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Lindy books remain relevant even decades from now—worthy of reading and rereading. Want to avoid wasting your time? Read them! Nassim Taleb introduced the Lindy filter as an absorbing barrier, ensuring only certain books stand the test of time. Two key factors determine a book’s longevity: the author and the subject matter. Some topics remain timeless, while others gain short-term attention but soon fade into irrelevance. Similarly, an author’s insights can become obsolete if they lack Skin in the Game or sufficient erudition. This site offers a carefully curated book database with minimal noise. The books are selected based on following heuristics. Read more about the lindy effect.

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To the Limit: The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas

Michael Crawley

In To the Limit, anthropologist and runner Michael Crawley explores the physical, mental, and cultural dimensions of endurance. Traveling from Mexico’s ultramarathon communities to high-altitude Himalayan trails, he examines how different societies understand and push human limits. Through...

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Let's Read Latin: Introduction to the Language of the Church

Ralph McInerny

At last, a user-friendly introduction to Church Latin using church and scriptural documents themselves, allowing the student to build up knowledge with meaningful texts. All paradigms, grammar, and vocabulary are included, and the texts are explained line by line.

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All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948

Walid Khalidi

This authoritative reference work describes in detail the more than 400 Palestinian villages destroyed or depopulated during the 1948 war. The body of the text is devoted to the villages themselves: each village entry comprises statistical data and several narrative sections. Field research by...

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