De Anima (On the Soul) by Aristotle Aristotle, Aristotle
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For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the eme ...Show more
The Orphic Voice by Elizabeth Sewell; David Schenck (Introduction by)
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A wondrously written book of literary criticism and philosophy that maps the relationship between poetry and natural history, connecting verse from poets such as Shakespeare and Rainer Maria Rilke to the work of scientists and theorists like Francis Bacon and Michael Polanyi. The Orphic Voice is a book ...Show more
Tits Up by Sarah Thornton
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Boobs. Knockers. Jugs. Cans. Baps. Melons. Puppies. Fun bags. Bosoms. Hooters. In the English language there are over 700 expressions for female mammary glands - the majority of which are mostly used by men. In Tits Up, bestselling author, sociologist and journalist Sarah Thornton asks how is it that w ...Show more
The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing
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In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth-century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there's still time? Moving between real and imagined gardens, ...Show more
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula Le Guin's The Wave in the Mind is now available for the first time in audio!Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women's shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she o ...Show more
On Community by Casey Plett
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We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away? We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey ...Show more
What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh
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A poignant, incisive meditation on Israel's longstanding rejection of peace, and what the war on Gaza means for Zionism. When apartheid in South Africa ended, dismantled by internal activism and global pressure, why did Israel continue to pursue its own apartheid policies against Palestinians? In keepi ...Show more
On Women by Susan Sontag
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For the most part written in the 1970s during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays are strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in sync and at others powerfully at odds with them, they are always characteristically original in their examinations of the 'b ...Show more
Brave New Words - The End of Education As We Know It (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan
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Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Brave New Words, Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, offering a roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and ...Show more
TrafficGenius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral by Ben Smith
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“Engrossing and suspenseful." —The New York Times“Expertly pulls readers in . . . Graced with a keen eye and sharp wit.” —The Guardian The origin story of the post-truth age: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Nick Denton of Gawker Media and Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed, whose ...Show more
Human Rights - The Case for the Defence by Shami Chakrabarti
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A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedoms After the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards, for privacy, fair trials and free speech, and outlawing ...Show more
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
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A wild ride into the uncanny mirror world of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her ...Show more