Written as an academic study with graphs to prove its thesis and individual governing laws, this book is a quick and highly entertaining read! So easy to remember I’m sure I’ll be pulling this out in conversation for a long time
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Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Carlo M. Cipolla
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan "A classic" --Simon Kuper, Financial Times
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Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Carlo M. Cipolla
"A masterly book" --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan "A classic" --Simon Kuper, Financial Times
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vlibs wants to read We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen (Varg Veum, #17)

We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen (Varg Veum, #17)
- Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend Karin, whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful reminder …
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Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, Mary Roach
The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is …
vlibs wants to read Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years …