ryanfb rated The Last Wish: 5 stars
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer.His sole purpose: to destroy …
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ryanfb rated The Return of Martin Guerre: 5 stars
ryanfb rated The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: 5 stars
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …
ryanfb rated Kudos: A Novel: 5 stars
ryanfb rated The Third Reich in Power, 1933-1939: 5 stars
Edward Niedermeyer: Ludicrous
Ludicrous by Edward Niedermeyer
Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors is Edward Niedermeyer's non-fiction book about Tesla, Inc., published in 2019. The book …
ryanfb rated Winners Take All: 5 stars
Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas
Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the …
ryanfb rated Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice: 5 stars
Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice by David M. Higgins
NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers …
ryanfb rated Bible nation: 5 stars
ryanfb rated The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: 5 stars
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the …
ryanfb rated Algorithms of Oppression: 5 stars
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble
A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms
Run …
ryanfb rated Because Internet: 5 stars
Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.
Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source …
ryanfb rated Ancient Greece: 5 stars
ryanfb rated Less: a novel: 5 stars
Less: a novel by Andrew Sean Greer
Who says you can't run away from your problems?
You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding …
ryanfb rated How to Be an Antiracist: 5 stars
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points …