What I read today - E5
Suggestions
- Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping by Robert M. Sapolsky- an anthropological take on how stress affects us physiologically.
- The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predicament by Robert M. Sapolsky
- A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships by Ogi Ogas- A book in which internet search history was analysed to make approximations about human sexuality. I don't concur with most of the findings and still think that the sample space used is too little. But a good read nevertheless.
- Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Richard H Thaler
- Train Your Brain: Ultimate Memory Hacks by Shireen Stephen
- The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics by Jakow Trachtenberg
- Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation by Margaret Mead
- The Holy Bible
- The Last Temptation by Nikos Kazantzakis - a beautiful book on philosophical ruminations and the theological underpinnings of spirituality in christian thought.
- Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
- Ormakalil Ente Priya Sakhavu by Sarada Teacher
- Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
- Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee
- The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- The Rebel by Albert Camus
- Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview
- Saint Francis by Nikos Kazantzakis
- Justice by Michael Sandel - a lecture series on Ethics, Justice and other topics. Well argued and interactive. Suggested for everyone!