John McWhorter is a favorite of mine, so I am admittedly biased. But I enjoyed it.
read more Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever – John McWhorter
Apparently this is a ‘Sports Book’. I am somehow not convinced.
read more Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography – Mike Tyson and Larry Sloman
Regardless of the author, writing a Utopia has always been a bad idea.
read more Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present – Yanis Varoufakis
A guide to my body is exactly what I have always been wanting. I am not sure this book fulfills that desire.
This might be one of the most politically impactful people that no one has ever heard of.
read more The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth – Josh Levin
You can define your education by answering the question “Name notable figures from the Romantic period”. The answer, apparently, should all be scientists.
If you still think that some of the problems of the past 6 years are things that can be worked through with conversation, then this is the book for you.
read more Della gentilezza e del coraggio – Gianrico Carofiglio
A fascinating cross between a self-help book and a memoir, although the former falls a little short.
Some people really have earned the status of hero when we consider history.
Epistemology: it’s not just for Atheism anymore.
Failures in Polymathy 