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Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive by Pierce Kastleton
Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive
Pierce Kastleton

A darkly practical guide to habits, boundaries, money, work, and keeping your life from falling apart. No motivational posters β€” just systems for people whose calendar looks hostile.

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Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind by Thomas Meyer
⭐ Bjorn's Pick: Hannah Arendt β€” A Life of the Mind
Thomas Meyer

The definitive intellectual biography of Hannah Arendt β€” based on newly discovered archival materials. From KΓΆnigsberg to Paris to New York, from imprisonment by the Gestapo to The Origins of Totalitarianism. One of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, finally given the biography she deserves.

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