11.08.2021

“Blame Your Planet: A Wicked Astrological Tour Through the Darkside of the Zodiac” by Stella Hyde

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"Stella Hyde presents a hilarious exposé of the not-so-nice parts of astrological destiny with shocking conclusions supported by complete astrological research for all 12 signs. In Blame Your Planet, she exposes the hidden underside of the stars, and how they affect the dark side of everyone. The zodiac definitely has a dark side that influences the nasty in every one under every sign: When Scorpios shed their Ms. Manners persona out pops a sex-mad control freak. Capricorns are really bean-counting misanthropes. Aries are head-banging psychos. Aquarians can't wait to be beamed back to the mothership. Blame Your Planet covers personalities, rising sign, ruling planet,...>>

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11.08.2021

“Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation” edited by Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb

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"Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well as the common assumption of universal female subordination which underlies it. Contributing important new material and perspectives to our understanding of comparative gender politics and symbolism, it is of particular importance to those interested in anthropology, women's studies, religion, and comparative health systems."...>>

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10.08.2021

“The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Modernism, and Hitler’s War on Art” by Charlie English

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "The untold story of Hitler’s war on “degenerate” artists and the mentally ill that served as a model for the ‘Final Solution’. As a veteran of the First World War, and an expert in art history and medicine, Hans Prinzhorn was uniquely placed to explore the connection between art and madness. The work he collected—ranging from expressive paintings to life-size rag dolls and fragile sculptures made from chewed bread—contained a raw, emotional power, and the book he published about the material inspired a new generation of modern artists, Max Ernst, André Breton, and Salvador Dalí among them. By the mid-1930s, however, Prinzhorn’s collection had begun to attract the attention of a far...>>

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10.08.2021

“A Frog Under the Tongue: Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe” by Marek Tuszewicki

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"Jews have been active participants in shaping the healing practices of the communities of eastern Europe. Their approach largely combined the ideas of traditional Ashkenazi culture with the heritage of medieval and early modern medicine. Holy rabbis and faith healers, as well as Jewish barbers, innkeepers, and pedlars, all dispensed cures, purveyed folk remedies for different ailments, and gave hope to the sick and their families based on kabbalah, numerology, prayer, and magical Hebrew formulas. Nevertheless, as new sources of knowledge penetrated the traditional world, modern medical ideas gained widespread support. Jews became court physicians to the nobility, and when the universities were opened up to them many also qualified as doctors. At every...>>

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10.08.2021

“Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media” by Joel E. Dimsdale

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A harrowing account of brainwashing’s pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. Tracing these developments through many of the past century’s major conflagrations, Dimsdale narrates how when World War II erupted, governments secretly raced to develop drugs for interrogation. Brainwashing returned to the spotlight during the Cold War in the hands of the North Koreans and Chinese. In...>>

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