book recs

📚️Book Review 📚️⁠ "The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution Is Reinventing Misogyny" @laura_bates__ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5⁠ ⁠ Laura Bates has done it once again with another read that takes a deep dive into a subject that is in the news, but we don't have a proper understanding of its use. Bates' latest book is a book that every word needs to be read. Laura Bates presents an alarming yet necessary exposé into society's reliance on and increased use of AI. There were things that I was already aware...

Running Can Be the Best Therapy for Depression “Nita's brave, honest book imparts hard-won lessons on using running to combat depression.” ― Scott Douglas , contributing writer for Runner's World and author of Running Is My Therapy 50 Best Running Books of all Time #1 Best Seller in Running & Jogging, Exercise & Fitness, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Mood Disorders An unforgettable story of tenacity, running therapy, beating depression, and the companionship of a dog. The Dog Writers...

The Sunday Times bestseller that explains the new science behind weight loss and how we can get in shape without counting calories. 'A compelling look at the science of appetite and metabolism' Vogue 'This book tells us the truth about weight loss' Dr Rangan Chatterjee _______________ We've all heard the golden rule: eat less, exercise more and you'll lose weight. But what if it isn't that simple? For over two decades, weight loss surgeon Dr Andrew Jenkinson has treated thousands of people...

We are ancient genomes in a modern world, and it's not going well. Modern humans are the most overweight, depressed, medicated and addicted cohort of adults that has ever lived, yet life has never been so good! Our sedentary lifestyles and ultra-processed foods are making us overweight and sick. Our thermoneutral environments are making us soft. Our digital world is leaving us physically disconnected. Clearly, something is wrong with modern life. The solution? Embrace discomfort. This book...

Malika Favre cover 2 of 2 published illustration for THE SOCIAL CLIMBERS BIBLE by Wittenborn and Johnson for Penguin Books 2014

As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We chase fads, choose inappropriate materials and unattractive cuts, and waste energy tottering in heels when we could be moving gracefully. Quite simply, we lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and flatteringly.As historian and expert dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals in The Lost Art of Dress , it wasn't always like this. In the first half of the twentieth century, a...