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Solutions and Other Problems includes humorous stories from Allie Brosh’s childhood the adventures of her very bad animals merciless dissection of her own character flaws incisive essays on grief, loneliness, and powerlessness as well as reflections on the absurdity of modern life. For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh-beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half-returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. ![]() ![]() ![]() Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute " Absolutely riveting!.Read this book." -Dr. "Haunting, action-packed, and compelling." -Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author ![]() A Buzzfeed and The Week Best Book of the Year.People's Choice Favorite Fiction Winner.Goodreads Best Historical Novel of the Year It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France-a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. 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A "riveting and illuminating" Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel. ![]() ![]() ![]() I counted at least five suicides in the first chapter of Monk’s book alone – three of them Wittgenstein’s brothers. But the Vienna he was born into, at the tail end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s life, was not a happy place producing happy people. Wittgenstein was born in Vienna to one of the richest of all Austrian families and had an extremely privileged upbringing. Being such a unique personality, Wittgenstein provides plenty of all three. Rather than summarise a summary of Wittgenstein’s thoughts, I thought I’d note here the parts of his life that struck me as particularly entertaining, saddening, or interesting. ![]() This approach works because, for me at least, the parts of Wittgenstein’s thought that are most interesting are precisely those that came from his life – such as the way the mystical sections of the Tractatus came from Wittgenstein’s experience in the First World War. ![]() Though Monk’s biography gave me some sense of Wittgenstein’s thoughts, the focus here was more on his life. Wittgenstein’s thoughts on language are worth knowing about, sure, but certainly not near the top of the pile of philosophies I want to have a grasp of. I did not gallop through Ray Monk’s Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius because I wanted to know about Wittgenstein’s philosophy – I did it because I wanted to know about the man. What is attractive about Ludwig Wittgenstein is that he was a real genius. ![]() ![]() ![]() His ideas have resonated much more widely. Otto’s influence, however, has never been confined to systematic religious thought and the study of religions. Part Two turns to the area that Otto, more than any other German theologian or philosopher of religion, opened up: an engagement with the world of religions. The first section of the volume addresses Otto’s ideas and their contexts. This volume gathers together essays by scholars from a variety of perspectives – theology, religious studies, intellectual history, and various cultural studies – to address the question of what Otto’s legacy for the 21st century might be. ![]() As thinkers and scholars have turned in many other intellectual directions, they have tended to see Otto as representative of a past to be rejected. However, since the 1960s, Otto has been increasingly overlooked and neglected. His vocabulary broke through narrow disciplinary bounds and was taken up by people in a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. His book, The Idea of the Holy, became something of a sensation in its time, and his account of numinous experience as a mysterium tremendum et fascinans had an effect that few other ideas in the study of religions have had. Rudolf Otto (1869–1937) is widely recognized as one of the most important contributors to the study of religions at the beginning of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Originally intending to exaggerate the text for humorous effect, Crumb ultimately decided to present the language of The Book of Genesis faithfully, using Robert Alter s 1996 translation as his primary source. In this book, Robert Crumb illustrates all 50 chapters of The Book of Genesis in his inimitable style. Includes signed print of Chapter 1 illustration of God creating the universe in fine condition. Publisher s black cloth with titles stamped in gilt to front board and spine, serpent illustration in gilt to rear board housed in publisher s black slipcase with illustration of Adam and Eve being expelled from Eden to front board. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Crumb, this being number 18. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. ![]() If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. 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