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Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg, Mary Jordan: Modern Romance (Hardcover, 2015, Penguin Press)

From NYU Wagner:

At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to …

Review of 'Modern Romance' on 'Goodreads'

Refreshing, thorough, and well thought out and researched. Aziz narrates a refreshing take on why dating is so hard in the 21st century with humor sprinkled in. He goes over the common things millennials must go through, and the stress it causes.

Parmy Olson: We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency (2012)

Review of 'We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency' on 'Goodreads'

This book provides pretty decent accounts and insights into the activities of the people of Anonymous. If you don't have a good idea of what hacking is or the various types of hacking, then Parmy Olson does a good job explaining those to you. It can get a little over the top at some points, but it's probably needed for the average reader. Overall, this book was good, but at times was just a copy and paste of text from a chat rather than real in depth opinion.

David Graeber: Debt (2011, Melville House)

The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans …

Review of 'Debt' on 'Goodreads'

It was a very interesting and informative read, but a somewhat verbose one as well. You don't really have any choice but to read it slowly so you can be sure to take in everything he is saying. He does build to a very interesting theory in the last couple chapters which makes you really think about what is going on in today's society and how we might not, in fact, be so different from our ancient ancestors.

Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Bonnie G. Smith, Lynn Hunt: Making of the West : A Concise History, Volume I (Paperback, 2013, Brand: Bedford/St. Martin's, Bedford/St. Martin's)

Review of 'Making of the West : A Concise History, Volume I' on 'Goodreads'

A very good, comprehensive book of history from 40,000 BC to 1750 AD. It does a good job of giving you the main points of the history, but a lot of times glances over the details of many events. This is good primer for books focusing on major events.