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龙柒, Long Qi: Entering a Split Personality (EBook, Chinese language, jjwxc)

Entering a Split Personality

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Xiao He casually filled out an online questionnaire and unexpectedly got a job out of it. As long as he perfectly fulfilled the employer’s requests, he could receive 30 million RMB in remuneration. The cash-strapped Xiao He’s eyes lit up, and he took the task immediately.

His job was actually …

Freida McFadden: Wenn sie wüsste (German language, 2024, Heyne Verlag)

Wenn sie wüsste

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Yuri Mamleev: Шатуны (Russian language, 1966)

Шатуны

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James C. Scott: Against the Grain (2017, Yale University Press)

Against the Grain

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Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today’s states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public …