In French and English a great historical film on the War in Algeria: 

"The Battle of Algiers," a great film by the young Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo, exists at this level of bitter reality. It may be a deeper film experience than many audiences can withstand: too cynical, too true, too cruel and too heartbreaking. It is about the Algerian war, but those not interested in Algeria may substitute another war; "The Battle of Algiers" has a universal frame of reference.

Borderline figures prominently in society and it is no longer a nefarious disease thanks to the accurate coverage of symptoms and diagrams displaying how BPD fits in among other disorders. This book breaks down to bystanders or family what specific mind-frames or repetitive thoughts someone who is Borderline might experience . Numbness and other hard to explain feelings are broken down in their specificity. Borderline Personality Disorder is much better understood today than it was historically and it is often confused with Bipolar. It is best treated with medicine and therapy and taken seriously. 

This is the lesser known Kate Winslet film you have been waiting for. Mel Gibson did the makeup and costumes and she is beautifully cast alongside her two diametrically opposite daughters as she escapes Britain for Marrakesh as a single mother and tries to provide for her daughters while on a sort of spiritual quest to find peace. Along the way she finds that no relationship is without some amount of complication. The scenes of normal life and the market and the desert are beautiful.

Family Film Appropriate.

From the author of The Myth of Sanity (2001), a remarkable philosophical examination of the phenomenon of sociopathy and its everyday manifestations.

This stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West was a major New York Times bestseller.

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.

 

Lab Girl is a 2016 memoir by American geochemist, geobiologist, and professor Hope Jahren, published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, a New York Times notable book, winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science prize for Excellence in Science Books, a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and was named one of the Best Books of the Year in The Washington Post,TIME.com, NPR, Slate, Entertainment Weekly, Newsday, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Kirkus Reviews.[Source:::Wikipedia]

This book is in ABAB format going back and forth between her career and Biology facts split into three parts. No spoilers.

This "story about a teen's adjustment to a life-changing event" is one of a kind in it's genre for dealing with disability and accomodation. After a horse riding accident that damages her eye sight a young girl gets a baby minature horse who is trained like a guide dog to help as her companion as she deals with sudden onset blindness. This is a short but super sweet film that may help discuss injury with a young child. Another good kids movie dealing with horses and blindness is a much older film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.

Which of a society’s members are extended the privilege of hoping and dreaming? This question lies at the heart of the Kosovo-born Finnish writer Pajtim Statovci’s internationally acclaimed debut, “My Cat Yugoslavia,” a strange, haunting and utterly original exploration of displacement and desire. This is the story of a Muslim mother and her gay son being raised in a foreign country.

Physics professor Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s physics. Through conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds of dog and cat motion or the logistics of squirrel-chasing, Orzel translates complex Einsteinian ideas, into examples simple enough for anyone to understand. A lively romp through one of the great theories of modern physics, How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about space, time, and anything else you might have slept through in high school physics class.

Weapons of Mass Destruction, provides readers with an ideal starting point for understanding and researching this topic. It is essential that people understand as much as possible about WMDs, including what they are, what they can do, how and why they have evolved, and what kinds of efforts have been formulated to halt their proliferation. Aimed at students and general readers alike, this new volume outlines basic information on WMDs and provides additional in-depth references for further research.

Wonderful life is a full introduction to the burgess shale; pieces of aquadic life which have originated more than 5millenia ago. What could be more thought provoking, or comforting to know that resiliant life and a natural order has existed and thrived for so very long. This book is in the social science section; a category which might be described as 'Why things are the way they are.' Take a look, it's in a book, a Stephen Jay Gould book!

Read this book to tackle managing your finances yourself without relying heavily on a financial advisor.

Some of the science contained in this book helped create the COVID vaccine. Explore some exotic wildlife behaviors in order to better understand humankind. Written by University of Miami Dean of Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Ellen Prager.

According to attachment theory there are three types, Anxious, Avoidant, or Secure. No matter which type you are learn to identify the traits in others to improve your relationships.

Cookbooks are so popular and there are so many to choose from; it's also very hard to distinguish between the many fad-diet cook books. If you need a full body re-set fear not Anti-inflammatory Eating should be a good A to B for getting you healthy. By using this book, the reader will be well on their way to looking and feeling tops. 

Freakonomics is the debut non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. While not a new book, (it's been out since 2005) it has become it's own classic for being a genre busting analysis of various pop culture phenomenon through the lense of economics. If you haven't read it yet click the hold button!

This is the illustrated journal of the last ten years of her life.

“Urgent, necessary reading.”

– Kirkus Reviews

“A momentously thorough account of President Trump’s alarmingly chaotic first year in office. . . . This precise and fiery indictment of an unstable, unethical president concludes with a call for us to defend our democracy.”

– Booklist

"It’s Even Worse Than You Think shines a light on actions by the White House and Trump-appointed federal officials on climate change, job creation, taxes, race, immigration, and foreign affairs, among other topics, that should concern – and alarm – all Americans."

– Glenn Altschuler, The Huffington Post

“Wolff’s news-breaking and news-stretching bestseller has become the political book of the moment...But it is at best a snapshot, already blurred and dated…Fortunately, other authors and analysts are looking past the news alerts and war stories to examine President Trump’s longer-term impact on the nation’s norms and governance — on American democracy itself… In “It’s Even Worse Than You Think,” journalist David Cay Johnston diagnoses the Trump administration as a “kakistocracy,” or government by the least qualified and most venal among us.”

– Carlos Lozada, Washington Post

This book is a great summary of where we stand with the development of drugs, chemicals, and genetically modified foods. At a time when we desperately need to reconcile our relationship with the fast development of so much technology and substances...why not try this read about how several chemicals affected civilization in a large way. This book is in a similar vein to The Botony of Desire which treats the human action of developing things such as apples and tulips and breeding them way beyond what nature had originally intended for our consumption. Truly great science book, hopefully Paul A. Offit, M.D. who at time of publication has six books to his name, will have the ambition to craft several more as he is a great sculptor of the landscape of science which is exactly what the world needs.

Use this book to revamp your annual goals, your approach to work, or your personal life in just twelve weeks.