Je's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:33:58 -0700 60 Je's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg محاورات افلاطون 9480100 Plato full dialogues 281 Plato Je 0 to-read 3.97 -400 محاورات افلاطون
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]]> Dernières leçons. 13618190 210 Émile Benveniste 2021071979 Je 0 to-read 3.50 2012 Dernières leçons.
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]]> The Lost Daughter 1058564
But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family.]]> 140 Elena Ferrante 1933372427 Je 0 to-read 3.70 2006 The Lost Daughter
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]]> تاريخ السينما الروائية ج1 9964881 لا يوجد في المكتبة العربية كتاب واحد شامل لتاريخ السينما في العالم، رغم الأهمية القصوى لمثل هذا الكتاب. إن كتاب آرثر نايت "قصة السينما في العالم"، الذي ترجم عن الإنجليزية منذ أكثر من ثلاثين عاماً، وكذلك كتاب جورج سادول الذي ترجم عن الفرنسية منذ تلك الفترة أيضاً كانا غير كافيين أصلاً لأنهما من الكتب المبسطة، ولعل هذا الكتاب هو الأول في العربية الأكثر شمولاً والأكثر حداثة بالطبع.

والكتاب ليس سرداً لتاريخ السينما الروائية في العالم وإنما دراسة متعمقة له، يرصد العلاقات بين التطورات التقنية والجمالية والسياسية والاقتصادية في سياقها التاريخي. ويقوم بدور الموسوعة الشاملة التي يمكن للقارئ أن يرجع إليها في بحثه عن مادة تاريخية تتعلق بالسينما في بلد من البلدان العالم، أو بحركة فنية بعينها، أو بأهم مخرجي العالم، بالإضافة إلى التحليل النقدي ذي الرؤية العميقة للأفلام.

ويولي الكتاب اهتماماً كبيراً لجانب الصناعة والتجارة وتاريخ شركات الإنتاج الكبرى، والمؤسسات ذات العلاقة مثل النقابات والرقابة، كما يولي اهتماماً لدور كل من وسائل التوزيع والعرض في تأثيرها على المسار التاريخي لفن الفيلم، وقد وفق المترجم في الحفاظ على وضوح عبارات وأفكار المؤلف التي ترجع -ولا شك- إلى ممارسته الطويلة لتدريس السينما منذ عام 1973. وهو الآن أستاذ الدراسات السينمائية ومدير برامج الدراسات الفيلمية في جامعة إيموري Emory.]]> 452 David A. Cook Je 0 to-read 4.06 1981 تاريخ السينما الروائية ج1
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]]> A Little Life 29408433 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER � A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship� (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST � MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST � WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE �

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.]]> 723 Hanya Yanagihara 1447294831 Je 0 to-read 4.36 2015 A Little Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business]]> 74034 184 Neil Postman 014303653X Je 0 currently-reading 4.15 1985 Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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]]> Thick: And Other Essays 40365093 Smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more—by one of today's most intrepid public intellectuals

Tressie McMillan Cottom, the writer, professor, and acclaimed author of Lower Ed, now brilliantly shifts gears from running regression analyses on college data to unleashing another identity: a purveyor of wit, wisdom—and of course Black Twitter snark—about all that is right and much that is so very wrong about this thing we call society. In the bestselling tradition of bell hooks and Roxane Gay, McMillan Cottom’s freshman collection illuminates a particular trait of her tribe: being thick. In form, and in substance.

This bold compendium, likely to find its place on shelves alongside Lindy West, Rebecca Solnit, and Maggie Nelson, dissects everything from beauty to Obama to pumpkin spice lattes. Yet Thick will also fill a void on those very shelves: a modern black American female voice waxing poetic on self and society, serving up a healthy portion of clever prose and southern aphorisms in a style uniquely her own.

McMillan Cottom has crafted a black woman’s cultural bible, as she mines for meaning in places many of us miss and reveals precisely how—when you’re in the thick of it—the political, the social, and the personal are almost always one and the same.

Thick --
In the name of beauty --
Dying to be competent --
Know your whites --
Black is over (or, special black) --
The price of fabulousness --
Black girlhood, interrupted --
Girl 6 --
Notes]]> 248 Tressie McMillan Cottom 1620974363 Je 0 currently-reading 4.43 2019 Thick: And Other Essays
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]]> <![CDATA[Of All the Bloody Cheek (The Commissions of Augustus Mandrell #1)]]> 2814610 224 Frank McAuliffe 0345221753 Je 0 to-read 4.46 1971 Of All the Bloody Cheek (The Commissions of Augustus Mandrell #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel, 1880�1914]]> 35529269 188 Jil Larson 0511443889 Je 0 to-read 0.0 1997 Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel, 1880–1914
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Years� War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917�2017]]> 41812831
In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God, let Palestine be left alone.� Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members—mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists—The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.

Original, authoritative, and important, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is not a chronicle of victimization, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day.]]> 336 Rashid Khalidi 1627798552 Je 0 currently-reading 4.50 2020 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Les 5 Blessures qui empêchent d'être soi-même]]> 22864581 Lise Bourbeau, grâce à une description très détaillée de ces blessures, nous mène vers la voie de la guérison. Car de la compréhension de ces mécanismes dépend le véritable épanouissement, celui qui nous conduit à être enfin nous-même.
Un guide simple et pratique pour transformer tous nos petits problèmes quotidiens en tremplin pour grandir.]]> 241 Lise Bourbeau 2266229486 Je 0 to-read 3.40 1994 Les 5 Blessures qui empêchent d'être soi-même
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]]> أن تحبك جيهان 41645552 704 مكاوي سعيد 9774279913 Je 0 2.50 2015 أن تحبك جيهان
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]]> Adults 52176889 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER


‘H� Stylist


‘DAZZLING� Marian Keyes


‘Wհճ� Guardian


‘HEARTBREAKING� Dolly Alderton


‘INCREDIBLE� Candice Carty-Williams



Jenny is unloved, unemployable and emotionally unfiltered. Her long-suffering friends seem sick of her and whilst her social media portrays her life as a bed of roses, it is more of a dying succulent.

Could things get any worse? Her mother is on her doorstep with a suitcase, and Jenny is about to find out�


Adults is a ‘hilarious and heartbreaking� (Red magazine) novel about living online and trying to find yourself in real life; a hymn to the power of female friendship and an essential read for you and every woman you know.]]> 368 Unsworth Emma Jane 0008334633 Je 0 to-read 3.30 2020 Adults
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]]> <![CDATA[Capital in the Twenty First Century]]> 18736925 Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.

Piketty shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality—the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth—today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, Piketty says, and may do so again.]]> 685 Thomas Piketty 067443000X Je 0 to-read 4.04 2013 Capital in the Twenty First Century
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]]> <![CDATA[Nice Girls Dont Get Corner Office]]> 23076764
This is the revised and updated second edition.]]> 384 Lois P. Frankel 1455558893 Je 0 3.63 2004 Nice Girls Dont Get Corner Office
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]]> Reputation 55435528
Abandoned by her parents in favour of a sea view, middle class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt and uncle. At a particularly dull dinner party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a wealthy socialite and enchanting member of the in-crowd.

Through Frances and her friends, Georgiana is introduced to a new world of wild parties, drunken debauchery, mysterious young men with strangely alluring hands, and the sparkling upper echelons of Regency society.

But high society isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the price of entry might be more than Georgiana is willing to pay . . .

Full of lavish parties, handsome men on horseback and laugh-out-loud humour, this is the summer read everyone's talking about.]]> 425 Lex Croucher 1838774114 Je 0 to-read 3.88 2021 Reputation
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]]> <![CDATA[Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder]]> 13530973
In The Black Swan Taleb outlined a problem; in Antifragile he offers a definitive solution: how to gain from disorder and chaos while being protected from fragilities and adverse events. For what he calls the "antifragile" is one step beyond robust, as it benefits from adversity, uncertainty and stressors, just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension.

Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, and proposing that things be built in an antifragile manner. Extremely ambitious and multidisciplinary, Antifragile provides a blueprint for how to behave—and thrive—in a world we don't understand and which is too uncertain for us to even try to understand. He who is not antifragile will perish. Why is the city state better than the nation state, why is debt bad for you, and why is almost everything modern bound to fail? The book covers innovation, health, biology, medicine, life decisions, politics, foreign policy, urban planning, war, personal finance, and economic systems. Throughout, the voice and recipes of the ancient wisdom from Phoenician, Roman, Greek, and Medieval sources are heard loud and clear.]]> 426 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1400067820 Je 0 4.08 2012 Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
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]]> <![CDATA[Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition]]> 49953987 Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through self-education.

In these tumultuous times of economic and technological change, staying ahead depends on continual self-education—a lifelong mastery of fresh ideas, subjects, and skills. If you want to accomplish more and stand apart from everyone else, you need to become an ultralearner.

The challenge of learning new skills is that you think you already know how best to learn, as you did as a student, so you rerun old routines and old ways of solving problems. To counter that, Ultralearning offers powerful strategies to break you out of those mental ruts and introduces new training methods to help you push through to higher levels of retention.

Scott H. Young incorporates the latest research about the most effective learning methods and the stories of other ultralearners like himself—among them Benjamin Franklin, chess grandmaster Judit Polgár, and Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman, as well as a host of others, such as little-known modern polymath Nigel Richards, who won the French World Scrabble Championship—without knowing French.

Young documents the methods he and others have used to acquire knowledge and shows that, far from being an obscure skill limited to aggressive autodidacts, ultralearning is a powerful tool anyone can use to improve their career, studies, and life.

Ultralearning explores this fascinating subculture, shares a proven framework for a successful ultralearning project, and offers insights into how you can organize and exe - cute a plan to learn anything deeply and quickly, without teachers or budget-busting tuition costs.

Whether the goal is to be fluent in a language (or ten languages), earn the equivalent of a college degree in a fraction of the time, or master multiple tools to build a product or business from the ground up, the principles in Ultralearning will guide you to success.]]> 304 Scott H. Young 0008305706 Je 0 to-read 3.96 2019 Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition
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]]> <![CDATA[Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn]]> 49348224
As the head of Open Learning at MIT, renowned professor Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job to fling open the doors of the MIT experience for the benefit of the wider world. But if you're going to undertake such an ambitious project, you first have to How do we learn? What are the most effective ways of educating? And how can the science of learning transform education to unlock our potential, as individuals and across society?

Grasp takes readers across multiple frontiers, from fundamental neuroscience to cognitive psychology and beyond, as it explores the future of learning. Some of its

� For educators teaching remotely, online instructional tools have been proven to be a powerful ally when used appropriately—and a dangerous impediment when misapplied.
� By structuring its curriculum to better incorporate cutting-edge learning strategies, one law school in Florida has rocketed to the top of its state in bar exam passage rates.
� Scientists are studying the role of forgetting, exposing it not as a simple failure of memory but a critical weapon in our learning arsenal.
� New developments in neuroimaging are helping us understand how reading works in the brain. It's become possible to identify children who might benefit from specialized dyslexia interventions—before they learn to read.

Along the way, Sarma debunks long-held fallacies (such as the noxious idea of "learning styles"), while equipping readers with a set of practical tools for absorbing and retaining information across a lifetime. He presents a vision for learning that's more inclusive and democratic—revealing a world bursting with powerful learners, just waiting for the chance they deserve.

Drawing from the author's experience as an educator and the work of researchers and educational innovators at MIT and beyond, Grasp offers scientific and practical insight, promising not just to inform and entertain readers but to open their minds.]]> 352 Sanjay Sarma 0385541821 Je 0 to-read 3.68 2020 Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn
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]]> Ducks, Newburyport 51932596
A scorching indictment of America’s barbarity, past and present, and a lament for the way we are sleepwalking into environmental disaster, Ducks, Newburyport is a heresy, a wonder—and a revolution in the novel.

It’s also very, very funny.]]> 1030 Lucy Ellmann 1910296961 Je 0 not-finished 4.19 2019 Ducks, Newburyport
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]]> Don't You Forget About Me 34621503 You always remember your first love. Don’t you?

It began with four words.

'I love your laugh. x�

But that was twelve years ago. It really began the day Georgina was fired from The Worst Restaurant in Sheffield (© Tripadvisor) and found The Worst Boyfriend in the World (© Georgina’s best friends) in bed with someone else.

So when her new boss, Lucas McCarthy, turns out to be the boy who wrote those words to her all that time ago, it feels like the start of something.

The only problem? He doesn’t seem to remember Georgina � at all…]]> 422 Mhairi McFarlane 0008169330 Je 0 to-read 3.85 2019 Don't You Forget About Me
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]]> <![CDATA[Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst]]> 35610805 ***'Awe-inspiring� You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry Marsh
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / WINNER OF THE 2017 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE
'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks

Why do human beings behave as they do?

We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other?

Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species.

In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures?

This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human?]]> 790 Robert M. Sapolsky 009957506X Je 0 to-read 4.42 2017 Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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]]> التي 5948927 698 عبد الرحمن منيف Je 4 finished, re-read 4.14 1984 التي
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]]> Deep Work 28383248 296 Cal Newport 0349411905 Je 0 4.09 2016 Deep Work
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body: A Guide for Occupants]]> 43597047
The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.�

Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.

A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.

'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.� Bill Bryson]]> 454 Bill Bryson 085752240X Je 0 to-read 4.35 2019 The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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]]> <![CDATA[Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender]]> 16098910 368 David R. Hawkins 193388598X Je 0 4.13 2012 Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender
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]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of Meditation: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace and Personal Transformation]]> 39801412 Secrets of Meditation 288 Davidji 1781808309 Je 0 4.21 2012 Secrets of Meditation: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace and Personal Transformation
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]]> <![CDATA[12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos]]> 38207608 What are the most valuable things that everyone should know?

Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world.

In this book, he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today. Happiness is a pointless goal, he shows us. Instead we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence.

Drawing on vivid examples from the author's clinical practice and personal life, cutting edge psychology and philosophy, and lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, 12 Rules for Life offers a deeply rewarding antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to our modern problems.]]> 409 Jordan B. Peterson 0241351642 Je 0 to-read 3.98 2018 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma]]> 18693771 A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain's natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk's own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.]]> 464 Bessel van der Kolk 0670785938 Je 0 4.36 2014 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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]]> The Brothers Karamazov 4934
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.]]> 796 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0374528373 Je 0 to-read 4.36 1880 The Brothers Karamazov
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny]]> 670089 NATIONAL BESTSELLER.

Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play.

First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history.

William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America's past will predict what comes next.

Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or "turnings"—that comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.]]> 400 William Strauss 0767900464 Je 0 3.86 1996 The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
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]]> <![CDATA[Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones]]> 61369435 Includes a 30-Day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle—even if you no longer have one!

A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women’s needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination for women who want to learn about fasting.

Are you among the many women who feel unheard and unseen by their doctors and health professionals? Have you become exhausted by the promise of quick-fix diets that only leave you disappointed? Well in Fast Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy helps you to take back control of your health by using the quickest path back to better health—fasting.

While most fasting advice has been a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves women with more questions than answers, in this book Dr. Mindy shares the proven strategies, specific protocols to use if you are trying to overcome a condition, fasting hacks, and tools that she has used to help hundreds of thousands of women thrive with their fasting lifestyles.

Dr. Mindy will teach you:

· the rights steps on how to go from eating all day to intermittent fasting (13-15 hours)

· how to safely fast longer if you choose to do so (15-72 hours)

· how to time fasting according to your menstrual cycle (although if you don’t have a cycle, she has you covered)

· the best foods to break your fast to achieve better metabolic health

This book also includes more than 50 recipes based on the two food plans—ketobiotic and hormone feasting—she created to best support women’s hormones. And, it has recipes specifically created to break a fast such as her Coconut Cacao Chia Pudding.

Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr. Mindy wrote this book because, “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable.”]]> 336 Mindy Pelz 1401969925 Je 3 4.22 Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones
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]]> <![CDATA[Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol]]> 45434420 The founder of a female-focused recovery program offers a radical new path to sobriety.

“You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life.”—Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO

We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity—in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don’t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some kind of magic elixir, though it is anything but.

When Holly Whitaker decided to seek help after one too many benders, she embarked on a journey that led not only to her own sobriety, but revealed the insidious role alcohol plays in our society and in the lives of women in particular. What’s more, she could not ignore the ways that alcohol companies were targeting women, just as the tobacco industry had successfully done generations before. Fueled by her own emerging feminism, she also realized that the predominant systems of recovery are archaic, patriarchal, and ineffective for the unique needs of women and other historically oppressed people—who don’t need to lose their egos and surrender to a male concept of God, as the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous state, but who need to cultivate a deeper understanding of their own identities and take control of their lives. When Holly found an alternate way out of her own addiction, she felt a calling to create a sober community with resources for anyone questioning their relationship with drinking, so that they might find their way as well. Her resultant feminine-centric recovery program focuses on getting at the root causes that lead people to overindulge and provides the tools necessary to break the cycle of addiction, showing us what is possible when we remove alcohol and destroy our belief system around it.

Written in a relatable voice that is honest and witty, Quit Like a Woman is at once a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication. You will never look at drinking the same way again.]]> 368 Holly Whitaker 1984825054 Je 0 currently-reading 3.97 2019 Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
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]]> Daughter of Fortune 16527
As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. A society of single men and prostitutes among whom Eliza moves--with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chien--California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. Her search for the elusive Joaquín gradually turns into another kind of journey that transforms her over time, and what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom.]]> 432 Isabel Allende 0061120251 Je 3 re-read
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]]> 1919 42104087 446 أحمد مراد 9776386849 Je 0 to-read 3.67 2014 1919
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]]> بيروت بيروت 5948607 د.على الراعي

"إن كتابة رواية جيدة بكل المقاييس نوع من المغامرة ، أما كتابة رواية عن الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية وتداعياتها فمغامرة تقترب من حافة الجنون!
أبو المعاطي ابو النجا

"جرأة في تشكيل اليومي المعاد المألوف ... وصنعة جميلة .. تقودنا في النهاية إلى ... بيروت : الرمز المتعدد ، لثورة الفقراء ، لانتصار الحلم الفلسطينى ، لازدهار الثقافة والفكر، وللمتعة المتحررة من المحرمات وسلطان التابلوهات"
د. محمد برادة

"وثيقة مهمة ، ومرجع غنى بالحقائق التى لم تراع أى نظام عربي في انحيازها السافر لأساس الصراع.."
حيدر حيدر

"الأمر الذى يكسب صنع الله ابراهيم مكانًا خاصًا فى الكتابة العربية المعاصرة، هو اصراره على تحدى الشكل التقليدي للعلاقة بين الكاتب وقارئه. ليس تحديه قاصرًا على الشكل الفني فقط، ولكنه يتحدى الذوق الراكد والبلاغة اللفظية، والرومانتيكية المزركشة والكلمات الممضوغة ... بحثًا عن درجة أعلى من الصدق أو صفعة أشد للامبالاة الروحية والعقلية المنتشرة كالوباء...".
علاء الديب]]> 264 صنع الله إبراهيم 9774420969 Je 2 /review/edit...#]]> 3.60 1984 بيروت بيروت
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name: Je
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]]> <![CDATA[Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope]]> 7580
Best known in this country as the lawyer working tirelessly on behalf of Canadian photojournalist, Zara Kazemi � raped, tortured and murdered in Iran � Dr. Ebadi offers us a vivid picture of the struggles of one woman against the system. The book movingly chronicles her childhood in a loving, untraditional family, her upbringing before the Revolution in 1979 that toppled the Shah, her marriage and her religious faith, as well as her life as a mother and lawyer battling an oppressive regime in the courts while bringing up her girls at home.

Outspoken, controversial, Shirin Ebadi is one of the most fascinating women today. She rose quickly to become the first female judge in the country; but when the religious authorities declared women unfit to serve as judges she was demoted to clerk in the courtroom she had once presided over. She eventually fought her way back as a human rights lawyer, defending women and children in politically charged cases that most lawyers were afraid to represent. She has been arrested and been the target of assassination, but through it all has spoken out with quiet bravery on behalf of the victims of injustice and discrimination and become a powerful voice for change, almost universally embraced as a hero.

Her memoir is a gripping story � a must-read for anyone interested in Zara Kazemi’s case, in the life of a remarkable woman, or in understanding the political and religious upheaval in our world.]]> 232 Shirin Ebadi 1400064708 Je 0 to-read 4.17 2006 Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
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]]> <![CDATA[The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes]]> 41817546 more susceptible to them. This is the "intelligence trap," the subject of David Robson’s fascinating and provocative book.

The Intelligence Trap explores cutting-edge ideas in our understanding of intelligence and expertise, including "strategic ignorance," "meta-forgetfulness," and "functional stupidity." Robson reveals the surprising ways that even the brightest minds and most talented organizations can go wrong—from some of Thomas Edison’s worst ideas to failures at NASA, Nokia, and the FBI. And he offers practical advice to avoid mistakes based on the timeless lessons of Benjamin Franklin, Richard Feynman, and Daniel Kahneman.]]> 336 David Robson 0393651428 Je 0 to-read 3.99 2019 The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
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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 Je 3 4.12 2021 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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]]> <![CDATA[The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)]]> 25242224 The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women with unmatched honesty and brilliance.

The Story of the Lost Child is the concluding volume in the dazzling saga of two women � the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults, with husbands, lovers, aging parents, and children. Their friendship has been the gravitational center of their lives. Both women fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up � a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. In this final novel she has returned to Naples, drawn back as if responding to the city's obscure magnetism. Lila, on the other hand, could never free herself from the city of her birth. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect the neighborhood. Proximity to the world she has always rejected only brings her role as its unacknowledged leader into relief. For Lila is unstoppable, unmanageable, unforgettable.

The four volumes in this series constitute a long remarkable story that readers will return to again and again, and each return will bring with it new revelations.]]> 473 Elena Ferrante 1609452860 Je 5 favorites, finished 4.47 2014 The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)]]> 23156040 418 Elena Ferrante Je 5 4.38 2013 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)]]> 17465515 My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book in this series. With these books, which the New Yorker's James Wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopled ... a beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," Ferrante proves herself to be one of Italy's most accomplished storytellers. She writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of Naples from the late-1950s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and time. Yet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvelously nuanced portrait of friendship.

In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, the acclaimed author of The Days of Abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.]]> 471 Elena Ferrante Je 5 4.47 2012 The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence]]> 55723020
In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain...and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives. In essence, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.

"Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of Dopesick


INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
“Brilliant� riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick
As heard on Fresh Air]]> 304 Anna Lembke 1524746738 Je 3 3.88 2021 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
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]]> صديقتي المذهلة 32572659
ترصد فيرّانتي، في هذه الرباعية، أطوار حياتَيْ فتاتين ذكيتين -إلينا غريكو، الفتاة الطيبة الواعية، عاشقة الكتب، وصديقتها ليلى النزقة والطائشة- منذ طفولتيهما وحتى بلوغهما الرشد، وهما تحاولان إيجاد حياتين لهما في خضم الثقافة العنيفة والمُسفّهة التي تسود الحيّ الذي تقطنان فيه على أطراف نابولي في إيطاليا. تقدم حياتا الفتاتين المتداخلتان صورة راسخة لا تمحى لنابولي، وفهما جوهريًّا لحيوات النساء اليومية وسعيهنّ الدؤوب إلى التحايل على مزاعم الرجال والعمل المنزلي وتطلعاتهن الفنيّة.

يصور الكتاب، وعبر استقصاء الصداقة التي تجمع بينها بكل تفاصيلها على نحو دقيق، كيف كافحتا من أجل الهروب من الحي الذي كبرتا فيه، والذي كان سجنًا من طاعة عمياء وعنف ومحرّمات لا يمكن انتهاكها البتّة.]]> 438 Elena Ferrante Je 5 re-read 4.16 2011 صديقتي المذهلة
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]]> <![CDATA[Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable]]> 52932046 New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons, Lab Rats is a groundbreaking, incisive examination of how the internet--and ideas championed by Silicon Valley powerbrokers--changed the way we work, damaged our brains, and left us poorer and insecure.

In the months following the publication of Disrupted, Dan Lyons was astonished as hundreds of readers wrote to him with their own harrowing stories of discrimination, fear-mongering managers, and companies denigrating employees in pursuit of quick profit. The letter writers felt helpless, confused, and victimized.

Lyons began to understand how the problems he had identified in the start-up world are infecting virtually every kind of job in America. Paradoxically, the misery index is soaring at a time when companies are giving more lip service than ever about finding ways to make employees happy. What happened to work in America? Who is responsible? And does any company have a model for doing it right?

As Lyons ventured across America in pursuit of answers, he came to understand how a cluster of ideas enabled by the internet and promoted by Silicon Valley companies spread to workplaces across the country and the globe. These new notions about work have broken the social contract that once existed between companies and their employees, making us poorer, insecure, and subject to constant change and dehumanizing technologies that have altered our very psychology.

A few companies, however, get it right. With Lab Rats, Lyons makes a passionate plea for business leaders to understand this dangerous transformation and shows how profit and happy employees can indeed coexist.]]> 272 Dan Lyons 1786493942 Je 5 finished 3.98 2018 Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable
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]]> <![CDATA[Outliers: The Story of Success]]> 3228917 Learn what sets high achievers apart � from Bill Gates to the Beatles � in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.]]> 309 Malcolm Gladwell 0316017922 Je 4 finished 4.19 2008 Outliers: The Story of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?]]> 58014671 Give your mind the one thing it needs this winter with the book everyone has been talking about, from clinical psychologist and TikTok sensation Dr Julie Smith.

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to get through life's ups and downs.

Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, this is a must-have handbook for optimising your mental health. Dr Julie's simple but expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient no matter what life throws your way.

Written in short, bite-sized entries, you can turn straight to the section you need depending on the challenge you're facing - and immediately find the appropriate tools to help with . . .

- Managing anxiety
- Dealing with criticism
- Battling low mood
- Building self-confidence
- Finding motivation
- Learning to forgive yourself

This book tackles the everyday issues that affect us all and offers easy, practical solutions that might just change your life.]]> 368 Julie Smith 0241529727 Je 0 to-read 3.92 2022 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
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]]> <![CDATA[Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life]]> 22609341
Researchers have spent the last decade trying to develop a “pink pill� for women to function like Viagra does for men. So where is it? Well, for reasons this book makes crystal clear, that pill will never exist—but as a result of the research that’s gone into it, scientists in the last few years have learned more about how women’s sexuality works than we ever thought possible, and Come as You Are explains it all.

The first lesson in this essential, transformative book by Dr. Emily Nagoski is that every woman has her own unique sexuality, like a fingerprint, and that women vary more than men in our anatomy, our sexual response mechanisms, and the way our bodies respond to the sexual world. So we never need to judge ourselves based on others� experiences. Because women vary, and that’s normal.

Second lesson: sex happens in a context. And all the complications of everyday life influence the context surrounding a woman’s arousal, desire, and orgasm.

Cutting-edge research across multiple disciplines tells us that the most important factor for women in creating and sustaining a fulfilling sex life, is not what you do in bed or how you do it, but how you feel about it. Which means that stress, mood, trust, and body image are not peripheral factors in a woman’s sexual wellbeing; they are central to it. Once you understand these factors, and how to influence them, you can create for yourself better sex and more profound pleasure than you ever thought possible.

And Emily Nagoski can prove it.]]> 400 Emily Nagoski 1476762090 Je 0 to-read 4.28 2015 Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
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]]> 4321 49934534 Què hauria passat si en algun moment crucial de la vida haguessis pres un camí diferent? A 4321, la seva primera novel·la en set anys, Paul Auster exposa algunes d’aquestes qüestions i ens convida a mirar a través d’un calidoscopi que ofereix quatre cares d’una mateixa història. Perquè tota tria, per insignificant que sigui, obre unes portes i en tanca d’altres. Però, i si hi ha més d’una sortida i tots els camins mereixen ser recorreguts?
Enormement imaginativa i absorbent, d’una habilitat extrema pel que fa a l’arquitectura narrativa, 4321 és un emotiu retrat d'una generació, un trànsit a la maduresa coral i universal, una saga familiar. Un inoblidable tour de force sobre els límits de l’atzar i el destí que, tal com s’ha afanyat a destacar la crítica, suposa un punt culminant en l’extraordinària carrera literària d’uns dels grans autors dels nostres temps. Tot un clàssic.]]> 896 Paul Auster 8417420282 Je 0 to-read 4.00 2017 4321
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change]]> 17248798
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How To Change presents us with brilliant information in the most engaging way that enlightens us towards the depth of human nature and its tremendous potential to transform. Through this book we visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We also understand the importance of the right habits which led to the success of great personalities.

Keystone habits help earn billions and can also make a difference between failure and success, life and death. Hence, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How To Change gives the readers an insight into the world's top notch companies, Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms and the nation's largest hospital to suggest the importance of right habits.]]> 371 Charles Duhigg 1847946240 Je 0 to-read 4.13 2012 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment]]> 6708 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781577314806.

To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.� Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question-and-answer format to guide us.

A word-of-mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better.]]> 229 Eckhart Tolle Je 3 finished 4.16 1997 The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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name: Je
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]> 40121378 Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
-Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
-Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- Design your environment to make success easier;
- Get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 319 James Clear Je 4 4.34 2018 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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name: Je
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving]]> 20556323
I felt encouraged to write this book because of thousands of e-mail responses to the articles on my website that repeatedly expressed gratitude for the helpfulness of my work. An often echoed comment sounded like this: At last someone gets it. I can see now that I am not bad, defective or crazy…or alone!

The causes of CPTSD range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grow up in houses that are not homes � in families that are as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.

If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul and body.

This book is a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life. It is copiously illustrated with examples of my own and my clients� journeys of recovering. This book is also for those who do not have CPTSD but want to understand and help a loved one who does.

This book also contains an overview of the tasks of recovering and a great many practical tools and techniques for recovering from childhood trauma. It extensively elaborates on all the recovery concepts explained on my website, and many more. However, unlike the articles on my website, it is oriented toward the layperson. As such, much of the psychological jargon and dense concentration of concepts in the website articles has been replaced with expanded and easier to follow explanations. Moreover, many principles that were only sketched out in the articles are explained in much greater detail. A great deal of new material is also explored.

Key concepts of the book include managing emotional flashbacks, understanding the four different types of trauma survivors, differentiating the outer critic from the inner critic, healing the abandonment depression that come from emotional abandonment and self-abandonment, self-reparenting and reparenting by committee, and deconstructing the hierarchy of self-injuring responses that childhood trauma forces survivors to adopt.

The book also functions as a map to help you understand the somewhat linear progression of recovery, to help you identify what you have already accomplished, and to help you figure out what is best to work on and prioritize now. This in turn also serves to help you identify the signs of your recovery and to develop reasonable expectations about the rate of your recovery.

I hope this map will guide you to heal in a way that helps you to become an unflinching source of kindness and self-compassion for yourself, and that out of that journey you will find at least one other human being who will reciprocally love you well enough in that way.]]> 376 Pete Walker Je 5 4.55 2013 Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
author: Pete Walker
name: Je
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom]]> 6596 The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.]]> 152 Miguel Ruiz 1878424505 Je 0 not-finished, to-read 4.20 1997 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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name: Je
average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance]]> 27213329
Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments.

Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her winding path through teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not genius, but a special blend of passion and long-term perseverance. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth created her own character lab and set out to test her theory.

Here, she takes readers into the field to visit teachers working in some of the toughest schools, cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she's learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers; from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to the cartoon editor of The New Yorker to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.

Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that not talent or luck makes all the difference.]]> 277 Angela Duckworth 1443442313 Je 3 finished Many of us work hard but they never can make it just they can’t, maybe bad luck, maybe not the right kind of working hard. But I still have an issue with this work or maybe with any self growth book I read recently ! Forgive me very new to self growth books..
]]> 4.07 2016 Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
author: Angela Duckworth
name: Je
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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One main idea «work hard and you will get there, and trying to support her arguments about examples from real life.
Many of us work hard but they never can make it just they can’t, maybe bad luck, maybe not the right kind of working hard. But I still have an issue with this work or maybe with any self growth book I read recently ! Forgive me very new to self growth books..

]]> Herkunft 44429051
HERKUNFT ist ein Buch über meine Heimaten, in der Erinnerung und der Erfindung. Ein Buch über Sprache, Schwarzarbeit, die Stafette der Jugend und viele Sommer. Den Sommer, als mein Großvater meiner Großmutter beim Tanzen derart auf den Fuß trat, dass ich beinahe nie geboren worden wäre. Den Sommer, als ich fast ertrank. Den Sommer, in dem Angela Merkel die Grenzen öffnen ließ und der dem Sommer ähnlich war, als ich über viele Grenzen nach Deutschland floh.

HERKUNFT ist ein Abschied von meiner dementen Großmutter. Während ich Erinnerungen sammle, verliert sie ihre. HERKUNFT ist traurig, weil Herkunft für mich zu tun hat mit dem, das nicht mehr zu haben ist.

In HERKUNFT sprechen die Toten und die Schlangen, und meine Großtante Zagorka macht sich in die Sowjetunion auf, um Kosmonautin zu werden.

Diese sind auch HERKUNFT: ein Flößer, ein Bremser, eine Marxismus-Professorin, die Marx vergessen hat. Ein bosnischer Polizist, der gern bestochen werden möchte. Ein Wehrmachtssoldat, der Milch mag. Eine Grundschule für drei Schüler. Ein Nationalismus. Ein Yugo. Ein Tito. Ein Eichendorff. Ein Saša Stanišić.]]> 365 Saša Stanišić 3630874738 Je 0 to-read 4.19 2019 Herkunft
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name: Je
average rating: 4.19
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]]> Dare to Lead 40109367 In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.

Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it and work to align authority and accountability. We don't avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into the vulnerability that’s necessary to do good work.

But daring leadership in a culture that's defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty requires building courage skills, which are uniquely human. The irony is that we're choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the same time we're scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines can't do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection and courage to start.

Brené Brown spent the past two decades researching the emotions that give meaning to our lives. Over the past seven years, she found that leaders in organisations ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups and family-owned businesses to non-profits, civic organisations and Fortune 50 companies, are asking the same questions:

How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders? And, how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

Dare to Lead answers these questions and gives us actionable strategies and real examples from her new research-based, courage-building programme.

Brené writes, ‘One of the most important findings of my career is that courage can be taught, developed and measured. Courage is a collection of four skill sets supported by twenty-eight behaviours. All it requires is a commitment to doing bold work, having tough conversations and showing up with our whole hearts. Easy? No. Choosing courage over comfort is not easy. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and work. It's why we're here.’]]> 332 Brené Brown 147356252X Je 2 finished Taking a bunch of ideas and trying to stuff them to suit corporate world. Very repetitive ideas . It is actually one principal idea which has been discussed in her previous books and nothing new.
She is a good speaker, has wonderful voice, very good story teller but that’s all.]]> 4.17 2018 Dare to Lead
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name: Je
average rating: 4.17
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rating: 2
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Too much corporate for me ..
Taking a bunch of ideas and trying to stuff them to suit corporate world. Very repetitive ideas . It is actually one principal idea which has been discussed in her previous books and nothing new.
She is a good speaker, has wonderful voice, very good story teller but that’s all.
]]> أنّا كارنينا 13482252 في هذه الرواية يتناول تولستوي التحولات الجذرية التي شهدها المجتمع الروسي حيث يتناول قضايا الأرض التي تعرف أيضاً بـ " قضية الفلاح " والتي مثلت مسألة سياسية كبيرة في روسيا في الوقت التي تدور فيه أحداث " أنّا كارنينا " ..
إن كما كبيراً من البناء الروحاني في " أنّا كارنينا " مستمد من حياة تولستوي الشخصية حيث اجتاز الكثير من الأزمات الدينية خلال حياته لإيجاد الوازع الديني الذي يتصدى لعداوة وبغضاء الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية اليونانية ...
على الرغم من أن الموقف النقدي من رواية "أنا كانينا" كان كبيرا وكان صداها واسعاً إلا أن تولستوي نفسه لم يكن راضيا عن الرواية : لكنها رائعة فعلاً.]]> 319 Leo Tolstoy Je 0 to-read 3.73 1878 أنّا كارنينا
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead]]> 16071764 Lean In is a massive cultural phenomenon and its title has become an instant catchphrase for empowering women. The book soared to the top of bestseller lists internationally, igniting global conversations about women and ambition. Sandberg packed theatres, dominated opinion pages, appeared on every major television show and on the cover of Time magazine, and sparked ferocious debate about women and leadership. Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise, a promotion, or equal pay, and some reticence creeps in. The statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in women's favour � of 197 heads of state, only twenty-two are women. Women hold just 20 percent of seats in parliaments globally, and in the world of big business, a meagre eighteen of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg � Facebook COO and one of Fortune magazine's Most Powerful Women in Business � draws on her own experience of working in some of the world's most successful businesses and looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale.]]> 217 Sheryl Sandberg 0385349947 Je 0 to-read 3.94 2013 Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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]]> <![CDATA[Death in Venice and Other Stories]]> 562082 Death in Venice and six other stories by Thomas Mann is a tour de force, deserving to be the definitive text for English-speaking readers. These seven stories represent Mann’s early writing career and a level of literary quality Mann himself despaired of ever again matching. In these stories he began to grapple with themes that were to recur throughout his work. In Little Herr Friedemann, a character’s carefully structured way of life is suddenly threatened by an unexpected sexual passion. In Gladius Dei, puritanical intellect clashes with beauty. In Tristan, Mann presents an ironic and comic account of the tension between an artist and bourgeois society. All seven of these stories are accomplished and memorable, but it is Death in Venice that truly forms the centerpiece of the collection. The themes that Mann weaves through the shorter pieces come to a climax in this stunning novella, one of the most hauntingly magnificent tales of art and self-destruction ever written.

This volume includes the following stories:
Little Herr Friedemann --
The joker --
The road to the churchyard --
Gladius Dei --
Tristan --
Tonio Kröger --
Death in Venice.]]> 343 Thomas Mann 0553213334 Je 0 to-read 3.86 Death in Venice and Other Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World]]> 52667524
We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds. And when, according to Žižek, a new form of communism may be the only way of averting a descent into global barbarism.

Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H.G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx in these pages), Žižek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all.


“Žižek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.� �The New Yorker

“The most dangerous philosopher in the West.� —Adam Kirsch, The New Republic]]> 120 Slavoj Žižek 1682193012 Je 0 to-read 3.46 2020 Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World
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name: Je
average rating: 3.46
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]]> دمعة وابتسامة 3461929 140 Kahlil Gibran 9771106570 Je 0 to-read 3.75 1950 دمعة وابتسامة
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name: Je
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1950
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]]> <![CDATA[Future Shaper: How Leaders Can Take Charge in an Uncertain World (Kogan Page Inspire)]]> 52477241 Future Shaper is about giving back a sense of control. It's about empowering leaders to take charge and shape the future. Niamh O'Keeffe asks leaders to re-calibrate their leadership skills to include imagination and courage, to embrace innovation and drive growth and create a better future. Future Shaper helps readers · Embrace new digital technologies, understand AI and equip themselves for those not-yet-invented challenges · Gain insights from today's successful leaders · Make an impact and feel more in control using an easy-to-understand leadership framework]]> 236 Niamh O'Keeffe Je 0 to-read 3.50 Future Shaper: How Leaders Can Take Charge in an Uncertain World (Kogan Page Inspire)
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]]> <![CDATA[People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent]]> 52229967 From Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Joseph Stiglitz, this account of the dangers of free market fundamentalism reveals what has gone so wrong, but also shows us a way out.

We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in People, Power and Profits, a few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversight, and government has negotiated trade deals that fail to represent the best interests of workers. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. If something isn't done, new technologies may make matters worse, increasing inequality and unemployment.

Stiglitz identifies the true sources of wealth and increases in standards of living, based on learning, advances in science and technology, and the rule of law. He shows that the assault on the judiciary, universities, and the media undermines the very institutions that have long been the foundation of economic prosperity and democracy.

Helpless though we may feel today, we are far from powerless. In fact, the economic solutions are often quite clear. We need to exploit the benefits of markets while taming their excesses, making sure that markets work for people and not the other way around. If enough rally behind this agenda for change, we can create a progressive capitalism that will recreate a shared prosperity. Stiglitz shows how a decent middle-class life can once again be attainable by all.]]> 371 Joseph E. Stiglitz 0141990783 Je 0 to-read 3.95 2019 People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy]]> 43214108 432 Julian Baggini 1783782307 Je 0 to-read 3.67 2018 How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy
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name: Je
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[So You Think You've Got Problems?: Puzzles to flex, stretch and sharpen your mind]]> 44032416 Thought you had it bad? In this book, you will be:

Imprisoned by a sadistic logician.
Challenged to raise dogs from the dead.
Trapped on a burning island.
And much more besides . . .

Everything is at stake in this compendium of more than 150 ingenious puzzles, selected to reveal the wonderful diversity of brainteasers that have confounded and intrigued solvers for the last thousand years. You'll need to pit your wits against probability problems, wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry and scrabble for survival.

Along the way you will discover stories of whip-smart thinkers, eccentric novelists and a poodle with allegedly supernatural powers. You will absorb fascinating and important mathematical ideas. Some solutions will rely on ingenuity, some will challenge you to spot hidden patterns, others call for extreme rationality. All will surprise, entertain and stretch your brain.

Will you make it out with your puzzling pride intact? ]]> 280 Alex Bellos 178335190X Je 0 to-read 4.07 So You Think You've Got Problems?: Puzzles to flex, stretch and sharpen your mind
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name: Je
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]]> The Man From Tripoli 7644953 "Trust me, Lisa. It will be all right."

Lisa could have laughed. How could she trust Bryn when he had taken advantage of her from the start?

They had met outside the church where the man she loved had married Bryn's girlfriend. Bryn had suggested a drink together to ease their sorrows. Lisa had recklessly agreed. Why not? It had seemed entirely appropriate that they should console each other.

But Lisa hadn't expected to end up in Libya married to Bryn. And she wasn't going to remain married to a man who didn't really love her!]]> 188 Kay Thorpe 026373031X Je 0 to-read 2.78 1979 The Man From Tripoli
author: Kay Thorpe
name: Je
average rating: 2.78
book published: 1979
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[الجهل المقدس: زمن دين بلا ثقافة]]> 13553004
يشرح روا لماذا أصبح الكهنة الأفارقة أشد المحافظين ضمن الكنيسة الأنغليكانية. كما يفسّر تحوّل العديد من المسلمين إلى المسيحية، واجتذاب الحركات الإسلامية السلفية شبانا أوروبيين، والنموّ الذي تشهده البوذية في أوروبا، والبروتستانتية في كوريا الجنوبية.

ويرى المؤلّف أن نظرية "صدام الحضارات" لا تسمح بفهم هذه الظواهر. لأن ظاهرة الانتعاش الديني ليست تعبيراً عن هويات ثقافية تقليدية وإنما هي نتيجة للعولمة ولأزمة الثقافات.

"الجهل المقدّس" هو الاعتقاد بالديني المحض الذي ينبني خارج الثقافات. هذا الجهل يحرّك الأصوليّات الحديثة المتنافسة في سوق للأديان يفاقم اختلافاتها ويوحّد أنماط ممارستها]]> 341 Olivier Roy 185516454X Je 0 to-read, not-finished 3.33 2008 الجهل المقدس: زمن دين بلا ثقافة
author: Olivier Roy
name: Je
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> البطء 7738745 يهز الفارس رأسه وكأنه يقول "نعم"، إني أفهمك أيها الصديق ومن سيقدر على فهمك أكثر مني؟ ثم يفكر قائلاً في نفسه: لقد وعدها بكتمان السر ولن يستطيع أن يحكي شيئاً عما عاشه. لكن هل يعتبر التحدث بهذا بعد مئتي عام إفشاء للسر؟ يبدو له أن إله المجون قد أرسل له هذا الرجل كي يقص عليه ما جرى، وكي يستطيع التحدث، دون إثارة الفضيحة، وفياً لوعد قطعه، كي يدفع بلحظة ثقيلة من حياته في مكان ما في المستقبل ويرميها في مدار الخلود ويحولها الى مجد.
- أأنت حقاً من القرن العشرين؟
- نعم أيها العجوز، وقد حدثت أمور غير عادية في هذا العصر، تحرر أخلاقي، لقد عشت وأكرر، ليلة رائعة واستثنائية.
وأنا أيضاً. كرر الفارس واستعد لقص حكايته.]]> 118 Milan Kundera Je 0 to-read, not-finished 3.30 1995 البطء
author: Milan Kundera
name: Je
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> الخلود 6057803
'It will make you cleverer, maybe even a better lover. Not many novels can do that.' Nicholas Lezard, GQ]]> 399 Milan Kundera Je 4 not-finished, to-read كلما أقرأ لكونديرا أصاب بذات الإرتباك .. في ماذا أفكر الآن لا شيء سوى البياض الذي يلاحقني حتى تحت الأسقف .. كان من المفترض أن أحس لذة الخلود تماما كاسم الرواية .. لكني أحس بلاشيء .. عندما لا تحس بشيء امفترض أن يكون مرادفا للعدم ؟ خلفي قصة و أمامي قصص .. ماذا يفترض بي أن أحس !]]> 4.16 1990 الخلود
author: Milan Kundera
name: Je
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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كلما أقرأ لكونديرا أصاب بذات الإرتباك .. في ماذا أفكر الآن لا شيء سوى البياض الذي يلاحقني حتى تحت الأسقف .. كان من المفترض أن أحس لذة الخلود تماما كاسم الرواية .. لكني أحس بلاشيء .. عندما لا تحس بشيء امفترض أن يكون مرادفا للعدم ؟ خلفي قصة و أمامي قصص .. ماذا يفترض بي أن أحس !
]]> Harmony 7326876
In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls--Tuan Kirie--grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet...from itself.]]> 252 Project Itoh 1421536439 Je 0 to-read 3.95 2008 Harmony
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]]> The Late Bourgeois World 96339 96 Nadine Gordimer 0140056149 Je 4 to-read 3.61 1966 The Late Bourgeois World
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]]> The Human Condition 127227 The Human Condition is a in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then--diminishing human agency and political freedom; the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions—continue to confront us today.]]> 349 Hannah Arendt 0226025985 Je 0 to-read 4.22 1958 The Human Condition
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]]> Made in Germany 17343461 Or, explique Guillaume Duval, ce ne sont pas là les véritables raisons des succès actuels de l économie allemande. Cette réussite est due surtout aux points forts traditionnels du pays : un système de relations sociales très structuré, un monde du travail où le diplôme ne fait pas tout, un pays où l entreprise n appartient pas aux actionnaires, un solide réseau de firmes de taille intermédiaire, une longue tradition de décentralisation qui permet de disposer partout d un capital financier, culturel, social, humain suffisant pour innover et entreprendre, etc. Au cours de la dernière décennie, le boom des pays émergents a permis à l industrie allemande de profiter pleinement de ces atouts.
Au contraire, la profonde remise en cause de l Etat social menée au début des années 2000 par le chancelier social-démocrate Gerhard Schröder a fragilisé le modèle allemand : le développement spectaculaire de la pauvreté et des inégalités menace son avenir.
On l aura compris, ce qu il faudrait copier ce sont plutôt les caractéristiques traditionnelles du modèle allemand que les réformes récentes qui y ont été apportées. Il n est cependant jamais aisé de transposer les éléments d un modèle national lié à une histoire particulière. Une meilleure compréhension du « modèle allemand » par les Français est par contre indispensable pour réussir à imaginer ensemble un avenir pour l Europe.]]> 230 Guillaume Duval 202109779X Je 3 to-read 3.62 2013 Made in Germany
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]]> <![CDATA[When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order]]> 6478768 How China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world.

According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. But the full repercussions of China's ascendancy-for itself and the rest of the globe-have been surprisingly little explained or understood. In this far-reaching and original investigation, Martin Jacques offers provocative answers to some of the most pressing questions about China's growing place on the world stage.

Martin Jacques reveals, by elaborating on three historical truths, how China will seek to shape the world in its own image. The Chinese have a rich and long history as a civilization-state. Under the tributary system, outlying states paid tribute to the Middle Kingdom. Ninety-four percent of the population still believes they are one race-"Han Chinese." The strong sense of superiority rooted in China's history promises to resurface in twenty-first century China and in the process strengthen and further unify the country.

A culturally self-confident Asian giant with a billion-plus population, China will likely resist globalization as we know it. This exceptionalism will have powerful ramifications for the rest of the world and the United States in particular. As China is already emerging as the new center of the East Asian economy, the mantle of economic and, therefore, cultural relevance will in our lifetimes begin to pass from Manhattan and Paris to cities like Beijing and Shanghai. It is the American relationship with and attitude toward China, Jacques argues, that will determine whether the twenty-first century will be relatively peaceful or fraught with tension, instability, and danger.

When China Rules the World is the first book to fully conceive of and explain the upheaval that China's ascendance will cause and the realigned global power structure it will create.]]> 778 Martin Jacques 1594201854 Je 0 to-read 3.74 2008 When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fórmula de Deus (Tomás Noronha, #2)]]> 2430907 O inesperado encontro lança Tomás numa empolgante aventura, colocando-o na rota da crise nuclear com o Irão e da mais importante descoberta jamais efectuada por Albert Einstein, um achado que o conduz ao maior de todos os mistérios. A prova científica da existência de Deus.
Uma história de amor, uma intriga de traição, uma perseguição implacável, uma busca espiritual que nos leva à mais espantosa revelação mística de todos os tempos.
Baseada nas últimas e mais avançadas descobertas científicas nos campos da física, da cosmologia e da matemática, A Fórmula de Deus transporta-nos numa surpreendente viagem até às origens do tempo, à essência do universo e ao sentido da vida."]]> 574 José Rodrigues dos Santos 9896161399 Je 0 to-read 3.93 2006 A Fórmula de Deus (Tomás Noronha, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]> 22628 offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see
what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

(back cover)]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky Je 0 to-read 4.24 1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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]]> La Force des choses I 1364391 Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée, sa vie à Paris, ses débuts d’écrivaine, la guerre et l’Occupation dans La Force de l’âge. La troisième partie de ses souvenirs, La Force des choses, commence dans le Paris de la Libération.]]> 380 Simone de Beauvoir 2070367649 Je 4 to-read 4.10 1960 La Force des choses I
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]]> I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1) 14781675 Pilgrim.']]> 703 Terry Hayes 059306495X Je 0 to-read 4.19 2013 I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[L'être et le néant : essai d'ontologie phénoménologique]]> 312833 Toutefois, les pages consacrées à la description des comportements de mauvaise foi sont d'un abord plus facile. Sartre excelle dans le récit de situations qui révèlent les ruses de la conscience qui se ment à elle-même. Ainsi, le garçon de café qui se prend pour un garçon de café, sans chercher à réaliser son être autrement, parvient à fuir liberté et angoisse. De même, la femme qui abandonne son bras comme une chose morte entre les mains de l'homme qui la désire, tout en lui tenant des propos éthérés, cherche à s'affranchir des affres de la décision.

]]> 676 Jean-Paul Sartre 2070293882 Je 0 to-read 3.67 1943 L'être et le néant : essai d'ontologie phénoménologique
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak Je 0 to-read 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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]]> <![CDATA[The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well]]> 30045683 Hygge has been described as everything from "cosines of the soul" to "the pursuit of everyday pleasures". The Little Book of Hygge is the book we all need right now, and is guaranteed to bring warmth and comfort to you and your loved ones this winter.

Hooga? Hhyooguh? Heurgh? It is not really important how you choose to pronounce 'hygge'. What is important is that you feel it. Whether you're cuddled up on a sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends, hygge is about creating an atmosphere where you can let your guard down.]]> 289 Meik Wiking 0241283914 Je 0 to-read 3.76 2016 The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
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]]> 1984 5470 328 George Orwell Je 0 re-read, to-read 4.15 1949 1984
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Je 5 finished 4.33 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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]]> <![CDATA[The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation]]> 34447952
In The Death of Homo Economicus , Fleming presents this controversial claim with the same fierce logic and perception that launched his Guardian column into popularity. Fleming argues that as an invented model of a human being, Homo economicus is, in reality, a tool used by economists and capitalists to manage our social world through the state, business, and even family. As workers, we are barraged with constant reminders that we should always strive toward this ideal persona. It’s implied—and sometimes directly stated—that if we don’t then we are failures. Ironically, the people most often encouraged to emulate this model are those most predisposed to fail due to their socioeconomic the poor, the unemployed, students, and prisoners.

Fleming illuminates why a peculiar proactive negativity now marks everyday life in capitalist societies, and he explores how this warped, unattainable model for workers would cause chaos if enacted to the letter. Timely and revelatory, The Death of Homo Economicus offers a sharp, scathing critique of who we are supposed to be in the workplace and beyond.
]]> 224 Peter Fleming 0745399401 Je 0 to-read 3.55 The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation
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]]> <![CDATA[The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization]]> 38527578
Trump in America, Johnson in the U.K., anti-EU parties in Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, and Hungary, and nativist or authoritarian leaders in Turkey, Russia, India, and China—Why has nationalism suddenly returned with a vengeance? Is the world headed back to the fractious conflicts between nations that led to world wars and depression in the early 20th Century?

Based on travels in America, Europe, and Asia, veteran political analyst John B. Judis found that almost all people share nationalist sentiments that can be the basis of vibrant democracies as well as repressive dictatorships. Today’s outbreak of toxic “us vs. them� nationalism is an extreme reaction to utopian cosmopolitanism, which advocates open borders, free trade, rampant outsourcing, and has branded nationalist sentiments as bigotry. Can a new international order be created that doesn’t dismiss what is constructive about nationalism? As he does for populism in The Populist Explosion and for socialism in The Socialist Awakening , Judis looks at nationalism from its modern origins in the 1800s to today to find answers.

“Essential reading.� —E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post]]> 158 John B. Judis 0999745409 Je 0 to-read 3.75 2018 The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization
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]]> <![CDATA[الثابت و المتحول: صدمة الحداثة وسلطة الموروث الديني]]> 6481504 ويرى ادونيس في الجزء الاول "الاصول" ان المسلمين الاوائل فكروا وسلكوا ، انطلاقا من ايمانهم بان الدين الاسلامي اساس ومقياس للنظرة الى الغيب والى الحياة الانسانية معا"، وربطوا ربطا عضويا بين الدين وتنظيم الحياة من جهة، وبينه وبين اللغة والشعر والفكر، من جهة ثانية . وهكذا، قرنوا الفكر والسياسة بالدين، فصحة الموقف السياسي تقاس بصحة الدين، وصحة الشاعر (والمفكر عامة ) تقاس كذلك، بصحة دينه. ومن هنا، تجسدت الثقافة الاسلامية –العربية� عمليا"، في مؤسسة الخلافة، أي في النظام او الدولة .
يعرض الجزء الاول اذا لهذا كله ، من جهة، مسميا اياه، اصطلاحا، "الثابت" ومن جهة ثانية، للاتجاهات التي حاولت ان تؤوله، وان تطرح مفهومات اخرى، وهو ما سمي، اصطلاحا كذلك، "المتحول".
اما الجزء الثاني "تأصيل الاصول" فينطلق من امكان القول ان طابع الثقافية العربية بين منتصف القرن الثاني ونهاية القرن الثالث للهجرة، انما هو الصراع بين العقل والنقل، التجديد والتقليد، الاسلاموية والعروبوية � أي بين اتجاهات دينية تقليدية واتجاهات عقلية � تجريبية، اضافة الى الانقلاب المعرفي الجذري المتمثل في الحركة الصوفية.
ويعرض الكتاب لهذا الصراع ، بمختلف اشكاله ومستوياته ، وابعاده، في الثقافة العربية، على امتداد الفترة الزمنية المذكورة، ويتوقف طويلا عند مفهوم الحداثة، كما اسس لها الشعراء العرب في هذه الفترة.
ويتناول الجزء الثالث وعنوانه : "صدمة الحداثة وسلطة الموروث الديني" مشكلات الحداثة في الفكر العربي. ويمثل الكاتب عليها، تراثيا، بأربعة مفكرين : القاضي عبد الجبار (المعتزلي)، والامام الغزالي، والفارابي، وابن تيمية. ويمثل عليها في مرحلة "عصر النهضة" اربعة مفكرين : محمد ابن عبد الوهاب، محمد عبده، رشيد رضا، والكواكبي.
هكذا يدرس المؤلف في هذا الجزء "حدود العقل" كما تجلت عند الاربعة الاوائل، و"الفكر المستعاد" كما تجلى عند الاخرين.
اما الجزء الرابع "صدمة الحداثة وسلطة الموروث الشعري" فينطلق من الاسئلة الآتية: ما الحداثة في الشعر؟ وما المشكلات التي تثيرها في اللغة، والشعر، والدين، والثقافة، بعامة؟ كيف نظر اليها النقاد في العصر العباسي وفي عصر النهضة وكيف تجلت عند الشعراء في هذين العصرين؟
لعل هذا ما يحاول ان يعرض له هذا الجزء من "الثابت والمتحول" طارحا تساؤلات كثيرة، بين اشدها اهمية السؤال الآتي: هل علم جمال الشعر، هو علم جمال الثابت، ام علم جمال جمال التغير؟]]> 248 أدونيس Je 0 to-read 3.91 1973 الثابت و المتحول: صدمة الحداثة وسلطة الموروث الديني
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam]]> 36456114
Told from this first-hand perspective, and backed with impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away. In each chapter he also takes a step back to look at the bigger issues which lie behind a continent's death-wish, answering the question of why anyone, let alone an entire civilisation, would do this to themselves? He ends with two visions of Europe - one hopeful, one pessimistic - which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next.]]> 384 Douglas Murray 1472958004 Je 0 to-read 4.04 2017 The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
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]]> The Data Science Handbook 34461531 A comprehensive overview of data science covering the analytics, programming, and business skills necessary to master the discipline

Finding a good data scientist has been likened to hunting for a the required combination of technical skills is simply very hard to find in one person. In addition, good data science is not just rote application of trainable skill sets; it requires the ability to think flexibly about all these areas and understand the connections between them. This book provides a crash course in data science, combining all the necessary skills into a unified discipline.

Unlike many analytics books, computer science and software engineering are given extensive coverage since they play such a central role in the daily work of a data scientist. The author also describes classic machine learning algorithms, from their mathematical foundations to real-world applications. Visualization tools are reviewed, and their central importance in data science is highlighted. Classical statistics is addressed to help readers think critically about the interpretation of data and its common pitfalls. The clear communication of technical results, which is perhaps the most undertrained of data science skills, is given its own chapter, and all topics are explained in the context of solving real-world data problems. The book also

� Extensive sample code and tutorials using Python� along with its technical libraries

� Core technologies of “Big Data,� including their strengths and limitations and how they can be used to solve real-world problems

� Coverage of the practical realities of the tools, keeping theory to a minimum; however, when theory is presented, it is done in an intuitive way to encourage critical thinking and creativity

� A wide variety of case studies from industry

� Practical advice on the realities of being a data scientist today, including the overall workflow, where time is spent, the types of datasets worked on, and the skill sets needed

The Data Science Handbook is an ideal resource for data analysis methodology and big data software tools. The book is appropriate for people who want to practice data science, but lack the required skill sets. This includes software professionals who need to better understand analytics and statisticians who need to understand software. Modern data science is a unified discipline, and it is presented as such. This book is also an appropriate reference for researchers and entry-level graduate students who need to learn real-world analytics and expand their skill set.

FIELD CADY is the data scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, where he develops tools that use machine learning to mine scientific literature. He has also worked at Google and several Big Data startups. He has a BS in physics and mathfrom Stanford University, and an MS in computer science from Carnegie Mellon.]]> 372 Field Cady Je 0 to-read 3.75 The Data Science Handbook
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]]> أخبار الرازي 34687917 199 أيمن الدبوسي 9933352946 Je 0 to-read 2.91 أخبار الرازي
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]]> Agnes 6440875 153 Peter Stamm 3596179122 Je 0 to-read 3.14 1998 Agnes
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]]> <![CDATA[Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe]]> 25852755
For the past five hundred years, Europe has been the nexus of global culture and power. But throughout most of that history, most European countries have also been volatile and unstable—some even ground zero for catastrophic wars. As Friedman explores the continent’s history region by region, he examines the centuries-long struggles for power and territory among the empires of Spain, Britain, Germany, and Russia that have led to modern economic instability in Greece; breakaway states threatening the status quo in Spain, Belgium, and the United Kingdom; and a rising tide of migrants disrupting social order in many EU countries.

Readers will gain a new understanding of the current and historical forces at work—and a new appreciation of how valuable and fragile peace can be.]]> 288 George Friedman 0307951138 Je 0 to-read 3.93 2015 Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe
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]]> <![CDATA[Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ]]> 23013953
For too long, the gut has been the body’s most ignored and least appreciated organ, but it turns out that it’s responsible for more than just dirty work: our gut is at the core of who we are. Gut, an international bestseller, gives the alimentary canal its long-overdue moment in the spotlight. With quirky charm, rising science star Giulia Enders explains the gut’s magic, answering questions like: Why does acid reflux happen? What’s really up with gluten and lactose intolerance? How does the gut affect obesity and mood? Communication between the gut and the brain is one of the fastest-growing areas of medical research—on par with stem-cell research. Our gut reactions, we learn, are intimately connected with our physical and mental well-being. Enders’s beguiling manifesto will make you finally listen to those butterflies in your stomach: they’re trying to tell you something important.]]> 273 Giulia Enders 1771641495 Je 0 to-read 4.04 2014 Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
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]]> The Year of the Rat 17696973
The world can tip at any moment� a fact that fifteen-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mum dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose.

Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat’s biological father.

Mum, though� Mum’s dead but she can’t seem to leave. She keeps visiting Pearl. Smoking, cursing, guiding.

Told across the year following her mother’s death, Pearl’s story is full of bittersweet humour and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her mother, but also the fact that her sister � The Rat � is a constant reminder of why her mum is no longer around.]]> 320 Clare Furniss 1471120279 Je 0 to-read 3.81 2014 The Year of the Rat
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Je 0 to-read 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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]]> The Luminaries 17333230 The Luminaries is a brilliantly constructed, fiendishly clever ghost story and a gripping page-turner.]]> 848 Eleanor Catton 0316074314 Je 0 to-read 3.73 2013 The Luminaries
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]]> <![CDATA[Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners]]> 12232795 Word Freak and The Language Instinct comes a fascinating exploration of linguistic superlearners whose abilities shed light on the intellectual potential in us all.

What do an Italian cardinal, a Connecticut blacksmith, and a German diplomat have in common with an MIT linguist, a Hungarian translator, and a Scottish church organist? They were all "hyperpolyglots," "language superlearners," or "massive multilinguals." In Babel No More, Michael Erard delves into the lives and minds of these intriguing individuals both past and present and discovers the upper limit of the human ability to learn, speak, and remember languages.

Hyperpolyglots - people who, by one definition, can use six or more languages - are fascinating not simply because what they do is out of the ordinary. Rather, their accomplishments serve as a point of reference for the rest of us; in some ways they are what the author calls a gifted neural tribe, absorbing language for reasons, and with methods, that few people would emulate. But they are also marked by simple, if dogged, methods: the most prolific multilingual in history, Cardinal Mezzofanti, used flashcards. Taken together, their pursuits present a natural experiment into the limits and the nature of memory and language.

Part scientific detective story, part travelogue, part valentine to anyone who's ever hoped to sprechen or parler something other than a mother tongue, Babel No More takes us all over the world to look at language learning in an entirely new way.]]> 307 Michael Erard 1451628250 Je 0 to-read 3.52 2012 Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
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]]> The Humans 16130537
He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, and the wars they witness on the news, and is totally baffled by concepts such as love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this weird species than he has been led to believe. He drinks wine, reads Emily Dickinson, listens to Talking Heads, and begins to bond with the family he lives with, in disguise. In picking up the pieces of the professor's shattered personal life, the narrator sees hope and redemption in the humans' imperfections and begins to question the very mission that brought him there--a mission that involves not only thwarting human progress...but murder.]]> 285 Matt Haig 1476727910 Je 0 to-read 4.05 2013 The Humans
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott Je 0 to-read 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Glücklich für Anfänger (German Edition)]]> 25965764

]]> 317 Susin Nielsen 3641150000 Je 0 to-read 3.00 2015 Glücklich für Anfänger (German Edition)
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