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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Comics, Current Events, Non-Fiction, Politics  2 Comments

January 13, 2023January 3, 2023

Niente di nuovo sul fronte di Rebibbia – Zerocalcare

I picked up some nostalgia bait and read it.

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Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

December 2, 2022February 7, 2022

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin

A whole lot of bravado from one of America’s founders.

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Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

July 1, 2022August 22, 2021

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – Anthony Bourdain

Here is a hot take: after reading this I feel like I understood Anthony Bourdain’s suicide.

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Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

April 29, 2022July 13, 2021

Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography – Mike Tyson and Larry Sloman

Apparently this is a ‘Sports Book’. I am somehow not convinced.

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History, Memoir, Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help, Trauma  0 Comments

December 24, 2021June 14, 2021

Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl

A fascinating cross between a self-help book and a memoir, although the former falls a little short.

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Biography, History, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Politics  0 Comments

November 26, 2021May 29, 2021

Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela

Some people really have earned the status of hero when we consider history.

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Atheism, Biography, Christianity, Counter Apologetics, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion, Scepticism  0 Comments

February 19, 2021February 8, 2021

Deconverted: A Journey from Religion to Reason – Seth Andrews

There are a lot of books I can throw into the ‘read for the wrong reason’ category. This is one

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Memoir, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

February 21, 2020September 21, 2019

Dispatches from the Edge – Anderson Cooper

Dispatches from the Edge is touching and horrifying, and reminds us how us how the fragility of live continues to effect us.

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Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Media  0 Comments

January 10, 2020September 14, 2019

United Breaks Guitars – Dave Carroll

United Breaks Guitars went viral, proving to corporations that you can’t just step on customers.

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Memoir, Non-Fiction, Writing  2 Comments

May 17, 2019May 11, 2019

On Writing – Stephen King

I keep giving Stephen King a shot, and I keep learning that he may not deserve it.

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