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A great read that explains evolution, natural selection, darwinism, and why these are not only the theories most strongly supported by the evidence, but also why ...

Every single person in tech should read this book. Or if you’re just interested in tech. Or if you just want a basic appreciation of one of the most important tec...

I had seen the first two Godfather movies before reading this book, so I can’t review the book on its own merits, but only in comparison to the movies. It’s the e...

A strange, but moving book. It’s written in the format of letters to Coates’ son, so it feels like a stream of consciousness or a sermon, with beautiful, poetic w...

The good Crossing the chasm.

I loved The Remains of the Day, but I don’t entirely understand this story. At the surface, it appears to be a fantasy story of an old couple traveling through a ...

This book would’ve been far better as a blog post. It makes several important arguments in the preface and then repeats them over and over again for a few hundred...

This book is a so-so whodunnit / thriller. The mystery in the story and the plot twists keep you reading, and they are somewhat memorable, but unfortunately, that...

Some parts of this book are laugh-until-you-cry-and-your-stomach-hurts funny (the description of European countries, and England in particular, are amazing). Some...

I put off reading this book for weeks, because the subject matter seemed fairly boring. How wrong I was. This book is extraordinary, though it’s hard to put into ...