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In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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National Best SellerFrom the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut - an "honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart... |
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Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist: An Intellectual Portrait
Andrew Rankin - University of Hawaii Press
Format: Paperback
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Half a century after his shocking samurai-style suicide, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) remains a deeply controversial figure. Though his writings and life-story continue to fascinate readers around the world, Mishima has often been scorned by scholars, who view him as a frivolous figure... |
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Carl Bergstrom - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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It's not just fake news. Bullshit is everywhere. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a data-saturated world.The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted... |
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Language, Coffee, and Migration on an Andean-Amazonian Frontier
Nicholas Q. Emlen - University of Arizona Press
Format: Hardcover
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Extraordinary change is under way in the Alto Urubamba Valley, a vital and turbulent corner of the Andean-Amazonian borderland of southern Peru. Here, tens of thousands of Quechua-speaking farmers from the rural Andes have migrated to the territory of the Indigenous Amazonian Matsigenka... |
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Gretchen McCulloch - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured... |
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The Book of Proverbs: A Social Justice Commentary (English and Hebrew Edition)
Shmuly Yanklowitz - Central Conference of American Rabbis
Format: Paperback
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The Book of Proverbs, attributed to King Solomon, is a profound collection of Jewish wisdom, song, and inspiration. Yet to contemporary readers, the text can appear vague, ambiguous, and contradictory. In this refreshing and relevant commentary, Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz challenges us to find... |
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
John McWhorter - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with which we say "f&*k!" is instead related to the instinct... |
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.What makes "cults" so intriguing and frightening? What makes... |
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