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notalocal rated The Dawning of the Apocalypse: 4 stars
notalocal rated Capitalism and Slavery: 4 stars
notalocal rated How the Word Is Passed: 5 stars
notalocal rated Cobbler's Boy: 4 stars
notalocal rated Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: 5 stars

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in …
notalocal rated All the water in the world: 4 stars

All the water in the world by Eiren Caffall
In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural …
notalocal rated Erasing History: 5 stars

Erasing History by Jason Stanley
Combining historical research with an in-depth analysis of our modern political landscape, Erasing History issues a dire warning for America …
notalocal rated The Testaments: 5 stars

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of …
notalocal rated On Tyranny: 5 stars

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin …
notalocal rated Schrodinger's Wife (and Other Possibilities): 3 stars

Schrodinger's Wife (and Other Possibilities) by Pippa Goldschmidt
The stories travel through laboratories, observatories, rockets, hotel rooms, hospitals, out to the Antarctic and into outer space, following the …
notalocal rated The Death of the Necromancer: 4 stars

The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman with an enigmatic past. Consumed by thoughts of vengeance, he is consoled only …
notalocal rated Exit Strategy: 4 stars

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries, comes …
notalocal rated Artificial Condition: 4 stars

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems …