Socrates – George Rudebusch
A short little book to help you contextualize the life and thoughts of Socrates.
Non-Fiction
Elogio dell’ignoranza e dell’errore – Gianrico Carofiglio
A slim volume that helps you understand how to be a little smarter in the world.
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Italy, A Short History – Harry Hearder
A brief history of Italy
A Discourse on the Method – René Descartes
The “Cogito Ergo Sum” book. Is it worth a read now-a-days?
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari
To have read this a decade ago…
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Of Solids and Surds – Samuel R. Delany
A book about writing from my favorite writer, written perhaps a little too late in his extraordinary life
The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic – Jean-Manuel Roubineau
It does feel like we know little about figures from antiquity. I am glad this book shines some light on one of them
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The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil
Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.
Chrono Trigger – Michael P. Williams
Writing about another art form is never easy
All About Me! – Mel Brooks
I am not sure why I picked this up. It was perhaps a combination of wanting something funny, wanting to
Failures in Polymathy 