City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens- J.W. Roberts
An in-depth introduction to life in Classical athens.
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Non-Fiction
The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language – Peter Martin
A book about the differences between American and British English, the lack of success of the first American Dictionary, and Noah Webster.
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Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words – John McWhorter
John McWhorter once again does a great job giving us a little bit of linguistics with humor
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Socrates – George Rudebusch
A short little book to help you contextualize the life and thoughts of Socrates.
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
Failures in Polymathy 