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  Summary of Thinking Fast and...

  Anton Gavrailov

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  Get the key insights of the bestseller 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman in this easy-to-comprehend audio book. 
  We've distilled the complex topics into a concise and accessible version, perfect for those who want to learn how we think and make decisions. 
  Perfect for anyone interested in psychology, economics, or just understanding themselves better, without getting bogged down in jargon and details.Learn about the two systems of thinking that drive our decision making processesDiscover how our biases and heuristics can affect our judgments and choicesUnderstand the impact of framing and context on our perceptions and decisionsExplore the psychology of risk and uncertainty and how we assess probabilitiesGain insights into the role of intuition and emotions in our thinkingFind out how to improve your decision making by recognizing common cognitive errorsGet a practical framework for understanding and analyzing complex problems 
  The summarization was generated using AI and reviewed by a human editor to ensure accuracy and clarity. 
  Humans also facilitate the AI by tuning it to create most valuable and understandable content for the general public without difficult to understand language and details.

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  The Battle for Isurava -...

  David W. Cameron

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  ‘You are trying to survive, shirt torn, arse out of your pants, whiskers a mile long, hungry … you carry your boots because there’s no skin on your feet. But when you look around at some of the others – hell! They look crook! … you dig a number of holes in the ground and bury your dead. Nothing would be said, but you think ‘maybe it will be my turn next’. 
  Within 24 hours of the Japanese invasion of northern New Guinea at Gona in July 1942, the Australian militiamen of ‘B’ Company, 39th Battalion, spent four weeks fighting a delaying action against a crack Japanese force outnumbered by three to one. By mid-August, the rest of the battalion had arrived, and these men took up a position at Isurava, in the heart of the cloud covered mountains and jungles of the Owen Stanley Range.  
  The battle for Isurava would be the defining battle of the Kokoda Campaign and has rightfully been described as Australia’s Thermopylae. It was here that Australia’s first Victoria Cross in the Pacific war was awarded when the Japanese conducted several ferocious attacks against the Australian perimetre.  
  The outnumbered and poorly equipped Australians managed to hold back the Japanese advance for almost a week; only then did these battle scared and weary men begin a month long fighting withdraw towards Ioribaiwa Ridge just north of Port Morsby. However, their sacrifice provided time for the Australian 25th Brigade to be brought forward — finally forcing the Japanese to withdrawal just as they glimpsed the lights of Port Morseby.  
  Using diaries, letters and other first-hand accounts and following on from The Battles for Kokoda Plateau, leading military historian David W Cameron continues his detailed and riveting account of the war in the Owen Stanleys in 1942.

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  How To Stop Being A Narcissist -...

  Jamie Williams

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  If you feel like you are stuck with narcissistic behaviors for the rest of your life. Think again... 
  Because while no single book or even therapy session for that matter can completely remove all poisonous habits, this book will show you specific steps to lessen the extreme harshness of your self-loving personality traits. 
  Decreasing narcissism in people has been done countless times before and there is scientific evidence showing anyone who is willing to put in the work can create new healthy habits. 
  Some of your past relationships may never be restored but your future relationships can absolutely go the way you want. 
  While you may feel alone for having a narcissistic personality disorder or just narcissistic tendencies... 
  About 1 in every 16 people (6.2%) of the population has it too. 
  Here's just a fraction of what you'll discover inside this book:The different types of narcissism along the narcissistic spectrumLearning to fully engage in experiences with mindfulness techniquesDaily practice exercises of gratitude that will let you have an attractive personalityHealing relationships through self-compassion by focusing outwards instead of inwardsManaging narcissism through cognitive behavioral therapyDiscovery of trauma and healing childhood woundsAnd much, much more... 
  This is not a 400 page book that you need a psychology degree to understand. Written in plain English and free from professional jargon. Every piece of psychological terminology is clearly defined inside.

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  Of Gods and Men

  Francis Story

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  We are all familiar with the fact that man in former days 
  readily believed in the existence of an unseen world, a world 
  of ghosts, demons, nature-spirits which were worshipped as gods, 
  and a host of other supernatural beings. This world lay all about him 
  and in some respects was more real to him than the physical world. 
  It was his belief in it, and in the power of the forces it contained, that 
  gave birth first to primitive magic and later to religion. 
   
  Even today, vast numbers of people all over the world, and not 
  merely among savage tribes or backward peasantry, but in 
  advanced and educated communities, particularly in Asia, still 
  believe in this mysterious realm and in various classes of beings 
  that inhabit it, to an extent that would surprise most Westerners 
  apart from those who have made a study of the subject. To the 
  Asian mind it is equally surprising that Westerners, with the 
  exception of spiritualists, are sceptical regarding it.

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  A Rare Recording of Poet Robert...

  Robert Frost

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  In 1961, poet Robert Frost was invited to read at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. It would be the first by a poet for an inaugural ceremony. President-elect Kennedy asked Frost to recite the poem "The Gift Outright" unless the poet planned to write a poem especially for the occasion. Frost did, in fact, write a new poem for the day entitled "Dedication." However, when the time came to read, the wind and sun's glare made this impossible, though Frost made a valiant attempt. Instead, he reverted to "The Gift Outright," which he read by heart: 
   
  "The land was ours before we were the land’s. She was our land more than a hundred years, Before we were her people. She was ours In Massachusetts, in Virginia, But we were England’s, still colonials, Possessing what we still were unpossessed by, Possessed by what we now no more possessed. Something we were withholding made us weak, Until we found out that it was ourselves, We were withholding from our land of living, And forthwith found salvation in surrender. Such as we were we gave ourselves outright, (The deed of gift was many deeds of war), To the land vaguely realizing westward, But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced, Such as she was, such as she will become."

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  Hanging Out - The Radical Power...

  Sheila Liming

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  A smart and empowering book about the simple art of hanging out . . . and of taking back our social lives from the deadening whirl of contemporary life. 
   
   
   
  Almost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more. 
   
   
   
  Starting with the assumption that play is to children as hanging out is to adults, Liming makes a brilliant case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality. The book asks questions like what is hanging out? why is it important? why do we do it? how do we do it? and examines the various ways we hang out—in groups, online, at parties, at work. 
   
   
   
  Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time makes an intelligent case for the importance of this most casual of social structures and shows us how just getting together can be a potent act of resistance all on its own.

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