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A Book Review - Untraceable by Сергей Лебедев, Sergei Lebedev, Antonina W. Bouis (Translator)

22 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"One of Russia's most interesting young novelists takes on Putin, poison and power in this unique novel; Lebedev provides a fascinating window on mode...

A Book Review - A Coup in Turkey: A Tale of Democracy, Despotism and Vengeance in a Divided Land by Jeremy Seal

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the cou...

A Book Review - The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

By the award-winning writer of Beautiful Thing, a masterly inquest into how the mysterious deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest ...

A Book Review - Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal ...

A Book Review - America and Iran: A History 1720 to the Present by John Ghazvinian

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An important, urgently needed book--a hugely ambitious, illuminating portrait of the two-century long entwined history of Iran and America, the first ...

A Book Review - Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise by Scott Rozelle, Natalie Hell

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, tech...

A Book Review - Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato

16 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of coll...

A Book Review - In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu #1-7) by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Andreas Mayor (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator), D.J. Enrigh

15 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the surface a traditional "Bildungsroman" describing the narrator’s journey of self-discovery, this huge and complex book is also a panoramic and...

A Book Review - The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 by Ritchie Robertson

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rational...

A Book Review - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the best-selling author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel—his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literatu...

A Book Review - Hades, Argentina Novel by Daniel Loede

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1976, Tomás Oriilla is a medical student in Buenos Aires, where he's moved in hopes of reuniting with Isabel, a childhood crush. But the reckless ...

A Book Review - Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old by Andrew Steele

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the help of science, could humans find a way to become old without getting elderly, a phenomenon otherwise known as "biological immortality"? In ...

A Book Review - The Volga: A History by Janet M. Hartley

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A rich and fascinating exploration of the Volga River and its vital place in Russian history—named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times “A m...

A Book Review - This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth

09 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, invisible, government-...

A Book Review - Unquiet Ghosts by Daniel Kawer's Reviews

08 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I was excited to see a new Meade book how ever is not my favorite. I liked his older works better. It still is a good book, but now as exciting

A Book Review - CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans Book by Henry Greely

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does the birth of babies whose embryos had gone through genome editing mean--for science and for all of us? In November 2018, the world was shock...

A Book Review - Snow: A History of the World’s Most Fascinating Flake by Anthony R. Wood

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The complete story of snow, this is the first book to fully examine snow as a historical, cultural, and scientific phenomenon. From "Winter Wonderlan...

A Book Review - Them and Us: How Immigrants and Locals Can Thrive Together Book by Philippe Legrain

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

‘The beauty of diversity is that innovation often comes about by serendipity. One day in 1904, at the World Fair in St Louis, the ice cream vendor r...

A Book Review - Migrations Book by Charlotte McConaghy

19 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to stay. Leaving behind everything but her research gear, she arrives in...

A Book Review - Karachi Vice: Life and Death in a Contested City Book by Samira Shackle

18 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karachi. The capital of Pakistan is a sprawling mega-city of 20 million people. It is a place of political turbulence in which those who have power wi...

A Book Review - ALL ON THE BOARD by All on the Board

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS PRESENT! A BOOK TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY – A GIFT OF HOPE, COMFORT, POSITIVITY, OPENNESS AND LOVE FOR ANY OCCASION – INSPIRATIO...

A Book Review - The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources by Javier Blas, Jack Farchy

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider wher...

A Book Review - The Happy Traitor Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake Simon Kuper

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

'A deeply human read, wonderfully written, on the foibles of a fascinating, flawed, treacherous and sort of likeable character.'  Philippe Sands ...

A Book Review - La familia grande by Camille Kouchner

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

« Souviens-toi, maman : nous étions tes enfants. » C.K. C’est l’histoire d’une grande famille qui aime débattre, rire et danser, qui aime l...

A Book Review - No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to ...

A Book Review - Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live by Nicholas A. Christakis

01 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live—"excellent and timel...

A Life Review - LaDonna Brave Bull Allard died on April 10th The historian and campaigner for Native-American rights was 64

31 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The first time they drove up to Whitestone Hill, in south North Dakota, LaDonna Brave Bull Allard had to ask her husband to stop. She could hear grief...

A Life Review - Michael Collins Apollo 11 Astronaut 3rd Man on the moon

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An astronaut who flew on one of the most famous space missions of all time has died. Michael Collins, 90, was part of the three-member crew on Apollo ...

A Life Review - Yang Huaiding died on June 13th China’s “first shareholder”, known as “Yang Millions”, was 70

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you had been riding on one of China’s crammed, rickety green trains in 1989, bouncing in a hard-seat carriage, you might have noticed Yang Huaidi...

A Book Review - The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 by Ritchie Robertson

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious toleranc...

A Book Review - Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization by Kurt Braddock

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Strengthen your understanding of the persuasive mechanisms used by terrorist groups and how they are effective in order to defeat them. Weaponized Wor...

A Book Review - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Book by Michael Lewis

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had a problem: how to win in the Major Leagues with a ...

A Book Review - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Book by Susan Cain

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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-...

A Book Review - Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis Book by Serhii Plokhy

24 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, an...

A Book Review - The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights Book by Dorothy Wickenden

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Auburn, New York, in the mid-nineteenth century, Martha Wright and Frances Seward, inspired by Harriet Tubman’s rescues in the dangerous territor...

A Book Review - Lean Fall Stand Novel by Jon McGregor

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert 'Doc' Wright, a veteran of Antarctic surveying, was there on the ice when the worst happened. He holds within him the complete story of that ni...

A Book Review - On the Origin of Species Book by Charles Darwin

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; al...

A Book Review - Republic Book by Plato

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect c...

A Book Review - How to lie with maps Book by Mark Monmonier

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically ...

A Book Review - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsession...

A Book Review - The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World Book by Séverine Autesserre

17 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The word "peacebuilding" evokes a story we've all heard over and over: violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-...

A Book Review - The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations Book by Céline Antonin, Philippe Aghion, and Simon Bunel

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From one of the world’s leading economists and his coauthors, a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prosperity ...

A Book Review - How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog (Signed B&N Exclusive Book)

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, ...

A Book Review - Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have been keeping informing you for a long time about Turkish series, dramas, and more similar news. This is only because we know that you love tho...

A Book Review - What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Tina Seelig

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of cho...

A Book Review - The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marat...

A Book Review - So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

11 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice. Not only is the cliché flawed-preex...

A Book Review - The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—s...

A Book Review - Whereabouts Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and...

A Book Review - How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World Book by Henry Mance

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all love animals, but does that make their lives happier? With factory farms, climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in his...

A Book Review - Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legen...

A Book Review - The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? Book by Seth Godin

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Seth Godin’s most inspiring book yet, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art. Everyone knows that Ic...

A Book Review - The 33 Strategies of War Book by Robert Greene

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Greene’s groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and his latest book, Mastery, espouse profound, timeless lessons ...

A Book Review - One Plus One Equals Three: A Masterclass in Creative Thinking by Dave Trott

04 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott's distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice...

A Book Review - The Brothers Karamazov Novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving t...

A Book Review - Second Place: A Novel Novel by Rachel Cusk

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A woman invites a famed artist to visit the remote coastal region where she lives, in the belief that his vision will penetrate the mystery of her lif...

A Book Review - Albert and the Whale Book by Philip Hoare

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Albrecht Dürer changed the way we saw nature through art. From his prints in 1498 of the plague ridden Apocalypse – the first works mass produced b...

A Book Review - Doom Book by Niall Ferguson

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or m...

A Book Review - Klara and the Sun Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Frien...

A Book Review - A Coup in Turkey: A Tale of Democracy, Despotism and Vengeance in a Divided Land by Jeremy Seal

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the spring of 2016 travel writer Jeremy Seal went to Turkey to investigate perhaps the most dramatic, revealing and little-known episode in the cou...

A Book Review - The Negro Bible - The Slave Bible: Select Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India Islands by Joseph B Lumpkin

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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A Book Review - The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free Book by Paulina Bren

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WELCOME TO NEW YORK’S LEGENDARY HOTEL FOR WOMEN Liberated from home and hearth by World War I, politically enfranchised and ready to work, women ar...

A Book Review - Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception (INALIENABLE RIGHTS) by Cass R. Sunstein

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The author breaks down the topic, proposes a mental model, proves it in practice (by verifying how it applies in real-life cases). The final effect is...

A Book Review - The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die Book by Katie Engelhart

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingl...

A Book Review - Untraceable Novel by Sergei Lebedev

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"One of Russia's most interesting young novelists takes on Putin, poison and power in this unique novel; Lebedev provides a fascinating window on mode...

A Book Review - The Rise of China Vs. the Logic of Strategy Book by Edward Luttwak

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China's own future prospect...

A Book Review - WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy Book by David Leigh and Luke Harding

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A team of journalists with unparalleled inside access provides the first full, in-depth account of WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange, and the ethi...

A Book Review - A Short History of Drunkenness Book by Mark Forsyth

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit ...

A Book Review - The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

19 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in P...

A Book Review - Art and Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura, N.T. Wright (Foreword)

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Conceived over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura’s broad and deep exploration of creativity and the ...

A Book Review - Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad by Michela Wrong

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold t...

A Book Review - The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World by Linda Colley

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 175...

A Book Review - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Book by Yuval Noah Harari

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant...

A Book Review - Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization Book by Andrew Lawler

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the...

A Book Review - The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity Book by Kwame Anthony Appiah

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Who do you think you are? That’s a question bound up in another: What do you think you are? Gender. Religion. Race. Nationality. Class. Culture. Suc...

A Book Review - Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream Book by Michael Shnayerson

12 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a brief life that led to a violent end, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947) rose from desperate poverty to ill‑gotten riches, from an early...

A Book Review - Until the World Shatters: Truth, Lies, and the Looting of Myanmar by Daniel Combs

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This first in-depth piece of reportage about the largest natural resource heist in Asia reveals Myanmar’s world of secret-keepers and truth-tellers....

A Book Review - Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes Book by Barnaby Phillips

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1897, Britain sent a punitive expedition to the Kingdom of Benin, in what is today Nigeria, in retaliation for the killing of seven British officia...

A Book Review - Bullshit Jobs Book by David Graeber

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay ti...

A Book Review - Goliath's Revenge: How Established Companies Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors by Todd Hewlin, Scott A. Snyder

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Goliath's Revenge is the practical guide for how executives and aspiring leaders of established companies can run the Silicon Valley playbook for them...

A Book Review - Crowds and Power Book by Elias Canetti

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

crowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology. Breathtaking in its range ...

A Book Review - Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck Book by Eliezer Yudkowsky

06 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When should you think that you may be able to do something unusually well? Whether you’re trying to outperform in science, or in business, or just ...

A Book Review - Wars of the Interior - Joseph Zarate, translated by Annie McDermott

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After returning to his Ashaninka roots, Edwin Chota fights illegal logging in the Amazon community of Saweto until he is shot to death by timber traff...

A Book Review - Philip Roth: The Biography Book by Blake Bailey

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The renowned biographer’s definitive portrait of a literary titan. Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bai...

A Book Review - Fragile Monsters Novel by Catherine Menon

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A SPELLBINDING DEBUT NOVEL SET BETWEEN WW2 AND CONTEMPORARY MALAYSIA Mary is a difficult grandmother for Durga to love. She is sharp-tongued and fero...

A Book Review - Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

63 rue de Monceau, Paris Dear friend, As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house by accident. I know your street rather well. Count Moïs...

A Book Review - Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning theory realized in Brasilia, the Great Leap Forwar...

A Book Review - The Infinite Game Book by Simon Sinek

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In finite games, like football or chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily iden...

A Book Review - Meltdown:Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do about It, Book by András Tilcsik and Chris Clearfield

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about failure has any right to be, Meltdown will transform how you think abo...

A Book Review - The Republic of False Truths by Alaa Al Aswany, S.R. Fellowes (Translation)

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

'An amazing portrait of fanaticism and cynicism among Egyptian powermongers.' Andr Aciman General Alwany is a pious man who loves his family. He also...

A Book Review - The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about ...

A Book Review - Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again by Eric J. Topol

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken: doctors are too distracted and o...

A Book Review - Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Book by Randolph M. Nesse & Mind Fixers:Book by Anne Harrington

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why do I feel bad? There is real power in understanding our bad feelings. With his classic Why We Get Sick, Dr. Randolph Nesse helped to establish the...

A Book Review - Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world history from a glass of water? In Loonshots, physicist ...

A Book Review - Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus Book by Fiona MacCarthy

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings--Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am--but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rud...

A Book Review - Contagious: Why Things Catch On Book by Jonah Berger

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What makes things popular? Why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And ...

A Book Review - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Book by David Eagleman

22 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain’s function, what is all the rest doing? This is t...

A Book Review - Trust Exercise Novel by Susan Choi

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambit...

A Book Review - Walking on the Ceiling: A Novel Book by Aysegül Savas

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After her mother’s death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British wri...

A Book Review - Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality by Hector Macdonald

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We like to think that there is a clear distinction between true and false. The reality is far murkier. Hector Macdonald has spent much of his career ...