BART: the dramatic history of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system by Michael C. Healy
When BART opened in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1972, it became a catalyst for a renaissance in modern …
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BART: the dramatic history of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system by Michael C. Healy
When BART opened in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1972, it became a catalyst for a renaissance in modern …
BART: the dramatic history of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system by Michael C. Healy
When BART opened in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1972, it became a catalyst for a renaissance in modern …
Jon Parise rated How to Build a Car: 5 stars
Jon Parise rated When We Cease to Understand the World: 4 stars
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, Adrian Nathan West
A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. …
Jon Parise rated Hella Town: 4 stars
Jon Parise rated Ancient ruins and archaeology: 3 stars
Jon Parise rated The old man and the sea: 5 stars
Ernest Hemingway: The old man and the sea (1980, Scribner)
The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway (The Scribner library of contemporary classics)
Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who encounters a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream and the battle for his catch …
Jon Parise rated Star trek memories: 4 stars
Star trek memories by William Shatner, Chris Kreski
Star Trek Memories is the first of two volumes of autobiography dictated by William Shatner and transcribed by MTV editorial …
Jon Parise rated Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win: 4 stars
Jon Parise rated Justices Behind Roe V. Wade: 4 stars
Jon Parise rated The Storyteller: 4 stars
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do …
Jon Parise rated Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber: 4 stars
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
In June 2017, Travis Kalanick, the hard-charging CEO of Uber, was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal …
Jon Parise rated Project Hail Mary: 4 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …