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology, based on one of Yale’s most popular courses of all time

How does the brain—a three-pound wrinkly mass—give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires? What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude, and shame? Renowned psychologist Paul Bloom answers these questions and many more in Psych, his riveting new book about the science of the mind.

Psych is an expert and passionate guide to the most intimate aspects of our nature, serving up the equivalent of a serious university course while being funny, engaging, and full of memorable anecdotes. But Psych is much more than a comprehensive overview of the field of psychology. Bloom reveals what psychology can tell us about the most pressing moral and political issues of our time—including belief in conspiracy theories, the role of genes in explaining human differences, and the nature of prejudice and hatred.

Bloom also shows how psychology can give us practical insights into important issues—from the treatment of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety to the best way to lead happy and fulfilling lives. Psych is an engrossing guide to the most important topic there is: it is the story of us.]]> 464 Paul Bloom 0063096358 Emy 4 nonfiction, psychology 4.12 2023 Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
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average rating: 4.12
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rating: 4
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]]> Confess 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Emy 4 romance, new-adult 4.14 2015 Confess
author: Colleen Hoover
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> لن ينتهي البؤس 42600991 364 محمد طارق Emy 3 3.82 2018 لن ينتهي البؤس
author: محمد طارق
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average rating: 3.82
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rating: 3
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]]> Mémoire d'un témoin du siècle 25670797
Peut-être que le destin veut faire de moi malgré toutes mes implorations le témoin écœuré des maladies morales et sociales du monde musulman.

...Je suis certain que la haine bestiale que je sens autour de moi ne s'éteindra pas même avec ma mort. Je sens qu'après ma mort, Mr.X cherchera la moindre trace des mes écrits (surtout ces carnets dont il connait l’existence), même dans les tripes de mes enfants pour effacer toute trace de ma pensée.]]> 657 مالك بن نبي 9961961722 Emy 0 to-read, algerian-authors 4.40 2004 Mémoire d'un témoin du siècle
author: مالك بن نبي
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average rating: 4.40
book published: 2004
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]]> <![CDATA[Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive]]> 210137296
Did you know that:

Vincent van Gogh's attempt to start an artist's colony with Paul Gauguin lasted only nine weeks, ending in his infamous "ear episode"?
Pablo Picasso was a prime suspect in the disappearance of the Mona Lisa?
Artemisia Gentileschi was tortured with thumbscrews to verify her testimony at her own rapist's trial?
Norman Rockwell's critics said his work would never be accepted as "high art"--and he agreed?
These stories--and many more--shaped the work these artists left behind. In their art are lessons common to the human experience about the wonder and struggle of being alive: dreams lost, perspectives changed, and humility derived through suffering.

In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives. Each story from some of the history's most celebrated artists applies the beauty of the gospel in a way that speaks to the suffering and hope we all face.]]> 244 Russ Ramsey 0310155576 Emy 0 to-read 4.37 2024 Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Emy 4 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
author: Matt Haig
name: Emy
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> الإعلان الإسلامي 6326462 114 Alija Izetbegović Emy 0 to-read 4.25 الإعلان الإسلامي
author: Alija Izetbegović
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]]> <![CDATA[Six philosophes dans mon salon: Sagesses antiques]]> 58853621 192 Ilaria Gaspari 2080249703 Emy 0 to-read 3.80 Six philosophes dans mon salon: Sagesses antiques
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]]> When Nietzsche Wept 21031
Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.

In When Nietzsche Wept, Irvin Yalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense to unfold an unforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship.]]> 310 Irvin D. Yalom 0060748125 Emy 5 4.36 1992 When Nietzsche Wept
author: Irvin D. Yalom
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> صاحب الظل الطويل 42657211
ثمة جاذبية استثنائية في القصص التي يتصدى الأيتام لبطولتها، لأنها بطولة حقيقية. عندما تخرج إلى العالم، وتتصدى إليه بصدرٍ مكشوف، دون منظومة اجتماعية تعمل على دعمك وحمايتك. يبدو الأمر منطقيًا إذا تذكّرنا أكثر قصص الطفولة التي تركت آثارها في قلوبنا؛ هايدي، آني، طرزان، سارة أو سالي، أوليفر تويست، توم سوير وحتى هاري بوتر. إنّ هؤلاء هم الأبطال، الذين نتعلّم من خلالهم أن نحبَّ الحياة، وأن ننتمي للعالم حقًا، بتعبير جودي آبوت.

كتبت هذه الرواية في 1912، ومنذ ذلك الحين وهي مصدر إلهامٍ للقرّاء والكتّاب والفنانين على حدّ سواء، وقد تم تحويلها مرارًا إلى عروض مسرحية وموسيقية، أفلام ومسلسلات وحتى إلى مسلسلات كرتونية. تحكي هذه الرواية مغامرة جودي آبوت، التي خرجت من الميتم، لأن أحد الأوصياء قرر التكفّل بعملية تعليمها بعد أن لاحظ موهبتها الاستثنائية في الكتابة، والكتابة الطريفة تحديدًا، وإصرارها على السعادة بصفتها خيارًا في الحياة، وليست حقًا مكتسبًا من الولادة.

تعتبر هذه الرواية بمثابة النّص المضاد لكل الحكايات الخرافية. إنها تفنّد، ببطءٍ ونعومة، حكاية الأميرة حبيسة البرج التي تنتظر أميرًا مخلّصًا، وإذا كان هناك منقذٌ يظهر في بداية العمل، على هيئة ظلٍ طويل ومجهول، فسنتتبع معًا مسار جودي وهي تخرج من وصايتهِ، وتتخذ قراراتها بنفسها، وتكبر كما لم يخطر ببالِ أحد.]]> 233 Jean Webster Emy 4 4.16 1912 صاحب الظل الطويل
author: Jean Webster
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average rating: 4.16
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rating: 4
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]]> مذكرات ضلع أعوج 13578742 والآخر حاول أن يجمعني بكلماتٍ صمغيّة ..
لم تجفّ حتى الآن !]]> 256 ندى ناصر Emy 3 poetry 3.66 2011 مذكرات ضلع أعوج
author: ندى ناصر
name: Emy
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> Eat, Pray, Love 19501
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.]]> 368 Elizabeth Gilbert 0143038419 Emy 5 fav 3.64 2006 Eat, Pray, Love
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: Emy
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will]]> 83817782 One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.

Robert Sapolsky's Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad, pointed toward an unsettling conclusion: we may not grasp the precise marriage of nature and nurture that creates the physics and chemistry at base of human behavior, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Now, in Determined, Sapolsky takes his argument all the way, mounting a brilliant (and in his inimitable way, delightful) full-frontal assault on the pleasant fantasy that there's some separate self telling our biology what to do.

Determined offers a marvelous synthesis of what we know about how consciousness works--the tight weave between reason and emotion, and between stimulus and response, in the moment and over a life. One by one, Sapolsky tackles all the major arguments for free will and takes them out, cutting a path through the thickets of chaos and complexity science and quantum physics, as well as touching ground on some of the wilder shores of philosophy. He shows us that the history of medicine is in no small part the history of learning that fewer and fewer things are somebody's "fault"; for example, for centuries we thought seizures were a sign of demonic possession. Yet as he acknowledges, it's very hard, and at times impossible, to uncouple from our zeal to judge others, and to judge ourselves. Sapolsky applies the new understanding of life beyond free will to some of our most essential questions around punishment, morality, and living well together. By the end, Sapolsky argues that while living our daily lives recognizing that we have no free will is going to be monumentally difficult, doing so is not going to result in anarchy, pointlessness and existential malaise. Instead, it will make for a much more humane world.]]> 528 Robert M. Sapolsky 0525560971 Emy 0 to-read 4.22 2023 Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> عزازيل 3554772
"ما أظن أني تمتعت بعمل من هذا القبيل.. ما أروع هذا العمل"
-- يحيى الجمل

"هذه الرواية عمل مبدع وخطير، مبدع لما يحتويه من مناطق حوارية إنسانية مكتوبة بحساسية مرهفة تمتزج فيها العاطفة بالمتعة، وخطير لأنه يتضمن دراسة في نشأة وتطور الصراع المذهبي بين الطوائف المسيحية في المشرق.. إن يوسف زيدان يتميز بالموهبتين، موهبة المبدع وموهبة الباحث، وكثيرا ما تتداخل الموهبتان في هذا العمل"
-- سامي خشبة

"لو قرأنا الرواية قراءة حقيقية، لأدركنا سمو أهدافها ونبل غاياتها الأخلاقية والروحية التي هي تأكيد لقيم التسامح وتقبل الآخر، واحترام حق الاختلاف، ورفض مبدأ العنف.. ولغة الرواية لغة شعرية، تترجع فيها أصداء المناجيات الصوفية، خصوصا حين نقرأ مناجاة هيبا لربه "
-- د. جابر عصفور

"يوسف زيدان هو أول روائي مسلم، يكتب عن اللاهوت المسيحي بشكل روائي عميق. وهو أول مسلم، يحاول أن يعطي حلولا لمشكلات كنسية كبرى.. إن يوسف زيدان اقتحم حياة الأديرة، ورسم بريشة راهب أحداثا كنسية حدثت بالفعل، وكان لها أثر عظيم في تاريخ الكنيسة القبطية"
-- المطران يوحنا جريجووريوس]]> 470 Youssef Ziedan Emy 5 4.04 2008 عزازيل
author: Youssef Ziedan
name: Emy
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong]]> 58782858 304 Eric Barker 0063050943 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.04 Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong
author: Eric Barker
name: Emy
average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up]]> 40858227

In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we're real winners. But, frankly, it's not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we've managed to really, truly, quite unbelievably f*ck things up.

From Chairman Mao's Four Pests Campaign, to the American Dustbowl; from the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the world's leading superpower electing a reality TV mogul as President... it's pretty safe to say that, as a species, we haven't exactly grown wiser with age.

So, next time you think you've really f*cked up, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse

]]> 238 Tom Phillips 1472259033 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.05 2018 Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> How to Disappear 33024891
So she decides to invent a social life by Photoshopping herself into other people’s pictures, posting them on Instagram under the screen name Vicurious. Instantly, she begins to get followers, so she adds herself to more photos from all over the world with all types of people. And as Vicurious’s online followers multiply, Vicky realizes she can make a whole life for herself without ever leaving her bedroom. But the more followers she finds online, the clearer it becomes that there are a lot of people out there who feel like her� #alone and #ignored in real life.

To help them, and herself, Vicky must find the courage to face her fear of being “seen,� because only then can she stop living vicariously and truly bring the magic of Vicurious to life.

In this beautiful and illuminating narrative, Sharon Huss Roat shines a light on our love of social media and how sometimes being the person you think you want to be isn’t as great as being the person you truly are.]]> 384 Sharon Huss Roat 0062291777 Emy 4 mental-health, young-adult 4.29 2017 How to Disappear
author: Sharon Huss Roat
name: Emy
average rating: 4.29
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rating: 4
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]]> الشخصية القوية 34611830 يتحدث للإنسان عبر الإنسان
عبر دراسات علمية ووحلول عملية وشواهد من السيرة المحمدية]]> 363 ياسر بن بدر الحزيمي 6038185178 Emy 4 nonfiction, self-help 4.10 الشخصية القوية
author: ياسر بن بدر الحزيمي
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High]]> 15014
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want. You'll learn how to:

Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique
Make it safe to talk about almost anything
Be persuasive, not abrasive
Keep listening when others blow up or clam up
Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want]]> 240 Kerry Patterson 0071401946 Emy 4 nonfiction, self-help 4.04 2002 Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
author: Kerry Patterson
name: Emy
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are]]> 16158598
Who will rule in the twenty-first century: allegedly more disciplined Asians, or allegedly more creative Westerners? Can women rocket up the corporate ladder without knocking off the men? How can poor kids get ahead when schools favor the rich?

What kind of person are you? Are you independent—individual, unique, and in control of your world? Are you interdependent—relational, similar to others, and good at adjusting to situations? Or are you both? In Clash!, leading cultural psychologists Hazel Rose Markus and Alana Conner show us how our cultural backgrounds create and reflect these two basic ways of being a self, which then shapes everything from how we run our governments to how we raise our children. Markus and Conner also demonstrate how clashes between independence and interdependence fuel many of today’s most pressing conflicts, including tensions between East and West, the Global North and Global South, men and women, blacks and whites, conservative and liberal, religious groups, rich and poor, and businesses, governments, and nonprofits.

Rather than lamenting our multicultural worlds, Hazel Rose Markus and Alana Conner reveal how we can leverage our differences to mend the rifts in our workplaces, schools, and relationships, as well as on the global stage.

Provocative, witty, and painstakingly researched, Clash! not only explains who we are, it also envisions who we could become.]]> 320 Hazel Rose Markus 1594630984 Emy 0 to-read 3.73 2013 Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are
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]]> لا نأسف على الإزعاج 42618996 296 أحمد خيري العمري 1519591195 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.10 2015 لا نأسف على الإزعاج
author: أحمد خيري العمري
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Emy 0 to-read 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
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average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
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]]> Beautiful And Damned 29621148
Beautiful and Damned is as haunting and as captivating as the stories it tells, it is proof that Robert M. Drake is one of the most visionary writers working today.]]> 420 Robert M. Drake Emy 4 short-stories, poetry when I picked it up, I had no expectations in my mind, but I have to say that, i feel like my soul found something within the pages of "beautiful and damned".
the first part of the book : short stories with different subjects : love, supernatural events, hope.. what i want to say is that it made me feel different kind of "emotions" and that was good (except for the first story , i couldn't feel it, it was more like : r u effing me? and i was going to give up on the entire book, gladly something was asking me to carry on reading). another thing i liked is the fact that the characters weren't "physically" described, (sometimes he did mention the color of the eyes or the hair) instead, he tried to make us have a connection with their souls.
the second part of the book : some poems (not my fav part of the book tbh)
and that cover *-* is really amazing *-*]]> 3.73 Beautiful And Damned
author: Robert M. Drake
name: Emy
average rating: 3.73
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rating: 4
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date added: 2024/08/07
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3.75
when I picked it up, I had no expectations in my mind, but I have to say that, i feel like my soul found something within the pages of "beautiful and damned".
the first part of the book : short stories with different subjects : love, supernatural events, hope.. what i want to say is that it made me feel different kind of "emotions" and that was good (except for the first story , i couldn't feel it, it was more like : r u effing me? and i was going to give up on the entire book, gladly something was asking me to carry on reading). another thing i liked is the fact that the characters weren't "physically" described, (sometimes he did mention the color of the eyes or the hair) instead, he tried to make us have a connection with their souls.
the second part of the book : some poems (not my fav part of the book tbh)
and that cover *-* is really amazing *-*
]]> <![CDATA[I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality]]> 145391
People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frightening mood swings that they often fear for their sanity. They can be euphoric one moment, despairing and depressed the next. There are an estimated 10 million sufferers of BPD living in America today—each displaying remarkably similar symptoms:

� a shaky sense of identity
� sudden violent outbursts
� oversensitivity to real or imagined rejection
� brief, turbulent love affairs
� frequent periods of intense depression
� eating disorders, drug abuse, and other self-destructive tendencies
� an irrational fear of abandonment and an inability to be alone

For years BPD was difficult to describe, diagnose, and treat. But now, for the first time, Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman and health writer Hal Straus offer much-needed professional advice, helping victims and their families to understand and cope with this troubling,shockingly widespread affliction.]]> 207 Jerold J. Kreisman 0380713055 Emy 0 to-read 3.76 1989 I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
author: Jerold J. Kreisman
name: Emy
average rating: 3.76
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]]> <![CDATA[Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto]]> 31227905
Why I Am Not A Feminist is a radical, fearless call for revolution. It accuses the feminist movement of obliviousness, irrelevance, and cowardice—and demands nothing less than the total dismantling of a system of oppression.]]> 151 Jessa Crispin 1612196012 Emy 4 essay, feminism 3.54 2017 Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
author: Jessa Crispin
name: Emy
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/20
date added: 2024/07/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body]]> 214151287 Dr Andrew Huberman, host of the world’s leading health podcast, Huberman Lab, and neuroscientist and tenured professor at Stanford School of Medicine, introduces Protocols, an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy, optimising bodily health and physical performance, and rewiring your nervous system to learn new skills and behaviours that can transform your life.

Protocols provides simple, powerful and evidence-based solutions to life’s most common challenges. Designed to improve your mental health, physical health and performance, these guidelines are customisable, allowing you to adapt them to your specific needs. With his clear and engaging style, Dr Huberman explains the scientific principles behind each protocol and how they can deliver immediate, effective results. Protocols is your essential road map for achieving optimal health.]]> 384 Andrew D. Huberman 1668032147 Emy 0 to-read 4.00 Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Woman's Broken Heart: Short Stories]]> 176748 WOMAN HATING and OUR BLOOD.

These are just the beginnings:

"it began quite possibly with Nancy Drew"
� the simple story of a lesbian girlhood

"first i gave up men. it wasnt easy but it sure as hell as obvious."
� bertha schneiders existencial edge

"there was a woman. she was a big woman and she was a sad woman. she had been in her life to the mountains and to the oceans. she had seen the sand. she did not got to the desert."
� how seasons pass

"bertha schneider, nearly 31, was too disturbed to have any friends. she was like all other schlubs running around out there. loss was driving her crazy."
� some awful facts, recounted by bertha schneider

"morning broke. I mean, fell right on its goddamn ass and broke. no walking barefoot if you care about yr feet, kid."
� the new womans broken heart

"bertha schneider had once been a woman and was now an androgyne. as a woman she had lain for 8 years on her back with her legs open as the multitudes passed by leaving gifts of sperm and spit. now as an androgyne her legs were still open but at the same time they ran, jumped, swan, stood up, skipped, and squatted."
� the wild cherries of lust

"as she kissed his neck, bertha schneider remembered her unrelenting sadness."
� bertha schneiders unrelenting sadness

"she was slit in the middle, a knife into the abdomen, his head rose up from the bloody mess, indistinguishable from her own inner slime. this was his birth. success at least. her 40th birthday came and went."
� the slit]]> 48 Andrea Dworkin 0960362800 Emy 0 to-read 3.70 1980 The New Woman's Broken Heart: Short Stories
author: Andrea Dworkin
name: Emy
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1980
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)]]> 51824384
Jacob Wayne is in control. Always. The bed and breakfast owner’s on a mission to dominate the hospitality industry—and he expects nothing less than perfection. So when a purple-haired tornado of a woman turns up out of the blue to interview for his open chef position, he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell. Then she hits him with her car—supposedly by accident. Yeah, right.

Now his arm is broken, his B&B is understaffed, and the dangerously unpredictable Eve is fluttering around, trying to help. Before long, she’s infiltrated his work, his kitchen—and his spare bedroom. Jacob hates everything about it. Or rather, he should. Sunny, chaotic Eve is his natural-born nemesis, but the longer these two enemies spend in close quarters, the more their animosity turns into something else. Like Eve, the heat between them is impossible to ignore—and it’s melting Jacob’s frosty exterior.]]> 400 Talia Hibbert 0062941283 Emy 4 romance 4.07 2021 Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
author: Talia Hibbert
name: Emy
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/07/19
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]]> <![CDATA[Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)]]> 6294 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.]]> 329 Diana Wynne Jones 006441034X Emy 5 4.30 1986 Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Emy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human]]> 60321392
N amed a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist , Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!

In The Song of the Cell , the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Gene “blends cutting-edge research, impeccable scholarship, intrepid reporting, and gorgeous prose into an encyclopedic study that reads like a literary page-turner� ( Oprah Daily ).

Mukherjee begins this magnificent story in the late 1600s, when a distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek looked down their handmade microscopes. What they saw introduced a radical concept that swept through biology and medicine, touching virtually every aspect of the two sciences, and altering both forever. It was the fact that complex living organisms are assemblages of tiny, self-contained, self-regulating units. Our organs, our physiology, our selves—hearts, blood, brains—are built from these compartments. Hooke christened them � cells. �

The discovery of cells—and the reframing of the human body as a cellular ecosystem—announced the birth of a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulations of cells. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer’s dementia, AIDS, pneumonia, lung cancer, kidney failure, arthritis, COVID pneumonia—all could be reconceived as the results of cells, or systems of cells, functioning abnormally. And all could be perceived as loci of cellular therapies.

Filled with writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling, The Song of the Cell tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. Told in six parts, and laced with Mukherjee’s own experience as a researcher, a doctor, and a prolific reader, The Song of the Cell is both panoramic and intimate—a masterpiece on what it means to be human.

“In an account both lyrical and capacious, Mukherjee takes us through an evolution of human from the seventeenth-century discovery that humans are made up of cells to our cutting-edge technologies for manipulating and deploying cells for therapeutic purposes� ( The New Yorker).]]> 473 Siddhartha Mukherjee 1982117354 Emy 0 on-hiatus 4.25 2022 The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
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name: Emy
average rating: 4.25
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]]> Lessons in Chemistry 206305528
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride�) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.

Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.]]> 404 Bonnie Garmus Emy 4 4.24 2022 Lessons in Chemistry
author: Bonnie Garmus
name: Emy
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind]]> 49098237
Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the face, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she shows that each part of us has a tale to tell. What we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently for months, years, sometimes centuries, until a forensic anthropologist is called upon to decipher it.

Some of this information is easily understood, some holds its secrets tight and needs scientific cajoling to be released. But by carefully piecing together the evidence, the facts of a life can be rebuilt. Limb by limb, case by case � some criminal, some historical, some unaccountably bizarre � Sue Black reconstructs with intimate sensitivity and compassion the hidden stories in what we leave behind.]]> 368 Sue Black 0857526901 Emy 5 nonfiction 4.33 2020 Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
author: Sue Black
name: Emy
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> دعاء الكروان 3821917 ما زالت أصداء صوت الكروان تتردد على صفحات طه حسين رغم بعد الزمن، فكروانه الذي سطر من خلاله هذه القصة الإنسانية المعبرة عن حال المجتمع المصري في تلك الآونة، كروانه ذاك، كان رمزاً لأنثى تصدح بأحزانها عبر المدى، لا من مجيب سوى الصمت وترجيع الصدى والصمت]]> 160 طه حسين 9770268100 Emy 4 young-adult 3.94 1934 دعاء الكروان
author: طه حسين
name: Emy
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1934
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love]]> 9547888 Is there a science to love?

In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory-the most advanced relationship science in existence today-can help us find and sustain love. Attachment theory forms the basis for many bestselling books on the parent/child relationship, but there has yet to be an accessible guide to what this fascinating science has to tell us about adult romantic relationships-until now.

Attachment theory owes its inception to British psychologist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, who in the 1950s examined the tremendous impact that our early relationships with our parents or caregivers has on the people we become. Also central to attachment theory is the discovery that our need to be in a close relationship with one or more individuals is embedded in our genes.

In Attached, Levine and Heller trace how these evolutionary influences continue to shape who we are in our relationships today. According to attachment theory, every person behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:

*ANXIOUS people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back.
*AVOIDANT people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.
*SECURE people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.

Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mates) follow. It also offers readers a wealth of advice on how to navigate their relationships more wisely given their attachment style and that of their partner. An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.]]> 304 Amir Levine 1585428485 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.11 2010 Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
author: Amir Levine
name: Emy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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date added: 2024/06/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment]]> 6023056 �Philadelphia Inquirer

“Women should listen to Steve Harvey when it comes to what a good man is about. Steve Harvey dispenses a lot of fabulous information about men.�
—Aretha Franklin

The #1 New York Times bestseller from the new guru of relationship advice, Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is an invaluable self-help book that can empower women everywhere to take control of their relationships. The host of a top-rated radio show listened to by millions daily—and of cable TV’s The Steve Harvey Project—Harvey knows what men really think about love, intimacy, and commitment. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, the author, media personality, and stand-up comedian gets serious, sharing his wealth of knowledge, insight, and no-nonsense advice for every good woman who wants to find a good man or make her current love last.
]]> 232 Steve Harvey 0061728977 Emy 4 3.78 2009 Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
author: Steve Harvey
name: Emy
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> Les figuiers de barbarie 22018951 272 Rachid Boudjedra 2246705118 Emy 0 to-read, algerian-authors 3.31 2010 Les figuiers de barbarie
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.31
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> المقامر 36152344 240 Fyodor Dostoevsky Emy 4 3.65 1866 المقامر
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1866
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mrs. Dalloway's Party: A Short Story Sequence]]> 46752 -from "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street"

The landmark modern novel Mrs. Dalloway creates a portrait of a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway as she orchestrates the last-minute details of a grand party. But before Virginia Woolf wrote this masterwork, she explored in a series of fascinating stories a similar revelry in the mental and physical excitement of a party.
Wonderfully captivating, the seven stories in Mrs. Dalloway's Party create a dynamic and delightful portrait of what Woolf called "party consciousness." As parallel expressions of the themes of Mrs. Dalloway, these stories provide a valuable window into Woolf's writing mind and a further testament to her extraordinary genius.]]> 80 Virginia Woolf 0156029324 Emy 0 to-read 3.88 Mrs. Dalloway's Party: A Short Story Sequence
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]]> الليالي البيضاء 22724699 تتناول هذه الرواية بصفحات قليلة أشياء كثيرة: هذيان شاب حالم، آمال فتاة مغرمة، قصة لقاء ناجح وحب فاشل، مبررات وأعذار العاشق في لحظة الانتظار الغرامي... وذلك بأسلوب فذ وجميل تميّز به دوستويفسكي، هذا الروائي العظيم الذي لم يكفّ طوال حياته عن الغوص في النفس البشرية، والكشف عن أعماقها ومكنوناتها.]]> 112 Fyodor Dostoevsky Emy 4 3.83 1848 الليالي البيضاء
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1848
rating: 4
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]]> And Yet: Poems 60409981 The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman.

Kate Baer shot into the literary stratosphere with the publication of her debut poetry collection, What Kind of Woman, which became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

Kate's second full-length book of traditional poetry, And Yet, dives deeper into the themes that are the hallmarks of her writing: motherhood, friendship, love, and loss. Taken together, these poems demonstrate the remarkable evolution of a writer and an artist working at the height of her craft, pushing herself and her poetry in a beautiful and impressive way.

Intimate, evocative, and bold, Kate's beguiling poetry firmly positions her in the company of Dorianne Laux, Mary Oliver, Maggie Nelson, and other great female poets of our time.]]> 112 Kate Baer 0063115557 Emy 3 poetry 3.96 2022 And Yet: Poems
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.96
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rating: 3
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]]> جوج وماجوج 48559161
الراوي في هذه الأحداث بأبعادها الكارثية، مُواطنٌ عاديّ يبلغ من العمر 54 عاماً ويدرّس مادة الأحياء في مدرسة مسائية. مهنة مضجرة وحياة روتينية. بإمكانه تجاوز كل المتاعب عدا الضوضاء الرهيبة التي يُحدِثُها جاره إييغو الذي يقطن في الطابق العُلويّ.

بإيقاع متهيّج ولغة أنيقة مليئة بالكوميديا السوداء، تخترق باتريسيا ميلو عقلَ رجلٍ ضاقَ ذرعاً وأصبح غيرَ قادرٍ على التعاطي بمنطقية مع الحياة المعاصرة. (الناشر)

- "جوج وماجوج" رواية مبهجة ومقلقة في آن واحد. رافاييل مونتس. (صحيفة غلوبو البرازيلية.)
- جمعت ما بين خطاب نقدي للمجتمع، وسرد رشيق وذكي يشدُّ انتباه القارئ. (صحيفة أو إستاداو)
- باترسيا ميلو إحدى أعظم الكتاب البرازيليين في عصرنا. ( آر إف آي الفرنسية)]]> 174 Patrícia Melo 9921712233 Emy 4 3.48 2017 جوج وماجوج
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times]]> 687278
� Using painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage
� Communicating so as to encourage others to open up rather than shut down
� Practices for reversing habitual patterns
� Methods for working with chaotic situations
� Ways for creating effective social action]]> 148 Pema Chödrön 1570623449 Emy 0 to-read 4.27 1996 When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
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name: Emy
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Rationality 56224080 Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply an irrational species - cavemen out of time fatally cursed with biases, fallacies and illusions. After all, we discovered the laws of nature, lengthened and enriched our lives and set the benchmarks for rationality itself. Instead, he explains, we think in ways that suit the low-tech contexts in which we spend most of our lives, but fail to take advantage of the powerful tools of reasoning we have built up over millennia: logic, critical thinking, probability, causal inference, and decision-making under uncertainty. These tools are not a standard part of our educational curricula, and have never been presented clearly and entertainingly in a single book - until now.

Rationality matters. It leads to better choices in our lives and in the public sphere, and is the ultimate driver of social justice and moral progress. Brimming with insight and humour, Rationality will enlighten, inspire and empower.]]> 432 Steven Pinker 0241380278 Emy 0 nonfiction, on-hiatus 3.80 2021 Rationality
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]]> <![CDATA[The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are]]> 35604788
To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact. This blinds us to the physical realities of mental function. We ignore bodily influences on our psychology, from chemicals in the blood to bacteria in the gut, and overlook the ways that the environment affects our behavior, via factors varying from subconscious sights and sounds to the weather. As a result, we alternately overestimate our capacity for free will or equate brains to inorganic machines like computers. But a brain is neither a soul nor an electrical it is a bodily organ, and it cannot be separated from its surroundings. Our selves aren't just inside our heads -- they're spread throughout our bodies and beyond. Only once we come to terms with this can we grasp the true nature of our humanity.]]> 304 Alan Jasanoff 0465052681 Emy 0 3.70 The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)]]> 54373691 In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.

Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to:

The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
The son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeral
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift...

This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?]]> 192 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1529050863 Emy 4 3.98 2017 Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]> 343 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder.

In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"—the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.]]> 263 Patrick Süskind Emy 0 4.05 1985 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> Le cerf-volant 57689249
Un jour, emportée par le courant, Léna manque de se noyer. La voyant sombrer, la fillette donne l'alerte. Léna est miraculeusement secourue par la Red Brigade, un groupe d'autodéfense féminine, qui s'entraînait tout près.

Léna veut remercier l'enfant. Elle découvre que la petite travaille sans relâche dans le restaurant d’un cousin, qui l'a recueillie et l'exploite. Elle n'a jamais été à l'école et s’est murée dans un mutisme complet. Que cache donc son silence ? Et quelle est son histoire ?

Aidée de Preeti, la jeune cheffe de brigade au caractère explosif, Léna va tenter de percer son secret. Jadis enseignante, elle se met en tête de lui apprendre à lire et à écrire. Au cœur de ce monde dont elle ignore tout, commence alors une incroyable aventure où se mêlent l’espoir et la colère, la volonté face aux traditions, et le rêve de changer la vie par l’éducation�

La rencontre inoubliable et réparatrice entre une femme, une jeune fille et une enfant au milieu d'une Inde tourmentée.]]> 224 Laetitia Colombani 2246828805 Emy 0 to-read 4.00 2021 Le cerf-volant
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]]> مهزلة العقل البشري 6494415 وهو بالتالي لا يري بكتابه هذا تمجيد الحضارة الغربية أو أن يدعو إليها، إنما قصده القول: أنه لا بد مما ليس منه بد، فالمفاهيم الحديثة التي تأتي بها الحضارة الغربية آتية لا ريب فيها، ويقول بأنه آن الأوان فهم الحقيقة قبل فوات الأوان، إذ أن العالم الإسلامي يمد القوم بمرحلة انتقال قاسية، يعاني منها آلاماً تشبه آلام المخاض، فمنذ نصف قرن تقريباً كان العالم يعيش في القرون الوسطى، ثم جاءت الحضارة الجديدة فجأة فأخذت تجرف أمامها معظم المألوف، لذا ففي كل بيت من بيوت المسلمين عراكاً وجدالاً بين الجيل القديم والجيل الجديد، ذلك ينظر في الحياة بمنظار القرن العاشر، وهذا يريد أن ينظر إليها بمنظار القرن العشرين ويضيف قائلاً بأنه كان ينتظر من المفكرين من رجال الدين وغيرهم، أن يساعدوا قومهم من أزمة المخاض هذه، لكنهم كانوا على العكس من ذلك يحاولون أن يقفوا في طريق الإصلاح، على ضوء ذلك يمكن القول بأن الكتابة هو محاولة لسن قراءة جديدة في مجتمع إسلامي يعيش، كما يرى الباحث، بعقلية الماضين عصر التطور الذي يتطلب رؤيا ومفاهيم دينية تتماشى وذلك الواقع المُعاش.]]> 359 علي الوردي Ali Al-Wardi Emy 3 nonfiction 3.95 1956 مهزلة العقل البشري
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rating: 3
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]]> Les Grands Thèmes 35112978 Problèmes de la civilisation. 182 مالك بن نبي 9931320710 Emy 5 nonfiction 5.00 2012 Les Grands Thèmes
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average rating: 5.00
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Marie Curie, ma mère (French Edition)]]> 61281113 Un témoignage inédit d'Irène Joliot-Curie sur sa mère Marie Curie. Alliant vie familiale, anecdotes privées et recherches scientifiques, voici un document rare et émouvant sur une famille d'exception et sur deux " femmes puissantes ", lauréates du prix Nobel avec leurs maris.

En 1954, à l'occasion des 20 ans de la mort de Marie Curie, la revue Europe commande à sa fille Irène un article � resté confidentiel et jamais réédité jusqu'à aujourd'hui � dans lequel elle livre " souvenirs et impressions " sur sa mère.
Irène y aborde l'enseignement dont elle a bénéficié et qu'elle caractérise d'" un peu désordonné ", l'importance qu'elle et sa mère accordent à la pratique des exercices physiques, aux excursions en montagne ou à la mer, à tout type de loisirs actifs. L'une et l'autre aiment la nature et la poésie, à laquelle son grand-père a initié Irène et que Marie avait acquis dans sa jeunesse.
Les années 1914-1918 sont un tournant majeur dans la vie de Marie Curie. Elle équipe des voitures radiologiques et forme des groupes d'infirmières à la pratique des appareils à rayons X. Irène, s'implique très tôt, à 17 ans, dans le travail entrepris par sa mère dont elle devient, avec le même caractère calme et réfléchi que son père, une collaboratrice privilégiée. Elle aura bientôt une place reconnue à l'Institut du Radium où elle entreprend ses propres recherches et rencontre Frédéric Joliot. Leurs travaux communs les mèneront jusqu'au Prix Nobel de chimie en 1935. Une découverte qui complète si bien celle de Pierre et Marie Curie.
Irène aborde enfin la personnalité de Marie, ses opinions religieuses et politiques. Leurs idées se rencontrent sur la science, le plaisir de la découverte, l'horreur de la guerre qu'elles ont vue de près. Mais, contrairement à sa fille, Marie a peu exprimé, en dehors de sa famille, ses opinions sur les injustices sociales, le gâchage des ressources naturelles ou les crédits militaires.
Un témoignage unique sur une fille et sa mère qui ont toutes les deux marqué l'histoire.]]> 99 Irène Joliot-Curie 2259311369 Emy 4 4.26 Marie Curie, ma mère (French Edition)
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]]> I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry) 51135126 Helium, Rudy Fransico has created a collection of poems that savor the day-to-day. Treating it as worship, turning it into an opportunity to plant new seeds of growth. Language so often fails us, but Fransico has found his way around this as he creates his own words for the things our language cannot give name to. "Felenter (Noun) Definition: Someone who finds joy in things that people believe to be mundane." I'll Fly Away Uses fascinating metaphors to convey common emotional states. These poems are an act of remembrance, and an act of believing that you dear reader, are a celebration waiting for the lights to come up.]]> 124 Rudy Francisco 1943735697 Emy 4 poetry 4.32 2020 I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
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]]> Bel-Ami 780581 416 Guy de Maupassant 0140443150 Emy 4 3.85 1885 Bel-Ami
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1885
rating: 4
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]]> Les impatientes 55306541 Ce roman polyphonique retrace le destin de la jeune Ramla, arrachée à son amour pour être mariée à l’époux de Safira, tandis que Hindou, sa sœur, est contrainte d’épouser son cousin. Patience !
C’est le seul et unique conseil qui leur est donné par leur entourage, puisqu’il est impensable d’aller contre la volonté d’Allah. Comme le dit le proverbe peul : « Au bout de la patience il y a le ciel. » Mais le ciel peut devenir un enfer. Comment ces trois femmes impatientes parviendront-elles à se libérer ?

Mariage forcé, viol conjugal, consensus et polygamie : ce roman de Djaïli Amadou Amal brise les tabous en dénonçant la condition féminine au Sahel et nous livre un roman bouleversant sur la question universelle des violences faites aux femmes.

]]> 240 Djaïli Amadou Amal 2490155253 Emy 4 4.09 2017 Les impatientes
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]]> Des pierres dans ma poche 29856973 la froideur de la capitale française, une habituée des allers-retours entre les deux villes.
La voilà qui s’apprête à retourner là-bas, pour assister aux fiançailles de sa petite soeur. Or, à quelques jours du départ, ses angoisses se réveillent, car à 30 ans, et malgré une bonne situation, la jeune femme est encore célibataire.
L’assaillent alors les questionnements liés au mariage, à la solitude, à l’indépendance, passablement accentués par les névroses de sa mère.
Séquences parisiennes et algéroises se succèdent, vague à l’âme et nostalgie alternent, entre tendresse et auto-dérision...
L’auteure, dont c’est le deuxième roman, offre ici une vision tragi-comique du destin de ceux qui vivent l’entre-deux.]]> 180 Kaouther Adimi 9931325968 Emy 4 algerian-authors 3.44 2019 Des pierres dans ma poche
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average rating: 3.44
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rating: 4
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]]> la soif 11680387 Assia Djebar Emy 4 algerian-authors 3.83 1958 la soif
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1958
rating: 4
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]]> La Porte 2534041
La Porte est une confession. La narratrice retrace sa relation avec Emerence qui fut sa femme de ménage pendant une vingtaine d’années. L’une est vieille, l’autre jeune, l’une sait à peine lire, l’autre ne « respire » que par les mots, l’une arbore l’humilité comme un blason, l’autre l’orgueil de l’intellectuelle sur-cultivée. Et pourtant la vieille servante va tout apprendre à l’écrivain adulée, car elle est la générosité incarnée ; dès qu’il s’agit de sauver une vie, celle d’un Juif, d’un Allemand, d’un voleur ou d’un chaton abandonné, Emerence ne réfléchit pas une seconde. La narratrice fait le portrait haut en couleur de ce personnage lumineux au caractère difficile et singulier, qui agit en véritable despote sur son entourage, qui consent à tout.]]> 300 Magda Szabó 2878582004 Emy 0 3.87 1987 La Porte
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]]> <![CDATA[Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions]]> 29849709
Just ask Kaya Rubio, twenty-five year-old Molecular Genetics graduate student and research assistant. Fed up with her spinster aunts' relentless reminders and unsolicited advice regarding her Single Since Birth status, she designs a scientific, evidence-based methodology to find her a suitable partner in time for her cousin's wedding. As any good scientist knows, any valid experimental design requires a negative control. Enter the most unsuitable candidate for a potential boyfriend: the messy, easygoing, café owner Nero Sison. Her null hypothesis? Going out with Nero would establish her baseline data without catalyzing the chemical reaction she seeks.

But when Kaya's recorded results refuse to make sense, she is forced to come to the conclusion that there are some things in life that are simply, by nature, irrational and illogical. And that sometimes, chemistry doesn't always happen inside a lab.]]> 229 Six de los Reyes Emy 4 romance 3.78 2016 Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know]]> 55539565 Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity, but constantly willing to rethink their stances and that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams.

New evidence shows us that as a mindset and a skilllset, rethinking can be taught and Grant explains how to develop the necessary qualities to do it. Section 1 explores why we struggle to think again and how we can learn to do it as individuals, arguing that 'grit' alone can actually be counterproductive. Section 2 discusses how we can help others think again through learning about 'argument literacy'. And the final section 3 looks at how schools, businesses and governments fall short in building cultures that encourage rethinking.

In the end, learning to rethink may be the secret skill to give you the edge in a world changing faster than ever.]]> 307 Adam M. Grant 1984878107 Emy 0 to-read 4.12 2021 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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]]> <![CDATA[A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence]]> 54503521 288 Jeff Hawkins 1541675819 Emy 0 nonfiction 4.01 2021 A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
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]]> <![CDATA[Le diable est dans les détails]]> 33375915 64 Leïla Slimani 2815921456 Emy 0 essay 3.83 2017 Le diable est dans les détails
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)]]> 1232 487 Carlos Ruiz Zafón Emy 4 fav 4.26 2001 The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
name: Emy
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[قضايا المرأة بين التقاليد الراكدة والوافدة]]> 4472148 222 محمد الغزالي 977016352X Emy 3 3.87 1990 قضايا المرأة بين التقاليد الراكدة والوافدة
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name: Emy
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1990
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)]]> 1499952 Daddy Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen.]]> 249 Jean Webster Emy 4 4.11 1912 Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[هل سمعت الناي يشكو آلام الفراق]]> 61263575 332 خالد محمد عبده 9931538406 Emy 0 5.00 هل سمعت الناي يشكو آلام الفراق
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]]> The Book That Made Me 30129798 A book for book lovers!

The Book That Made Me is a celebration of the books that influenced some of the most acclaimed authors from Australia and the world. Inspirational. Affecting.

A perfect collection of personal stories for book lovers!

Personal stories by fantastic authors such as Markus Zusak, Jaclyn Moriarty, Shaun Tan, Mal Peet, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Simon French, Fiona Wood, Simmone Howell, Bernard Beckett, Ursula Dubosarsky, Rachael Craw, Sue Lawson, Felicity Castagna, Benjamin Law, Cath Crowley, Kate Constable, James Roy, Alison Croggon, Will Kostakis and Randa Abdel-Fattah. Also features black and white cartoons by Shaun Tan!

All royalties from the sale of the book will go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The book will also include the ILF logo and information about the organisation.]]> 256 Judith Ridge 1922244880 Emy 4 nonfiction, books-about-books 3.69 2016 The Book That Made Me
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average rating: 3.69
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe]]> 3143972 Főleg az utóbbi lényeges: verseinek olvasásához sajátos lelki állapot kell. Poe-t olyankor érdemes elővenni, ha például úgy érezzük, kissé túlságosan sok a zajos, önelégült ember körülöttünk, és nem kapunk levegőt tőlük; ha ravatalon látjuk azt, akit soha senki nem pótolhat számunkra�
Vannak őszi alkonyatok, amikor úgy tűnik: a közelgő éjszaka benyomja ránk az ablaküveget, és a besüvítő hideg ellen nem tudunk védekezni. Ilyenkor gyógyítanak Poe tompa tónusú, ólomsúlyú szavai, rímes bánatai, időmértékes szorongásai, lebegő iszonyatai, rejtelmes, anyagtalan víziói; talán úgy, ahogy megfelelő adagokban, szérum formájában a betegség kórokozói meggyógyítják a betegséget.
A kötet Poe kísérteties tájaira kalauzol � ahová a költő is menekült a szorongató élet valósága elől.�
(Baróti Szabolcs)]]> 139 Edgar Allan Poe Emy 0 to-read, poetry 4.02 1831 The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
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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 Emy 4 3.91 2004 قلق السعي إلى المكانة: الشعور بالرضا أو المهانة
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average rating: 3.91
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own]]> 35270717
Helen Thomson has spent years traveling the world, tracking down incredibly rare brain disorders. In Unthinkable she tells the stories of nine extraordinary people she encountered along the way. From the man who thinks he's a tiger to the doctor who feels the pain of others just by looking at them to a woman who hears music that’s not there, their experiences illustrate how the brain can shape our lives in unexpected and, in some cases, brilliant and alarming ways.

Story by remarkable story, Unthinkable takes us on an unforgettable journey through the human brain. Discover how to forge memories that never disappear, how to grow an alien limb, and how to make better decisions. Learn how to hallucinate and how to make yourself happier in a split second. Find out how to avoid getting lost, how to see more of your reality, even how exactly you can confirm you are alive. Think the unthinkable.]]> 256 Helen Thomson 0062391186 Emy 0 to-read 3.98 2018 Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
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]]> <![CDATA[All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World]]> 40796153 96 Lori Alexander 1328884201 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.07 2019 All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World
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name: Emy
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[The Urge: Our History of Addiction]]> 58695611 As a psychiatrist-in-training fresh from medical school, Carl Erik Fisher came face to face with his own addiction crisis, one that nearly cost him everything. Here, he investigates the history of this age-old condition.

Humans have struggled to define, treat, and control addictive behaviour for most of recorded history, including well before the advent of modern science and medicine. The Urge is a rich, sweeping history that probes not only medicine and science but also literature, religion, philosophy, and sociology, illuminating the extent to which the story of addiction has persistently reflected broader questions of what it means to be human and care for one another.

Fisher introduces us to the people who have endeavoured to address this complex condition through the ages: physicians and politicians, activists and artists, researchers and writers, and of course the legions of people who have struggled with their own addictions. He also examines the treatments and strategies that have produced hope and relief.

The Urge is at once an eye-opening history of ideas, a riveting personal story of addiction and recovery, and a clinician’s urgent call for a more expansive, nuanced, and compassionate view of one of society’s most intractable challenges.]]> 400 Carl Erik Fisher 1912854058 Emy 0 to-read 3.89 2022 The Urge: Our History of Addiction
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]]> Book Lovers 58690308 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephens� life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters� trip away—with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.]]> 377 Emily Henry 0593334833 Emy 4 romance 4.09 2022 Book Lovers
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name: Emy
average rating: 4.09
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]]> رقائق القرآن 19408357 175 إبراهيم عمر السكران 9786030354 Emy 4 4.26 2014 رقائق القرآن
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average rating: 4.26
book published: 2014
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]]> Foi et Raison 22892991 Tariq Ramadan Emy 4 4.33 Foi et Raison
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]]> <![CDATA[A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain]]> 58085250
A college student cannot remember if she has eaten breakfast. By dinner, she is strapped to a hospital bed, convinced she is battling zombies. A man planning to propose marriage instead becomes violently enraged, gripped by body spasms so severe that he nearly bites off his own tongue. One after another, poor farmers in South Carolina drop dead from a mysterious epidemic of dementia.

With an intoxicating blend of history and intrigue, Sara Manning Peskin invites readers to play medical detective, tracing each diagnosis from the patient to an ailing nervous system. Along the way, Peskin entertains with tales of the sometimes outlandish, often criticized, and forever devoted scientists who discovered it all.

Peskin never loses sight of the human impact of these conditions. Alzheimer’s Disease is more than the gradual loss of a loved one; it can be a family’s multigenerational curse. The proteins that abound in every cell of our bodies are not simply strings of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon; they are the building blocks of our personalities and relationships. A Molecule Away from Madness is an unputdownable journey into the deepest mysteries of our brains.]]> 214 Sara Manning Peskin 1324002379 Emy 5 nonfiction 4.17 2022 A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
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name: Emy
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them]]> 56269163 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body - through the murders in which they were used.

As any listener or reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring - and popular - weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict?

In a fascinating blend of popular science, medical history, and true crime, Dr. Neil Bradbury explores this most morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimes - some notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolved - are the equally compelling stories of the poisons involved: eleven molecules of death that work their way through the human body and, paradoxically, illuminate the way in which our bodies function.

Drawn from historical records and current news headlines, A Taste for Poison weaves together the tales of spurned lovers, shady scientists, medical professionals and political assassins to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect through the use of poison. From the deadly origins of the gin and tonic cocktail to the arsenic-laced wallpaper in Napoleon’s bedroom, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' leads listeners on a riveting tour of the intricate, complex systems that keep us alive - or don’t.]]> 304 Neil Bradbury 1250270758 Emy 5 nonfiction 4.11 2022 A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
author: Neil Bradbury
name: Emy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> The Soul of a Woman 54075385 From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman.

"When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating," begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without "resources or voice." Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn't have.

As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, she for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote "with a knife between their teeth" about women's issues. She has seen what has been accomplished by the movement in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality.

So what do women want? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will "light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished."]]> 174 Isabel Allende 0593355628 Emy 4 biography-autobiography 3.99 2020 The Soul of a Woman
author: Isabel Allende
name: Emy
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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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 Emy 5 nonfiction 4.58 2021 Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
author: Philipp Dettmer
name: Emy
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> Please Look After Mom 8574333 Please Look After Mom is a stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their missing mother - and their discovery of the desires, heartaches and secrets they never realized she harbored within.

When sixty-nine year old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, and vanishes, their children are consumed with loud recriminations, and are awash in sorrow and guilt. As they argue over the "Missing" flyers they are posting throughout the city - how large of a reward to offer, the best way to phrase the text - they realize that none of them have a recent photograph of Mom. Soon a larger question emerges: do they really know the woman they called Mom?

Told by the alternating voices of Mom's daughter, son, her husband and, in the shattering conclusion, by Mom herself, the novel pieces together, Rashomon-style, a life that appears ordinary but is anything but.

This is a mystery of one mother that reveals itself to be the mystery of all our mothers: about her triumphs and disappointments and about who she is on her own terms, separate from who she is to her family. If you have ever been a daughter, a son, a husband or a mother, Please Look After Mom is a revelation - one that will bring tears to your eyes.]]> 237 Kyung-Sook Shin 0307593916 Emy 4 3.89 2008 Please Look After Mom
author: Kyung-Sook Shin
name: Emy
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health]]> 36602083
Chances are he has, and most likely unknowingly. If you've been misled by bad medical advice your health will suffer. It is time you discover the truth. Medical research is expanding so quickly that only the most dedicated doctors can keep up with it all. Is your doctor that dedicated?

Lies My Doctor Told Me reveals the truth behind the lies told by well-meaning doctors. Whether it's recommending a low-fat diet, or warning you to avoid the sun, these medical lies can cause really harm to your health.

Does your doctor still recommend that you avoid cholesterol and eat lots of whole-grains? What about a paleo diet or ketogenic diet, have they been mentioned in an office visit? So much of the nutrition and lifestyle advice doctors give is just plain wrong, and that can be dangerous. This book will help you sort through the medical myths and the outright lies, and begin to develop a health partnership with your doctor.

This book will teach
--the truth about whole wheat's effect on the human body
--whether milk is good for you
--the facts about fat intake on your heart health
--how the Food Pyramid came into existence
--the dangers and benefits of hormone therapy
--the truth about salt
--how doctors think about prevention and nutrition
--much more

Order LIES MY DOCTOR TOLD ME today, as your first step towards a better diet, better health, and a better relationship with your doctor.]]> 158 Ken D. Berry 099909050X Emy 0 to-read 4.31 Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health
author: Ken D. Berry
name: Emy
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]]> <![CDATA[From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death]]> 38212121
“Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.� ―Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry―especially chemical embalming―and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity  is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality. 45 illustrations]]> 256 Caitlin Doughty 0393356280 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.30 2017 From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
author: Caitlin Doughty
name: Emy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/01/31
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]]> Reminders of Him 58341222 A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them. The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.]]> 335 Colleen Hoover 1542025605 Emy 4 romance 4.33 2022 Reminders of Him
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Emy
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/01/31
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]]> <![CDATA[Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives]]> 54226795 An Adam Grant Spring Book Pick
Finalist for the Next Big Idea Club

A must-read this spring -- a fantastically well-written exploration of our need for ownership and the costs of greed.
--Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of Far From the Tree
A hidden set of rules governs who owns what--explaining everything from whether you can recline your airplane seat to why HBO lets you borrow a password illegally--and in this lively and entertaining guide, two acclaimed law professors reveal how things become mine.

Mine is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it's okay to knock-off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm, why does a chair in the street hold your parking space in Chicago, but in New York you lose the space and the chair?

Mine! explains these puzzles and many more. Surprisingly, there are just six simple stories that everyone uses to claim everything. Owners choose the story that steers us to do what they want. But we can always pick a different story. This is true not just for airplane seats, but also for battles over digital privacy, climate change, and wealth inequality. As Michael Heller and James Salzman show--in the spirited style of Freakonomics, Nudge, and Predictably Irrational--ownership is always up for grabs.

With stories that are eye-opening, mind-bending, and sometimes infuriating, Mine! reveals the rules of ownership that secretly control our lives.]]> 336 Michael A. Heller 0385544723 Emy 4 nonfiction 4.11 2021 Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
author: Michael A. Heller
name: Emy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/01/31
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]]> موت صغير 29414792 592 محمد حسن علوان Emy 4 4.21 2016 موت صغير
author: محمد حسن علوان
name: Emy
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> Bad Science 3272165
We are obsessed with our health. And yet—from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, via multiple health scares and miracle cures, to the million-pound trial that Durham Council now denies ever existed—we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory and sometimes even misleading information. Until now.

Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the dodgy science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further: out of the bullshit, he shows us the fascinating story of how we know what we know, and gives us the tools to uncover bad science for ourselves.]]> 338 Ben Goldacre 0007240198 Emy 0 to-read, nonfiction 4.05 2008 Bad Science
author: Ben Goldacre
name: Emy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Philosophy of Psychedelics (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)]]> 58801877 271 Chris Letheby Emy 0 to-read 4.25 Philosophy of Psychedelics (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)
author: Chris Letheby
name: Emy
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]]> <![CDATA[Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting]]> 54895704
Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you're over forty, you're probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer's or dementia. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our brains aren't designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn't mean it's broken or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human.

In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into how memories are made and how we retrieve them. You'll learn whether forgotten memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories are built to exist for only a few seconds (like a passcode) while others can last a lifetime (your wedding day). You'll come to appreciate the clear distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and forgetting due to Alzheimer's (that you own a car). And you'll see how memory is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context. Once you understand the language of memory and how it functions, its incredible strengths and maddening weaknesses, its natural vulnerabilities and potential superpowers, you can both vastly improve your ability to remember and feel less rattled when you inevitably forget. You can set educated expectations for your memory, and in doing so, create a better relationship with it. You don't have to fear it anymore. And that can be life-changing.]]> 256 Lisa Genova 0593137957 Emy 0 to-read 4.15 2021 Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
author: Lisa Genova
name: Emy
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> The Reading List 55276648 An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.

Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home.

When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list� hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. ]]> 368 Sara Nisha Adams 0063025280 Emy 4 books-about-books 4.02 2021 The Reading List
author: Sara Nisha Adams
name: Emy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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date added: 2021/12/17
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Emy 0 to-read 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
author: Harper Lee
name: Emy
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1960
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]]> The Comfort Book 55825273 The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement.

“It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.�

The Comfort Book is Haig’s life raft: it’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence.]]> 272 Matt Haig 0143136666 Emy 0 to-read 4.07 2021 The Comfort Book
author: Matt Haig
name: Emy
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics]]> 35604796 The untold story of the heretical thinkers who dared to question the nature of our quantum universe
Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation and dismissed questions about the reality underlying quantum physics as meaningless. A mishmash of solipsism and poor reasoning, Copenhagen endured, as Bohr's students vigorously protected his legacy, and the physics community favored practical experiments over philosophical arguments. As a result, questioning the status quo long meant professional ruin. And yet, from the 1920s to today, physicists like John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What Is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and of the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth.
]]> 384 Adam Becker 0465096050 Emy 0 4.26 2018 What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
author: Adam Becker
name: Emy
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> The Secret (The Secret, #1) 52529 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781582701707.

The worldwide bestselling phenomenon that has helped millions tap the power of the law that governs all our lives to create—intentionally and effortlessly—a joyful life.

In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe�The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller.

Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions, and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it.

In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.

The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.]]> 199 Rhonda Byrne Emy 2 not-my-thing 3.74 2006 The Secret (The Secret, #1)
author: Rhonda Byrne
name: Emy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> The Love Hypothesis 56732449
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.]]> 356 Ali Hazelwood 0593336828 Emy 4 romance 4.11 2021 The Love Hypothesis
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Emy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/24
date added: 2021/11/24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]> 678974
Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.]]> 314 Milan Kundera 0571200834 Emy 4 4.02 1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
author: Milan Kundera
name: Emy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science]]> 56246458 464 James Poskett 0358251796 Emy 0 nonfiction, dnf 3.73 2022 Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science
author: James Poskett
name: Emy
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson]]> 67522 400 Emily Dickinson 1593080506 Emy 4 poetry 4.24 1924 The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
author: Emily Dickinson
name: Emy
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1924
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/24
date added: 2021/11/24
shelves: poetry
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