The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a book that I gave 3-stars to because parts of it are 5-star and parts are 1-star, so this is how it averages … Continue reading
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The Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin by Peter H. Salus My rating: 4 of 5 stars I give this a high rating because it does what it sets out to do very well.Peter Salus was involved in the history … Continue reading
Save as PDFMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I think this book would be a good one for your older relative who doesn’t understand everything going on in the online world. It covers how old businesses are going over the cliff, and … Continue reading
Save as PDFSigning Their Rights Away by Denise Kiernan My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is not a page turner. What this is really useful for is a bathroom book. Small, digestible chunks that let you read a little and put … Continue reading
Save as PDFA History of Europe by John Morris Roberts My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read the audiobook version. People who know me well enough will learn that my first degree was in History, and it is still a strong … Continue reading
Save as PDFPhysics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a fun book. I won’t claim that it is cosmically significant, … Continue reading
Save as PDFAbundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this as a Nook eBook. The global climate is changing and the ice caps are melting. Civil liberties are eroding. … Continue reading
Save as PDFThe Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein My rating: 5 of 5 stars Harry Truman once said “The only thing new in this world is the history you don’t know.” He was guided throughout his political … Continue reading
Save as PDFWikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is interesting, though in some ways it shows its age. For instance, you need to overlook the references to Myspace as the examplar … Continue reading
Save as PDFThe Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross My rating: 5 of 5 stars Art is always in dialog with the time of its creation, so this book is looking at 20th century music. But in … Continue reading
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