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The Bullet Journal method: track the past, order the present, design the futureGet This Now!
For years, Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called…more
Love life: a holistic understanding of ageingGet This Now!
Post-migratory cultures in postcolonial FranceGet This Now!
"Post-Migratory Cultures in Postcolonial France" offers a critical assessment of the ways in which French writers, filmmakers, musicians and other artists descended from immig…more
The world in a grain: the story of sand and how it transformed civilizationGet This Now!The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world -- sand -- and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural reso…more
Where are we heading?: the evolution of humans and thingsGet This Now!
"In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a…more
Weather as medium: toward a meteorological artGet This Now!
In a time of climate crisis, a growing number of artists use weather or atmosphere as an artistic medium, collaborating with scientists, local communities, and climate activis…more
African American girls and the construction of identity: class, race, and genderGet This Now!
The synthetic age: outdesigning evolution, resurrecting species, and reengineering our worldGet This Now!
Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering. We have all heard t…more
Surveillance, race, cultureGet This Now!
A specter haunting Europe: the myth of Judeo-BolshevismGet This Now!
In the 20th century, Europe was haunted by a specter of its own imagining: Judeo-Bolshevism. Fear of a Jewish Bolshevik plot to destroy the nations of Europe took hold during …more
The Roman street: urban life and society in Pompeii, Herculaneum, and RomeGet This Now!
"Every day Roman urbanites took to the street for myriad tasks, from hawking vegetables and worshipping local deities to simply loitering and socializing. Hartnett takes reade…more
The revolutionary genius of plants: a new understanding of plant intelligence and behaviorGet This Now!"Do plants have intelligence? Do they have memory? Are they better problem solvers than people? Plants make up 80 percent of the weight of all living things on earth, and yet …more
