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The Black Book of Communism
Nov 9, 2020 · Stéphane Courtois, Jean-Louis Panné, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartošek, Jean-Louis Margolin, Nicolas Werth
During the twentieth century, an estimated 25 million people died under Soviet rule. Under Communist Chinese rule, the death toll was even higher&mdas...
History Politics -
Seeing What Others Don’t
Nov 6, 2020 · Gary Klein
What are insights and how do they occur? Why do we need them and what keeps us from encountering more of them in our daily lives? After years of inves...
Psychology Self-Help -
On the Genealogy of Morals
Nov 6, 2020 · Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche looks at society’s assumptions about good, bad, and evil, and asserts that our morality is ill and life-rejecting: more anemic than au...
Philosophy Society and Culture -
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
Nov 4, 2020 · Haemin Sunim
In a world that seems fast-paced, we have lost the art of serenity, of being still. We hunt the next high, we chase the next craze, accrue more things...
Philosophy Self-Help -
Happiness is a Choice You Make
Nov 3, 2020 · John Leland
This book began as a series of in-depth interviews that New York Times reporter John Leland conducted called “85 and Up.” The book’s...
Self-Help Society and Culture -
The Splendid and the Vile
Nov 3, 2020 · Erik Larson
Oftentimes the portrayal of historic events casts key figures as static chess-pieces engaged in a series of battles, negotiations, and strategies. Whi...
Biography History -
God and the Pandemic
Nov 2, 2020 · N. T. Wright
Amidst the hysteria of a global pandemic, biblical scholar and research fellow N.T. Wright reflects upon the Covid-19 moment and shows us the pattern ...
Current Affairs Religion and Theology -
The Common Good
Oct 29, 2020 · Robert Reich
Political science professor Robert Reich makes a case for America recentering its politics, economics, and culture on the concept of the common good. ...
Current Affairs Politics Society and Culture -
White Guilt
Oct 23, 2020 · Shelby Steele
Social media posts, news headlines, political protests—racial tension dominates these forms of public discourse. While the Civil Rights Era spok...
Current Affairs Politics Society and Culture -
The Nature Fix
Oct 21, 2020 · Florence Williams
Journalist Florence Williams looks at the scientific research about the innumerable benefits that time outdoors brings us....
Health and Wellness Sports and the Outdoors
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