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Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure-a very successful batter manages a base hit in just three of every ten attempts-Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure's enduring significance than this strange, crooked game of base, where geometry becomes poetry. Weaving elements of memoir, philosophical reflection, sports writing, and humor, Fail Better is an intellectual love letter to baseball by one of...
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We live in a world with too many graduates fighting for too few jobs; where Deliveroo and FedEx drivers have advanced degrees.
The Educated Underclass offers a much-needed look at this societal restructuring from the perspective of students. Gary Roth examines the way that universities often reproduce traditional class hierarchies, the mechanisms that enable upward and downward social mobility, and how the 'overproduction of intelligence' hinders...
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After centuries of ignoring the child, some philosophy now considers the child an ideal practitioner as well as the subject. This is evident especially in the Philosophy for Children, or P4C, movement. Offering a novel take on this phenomenon, Theory for Beginners explores how philosophy and theory draw on children’s literature and have even come to resemble it in their strategies for cultivating the child and/or the beginner. Since its inception...
12164) Omoiyari
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'We live in a rapidly divisive and changing world. Rather than building walls, and becoming too insular, there is something crucial and extremely valuable in the concept of omoiyari — sharing perspectives, better understanding others, and through the process better understanding ourselves.' Omoiyari is a Japanese custom which means to be caring, considerate and compassionate. However, none of these words really encompass the full meaning of omoiyari....
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The everyday practices, policy ideas, and ideological and political battles that have shaped Egyptian education, from the era of nation-building in the twentieth century to the age of digital disruption in the twenty-first
From the 1952 revolution onward, a main purpose of formal education in Egypt was to socialize children and youth into adopting certain attitudes and behaviors conducive to the regimes in power. Control by the state over education...
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Master the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi Chuan with this informative guide.
One of the most popular Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi Chuan is also one of the most effective stress relievers available. In China, it is also used extensively for the prevention and treatment of illnesses, and its beneficial effects on health and fitness are now widely recognized in the West. The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to...
12167) Preferring Socialism Over Democracy : Envisioning Cities of Societal Harmony & Continual Coexistence
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Have you ever wondered why there's always someone out there who stands under the Socialist banner? It's like as though Socialism is a good thing. Socialists just keep popping up everywhere, don't you agree?This book covers up not only what Socialism is about but also what Democracy is about. There are indeed 3 types of people who like Socialism. (1) those who follow the crowd and likes the perks, (2) those who understand the similarities of Socialism...
12168) How to Be Confident
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From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT—the third instalment in James' no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life. Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of negativity—from comparing ourselves to others and doom scrolling on social media, to a paralysis of choice and chasing external gratification that does nothing to nurture...
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An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education experts
In this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum, examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch critiques today's most popular ideas for restructuring...
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"One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2017 in American History" "Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers" Jonathan Israel is professor emeritus of modern history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His many books include Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from "The Rights of Man" to Robespierre and A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment...
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What do the technical practices, procedures, and systems that have shaped institutions of higher learning in the United States, from the Ivy League and women's colleges to historically black colleges and land-grant universities, teach us about the production and distribution of knowledge? Addressing media theory, architectural history, and the history of academia, Knowledge Worlds reconceives the university as a media complex comprising a network...
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"Winner of the 2016 Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE)" "One of Flavorwire's 10 Must-Read Academic Books for 2015" "Shortlisted for the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society" "One of HistoryBuff.com's 10 Can't-Miss History Books of 2015" Josiah Ober is professor of political science and classics at Stanford University. His books include Democracy and Knowledge, Political...
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Pocket Tai Chi for Beginners is the perfect introduction to this popular exercise discipline-now in a handy, inexpensive format. This book presents the "Simplified Tai Chi" method created by China's Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports. Unlike traditional Tai Chi, which has over 80 complicated movement sequences or forms, Simplified Tai Chi has 24 short and easy-to-remember movement forms which provide all the health benefits but are far easier...
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Charismatic artists recruit desperate migrants for site-specific performance art pieces, often without compensation. Construction workers threaten on camera to jump from the top of a high-rise building if their back wages are not paid. Users of a video and livestreaming app hustle for views by eating excrement or setting off firecrackers on their genitals. In these and many other recent cultural moments, China's suppressed social strife simmers-or...
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"Stoicism for Stress Relief" is a transformative guide that explores the profound teachings of Stoic philosophy as a practical toolkit for managing stress and finding tranquility in the chaos of contemporary life. Delve into ancient wisdom and discover how Stoic principles can empower you to navigate stressors with resilience and embrace a calmer, more centered existence.
• Stoic Mindset for Stress Resilience: Cultivate a Stoic mindset to approach...
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For fascism, myth was reality-or was realer than the real. Fascist notions of the leader, the nation, power, and violence were steeped in mythic imagery and the fantasy of transcending history. A mythologized primordial past would inspire the heroic overthrow of a debased present to achieve a violently redeemed future. What is distinctive about fascist mythology, and how does this aspect of fascism help explain its perils in the past and present?
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Jamie Terence Kelly is assistant professor of philosophy at Vassar College.
The past thirty years have seen a surge of empirical research into political decision making and the influence of framing effects--the phenomenon that occurs when different but equivalent presentations of a decision problem elicit different judgments or preferences. During the same period, political philosophers have become increasingly interested in democratic theory, particularly...
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Richard Scholar is Professor of French at Durham University. His books include The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something and Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking.
The fascinating history of French words that have entered the English language and the fertile but fraught relationship between English- and French-speaking cultures across the world
English has borrowed more words from French than from any other...
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The third volume of the "Observational Commentaries on Social Atheism" series, this book features discussions pertaining to the Communist movement: A system of government formulated in the Communist Manifesto is first briefly defined and explained. After this, we cover various points of Communist history spanning from the liquidation of hostile intellectuals, the use of Active Measures, to the implementation of collectivization procedures, and more....
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