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  Looking Backward: 2000-1887

  Edward Bellamy

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  "Looking Backward: 2000–1887" is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Massachusetts. It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It influenced many intellectuals, and appears by title in many socialist writings of the day. "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement". The novel also inspired several utopian communities.

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  Teach Yourself How to Learn -...

  Saundra Yancy McGuire, Stephanie...

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  Following up on her acclaimed Teach Students How to Learn, that describes teaching strategies to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success, Saundra McGuire here presents these "secrets" direct to students. 
   
   
   
  Beginning with explaining how expectations about learning, and the study efforts required, differ between college and secondary school, the author introduces her listeners, through the concept of metacognition, to the importance and powerful consequences of understanding themselves as learners. This framework and the recommended strategies that support it are useful for anyone moving on to a more advanced stage of education. 
   
   
   
  In a conversational tone, and liberally illustrated by anecdotes of past students, the author combines introducing listeners to concepts like Bloom's Taxonomy, fixed and growth mindsets, as well as what brain science has to tell us about rest, nutrition and exercise, together with such highly specific learning strategies as how to read a textbook, manage their time, and take tests. 
   
   
   
  With engaging exercises and thought-provoking reflections, this book is an ideal motivational and practical text for study skills and first year experience courses.

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  How It Feels To Be Colored Me

  Zora Neale Hurston

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  How It Feels To Be Colored Me was first published in "The World Tomorrow" in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece that focuses on race and 1920s America, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life where she felt "different."Hurston focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-identity in the face of difference. "Through it all," she says, "I remain myself."

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  Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to...

  Edward Hayes

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  Dive into the heart of maritime adventure with Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Edward Hayes. This riveting narrative takes you on board the daring 1583 expedition led by one of England's most ambitious yet overlooked explorers, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Through the eyes of Edward Hayes, a key commander in Gilbert's fleet, readers are transported to a time of uncharted waters, fierce storms, and the relentless quest to claim Newfoundland for the English crown. 
  Hayes's vivid storytelling not only captures the essence of Tudor-era exploration but also highlights Gilbert's significant, though often underappreciated, role in the early English colonization efforts in North America. Experience the triumphs, the challenges, and the tragic end of a mission that laid the groundwork for the eventual establishment of English-speaking North America. 
  Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland is more than just a tale of adventure. It’s a testament to the courage, determination, and visionary spirit of those who dared to dream big. Ideal for history buffs, adventure lovers, and anyone fascinated by the stories of epic human endeavors, this book promises an unforgettable journey into the pages of history. 
  Join us in reliving an expedition that marked the dawn of the British Empire in the Americas and showcased the undying spirit of exploration. 
  This audiobook was narrated and produced by RAM Studios, where humans and artificial intelligence collaborate to create an excellent listening experience. (The reading is done primarily by AI)

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  Orwell's Ghosts - Wisdom and...

  Laura Beers

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  For the seventy-fifth anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell's still-radical ideas and why they are critical today. 
   
   
   
  George Orwell devoted his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society and politics. Now, the uncanny parallels between the interwar era and our own—rising inequality, censorship, and challenges to traditional social hierarchies—make his writing even more of the moment. In Orwell's Ghosts, historian Laura Beers considers Orwell's full body of work—his six novels, three nonfiction works, as well as his brilliant essays—to examine what "Orwellian" means and to take it out of the hands of political pundits. She explores how Orwell's writing on free speech addresses the proliferation of "fake news," highlights his vivid critiques of capitalism, and, in contrast, analyzes his failure to understand feminism. Timely, wide-ranging, and thought-provoking, Orwell's Ghosts investigates how the writings of a lionized champion of truth and freedom can help us face the crises of modernity.

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  Are We Bodies or Souls?

  Richard Swinburne

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  What are humans? What makes us who we are? 
   
    
   
  Many think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by being conscious. In Are We Bodies or Souls? Richard Swinburne comes to the defense of the soul and presents new philosophical arguments that are supported by modern neuroscience. When scientific advances enable neuroscientists to transplant a part of brain into a new body, he reasons, no matter how much we can find out about their brain activity or conscious experiences we will never know whether the resulting person is the same as before or somebody entirely new. Swinburne thus argues that we are immaterial souls sustained in existence by our brains. Sensations, thoughts, and intentions are conscious events in our souls that cause events in our brains. While scientists might discover some of the laws of nature that determine conscious events and brain events, each person's soul is an individual thing and this is what ultimately makes us who we are.

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