David #Szalay’s sixth #novel, #Flesh, is a provocative, vulnerable and deeply moving portrait of one man’s life shaped by circumstance, sexual entrapment and unresolved childhood trauma. #masculinity #books #Bookreview #review
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Book Review Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto
One man’s quiet resistance and fascinating real-world study of human beings and the connections they forge with each other. This highly amusing and entertaining book tells the story of Late-Stage Capitalism from within a series of vignettes. #Capitalism #Biography #Social #Psychology #Experiment #Politics #Relationships #Emotions #Tokyo #Culture #Japan
Book Review: HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Vol. 2) (Harvard Business Review Press)
Distilling insights from decades worth of essays for Harvard Business Review. This collection shows you how to bounce back from setbacks, how to be resilient. Aside from some cringey moments it’s worth a read. #HBR #Business #Books #Review #Career #Psychology
Book Review: Open When by Dr Julie Smith
Clinical #Psychologist Dr Julie Smith’s #book ‘Open When’ is a practical, warm and personable set of tools to cope with life’s conundrums #mentalhealth #selfhelp #nonfiction
Ancient Word: The Umwelt
“The act of contemplating the Umwelt of another #creature is so deeply #human and so utterly profound. Our senses filter in what we need. We must choose to learn about the rest.” #animals #connection #love #quote #bookquote
Book Review: Invisible Lines by Maxim Samson
In Invisible Lines, geographer Maxim Samson draws readers into the unseen architecture of our world— curious and yet invisible borders, boundaries, and barriers that we humans take for granted. Yet these places shape our identities, countries, politics, languages, customs and histories. This is an absolutely fascinating deep dive into how lines—both literal and metaphorical—divide, define and disorient us. #MaximSamson #Geography #Politics #History #InvisibleLines #Book #Review #BookReview
Book Review: The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard
The Ghost Cat a curious little novel about a spectral cat haunting an Edinburgh townhouse over several generations — is sometimes enchanting, sometimes discombobulating. #Cats #Fiction #AlexHoward #BookReview #Edinburgh #Fantasy #Books #Book #Review #History
Book Review: The Way of the Hermit by Ken Smith
In The Way of the #Hermit, Ken Smith offers a profoundly #human portrait of #solitude—not the performative kind, but the hard-earned, bone-deep kind that comes from living off-grid in the #Scottish #Highlands for over 40 years. #BookReview #Books #introvert #introversion #nature #Scotland #Biography #Autobiography #Philosophy
Book Review: Anxiety Rx by Dr. Russell Kennedy
A landmark book by medical doctor Russell Kennedy explores how#alarm in the body impacts the mind. By calming the body and addressing this bodily ‘alarm’, we can heal ourselves. #healing #psychology #mentalhealth #anxiety #selfhelp #mind #body #spirit #book #review #books
Book Review Happy Skin Kitchen – Elisa Rossi
Get ready for your glow-up with these #plant-based scrumptious #recipes that are made from #food that help you glow from the inside out. It helps that they are packed full of #flavour. A wonderful companion for #eating more healthfully #BookReview #Books #cooking #vegan
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