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Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain Way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear. In The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff shows that Pooh's Way is amazingly consistent with the principles of living envisioned by the Chinese founders of Taoism. The author's explanation of Taoism through Pooh, and Pooh through Taoism, shows that this is not simply an ancient and remote philosophy but something you can use, here and now.And...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, the Kogi have lived in seclusion in Colombia's remote Sierra Nevadas, known as "the heart of the world." But in recent years, concerned by the environmental degradation they have experienced in their villages and forests, a few emissaries from the tribe emerged to bring an urgent and loving message to the West--advice on how to live in harmony with the earth.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For most of the 2,000-plus years since its foundation as a discipline by ancient Greek thinkers, rhetoric -- the art of using language to persuade -- was a keystone of a Western education. But in the early 20th century, studying rhetoric fell out of fashion. In The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself, Robin Reames, one of the world's leading scholars of rhetoric, argues that it's high time to bring it back. Drawing on examples ranging from the Sophist...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Today, anxiety is usually thought of as a pathology, the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders. But anxiety isn't always or only a medical condition. Indeed, many philosophers argue that anxiety is a normal, even essential, part of being human, and that coming to terms with this fact is potentially transformative, allowing us to live more meaningful lives by giving us a richer understanding of ourselves. In Anxiety, Samir Chopra...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Intelligent machines present us every day with urgent ethical challenges. Is the facial recognition software used by an agency fair? When algorithms determine questions of justice, finance, health, and defense, are the decisions proportionate, equitable, transparent, and accountable? How do we harness this extraordinary technology to empower rather than oppress?
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"With the proliferation of social media, the intense pressure to succeed, and our overreliance on external rewards, metrics, and validation, FOPO is running rampant. Our concern with what other people think about us has become an irrational, unproductive, and unhealthy obsession in the modern world. And its negative effects reach into all aspects of our lives. In The First Rule of Mastery, Michael Gervais shows us the key to leading a high-performance...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This delightful mosaic in book form employs personal stories from the author, poignant cultural references, engaging (and nobly challenging) practices, and the author's charismatic voice to promote personal, communal, and environmental justice"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In a shotgun house in Gulfport, Mississippi, at the crossroads of Highway 49, the legendary highway of the Blues, and Jefferson Street, Natasha Trethewey learned to read and write. Before the land was a crossroads, however, it was a pasture: a farming settlement where, after the Civil War, a group of formerly enslaved women, men, and children made a new home. In this intimate and searching meditation, Trethewey revisits the geography of her childhood...
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