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Nothing Left to Lose, BookAn Impolite Report on the State of Freedom in Canada

by Slayton, Philip
Book - 2020 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
2 out of 5 stars
Added Feb 19, 2021

Comment:

bit of a rant

The Body, BookA Guide for Occupants

by Bryson, Bill
Book - 2019
21288004246712's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Feb 01, 2021

Comment:

great story teller

Bad Buying, BookHow Organizations Waste Billions Through Failures, Frauds and F*ck-ups

by Smith, Peter
Book - 2020
21288004246712's rating:
2 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 13, 2021

Comment:

for those with a keen interest in supply chain management

MS-13, BookThe Making of America's Most Notorious Gang

by Dudley, Steven S.
Book - 2020
21288004246712's rating:
2.5 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 11, 2021

Comment:

somewhat confusing book as the author shifts between different people, time and places

The Man Who Ran Washington, BookThe Life and Times of James A. Baker III

by Baker, Peter
Book - 2020 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 01, 2021

Comment:

takes a unique personality to thrive in that Washington snake-pit

The Story of China, BookThe Epic History of A World Power From the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

by Wood, Michael
Book - 2020 | First U.S. edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 17, 2020

Comment:

tough to compress 4,000 years of history into a single volume, but is a useful guide to understanding the complexity of China's civilization

Pharma, BookGreed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America

by Posner, Gerald L.
Book - 2020 | First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
21288004246712's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 02, 2020

Comment:

a damning critique of the US pharmaceutical industry, with a particular focus on the Sackler family (of OxyContin fame)

No Man's Land, BookThe Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain's Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I

by Moore, Wendy
Book - 2020 | First US edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Nov 12, 2020

Comment:

the war ends just as the Spanish Flu flares up

Gambling With Armageddon, BookNuclear Roulette From Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962

by Sherwin, Martin J.
Book - 2020 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Oct 30, 2020

Comment:

terrifying how close the Cuban missile crisis came to starting a nuclear war

The Folly and the Glory, BookAmerica, Russia, and Political Warfare, 1945-2020

by Weiner, Tim
Book - 2020 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Oct 19, 2020

Comment:

things will get interesting for Putin as Trump gets the boot

Money, BookThe True Story of A Made-up Thing

by Goldstein, Jacob
Book - 2020 | First Edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Oct 13, 2020

Comment:

entertaining read

A Warning, Book

Book - 2019 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Sep 16, 2020

Comment:

its a warning for democracy

Arguing With Zombies, BookEconomics, Politics, and the Fight for A Better Future

by Krugman, Paul R.
Book - 2020 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
2.5 out of 5 stars
Added Aug 30, 2020

The Bomb, BookPresidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

by Kaplan, Fred M.
Book - 2020 | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Aug 30, 2020

Possible Minds, BookTwenty-five Ways of Looking at AI

Book - 2019
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Aug 30, 2020

Do No Harm, BookThe Opioid Epidemic

by Wiland, Harry
Book - 2019
21288004246712's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Mar 01, 2020

Comment:

The US have laws that permit their goverment to seize the assets of drug dealers. Maybe they should start to apply those laws against certain pharmaceutical companies.

Pacific, BookSilicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

by Winchester, Simon
Book - 2015 | First edition
21288004246712's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Feb 27, 2020

Comment:

great story teller

Heaven on Earth, BookHow Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World

by Fauber, L. S.
Book - 2019 | First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
21288004246712's rating:
2 out of 5 stars
Added Feb 14, 2020

Comment:

odd book about odd people

How Money Became Dangerous, BookThe Inside Story of Our Turbulent Relationship With Modern Financial Capitalism

by Varelas, Christopher
Book - 2019
21288004246712's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Feb 07, 2020

Comment:

why greed is not good

Bagehot, BookThe Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian

by Grant, James
Book - 2019 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 29, 2020

Comment:

rather intellectual biography of Bagehot

Stephen Hawking, BookHis Science in A Nutshell

by Freistetter, Florian
Book - 2020 | 1st US hardcover edition in English.
21288004246712's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 26, 2020

Comment:

good attempt at explaining the incomprehensible

Kushner, Inc, BookGreed, Ambition, Corruption ; the Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

by Ward, Vicky
Book - 2019 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 20, 2020

Comment:

"perception is more important than reality"

Adventures in the West, BookHenry Ross Halpin, Fur Trader and Indian Agent

by Halpin, Henry
Book - 2008
21288004246712's rating:
2 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 11, 2020

Comment:

historical footnote at most

Kochland, BookThe Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America

by Leonard, Christopher
Book - 2019 | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
21288004246712's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Jan 06, 2020

Comment:

well written story about a real-life Ayn Rand type figure

Siege, BookTrump Under Fire

by Wolff, Michael
Book - 2019 | First edition.
21288004246712's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Dec 26, 2019

Comment:

Washington morphs into Gotham City in this Bannon narrative
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