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Book Cover for: How I Became a Hum, Eric Baus

How I Became a Hum

Eric Baus
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15. How I Became a Hum by Eric Baus. About losing one's familiar language into the alien language of poetry, wondering what hums and human voices have in common. One of my favourite poetry books by one of America's most underrated poets. https://t.co/xGINhzISZD

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Book Cover for: Now, The Invisible Committee

Now

The Invisible Committee
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"Tiqqun, Invisible Committee, and Organ Tapes come together in the search for a dissolution of the self, in the awareness of a greater desire, in the irreducible and unproductive here and now."

Paperback, 2017

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese, Byung-Chul Han

Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese

Byung-Chul Han
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8. Shanzhai by Byung-Chul Han. Another brilliant use of continental philosophy to dive into Chinese thought. BCH looks at how ancient metaphysics informs modern differences about aesthetics in China and the West. https://t.co/vpriA1p3IN

Paperback, 2017

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World, Hartmut Rosa

Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World

Hartmut Rosa
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"Resonance is the sublime state of being that we long for, but it has been subsumed beneath our drive toward mastering the world. [Hartmut] Rosa does us the favour of peeling back this drive to draw attention to how resonance operates." https://t.co/FnkGm3ONpC

Hardcover, 2019

$84.95Member price:$84.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Language of Cities, Deyan Sudjic

The Language of Cities

Deyan Sudjic
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13. The Language of Cities by Deyan Sudjic. @deyandesign provides a fascinating meditation on what defines a city and the myriad forces that shape our urban environments. https://t.co/41ZL2CKxXW

Paperback, Mass Market, 2017

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, Philip Goff

Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness

Philip Goff
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11. Galileo's Error by @philip_goff. An accessible introduction to panpsychism that really got me (Matt) thinking. I can’t say if I’m a true panpsychist but the idea has always resonated with me, and there isn’t a better intro to it out there. https://t.co/5LElyRPwi2

Paperback, 2020

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between, Darran Anderson

Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between

Darran Anderson
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Fascinating interview with #darrananderson from 2017 on #imaginarycities. Well worth a listen for anyone interested in the imagination, cities, architecture and creative non-fiction. His Book reccs include The Poetics of Space and Invisible Cities. https://t.co/99FxgkOuah

Paperback, 2017

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Second Coming, Franco Berardi

Second Coming

Franco Berardi
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6. The second coming by Franco 'Bifo' Berardi. A ruthless critique of capitalism in the 21st century. One of the best introductions to the work of Italian Marxist philosopher Franco "Bifo" Berardi. https://t.co/TMDLRe1MyT

Paperback, 2019

$19.95Member price:$17.96 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe, Simon Sellars

Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe

Simon Sellars
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9. Applied Ballardianism by Simon Sellars. A series of delirious travelogues by a failed PhD student obsessed with the novelist J. G. Ballard. Theory, fiction, and weird nightmares mix with reality. https://t.co/PsA5pjsxIX

Paperback, 2018

$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar
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10. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mothar and Max Gladstone. A sensory, abstract, riveting read. This novel has a lyrical quality to its prose that drew me deeply into the intricately layered exchanges between the two protagonists. https://t.co/oNu2POa4ZU

Paperback, 2020

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book