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失控的焦慮世代：手機餵養的世代，如何面對心理疾病的瘟疫

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by 強納森‧海德特, Jonathan Haidt ...

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by C.L.R. James ...

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On Democracies and Death Cults

Israel and the Future of Civilization

by Douglas Murray ...

In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side.Murray is not Jewish and before October 7, he had never lived in Israel. However, he objects to being lied to, and Israel has been on the receiving end of the biggest, deepest, longest lies in history.Israel's ... Read more

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