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An ethnographic analysis of how insecurity is at the heart of contemporary higher education. Institutions of higher education are often described as "ivory towers," places of privilege where students exist in a "campus bubble," insulated from the trials of the outside world. These metaphors...

Warum fühlen sich manche Menschen ihr ganzes Leben lang anders, ohne genau sagen zu können, warum? "Ein Zebra unter Pferden" ist ein Buch für neurodivergente Menschen – für Menschen mit ADHS, Autismus, Hochbegabung oder AuDHD und für alle, die sich oft zu viel, zu empfindlich oder einfach...

Olśniewająca i zabójczo niebezpieczna: jak wiele można poświęcić w pogoni za modowym trendem? Zieleń o jadowitym, szmaragdowym odcieniu to jedno z najbardziej niezwykłych odkryć chemicznych przełomu XVIII i XIX wieku. Pożądana przez artystów i miłośników piękna, zyskała formę, której trudno było się oprzeć. Jednak jej niewątpliwy czar krył mroczną tajemnicę – związki arsenu. Zielony pigment w różnych wariantach – od zieleni Scheelego, szwajnfurckiej po paryską, choć niezwykle atrakcyjny, niósł ze sobą śmiertelne zagrożenie.

Are you frustrated by a world that seems increasingly irrational? Do politics, dating, and modern culture feel like they are spinning out of control? In The Why Behind Things, Hunter Trace reveals the hidden evolutionary forces driving human behavior. We are running twenty-first-century software on Pleistocene hardware. Our brains were built for small nomadic bands and scarce calories, yet we are using them to navigate global networks, infinite information, and algorithms designed to hijack our deepest instincts.

What is normal? And more importantly… who decided that for you? From the moment you are born, expectations are already in place. How you should live, how you should look, what you should achieve. Most people never question it. They follow what feels natural. But what feels natural is often just repetition.

What if one of modern society’s most powerful ideas was never a biological truth at all? Race Isn’t Real —But It Changed Everything is a sharp, fearless investigation into one of humanity’s most deeply ingrained —and most misunderstood —social constructs. In this provocative nonfiction work, Kevin L. Whitworth dismantles the concept of race from its roots, separating visible human differences from the meanings societies attached to them.

America has never had more ways to “connect,” yet we’ve never been more divided, lonely, and silent. Civil discourse—once the lifeblood of democracy—has been replaced by a fear of losing friends and family, being ridiculed on social media, getting swatted by anonymous callers, or losing your job, all because of words you spoke.

Our economic system has changed, and younger generations are being locked out of the opportunities our parents once had. Generation F*cked exposes how the system broke, why the old rules no longer work, and what Millennials and Gen Z can do to reclaim their financial futures. Cancel your...

In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. The Act said that any American willing to settle on 160 acres of public land, live there for five years, and improve the parcel, could file a claim and receive title. Between 1862 and 1976, when the Federal Land Policy and Management Act repealed the homesteading provisions in the contiguous states, the United States distributed approximately 270 million acres of continental North America through this mechanism of the registered claim.

群れから排除されたり、親密な居場所を作ろうとして消耗したり…著者自身、人生で孤独の感覚を何度も味わってきたという。本書では内なる孤独を掘り下げるヒントを整理しながら、この社会がいかなる孤独を生み出しているのかを考察。

From popular The Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost, a lively reflection on how we’ve become disconnected from the physical world—and how to reclaim gratification in our day-to-day lives. In an era dominated by convenience and efficiency, one would think that life would be simpler, easier, and...

Georg Simmel (1858–1918), Philosoph und Soziologe, war einer der bedeutendsten Kulturtheoretiker seiner Zeit. Sein Essay Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben gilt als bahnbrechend – denn er beschreibt eindrücklich, wie das urbane Leben auf das Individuum wirkt: Reizüberflutung, soziale Distanz, die Entwicklung von Individualität und intellektueller Abstraktion. Ein faszinierendes, zeitloses Werk der Soziologie, das bis heute aktuelle Fragen über das Leben in der Moderne stellt – psychologisch präzise, klar argumentiert und überraschend zugänglich.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A collection of reported stories that explore the relationship between mothers and daughters, from the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her work in The New Yorker. You Won’t Get Free of It tells...

A fascinating journey into the rediscovered world of the Nag Hammadi library—the earliest teachings of Jesus found in ancient manuscripts unearthed in the Egyptian desert after being banned by the Church over 1,600 years ago. They reveal a radically different understanding of Christianity...

Bloomsbury presents American Alt by Chris Lockhart, read by Todd Kramer and John Chancer American Alt is a powerful memoir of crisis and redemption — a glimpse into the mind of an American conspiracy theorist, the schizophrenia, trauma, and misinformation that drove him to the brink, and the...

American political history has a rhythm and a progression. Part of that progression is White populist anger and resentment. The Forgotten Man and White Populist Resentment: Power, Politics, and Narrative Dominance in the Trump Era traces how this White populism rose to dominate the Republican...

Brought to you by Penguin. In an era dominated by convenience and efficiency, you’d think life would be easier and, most importantly, happier. Shouldn’t all the time saved by technology leave us with more for ourselves? The Atlantic columnist, game-designer and philosopher Ian Bogost thinks...

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read "A powerful and urgent call to action—for the health and safety of half of our population, it’s time we rethink the male body ideal and build a world that includes us all.” —Dr. Elizabeth Comen, MD, medical oncologist, associate professor of medicine at NYU...

In a world that feels more divided than ever, there has never been a greater need for a more nuanced conversation about bias. And while racism is widely recognized as a social ill, there is another, more invisible hierarchy informed by our most visible feature, skin tone--and it impacts all of...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Utopía, de Tomás Moro, es mucho más que una obra política del siglo XVI. Es una invitación a cuestionar las ideas que damos por sentadas y a preguntarnos si la sociedad en la que vivimos realmente favorece el bienestar humano. A través de la...