18 books like The human machine

What to read after The human machine — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Cover of The Game of Life and How to Play It

The Game of Life and How to Play It Florence Scovel Shinn · 1925 · ★ 4.1 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Reprint of 1941 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. One secret of Shinn's success was that she was always herself . . . colloquial, informal, friendly, and humorous. She herself was very spiritual . . . and taught by familiar, practical, and everyday examples. --Emmet Fox By studying and practicing the principles laid down in… Shares: Morale pratique, New Age, Self-Improvement, Conduct of life

Your Word Is Your Wand Florence Scovel Shinn · 1928 · ★ 4.5 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "La palabra del hombre es una varita cargada de magia y poder. Jesucristo insistió en el poder de la palabra: "Por tus palabrás serás justificado y por tus palabras serás condenado", y "La Muerte y la Vida están en el poder de la lengua". Así, el hombre tiene el poder de cambiar una situación adversa al utilizar la varita mágica que es su palabra."--P. [4] of cover. Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement, Conduct of life

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Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life William Walker Atkinson · 1901 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Challenging To the minds of most people, the term Personal Magnetism conveys the idea of a current radiating from the person of the magnetic individual, drawing to him all those within the radius of his magnetic force. This idea, whilst on the whole erroneous, still contains within it the germ of the real truth. There is a current of attracting force radiating from man, but it is not a magnetic force in so… Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement

Self-help Samuel Smiles · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Self-Help; With Illustrations of Character and Conduct is a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. The second edition of 1866 added Perseverance to the subtitle. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism".M. J. Cohen and John Major (eds.), History in Quotations (London: Cassell, 2004), p. 611. Darwin biographer Janet Browne called it "the bible of the improving middle classes,"… Shares: Self-Improvement, Conduct of life, Early works to 1800

Acres of diamonds Russell Herman Conwell · 1901 · 78p · ≈ 2h · Challenging This stirring manifesto shows how to discover everything you need to succeed— where you least expect it.So begins one of the most famous speeches of the twentieth century, a talk that educator and minister Russell H. Conwell delivered before literally thousands of audiences before his death in 1925. In its printed version Acres of Diamonds reached millions of readers around the world. Conwell's… Shares: New Age, Self-Improvement

Cover of Find Your Feet (the 8 Things I Wish I'D Known Before I Left High School)

Find Your Feet (the 8 Things I Wish I'D Known Before I Left High School) Rebecca Sparrow · 2013 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Everybody knows that high school can be tough, especially when your best friend behaves like your worst enemy, the person you have a crush on fails to notice you exist, and your athletic skills come in for universal derision. Bestselling author Rebecca Sparrow explains how to get through it all with the help of Ruby Rose, Wil Anderson, and other celebrities. Together they explain how bouncing… Shares: Morale pratique, Conduct of life

Cover of Agudeza y arte de ingenio, en que se explican todos los modos y differencias de conceptos, con ejemplares escogidos de todo lo más bien dicho, assi facto, como hymano

Agudeza y arte de ingenio, en que se explican todos los modos y differencias de conceptos, con ejemplares escogidos de todo lo más bien dicho, assi facto, como hymano Baltasar Gracián y Morales · 1649 · ★ 4.0 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Demanding A collection of maxims on wordly behavior observed by a Jesuit scholar 300 years ago. Shares: Self-Improvement, Conduct of life, Early works to 1800

Away in the wilderness Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1800 · ★ 3.7 · 55p · ≈ 1h · Challenging On a beautiful summer evening, not many years ago, a man was seen to ascend the side of a little mound or hillock, on the top of which he lingered to gaze upon the wild scenery that lay stretched out before him. The man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter, or trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles, for Jasper Derry was known to his friends as… Shares: Morale pratique, Conduct of life

Mind Trek Joseph McMoneagle · 1993 · 231p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Remote Viewing (RV) is the ability to perceive and describe detailed information about a remote place, person, or thing--regardless of the normal boundaries of time and space. For over 25 years it has represented the cutting edge of research into the powers of the mind.Mind Trek provides us with insight into new perceptions and realities and gives us an understanding of how to deal with the… Shares: New Age, Conduct of life

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Advances in imaging and electron physics Peter W. Hawkes · 1995 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics & Electron Physics and Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave… Shares: Science

Discovery Education Elementary School Science Techbook, NationalDiscovery Education

Discovery Education Elementary School Science Techbook, National Discovery Education · 2023 Shares: Science

Exploring Science Mark Levesley · 2001 · ★ 5.0 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Covering all of the Sc1 to Sc4 requirements, this series incorporates the ideas and evidence statements of the revised National Curriculum. The copymaster CD Rom includes worksheets that can be adapted to meet the exact needs of your pupils. Shares: Science

Sciences James Trefil · 2000 In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles the world's most important philosophical questions about the universe with wit, wisdom, and cutting-edge science.For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who want to understand their place in the universe, this enlightening new book from Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a… Shares: Science

PE Civil Exam Review Guide School of PE · 2022 Shares: Science

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Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art David Ames Wells · 1850 · ★ 5.0 · 423p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Widely regarded as the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells was also a prolific author of history, politics and social commentary, whose works from an early date were renowned for their outspoken socialist views. This eBook presents Wells’ collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare novels and tales, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. Parts Edition is… Shares: Science

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Advanced Signal Processing and Noise Reduction Saeed V. Vaseghi · 1975 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Signal processing plays an increasingly central role in the development of modern telecommunication and information processing systems, with a wide range of applications in areas such as multimedia technology, audio-visual signal processing, cellular mobile communication, radar systems and financial data forecasting. The theory and application of signal processing deals with the identification,… Shares: Science

Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick · 2024 · ★ 3.9 Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. After millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment, or even replace, human thinking. Through his writing, speaking, and teaching, Mollick has become one of… Shares: Science

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HBR Guide to Generative AI for Teams Gabriele Rosani & Elisa Farri To unlock the real value of gen AI, use it as a team.Generative AI is most often used individually—one person, one screen, one task—but the most important work done in organizations is collaborative. Pioneering teams are now using gen AI together and reaching outcomes never before possible. With the right approach, you too can tap into the real power of AI-enabled collaboration and see immediate… Shares: Science

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