Testosterone Rex Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds Cordelia Fine ISBN: 9781785781629 Price: 7.99 GBP Pages: 256 Publication Date: 02/03/2017 The behavioral endocrinologist Richard Francis coined the term “Testosterone Rex”, a jibe at testosterone’s mistaken ability to be the “super-actor” of sexual selection. …

The Flowering Wand Rewilding the Sacred Masculine By Sophie Strand Pages: 208 Book Size: 6 x 9 ISBN-13: 9781644115961 Imprint: Inner Traditions On Sale Date: November 29, 2022 Format: Paperback Book I met Sophie’s words in the winter of 2021. She wrote a dizzying essay titled Your Body is an…

Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey Princeton University Press Price:$27.95 / £22.00 ISBN:9780691211121 Published (US):Apr 6, 2021 Published (UK):May 11, 2021 Copyright:2021 Pages:264 I am an avid reader of Tricycle magazine which publishes Buddhist teachings, practices, and critiques. While browsing…

The Invention of Nature Alexander von Humboldt’s New World By Andrea Wulf Paperback- $19.00 Publisher- Vintage Date- Oct 04, 2016 Pages- 576 ISBN- 9780345806291 In all my years of studying biology, I heard about Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) in passing. Mostly it was Humboldt’s famous illustration of the Chimborazo showing…

Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN-9780374537197 272 Pages 10/17/2017 For all those who work to protect the oceans The book begins with the above dedication. It’s difficult to conjure the world of undersea creatures like octopuses and squid in front of people living in landlocked areas…

Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation Christopher Kemp Publication date: 20/01/2022 ISBN: 9781788164405 Imprint: Wellcome Collection Has the GSP dulled my sense of navigation? I believe it has. My smartphone provides instant gratification when I pull up a map while looking for a new cafe on a strange…

How To Read Foucault (2007) by Johanna Oksala (Author), Simon Critchley (Series editor, New School for Social Research) Publisher: Granta Books ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978–1862077676 Paperback: 112 pages “If you want new ideas, read old books.” –attributed to Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. It was just happenstance that I stumbled upon…

How To Be Authentic Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment Author: Skye C. Cleary Imprint Publisher: St. Martin’s Essentials ISBN: 9781250271358 Pages: 352 **This book was kindly provided by the author herself for review.** In a world mired with constant information, influences, and irrational discourse, Skye Cleary brings…

The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language by Keith Kahn-Harris PUBLISHERS: Icon Books ISBN: 9781785787379 PRICE: 12.99 GBP PAGES: 336 PUBLICATION DATE: 04/11/2021 If you are fascinated by the origins of words, the history of languages, or like to fiddle with Duolingo in your free time and marvel at…