How the World Really Works – Vaclav Smil
We are oil dependent. That is all
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The Dog Walker – R A Stone
A Contemporary Male Fiction Novel. Apparently that matters
Self-Made Man: My Year Disguised as a Man – Norah Vincent
One gender does tend to assume, for better or worse, what life as the other gender is life. Norah Vincent had a stab at it.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
A complex novel about a person who is lost in life and society, both metaphorically and at times literally
Out of Italy: Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise – Fernand Braudel
A take on two centuries of Italian dominance.
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The Fifth Science – Exurb1a
A YouTuber branched out into fiction. How well will this go?
Bernini: His Life and His Rome – Franco Mormando
Bernini is a great master of the Baroque, had a fortunate and adventurous life.
Mother Night – Kurt Vonnegut
Some things, even those by beloved authors, just don’t resonate
The Trading Game: A Confession – Gary Stevenson
An insiders look at day trading that doesn’t paint a particularly good picture.
Critical Mass – Daniel Suarez
The sequel to the excellent Delta-v
It makes me wonder where this story is going.
Failures in Polymathy 