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Karen Hao: Empire of AI (Hardcover, 2025, Penguin Publishing Group)
Markus Heitz: The Dark Lands (EBook, 2019, hockebooks)
Robinson Daron: Why Nations Fail The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (2012, Profile Books)

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Dana K. White: Organizing for the Rest of Us (Hardcover, 2022, Thomas Nelson)
Hjalmar Siilasvuo: Kampen i Kuhmo (Hardcover, Swedish language, 2017, Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Biblioteks Förlag)
David Graeber, David Wengrow: The Dawn of Everything (2022, Allen Lane)

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Daniel Chapman: 100 Years of Leeds United (Paperback, 2020, Icon Books, Limited)
Marie Kondo: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Hardcover, 2014, Ten Speed Press)
Dana K. White: How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind (AudiobookFormat, 2016, Thomas Nelson on Brilliance Audio)

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66% complete! jalager has read 8 of 12 books.

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reviewed 100 Years of Leeds United by Daniel Chapman

Daniel Chapman: 100 Years of Leeds United (Paperback, 2020, Icon Books, Limited)

100 Years of Leeds United is a 472 page hardback or 640 page paperback book …

Essential reading

"Essential reading" is the comment by iconic Leeds United covering journalist Phil Hay on the cover of this book, and it truly is. If you're a Leeds fan and want to know the club's history, look no further. Daniel Chapman walks his way through the first century of Leeds United as well as the decades leading up to its creation, with insight, humour and style. The book ends with Leeds United reaching promotion back to the Premier League at the end of the 2019/2020 season.

wants to read Empire of AI by Karen Hao

Karen Hao: Empire of AI (Hardcover, 2025, Penguin Publishing Group)

When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she …

Chanced on a review of Karen Hao's book yesterday and mentioned it as an idea for my non-fiction book club. Turns out at least one of the other guys has already read it and gave a glowing endorsement. Looking forward to have a go.

started reading 100 Years of Leeds United by Daniel Chapman

Daniel Chapman: 100 Years of Leeds United (Paperback, 2020, Icon Books, Limited)

100 Years of Leeds United is a 472 page hardback or 640 page paperback book …

What better time to finally pick up my signed copy of Leeds United writer, podcaster and connoisseur Daniel Chapman's essential book on this fantastic club, than the week in which it again won promotion back to the Premier League after two remarkable seasons under Daniel Farke? MOT.