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Winner of the Mathematics Association of America's 2021 Euler Book Prize, this is an inclusive vision of mathematics―its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us...
A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity.Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors...
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Selections from the "Pandemic Files" published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideasIn beautifully written and powerfully thought prose, A World Out of Reach offers a crucial record...
"A genial exercise in public philosophy" (Kirkus, starred review) from one of the world's best-known popular philosophers "Simon Critchley is an international treasure―that rare and real philosopher who embraces Rousseau’s ‘feeling...
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We all have a voice in our head. We tune into its endless chatter to look for guidance, ideas and wisdom. Except sometimes, this voice leads us down a rabbit...
Světově uznávaný autor a dechový specialista Patrick McKeown se od mladého věku potýkal s astmatem a spoléhal se na řadu léků i inhalátorů, dokud ve 26 letech neobjevil metodu Buteyko,...
