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Get the Summary of Bell Hooks's Teaching to Transgress in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Bell Hooks' "Teaching to Transgress" is a profound exploration of education as a path to liberation, challenging traditional teaching methods and advocating for an engaged pedagogy that nurtures intellect and spirit. Drawing from Paulo Freire's critique of the "banking system" of education, Hooks promotes a participatory classroom...
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Get the Summary of Naomi Klein's Doppelganger in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Doppelganger" by Naomi Klein is a deep dive into the author's unsettling experience of being mistaken for her ideological opposite, Naomi Wolf. Klein's journey is sparked by her own mistaken identity during Occupy Wall Street and leads her to investigate the rise of anti-democratic forces and the cultural dynamics of doubling, where...
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Get the Summary of Bianca Bosker's Get the Picture in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Get the Picture" chronicles Bianca Bosker's immersive journey into the art world, beginning with her determination to understand and appreciate art by infiltrating a premier New York City art gallery. Despite being an outsider, Bosker secures a position at Jack Barrett's 315 Gallery, where she learns the ropes of the art industry...
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Get the Summary of Yascha Mounk's The Identity Trap in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Identity Trap" by Yascha Mounk examines the cultural and political impact of identity politics in post-World War II Europe and its evolution into a dominant ideology. Mounk explores the skepticism towards universal truths and societal progress that emerged among intellectuals influenced by Marxism and postmodernism, leading...
7) French Touch: Comment les Français ont façonné le monde de la mode, de la gastronomie et de l'art
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Les Français sont connus pour leur mode de vie unique, leur histoire fascinante et leur culture riche et variée. Dans ce livre, nous explorerons la France d'une manière amusante et humoristique en examinant les nombreux clichés et stéréotypes associés aux Français.Nous découvrirons comment les Français ont inventé de nombreuses choses qui ont façonné le monde, de la mode à la gastronomie, en passant par l'art et la littérature. Nous...
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"From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist-- One In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcast Be There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious,...
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Sick and tired of Halloween? Me too A brief series of rants about Halloween, the most frightening day of the year, or so they say. I don't get too excited about it and am far from its biggest fan – in Not So Spooky, you'll discover why. These days, Halloween is a celebration of all things chilling and macabre. It shines the spotlight on people, creatures and beings that instil terror and leave you petrified. Though it sounds thrilling, there are...
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Get the Summary of Kara Swisher's Burn Book in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Burn Book" by Kara Swisher is a personal narrative that delves into the author's extensive career in tech journalism, covering the lives and businesses of industry giants like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs. Swisher shares her journey from a young girl in Roslyn Harbor to a prominent journalist at the forefront of the digital...
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"By filling one's head instead of one's pocket, one cannot be robbed."
The appeal of Chinese proverbs is profound and universal. With brevity, clarity, and simplicity, these carefully chosen words help pass wisdom and insight throughout the ages. This timeless, eloquent collection of proverbs offers fundamental truths about the natural world and the human condition, on subjects such as:
Ability • Adversity • Beauty • Character • Conflict...
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The COVID-19 pandemic: uncensored observations, mini stories and more A collection of writings about the catastrophe that was the COVID-19 pandemic. The pieces of writing in this collection are presented in three categories: – 'Lockdown'. Restricted movement, common activities banned and socialising outlawed. These are three key aspects of the brutal, draconian rules we had to live by. 'Lockdown' looks at life under severe, often debilitating restrictions.–...
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How can we unmask the vested interests behind capital's 'cultural' urban agenda? Limits to Culture pits grass-roots cultural dissent against capital's continuing project of control via urban planning.
In the 1980s, notions of the 'creative class' were expressed though a cultural turn in urban policy towards the 'creative city'. De-industrialisation created a shift away from how people understood and used urban space, and consequently, gentrification...
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Rock Paper Scissors (RPS), the ultimate decision-making tool, is played the world over. By the late twentieth century, however, the sport's illustrious governing body, the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, had fallen on hard times. It was then that brothers Douglas and Graham Walker boldly took up the challenge to restore the World RPS Society to its former glory, and now they bring you the ultimate strategy guide to this time-honored game.
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In the darkened corridors of literary enchantment, "Whimsyshire Manor: Middle Name Mastery" extends its ethereal tendrils, weaving a narrative that transcends mere persuasion. This is not a plea; it's an unspoken pact, a veiled warning that lingers in the shadows of your subconscious.
Ignore this, and the spectral essence of missed opportunities may haunt your every step. Do not underestimate the unseen forces at play within these pages. The...
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A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down
Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet was still the Wild West, and when slut-shaming, fat-shaming, and revenge porn were all considered...
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Music. We love it. Have favorite songs. Sing & dance along. Some of us even create & perform it ourselves. But does it "soothe the savage beast" (as an often misquoted 1697 play once claimed)?Or has much of the world of music been tinkered with in order to instead: inflame? discourage? depress? suppress? compel? disconnect? All this & more is revealed when the author (a lifelong singing, songwriting, musical ex-malcontent) takes a look behind-the-scenes...
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"A lyrical and proud picture book that recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"--
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Embark on a captivating exploration of the intricate tapestry that weaves the fabric of Indian mentality with the book "A Journey into Indian Mentality". In this enlightening literary voyage, the book unfolds its narrative through seventeen thought-provoking chapters. From the foundational 'Introduction to Indian Mentality', offering an overview of the cultural, historical, and societal factors shaping the Indian mindset, to the future-focused 'The...
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