Category: Social Sciences

250 Slang Words: An Adult’s Guide to Slang Words

An Adult’s Guide to Modern Teen Language Are you tired of hearing words from your kids or students and feeling

The Art of Living (or Enchiridion) by Epictetus. Under the rule of the Roman Empire, the slave Epictetus (“acquired”, “bought”,

Stoicism, a school of Hellenistic thought founded in Athens in the third century BC, was one of the most sublime

Why this book? Why the solo operator? Why the guardian within the shadows? Because what follows is not a collection

“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” These are the famous opening words of a treatise that

On the Shortness of Life: A new modern translationIs life truly short, or do we simply squander it? In this

Drawing on examples from around the world—from Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Europe—Gqola traces

Does the world feel built for the loudest person? For introverts, navigating social rules, public speaking, and digital branding can

Discourse on the Method: This work opens the door to modern philosophy. Descartes questions whether knowledge can rest on the

Think you know urban legends? Think again. Perhaps you’ve heard of Kuchisake-onna, the slit-mouthed woman who cuts your mouth from