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Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you’re anything like me, you might be waiting until the last minute. But whether every single present is already wrapped and ready, or you’ll hit the shops on Christmas Eve, giving gifts is a curious but central part of being…

Gifts are usually given reciprocally. Svetlana_nsk/iStock via Getty Images Plus Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you’re anything like me, you might be waiting until the …

Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.

Chip Colwell’s profile on The Conversation

Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you’re anything like me, you might be waiting until the last minute. But whether every single present is already wrapped

Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for December 7th, 2023. Its a Thursday, that much is clear. But its a Thursday in December, and that means its going to be a little less showy than we might expect.

Elizabeth Kolbert reviews “Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization,” by Ed Conway, and “So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything,” by Chip Colwell.

The United Kingdom's based book award duo, Carnegie and Greenaway, have 16 shortlisted titles between them.

There are a total 33 titles longlisted in the two Carnegie Greenaway awards, one for children's books, the other for illustration.