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  • Get a Life! A Guide to Finding a Philosophy to Live By

    by Alan Poon ...
    AN IRREVERENT GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFELearn Philosophy. Sound Smart. Live Well.Are you searching for meaning in a world that feels hollow? You're not alone. As modern life casts off the traditional anchors of the past, many of us are left adrift. Take an introductory tour through the wisdom of the ages to rediscover what has been lost. Explore transformative ideas from eight of humanity's greatest ... Read more

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    The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases

    by Andrew Thompson ...
    Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining & often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this trivia book from a bestselling author.English is filled with interesting phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:• Read between the Lines• Cat Got Your Tongue?• Put a Sock in It• Close, but No Cigar• ... Read more

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  • Gravity's Angels

    by Michael Swanwick ...
    Short stories from the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author. "One of the best science fiction collections I've ever read." — The Magazine of Fantasy and Science FictionThough written in the last decades of the twentieth-century, these tales are timeless and prophetic visions created by Michael Swanwick's wide-ranging imagination. Through stories of talking alien beasts, eco-fiction ... Read more

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  • The Forcing Trilogy

    by Paul E. Hardisty ...
    Series Book 0 - The Forcing Trilogy
    Get ALL THREE books in the riveting, thought-provoking, shockingly authentic The Forcing Trilogy from international bestselling author – and leading environmental scientist – Paul E. Hardisty in one GREAT VALUE set!In a world ravaged by climate collapse, power has fallen to the young and the generations blamed for the disaster are cast out. From exile and escape to a desperate search for the truth ... Read more

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  • The Making of Canada

    An Epic History in Twenty Extraordinary Lives

    by Greg Koabel ...
    The Making of Canada is a bold reimagining of Canada's past, presenting the nation's evolution through the stories of twenty diverse and fascinating individuals who at critical moments in time shaped its identity.Moving beyond the familiar names of Champlain and Macdonald, historian Greg Koabel, creator of the popular Nations of Canada podcast, shines a spotlight on lesser-known figures such as ... Read more

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  • The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

    by Andrew Coyne ...
    Andrew Coyne, one of Canada's most esteemed political thinkers, delivers a powerful exposé of the nation's crumbling democratic institutions.With characteristic wit, insight, and rigor, Coyne dismantles the comforting myths Canadians tell themselves about their political system, revealing a parliamentary structure eroded by unaccountable leaders, disempowered MPs, manipulated elections, and ... Read more

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  • Seneca

    Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic

    by Lucius Annaeus Senenca ...
    Translated by Margaret Graver ...
    A selection of Seneca's most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life."There is only one course of action that can make you happy. . . . Rejoice in what is yours. What is it that is yours? Yourself; the best part of you."In the year 62, citing health issues, the Roman philosopher Seneca withdrew from public service and devoted his time to writing. His letters from ... Read more

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  • The Others

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    by Sheena Kalayil ...
    Three young people from vastly different backgrounds – Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo – are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.While a quiet revolution sweeps through Eastern Europe, they find themselves in a poignant love triangle, as their lives intertwine and collide with each other in messy, ... Read more

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  • The Heart of Man

    Its Genius for Good and Evil

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The acclaimed social psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving discusses the nature of evil and humanity's capacity for it.Originally published in 1964, The Heart of Man was influenced by turbulent times. Average Americans were suffering from different forms of evil, including a rise in juvenile delinquency. On a grander scale, the threat of nuclear war loomed over ... Read more

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  • How to Be Less Miserable

    End the Negative Mind Loops and Find Joy

    by Lybi Ma ...
    In How to Be Less Miserable, Lybi Ma, the executive editor of Psychology Today, provides strategies that challenge negative thinking and inspire a more positive mindset.As human beings, we are all predisposed to a negative mindset. This tendency is a byproduct of the evolution of our species. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors had to stay vigilant at all times—what if a man-eating predator was lurking ... Read more

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  • The Huxleys

    An Intimate History of Evolution

    by Alison Bashford ...
    A New Yorker and Economist Best Book of the Year: Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history.This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog") and his grandson, the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley. Between them, they communicated to the world th... ... Read more

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  • The Clock Mirage

    Our Myth of Measured Time

    by Joseph Mazur ...
    A tour of clocks throughout the centuries—from the sandglass to the telomere—to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time.Named one of Book Riot 's Six Great Nonfiction Books about TimeWhat is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is its connection with... ... Read more

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