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Sommer717 rated Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: 4 stars
Sommer717 rated Debt: The First 5,000 Years: 4 stars
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
Sommer717 rated I Am Legend: 2 stars
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, Richard Matheson
I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern …
Sommer717 rated All Marketers are Liars (with a New Preface): 4 stars
Seth Godin: All Marketers are Liars (with a New Preface) (2009, Penguin USA, Inc.)
All Marketers are Liars (with a New Preface) by Seth Godin
All marketers tell stories. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in …
Sommer717 rated Norwegian Wood: 3 stars
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young …
Sommer717 rated The Gates of Europe: 4 stars
The Gates of Europe by Serhii Plokhy
As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian …
Sommer717 rated The Order of Time: 4 stars
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we …
Sommer717 rated Affluent Society: 3 stars
Spent by Geoffrey Miller
A leading evolutionary psychologist probes the hidden instincts behind our working, shopping, and spendingEvolutionary psychologythe compelling science of human naturehas …
Alfred Lansing: ENDURANCE (Paperback, Tyndale House Publishers)
ENDURANCE by Alfred Lansing
Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set …