Émigrés: French Words That Turned English by Richard Scholar
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The fascinating history of French words that have entered the English language English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases--such as la mode, ennui, na vet and caprice--lend English a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that would otherwise elu ...Show more
Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages by Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod
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Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British ignited a rebellion in Sierra Leone by imposing a tax on huts-and, in repressing it, ended up burning the very huts they intended to tax. Sometimes they ...Show more
Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan
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As the world confronts both the fast catastrophe of Covid and the slow crisis of climate change, we also face a third, less visible emergency: a crisis of imagination. Millions of us can picture the world going awry, yet our confident visions of the future are largely dominated by technology and hardwar ...Show more
A Herbal of Iraq by Ghazanfar Shahina A.
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An illustrated and informative guide to Iraqi herbal medicine. The flora of Iraq is particularly rich and varied, owing to the country's diverse landscapes of deserts, plains, and mountains. Accordingly, plant-based medicine has always played an important role in the daily lives of Iraqis. Edited by ex ...Show more
Better Call Saul and Philosophy by Heter Joshua
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Better Call Saul and Philosophy: I Think Therefore I Scam is a collection of twenty-three essays exploring the philosophical themes in the hit television show Better Call Saul, a prequel to the TV show Breaking Bad. The sixth and final season of Better Call Saul, with thirteen episodes, began airing in ...Show more
British Traitors: Betrayal and Treachery in the Twentieth Century by Gordon Kerr
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Capital punishment was abolished for murder in Great Britain in 1969, but remained as the punishment for high treason until as recently as 1998, demonstrating how seriously we take the crime of betraying your country. But even with the threat of the noose hanging over them, many still chose the path of ...Show more
If You Could Live Anywhere - The Surprising Importance of Place in a Work-From-Anywhere World by Melody Warnick
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Even when your job can be done from anywhere, the place you call home still matters―a lot. By the old rules of work, your dream career determines where you live. If you want to make movies, move to Los Angeles. If you want to work in publishing, you must be in New York. And if you're launching a start-u ...Show more
The Hiking Book From Hell: My Reluctant Attempt to Learn to Love Nature by Are Kalvø
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Jim Gaffigan meets Cheryl Strayed in this blisteringly funny memoir about the call of the wild, from one of Scandinavia's biggest comedians. Sometime around his forties, Are Kalvø starts losing his friends ... to the mountains. Friends who used to meet him at the pub are now hiking and skiing every week ...Show more
The Alchemist's Handbook: A Practical Manual by Frater Albertus
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A renowned modern-day classic on the actual practice of alchemy. The Alchemist's Handbook has long been an essential contribution to the study of alchemy since its first publication in 1960. It still stands as a groundbreaking work presenting in clear, concise language a practical manual of working k ...Show more
Occasional Philosophical Writings by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Four essays by the French master addressing other philosophers and their work. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has remained relevant and thought-provoking through th ...Show more
The Art of John Harris: Volume II - Into the Blue by John Harris
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This second volume from Titan Books is a collection of world-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique paintings captures breath-taking, otherworldly vistas on a massive scale. The Art of John Harris II: Into the Blue is the third collection (second collection published by Titan) of world-renowned v ...Show more
Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human by Boria Sax
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An extraordinary menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts featuring hundreds of illustrations, from griffins to dog-men, mermaids, dragons, unicorns, and yetis. Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful mermaids, majestic unicorns, terrifying three-headed dogs--these fantastic creatures have long excited our ...Show more