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omrig rated The Color of Magic: 5 stars
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the …
omrig rated Bad science: 5 stars
Bad science by Ben Goldacre
Full of spleen, this will be a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad Science.When Dr Ben …
Humble Pi by Matt Parker
What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building …
omrig rated Summary of Educated : A Memoir by Tara Westover: 5 stars
omrig rated The Anthropocene Reviewed: 5 stars
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this …
omrig rated Who Gets What - and Why: 5 stars
Who Gets What - and Why by Alvin Roth
"A Nobel laureate reveals the often surprising rules that govern a vast array of activities -- both mundane and life-changing …
omrig rated Terry Pratchett's Guards! guards!: 5 stars
omrig rated Why nations fail: 5 stars
Why nations fail by Daron Acemoglu
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
Is …
omrig rated Taśigu li et Minah Tsemaḥ!: 5 stars
omrig rated Misbehaving: 5 stars
Misbehaving by Richard Thaler
Get ready to change the way you think about economics.
Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical …
omrig rated The Righteous Mind: 3 stars
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas …
omrig rated Phishing for phools: 4 stars
Phishing for phools by George A. Akerlof
Akerlof and Shiller argue that markets harm as well as help us. As long as there is profit to be …
omrig rated There There: 5 stars
There There by Tommy Orange
Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a …
omrig rated Inside of a dog: 5 stars
Inside of a dog by Alexandra Horowitz
"Do you want to know what dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can. The answers will surprise …