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  Balance - How It Works and What...

  Paul Thagard

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  Living is a balancing act. Ordinary activities like walking, running, or riding a bike require the brain to keep the body in balance. A dancer’s poised elegance and a tightrope walker’s breathtaking performance are feats of balance. Language abounds with expressions and figures of speech that invoke balance. People fret over work-life balance or try to eat a balanced diet. The concept crops up from politics—checks and balances, the balance of power, balanced budgets—to science, in which ideas of equilibrium are crucial. Why is balance so fundamental, and how do physical and metaphorical balance shed light on each other? 
   
  Paul Thagard explores the physiological workings and metaphorical resonance of balance in the brain, the body, and society. He describes the neural mechanisms that keep bodies balanced and explains why their failures can result in nausea, falls, or vertigo. Thagard connects bodily balance with leading ideas in neuroscience, including the nature of consciousness. He analyzes balance metaphors across science, medicine, economics, the arts, and philosophy, showing why some aid understanding but others are misleading or harmful. Thagard contends that balance is ultimately a matter of making sense of the world. In both literal and metaphorical senses, balance is what enables people to solve the puzzles of life by turning sensory signals or an incongruous comparison into a coherent whole. 
   
  Bridging philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Balance shows how an unheralded concept’s many meanings illuminate the human condition.

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  Lily of the Valley

  by Vilma Di Nardo

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  Lily of the Valley is a suspenseful and addictive #1 Amazon Bestseller 
  Step into a world of sex, violence, murder and deception... 
  In 1941 Germany, seventeen- year-old Anna Goldberg finds herself confined to her home as the Nazi regime tightens its grip on her homeland. 
  When her father, Josef, learns of his impending arrest by the Gestapo, he fakes Anna's death and entrusts her to a mysterious friend who conceals her in the unlikeliest of places- right under the Nazis' noses. 
  As Anna navigates this perilous game of hide and seek, she must summon unparalleled courage to confront her enemies, armed only with the delicate yet potent Lily of the Valley. 
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  Vilma Di Nardo's 'Lily of the Valley' is a gripping historical fiction novel that delves into themes of resilience, identity, and the extraordinary lengths one will go to survive. 
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  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  A hauntingly powerful tale of resilience and vengeance. 
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  Memory Improvement - Enhancing...

  Coral Nunez

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  Memory is one of the most powerful cognitive abilities we possess. It shapes our experiences, informs our decision-making, and defines much of who we are. From recalling important facts and names to navigating the intricacies of our personal relationships, memory plays a central role in virtually every aspect of life. However, in a world filled with distractions, the ability to retain and recall information can sometimes feel like a lost art. Many of us struggle with forgetfulness, whether it's forgetting where we left our keys, what we were supposed to do today, or even details of a conversation we had just hours ago. 
    
  The good news is that memory is not a static trait. It is a skill that can be developed, honed, and improved with the right techniques. In fact, memory improvement is within everyone’s reach, regardless of age or background. By understanding the mechanisms of memory and applying proven strategies, we can enhance our ability to retain and recall information with greater ease and efficiency.

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  The Principles of Philosophy

  Michael Moore

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  From Aristotle to Kant, the great thinkers of the world have sought to come up with rules for how to live better lives, how to govern better and how to understand the world around us. This fascinating guide introduces readers to 10 core philosophical ideas, including metaphysics, aesthetics, political philosophy and more. With its comprehensive coverage of the fundamental principles of philosophy, this guide is designed to not only give you a solid foundation but also spark your curiosity and passion for further exploration of this fascinating subject. 
   
  Includes:The different schools of philosophy which have held sway over the yearsThe most influential philosophers in history, including Plato, Descartes, Nietzsche and ChomskyThe key concepts in every area ranging from ethics and free will to stoicism and epistemologySections on how philosophical principles relate to your day-to-day lifeQuestions to ponder and formulate your own ideasSummary section at the end of each chapter

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  Still True - The Evolution of an...

  Reagan E J Jackson, Robin D.G....

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  Through this collection of essays, author and activist Reagan Jackson, chronicles her journey into the world of journalism. Art, cinema, social justice, feminism, Black reparations, health & reproductive rights, dance, education—while Jackson’s subjects range far and wide, her writing brings an intimacy & immediacy to all. 
  Equal parts personal testament, structural interrogation, and social criticism, Reagan Jackson’s Still True inspires in its singularity. Jackson writes with a powerful sense of history and a wide-ranging vision, capturing a Seattle in flux, where processes of inequality, gentrification, and police violence occur alongside community struggle, vivid resistance, and countless episodes of joy. We should all hope that voices like hers blossom throughout our communities. This book is a gift to all readers and writers—aspiring, established, or otherwise. ~Sonora Jha, author of The Laughter 
  Reagan Jackson writes from the crossroads of journalism, memoir, activism, and everyday life in these raw and wild times. Jackson is a pioneer for what “writing the first draft of history” looks like in an intersectional world and a model of how media can help build the communities and worlds of the future.  
  ~Sarah Stuteville, Co-Founder of the Seattle Globalist

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  Liberalism as a Way of Life

  Alexandre Lefebvre

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  Where do you get your values and sensibilities from? If you grew up in a Western democracy, the answer is probably liberalism. Conservatives are right about one thing: liberalism is the ideology of our times, as omnipresent as religion once was. Yet, as Alexandre Lefebvre argues in Liberalism as a Way of Life, many of us are liberal without fully realizing it—or grasping what it means. Misled into thinking that liberalism is confined to politics, we fail to recognize that it's the water we swim in, saturating every area of public and private life, shaping our psychological and spiritual outlooks, and influencing our moral and aesthetic values—our sense of what is right, wrong, good, bad, funny, worthwhile, and more. This eye-opening book shows how so many of us are liberal to the core, why liberalism provides the basis for a good life, and how we can make our lives better and happier by becoming more aware of, and more committed to, the beliefs we already hold. 
   
   
   
  A lively, engaging, and uplifting guide to living well, the liberal way, Liberalism as a Way of Life is filled with examples from television, movies, stand-up comedy, and social media—from Parks and Recreation and The Good Place to the Borat movies and Hannah Gadsby. Along the way, you'll also learn about seventeen benefits of being a liberal and practical exercises to increase these rewards.

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