I teach Python programming for work, but my reading is largely about world betterment, self improvement, and interesting, insightful, or fun fiction. I pretty much exclusively listen to audiobooks.
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Assata: An Autobiography is a 1988 autobiographical book by Assata Shakur. The book was written …
I didn't really know Assata's story before reading. This was an incredible story. I found it engaging and believable. Also both inspiring and sad.
"In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown …
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American …
I definitely found flaws in this book, but I couldn't stop reading it (listening actually). I liked Wil Wheaton's narration. This book didn't challenge my world view, but I enjoyed the story.
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …
I enjoyed the writing style and the audiobook narration by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal captured Esther's occasionally whimsical dialogue well. There are comical moments in this book, but this is not a light read.
From inside front cover: The beautiful, iron-willed Wild Ginger is only in elementary school when …
Teenage drama set in Mao's China during the cultural revolution. I found the characters a little flat at times, but relatable enough to reflect on between chapters. A worthwhile read.
An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves …
"In her comic, scathing essay "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations …
Steven Johnson: Everything bad is good for you (2006, Riverhead Books)
Forget everything you've read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, intelligent, and convincing endorsement of today's …
Dumbing Us Down is a radical treatise on public education that concludes that compulsory government schooling does little but teach …
The audiobook version of this is excellent.
When it comes to the way business is carried out online, the earth beneath our …
Had some interesting advice in the last half or so. Not a fan of the writing style at all.
