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BookLab by Bjorn
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Weekly nonfiction book reviews and recommendation about psychology, philosophy, human nature and human potential. My mission is to inspire you read great books that help better understand what it means to be human. Life is too short for bad book!
SEPTEMBER | Top Nonfiction Book Releases 2024
In this video I share the best nonfiction book releases for September 2024. September is going to be a huge month for nonfiction releases. I will share 8 books that stood out to me across a wide range of topics.
I have gone through the release schedule from nonfiction book publishers and found the best new nonfiction books to read in September 2024 and every month I share top new releases that touches on the topic of psychology, technoligy, philosophy, human nature, and human potential.
This video covers new September 2024 nonfiction book releases:
1. Nexus - Yuval Noah Harari
2. How Economics Explains the World - Andrew Leigh
2. Memento Mori - Joanna Ebenstein
4. Fierce Desires - Rebecca L. Davis
5. Erasing History - Jason Stanley
6. To Overthrow the World - Sean McMeekin
7. The Genetic Book of the Dead - Richard Dawkins
8. The Darwinian Trap - Kristian Rönn
Pick of the Month
Let me know in the comments what new nonfiction book releases excite you the most in 2024!
#nonfiction #bookrecommendations #nonfictionbooks
-- Chapters --
00:00 - 00:48 - Intro
00:48 - 02:26 - 1. Nexus - Yuval Noah Harari
02:26 - 04:02 - 2. How Economics Explains the World - Andrew Leigh
04:02 - 05:56 - 2. Memento Mori - Joanna Ebenstein
05:56 - 08:18 - 4. Fierce Desires - Rebecca L. Davis
08:18 - 09:30 - 5. Erasing History - Jason Stanley
09:30 - 10:48 - 6. To Overthrow the World - Sean McMeekin
10:48 - 12:33 - 7. The Genetic Book of the Dead - Richard Dawkins
12:33 - 14:18 - 8. The Darwinian Trap - Kristian Rönn
14:18 - 15:19 - Pick of the Month
📺 REVIEW - The Coming Wave:
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📺 Video - Steve Jobs commencement speech:
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GREAT BOOKS LIST: bjornsbooklab.com/great-books-list
INSTAGRAM: booklab_by_bjorn
TWITTER: poorbjorn
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September book releases
I have gone through the release schedule from nonfiction book publishers and found the best new nonfiction books to read in September 2024 and every month I share top new releases that touches on the topic of psychology, technoligy, philosophy, human nature, and human potential.
This video covers new September 2024 nonfiction book releases:
1. Nexus - Yuval Noah Harari
2. How Economics Explains the World - Andrew Leigh
2. Memento Mori - Joanna Ebenstein
4. Fierce Desires - Rebecca L. Davis
5. Erasing History - Jason Stanley
6. To Overthrow the World - Sean McMeekin
7. The Genetic Book of the Dead - Richard Dawkins
8. The Darwinian Trap - Kristian Rönn
Pick of the Month
Let me know in the comments what new nonfiction book releases excite you the most in 2024!
#nonfiction #bookrecommendations #nonfictionbooks
-- Chapters --
00:00 - 00:48 - Intro
00:48 - 02:26 - 1. Nexus - Yuval Noah Harari
02:26 - 04:02 - 2. How Economics Explains the World - Andrew Leigh
04:02 - 05:56 - 2. Memento Mori - Joanna Ebenstein
05:56 - 08:18 - 4. Fierce Desires - Rebecca L. Davis
08:18 - 09:30 - 5. Erasing History - Jason Stanley
09:30 - 10:48 - 6. To Overthrow the World - Sean McMeekin
10:48 - 12:33 - 7. The Genetic Book of the Dead - Richard Dawkins
12:33 - 14:18 - 8. The Darwinian Trap - Kristian Rönn
14:18 - 15:19 - Pick of the Month
📺 REVIEW - The Coming Wave:
ua-cam.com/video/CDyaNI_o9Y0/v-deo.htmlsi=PBeNxOj-kx3id3ma
📺 Video - Steve Jobs commencement speech:
ua-cam.com/video/UF8uR6Z6KLc/v-deo.htmlsi=4AHjdL8dTAIF8kCQ&t=545
-- Support BookLab! --
💸Give a Super Thanks!
💸 Patreon: www.patreon.com/booklab/about
💸 Bitcoin: (Lighting Wallet) : chickenbuzzard44@walletofsatoshi.com
💸 Paypal donations: PayPal.Me/TheBookLab
--- Relevant Links --
GREAT BOOKS LIST: bjornsbooklab.com/great-books-list
INSTAGRAM: booklab_by_bjorn
TWITTER: poorbjorn
SITE: www.bjornsbooklab.com
GOODREADS: www.goodreads.com/booklab
PATREON: www.patreon.com/booklab/about
Keywords:
September 2024 nonfiction
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A bit overrated to be honest
Good review. Thanks!
You’re most welcome!
I read this book when I was at school in Bulgaria and in my spare time I was shepherd, looking after two families of goats and sheep around 10 in total. I always took books with me and I enjoyed this one. I will reed again soon
Amazing and concise video explaining this book perfectly. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for tuning in to the channel 🙏
Try another economics book: Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein.
A study of more than 50 mammal species found that, in over 80 per cent of cases, zoo animals live longer than their wild counterparts. Sholdn’t wild animals live longer with all that stressors like hunger, heat, cold etc or they are only promoting lifespan in humans 🤔
Interesting if true. Could the statistics be influenced by the access of medical care and lack of predators? There are a lot fewer ways to die in a zoo than in, say, the jungle?
This is going to be a great month for reading. I'm most looking forward to Nexus and Fierce Desires but I'll take me a while to get to them. So many books to read. Keep up the good work!
So many books to read, indeed!
The 'Momento Mori' by Joanna Ebenstein. And 'How Economics Explains The World: A Short History of Humanity' by Andrew Leigh look pretty interesting. I swear, I read more than just end of life stuff. It is more due to 'The bug' and personal life events. Last summer I was mostly reading productivity and 'Goosebumps' books. However, in my opinion/personal experience, reading end of life content is like taking bad tasting medicine that is effective. It's uncomfortable but you reap the benefits afterwards. I did finish 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius but now, I am thinking about reading ' Journey of Souls' by Micheal Newton.
“Taking bad medicine that is effective”. That’s a good comparison actually.
@@BookLabBjorn Sorry, I meant bad tasting medicine that is effective.
Yes! I understood that 👍🏻
Bjorn's World! Party Time! Excellent! Wooo!
Exactly! I’m starting to learn the guitar now as well, so I’m closer than ever. Maybe 25k I will do a Bjorn’s World episode to celebrate the milestone. 😎
So many books to choose from! Right now I'm reading "Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages" by Matthew Green. I think next up will be "Nature's Ghosts: The World We Lost and How To Bring It Back" by Sophie Yeo. I'm looking forward to a very good reading time in September. Thank you, Bjorn.
What’s a book club without the capacity for civilised discussion? And if you crowbar open the being of the other participants that is antithetical to civility actually. And it’s unclean as the Bible says 🪬. Is there anyone left who isn’t a wolf here and who wants to observe ego boundaries between self and other? Frankly you’ve all taken #fomo too far when you’ve all been persuaded as a mass of people to just drool and offload all bodily waste upon your fellow man. It is profane and it’s unclean and nasty. Do you all idolise Dawkins so much that you just can’t live without watching him go to the lavatory? Couldn’t you just patiently wait for him to release his next book and considering the pros and cons and merits and fallacies of which there are many of said book (instead of following him into the gents in the unseen spiritual realm?) This is mass psychosis and it’s exactly what the Bible spoke of in the last days. Please get right with Jesus. You’ve all ruined my going to book clubs because you all cave in upon me and I have to carry all the bricks (or maybe books in this case) on my shoulders because of your evil eye because you’re lawless Pharisees and pagans and unbelievers. I don’t even care if you don’t believe the Truth. You would all claim to be civilised but you have no manners or sense of propriety and your knowledge and material existence is a thin patina for your atavism and savagery. And it’s the dregs. It’s the dregs. And there is a way to live that is clean. You’d rather be groom of the stool for some fallen men you idolise rather than Kings under the King of Kings who is the Lord Jesus re: whom and without whom none of these books would have been written. And who is one way or another the ghost author behind all that has been written. He is the Alpha and the Omega. I can’t go to a book club because you’re all barking mad.
Sorry to hear you have a hard time finding a suiting book club.
Wow, good call. Many of these look very interesting. Momentum mori esp. Thanks for sharing. ;)
Eeeey! You’re welcome! Yeah, it sounds like a good read
Which one of these books sounds most interesting to you?
Would love to hear your take on this book: The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe by Lent, Jeremy. It looks like it might be a big book, so maybe save it for a time when you are feeling better! Congratulations on your 10K subs as well.
Toastmasters made a massive change in my life.I'm always pleased to hear others with a shared experience.
Best investment in my life. It will continues to pay off forever.
Congrats for keeping up the work 🎉
Great to hear from you Pourya! I still use your into animation. (in all videos except this one haha!) I hope you are doing great!
Can normal people who didn't have physics in college read this?
Yes! I think so. You will get good value from it, but there will be some things that will go over your head. But that’s true for most people. I could fully grasp some of the concepts. I mean… quantum mechanics is messy for human brains to comprehend, but that doesn’t mean we should try to understand it
I haven't read the book so thank you for your synopsis on it. Now I'm intrigued. My first question is why book the appointment after lunch why not take them to lunch. Make sure they ate right and they're going to be content. I like your reference to complicated as human beings are. One of the things I would say about Robert is that he is very expoundedtory and he brings you great understanding. Thank you so very much I really appreciate you
Congratulations Bjorn! I know, I went to your last video and was like did he just say "Kina?" But it came out more like "Sheena." I am not Swedish but study the language. "Ki" together makes the "Shhhh" sound usually. I am not Swedish but study the language. I am not reading anything Swedish right now but I am watching 'Bonusfamiljen.' 'The Bonus Family.' I have odd days where I am just too tired to read. Besides I am one of those people I rather be heard than seen. However, I will stick around for the reviews.
Thanks you! Best of luck with your Swedish studies 😀
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gratz!
Thanks!
I am reading a book called Rescuing Socrates, it is about why we need great books. Best thing he has said: it is not about a list of great books but engaging deeply and interactively with great books, no matter the list they find themselves in ;)
Sounds like a book I want to interactively engage with
recommendations on psychology or philosophy? Jung. His red Book and his Modern Man in Search of a Soul. Frankl you know? John Kaag wrote a book recently that I loved - hiking with Nietzsche. His American Philosophy is also great.
Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll add Hiking With Nietzsche to my reading list. I’ve read a bio of him a year or so ago: “I Am Dynamite”. I really loved it!
@@BookLabBjorn Sue's bio is problematic but was a good read. She is a victim of believing gossip. John has a much firmer grasp on Fritz's ideas.
@@alohm thanks! Yes, I read the criticism of it. Still enjoyed the book quite a bit
Congratulations!
Thanks for watching and supporting the BookLab! 🤩
Bjorn congratulations!
Thanks!! are you still in the reading game?
Congratulations! I think it would be pretty cool to see you cover some of the great fiction books like Dostoevsky. Honestly, I enjoy all your recommendations, so keep reading what you like :)
Yes! I do those books from time to time. Dostoyevsky, Camus etc. Those ones are always hard to do because I doubt my skills at representing classics =) For sure! I'll keep reading what I want to read. That's how I keep myself motivated. Thanks for your full decade of BookLab support, Vlad!
You did a great work and put a tremendous effort. on to the 100k 🎉 next year hopefully
haha! I'll really need to step up my game to reach that level. =) Slow and steady, step by step. Who know's! Thanks for the support! Let me know if there is anything specific you want to see from the BookLab.
Congrats on the 10K that is quite an achievement. Hopefully, I can get there soon.
Thanks Matt! you'll get there i no-time. What's you main platform these days?
@@BookLabBjorn I'm not specifically on one more than another, but I'd say my primary focus is on UA-cam and LinkedIn/Substack. How about you?
@@BookMattic Nice! I don't even know what substack is to be honsest. I'm on X and UA-cam. Funny that non of us mentioned Instagram, where both of us have our roots.
@BookLabBjorn Yeah, you really took it off on both. I really want to but of course, in my own unique way. Substack is a newsletter like beehive. And I feel that Instagram has cheated me. Even though I post quality content I always lose about fifty followers every single day
What do you say? Should we do a book club read-a-long? What books do you want to see covered on the channel? boom! let's go! And thank you all for supporting the BookLab
Try getting popular on youtube shorts! Learn about how people make such interesting videos (fast paced subtitles, better cuts and stuff)
I've seen other Booktube channels do "____ months" devoted to a particular topic. Examples: War month (books about war), history month, western month, etc. Typically the host (you, in this case) gives the audience some suggestions and guidelines, then the audience chooses which books they want to read. The hosts' suggestions are (for instance) a short list of books to consider. Some of these are ones the host plans to read, but others are just other good candidates in the genre. Everyone is free to pick what they like. As for the guidelines, sometimes they are tightly structured (e.g., first week you read this author/subgenre, second week that type author/subgenre, etc.), but usually it's fairly open (e.g., read something from Author A, then whatever else you want). While the month is underway, the host is making videos about his reading, and the audience is chiming in with theirs. Then at the end, there is usually a wrap-up video. Sometimes the host will have a live session, but the live sessions I've seen have always been larger events with multiple hosts involved.
Hahahaha I saw it the book atomic habbits you missed it 😂
I’m officially in your book club !
Bro why schould we read more about history when it is already written 😂
Haven't watched video yet, but Will Durant outlived Ariel, not the other way around. I don't recall when the last volume was published, but I'd guess the 1970's, a good decade before they passed in the 1980's. They did roughly envision two more volumes to bring the story up to the present day: the Age of Darwin and the Age of Einstein. Neither, alas, was finished.
I’m about to buy this book but, is it very scientific or not?
Yes, Sapolsky is a neuroscientist. Professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery.
Please keep on reading ❤
Always! 😀
how many books you completed Bjorn????????????
Good question. 500 something?!
he loses credibility by using thinking as a type of flow. You think Kobe is stuck in his head when making the game winning 3 pointer?
I thought you were not making more book reviews, thank God I found your UA-cam channel. I just subscribed.
Hi!! Yes, am doing as many reviews as I can (and other book stuff)! I just started to play the guitar so now I subbed to your channel as well =)
@@BookLabBjorn Great! By the way I enjoy way more your reviews on UA-cam, rather than Instagram. On UA-cam you provide a longer and deeper explanation of the book 📖. I will watch them regularly!
yes saved
@@backtoemocovers glad to hear that! UA-cam is where I pour my energy these days 😀
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Who said that we read so we can live through others and learn more than we could living a single life alone without reading.... One famous quote that captures this idea is by **C.S. Lewis**: *"We read to know we are not alone."* Lewis believed that through reading, especially literature and biographies, we gain insight into the thoughts, lives, and experiences of others, which allows us to learn and grow vicariously. Another related quote is from **George R.R. Martin**: *"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."* Martin highlights how reading enables us to experience countless lives, perspectives, and stories, enriching our own life beyond its singular experience. These quotes underscore the profound impact of reading on our ability to understand the world and the lives of others, extending our own life's reach through the vicarious experiences offered by books.
I wouldn't say, I study history not since college but try and build upon existing information or find pasterns. For example, I just finished 'Dark' not long ago. But I don't think, I thought so critically due to a TV show for a long time. Like, "One set of decisions not being made is the consequences of other decisions. And "We think, we have freedom or due we just repeat the samepattern over and over." I know this isn't history 100% but it does evoke some questions.
Right now, I have been trying to finish 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius. However, I haven't been that active with reading this summer due to a health issue, loss of family members, and personal self-reflection. But I am still hopping to finish the book before summer ends I hope.
Wish you all the best. Hope you'll get better.
I'm sad to hear about your loss. I hope things get brighter soon. Marcus Aurelius is a great companion during tough times.
@@BookLabBjorn Tack!
I haven't read much history lately but I should finish 'Gulag' by Anne Applebaum at some point. The book is about the life in the Soviet Union.
I'd like to read more history, but Will Durant's series looks a bit too daunting for me. It does look interesting, but I just can't devote that much time to it. I'm a smart guy but a slow reader, so it would take me years to get through something like that. I don't think I need all the details Durant provides. Thanks for the video. It inspires me to check out the series and to shop around for something more digestible.
Yes, it's a daunting task. The whole endeavour probably services som subconscious masochistic urge I have. There are probably great alternatives out there!
What’s your approach to studying history and what history books do you recommend? 🤔 📚
'When the logic of violence changes, society changes'. This quote was a massive eye-opener for me. Love the way they outline the contexts. Lord William Rees-Mogg was an incredibly clever guy
can confirm this is a book EVERY human being should read ( to better understand yourself )
Terrific book. Section 2 is a bit overly long and repetitive, but the writing never ceases to be intriguing and informative.
Yeah, impressive man he is.
Great review and analogy
Thanks for tuning in!