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The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. The Fall explores themes of innocence, imprisonment, non-existence, and truth. In a eulogy to Albert Camus, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books.]]> 147 Albert Camus 0679720227 Mirabela 2 4.07 1956
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]]> 2429069 127 Juliusz S艂owacki Mirabela 5 2.83 1834
author: Juliusz S艂owacki
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]]> 3244048 94 Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry Mirabela 2 4.24 1943
author: Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry
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]]> 485894 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes."

With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing鈥攖hough absurdly comic鈥攎editation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."]]> 201 Franz Kafka 0553213695 Mirabela 0 to-read 3.90 1915
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]]> 42931424
Najwi臋ksz膮 tajemnic膮 Anne jest zmy艣lona przyjaci贸艂ka Kitty, kt贸rej opowiada o wszystkim, co dzieje si臋 w kryj贸wce: przera偶eniu, plotkach, k艂贸tniach, pierwszej mi艂o艣ci. Sekretne listy do Kitty uk艂adaj膮 si臋 w przejmuj膮cy dziennik dziecka, obdarzonego niezwyk艂ym zmys艂em obserwacji i dojrza艂o艣ci膮.

Ostatni zapisek powsta艂 1 sierpnia 1944 roku 鈥� na trzy dni przed aresztowaniem i wywiezieniem do obozu koncentracyjnego wszystkich mieszka艅c贸w kryj贸wki.]]> Anne Frank Mirabela 0 to-read 4.29 1947
author: Anne Frank
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]]> 615570 The Artist鈥檚 Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist鈥檚 life. Still as vital today鈥攐r perhaps even more so鈥攖han it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In a new introduction to the book, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist鈥檚 Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained. Updated and expanded, this anniversary edition reframes The Artist鈥檚 Way for a new century.]]> 237 Julia Cameron 1585421464 Mirabela 0 to-read 3.93 2002
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]]> 214537765 From creative phenom Amie McNee, the creator of @InspiredtoWrite, a manifesto on the vital, human importance of creating, with guidance for all artists in all endeavors, whether they're beginning or need a fresh start

In We Need Your Art, Amie McNee calls artists and aspiring artists of all kinds to do the work they鈥檙e meant to create.听

Using her own experiences and the inspiration she鈥檚 shared with her legions of followers on Instagram, Amie guides you on why we need your art and how you can make it happen鈥攕tarting with a two-week reset plan to help you kick-start your creative habit. This isn鈥檛 about writing your great novel in a month or painting a masterpiece in a flurry of inspiration. Rather, this process is about practicing small, sustainable creative steps every day over time鈥攆ive hundred words of writing each day, a pencil sketch every evening鈥攕o that you avoid burnout, produce consistent, reliable content on your own terms, and begin to see yourself as an artist.听

With frank and empowering conversations on the many issues creatives face, including impostor syndrome, perfectionism, procrastination, and the inner critic, as well as invitations to coronate yourself and celebrate your ambition, Amie provides the framework and encouragement you need to begin to take your art seriously. Each chapter also includes journal prompts that help you apply what you have learned to your new life.

We Need Your Art is a revolutionary reprogramming of everything we have been taught and told about being a creative, removing the shame and fear we may feel at dubbing ourselves artists and inviting us to create proudly, with celebration. This book is a warm hug, a pep talk, the wise teacher you always wanted, the loving parent you needed, and the fire in your belly that you need to get roaring.]]> 272 Amie McNee 0593833007 Mirabela 0 to-read 4.47
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]]> 206006539 Jak wyrwa膰 si臋 z wp艂ywu historycznej traumy?

Nieufni wobec pa艅stwa i wszelkich instytucji. Wiecznie narzekaj膮cy i niezadowoleni. Pe艂ni obaw i l臋k贸w. A jednocze艣nie gotowi do ogromnej mobilizacji w czasie kryzysu i pomagania innym, gdy s膮 w potrzebie. Tacy s膮 mieszka艅cy Traumalandu.

Micha艂 Bilewicz zaprasza do zg艂臋bienia spo艂ecznej psychologii Polak贸w. Pokazuje, 偶e nie jeste艣my unikalni. Podobnie jak inne historycznie straumatyzowane narody przystosowali艣my si臋 do trudnych warunk贸w, w kt贸rych przysz艂o 偶y膰 naszym przodkom. Czy jednak jeste艣my skazani na ci膮g艂e przypominanie trudnej historii? Czy istnieje droga wyj艣cia ze 艣wiata l臋k贸w i nadwra偶liwo艣ci?]]> 336 Micha艂 Bilewicz 8327738445 Mirabela 0 to-read 4.18 2024
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]]> 40917616
Czujemy si臋 w obowi膮zku by sprosta膰 wymogom narzucanym nam przez kultur臋 popularn膮, kt贸r膮 same po cz臋艣ci stworzy艂y艣my.

Dr Renee Engeln buntuje si臋 przeciwko takiej postawie i przedstawia rozwi膮zania, kt贸re pomog膮 nakierowa膰 kobiety w ka偶dym wieku na 艣cie偶k臋 pozytywnej samooceny. Przecie偶 wygl膮d to nie wszystko!

Dziewczynki zaczynaj膮 my艣le膰 o idealnym wygl膮dzie w szokuj膮co m艂odym wieku. 34% pi臋ciolatek przynajmniej czasami 艣wiadomie ogranicza ilo艣膰 spo偶ywanego jedzenia. 28% twierdzi, 偶e chce wygl膮da膰 jak panie w filmach i w telewizji. A przecie偶 to pi臋ciolatki, na tym etapie rozwoju powinny nabiera膰 wprawy w pos艂ugiwaniu si臋 艂y偶k膮 i widelcem, w liczeniu do dziesi臋ciu!

Te dziewczynki dopiero si臋 ucz膮, jak porusza膰 si臋 w 艣wiecie, ale jednocze艣nie ju偶 przejmuj膮 si臋 tym, jak wygl膮da ich cia艂o, i staraj膮 si臋, aby by艂o go jak najmniej. 40% dziewczynek w wieku 5鈭�9 lat twierdzi, 偶e chcia艂oby wygl膮da膰 szczuplej. 30% trzecioklasistek przyznaje, 偶e bez przerwy martwi si臋, 偶e b臋d膮 grube. Nie przejmuj膮 si臋 wag膮 ze wzgl臋d贸w zdrowotnych, ale przez 艣wiadomo艣膰, 偶e w przypadku dziewczynek uroda jest wa偶na, a w naszej kulturze szczup艂a sylwetka stanowi jej istotny element.]]> 416 Renee Engeln 8328054019 Mirabela 0 to-read 4.08 2017
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]]> 72462455 Czy S艂owianom uda艂o si臋 stworzy膰 w艂asn膮 cywilizacj臋?

Czy S艂owianie znale藕li si臋 na ziemiach polskich w czasie wielkich w臋dr贸wek lud贸w czy byli tu od tysi膮cleci, prawie "od zawsze"? Ten sp贸r, kt贸ry toczy si臋 od dawna, ci膮gle jest obecny w my艣leniu Polak贸w o swojej przesz艂o艣ci. Kamil Janicki, autor wielu bestseller贸w, m.in. 笔补艅蝉锄肠锄测锄苍测 i Warcholstwa, w swojej najnowszej ksi膮偶ce przedstawia najbardziej aktualn膮 wizj臋 tych interpretacji i odsy艂a do ciekawych wniosk贸w.

Autor 艂amie utarte stereotypy, opowiada, jak lud uwa偶any za prymitywny sta艂 si臋 najwi臋ksz膮 europejsk膮 wsp贸lnot膮 j臋zykow膮. O zagadkowych prapocz膮tkach S艂owian, o ich kulturowej atrakcyjno艣ci, o niech臋ci, z jak膮 byli opisywani przez wsp贸艂czesnych im antycznych pisarzy, i o tym, jak stworzyli cywilizacj臋 zdoln膮 przeciwstawi膰 si臋 potomkom staro偶ytnych Rzymian, Germanom czy imperiom azjatyckich koczownik贸w. W czym tkwi艂a si艂a S艂owian? Jak do tego dosz艂o, 偶e stali si臋 najwi臋kszym ludem w Europie? Co zadecydowa艂o o ich sukcesie? Odpowiedzi na te intryguj膮ce pytania znajdziecie na kartach ksi膮偶ki.]]> 400 Kamil Janicki 8367815386 Mirabela 0 to-read 4.06 2023
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]]> 56616095 (back cover)]]> 288 Sylvia Plath 0060837020 Mirabela 0 to-read 4.11 1963
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]]> 35556498 Zbi贸r b艂yskotliwych tekst贸w ameryka艅skiej feministki i historyczki.

Zaczyna si臋 niewinnie, od czego艣, co przy pewnej dozie dobrej woli mo偶na by uzna膰 za towarzysk膮 niezr臋czno艣膰. Podczas przyj臋cia pan domu nie przyjmuje do wiadomo艣ci, 偶e rozmawia z autork膮 ksi膮偶ki, kt贸r膮 w艂a艣nie jest jej 艂askaw obja艣nia膰. Rebecca Solnit widzi jednak w tym zdarzeniu co艣 wi臋cej, co艣, z czym stykaj膮 si臋 na co dzie艅 miliony kobiet na 艣wiecie: przejaw symbolicznej przemocy ze strony m臋偶czyzn, emanacj臋 patriarchalnego systemu, w kt贸rym funkcjonujemy. To jednak zaledwie czubek g贸ry lodowej 鈥� autorka opowiada o innych zdarzeniach (cz臋sto obficie relacjonowanych przez media), w kt贸rych ujawnia si臋 symboliczna lub nawet fizyczna przemoc wobec kobiet (w Stanach Zjednoczonych co 6 minut zg艂aszany jest gwa艂t, a s膮 to bardzo zani偶one statystyki). Jednocze艣nie Solnit wpisuje sytuacj臋 i prawa kobiet w szerszy geopolityczny i kulturowy kontekst. Przywo艂uje te偶 dwie inne wybitne eseistki: Virgini臋 Woolf i Susan Sontag, z kt贸rymi podejmuje dialog i polemizuje. Lekki styl i bystro艣膰 wywodu sprawiaj膮, 偶e od tekst贸w Solnit trudno si臋 oderwa膰. Z pewno艣ci膮 powinny one da膰 do my艣lenia zar贸wno kobietom, jak i m臋偶czyznom 鈥� s膮 aktualne a偶 do b贸lu.]]> 190 Rebecca Solnit 8365271532 Mirabela 3 3.85 2014
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]]> 61078779
81% rodzic贸w chcia艂oby dowiedzie膰 si臋 wi臋cej o tym, jak rozmawia膰 z dzieckiem o seksualno艣ci, 45% przyznaje, 偶e nie wie, ile dziecko w danym wieku powinno wiedzie膰, 44% dostrzega skr臋powanie dziecka i nie umie sobie z nim poradzi膰.

Ksi膮偶ka 鈥�#SEXEDPL. Dorastanie w mi艂o艣ci, bezpiecze艅stwie i zrozumieniu. Przewodnik dla rodzic贸w鈥� powsta艂a po to, aby pom贸c tym, kt贸rzy chc膮 艣wiadomie wspiera膰 swoje dzieci na kolejnych etapach ich rozwoju i dojrzewania. Publikacja ma pom贸c rodzicom przygotowa膰 si臋 na wszelkie rozmowy zwi膮zane z rozwijaj膮c膮 si臋 seksualno艣ci膮 ich dzieci w r贸偶nym wieku, przekaza膰 wiedz臋 o zmianach, kt贸re zachodz膮 zar贸wno w ciele jak i umy艣le dzieci, prze艂ama膰 tabu i zwalcza膰 szkodliwe stereotypy wok贸艂 dorastania, praw cz艂owieka i seksualno艣ci. Na zebrane przez Fundacj臋 SEXEDPL w ca艂ej Polsce pytania odpowiedz膮 najlepsi w kraju specjalistki_艣ci w tematyce rozwoju seksualno艣ci dzieci na poszczeg贸lnych etapach wiekowych. Dodatkowo w podr臋czniku znajd膮 si臋 rozdzia艂y dla i o rodzicach dzieci LGBT+ oraz dzieci z niepe艂nosprawno艣ci膮 ruchow膮.

Ksi膮偶ka jest zapisem rozm贸w znanych i lubianych rodzic贸w z wybranym specjalist膮_k膮, w podziale na 5 grup wiekowych obejmuj膮cych dzieci od 1 miesi膮ca do 18 roku 偶ycia, wyznaczonych zgodnie z obowi膮zuj膮cymi standardami edukacji seksualnej. Swoimi w膮tpliwo艣ciami podzielili si臋 Joanna Okuniewska, Kasia B艂a偶ejewska-Stuhr i Maciej Stuhr, Ola i Micha艂 呕ebrowscy, Martyna Wojciechowska, Marcin Prokop oraz Magda i Piotr Jaco艅. W艣r贸d ekspert贸w znale藕li si臋 Basia Baran 鈥� psycholo偶ka i seksuolo偶ka, Alicja D艂ugo艂臋cka 鈥� pedago偶ka, doktor nauk humanistycznych i edukatorka seksualna, Agnieszka Stein 鈥� psycholo偶ka z ponad dwudziestoletnim do艣wiadczeniem we wspieraniu dzieci oraz rodzic贸w, Ma艂gorzata Iwanek 鈥� psycholo偶ka, seksuolo偶ka oraz edukatorka seksualna, Iza J膮derek 鈥� psycholo偶ka, psychoterapeutka oraz seksuolo偶ka kliniczna, a tak偶e Micha艂 Pozda艂 鈥� seksuolog i psychoterapeuta.

W projekt zaanga偶owa艂 si臋 r贸wnie偶 fotograf Stanis艂aw Boniecki, kt贸ry wykona艂 znajduj膮ce si臋 w ksi膮偶ce zdj臋cia rodzin z ca艂ej Polski.

Spektakularny sukces pierwszej ksi膮偶ki wydanej przy wsp贸艂pracy Wydawnictwa W.A.B oraz za艂o偶onej przez Anj臋 Rubik Fundacji SEXEDPL (鈥�#SEXEDPL. Rozmowy Anji Rubik o dojrzewaniu, mi艂o艣ci i seksie鈥� sprzedano ponad 200 tys. egzemplarzy) potwierdzi艂, jak bardzo potrzebna jest w Polsce prawdziwa edukacja seksualna, bez stereotyp贸w i oceniania. Od tamtej pory do Fundacji zg艂osi艂o si臋 wiele os贸b sygnalizuj膮cych potrzeb臋 rozbudowania swojej wiedzy. W艣r贸d nich znalaz艂a si臋 ogromna ilo艣膰 rodzic贸w zwracaj膮cych si臋 o pomoc, zadaj膮c konkretne pytania, prosz膮c o porady i pomys艂y, jak podej艣膰 do danego tematu zwi膮zanego z seksualno艣ci膮, samoakceptacj膮 i emocjami ich dzieci w r贸偶nym wieku.

Pytania te zainspirowa艂y powstanie kolejnej ksi膮偶ki po艣wi臋conej tematowi seksualno艣ci, tym razem dedykowanej w艂a艣nie rodzicom.

鈥�#SEXEDPL. Dorastanie w mi艂o艣ci, bezpiecze艅stwie i zrozumieniu. Przewodnik dla rodzic贸w鈥� jest projektem non-profit. Wydawnictwo W.A.B. oraz wiele z os贸b zaanga偶owanych w projekt zrezygnowa艂o z zysk贸w z ksi膮偶ki. Zysk ze sprzeda偶y zostanie ca艂kowicie przekazany na rzecz dzia艂alno艣ci Fundacji SEXEDPL.]]> 336 Anja Rubik Mirabela 4 4.50 2022
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]]> 194746 No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title).

Donald Keene, who translated this and Dazai's first novel, The Setting Sun, has said of the author's work: "His world 鈥� suggests Chekhov or possibly postwar France, 鈥� but there is a Japanese sensibility in the choice and presentation of the material. A Dazai novel is at once immediately intelligible in Western terms and quite unlike any Western book." His writing is in some ways reminiscent of Rimbaud, while he himself has often been called a forerunner of Yukio Mishima.

Cover painting by Noe Nojechowiz, from the collection of John and Barbara Duncan; design by Gertrude Huston]]> 176 Osamu Dazai Mirabela 3 3.99 1948
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]]> 39794872 Znakomity reporta偶 o najwi臋kszym na 艣wiecie rynku鈥� matrymonialnym.

Ceniony reporta偶ysta i znawca chi艅skiej kultury Dorian Malovic przemierzy艂 Pa艅stwo 艢rodka wzd艂u偶 i wszerz. Rozmawia艂 z matkami, 偶onami, c贸rkami, siostrami, konkubinami i prostytutkami. Wys艂ucha艂 ich najintymniejszych zwierze艅, po to by zbudowa膰 prawdziwy obraz mi艂o艣ci made in China.

Jak by膰 nastolatk膮, wiedz膮c 偶e trzeba znale藕膰 m臋偶a przed uko艅czeniem 25 roku 偶yciu, by nie zosta膰 sheng nu 鈥� resztk膮, kt贸rej nie chce 偶aden m臋偶czyzna?

Jak by膰 kobiet膮, gdy to rodzice szukaj膮 dla Ciebie m臋偶a na ogromnym targu singli?

Jak by膰 matk膮, kiedy ka偶da kolejna ci膮偶a grozi represjami ze strony Pa艅stwa?

A przede wszystkim 鈥� czy mo偶na kocha膰 prawdziwie w 艣wiecie, w kt贸rym komunizm zniszczy艂 wszystkie warto艣ci poza bezwzgl臋dnym pos艂usze艅stwem wobec Pa艅stwa i rodziny? W kraju, gdzie ma艂偶e艅stwo nie jest spraw膮 uczu膰, lecz ch艂odn膮 kalkulacj膮 biznesow膮.]]> 352 Dorian Malovic 832404258X Mirabela 0 3.25 2016
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]]> 123851104 Ma艂gorzata Sidz poprzez g艂臋bokie, intymne rozmowy z korea艅skimi kobietami przybli偶a nieznany dot膮d obraz 偶ycia codziennego w Korei Po艂udniowej. Jej bohaterki szukaj膮 swojego miejsca w艣r贸d konserwatywnych warto艣ci, kt贸re zamykaj膮 je w domu i odzieraj膮 z marze艅. Ich historie to opowie艣ci o m艂odo艣ci i staro艣ci, rodzinie i pracy, ale te偶 o korea艅skiej tradycji, historii, wojnie, diasporze. No i o jedzeniu. Ksi膮偶ka Sidz przybli偶a Kore臋 widzian膮 z kobiecej perspektywy.

鈥濲e偶eli 偶ona musi wyjecha膰, to najlepiej 偶eby ugotowa艂a jedzenie na kilka dni, popra艂a wszystko, uprasowa艂a m臋偶owi kilka koszul i posprz膮ta艂a w domu na b艂ysk. Rz膮d oficjalnie doradza kobietom takie przygotowania nawet przed p贸j艣ciem do szpitala. Je偶eli poczujesz pierwsze skurcze, to znak, by wzi膮膰 si臋 do prasowania, odkurzania i przygotowywania skomplikowanych potraw. Walcz z czasem, kobieto, 偶eby tw贸j m膮偶 nie by艂 g艂odny, kiedy b臋dziesz rodzi膰鈥�.]]> 408 Ma艂gorzata Sidz 8382953441 Mirabela 0 3.73 2023
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> 49806878 Lindsay C. Gibson 9123867779 Mirabela 4 4.55 2019
author: Lindsay C. Gibson
name: Mirabela
average rating: 4.55
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]]> 11297
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.]]> 296 Haruki Murakami 0375704027 Mirabela 0 4.01 1987
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]]> 129915654 400 Jane Austen Mirabela 4 4.38 1813
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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother鈥檚 dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called 鈥渃alorie restriction,鈥� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, 鈥淵our eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn鈥檛 tint hers?鈥� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I鈥檓 Glad My Mom Died , Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail鈥攋ust as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (鈥淗i Gale!鈥�), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I鈥檓 Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]> 304 Jennette McCurdy 1982185821 Mirabela 0 to-read 4.42 2022
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]]> 52128695 An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what we can all learn about desire and identity by using an ace lens to see the world

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society? This exceedingly accessible guide to asexuality shows that the issues that aces face鈥攃onfusion around sexual activity, the intersection of sexuality and identity, navigating different needs in relationships鈥攁re conflicts that all of us need to address as we move through the world.

Through interviews, cultural criticism, and memoir, ACE invites all readers to consider big-picture issues through the lens of asexuality, because every place that sexuality touches our world, asexuality does too.

Journalist Angela Chen uses her own journey of self-discovery as an asexual person to unpretentiously educate and vulnerably connect with readers, effortlessly weaving analysis of sexuality and societally imposed norms with interviews of ace people. Among those included are the woman who had blood tests done because she was convinced that "not wanting sex" was a sign of serious illness, and the man who grew up in an evangelical household and did everything "right," only to realize after marriage that his experience of sexuality had never been the same as that of others. Also represented are disabled aces, aces of color, non-gender-conforming aces questioning whether their asexuality is a reaction against stereotypes, and aces who don't want romantic relationships asking how our society can make room for them.]]> 210 Angela Chen 080701379X Mirabela 0 4.35 2020
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> 224552
He says he loves you. So...why does he do that?
听
You鈥檝e asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry and controlling men鈥攁nd change your life. In Why Does He Do That? you will learn
听
鈥⑻齌he early warning signs of abuse
鈥� The nature of abusive thinking
鈥⑻齅yths about abusers
鈥⑻齌en abusive personality types
鈥⑻齌he role of drugs and alcohol
鈥⑻齏hat you can fix, and what you can鈥檛
鈥⑻鼳nd how to get out of an abusive relationship safely

鈥淭his is without a doubt the most informative and useful book yet written on the subject of abusive men. Women who are armed with the insights found in these pages will be on the road to recovering control of their lives.鈥濃�擩ay G. Silverman, Ph.D., Director, Violence Prevention Programs, Harvard School of Public Health]]> 408 Lundy Bancroft 0425191656 Mirabela 4 4.47 2002
author: Lundy Bancroft
name: Mirabela
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 44579938 听
Through a wide-ranging analysis of pivotal queer, feminist, and anti-racist movements; television and film; art and photography; and fiction, nonfiction, and theoretical texts, each chapter explores asexual erotics and demonstrates how听asexuality has been vital to the formulation of intimate ways of knowing and being.听 Asexual Erotics 听assembles a compendium of asexual possibilities that speaks against the centralization of sex and sexuality,听asking that we consider the ways in which compulsory sexuality is detrimental not only to asexual and nonsexual people but to all.
听]]> 210 Ela Przybylo 0814214045 Mirabela 4 3.84
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name: Mirabela
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]]> 54228607
The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds鈥攚ho are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough鈥攁ren鈥檛 just outside the norm. They鈥檙e unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits we鈥檝e been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths.

Through fresh analysis of 11 female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Jess Zimmerman takes us on an illuminating feminist journey through mythology. She guides women (and others) to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and ambition, teaching readers to embrace a new image of the female hero: one that looks a lot like a monster, with the agency and power to match.

Often, women try to avoid the feeling of monstrousness, of being grotesquely alien, by tamping down those qualities that we鈥檙e told fall outside the bounds of natural femininity. But monsters also get to do what other female characters鈥攄amsels, love interests, and even most heroines鈥攄o not. Monsters get to be complete, unrestrained, and larger than life. Today, women are becoming increasingly aware of the ways rules and socially constructed expectations have diminished us. After seeing where compliance gets us鈥攈arassed, shut out, and ruled by predators鈥攚omen have never been more ready to become repellent, fearsome, and ravenous.]]> 224 Jess Zimmerman 0807054933 Mirabela 2 3.74 2021
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average rating: 3.74
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rating: 2
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]]> 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world鈥檚 great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber鈥檚 son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming 鈥渦nstuck in time.鈥�

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut鈥檚 writing鈥攖he political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit鈥攖hat have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era鈥檚 uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Mirabela 3 4.10 1969
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> 135479 Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...]]> 306 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Mirabela 2 4.17 1963
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]]> 816440 241 Karel 膶apek 0945774109 Mirabela 4 4.19 1936
author: Karel 膶apek
name: Mirabela
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1936
rating: 4
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]]> 17607 All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our private and public lives. In eleven concise chapters, hooks explains how our everyday notions of what it means to give and receive love often fail us, and how these ideals are established in early childhood. She offers a rethinking of self-love (without narcissism) that will bring peace and compassion to our personal and professional lives, and asserts the place of love to end struggles between individuals, in communities, and among societies. Moving from the cultural to the intimate, hooks notes the ties between love and loss and challenges the prevailing notion that romantic love is the most important love of all.

Visionary and original, hooks shows how love heals the wounds we bear as individuals and as a nation, for it is the cornerstone of compassion and forgiveness and holds the power to overcome shame.

For readers who have found ongoing delight and wisdom in bell hooks's life and work, and for those who are just now discovering her, All About Love is essential reading and a brilliant book that will change how we think about love, our culture-and one another.]]> 240 bell hooks 0688168442 Mirabela 4 4.06 1999
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> 17601
In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are鈥攚hatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. But toxic masculinity punishes those fundamental emotions, and it鈥檚 so deeply ingrained in our society that it鈥檚 hard for men to not comply鈥攂ut hooks wants to help change that.

With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in touch with the emotionally open part of themselves鈥攁nd lay claim to the rich and rewarding inner lives that have historically been the exclusive province of women. A brave and astonishing work, The Will to Change is designed to help men reclaim the best part of themselves.]]> 208 bell hooks 0743456084 Mirabela 4 4.38 2003
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]]> 56465 Unwarranted fear is a curse.
Learn how to tell the difference.

A date won't take "no" for an answer. The new nanny gives a mother an uneasy feeling. A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers unsolicited help. The threat of violence surrounds us every day. But we can protect ourselves, by learning to trust鈥攁nd act on鈥攐ur gut instincts.

In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the man Oprah Winfrey calls the nation's leading expert on violent behavior, shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger鈥攂efore it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, de Becker, whose clients include top Hollywood stars and government agencies, offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love, including how to act when approached by a stranger, when you should fear someone close to you, what to do if you are being stalked, how to uncover the source of anonymous threats or phone calls, the biggest mistake you can make with a threatening person, and more. Learn to spot the danger signals others miss. It might just save your life.
]]> 352 Gavin de Becker 0747538352 Mirabela 4 4.16 1997
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name: Mirabela
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 22609341
Researchers have spent the last decade trying to develop a 鈥減ink pill鈥� for women to function like Viagra does for men. So where is it? Well, for reasons this book makes crystal clear, that pill will never exist鈥攂ut as a result of the research that鈥檚 gone into it, scientists in the last few years have learned more about how women鈥檚 sexuality works than we ever thought possible, and Come as You Are explains it all.

The first lesson in this essential, transformative book by Dr. Emily Nagoski is that every woman has her own unique sexuality, like a fingerprint, and that women vary more than men in our anatomy, our sexual response mechanisms, and the way our bodies respond to the sexual world. So we never need to judge ourselves based on others鈥� experiences. Because women vary, and that鈥檚 normal.

Second lesson: sex happens in a context. And all the complications of everyday life influence the context surrounding a woman鈥檚 arousal, desire, and orgasm.

Cutting-edge research across multiple disciplines tells us that the most important factor for women in creating and sustaining a fulfilling sex life, is not what you do in bed or how you do it, but how you feel about it. Which means that stress, mood, trust, and body image are not peripheral factors in a woman鈥檚 sexual wellbeing; they are central to it. Once you understand these factors, and how to influence them, you can create for yourself better sex and more profound pleasure than you ever thought possible.

And Emily Nagoski can prove it.]]> 400 Emily Nagoski 1476762090 Mirabela 4 4.28 2015
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]]> 109487 A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won - a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory

In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people鈥檚 chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true鈥攊f an army of blue-suited soldiers had swept in from the East and utterly defeated his ancestral enemies. As Narbona gazed down on the battlements and cannons of a mighty fort the invaders had built, he realized his foes had been vanquished鈥攂ut what did the arrival of these 鈥淣ew Men鈥� portend for the Navajo?

Narbona could not have known that 鈥淭he Army of the West,鈥� in the midst of the longest march in American military history, was merely the vanguard of an inexorable tide fueled by a self-righteous ideology now known as 鈥淢anifest Destiny.鈥� For twenty years the Navajo, elusive lords of a huge swath of mountainous desert and pasturelands, would ferociously resist the flood of soldiers and settlers who wished to change their ancient way of life or destroy them.]]> 460 Hampton Sides 0385507771 Mirabela 0 currently-reading 4.25 2006
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> 9216051 The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert鈥檚 obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze."The conjunction of a sense of humor with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind." 鈥�The New YorkerAwe and exhilaration鈥攁long with heartbreak and mordant wit鈥攁bound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love鈥攍ove as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.]]> 376 Vladimir Nabokov Mirabela 0 3.86 1955
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> 11987 212 Albert Camus Mirabela 0 4.23 1942
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name: Mirabela
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Mirabela 4 4.04 1942
author: Albert Camus
name: Mirabela
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1942
rating: 4
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