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The Hidden Meanings in Ulysses – What Most Readers Miss

Ulysses by James Joyce

Ulysses is a modernist novel by the celebrated Irish writer James Joyce, first published on February 2, 1922, in Paris by Sylvia Beach under Shakespeare and Company. This publication date … Read more

Why I Am Not a Buddhist by Evan Thompson: A Shocking Rethink of Mindfulness & Belief

Why I Am Not a Buddhist by Evan Thompson

Written by Evan Thompson, Why I Am Not a Buddhist is a 2020 book published by Yale University Press. Evan Thompson is a philosopher and cognitive scientist whose work bridges … Read more

The Sudra Manifesto and Rationalist Critique in Why I Am Not a Hindu (2 Books)

Why I Am Not a Hindu

This integrated review and analytical article examines two seminal works of social and religious critique in India: Both books share a rationalist, emancipatory purpose, though they come from different life … Read more

Why I Am Not a Muslim: The Book That Dares to Question Islam Like Russell Christianity

Why I Am Not a Muslim: The Book That Dares to Question Islam Like Russell Christianity

Why I Am Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq was first published in 1995 by Prometheus Books (Amherst, New York). This seminal work has become one of the most influential … Read more

Why Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian (1927) Still Shocks and Inspires Thinkers Today

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell Review 2025

Why I Am Not a Christian is an influential essay by Bertrand Russell, first delivered as a lecture on 6 March 1927 at Battersea Town Hall under the auspices of … Read more

Believe (2025) by Ross Douthat: A Life-Changing Case for Faith in a Secular World

Believe by Ross Douthat 2025 review

Ross Douthat’s Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious is a striking entry into contemporary religious discourse. Douthat, a New York Times columnist and an established voice in cultural commentary, steps … Read more

The Women: A Powerful Journey Through Vietnam’s Forgotten Sisterhood

The Women

The Women is a historical fiction masterpiece by Kristin Hannah, published on February 6, 2024 in New York. With 480 pages, the novel has debuted at #1 on The New … Read more

Ultrasociety Exposes the Dark Secret That Built Modern Civilization (2016)

Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth

Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth is authored by Peter Turchin, an evolutionary anthropologist and professor specializing in cultural evolution, historical dynamics, and … Read more

Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800 Exposes the Forgotten Truth of Arab-Islamic Sexuality

Before Homosexuality review

Khaled El-Rouayheb’s Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500–1800 (University of Chicago Press, 2005) is a groundbreaking historical and cultural investigation into how male same-sex desire and behavior were understood … Read more

Break Bad Habits Fast: Lessons from The Power of Habit (2012) You Can’t Ignore

he Power of Habit review 2025

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg explores how habits shape our lives, organizations, and societies, and how understanding the habit loop—cue, routine, and reward—can transform them. Through compelling real-life … Read more

Boys & Sex Insights That Challenge Toxic Norms and Ignite Empathetic Dialogue (2020)

Boys & Sex Insights

Boys & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape is a deeply investigative and empathetically reported book by Peggy Orenstein, published January 2020. Orenstein, a New York Times bestselling author and … Read more

From Confusion to Clarity: How Girls And Sex Empowers Young Women (2016)

Girls And Sex book review

Girls And Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape is a revelatory nonfiction book by acclaimed journalist and author Peggy Orenstein, first published in 2016. Orenstein is also the author of … Read more

Stop Wasting Your Days—Discover the Ruthless Power of Deep Work (2016)

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World was written by Cal Newport, a tenured professor of computer science at Georgetown University, and published in 2016. Newport is … Read more

Zero to One Turns Your Startup Fear into Unstoppable Strategy In 2025

zero to one book review

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future is a 2014 entrepreneurial manifesto by Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, and early investor in Facebook, … Read more

The Mountain Is You (2025) Destroys Self-Doubt and Awakens Your Inner Power

The Mountain Is You Destroys Self-Doubt and Awakens Your Inner Power

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery is a self-development book authored by Brianna Wiest, published in 2020. As a prolific writer known for blending emotional intelligence with philosophical … Read more

The Power of Now (1999): Unlock Inner Peace What You’ve Been Missing In Your Life

power of now (1999) review 2025

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment is a bestselling spiritual classic by Eckhart Tolle, first published in 1997 by Namaste Publishing in Vancouver and later by New … Read more

How The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Can Radically Change Your Life For Better

7 Habits of Highly Effective People review 2025

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, first published in 1989 by Free Press, is one of the most influential self-help and business books of all time. … Read more

Good to Great by Jim Collins (2001) Can Transform Your Business Forever (If You Dare)

Good to Great by Jim Collins review 2025

The complete Good to Great summary with real lessons for entrepreneurs, CEOs, and students. Includes citations and examples.

Why Simon Sinek’s Start With Why (2009) Might Be the Only Leadership Book You Need

Start with Why by Simon Sinek Review 2025.

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek is more than a leadership book—it’s a philosophy. First published in 2009, the book lays out … Read more

Why The Anthropocene Reviewed Will Break Your Heart: A Devastatingly Human Review of The Anthropocene

The Anthropocene Reviewed review 2025

The book under review, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green, was published on May 18, 2021, by Dutton Penguin. Known primarily for his bestselling young … Read more

Apple in China (2025) by Patrick McGee Exposes Apple’s Hidden Dependence on China

Apple In China 2025 book review

The book in focus is Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company by Patrick McGee, published in 2025. McGee, a seasoned journalist and the San Francisco correspondent … Read more

Night by Elie Wiesel (1960): The Most Haunting Holocaust Book You’ll Ever Read-10 Lessons

Night by Elie Wiesel (1960)

The book is Night, written by Elie Wiesel, a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. First published in 1956 in Yiddish under the title Un … Read more

What Makes Of Mice and Men (1937) a Timeless Tragedy and The Dream That Died

Of Mice and Men review 2025

Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. Set during the Great Depression, it is a novella that powerfully captures the fragility of … Read more

How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Predicted Adverse Affects Our Scientific Development In 1818

Frankenstein review 2025

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a groundbreaking novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, first published anonymously in 1818. A revised edition followed in 1831, which included a new preface … Read more

The Devastating Genius of Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018) – A Millennial Masterpiece

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Published on 30 August 2018, Normal People is the critically acclaimed second novel by Irish author Sally Rooney. Following her debut Conversations with Friends, Rooney cemented her place in contemporary … Read more

How The Outsiders Captures the Pain of Growing Up Like No Other Book (2025)

The Outsiders book review 2025

Published in 1967, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is a novel that shook the foundations of young adult literature. Hinton was just 16 when she penned this revolutionary work—a … Read more

Circe 2018 Book Review: A Haunting, Beautiful Reimagining of Ancient Myths

Circe Book Review: A Haunting, Beautiful Reimagining of Ancient Myths

Circe is a 2018 novel by American author Madeline Miller, published by Little, Brown and Company. Following her acclaimed debut The Song of Achilles, Miller once again dives into the … Read more

The Song of Achilles (2011): You’ve Been Reading The Iliad All Wrong—Here’s Why You Should Know

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a modern literary reimagining of Homeric legend, first published on September 20, 2011. The debut novel quickly carved a place in literary … Read more

Why The Help (2009) Still Hurts — and Heals — Today’s Divided Society

The Help (2009) book review

The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a landmark piece of historical fiction first published by Penguin Books on February 10, 2009. The novel vividly reimagines the lives of African American … Read more

WARNING: Reading The Da Vinci Code Might Unsettle Your Faith and What You Believe

The Da Vinci Code book review

Audrey Tautou and Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006) film

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