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Anthropology, History, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

July 24, 2020July 23, 2020

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari

Humanity’s prehistory was once very overlooked by people who claimed to be lovers of history. Hopefully this book changes that.

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Biography, Fiction, History, Magical Realism, Math  0 Comments

February 15, 2019November 21, 2018

Mandelbrot the Magnificent – Liz Ziemska

A book about Benoit Mandelbrot? Cool! And it’s magical realism? Even cooler!
It’s execution? Not so cool…

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Cancer, History, Medical History, Medicine, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

November 16, 2018August 11, 2018

The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of all Maladies is a wonderfully and detailed look at a terrifying disease – cancer. It does so in exacting detail.

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Classics, Fiction, History, Mythology  0 Comments

July 6, 2018May 22, 2018

The Song of Roland

A classic? A French hero braved the foreign hordes to defend his homeland. I’m not so sure…

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History, Math, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

May 4, 2018March 8, 2018

The Drunkard’s Walk – Leonard Mlodinow

Statistics themselves can be rather boring, but this slim’s book story of how they affect our day to day life is rather captivating.

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