emick rated Four Thousand Weeks: 4 stars
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks …
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emick rated Working Backwards: 3 stars
emick rated Monsters in the Dark : The Making of X-COM: 3 stars
emick rated The Anthropocene Reviewed: 4 stars
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, John Green, John Green - undifferentiated
The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this …
emick rated Staff Engineer: 4 stars
Staff Engineer by Will Larson, Tanya Reilly
At most technology companies, you’ll reach Senior Software Engineer, the career level for software engineers, in five to eight years. …
emick rated The Sovereign Individual: 4 stars
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and …
emick rated How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: 5 stars
How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber, Julie King
A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of …
emick rated Greenlights: 4 stars
emick rated Second foundation: 5 stars
Second foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #3)
After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But …
emick rated Foundation and Empire: 4 stars
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #2)
Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the …
emick rated The rational optimist: 4 stars
Matt Ridley: The rational optimist (2010, Fourth Estate, Harper)
The rational optimist by Matt Ridley
The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Genome" and "The Red Queen" offers a provocative case for an economics of hope, …
emick rated Foundation: 5 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
emick rated The Whole-Brain Child: 3 stars
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel M.D., Tina Payne Bryson
Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Your fifth-grader sulks …
