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Khosrow and Shirin, a 12th-century Persian epic by Nizami Ganjavi, is part of his Khamsa. This lyrical poem tells the romantic tale of Sasanian king Khosrow Parvez and Armenian princess Shirin, blending history and myth. Khosrow, a passionate but flawed ruler, falls for Shirin through tales of her... John Merriman’s The Stones of Balazuc (2002) is a vivid history of Balazuc, a medieval village in France’s Ardèche region, where the author resides part-time. Carved into a limestone cliff above the Ardèche River, Balazuc’s harsh landscape shaped a resilient... Applied Antifragility in Natural Systems explores Nassim Taleb’s concept of antifragility—systems thriving under stress—in natural contexts like biomedicine, neuroscience, and ecology. Authored by the Applied Antifragility Group, the book formalizes antifragility as a design... Latest Lindy Book Entries
Khosrow and Shirin
Nizami Ganjavi
The Stones of Balazuc: A French Village Through Time
John Merriman
Applied Antifragility in Natural Systems: From Principles to Applications
Cristian Axenie, Roman Bauer, et al.
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