Miles Kimball Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Miles Kimball

"Mark Koyama & Jared Rubin’s How the World Became Rich, Gregory Clark’s A Farewell to Alms, Joel Mokyr’s A Culture of Growth, Robert Allen’s The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, & Robert Gordon’s The Rise and Fall of American Growth" https://t.co/FdXHnY67o0

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The Lio people tell stories that sound like sightings of Homo Floresiensis—3-foot tall hominins found in Flores’s fossil record. Could it reflect oral history going back thousand of years? David P. Barash reviews “Between Ape and Human” by Gregory Forth https://www.wsj.com/articles/between-ape-and-human-review-the-hobbits-of-flores-island-11656628808

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Teaser for Mr. Mon­tás’s new book, “Res­cu­ing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Mat­ter for a New Gen­er­a­tion” Great books by Plato, Dante and Shakespeare are a life-changing experience that shouldn’t be reserved for an elite. https://www.wsj.com/articles/finding-dignity-and-excellence-in-the-great-books-11636046843

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Julian Baggini reviews “How to Be Perfect” by Michael Schur Mr. Bag­gini is the author of “The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us About Be­ing Hu­man and Liv­ing Well.”     https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-be-perfect-review-the-ultimate-self-improvement-11643931091

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Teaser for Juli Berwald’s new book, “Life on the Rocks: Build­ing a Fu­ture for Coral Reefs” Coral reefs provide food and coastal protection worth trillions of dollars a year. Now governments are using new financial instruments to pay for protecting them. https://www.wsj.com/articles/financing-a-healthy-future-for-coral-reefs-11649952196

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John Gribbin reviews “Flashes of Creation” by Paul Halpern. Big Bang vs Steady State is a very revealing episode in the history of science. “For all our talk about the origins of the cosmos, many scientists once considered it a meaningless question.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/flashes-of-creation-book-review-big-bang-versus-steady-state-physics-cosmos-a-universal-debate-11637341759

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Virginia Postrel reviews W. David Marx’s “Status and Culture” Why do fashions—hairstyles, clothes, music and language—come and go? For one writer, it’s all about moving up. https://t.co/s2QyUHmvI6

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Reviews of “The Fairy Tellers” and “The Heroine With 1,001 Faces.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-books-plumb-the-hidden-depths-of-the-fairy-tale-review-11656686043

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Teaser for Joanne Lipman’s new book, “Next! The Power of Rein­ven­tion in Life and Work” https://t.co/sVK6ad76p5

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Christine Rosen reviews “The Battle for Your Brain” by Nita A. Farahany https://t.co/Aw6Lt9sDR0