"Hundreds of books about the Russian-speaking world are scheduled to be published in English in 2019. This list narrows that group down to 104 that show exceptional promise — and gives you the tools to find the ones you’ll love in seconds......the previews below are largely laudatory, but their optimism can make them a light … Continue reading Top 104 Books Published in English on Russia in 2019
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Book Summary: How to be an Attractive Man (or Woman)
"Mix up your entertainment. If you play games all of the time, go see a play. If you're always out with your friends, read a book. Stimulate your brain with variety."—GeneralReposti_Bot, "TL;DR: How to be An Attractive Man." Reddit.com/r/selfimprovement. October 3, 2019. Good advice throughout.
Make Space
"Appropriate for designers charged with creating new spaces or anyone interested in revamping an existing space, this guide offers novel and non-obvious strategies for changing surroundings specifically to enhance the ways in which teams and individuals communicate, work, play—and innovate. This work is based on years of classes and programs at the d.school including countless … Continue reading Make Space
Fitzcarraldo Editions
"Like some other small imprints – and some record labels' singles clubs – Fitzcarraldo runs an annual subscription scheme. For £100, subscribers get a year’s worth of books – in 2019, the label will publish 12 titles – and Testard gets some small measure of financial breathing space, with income that may not be received … Continue reading Fitzcarraldo Editions
Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire
"A perfect miniature of memory and loss, affecting and beautifully told in an outstanding use of the medium. A haunting dream of a book."—Warren Ellis on Frogcatchers Jeff Lemire is the Stephen King of comics. What else do you need to know? On sale today.
Lithium: The Gripping History of a Psychiatric Success Story
"Some 70 years ago, John Cade, an Australian psychiatrist, discovered a medication for bipolar disorder that helped many patients to regain stability swiftly. Lithium is now the standard treatment for the condition, and one of the most consistently effective medicines in psychiatry. But its rise was riddled with obstacles. The intertwined story of Cade and … Continue reading Lithium: The Gripping History of a Psychiatric Success Story
White Nationalism in the United States
"Sometimes, in the face of a totalitarian system of thought, and in the absence of a fully articulated alternative world order, conveying unease is the best a narrator can do. Or is it? ... As we now understand, a significant portion of the US population supports a politics of white nationalism...The phrasing varies, but the … Continue reading White Nationalism in the United States
Book: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
"It’s dark fantasy AND it’s sci-fi AND it’s puzzle fiction AND it’s an Adult Swim cartoon AND it’s wry and sarcastic, a profane Daria in space…!"—Robin SloanHeard about this on April 10 and just scheduled it for the expected release date.
LE PATER | Alphonse Mucha | Thomas Negovan
"This giant 12" x 16" edition is printed to scale with Mucha’s original artworks. Published in ultra-high resolution on fine cotton paper with advanced color correction, deluxe varnishes, and elegant gilded edges to create a boutique keepsake volume. This book contains over 220 pages of rare historical photos and a thorough decoding of the Judeo-Christian … Continue reading LE PATER | Alphonse Mucha | Thomas Negovan
Standard Ebooks: Free and Liberated ebooks
"Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.Ebook projects like Project Gutenberg transcribe ebooks and make them available for the widest number of reading devices. Standard Ebooks takes ebooks from sources like Project Gutenberg, formats and typesets them using … Continue reading Standard Ebooks: Free and Liberated ebooks
Open Syllabus Project, Visualized
"A new interactive visualization from Open Syllabus turns this trove of data into a color-coded stippling of different-sized dots, each one representing a particular text. Float over each dot and a box appears in the corner of the screen, showing the number of syllabi that have assigned the text, and a link to a profile … Continue reading Open Syllabus Project, Visualized
I Don’t Want This Party to End
"In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I didn’t understand it, but over time I came to realize it was perfect. Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual’s consciousness is a … Continue reading I Don’t Want This Party to End
The Story of Khantivadin, The Teacher of Patience
Note: khanti = patience, and vadin = teacher The king of Kausala was a very rich king... [with] five hundred wives. One day the king decided he we wanted to go on a picnic and he let his wives know this. The cooks were alerted to prepare the food, the servants to get the elephants … Continue reading The Story of Khantivadin, The Teacher of Patience
The Hacker’s Diet (and Exercise Program)
The Hacker's Diet is a diet book by an engineer that figured out how to reduce his weight from 215 to 145 in a year after spending years being fat. It also includes the exercise program for people that don't want to exercise that takes 15 minutes. Free and recommended.
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