Victor Hugo’s heroic and epic novel follows the life of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict who now lives as a respected member of the community, who has taken an oath to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, all the while struggling to keep the policeman Javert from discovering his true identity.
“One of the greatest plays in all world literature.”- Ayn Rand
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A gorgeous graphic adaption of Anne Frank’s, The Diary of a Young Girl, that documents her life in hiding in Amerstdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
Whether you are a scientist seeking to ground the principles of physics in reality, or an artist who wishes to understand the nature of art, or a philosopher puzzled over the problem of universals, or a teenager wondering about the meaning of life, or a historian wishing to grasp the link between the events in Nazi Germany and Ancient Greece, or a journalist seeking to grasp the cause of the slaughters in Rwanda and the cause of the slaughters in the schools of America, or a mother who wants to teach her child when one should and should not lie, or a businessman engaged in the virtue of making money, or a psychologist wishing to understand the relationship between the emotions and thought, or a college student in search of earth-shattering ideas for a graduate thesis, or a teacher wishing to understand the way the mind works, or a priest searching for a rational basis for morality — Leonard Peikoff’s Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand will have something of immense value to offer you — intellectually, morally, practically, and personally.
You may not agree with everything in the 494 pages of this engrossing book. You will agree that it was worth reading. — Mark Da Cunha
Thanks to advances in Modern medicine it is possible to successfully treat and even eradicate many serious ailments. In part, because of these advances, we now live 30 years longer than we did 100 years ago.
According to Paul A. Offit M.D., while we have learned much in the preceding decades, we still rely on medical interventions that are out of date and can damage our health. He shows that much conventional medical wisdom is not backed up by science.
He Overkill, he debunks 15 popular medical interventions that have long been considered gospel despite mounting evidence of their adverse effects:
The book notes, that “despite clear evidence to the contrary, most doctors continue to recommend them.”
“Analyzing how these practices came to be, the biology of what makes them so ineffective and harmful, and the medical culture that continues to promote them, Overkill informs patients to help them advocate for their health.”