K.L.3's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:57:37 -0700 60 K.L.3's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The City of Stardust 145624782
For centuries, generations of Everlys have seen their brightest and best disappear, taken as punishment for a crime no one remembers, for a purpose no one understands. Their tormentor, a woman named Penelope, never ages, never grows sick � and never forgives a debt.

Violet Everly was a child when her mother left on a stormy night, determined to break the curse. When Marianne never returns, Penelope issues an ultimatum: Violet has ten years to find her mother, or she will take her place. Violet is the last of the Everly line, the last to suffer. Unless she can break it first.

To do so, she must descend into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and monsters bent on revenge. She must also contend with Penelope’s quiet assistant, Aleksander, who she knows cannot be trusted � and yet whose knowledge of a world beyond her own is too valuable to avoid.

Tied to a very literal deadline, Violet will travel the edges of the world to find Marianne and the key to the city of stardust, where the Everly story began.]]> 352 Georgia Summers 0316561487 K.L.3 4 3.28 2024 The City of Stardust
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average rating: 3.28
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X K.L.3 4 4.52 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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average rating: 4.52
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A River of Golden Bones (Golden Court, #1)]]> 123239368 A sleeping curse. A fallen court. A secret twin.

Twins Calla and Briar have spent their entire lives hiding from the powerful sorceress who destroyed their kingdom…and from the humans who don’t know they are Wolves. Each twin has their own purpose in life: Briar’s is to marry the prince of an ally pack and save the Golden Court. Calla’s purpose is to remain a secret, her twin’s shadow . . . the backup plan.

No one knows who Calla truly is except for her childhood friend—and sister’s betrothed—the distractingly handsome Prince Grae. But when Calla and Briar journey out of hiding for Briar’s wedding, all of their well-made plans go awry. The evil sorceress is back with another sleeping curse for the last heir to the Golden Court.

Calla must step out of the shadows to save their sister, their kingdom, and their own legacy. Continuing to hide as a human and denying who she truly is, Calla embarks on a quest across the realm, discovering a whole world she never knew existed. Outside the confines of rigid Wolf society, Calla begins to wonder: who could she be if she dared to try?

Full of adventure, love, gender exploration, and self-discovery, A River of Golden Bones follows Calla’s journey through treacherous Wolf kingdoms, monster-filled realms, and the depths of their own heart in this thrilling romantic fantasy.]]> 392 A.K. Mulford K.L.3 3 3.58 2023 A River of Golden Bones (Golden Court, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)]]> 7235533 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.

Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.

One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.

Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.

The result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.

Speak again the ancient oaths:

Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before Destination.

and return to men the Shards they once bore.

The Knights Radiant must stand again.]]> 1007 Brandon Sanderson 0765326353 K.L.3 4 4.66 2010 The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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average rating: 4.66
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Artificial Intelligence Papers: Original Research Papers With Tutorial Commentaries]]> 215788801 377 James V Stone 1068620005 K.L.3 0 to-read 0.0 The Artificial Intelligence Papers: Original Research Papers With Tutorial Commentaries
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]]> <![CDATA[Human Aggression and Violence: Causes, Manifestations, and Consequences (Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology)]]> 9756555
Five sections examine major theoretical perspectives, genetic and environmental determinants, and the psychological and relational processes underlying human violence and aggression. In its assessment of aggression and violence across individual, relational and societal levels, this book will engage a broad audience.]]> 422 Phillip R. Shaver 1433808595 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.50 2010 Human Aggression and Violence: Causes, Manifestations, and Consequences (Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Cultural History of the Modern Age: Volume 1, Renaissance and Reformation (Social Science Classics Series)]]> 3356926 388 Egon Friedell 1412807492 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.53 1930 A Cultural History of the Modern Age: Volume 1, Renaissance and Reformation (Social Science Classics Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Social Psychology of Morality: Exploring the Causes of Good and Evil (Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology)]]> 12592307
The contributors to this volume begin by presenting basic issues and controversies in the study of morality; subsequent chapters explore the psychological processes involved, such as the cognitive mechanisms and motives underlying immoral behavior and moral hypocrisy. Later chapters discuss personality, developmental, and clinical aspects of morality as well as societal aspects of good and evil, including the implications of moral thinking for large-scale violence and genocide. The wide-ranging findings and discussions presented in this volume make this work a provocative and engaging resource for social psychologists and other scholars concerned with moral judgments and both moral and immoral behavior.]]> 440 Mario Mikulincer 1433810115 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.09 2011 The Social Psychology of Morality: Exploring the Causes of Good and Evil (Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology)
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]]> <![CDATA[From Being to Doing: The Origins of the Biology of Cognition]]> 695441 208 Humberto R. Maturana 3896704486 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.07 2004 From Being to Doing: The Origins of the Biology of Cognition
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]]> <![CDATA[Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies]]> 31670196
Fascinated by issues of aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science, creating a new understanding of energy use and metabolism: West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on. Furthermore, the efficiency of the mammal’s circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight: if you compare a mouse, a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph, you find with every doubling of average weight, a species gets 25% more efficient—and lives 25% longer. This speaks to everything from how long we can expect to live to how many hours of sleep we need. Fundamentally, he has proven, the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism's body.

West's work has been game-changing for biologists, but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work's applicability to cities. Cities, too, are constellations of networks and laws of scalability relate with eerie precision to them. For every doubling in a city's size, the city needs 15% less road, electrical wire, and gas stations to support the same population. More amazingly, for every doubling in size, cities produce 15% more patents and more wealth, as well as 15% more crime and disease. This broad pattern lays the groundwork for a new science of cities.

Recently, West has applied his revolutionary work on cities and biological life to the business world. This investigation has led to powerful insights into why some companies thrive while others fail. The implications of these discoveries are far-reaching, and are just beginning to be explored.
Scale is a thrilling scientific adventure story about the elemental natural laws that bind us together in simple but profound ways. Through the brilliant mind of Geoffrey West, we can envision how cities, companies and biological life alike are dancing to the same simple, powerful tune, however diverse and unrelated they are to each other.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 481 Geoffrey B. West 1594205582 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.09 2017 Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
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]]> <![CDATA[Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland]]> 40163119
Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders.

Patrick Radden Keefe writes an intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.]]> 441 Patrick Radden Keefe 0385521316 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.47 2018 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 50659467
At least, he’s not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1635575567 K.L.3 3 4.16 2015 A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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average rating: 4.16
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Ghosting Academy: A Dark Psychological Fantasy Thriller (The Limerent Series Book 4)]]> 218612589 It’s been years since Amelie abandoned her home to become an elite agent of the Academy.

In its embrace she has found support and stability, but in return the Academy uses her gifts for destruction and control. For ten years, she has chosen to live only for the moment, neither questioning nor considering the motives of her employer. But when Amelie and her pod of fellow agents, “graduate� into becoming strategic operatives, they are spirited off to an isolated island. Here they uncover a labyrinth of deception and lies far more sinister than any they ever imagined, including Verite, a new virtual reality game, in which time has no meaning and your blood holds the keys to your soul.

In the Ghosting Academy, consciousness is currency, morality is shackles and there is no death. ]]> 359 LS Delorme K.L.3 5 3.88 Ghosting Academy: A Dark Psychological Fantasy Thriller (The Limerent Series Book 4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curse Workers: White Cat; Red Glove; Black Heart (Curse Workers, #1-3)]]> 56980484
Cassel Sharpe comes from a family of curse workers, people who have the power to change emotions, memories, and luck with the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re also all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists, but not Cassel. He doesn’t have magic, so he’s an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family—except for the small detail that he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.

Cassel has carefully built up a facade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his facade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He’s noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two older brothers, who are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect he’s an unwitting pawn in a huge con game, he must unravel his past, and his memories. To find the truth, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.

This magical bind-up
White Cat
Red Glove
Black Heart]]> 992 Holly Black 1534488197 K.L.3 4 4.08 2021 The Curse Workers: White Cat; Red Glove; Black Heart (Curse Workers, #1-3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love]]> 132413 � Edward O. Wilson

In Why We Love , renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love―from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of scientists to scan the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love, Fisher proved what psychologists had until recently only suspected: when you fall in love, specific areas of the brain "light up" with increased blood flow. This sweeping new book uses this data to argue that romantic passion is hardwired into our brains by millions of years of evolution. It is not an emotion; it is a drive as powerful as hunger.

Provocative, enlightening, engaging, and persuasive, Why We Love offers radical new answers to age-old questions: what love is, who we love―and how to keep love alive.]]> 320 Helen Fisher 0805077960 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.78 2004 Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
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]]> The Social Animal 203968 512 Elliot Aronson 071675715X K.L.3 0 to-read 4.30 1972 The Social Animal
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]]> Fog & Fireflies 205103992 With refreshing echoes of golden age fantasy, Fog & Fireflies is a novel that brings together an imaginative world and fantastical cast of characters to explore the difference between growing older and growing up.

"Why do we grow more scared as we get older?"

Hundreds of seasons ago, a wizard's war scarred the earth, leaving a malevolent fog blanketing the land, and carrying the settlements within it like ships adrift at sea. The phantoms the fog creates are deadly to adults, so children must guard the walls now, and care for each other.

Ogma watches the fog from the walls of her windmill town. What felt like a game as a child becomes more of a creeping dread with each season she gets older.

"Because we know better."

Ogma's town is attacked—alien caravanners who roam the fog in inhuman forms have come to kidnap the children, and Ogma is lost in the fog. She must find hope, find courage in herself, and find her friends.

A novel for readers who enjoy rich worldbuilding in the style of Hayao Miyazaki, a unique cast of creatures and characters that harkens back to L. Frank Baum and Arthur Rackham, and the bonds of found family akin to the work of Maggie Stiefvater and Makoto Shinkai.

This is the first of three planned novels in the world of Fog & Fireflies.]]> 406 T.H. Lehnen K.L.3 0 to-read 3.90 2024 Fog & Fireflies
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)]]> 26032912 He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.

Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.

Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.

And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity�

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy.]]> 321 Holly Black 0316310409 K.L.3 4 4.33 2019 The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)]]> 26032887 The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself strong.

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.]]> 336 Holly Black 0316310336 K.L.3 4 4.27 2019 The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)]]> 26032825 Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.]]> 370 Holly Black 0316310271 K.L.3 4 4.01 2018 The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)]]> 243144 Considered by many scholars the finest extant Mexican codex and one of the most important original sources for the study of pre-Columbian religion, the Codex Borgia is a work of profound beauty, filled with strange and evocative images related to calendrical, cosmological, ritual, and divinatory matters. Generally similar to such Mixtec manuscripts as the Codex Nuttall, the Codex Borgia is thought to have its origin (ca. A.D. 1400) in the southern central highlands of Mexico, perhaps in Puebla or Oaxaca. It is most probably a religious document that once belonged to a temple or sacred shrine.

One use of the Codex many have been to divine the future, for it includes ritual 260 day calendars, material on aspects of the planet Venus, and a sort of numerological prognostic of the lives of wedded couples. Another section concerns various regions of the world and the supernatural characters and attributes of those regions. Also described are the characteristics of a number of deities, while still other passages relate to installation ceremonies of rulers in pre-Columbian kingdoms.

Until the publication of this Dover edition, the Codex Borgia has been largely inaccessible to the general public. The priceless original is in the Vatican Library and previous photographic facsimiles are very rare or very expensive or both. Moreover, the original Codex has been damaged over the centuries, resulting in the obscuration and loss of many images. In order to recapture the beauty and grandeur of the original, Gisele Diaz and Alan Rodgers have painstakingly restored the Codex by hand —a seven-year project� employing the most scrupulous research and restoration techniques. The result is 76 large full-color plates of vibrant, striking depictions of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and mysterious abstract designs —a vivid panorama that offers profound insights into pre-Columbian Mexican myth and ritual. Now students, anthropologists, lovers of fine art and rare books —anyone interested in the art and culture of ancient Mexico� can study the Codex Borgia in this inexpensive, accurate, well-made edition. An informative introduction by noted anthropologist Bruce E. Byland places the Codex in its historical context and helps elucidate its meaning and significance.

]]> 112 Gisele Díaz 0486275698 K.L.3 0 4.37 1993 The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)]]> 7165300
When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.]]> 629 Brent Weeks 0316075558 K.L.3 3 4.23 2010 The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)
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average rating: 4.23
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rating: 3
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]]> The Bane Witch 211004908 Practical Magic meets Gone Girl in Ava Morgyn's next dark, spellbinding novel about a woman who is more than a witch - she's a hunter. Piers Corbin has always had an affinity for poisonous things - plants and men. From the pokeweed berries she consumed at age five that led to the accidental death of a stranger, to the husband whose dark proclivities have become� concerning, poison has been at the heart of her story. But when she fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her volatile marriage and goes to stay with her estranged great aunt in the mountains, she realizes her predilection is more than a hunger - it’s a birthright. Piers comes from a long line of poison eaters - Bane Witches � women who ingest deadly plants and use their magic to rid the world of evil men. Piers sets out to earn her place in her family’s gritty but distinguished legacy, all while working at her Aunt Myrtle’s cafe and perpetuating a flirtation with the local, well-meaning sheriff to allay his suspicions on the body count she’s been leaving in her wake. But soon she catches the attention of someone else, a serial killer operating in the area. And that only means one thing - it’s time to feed. In Ava Morgyn’s dark, thrilling novel, The Bane Witch, a very little poison can do a world of good.]]> 384 Ava Morgyn 1250835453 K.L.3 5 4.09 2025 The Bane Witch
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name: K.L.3
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)]]> 201345 376 Brian Jacques 0441001866 K.L.3 5 young-fantasy-fiction 4.16 1993 Martin the Warrior (Redwall, #6)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice]]> 294029
Howard Gardner's brilliant conception of individual competence, known as Multiple Intelligences theory, has changed the face of education. Tens of thousands of educators, parents, and researchers have explored the practical implications and applications of this powerful notion, that there is not one type of intelligence but several, ranging from musical intelligence to the intelligence involved in self-understanding.

Multiple Intelligences distills nearly three decades of research on Multiple Intelligences theory and practice, covering its central arguments and numerous developments since its introduction in 1983. Gardner includes discussions of global applications, Multiple Intelligences in the workplace, an assessment of Multiple Intelligences practice in the current conservative educational climate, new evidence about brain functioning, and much more.]]> 320 Howard Gardner 0465047688 K.L.3 0 currently-reading 4.00 1993 Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice
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]]> <![CDATA[101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think]]> 32998876 450 Brianna Wiest K.L.3 4 3.74 2016 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> The Craft of Research 2543099 The Craft of Research is the unrivaled resource for researchers at every level, from first-year undergraduates to research reporters at corporations and government offices.

Seasoned researchers and educators Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second editions were written in collaboration with the late Wayne C. Booth. The Craft of Research explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately; and how to create introductions and conclusions that answer that most demanding question, “So what?�

The third edition includes an expanded discussion of the essential early stages of a research task: planning and drafting a paper. The authors have revised and fully updated their section on electronic research, emphasizing the need to distinguish between trustworthy sources (such as those found in libraries) and less reliable sources found with a quick Web search. A chapter on warrants has also been thoroughly reviewed to make this difficult subject easier for researchers

Throughout, the authors have preserved the amiable tone, the reliable voice, and the sense of directness that have made this book indispensable for anyone undertaking a research project.]]> 317 Wayne C. Booth 0226065669 K.L.3 0 currently-reading 3.91 1995 The Craft of Research
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]]> <![CDATA[Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience (with Coglab 2.0 Online Booklet)]]> 720563 552 E. Bruce Goldstein 0495095575 K.L.3 2 3.74 2010 Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience (with Coglab 2.0 Online Booklet)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales]]> 444388 328 Bruno Bettelheim 0679723935 K.L.3 3 3.84 1975 The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
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]]> <![CDATA[The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain]]> 2088667 527 Terrence W. Deacon 0393038386 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.08 1997 The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
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]]> Sketchbook 2022 63547160
Initialement, nous avions prévu de sortir ce petit bijou pour l’été 2020, mais malheureusement, la COVID s’en est mêlée ! Résultat : au lieu de faire le tour du monde et de nous en mettre plein les yeux, Jung Gi est finalement resté chez lui à dessiner. BEAUCOUP. Ce que vous vous apprêtez à découvrir, ce ne sont pas seulement quatre ans de production, mais deux ans de production EN PLUS de deux ans de confinement ! En définitive : 480 pages d’illustrations étonnantes pour votre plus grand plaisir.

Comme c’est déjà le cas pour les autres sketchbooks, les pages sont remplies de croquis, portraits, caricatures, paysages urbains et toutes sortes de personnages réalistes, dont les lignes sont exécutées de façon si dynamique qu’ils semblent s’élancer vers le spectateur, comme s’ils voulaient s’extirper de la page ! La maîtrise parfaite de la perspective est l’arme secrète de Kim Jung Gi : elle est la clef de l’impression de mouvement qui invite le spectateur dans les tréfonds de ses dessins. On pourrait se perdre à admirer une page pendant des heures, et on trouverait encore des détails qui nous ont échappé au départ. La variété de techniques et de couleurs utilisées au fil des pages ajoute à la complexité de l’ouvrage, autant dire qu’il est impossible d’en être rassasié !

Voyez ! Dans ces pages résident une infinité de mondes et d’histoires, qui attestent de la créativité sans limites de l’artiste. Habituellement, nous n’utilisons pas autant de superlatifs, mais soyez-en sûrs, cette bible est digne de chacun d'entre-eux.

Au fait, le livre est accompagné d’un poster A2 plié.]]> 480 Jung Gi Kim 2382890452 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.71 Sketchbook 2022
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]]> Le Petit Albert 61405259


In some respects, Le Petit Albert was the epitome of the Bibliothèque Bleue grimoires: it appeared from virtually nowhere in the early eighteenth century, was almost immediately condemned by the censor, and was spread across France by itinerant booksellers passing from village to village, town to town.



Our edition celebrates the text as a window into the lives of the small people, with its advice on how to win at fishing, turn table-wine into fine liqueur, stop your spouse wandering and keep the actual wolf from the door. This folk wisdom blends into Paracelsan magic and the famed description of the Hand of Glory and the Mandrake, which formed the basis for a fascination which endures to this day. But much more than that, Le Petit Albert became synonymous with sorcery in the French colonies of North America and the Caribbean and is one of the most important texts in traditional New World magic. We have worked from the 'Lyon' edition dated 1752, which expands on the earlier editions and stabilizes the text, apparently forming the solid basis for what followed.]]> 275 Paul Summers Young K.L.3 0 to-read 4.00 Le Petit Albert
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]]> Hieronymus Bosch 255768 This intriguing new monograph by noted art historian Larry Silver interprets that artistic vision with admirable lucidity: it explains how Bosch's understanding of human sin, morality, and punishment, which was conceived in an era of powerful apocalyptic expectation, shaped his dramatic visualizations of hell and of the temptations of even the most steadfast saints. Silver's account of Bosch's artistic development is one of the first to benefit from recent technical investigations of the paintings, as well as from the reexamination of the artistGÇÖs drawings in relation to his paintings. Hieronymus Bosch is also unique in how securely it places its subject's work in the broader history of painting in the Low Countries: Silver identifies sources of BoschGÇÖs iconography in a wide range of fifteenth-century panel paintings, manuscript illuminations, and prints, and describes how, despite their own religiousness, Bosch's pictures helped inspire the secular landscape and genre scenes of later Netherlandish painters. Augmented by 310 illustrations, most in color, including many dramatic close-ups of BoschGÇÖs intricately imagined nightmare scenes, this is the definitive book on a perennially fascinating artist.]]> 424 Larry Silver 0789209012 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.43 1970 Hieronymus Bosch
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]]> The Power of Coincidence 7628016 208 Frank Joseph 1848372248 K.L.3 3 3.87 2009 The Power of Coincidence
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]]> <![CDATA[Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom (2012-01-03)]]> 135934996 Foreword by Morgan Spurlock

From the bestselling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.

Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom has been on the front lines of the branding wars for over twenty years. Here, he turns the spotlight on his own industry, drawing on all he has witnessed behind closed doors, exposing for the first time the full extent of the psychological tricks and traps that companies devise to win our hard-earned dollars.

Picking up from where Vance Packard's bestselling classic, The Hidden Persuaders, left off more than half-a-century ago, Lindstrom reveals:

•New findings that reveal how advertisers and marketers intentionally target children at an alarmingly young age � starting when they are still in the womb!
•Shocking results of an fMRI study which uncovered what heterosexual men really think about when they see sexually provocative advertising (hint: it isn’t their girlfriends).
•How marketers and retailers stoke the flames of public panic and capitalize on paranoia over global contagions, extreme weather events, and food contamination scares.
•The first ever neuroscientific evidence proving how addicted we all are to our iPhones and our Blackberry’s (and the shocking reality of cell phone addiction - it can be harder to shake than addictions to drugs and alcohol).
•How companies of all stripes are secretly mining our digital footprints to uncover some of the most intimate details of our private lives, then using that information to target us with ads and offers ‘perfectly tailored� to our psychological profiles.
•How certain companies, like the maker of one popular lip balm, purposely adjust their formulas in order to make their products chemically addictive.
•What a 3-month long guerilla marketing experiment, conducted specifically for this book, tells us about the most powerful hidden persuader of them all.
•And much, much more.
This searing expose introduces a new class of tricks, techniques, and seductions � the Hidden Persuaders of the 21st century- and shows why they are more insidious and pervasive than ever.]]> 0 Martin Lindstrom K.L.3 0 to-read 0.0 2011 Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom (2012-01-03)
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]]> <![CDATA[Daily Rituals: How Artists Work]]> 15799151
Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers.�

Kafka is one of 161 minds who describe their daily rituals to get their work done, whether by waking early or staying up late; whether by self-medicating with doughnuts or bathing, drinking vast quantities of coffee, or taking long daily walks. Thomas Wolfe wrote standing up in the kitchen, the top of the refrigerator as his desk, dreamily fondling his “male configurations�.... Jean-Paul Sartre chewed on Corydrane tablets (a mix of amphetamine and aspirin), ingesting ten times the recommended dose each day ... Descartes liked to linger in bed, his mind wandering in sleep through woods, gardens, and enchanted palaces where he experienced “every pleasure imaginable.�

Here are: Anthony Trollope, who demanded of himself that each morning he write three thousand words (250 words every fifteen minutes for three hours) before going off to his job at the postal service, which he kept for thirty-three years during the writing of more than two dozen books ... Karl Marx ... Woody Allen ... Agatha Christie ... George Balanchine, who did most of his work while ironing ... Leo Tolstoy ... Charles Dickens ... Pablo Picasso ... George Gershwin, who, said his brother Ira, worked for twelve hours a day from late morning to midnight, composing at the piano in pajamas, bathrobe, and slippers....

Here also are the daily rituals of Charles Darwin, Andy Warhol, John Updike, Twyla Tharp, Benjamin Franklin, William Faulkner, Jane Austen, Anne Rice, and Igor Stravinsky (he was never able to compose unless he was sure no one could hear him and, when blocked, stood on his head to “clear the brain�).]]> 278 Mason Currey 0307273601 K.L.3 0 3.67 2013 Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ashavan: A Sword & Sorcery Epic Fantasy (Across the Asha Book 1)]]> 138373658 Ashavan - One who masters truth... *Because people tend to ask.

Magic meets mayhem in one of the best dark fantasy novels of the year.
Would you be able to survive?

"The beginning of a unique high fantasy series!" ~ Amazon Review
"I'm so very glad I picked this super well-written epic fantasy romance." ~ Amazon Review

It’s dark and foul in the sewers of Mazu, capital city of the Island of Mazu. The wide, slimy tunnels that were originally constructed to spew excess water deposited by the Stormphoenix back into the Middle Sea now house an elite team of magi, readying themselves for a near suicidal assault on the impenetrable castle known simply as the Gray Keep. Amongst them John Michael Williams and Lilith Smith, two Drifters from Earth, sit side by side in the muck, wondering how the twists and turns of their very different lives brought them together in this frightening new world called Nocht.

There is not one universe, but many, and like all things, each world is paired with its opposite. Earth is no exception. Its sister world of Nocht has leveraged a mystical connection to steal life from Earth since the dawn of time, spawning a chaotic and often dangerous evolutionary timeline that seamlessly melds history and fantasy. This dark sister-planet is particularly selective over humans however, choosing to take only those gifted with magical ability.

As Drifters, both Mike and Lily are granted these magical gifts. After being pulled away from their family, friends, and countries their foreign status in this ancient world both elevate and alienate them in the ruthless social hierarchy of humans that have managed to survive Nocht’s harsh environment for millennia. Despite arriving in that world at different times and ages, they lean on each other heavily, bonding over a shared past and leverage each other’s skillsets to survive an invasion by a refined, yet vicious nation of warriors known as the Alari. The first leg of their story ends with confessions of love, and with the pair being threatened into separation by forces beyond their control.

Can two exiles outwit and outfight the unforgiving forces of Nocht and return home to their families? Only time will tell.]]> 591 James Parrish K.L.3 5 4.17 The Ashavan: A Sword & Sorcery Epic Fantasy (Across the Asha Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[An Empirical Introduction to Youth]]> 62997045 225 Joseph Bronski K.L.3 0 to-read 4.59 An Empirical Introduction to Youth
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]]> An Experiment With Time 32803367 160 J.W. Dunne 1786259893 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.45 1927 An Experiment With Time
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think]]> 61739751 A collection of essays that journey through philosophy and grapple with the increasingly relevant problem of finding meaning in what appears, for many of us, to be an inherently meaningless existence.

Without any of the sugarcoating often found in the modern hyper-positive self-help genres, Robert Pantano attempts to provide the value of motivation and personal development through unwavering philosophical honesty. Studying and pulling from ideas in Stoicism, Existentialism, Nihilism, Absurdism, Buddhism, Taoism, and more, he combines his own thoughts with concepts from philosophy to create accessible, thought-provoking, and beautiful takeaways that will change the way you think about yourself, existence, and how to appreciate the absurdity of it all.

Most of the essays contained in this book were originally published as videos seen by tens of millions of people on Pantano’s popular YouTube channel, Pursuit of Wonder. Because of their popularity, he has created an organized collection of revised essays gathered in the form of this book. Not only have the essays been improved and revised, but Pantano has also added additional essays containing deeper insights about the overarching subjects covered and why he has personally found them valuable.

Driven by a sense of doubt, skepticism, fascination, and a yearning for awe, The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence inspires readers to embark on their own pursuit of wonder.]]> 236 Robert Pantano K.L.3 4 4.37 The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think
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]]> <![CDATA[No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self]]> 57197076 Get your copy today by clicking the 'Buy Now' button]]> 182 Colin McMorran K.L.3 0 to-read 4.57 No Path to Enlightenment: The I before I am - exposing the illusion of your Self
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]]> <![CDATA[Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too]]> 63905047 114 Exurb1a K.L.3 0 to-read 4.29 2022 Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too
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]]> <![CDATA[Suspicious Minds: How Culture Shapes Madness]]> 13260387
One day in 2003, a patient unlike any other that Dr. Joel Gold had seen before was admitted to his unit at Bellevue Hospital. This man claimed he was being filmed constantly and that his life was being broadcast around the world like The Truman Show—the 1998 film depicting a man who is unknowingly living out his life as the star of a popular soap opera. Over the next few years, Dr. Gold saw a number of patients suffering from what he and his brother, Dr. Ian Gold, began calling the “Truman Show delusion,� launching them on a quest to understand the nature of this particular phenomenon, of delusions more generally, and of madness itself.

The current view of delusions is that they are the result of biology gone awry, of neurons in the brain misfiring. In contrast, the Golds argue that delusions are the result of the interaction between the brain and the social world. By exploring the major categories of delusion through fascinating case studies and marshaling the latest research in schizophrenia, the brothers reveal the role of culture and the social world in the development of psychosis—delusions in particular. Suspicious Minds presents a groundbreaking new vision of just how dramatically our surroundings can influence our brains.]]> 352 Joel Gold 1439181551 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.75 2012 Suspicious Minds: How Culture Shapes Madness
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]]> <![CDATA[The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease]]> 23214265
The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire , cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing.

Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.]]> 256 Marc Lewis 1610394372 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.06 2015 The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
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]]> <![CDATA[The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science]]> 570172 427 Norman Doidge 067003830X K.L.3 0 to-read 4.18 2007 The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
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]]> <![CDATA[Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals]]> 20671
Welcome to Monkeyluv , a curious and entertaining collection of essays about the human animal in all its fascinating variety, from Robert M. Sapolsky, America's most beloved neurobiologist/primatologist. Organized into three sections, each tackling a Big Question in natural science, Monkeyluv offers a lively exploration of the influence of genes and the environment on behavior; the social and political -- and, of course, sexual -- implications of behavioral biology; and society's shaping of the individual. From the mating rituals of prairie dogs to the practice of religion in the rain forest, the secretion of pheromones to bugs in the brain, Sapolsky brilliantly synthesizes cutting-edge scientific research with wry, erudite observations about the enormous complexity of simply being human. Thoughtful, engaging, and infused with pop-cultural insights, this collection will appeal to the inner monkey in all of us.]]> 209 Robert M. Sapolsky 0743260163 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.24 2005 Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths]]> 16059367
In a book by turns chilling and beautiful, John Gray continues the thinking that made his Straw Dogs such a cult classic. Gray draws on an extraordinary array of memoirs, poems, fiction, and philosophy to re-imagine our place in the world. Writers as varied as Ballard, Borges, Conrad, and Freud have been mesmerized by forms of human extremity―experiences that are on the outer edge of the possible or that tip into fantasy and myth. What happens to us when we starve, when we fight, when we are imprisoned? And how do our imaginations leap into worlds way beyond our real experiences? The Silence of Animals is consistently fascinating, filled with unforgettable images and a delight in the conundrum of human existence―an existence that we decorate with countless myths and ideas, where we twist and turn to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals, separated from the others perhaps only by our self-conceit. In the Babel we have created for ourselves, it is the silence of animals that both reproaches and bewitches us.]]> 240 John Gray 0374229171 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.89 2013 The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
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]]> <![CDATA[Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging]]> 40940205 War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the many challenges today’s returning veterans face in modern society.

There are ancient tribal human behaviors-loyalty, inter-reliance, cooperation-that flare up in communities during times of turmoil and suffering. These are the very same behaviors that typify good soldiering and foster a sense of belonging among troops, whether they’re fighting on the front lines or engaged in non-combat activities away from the action. Drawing from history, psychology, and anthropology, bestselling author Sebastian Junger shows us just how at odds the structure of modern society is with our tribal instincts, arguing that the difficulties many veterans face upon returning home from war do not stem entirely from the trauma they’ve suffered, but also from the individualist societies they must reintegrate into.

A 2011 study by the Canadian Forces and Statistics Canada reveals that 78 percent of military suicides from 1972 to the end of 2006 involved veterans. Though these numbers present an implicit call to action, the government is only just taking steps now to address the problems veterans face when they return home. But can the government ever truly eliminate the challenges faced by returning veterans? Or is the problem deeper, woven into the very fabric of our modern existence? Perhaps our circumstances are not so bleak, and simply understanding that beneath our modern guises we all belong to one tribe or another would help us face not just the problems of our nation but of our individual lives as well.

Well-researched and compellingly written, this timely look at how veterans react to coming home will reconceive our approach to veteran’s affairs and help us to repair our current social dynamic.]]> 182 Sebastian Junger K.L.3 0 to-read 4.00 2016 Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
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]]> <![CDATA[The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes]]> 22548097 Jon Ronson meets David Grann in this fascinating, wildly entertaining adventure and travel story about how culture can make us go totally insane

The Geography of Madness is an investigation of "culture-bound" syndromes, which are far stranger than they sound. Why is it, for example, that some men believe, against all reason, that vandals stole their penises, even though they're in good physical shape? In The Geography of Madness, acclaimed magazine writer Frank Bures travels around the world to trace culture-bound syndromes to their sources—and in the process, tells a remarkable story about the strange things all of us believe.


Book Club Discussion Questions:

For the paperback edition, a list of book club discussion questions is also being issued. If you’d like to add the The Geography of Madness to your group’s reading list, here are several conversation starters:

1) One main themes of The Geography of Madness is that stories (about the world, about our lives, about our bodies) are contagious. Can you think of a story, or an experience, that changed what you believed was possible?

2) Do you believe the brain and the mind are the same thing? If not, what is the difference?

3) The stories in The Geography of Madness raise the question of free will: How much do you choose the life you live? How much do you learn (or catch) you life choices from those around you?

4) Have you ever found yourself immersed in a situation where you did not know the rules? What was that like?

5) In The Geography of Madness, the author argues that our mindset and our expectations have biological consequences. Does that resemble your experience? If so, how?

6) Try to imagine living in a world where it was possible to have your genitals stolen, either by magic or by ghosts. How would you protect yourself?

7) In The Geography of Madness, the author argues that a strong sense of self—of your story� can help to activate your endogenous (internal) healing systems and vice versa. Do you remember a time when a stressful or difficult period seemed to be followed by a health problem or sickness?

8) In The Geography of Madness, did anyone’s genital actually disappear? If not, what happened? Does it matter?

9) Is there a belief that everyone around you holds, but that you don’t share? How did you come to doubt this?

10) The Handbook of Depression points to a genetic marker associated with greater vulnerability to depression. Yet this link only holds true in Western cultures. Why would that be?

11) Have you ever had a health problem you were afraid to talk about, or that others didn’t believe in?

12) In The Geography of Madness, the author argues that cultural syndromes are “real� syndromes, but that their causes might not lie where we think they do. Do you think they are “real� or “imaginary�?

13) Over the last few years, gluten intolerance has been rising. This rise occurs at a time of increasing anxiety about the relationship between food, health and identity. What’s changed: our bodies or our culture?

14) After reading The Geography of Madness, how would you describe what culture is?

15) How much does a your culture create you? How much do you create your culture?

16) Have you ever had a cultural syndrome?]]> 241 Frank Bures 1612193722 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.36 2016 The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes
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]]> <![CDATA[Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences]]> 25741189
Sacred Knowledge enriches humanities and scientific scholarship, expanding work in philosophy, anthropology, theology, and religious studies, as well as in mental health, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. Richards's analysis also contributes to social and political debates over the responsible integration of psychedelic substances into modern society. His book is an invaluable resource for readers who, whether spontaneously or with the facilitation of psychedelics, have encountered meaningful, inspiring, or even disturbing states of consciousness and seek clarity about their experiences. Testing the limits of language and conceptual frameworks, Richards makes the most of experiential phenomena that stretch our concepts of reality and advances new frontiers in the study of belief, spiritual awakening, psychiatric treatment, and social well-being.]]> 256 William A. Richards 0231174063 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.20 2015 Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
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]]> <![CDATA[Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?]]> 6763725 81 Mark Fisher 1846943175 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.20 2009 Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
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]]> <![CDATA[Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power]]> 28048 Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argues that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next.

Originally published in 2004, now with a new foreword and afterword, Solnit’s influential book shines a light into the darkness of our time in an unforgettable new edition.]]> 192 Rebecca Solnit 1841956600 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.01 2004 Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
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]]> <![CDATA[Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World]]> 40876575 Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.

After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way—and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today.

Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come.

Every progressive milestone of civilization—from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy—was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.]]> 262 Rutger Bregman 0316471909 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.24 2014 Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
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]]> <![CDATA[Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work]]> 25387807 A major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from work

Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite.

Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitaiist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms.]]> 245 Nick Srnicek 1784780960 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.95 2015 Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
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]]> <![CDATA[Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions]]> 34921573 From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.

Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told—like his entire generation—that his problem was caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate this question—and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.

Across the world, Hari discovered social scientists who were uncovering the real causes—and they are mostly not in our brains, but in the way we live today. Hari’s journey took him from the people living in the tunnels beneath Las Vegas, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin—all showing in vivid and dramatic detail these new insights. They lead to solutions radically different from the ones we have been offered up until now.

Just as Chasing the Scream transformed the global debate about addiction, with over twenty million views for his TED talk and the animation based on it, Lost Connections will lead us to a very different debate about depression and anxiety—one that shows how, together, we can end this epidemic.]]> 322 Johann Hari 163286830X K.L.3 5 4.26 2018 Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
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]]> The Art of Loving 14142
Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.]]> 180 Erich Fromm 0061129739 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.05 1956 The Art of Loving
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]]> <![CDATA[The Origins and History of Consciousness]]> 129503 493 Erich Neumann 0691017611 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.31 1949 The Origins and History of Consciousness
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]]> <![CDATA[Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)]]> 31931
Intended for undergraduates and general readers with no prior background in philosophy, Theory and Reality covers logical positivism; the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of science; Thomas Kuhn and "scientific revolutions"; the views of Imre Lakatos, Larry Laudan, and Paul Feyerabend; and challenges to the field from sociology of science, feminism, and science studies. The book then looks in more detail at some specific problems and theories, including scientific realism, the theory-ladeness of observation, scientific explanation, and Bayesianism. Finally, Godfrey-Smith defends a form of philosophical naturalism as the best way to solve the main problems in the field.

Throughout the text he points out connections between philosophical debates and wider discussions about science in recent decades, such as the infamous "science wars." Examples and asides engage the beginning student; a glossary of terms explains key concepts; and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. However, this is a textbook that doesn't feel like a textbook because it captures the historical drama of changes in how science has been conceived over the last one hundred years.

Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates in language that any beginning scholar or critical reader can follow.]]> 272 Peter Godfrey-Smith 0226300633 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.93 2003 Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion (Oxford Library of Psychology)]]> 56021574
This handbook unites the theoretical and empirical work of leading scholars in the evolutionary, cognitive, and anthropological sciences to produce an extensive and authoritative review of this literature. Its interdisciplinary approach makes it an important resource for a broad spectrum of researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates who are interested in studying the factors and mechanisms that underlie and/or affect religious beliefs and behaviors.]]> 400 James R. Liddle 0199397740 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.00 The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion (Oxford Library of Psychology)
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]]> <![CDATA[Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health]]> 22693240
-New 'Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition"

-Updates on new fertility technologies

-Natural approaches to conception

-Updated Resources and Books

For any woman unhappy with her current method of birth control; demoralized by her quest to have a baby; or experiencing confusing symptoms in her cycle, this book provides answers to all these questions, plus amazing insights into a woman's body. Weschler thoroughly explains the empowering Fertility Awareness Method, which in only a couple minutes a day allows a woman to:

-Enjoy highly effective, scientifically proven birth control without chemicals or devices

-Maximize her chances of conception or expedite fertility treatment by identifying impediments to conception

-Increase the likelihood of choosing the gender of her baby

-Gain control of her sexual and gynecological health]]> 536 Toni Weschler 0062326031 K.L.3 5 4.61 1995 Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health
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average rating: 4.61
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)]]> 1260022 This fascinating sociological account reveals the significance of kinship and the cult of the family hearth and ancestors to ancient Hellenic and Latin urban culture. It chronicles the rise of family-centered pagan belief systems, tracing their gradual decline to the spread of Christianity. Fustel cites ancient Indian and Hebrew texts as well as Greek and Roman sources. The ingenuity of his interpretations, along with his striking prose style, offer readers a vital and enduring historic survey.]]> 416 0486447308 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.33 1864 The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)
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]]> <![CDATA[When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing]]> 35412097
Timing, it's often assumed, is an art. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Pink shows that timing is really a science.

Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology, and economics, Pink reveals how best to live, work, and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? Why should we avoid going to the hospital in the afternoon? Why is singing in time with other people as good for you as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married?]]> 272 Daniel H. Pink 0735210624 K.L.3 2 3.77 2018 When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
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]]> <![CDATA[Philosophy and Psychedelics: Frameworks for Exceptional Experience]]> 58837551
In this rapidly growing area of study, this is the first volume to explore the philosophy of psychedelic experience, from a range of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. In doing so, Philosophy and Psychedelics reveals just why the place of psychedelics in our societies should not be left to medical sciences alone, as psychedelic experience opens up new perspectives on fundamental philosophical questions relating to human experience, ethics, and the metaphysics of mind.

Mapping a range of philosophical responses to the surge in studies into psychedelic drugs in the cognitive sciences, this go-to volume examines topics including psychedelics and the role of governance; psychedelics and mysticism; what psychedelics can tell us about dyadic thankfulness; and psychedelics as ways to gain new knowledge.

Written by leading international scholars, the essays cover Western and non-Western traditions, from analytic philosophy to Zen Buddhism, and discuss a variety of hallucinogens, such as LSD, MDMA, and Ayahuasca, in order to build a much-needed bridge between the rapidly growing scientific research and the philosophy behind psychedelic experience.]]> 276 Christine Hauskeller 1350231614 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.23 Philosophy and Psychedelics: Frameworks for Exceptional Experience
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]]> <![CDATA[Elucidations of Hölderlin's Poetry (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences)]]> 148039
This is the first English translation of this important work.]]> 244 Martin Heidegger 157392735X K.L.3 0 to-read 4.18 1936 Elucidations of Hölderlin's Poetry (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Origin of Property in Land; With an introductory chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley]]> 145133060 106 9356947635 K.L.3 0 to-read 0.0 1991 The Origin of Property in Land; With an introductory chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley
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]]> <![CDATA[Thought and Feeling: Cognitive Alteration of Feeling States]]> 5319721 252 Richard E. Nisbett 0202361764 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.00 2007 Thought and Feeling: Cognitive Alteration of Feeling States
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]]> <![CDATA[The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity]]> 44326330 Far from displacing religions, as has been supposed, capitalism became one, with money as its deity. Eugene McCarraher reveals how mammon ensnared us and how we can find a more humane, sacramental way of being in the world.

If socialists and Wall Street bankers can agree on anything, it is the extreme rationalism of capital. At least since Max Weber, capitalism has been understood as part of the "disenchantment" of the world, stripping material objects and social relationships of their mystery and sacredness. Ignoring the motive force of the spirit, capitalism rejects the awe-inspiring divine for the economics of supply and demand.

Eugene McCarraher challenges this conventional view. Capitalism, he argues, is full of sacrament, whether or not it is acknowledged. Capitalist enchantment first flowered in the fields and factories of England and was brought to America by Puritans and evangelicals whose doctrine made ample room for industry and profit. Later, the corporation was mystically animated with human personhood, to preside over the Fordist endeavor to build a heavenly city of mechanized production and communion. By the twenty-first century, capitalism has become thoroughly enchanted by the neoliberal deification of "the market."

Informed by cultural history and theology as well as economics, management theory, and marketing, The Enchantments of Mammon looks not to Marx and progressivism but to nineteenth-century Romantics for salvation. The Romantic imagination favors craft, the commons, and sensitivity to natural wonder. It promotes labor that, for the sake of the person, combines reason, creativity, and mutual aid. In this impassioned challenge, McCarraher makes the case that capitalism has hijacked and redirected our intrinsic longing for divinity--and urges us to break its hold on our souls.]]> 816 Eugene McCarraher 0674984617 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.33 2019 The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity
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]]> Rip It Up 15736765 256 Richard Wiseman K.L.3 0 to-read 3.77 2012 Rip It Up
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Girl and Other Stories]]> 52163147 original cover of ISBN 9781982134037

From award-winning author Ken Liu comes his much anticipated second volume of short stories.

Ken Liu is one of the most lauded short story writers of our time. This collection includes a selection of his science fiction and fantasy stories from the last five years � sixteen of his best � plus a new novelette.

In addition to these seventeen selections, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories also features an excerpt from the forthcoming book three in the Dandelion Dynasty series, "The Veiled Throne".

Contents:
- Ghost Days (2013)
- Maxwell's Demon (2012)
- The Reborn (2014)
- Thoughts and Prayers (2019)
- Byzantine Empathy (2018)
- The Gods Will Not Be Chained (2014)
- Staying Behind (2011)
- Real Artists (2011)
- The Gods Will Not Be Slain (2014)
- Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer (2011)
- The Gods Have Not Died in Vain (2015)
- Memories of My Mother (2012)
- Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit - Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts (2016)
- Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard (2020)
- A Chase Beyond the Storms: An excerpt from "The Veiled Throne", Book 3 of the Dandelion Dynasty
- The Hidden Girl (2017)
- Seven Birthdays (2016)
- The Message (2012)
- Cutting (2012)

]]> 411 Ken Liu K.L.3 0 3.92 2020 The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)]]> 8667848
Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.

Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. This smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of Anne Rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the Twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism.]]> 592 Deborah Harkness 0670022411 K.L.3 0 4.01 2011 A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance]]> 369266 A Clear and Effective Approach to Learning DBT Skills

First developed for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health problems, especially for those characterized by overwhelming emotions. Research shows that DBT can improve your ability to handle distress without losing control and acting destructively. In order to make use of these techniques, you need to build skills in four key areas-distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, a collaborative effort from three esteemed authors, offers straightforward, step-by-step exercises for learning these concepts and putting them to work for real and lasting change. Start by working on the introductory exercises and, after making progress, move on to the advanced-skills chapters. Whether you are a professional or a general reader, whether you use this book to support work done in therapy or as the basis for self-help, you'll benefit from this clear and practical guide to better managing your emotions.

This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit � an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.]]> 241 Matthew McKay 1572245131 K.L.3 0 4.25 2007 The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance
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]]> <![CDATA[Shockley on Eugenics and Race: The Application of Science to the Solution of Human Problems]]> 1302186 William Shockley 1878465031 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.30 1992 Shockley on Eugenics and Race: The Application of Science to the Solution of Human Problems
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]]> <![CDATA[Every Life is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things]]> 50358530 A preeminent physicist unveils a field-defining theory of the origins and purpose of life.
Why are we alive? Most things in the universe aren't. And everything that is alive traces back to things that, puzzlingly, weren't.
For centuries, the scientific question of life's origins has confounded us. But in Every Life is on Fire, physicist Jeremy England argues that the answer has been under our noses the whole time, deep within the laws of thermodynamics. England explains how, counterintuitively, the very same forces that tend to tear things apart assembled the first living systems.
But how life began isn't just a scientific question. We ask it because we want to know what it really means to be alive. So England, an ordained rabbi, uses his theory to examine how, if at all, science helps us find purpose in a vast and mysterious universe.
In the tradition of Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, Every Life is on Fire is a profound testament to how something can come from nothing.]]> 272 Jeremy England 1541699017 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.22 2020 Every Life is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things
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]]> Seven Types of Atheism 36482672
The result is a book that sheds an extraordinary and varied light on what it is to be human and on the thinkers who have, at different times and places, battled to understand this issue.]]> 176 John Gray 0241199417 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.84 2018 Seven Types of Atheism
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]]> Love in the Western World 874923
Bringing together historical, religious, philosophical, and cultural dimensions, the author traces the evolution of Western romantic love from its literary beginnings as an awe-inspiring secret to its commercialization in the cinema. He seeks to restore the myth of love to its original integrity and concludes with a philosophical perspective on modern marriage.]]> 392 Denis de Rougemont 0691013934 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.12 1939 Love in the Western World
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]]> <![CDATA[Hate Speech against Women Online: Concepts and Countermeasures (Social Imaginaries)]]> 59385826 219 Louise Richardson-Self 1538147807 K.L.3 0 to-read 5.00 Hate Speech against Women Online: Concepts and Countermeasures (Social Imaginaries)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)]]> 101157 736 Camille Paglia 0300091273 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.00 1990 Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wisdom of Life (Illustrated)]]> 49024239
In The Wisdom of Life, an essay from Schopenhauer's final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses.]]> 154 Arthur Schopenhauer K.L.3 0 to-read 5.00 1851 The Wisdom of Life (Illustrated)
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]]> Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 14497
"Neverwhere" is the London of the people who have fallen between the cracks.

Strange destinies lie in wait in London below - a world that seems eerily familiar. But a world that is utterly bizarre, peopled by unearthly characters such as the Angel called Islington, the girl named Door, and the Earl who holds Court on a tube train.

Now a single act of kindness has catapulted young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his safe and predictable life - and into the realms of "Neverwhere." Richard is about to find out more than he ever wanted to know about this other London. Which is a pity. Because Richard just wants to go home...]]> 370 Neil Gaiman 0060557818 K.L.3 3 4.17 1996 Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence]]> 53481795 434 Russell T. Warne 1108493343 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.39 In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence
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]]> <![CDATA[Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society]]> 134827
The key, argues Wilson, is to think of society as an organism, an old idea that has received new life based on recent developments in evolutionary biology. If society is an organism, can we then think of morality and religion as biologically and culturally evolved adaptations that enable human groups to function as single units rather than mere collections of individuals? Wilson brings a variety of evidence to bear on this question, from both the biological and social sciences. From Calvinism in sixteenth-century Geneva to Balinese water temples, from hunter-gatherer societies to urban America, Wilson demonstrates how religions have enabled people to achieve by collective action what they never could do alone. He also includes a chapter considering forgiveness from an evolutionary perspective and concludes by discussing how all social organizations, including science, could benefit by incorporating elements of religion.

Religious believers often compare their communities to single organisms and even to insect colonies. Astoundingly, Wilson shows that they might be literally correct. Intended for any educated reader, Darwin's Cathedral will change forever the way we view the relations among evolution, religion, and human society.]]> 268 David Sloan Wilson 0226901351 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.86 2002 Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society
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]]> Clarity & Connection 54335204 From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships.


In The Love Between Us, Yung Pueblo describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In his characteristically spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that’s required for growth.
]]> 256 Yung Pueblo 1524860484 K.L.3 4 4.27 2019 Clarity & Connection
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

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

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 K.L.3 0 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> <![CDATA[Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)]]> 60926 746 Octavia E. Butler 0446676101 K.L.3 3 4.35 1987 Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All]]> 585474 272 William Zinsser 0062720406 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.80 1988 Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
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]]> <![CDATA[Ecology of the Brain: The phenomenology and biology of the embodied mind (International Perspectives In Philosophy & Psychiatry)]]> 37541975 356 Thomas Fuchs 0191078379 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.52 Ecology of the Brain: The phenomenology and biology of the embodied mind (International Perspectives In Philosophy & Psychiatry)
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]]> <![CDATA[Patterns, Predictions, and Actions: A Story About Machine Learning]]> 57169085 296 Moritz Hardt K.L.3 0 to-read 0.0 Patterns, Predictions, and Actions: A Story About Machine Learning
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]]> The Psychology of Money 41881472 242 Morgan Housel 0857197681 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.28 2020 The Psychology of Money
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]]> <![CDATA[Is There Anything Left for the Rest of Us?]]> 58988346 125 Oliver Baxxter 0578984091 K.L.3 5 4.74 Is There Anything Left for the Rest of Us?
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]]> Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 20346151
Contents:
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"A Descent into the Maelström"
"The Black Cat"
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
"The Masque of the Red Death"
"The Cask of Amontillado"
"The Oblong Box"
"King Pest"
"MS. Found in a Bottle"
"Hop-Frog"
"Silence—A Fable"
"Shadow—A Parable"
"Berenice"
"The Assignation"
"William Wilson"
"Ligeia"
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
"The Gold-Bug"
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
"The Purloined Letter"

This limited edition of Tales of Edgar Allan Poe is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time

]]> 322 Edgar Allan Poe K.L.3 5 4.45 1849 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
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]]> <![CDATA[The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World]]> 53968566
From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America

Scandinavia has always been a world apart. For millennia Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes lived a remote and rugged existence among the fjords and peaks of the land of the midnight sun. But when they finally left their homeland in search of opportunity, these wanderers—including the most famous, the Vikings—would reshape Europe and beyond. Their ingenuity, daring, resiliency, and loyalty to family and community would propel them to the gates of Rome, the steppes of Russia, the courts of Constantinople, and the castles of England and Ireland. But nowhere would they leave a deeper mark than across the Atlantic, where the Vikings’legacy would become the American Dream. In The Viking Heart , Arthur Herman melds a compelling historical narrative with cutting-edge archaeological and DNA research to trace the epic story of this remarkable and diverse people. He shows how the Scandinavian experience has universal meaning, and how we can still be inspired by their indomitable spirit.]]> 512 Arthur Herman 1328595900 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.61 2021 The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World
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]]> <![CDATA[ON POWER: The Natural History of Its Growth]]> 1661474

Documenting the process by which government and controlling majorities have grown increasingly powerful and tyrannical, Bertrand de Jouvenel demonstrates how democracies have failed to limit the powers of government. This development Jouvenel traces all the way back to the days of royal absolutism, which established large administrative bureaucracies and thus laid the foundation of the modern omnipotent state.

On Power is an important work that Professor Angelo M. Petroni of the Luigi Einaudi Center for Research in Torino, Italy, has said is "simply a book that no serious scholar of political science or political philosophy can afford to ignore."
Bertrand de Jouvenel was born in Paris in 1903; he traveled widely, becoming an astute observer of British and American institutions. Later in life, he was an author and teacher, first publishing On Power in 1945. Jouvenel died in 1987. Among his other books, besides The Ethics of Redistribution, are Sovereignty: An Inquiry into the Political Good (1957) and The Pure Theory of Politics (1963).
]]> 466 Bertrand de Jouvenel 0865971129 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.41 1945 ON POWER: The Natural History of Its Growth
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]]> Science without Numbers 30780040 Science Without Numbers caused a stir in philosophy on its original publication in 1980, with its bold nominalist approach to the ontology of mathematics and science. Hartry Field argues that we can explain the utility of mathematics without assuming it true. Part of the argument is that good
mathematics has a special feature (conservativeness) that allows it to be applied to nominalistic claims (roughly, those neutral to the existence of mathematical entities) in a way that generates nominalistic consequences more easily without generating any new ones. Field goes on to argue that
we can axiomatize physical theories using nominalistic claims only, and that in fact this has advantages over the usual axiomatizations that are independent of nominalism. There has been much debate about the book since it first appeared. It is now reissued in a revised contains a substantial new
preface giving the author's current views on the original book and the issues that were raised in the subsequent discussion of it.
]]> 192 Hartry Field 0198777922 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.45 1980 Science without Numbers
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]]> <![CDATA[Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness]]> 1120114 Concise and understandable, the book explains pertinent findings of modern neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. His analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness is based on recent remarkable advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, yet the implications of his book extend farther—beyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry.]]> 224 Gerald M. Edelman 0300107617 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.71 2004 Wider Than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
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]]> <![CDATA[Writing the Mind: Representing Consciousness from Proust to the Present (Figuring the Mind Book 1)]]> 36315972
Writing the Representing Consciousness from Proust to Darrieussecq explores the works of seven ground-breaking thinkers and novelists of recent history to compare and contrast the varying representations of the conscious and the unconscious mind. Grounding his study in the writings of philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Marcel Proust, Simon Kemp explores the non-literary influences of science, faith and philosophy as presented in their works, demonstrates how writers learn from and sometimes deviate from preceding generations, and how they agree or disagree with their peers. Kemp’s elegant study also charts the rise and wane of Freudian influence on literature through the twentieth century, and the emergence of cognitive and neo-Darwinian ideas at the dawn of the twenty-first. In the work of these seven writers, we discover radically different understandings of how consciousness and the unconscious mind are constituted, which are the most salient characteristics of mental life, and even what it is that defines a mind at all.]]> 210 Simon Kemp 1351767801 K.L.3 0 to-read 0.0 Writing the Mind: Representing Consciousness from Proust to the Present (Figuring the Mind Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Matters of Mind (International Library of Philosophy)]]> 1899437 Matters of Mind tackles the mind-body problem and how it has spanned and changed from the earlier theories of reducing aboutness to empirical cases for physicalism. The theories of perception, property explanation, content and knowledge, reliabilism and the problem of zombies and ghosts are all carefully assessed in this clearly written book.

Scott Sturgeon is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London.]]> 176 Scott Sturgeon 0415238005 K.L.3 0 to-read 3.67 2000 Matters of Mind (International Library of Philosophy)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo (Shambhala Classics)]]> 20887864 The Tibetan Book of the Dead emphasizes the practical advice that the book offers to the living. The insightful commentary by Chögyam Trungpa, written in clear, concise language, explains what the text teaches us about human psychology. This book will be of interest to people concerned with death and dying, as well as those who seek greater spiritual understanding in everyday life.]]> 213 Padmasambhava K.L.3 0 currently-reading 3.99 1350 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo (Shambhala Classics)
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]]> <![CDATA[Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)]]> 52397
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.]]> 345 Octavia E. Butler 0446675504 K.L.3 4 4.21 1993 Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking]]> 8520610 The book that started the Quiet Revolution

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content.]]> 333 Susan Cain 0307352145 K.L.3 0 4.07 2012 Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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]]> <![CDATA[Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]]> 451565 428 Friedrich Nietzsche 0521567041 K.L.3 0 to-read 4.23 1878 Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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