You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surpr ...
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Pour a cup. Tune in. Get grounded. Stories, rituals, and real-life wisdom from three seasoned crones. Whether you're seeking a deeper connection to the world around you or just need a good dose of perspective, you’re in the right place. Pour a cup of something warm, pull up a chair, and settle in. It’s time for real talk about how we live, how we heal, and how we show up when the world feels like it’s on fire. Subscribe now and join the conversation on social media—we're building something a ...
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We’re two women on a mission to help you carry revival into your everyday life. On Practical Revival, we dive into faith in the real world—whether you’re at work, chasing toddlers, building relationships, or stepping out on the mission field. We’ve seen the power of revival firsthand through our time with the Let Us Worship Movement, world missions, and everyday life with Jesus. We’re excited to be bringing that passion and perspective right to you. Expect honest chats, lots of laughs, and p ...
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Holistic Wellness: Exploring Ways to Wellness delivers alternative healing and natural wellness solutions through authentic conversations and real experiences. Perfect for curious souls seeking complementary therapies and mindful living beyond mainstream wellness advice. Host Sarah Gorev brings you refreshingly honest chats with practitioners and real people about holistic health approaches that actually work (even for the busiest of lives). From mindfulness to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniq ...
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Learn French with free daily podcasts, brought to you by French teachers from Paris. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
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When intimacy feels impossible, your body holds the answers. Welcome to SOFT in Practice—the podcast that brings Somatic Oriented Fascia Therapy out of the clinic and into your everyday life. Created by Dr. Misty Gibson, somatic psychotherapist, certified sex therapist, and creator of the SOFT method, each episode takes you behind the scenes of embodied trauma healing. Through rich, relatable stories and realistic (anonymized) client vignettes, you’ll discover how trauma, pain, and pleasure ...
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Welcome to The New England Herbary, a podcast (formerly Living and Lovin Herbs) where we explore the timeless wisdom of herbs and how they can support health, home, and spirit in today's world. I'm Brenda Sullivan—herbalist, author, and teacher—inviting you to discover simple, practical, and inspiring ways to weave herbs into everyday life. Each episode blends stories, traditions, and down-to-earth uses of plants—from the kitchen to the garden, from self-care rituals to seasonal living. You' ...
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Curious about stepping into connected self-leadership and embracing everyday spirituality? Welcome to the Connection Matters Podcast, where we explore the transformative power of nature, spirituality, and personal growth. Hosted by Leona Johnson, this podcast delves into the sacred weave of cultural emergence, ecopsychology, and personal transformation. With more than a decade of experience guiding people through deep, life-changing experiences, Leona brings you thought-provoking conversatio ...
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Presented by the Mountain Rain Zen Community based in Vancouver, BC. Featuring talks by our guiding teachers Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton, and other guest speakers. To learn more about our community, explore our extensive teaching archive, and offer your support, visit http://mountainrainzen.org.
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The Paul Truesdell Podcast Welcome to the Paul Truesdell Podcast. Two Pauls in a pod. Featuring Paul the Elder and Paul the Younger. So, what's the gig? Individually or collectively, Paul and Paul sit down and chat predominately at the Truesdell Professional Building and record frequently. They explain a few things about how life works before time gets away. They connect the dots and plot the knots, spots, and ops with a heavy dose of knocks, mocks, pots, rocks, socks, and mops. Confused? Th ...
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This podcast is a collaborative product of the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Ecoimpact Solutions, and New Mexico State University. We highlight stories to share the most recent advances in climate science, weather and climate adaptation, and innovative practices to support resilient landscapes and communities. We believe that sharing forward-thinking and creative climate science and adaptation solutions will strengthen our collective ability to respond to even the most challen ...
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Meeting the challenges of an accelerated climate change process requires tackling the problem from the biggest base. With soils having the capability of both meeting our nutritive needs and capturing atmospheric carbon, regenerative agriculture holds promise. The Soilify podcast features short interviews with people from various walks of life working towards expanding regenerative agricultural practices and sequestering soil carbon. For more, visit https://medium.com/@soilify
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Your herbal podcast companion for self, collective, and whole-Earth healing. Hosted by Shannon Ryan, Herba is a weekly podcast in conversation with Wisdom Keepers and Lineage Holders of the ancestral, elemental, and plant-based spaces. Intentionally cultivated to explore the inner landscapes, practices, and traditions of our cherished guests, Herba further extends accessible and experienced herbal information. For all. www.helloherba.com
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Welcome to the My Shamanic Life podcast, your exploration of spiritual ecology and the shamanic and spiritual practices that promote well-being for all beings. My Shamanic Life is hosted by Debbie Philp, ordained interspiritual minister, Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher, and licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Debbie shares insights and practices to get ready, get rooted, and get real about your health and the state of life on planet Earth. Together you will explore the wisdom of deep ecology, loo ...
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Dave Finch is a husband, a father, a business owner, and a New York Times bestselling author. And, he just happens to be autistic. Like an alien who crash-landed here on earth and decided to stick around, Dave spends most of his time trying to make sense of human interaction. Filled with humor and surprising wisdom - and based on his bestselling memoir, The Journal of Best Practices - DAVE reveals a candid story of ruthless self-improvement and a unique window into neurodiversity.
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Brought to you by the Architects’ Journal. AJ sustainability editor Hattie Hartman and co-host Joe Jack Williams talk to changemakers and innovators who are transforming architecture by designing in ways that respect planetary boundaries. Nominated for Audio Content of the Year at the PPA Awards 2025. Show notes & more info here: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/podcasts
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Created by the Global Wellness Summit (GWS), this podcast features thought-provoking conversations with leading voices in the $4.4 trillion global business of wellness who inspire listeners with deep industry insights, rich personal stories and valuable business learnings. Leveraging the vast network of luminaries from GWS, the lively and down-to-earth conversations with host and wellness sector expert Kim Marshall give listeners a unique opportunity to get to know industry icons while learn ...
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Our ancestors have used stories for generations to guide us in living well on Mother Earth. These stories carry the wisdom to heal, remember our purpose, and re-center our well-being. Chahta Chatter is a podcast where traditional Indigenous stories meet and offer insight for modern mental, physical, and spiritual health challenges. With a focus on land-based healing and community resilience, each episode takes listeners on a journey of reflection and learning. We believe our ancestors’ stori ...
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In ‘HigherEd Heroes’, we talk to some of the best teachers about ‘what works’ in their university classrooms in a down-to-earth, jargon-free, and non-technical manner. Our objective is to communicate practical advice from the bottom-up to a broad range of teachers about new ideas they may want to integrate into their classrooms and to stimulate open conversations about their everyday practice. Each episode explores what excites students to learn, what keeps them coming back for lectures, and ...
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We are enviro ppl. We are young people concerned about the environment that want to take action to protect it. We are involved in environmental activism, volunteering for environmental organizations, or making small lifestyle changes to reduce our impact on the environment. There are many different ways we can be enviro ppl. Some of us choose to focus on one particular issue, such as climate change or pollution. While some of us take a more general approach and try to be as environmentally f ...
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Helping caring parents and professional to find their LEAD in the relationship dance with troubled children and youth, laying the foundations for healing and development Our approach is based on developmental science, which puts relationships and emotional well-being at the heart of raising and supporting our children and youth. Our passion is in supporting other parents and professionals to explore the underlying causes of their children's / students behaviours and mental health challenges, ...
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Allez, on fait le point sur ce gros scandale de corruption qui secoue l'Ukraine en ce moment. Let's take stock of this major corruption scandal currently shaking Ukraine. C'est une affaire assez énorme, figurez-vous, puisqu'elle touche un proche du président Volodymyr Zelensky. It's quite a huge affair, mind you, since it affects someone close to P…
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Richard H. Thaler and Alex Imas, "The Winner's Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
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Alex Imas is the Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Professor of Behavioral Science, Economics and Applied AI and a Vasilou Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he has taught Negotiations and Behavioral Economics. He is a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Applied AI and the Human Capital & Economic Opportunity, a…
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Jessica Catherine Reuther, "The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey: Portraits of West African Girlhood, 1720–1940" (Indiana UP, 2025)
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From the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exp…
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Jennifer Yip, "Grains of Conflict: The Struggle for Food in China’s Total War, 1937-1945" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
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How did China’s Nationalists feed their armies during the long war against Japan? In her new book, Grains of Conflict: The Struggle for Food in China’s Total War, 1937-1945 (Cambridge UP, 2025), Jennifer Yip (National University of Singapore) looks at China’s military grain systems from field to frontline. Yip examines the bureaucratic processes an…
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Lucy Caplan, "Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera" (Harvard UP, 2025)
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Recently, musicologists and others have started writing about Black participation in opera. Lucy Caplan’s Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera (Harvard UP, 2025) is a major new publication on this topic. Caplan examines what she calls a Black operatic counterculture in the US dating from the performance of H. Lawrence …
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Lara Silverman, "Singing Through Fire: A Memoir of Finding Surprising Joy in Life's Darkest Trials" (Isaiah 4320 Press, 2025)
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What if you fall in love on the brink of death? Singing Through Fire (Isaiah 4320 Press, 2025) invites readers into the Job-like true story of a young woman who loses everything-and dares to ask why a good God allows it. When Stanford Law graduate Lara Palanjian collapses on her dream job, she never imagines it will lead to four years bedridden-or …
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Stephanie Wambugu, "Lonely Crowds" (Little, Brown and Co., 2025)
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In Lonely Crowds (Little, Brown and Co., 2025) Ruth, an only child of recent immigrants to New England, lives in an emotionally cold home and attends the local Catholic girl's school on a scholarship. Maria, a beautiful orphan whose Panamanian mother dies by suicide and is taken care of by an ill, unloving aunt, is one of the only other students at…
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William Ury, "Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict" (Harper Business, 2024)
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The author of the world’s best-selling book on negotiation draws on his nearly fifty years of experience and knowledge grappling with the world’s toughest conflicts to offer a way out of the seemingly impossible problems of our time. Conflict is increasing everywhere, threatening everything we hold dear—from our families to our democracy, from our …
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Bryan A. Banks, "Write to Return: Huguenot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment" (McGill-Queen's, 2024)
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The revocation of the Edict of Nantes led more than 200,000 Huguenots to flee France after 1685. Many settled close to the country's frontiers, where their leaders published apologetic texts arguing for their right to return to France and be recognized as French citizens. By framing their refugee experiences intentionally, even using the term "refu…
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Rizvana Bradley, "Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form" (Stanford UP, 2023)
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In Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form (Stanford UP, 2023), Rizvana Bradley begins from the proposition that blackness cannot be represented in modernity's aesthetic regime, but is nevertheless foundational to every representation. Troubling the idea that the aesthetic is sheltered from the antiblack terror that lies just beyon…
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Ann Cavlovic, "Count on Me" (Guernica Editions, 2025)
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author Ann Cavlovic about her new novel, Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025). Count on Me exposes how a family can fracture when aging parents grow frail and debts from the past resurface. Tia is raising a baby when her older brother Tristan gradually takes over their ailing parents’ bank accou…
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https://paultruesdell.com/ https://paultruesdell.com/events Friday, November 14, TPTP, Jackie Gleason, Today I am going to talk about why so many retirees struggle with decumulation, even though they believe they spent decades ‘investing.’ The truth is simple: saving is passive, retirement income is not, and this episode walks through what that rea…
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Listening Practice - Disparition inquiétante
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On fait le point ensemble sur la disparition inquiétante de la navigatrice française Marie Descoub. We take stock together of the worrying disappearance of the French sailor Marie Descoub. Alors voilà, Marie qui a 28 ans et son coéquipier américain Nathan Perrins ont disparu le 5 novembre. So, Marie, who is 28, and her American teammate Nathan Perr…
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David Garland, "Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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The United States has long been an international outlier, with a powerful business class, a weak social state, and an exceptional gun culture. In Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment (Princeton UP, 2025), David Garland shows how, after the 1960s, American-style capitalism disrupted poor communities and …
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Sonia Faleiro, "The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia" (Columbia UP, 2025)
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When the robe becomes a weapon, who can stop the violence? We think of Buddhism as a faith of peace—rooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the robe is being turned into a weapon, as radical monks and nationalist movements unleash hatred and war. In The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism i…
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Basit Kareem Iqbal, "The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution" (Fordham UP, 2025)
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Basit Kareem Iqbal's new book The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution (Fordham UP, 2025) uses ethnographic scenes from Jordan and Canada to contextualize the role of Muslim charities and community organizations that support displaced refugees from the Syrian catastrophe. Through these encounters, however, we learn not …
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Miranda S. Spivack, "Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back" (The New Press, 2025)
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Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize A groundbreaking look at how ordinary people are fighting back against their local and state governments to keep their communities safe, by an award-winning journalist Most Americans are likely to encounter the effects of government malfeasance or neglect close to home—from their governors, mayors, town coun…
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David Kieran, "Signature Wounds: The Untold Story of the Military's Mental Health Crisis" (NYU Press, 2019)
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The surprising story of the Army's efforts to combat PTSD and traumatic brain injury The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell his colleagues that "many of our injured soldiers are returning from Iraq with traumatic brain inju…
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Carolyn T. Adams et. al, "Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century" (Penn Press, 2025)
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Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century (Penn Press, 2025) brings to the public an up-to-date, diverse history of Philadelphia across its many dimensions. Volume 1 adopts "Greater Philadelphia" to indicate a regional scope, but not …
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Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed" (Princeton UP, 2025)
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From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East In 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the heretic king Akhenaten’s capital city, a site now known as Amarna. She found a cache of cuneiform ta…
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John Jackson, "Special Advocates in the Adversarial System" (Routledge, 2020)
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Special Advocates in the Adversarial System (Routledge, 2020) uncovers the little known phenomenon of Special Advocates who represent the best interests of an excluded party in closed trials. Professor John Jackson's empirical analysis draws into question the commitment of legal-systems to long-held principles of adversarial justice, due process an…
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Lillian Allen et. al, "Muttertongue: What Is a Word in Utter Space" (Exile Editions, 2025)
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews Gregory Betts, one of the poets behind the collaboration, Muttertongue: what is a word in utter space (Exile Editions, 2025) – by Lillian Allen (Toronto’ s seventh Poet Laureate, a dub poet, writer, and Juno Award winner), Gary Barwin (poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer, and educ…
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In this episode, Claudia Radiven and Saeed Khan spoke with Professor John Holmwood about the UK’s Prevent policy, part of the Counter Terror Strategy concerned with radicalisation. We discussed the trajectory of Prevent from its beginnings where it focussed on community cohesion, to changes between 2011 and 2015 after the Trojan Horse Scandal in Bi…
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Cyclones tropicaux record (Tropical Cyclones Surge)
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Le mois d’octobre 2025 a enregistré une activité cyclonique exceptionnelle : quinze systèmes nommés, dont un ouragan catégorie 5 dans l’Atlantique. Traduction : October 2025 saw exceptional tropical cyclone activity: fifteen named systems, including a category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'inf…
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Mila Burns, "Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War" (UNC Press, 2025)
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Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War (UNC Press, 2025) offers a groundbreaking perspective on the 1973 Chilean coup, highlighting Brazil’s pivotal role in shaping the political landscape of South America during the Cold War. Shifting the focus from the United States to interregional dynamics, Mila Burns argues…
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Amy L. Allocco and Xenia Zeiler eds., "Sweetening and Intensification: Currents Shaping Hindu Practices" (SUNY Press, 2025)
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Sweetening and Intensification: Currents Shaping Hindu Practices (SUNY Press, 2025) explores how these two currents are shaping the contours of contemporary Hindu worship, myth, and visual and material culture in contemporary South Asia and its diasporas. This volume focuses on two alternately converging and diverging currents that increasingly sha…
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Anand P. Vaidya, "Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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In Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India (Cornell UP, 2025), Anand P. Vaidya tells the story of the making and unmaking of India’s Forest Rights Act 2006, a law enacted to secure the largest redistribution of property in independent India by recognising the tenure and use rights of millions of landless forest dwellers. Beginnin…
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Eric Halsey, "State Builders from the Steppe: A History of The First Bulgarian Empire" (This is RETHINK, 2025)
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State Builders from the Steppe: A History of the First Bulgarian Empire (This is RETHINK, 2025) explores how the Proto-Bulgarians were able to build both an empire and an identity amidst the turmoil of the Balkans in the Early Middle Ages. From creating the Cyrillic Alphabet and crowning the first ever Tsar to defeating the first Arab invasion of E…
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Pierre-Yves Donzé & Maki Umemura, "Pierre-Yves Donzé & Maki Umemura, Japan and the Great Divergence in Business History" (JESB, 2025)
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For much of the late 20th century, Japanese business historians were core contributors to the global field. They published, collaborated, and shaped debates. But something shifted after 2000. Their international visibility - and participation in emerging theoretical conversations - declined. In Japan and the Great Divergence in Business History (Do…
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Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
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Humanity’s relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling question: What if there are objects in space that are so large and heavy that not even light can escape them? Almost 250 years later, in April 2019, scientists presented the first picture of a black hole. Profoundly inspi…
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