Lockwood doesn’t simply deconstruct myths—he rebuilds the story of exploration as a deeply human, often painful, and undeniably fascinating process. The result is an eye-opening meditation on empire, cultural exchange, ambition, and the moral price of curiosity. #BookReview #History #Colonisation #Indigenous #Adventure #NonFiction
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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
Comforting Thought: The entire universe is sonic
“Hushed or amplified, implausible yet audible, everything is humming—from quantum to cosmic, from the inner life of electrons to the membranes of outer space. The entire universe is sonic.” #music #sound #book #quote #connection #nature #animals
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 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 When Things Dont Go Your Way by Haemin Sunim
Are you going through a difficult period and looking for a caring, gentle and wise friend to give advice? This book could well be the best friend you never knew that you needed! #Books #BookReview #BookQuote #Spirituality #Zen #Buddhism #HaeminSunim #quote #wisdom
Book Review: Clarity and Connection by Yung Pueblo
A slim and unassuming book of electrifying wisdom including how to come closer to your true self, closer to your loved ones and communities. #nonfiction #prose #poetry #YungPueblo #bookreview #book #trauma #psychology #selfhelp #nonfiction #quote #bookquote
Book Review: Daily Laws by Robert Greene
Clear, sparkling, universal and timeless short-form wisdom from one of the masters of self-development #RobertGreene. #BookReview #BookQuote #Books #SelfHelp #SelfLove #Psychology
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