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December 19, 2025November 4, 2025

A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World – David Kushner and Koren Shadmi

A short primer on Anonymous in graphic novel form

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Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Schlock, Science-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

December 5, 2025October 28, 2025

Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth – Robin Hanson

A waste of time which you shouldnt read

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November 21, 2025October 18, 2025

How the World Really Works – Vaclav Smil

We are oil dependent. That is all

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Feminism, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

November 7, 2025October 18, 2025

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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History, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

October 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Out of Italy: Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise – Fernand Braudel

A take on two centuries of Italian dominance.

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Art History, History, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

September 26, 2025April 26, 2025

Bernini: His Life and His Rome – Franco Mormando

Bernini is a great master of the Baroque, had a fortunate and adventurous life.

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September 12, 2025August 31, 2025

The Trading Game: A Confession – Gary Stevenson

An insiders look at day trading that doesn’t paint a particularly good picture.

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August 29, 2025April 17, 2025

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome – Mary Beard

A history of Ancient Rome. It says so on the cover.

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August 15, 2025April 21, 2025

Trillion Year Spree – Brian W. Aldiss

A very thorough history of sci fi

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August 1, 2025March 27, 2025

L’Avvocato Dell’Atomo: In difesa dell’energia nucleare – Luca Romano

Italy, and really much of the EU, has been sadly anti-nuclear energy. One brave Italian spoke against this trend

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