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The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

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The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

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Book quotes in the forum

How do y'all feel about users who post only quotes from the book in the forum, without adding any of their own thoughts? I find it kind of irritating, but I'm very willing to be in the minority about that. (To be clear, I post quotes from books all the time, but it's to show exactly where I'm at in the book, and then to talk about whatever the quote is.) My initial reaction is to upvote it, because it's usually a great quote, but then I realize that it's not really adding anything to the conversation about the book. So then I think about down voting it, but that makes me feel like kind of a jerk. Thoughts? Like I said, I'm willing to be wrong about this, so I'm open to why anyone feels like it's great.

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A Woman is a School (Books for Collective Liberation)

Céline Semaan

A Woman is a School is the first memoir and cultural anthropological book by Slow Factory founder, Céline Semaan. As a war-survivor and child refugee sharing endangered and discredited ancestral knowledge of the Global South, particularly tales from Lebanon from 1948 to 2023-the book follows the tradition of the hakawati, the storytellers of the Levant. Holding Indigenous knowledge and wisdom, Céline Semaan, a hakawati herself, documents what she has witnessed throughout her life and the lives of her family members, sharing her upbringing and cultures of resistance.

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Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China

Jonathan C. Slaght

The thrilling saga of the great Amur tiger and the scientists who came together, across the world, to save it. The forests of Northeast Asia are home to a marvelous range of animals—fish owls and brown bears, musk deer and moose, wolves and raccoon dogs, and leopards and tigers. But in the final years of the Cold War, only a few hundred tigers stepped quietly through the snow of the Amur River basin. Soon, the Soviet Union fell and catastrophe arrived, as poaching and logging took a fast, astonishing toll on an already vulnerable species. Just as these changes arrived, scientists came together to found the Siberian Tiger Project. Led by the moose researcher Dale Miquelle and Zhenya Smirnov, who studied rodents, the team captured and released more than 114 tigers over three decades, witnessed their mating rituals and fights, their hunting and feeding, their ceding and taking of territory, their creation of families. Within the pages of Jonathan C. Slaght’s Tigers Between Empires, these characters, both feline and human, come fully alive as we travel with them through the quiet and changing forests of Amur. We travel across time, too, as the species is shaped by the history and politics of empires—like the Qing dynasty’s Willow Palisade that once slowed human settlement, or the later introduction of roads through Russian reserves. The Siberian Tiger Project became the longest running tiger research initiative anywhere in the world; its work continues to guide conservationists today.

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Beartown (Beartown, #1)

Fredrik Backman

People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever-encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded town. And that rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior hockey team is about to compete in the national championships, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of the town now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. A victory would send star player Kevin onto a brilliant professional future in the NHL. It would mean everything to Amat, a scrawny fifteen-year-old treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice. And it would justify the choice that Peter, the team's general manager, and his wife, Kira, made to return to his hometown and raise their children in this beautiful but isolated place. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semifinal match is the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Hers is a story no one wants to believe since the truth would mean the end of the dream. Accusations are made, and like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected.

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Always delighted when the name of the book is in the book. 🥰

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Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life

Jamie Marich

Dissociation 101: The go-to guide for understanding your dissociative disorder, breaking the stigma, and healing from trauma-related dissociation. Guided by clinical counselor Jamie Marich--a trauma-informed clinician living with a dissociative disorder herself--this book tells you everything you need to know about dissociation...but were too afraid to ask. Here, you’ll learn: What dissociation is--and why it’s a natural response to trauma How to understand and work with your “parts”--the unique emotional and behavioral profiles that can develop from personality fragmentation There’s nothing shameful about dissociating--that, in fact, we can all dissociate Skills and strategies for living your best, authentic, and most fulfilled life What to look for in a therapist: choosing a healer who sees you and gets it Foundational elements of healing from trauma, including PTSD and C-PTSD With practical guided exercises like “The Dissociative Profile” and “Parts Mapping,” this book is written for those diagnosed with dissociative disorders, clinicians and therapists who treat trauma and dissociation, and readers who are exploring whether they may have dissociative symptoms or a condition like dissociative identity disorder (DID). Dissociation Made Simple breaks it all down accessibly and comprehensively, with empowerment and support--and without stigma, judgment, or shame.

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Doom and Bloom: The Case for Creativity in a World Hooked on Panic

Campbell Walker

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Doom and Bloom: The Case for Creativity in a World Hooked on Panic

Campbell Walker

Doom and Bloom is a self-help book that distils powerful insights into actionable steps to help you turn the sh*t you’ve faced in life into fertiliser for personal growth. Doom is the feeling when everything seems hopeless and hard, and you want to give up. Bloom, on the other hand, is a state of effortless creativity, where solutions surprise you as they flow into reality. Bloom is our highest and most natural state of being, but how do we reach it when the world feels so dark and heavy? In Doom and Bloom bestselling author and YouTube sensation Campbell Walker (aka Struthless) offers us a roadmap. Blending modern research with ancient philosophy, Campbell's witty sense of humour, searing intelligence and intense vulnerability will make you laugh, cry and pull you from the depths of darkness. Creativity is like a garden – you have to start from the ground and work your way up. In Doom and Bloom Campbell teaches us how getting down in the dirt can lead to a blossoming life.

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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Sangu Mandanna

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Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov became one of my favourite writers last year after reading Master and Margarita and Heart of a Dog! So excited to hear what people think of his work!

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Where is Nabokov???

not having one of Nabokov's russian works in here is wild to meee he is such a great author :( could have included The Gift ahhhh

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November Book Releases

I need a book that will be released in November for a reading challenge. I scrolled around and found these options: Daddy Issues Violet Thistlewaite is not a villain anymore The Sacred Space Between

Has anyone heard of these? Are you planning to read any of them? Which one should I read? Or please leave another recommendation below. I am in the mood for something on the lighter side and do not want to start another series.

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What is a Famous/Culturally Relevant Book From Your Country? 📖🌏

My goal for 2026 is to read at least one book a month from Irish authors. I'm currently brainstorming that tbr, what culturally relevant or famous books would I like to read/reread etc

But it got me thinking, slightly inspired by challenges like "reading around the world" - what are some famous/cultural classics from other countries? And who better to ask than PB users!

So,

What is a famous classic/older book from your country?
What is a culturally relevant book from your country?
Maybe a book/author that is well-known in your country, but not internationally known?
What's a book you had to study in school from your country?
What's a "modern" famous book?

It can either be by an author from there, set in the country, or both! Or even just one of your favs

And if you're from somewhere #Big like the United States I've a bigger challenge - answer these but for your state/region!