matthew remski Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
If the theory is reaching back to Hannah Arendt, the context is an analysis of Nazi and Stalinist totalitarianism. Additionally, it matured in a panicked rush in the 1980s in response to the extreme cult disasters at Osho’s Rajneeshpuram community in Oregon… /3
Paperback, 2011
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass
The basic premise of The Courage to Heal, by creative writing instructors Ellen Bass and Laura Davis, is that memories of childhood abuse, especially child sexual abuse, can be recovered and articulated by survivors who are given the proper space, tools, and validation. /2
Paperback, 2008
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls
Kathleen Hale
Honoured to sit down with Kathleen Hale to discuss her riveting and compassionate new book, Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls. https://t.co/z4qKEUaR0e
Paperback, 2023
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Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
Coleman Barks
"Every allegiance to a plan of salvation apart from Him diminishes the value of His Will for you in your own mind." Her last trope is copped from the aphorism attributed to Rumi via the translation of Coleman Barks. It is famous in New Age spaces: /6
Paperback, 2005
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Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution
Marianne Williamson
🧵For two years, I’ve commented on @marwilliamson’s devotion to #acourseinmiracles. Stans will always ask me: BUT HAVE YOU READ HER BOOK ON POLITICS? They’re referring to A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution (2019). So I bought the book. 👀👀/1
Paperback, 2021
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The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and Body Politics in the Age of Empire
Michael Anton Budd
@ColleenDerkatch @DocMCohen Michael Anton Budd, The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and Body Politics in the Age of Empire (Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan, 1998),
Paperback, 1997
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Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal (Revised and Expanded Edition)
Anthony William
From our Medical Medium episode script. (Episode up now.) Anthony William says that he received his "gift" at the age of 4. That's when he started talking to Spirit about why all of the adults were sick. /1 https://t.co/TyJ76ijxdw
Hardcover, 2021
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Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s
Sam Binkley
Honoured to sit down with Sam Binkley of Emerson to discuss his excellent book Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s. Essential stuff for understanding the political economy of wellness. h/t to @nataliapetrzela for putting me onto it! https://t.co/O1HVcQM29G
Paperback, 2007
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Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of Qanon
Mia Bloom
Bloom and Moskalenko’s book is PASTELS AND PEDOPHILES: Inside the Mind of QAnon. I searched the digital ARC I got from Stanford U Press in July of 2021. Searched every keyword from MR’s tweet, and found *one* match, for “outside.” Here’s B&M’s riveting idea (147): /3
Hardcover, 2021
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Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Science and Philosophy
Joseph S. Alter
@ColleenDerkatch @DocMCohen Joseph S Alter, Yoga in Modern India: The Body between Science and Philosophy (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2004), 28; Mark Singleton, Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
Paperback, 2004
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