Pomodoro Breaks

How we feel time

12 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Time is more than a clock’s tick; it is the fabric of our existence. David Gilden, an astrophysicist turned psychologist, takes you on a mind-bendin...

Understanding pure consciousness

11 Jun 2026

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The Elephant and the Blind is a groundbreaking exploration into the elusive heart of the human mind: pure consciousness. Drawing on over 500 vivid rep...

what's in a name?

10 Jun 2026

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Enter a linguistic revolution with Michael Devitt’s Reference and Beyond. This provocative collection shatters traditional views on how names and th...

Science of cognitive feelings

09 Jun 2026

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Have you ever felt a name on the tip of your tongue or experienced a sudden eureka moment? Jerome Dokic reveals that these cognitive feelings are far ...

Who is a stranger?

08 Jun 2026

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Prepare to transform your understanding of humanity with François Laruelle’s Theory of Strangers. This isn't just a book—it’s a radical practic...

The edge of Sentience

05 Jun 2026

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What if a silent patient feels every cut? What if an octopus or AI possesses a hidden inner world? Jonathan Birch’s The Edge of Sentience explores h...

How are corporates become rich

04 Jun 2026

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Why are global corporations so dominant and billionaires so rich while technically following the law? Profit and Power reveals the secret DNA of moder...

Science of animal brains

03 Jun 2026

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Can we ever truly know what an octopus thinks or a bee feels? Mike Dacey's Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds dives into the mysterious ...

Capability building instead of GDP

02 Jun 2026

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Forget the cold numbers of GDP. Nussbaum’s book reveals why national wealth often hides deep human suffering. Instead of measuring money, she asks a...

The idea of associationism

01 Jun 2026

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Kojin Karatani's Transcritique on Kant and Marx shatters traditional boundaries by reading Immanuel Kant through Karl Marx and vice versa. This provoc...

Big world, small planet

29 May 2026

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We once lived in a small world on a big planet, but roles have reversed. For the first time, we are pushing Earth to its breaking point. Big World, Sm...

Travelling across the rivers

28 May 2026

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Explore a hidden world where six colossal rivers—the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangzi—dictate the fate of empires. This ep...

Hot take on US v/s China

27 May 2026

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Is America’s obsession with outcompeting China destroying democracy from within? In The Rivalry Peril, Van Jackson and Michael Brenes argue that gre...

Weaponisation of expertise

26 May 2026

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Why do millions distrust experts today? The Weaponization of Expertise reveals it is not mere ignorance; it is a rational response to elite hubris. Th...

Surrounded by idiots

25 May 2026

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Ever feel like you are the only sane person in the room? In Surrounded by Idiots, communication expert Thomas Erikson reveals why we clash with others...

The state of democracy

22 May 2026

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Is democracy a dying dream or a dangerous mask? In Democracy in What State?, eight provocative thinkers including Slavoj Žižek and Wendy Brown tear ...

Beginning of Bombay

21 May 2026

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Step into the high-stakes world of nineteenth-century Bombay, a city forged by the unyielding ambition of three legendary merchant princes. From the H...

Chaos theory

20 May 2026

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Unlock the secrets of a world where tiny changes spark massive revolutions. This captivating exploration of chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics reveal...

Understanding free speech

19 May 2026

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Think free speech is a noble democratic ideal? Think again. This provocative history reveals it as a dangerous concept born from greed and venal inter...

Building an octopus organisation

18 May 2026

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Most companies today are stuck like the Tin Man: rigid, rusted, and waiting for permission to move. In a world of constant chaos, these traditional mo...

Bias and Noise

15 May 2026

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Bias is a well-known villain, but an invisible force called noise is wreaking havoc across legal, medical, and financial systems. Daniel Kahneman, Oli...

Soft design principles

14 May 2026

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Soft design is a broad approach focusing on human-centric, emotionally resonant experiences, often using gentle aesthetics like pastel colors, soft gr...

Why firms exist

13 May 2026

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Oliver E. Williamson’s The Mechanisms of Governance transforms our understanding of economic life by peering inside the corporate black box. Moving ...

Abundance for the world

12 May 2026

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Imagine a world in 2050 where energy is nearly free and diseases are cured by medicines synthesized in orbit. In Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thomp...

AI powered products

11 May 2026

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Step into the future of innovation with Dr. Marily Nika’s essential guide to navigating the AI revolution. In a world where every product manager is...

Understanding consumption (nobel prize winner)

08 May 2026

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Angus Deaton decodes the mysterious world of household spending in Understanding Consumption. Originating from his prestigious Clarendon Lectures at O...

During the industrial revolution

07 May 2026

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Why are some nations rich while others stay poor? This captivating collection explores the hidden gears of global prosperity through Joel Mokyr's visi...

India's democracy

06 May 2026

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A Logic of Populism: India and Its States shatters the belief that populism is purely a democratic disease. Srikrishna Ayyangar explores India’s com...

How to make welfare economics better

05 May 2026

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Economists assume optimal policy is knowable, but consequences are often highly uncertain. This impressive treatise delivers a powerful critique of tr...

RNA world hypothesis

04 May 2026

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You are entering the age of RNA. For decades, this molecule was just DNA's biochemical backup singer, but now it is revealed as life’s great catalys...

Understanding the gig economy

01 May 2026

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Are young workers trapped in unstable gig jobs, shut out of careers, and facing persistent unemployment? This essential book, Youth and Employment, ex...

The laws of user experience

30 Apr 2026

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Unlock the timeless secrets of human-centered design with Laws of UX by Jon Yablonski,. This essential resource helps designers, from newcomers to pro...

Is politics a large exchange place?

29 Apr 2026

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Politics as Exchange shatters the illusion of democratic governments acting solely in citizens' best interests, arguing this common view is too optimi...

Going AI-first in marketing

28 Apr 2026

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The age of Artificial General Intelligence is speeding toward us, bringing a "holy-shit moment" that will redefine business. Experts predict that with...

Gamifying marketing

27 Apr 2026

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Traditional marketing fails to deliver the personalized, immersive experiences modern consumers expect. With over 3.3 billion people playing games alm...

Ancient diets to modern minds

24 Apr 2026

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Explore From Ancient Diets to Modern Minds, the definitive treatise on human brain evolution. Trace five million years of history to understand how mi...

China and Europe

23 Apr 2026

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Why did Europe surpass technologically advanced China after AD 1000? This book details the dramatic reversal of fortune and institutional bifurcation ...

How the brain makes split second decisions

22 Apr 2026

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How does the brain make reliable, split-second choices—like recognizing a person or reacting while driving—using unreliable, noisy neurons? This f...

Big philosophical ideas

17 Apr 2026

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The anthology of philosophical thought offers a rich exploration of some of the most challenging and counter-intuitive ideas in philosophy. It dives d...

How to analyse discourse

16 Apr 2026

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James Paul Gee's How to Do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit introduce readers to a practical and comprehensive set of tools designed to analyze language ...

Communicative AI

15 Apr 2026

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Communicative AI by Mark Coeckelbergh and David J. Gunkel offers a deep and critical look at Large Language Models (LLMs), the powerful AI systems beh...

Putin's playbook

14 Apr 2026

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Edward Lucas’s The New Cold War: Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West paints a vivid portrait of Russia’s return to Cold War-era tactics un...

The Gun, The Ship, The Pen

13 Apr 2026

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Linda Colley’s The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen reveal how the global spread of written constitutions since the mid-1700s was largely shaped by the pr...

When to say NO

10 Apr 2026

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Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend spotlight the power of setting and de...

Words that change mind

09 Apr 2026

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Words That Change Minds uncover how the Language and Behavior Profile (LAB Profile), inspired by Neuro-linguistic Programming, gives professionals a s...

The legacy of Bell

08 Apr 2026

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The Invention of Miracles by Katie Booth delve into the life of Alexander Graham Bell, revealing the tension between his celebrated inventions and his...

Organisational strategy during crisis

07 Apr 2026

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The authors—Aaron K. Olson, Ward Ching, Richard Waterer, and B. Keith Simerson—present a framework built on three pillars: insight, choice, and ri...

Forms of Social Organisation

07 Apr 2026

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This article reviews two volumes of previously uncollected papers by the influential anthropologist Mary Douglas. The review re-examines Douglas's cor...

Infrastructure as a code

06 Apr 2026

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Infrastructure as Code: Designing and Delivering Dynamic Systems for the Cloud Age by Kief Morris (O’Reilly Media, third edition) present a practica...

Structure of Language

06 Apr 2026

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Lasnik and Uriagereka's Structure: Concepts, Consequences, Interactions explores the nature of syntactic structure in human language. The authors, pro...

The State, China and the USA

03 Apr 2026

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Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future explores China’s transformation into an “engineering state” driven by grand projects, rapid in...

Crowd-Based Business

03 Apr 2026

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This book, "Crowd-Based Business Models Using Collective Intelligence for Market Competitiveness," by Rajagopal, explores how businesses can leverage ...

The paradox of coercion

02 Apr 2026

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The excerpt sheds light on a powerful idea in international relations—the assurance dilemma. It argues that coercion works only when threats are mat...

Venture Capital

02 Apr 2026

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The culmination of various perspectives on venture capital, focusing on the dynamics between venture capitalists (VCs) and entrepreneurs. One text gui...

Artifacts Versus Nature Body

01 Apr 2026

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This text excerpts from Masayuki Matsui's book introduces a new academic discipline focusing on the 3M&I body (human, material, money, and informa...

Stop burning out

01 Apr 2026

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Life today moves fast, leaving little time to pause and recharge. Self-Care All-in-One For Dummies by John Wiley & Sons (2022) helps you find balance ...

The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff

31 Mar 2026

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Rich Gold's The Plenitude explores the creation and consumption of material goods in modern society. The book examines four creative professions—art...

Finish what you started

31 Mar 2026

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The journey to finish what you start and mastering the art of following through transforms intentions into reality. This crucial process is not merely...

Spiritual guide from Osho

30 Mar 2026

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Spiritual awakening is hindered by the mind, focusing outward on desire and illusion, obscuring the God/truth within. Realization requires intense int...

Bureaucracy, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations

30 Mar 2026

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Carl Benedikt Frey’s HOW PROGRESS ENDS: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the weal...

Political Argument

27 Mar 2026

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Brian Barry's Political Argument provides rigorous analysis of political philosophy, focusing on core concepts like justice, equality, and freedom. It...

Mastering project management

26 Mar 2026

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A comprehensive project management guide integrating Quality Management, Six Sigma, and Change Management. It details the five key PM process phases: ...

Internet of Things

25 Mar 2026

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This hands-on guide introduces undergraduate students to essential Internet of Things technologies, architectures, and procedures. Written by Michael ...

Phenomenology and Structuralism

24 Mar 2026

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Phenomenological structuralism, by Paul C. Mocombe, synthesizes Vygotsky's social theory and Chomsky's cognitive linguistics to resolve the structure/...

Creating effective dashboard

23 Mar 2026

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This guide presents a comprehensive framework for dashboard design, development, and deployment, countering the 71% failure rate common in analytics p...

Advanced Reinforcement Learning

20 Mar 2026

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Deep Reinforcement Learning is essential for enabling smart 6G communications. This resource details DRL algorithms like DDPG and PPO for complex reso...

How to use advanced statistics

19 Mar 2026

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This essential resource introduces applied nonparametric statistical methods, minimizing assumptions for robust data analysis. The comprehensive fifth...

Understanding Pharma Ops

18 Mar 2026

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The pharmaceutical industry must modernize its supply chain management to deliver consistent patient value for pharmaceuticals and biologics. Transiti...

Architecture - Form, space and order

17 Mar 2026

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This book defines architecture through the principles of form, space, and order. Primary elements—point, line, plane, and volume—constitute the fu...

Swarm robotics

16 Mar 2026

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Bio-inspired swarm robotics explores algorithms, mechanisms, and strategies derived from nature's collective intelligence and self-organization. This ...

Deterrence : How it works

14 Mar 2026

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Betting the survival of civilization on psychological threats is a terrifying gamble. In Deterrence: A Conceptual Analysis, Patrick M. Morgan shatters...

Entanglement theories

13 Mar 2026

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Entanglement, the greatest mystery in quantum mechanics, describes the instantaneous link between distant particles, challenging Einstein's local real...

Parting gifts of the Empire

12 Mar 2026

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Explore the intellectual history of anti-imperialism in Palestine and India during the era of decolonization. The study examines how marginalized thin...

Regeneis - synthetic biology

11 Mar 2026

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Synthetic biology and genomic engineering reinvent nature by treating organisms as programmable machines. This technology is crucial for developing su...

Predictive Maintenance

10 Mar 2026

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Predictive Maintenance in Smart Factories leverages Information Fusion and Data Science, crucial for Industry 4.0. The text details hybrid cloud-to-ed...

Political frontiers and boundary making

09 Mar 2026

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Political frontiers are crucial inventions of advancing civilization to prevent conflict and limit national expansion. Effective boundary making deman...

Liberal democracy

06 Mar 2026

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This critique argues liberal democracy is essentially a political structure maintaining capital accumulation and private property, exposing the democr...

Competing economic theory

05 Mar 2026

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Explore the competing schools of economic thought, retrospectively evaluating Classical, Marxian, Neoclassical, and modern macroeconomics (Keynesian, ...

Brand and Myths

04 Mar 2026

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Brand and Myth expertly analyzes how major brands operate using profound psychological and sociological dynamics, extending beyond mere marketing or e...

Timelessness in cosmology

03 Mar 2026

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Fundamental physics and cosmology grapple with time, timelessness, and spacetime emergence. Experts debate the problem of time in quantum gravity appr...

Digital semiotics

02 Mar 2026

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The sources explore the semiotics of digital culture, often termed Numanities, through the Digital Semiosphere or platfosphere model. They critique th...

How to write well

27 Feb 2026

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William Zinsser's definitive nonfiction writing guide champions simplicity, clarity, and genuine voice as essential principles. Writing well is a craf...

Statistics and lies

26 Feb 2026

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Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin provides a guide to critical thinking, helping readers spot misinformation and outright lies in today’s complex world....

Economic bifurcation

25 Feb 2026

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Economic Bifurcation and Chaos rigorously explores instability and chaos in macro models, including New Keynesian and endogenous growth frameworks. Au...

How to reason

24 Feb 2026

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Ecological Reasonings critically analyzes Western Monorationalism, linking its singular concept of Reason to anthropocentrism and environmental collap...

Elements of style

23 Feb 2026

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The Elements of Style provides essential requirements for clear, plain English writing. The book concentrates on elementary rules of usage, proper pun...

Cheat codes for economics

20 Feb 2026

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Daryl Fairweather, Chief Economist at Redfin, offers "economic cheat codes" in "Hate the Game". This essential guide uses game theory and behavioral e...

Laws of UX

19 Feb 2026

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The Laws of UX provides essential psychological principles for designers building intuitive, human-centered products and services. Understanding user ...

Forms of poetry

18 Feb 2026

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The Norton Anthology, The Making of a Poem, edited by Strand and Boland, explores the history and structure of diverse poetic forms. It illuminates ru...

Understanding RnD

17 Feb 2026

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R&D Management and Technology Commercialization is a practical guide detailing strategies for successful innovation. It teaches leaders to build and m...

Digital transformation

16 Feb 2026

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Elements of Digital Transformation is a comprehensive guide detailing processes, principles, and best practices for organizations accelerating modern ...

Handbook of social computing

13 Feb 2026

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Social computing utilizes AI, NLP, and social network analysis for diverse applications, including business prediction and mitigating societal risks. ...

Prompts for poets

12 Feb 2026

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The Poet's Companion by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux (1997) is an accessible guide to writing poetry. Drawing from their extensive teaching, this r...

What is critical theory

11 Feb 2026

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Explore Carl Trueman's profound analysis of Critical Theory, tracing its origins from Hegel and Marx through the radical Frankfurt School thinkers lik...

Society as a system

10 Feb 2026

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This interdisciplinary textbook, Understanding Society through a Systems Approach, analyzes society using systems theory. It frames society around fou...

Paranoid Finance

09 Feb 2026

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Fabian Muniesa's Paranoid Finance explores how the mainstream financial system's emphasis on value creation holds an inherent paranoid potential. This...

Maths behind gravity

06 Feb 2026

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The Gravity of Math explores how geometry rules the universe by detailing the mathematical foundations of Einstein's general theory of relativity. It ...

Business behaviour

05 Feb 2026

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Discover Behaviorally Informed Change Management, bridging organizational change management with behavioral science and neuroscience. This guide provi...

Modern corporate finance

04 Feb 2026

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Modern corporate finance drives national wealth through efficiency and value maximization, emphasizing returns exceeding the cost of capital over chas...

Beautiful math

03 Feb 2026

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Chris Bernhardt's book, "Beautiful Math," reveals the surprisingly simple mathematical ideas behind the Digital Revolution and the Information Age. It...