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I was a bit skeptical from the title, but I must admit, this is a great book for learning leadership principles. The principles come from the experience of US Nav...

The good An imaginative and original tale, especially for its time. Some of the adventures are especially fun and memorable, especially (WARNIN...

I have to admit that I don’t really understand the hype around this book. I found the exploration of academia, scholarship, monasteries, the “ivory tower,” and th...

The good It’s Brandon Sanderson, so you get great writing, exciting action, and fully-realized characters. Unique premise: Stephen Leeds is a g...

The good An interesting look at the Chicago World’s Fair (AKA World’s Columbian Exposition) from 1893, where they managed to assemble some astonishing ar...

I can see why this book is so famous. It’s one of those rare business books that has no filler material: it’s concise, to the point, and stuffed full of powerful ...

Did not finish. I got about 1/3rd of this book and realized I wasn’t entirely sure what I was reading anymore. There’s some sort of poem? And a line-by-line criti...

Well written story of the insane things human beings can survive.

The good Starts of really strong: a big mystery and tight pacing makes the book hard to put down. Cool and somewhat unique premise, at least as far as time ...

A delightful children’s story I never got to read as a child, but was able to now. Cute characters, hilarious “gobblefunk” language (delumptious human beans, slos...