Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the …
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rslomkow rated Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath: 3 stars
Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath, Christmas EDITION
The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional …
rslomkow rated Everybody lies: 2 stars
Everybody lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Foreword by Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our Nature
Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and …
rslomkow rated How we got to now: 3 stars
How we got to now by Steven Johnson
"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a …
rslomkow rated The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: 4 stars
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini by Khaled Hosseini
1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help …
rslomkow rated The Hard Thing About Hard Things: 3 stars
rslomkow rated Poor Economics: 4 stars
Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee
Why would a man in Morocco who doesn't have enough to eat buy a television? Why do the poorest people …
rslomkow rated On Bullshit: 4 stars
On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
On Bullshit is a 2005 book (originally a 1986 essay) by American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt which presents a theory …
rslomkow rated Weapons of Math Destruction: 2 stars
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …
rslomkow rated Middlemarch: 5 stars
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in the years 1830-32, has several …
rslomkow rated How Google Works: 2 stars
rslomkow rated Rise of the Robots: 2 stars
Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford - undifferentiated
Examines the effects of accelerating technology on the economic system.
In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around …
