Institute of Art and Ideas Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Puma Years: A Memoir
Laura Coleman
How does one tell the story of their own life? We speak to Laura Coleman, author of @PublisherAmazon's widely praised memoir 'The Puma Years', which tells of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, to understand the key to unlocking ourselves. https://t.co/vj12witShn
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth
Claire Horn
“An artificial womb could resolve the debate between pro-choice and pro-life.” Claire Horn, author of #Eve, talks about the ethical, legal and social questions around the new technologies replacing pregnancy and childbirth. https://t.co/bZ6xZGaRcD
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love: A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion
Simon May
“Romantic love is gradually giving way to parental love as the archetypal love: the love without which one’s life cannot be deemed to be complete or truly flourishing.” Simon May writes on the new love archetype and its connection to the sacred and divine.https://t.co/AEVRrnyVZw
Paperback, 2022
$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
Julian Baggini
With atheism shaking up beliefs in the Western world since the 21st century, what does the future of belief look like? We interview philosopher and author of 'Atheism: A Very Short Introduction' @JulianBaggini for his views on the new landscape of atheism. https://t.co/Xpkjn7JHM0
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Consciousness: An Introduction
Susan Blackmore
Consciousness is not physical by definition, argues @BernardoKastrup. Susan Blackmore, Bernardo Kastrup and @timcrane102 debate whether there will ever be a consensus on consciousness. https://t.co/N33RkcrXn8
Paperback, 2011
$128.99$103.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.--Margaret Mead
Mickey's Journals
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead #QuoteOfTheDay #MargaretMead Check out more from https://t.co/OQcC9T9Maq here: https://t.co/wGbXhSoNSL https://t.co/VzD7f6Ixd3
Paperback, 2019
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff
How do we know if a story is worth telling? In this interview, award-winning writer and author of 'How I Live Now' Meg Rosoff provides an insight into her writing philosophy. https://t.co/AEBr63T3QH
Paperback, 2013
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Empathy
Heidi Maibom
Can we have an impartial ethical system devoid of #empathy? Heidi L. Maibom argues for empathy as the essential tool to understand human nature and the basis of our #morality. https://t.co/atYFeHxTiU
Paperback, 2020
$55.99$30.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Stem Cells
Melinda Bonnie Fagan
The challenge with #stemcell research: claims that any single cell is a stem cell are inevitably uncertain. Melinda Bonnie Fagan explains how the key properties of a stem cells cannot be tested simultaneously. https://t.co/thn9znj25Q
Paperback, 2021
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time
Tim Maudlin
Ever since Einstein posited his theory of general relativity, we have treated the concepts of space and time as continuous with one another. Tim Maudlin frames the fundamental laws on the universe and explains why time and space should be kept separate. https://t.co/w8zZ2T08eS
Paperback, 2015
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book