BOOK REVIEWTenants: The People on the Frontline of Britains Housing Emergencyby Vicky Spratt 2023 About the AuthorVicky Spratt is a housing journalist and documentary maker. Her 2016 campaign Make Renting Fair highlighted the plight of 'generation rent' and succeeded in getting letting fees for tenants in England banned. She speaks at political conferences about the … Continue reading Tenants
The Mughals and the Sufis
BOOK REVIEWThe Mughals and the Sufis: Islam and Political Imagination in India, 1500-1750by Muzaffar Alam 2022 About the AuthorMuzaffar Alam is George V. Bobrinskoy Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including, The Languages of Political Islam: India 1200–1800 and The Crisis of … Continue reading The Mughals and the Sufis
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The Secret Life of Groceries
BOOK REVIEWThe Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarketby Benjamin Lorr 2020 About the AuthorBENJAMIN LORR is the author of Hell-Bent, a critically acclaimed exploration of the Bikram Yoga community that first detailed patterns of abuse and sexual misconduct by guru Bikram Choudhury. Lorr is a graduate of Montgomery County public … Continue reading The Secret Life of Groceries
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The Good Life
BOOK REVIEWThe Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happinessby Robert Waldinger M.D. and Marc Schulz Ph.D 2023 About the AuthorsDr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. … Continue reading The Good Life
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The Continental Dollar
BOOK REVIEWThe Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper MoneyFarley Grubb 2023 About the AuthorFarley Grubb is professor of economics at the University of Delaware and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. About the Book"The Continental Dollar provides an innovative, painstakingly thorough study of how the Americans used … Continue reading The Continental Dollar
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The Majesty of Reason
BOOK REVIEWThe Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophyby Joseph C. Schmid 2020 About the AuthorJoseph Schmid has published numerous articles in international peer-reviewed journals on metaphysics and philosophy of religion. About the BookHow do we think critically about issues in philosophy, science, and religion? How do we discover treasures of … Continue reading The Majesty of Reason
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The Science of Self-Empowerment
BOOK REVIEWThe Science of Self-Empowerment: Awakening the New Human Storyby Gregg Braden 2019 About the AuthorGregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science, spirituality, and the real world! Following a successful career as a Computer Geologist during the 1970s energy crisis, he worked in the 1980s as a Senior Liaison with the … Continue reading The Science of Self-Empowerment
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