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The Con Queen of Hollywood by Scott C. Johnson
4 stars
“This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported …
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The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell
4 stars
Investigations into a new understanding of heat and the impact rising temperatures will have on our lives and our planet.
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Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now by Jaron Lanier
4 stars
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that were …
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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
4 stars
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a …
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott J. Shapiro
4 stars
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing is an entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to …
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Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
5 stars
The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when an underground network of 19th …
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Chokepoint Capitalism by Stefan Rudnicki, Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow
4 stars
A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and …
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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free by Cory Doctorow
4 stars
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can …
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Der Tyrann by Stephen Greenblatt
5 stars
Was uns Shakespeare über Trump, Putin und Co. verrät
Wie kann es sein, dass eine Nation in die Hände eines …
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Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz
4 stars
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators …
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The Future is Degrowth by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan
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Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in …
