Books I have begun (and in many cases finished), but not remarked on in a review post.
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Created and curated by wrul (pre‐2023)
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
3 stars
AI is the future - but what will that future look like? Will superhuman intelligence be our slave, or become …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - rating of half a star, as stand-in for 0 stars
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Uncanny and Improbable Events by Amitav Ghosh (Green Ideas, #6)
5 stars
In this personal and wide-ranging exploration of how our collective imaginations fail to grasp the scale of environmental destruction, Amitav …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 5 stars
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African Europeans by Olivette Otele
4 stars
A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent One of the Best History …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
4 stars
Intriguing and uplifting stories of the world's oldest plants, from the revered botanist and indigenous teacher Robin Wall Kimmerer
Living …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
3 stars
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 1 star
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The Nutmeg's Curse by Amitav Ghosh
5 stars
The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation – of both human life and the natural environment …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 5 stars
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4 stars
This remarkable audiobook is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 5 stars
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4 stars
So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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Sauvage par nature by Sarah Marquis
1 star
1 000 jours et 1 000 nuits : Sarah Marquis a traversé à pied et seule tout le continent austral. …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 1 star
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Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
3 stars
A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 3 stars
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The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah by Masanobu Fukuoka
5 stars
Here the celebrated pioneer of the 'do-nothing' farming method reflects on global ecological trauma and argues that we must radically …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 5 stars
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Women and Leadership by Julia Gillard, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
4 stars
An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars (specific to audiobook edition)
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Loving Country by Vicky Shukuroglou, Bruce Pascoe
Listeners are encouraged to discover sacred Australia by reconsidering the accepted history and hearing diverse stories of her Indigenous people. …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 4 stars
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4 stars
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against 'failed states' around the globe. In this much …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 3 stars
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The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
4 stars
A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, …
wrul (pre‐2023) says: - provisional rating of 2 stars
