Books Explained
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 popular science book by the Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman.
Gulliver’s Travels at 300: a satire of the Anglo-Irish and the folly of allegiance to empire
Travel to England made Swift feel like an oppressed Irish colonial subject while at home he felt like a powerful civilising cog of that same empire.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a 2011 book by the Israeli military historian Yuval Noah Harari, based on a series of lectures he gave at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Meditations
Meditations is a collection of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161–180 AD, which record his private notes to himself and his reflections on Stoic philosophy.
Hailed as a 21st-century Greek masterpiece, Gjak retains its bloody power in English translation
Siân Valvis has managed to artfully translate this series of stories with skill and sensitivity, maintaining their cultural ruggedness and power.
‘Let nothing be forgotten’: Holocaust survivors’ memorial books honored lives lost and vibrant hometowns
After the Holocaust, Eastern European survivors collaborated on memorial books called ‘yizker bikher’ – one way to reclaim their neighbors’ lives and memories.
Republic (disambiguation)
A republic is a form of government.