bookshelf
Do you ever read something and feel nostalgic about a place you have never been to?
to read
Ghost in the Wires
Kevin Mitnick
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
2023
Comic Wars
Dan Raviv
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Marvel's investors, junk bonds, dummy corporations
The Dawn of Everything
David Graeber & David Wengrow
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buried histories of ancient cultures
The Best of Peter Egan
Peter Egan
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wholesome motorcycle tales
Paved Paradise
Henry Grabar
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based
The Good Enough Job
Simone Stolzoff
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your reward for good work is more work
The Arbornaut
Meg Lowman
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ok we get it natural-born nature girl...
The Three-body Problem
Cixin Liu
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true sci-fi; 10/10 would unfold a proton again
2022
Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
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sometimes not so funny behind the scenes
Freakonomics
Stephen Levitt & Stephen Dubner
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microeconomics/sociology thought candies
Tools for Conviviality
Ivan Illich
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choose technology wisely
Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller
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the answer is love
Salt Fat Acid Heat
Samin Nosrat
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Salt: liberally. Fat: also liberally. Acid: always. Heat: slow.
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
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cliche but thoughtful and cozy
Lab Girl
Hope Jahren
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plants, cold pizza, road trips, smelly labmate
2021
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil
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mostly apologizing about 2008
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
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give it a tap at just the right angle
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
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luck snowballs
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell
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good instinct, or coincidence?
The Fine Art of Small Talk
Debra Fine
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just say it
The Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig
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where is Quality?
2020
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
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thanks Uncle Bob!
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!
Richard Feynman
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he's pretty cool
2018
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Richard Feynman
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worldview of a curious physicist
2017
Dead Poets Society
N.H. Kleinbaum
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we love Robin Williams
What Every Body is Saying
Joe Navarro
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check the direction of their feet
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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it was a pleasure to burn
The Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury
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fun short stories
Word by Word
Kory Stamper
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art of lexicography