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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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Yoga/Buddhism/Soft-Q/conspirituality, cults. Cohost at https://t.co/TvSza6UHVI. Bylines: https://t.co/EmVtGxicxS, @thewalrus.

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Book Cover for: Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt
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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
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Book Cover for: The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Ellen Bass

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Ellen Bass
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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
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Book Cover for: Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls, Kathleen Hale

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls

Kathleen Hale
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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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Book Cover for: Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing, Coleman Barks

Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Coleman Barks
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"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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Book Cover for: Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution, Marianne Williamson

Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution

Marianne Williamson
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🧵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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Book Cover for: The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and Body Politics in the Age of Empire, Michael Anton Budd

The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and Body Politics in the Age of Empire

Michael Anton Budd
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@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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Book Cover for: Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal (Revised and Expanded Edition), Anthony William

Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal (Revised and Expanded Edition)

Anthony William
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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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Book Cover for: Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s, Sam Binkley

Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s

Sam Binkley
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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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Book Cover for: Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of Qanon, Mia Bloom

Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of Qanon

Mia Bloom
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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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Book Cover for: Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Science and Philosophy, Joseph S. Alter

Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Science and Philosophy

Joseph S. Alter
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@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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