The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
By: Matthew B. Crawford
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreakingnew book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft In his bestselling …
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1. Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life
By: Jim Benson , Tonianne DeMaria Barry
3.78
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Individuals work in teams to create value. This is the Collaboration Equation. Professionals act wi… read more
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2. Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently
By: Beau Lotto
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Beau Lotto, the world-renowned neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and two-time TED speaker, takes us on … read more
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3. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
4. Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back
By: Douglas Rushkoff
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
This didn't just happen. In Life Inc., award-winning writer, documentary filmmaker, and scholar Dou… read more
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5. In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
By: Eric R. Kandel
4.29
Format: 480 pages,
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6. The Disappearance of Childhood
By: Neil Postman
3.93
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic o… read more
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7. The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
By: Emily Esfahani Smith
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
This wise, stirring book argues that the search for meaning can immeasurably deepen our lives and i… read more
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9. Introduction to Christianity
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of Cardinal Ratzinger's most important and widely read books, this volume is a revised second e… read more
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10. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
By: Matthew B. Crawford
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreakingnew book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft In his bestselling … read more
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11. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
By: Ethan Watters
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of e… read more
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12. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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13. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
14. The PARA Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life
By: Tiago Forte
4.10
Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition
This accessible guide expands upon the “well-written, cogent, and useful” (David Allen, author of G… read more
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15. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
16. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
17. Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World?
By: Joe Rigney
4.48
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Learn to Delight in God and in His Good Gifts At the heart of the Christian life lies the tensio… read more
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"We are to love God fully, unreservedly, with nothing held back."-Joe Rigney, Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World?
18. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
19. Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
By: Chris J. Anderson
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of huma… read more
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20. Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
By: Zena Hitz
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life … read more
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"The idea that real and serous learning is something practiced only by a small elite is stubborn and hard to displace."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
"For those of us without the strength or the insight to choose for ourselves such quiet, withdrawn places, failure is perhaps the best-trod route to inwardness."-Zena Hitz, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
21. Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be
By: Timothy P. Carney
4.09
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the sa… read more
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