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Brin wants to read A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
Brin finished reading The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its …
Brin wants to read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.
Brin started reading The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz (Playful Thinking)
The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz (Playful Thinking)
How games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought.
Are games …
Brin rated A short history of the Middle East: 4 stars
Gordon Kerr: A short history of the Middle East (2016, Pocket essentials)
A short history of the Middle East by Gordon Kerr
Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of conquerors and peacemakers alike. Christianity, …
Brin finished reading A short history of the Middle East by Gordon Kerr
Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of …
Felt like a well condensed overview that gave me a broader understanding of the region. Surely things get lost when writing such a condensed series of events, but especially noting the focus on Plaestine-Israel and Syria i found the omission of Nakba or Rojava slightly odd.
The author tires to be politically neutral, something I dont believe in and their tendencies toward our western way of life show.
Brin wants to read Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Brin started reading A short history of the Middle East by Gordon Kerr
Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of …
A very concise history of the middle east, starts with mesopotamia. I'm currently around the middle of thr ottoman empire 1/3 through the book. It looks like a lot of focus will be put into 19th and 20th century which im glad about as I want to understand that contemporary history of the region better.
Written by a Scott from, what he seems to acknowledge, a Eurocentric point of view. He also acknowledges the whole concept of the middle east being Eurocentric which I'm happy to see in the book.
Brin rated The Reader (Oprah's Book Club): 5 stars
The Reader (Oprah's Book Club) by Bernhard Schlink, Bernard Schlink
The Reader (German: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in …
Brin set a goal to read 12 books in 2024
Brin finished reading The Reader (Oprah's Book Club) by Bernhard Schlink
The Reader (German: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard …
Took me way too long to read this one, but an incredible short story. I find the book to be about exploitative yet true love and our relationship of healing from it without hatred towards the one who hurt us.