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The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

Dan Carlin · Harper
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apocalyptic moments from the past as a way to frame the challenges of the future.Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will...

The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way

Hector Garcia · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie (pronounced itchy-GO itchy-A) , from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever--an...

Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN

Tara Brach · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult times: the RAIN meditation, which awakens our courage and heartTara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands,...

The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It

Tierney, John · Penguin Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"The most important book at the borderland of psychology and politics that I have ever read." - Martin E. P. Seligman, Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at that University of Pennsylvania and author of Learned Optimism Why are we devastated by a word of criticism even...

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

Steven Hassan · Free Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

One of America's leading experts in cults and mind-control provides an eye-opening analysis of Trump and the indoctrination tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters.Over the past two years, Trump's behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly...

How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

Massimo Pigliucci · Vintage
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life. A VINTAGE ORIGINALSocrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live...

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