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===Recent roll===
===Recent roll===
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as of 14/6/2021


The Day of the Jackal — Frederick Forsyth<br>
A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life — Stuart A. Kauffman<br>
Politically Homeless — Matt Forde<br>
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Turned on the West — Catherine Belton<br>
Obliquity — John Kay<br>
Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories — Rob Brotherton<br>
Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers Are Taking Over the Internet - and Why We're Following — Gabrielle Bluestone<br>
Ball Lightning — Cixin Liu<br>
Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions — Gerd Gigerenzer<br>
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley<br>
The Power of Ignorance: How Creative Solutions Emerge When We Admit What We Don’t Know — Dave Trott<br>
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets — Nassim Nicholas Taleb<br>
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space — Stephen Walker<br>
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century — Barbara Tuchman<br>
As of 10/2/2021
{{br|The Good Soldier Svejk}} — {{author|Jaroslav Hasek}} <br>
{{br|A Man for All Markets}} — {{author|Edward O. Thorp}} <br>
{{br|September 1, 1939}} — {{author|Ian Sansom}} <br>
{{br|Leonardo Da Vinci}} — {{author|Walter Isaacson}} <br>
{{br|Strongmen}} — {{author|Ruth Ben-Ghiat}} <br>
{{br|The Death and Life of Great American Cities}} — {{author|Jane Jacobs}} <br>
{{br|Countdown to Zero Day}} —{{author|Kim Zelltner}} <br>
{{br|The Case Against Reality}} <br>
{{br|Killing for Company}} — {{author|Brian Masters}} <br>
{{br|Prediction Machines}} — {{author|Ajar Agrawal}} <br>
{{br|Moneyland}} — {{author|Oliver Burrough}} <br>
{{br|When}} — {{author|Daniel Pink}} <br>
{{br|Seeing Like A State}} — {{author|James C. Scott}} <br>
{{br|How Innovation Works}} — {{author|Matt Ridley}} <br>
{{br|Twilight of Democracy}} — {{author|Anne Applebaum}} <br>
{{br|Face It}} — {{author|Debbie Harry}} <br>
{{br|Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries}} - {{author|Safi Bahcall}} <br>
{{br|Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries}} - {{author|Safi Bahcall}} <br>


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{{br|Darke}} — {{author|Rick Gekoski}} <br>
{{br|Darke}} — {{author|Rick Gekoski}} <br>
{{br|Meltdown}} — {{author|Chris Clearfield}} and {{author|András Tilcsik}} <br>
{{br|Meltdown}} — {{author|Chris Clearfield}} and {{author|András Tilcsik}} <br>
{{br|Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction}} — {{David Enrich}} <br>
{{br|Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction}} — {{author|David Enrich}} <br>
{{br|The Light That Failed: A Reckoning}} —  {{author|Ivan Krastev}} and {{author|Stephen Holmes}} <br>
{{br|The Light That Failed: A Reckoning}} —  {{author|Ivan Krastev}} and {{author|Stephen Holmes}} <br>
{{br|A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush}} —  {{author|Eric Newby}} <br>
{{br|A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush}} —  {{author|Eric Newby}} <br>
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{{br|The World of Yesterday}} — {{author|Stefan Zweig}} <br>
{{br|The World of Yesterday}} — {{author|Stefan Zweig}} <br>
{{br|The Information}} — {{author|James Gleick}} <br>
{{br|The Information}} — {{author|James Gleick}} <br>
{{br|Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that Don't Make Sense}} — {{author|Rory Sutherland}} <br>
{{br|Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that Don’t Make Sense}} — {{author|Rory Sutherland}} <br>
{{br|Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialised World}} — {{author|David Epstein}} <br>
{{br|Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialised World}} — {{author|David Epstein}} <br>
{{br|The Goal}} — {{author|Eliyahu Goldratt}} <br>
{{br|The Goal}} — {{author|Eliyahu Goldratt}} <br>
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==={{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s “Incerto” collection===
==={{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}’s “Incerto” collection===
{{bookreview|Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}}<br>
{{br|Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets}}<br>
{{bookreview|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} <br>
{{br|The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable}} <br>
{{br|Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life}} <br>
{{br|Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life}} <br>
{{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}}
{{br|Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder}}
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===Science, mathematics and the philosophy of science===
===Science, mathematics and the philosophy of science===
{{bookreview|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} - {{author|Thomas Kuhn}} <br>
{{br|The Structure of Scientific Revolutions}} - {{author|Thomas Kuhn}} <br>
{{bookreview|A Grand Design}} - {{author|Stephen Hawking}} <br>
{{br|A Grand Design}} - {{author|Stephen Hawking}} <br>
{{bookreview|Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos}} - {{author|Roger Lewin}} <br>
{{br|Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos}} - {{author|Roger Lewin}} <br>
{{bookreview|Consilience}} - {{author|E. O. Wilson}} <br>
{{br|Consilience}} - {{author|E. O. Wilson}} <br>
{{bookreview|Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}} - {{author|Emanuel Derman}} <br>
{{br|Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality can be a Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life}} - {{author|Emanuel Derman}} <br>
{{bookreview|How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog}} - {{author|Chad Orzal}} <br>
{{br|How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog}} - {{author|Chad Orzal}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}} - {{author|Nancy Cartwright}} <br>
{{br|The Dappled World – A Study of the Boundaries of Science}} - {{author|Nancy Cartwright}} <br>
{{bookreview|Lake Views: This World and the Universe}} - {{author|Steven Weinberg}} <br>
{{br|Lake Views: This World and the Universe}} - {{author|Steven Weinberg}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives}} - {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}} <br>
{{br|The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives}} - {{author|Leonard Mlodinow}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} - {{author|Lee Smolin}} <br>
{{br|The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science and What Comes Next}} - {{author|Lee Smolin}} <br>


===Good books about technology===
===Good books about technology===
{{bookreview|Code: Version 2.0}} - {{author|Lawrence Lessig}} <br>
{{br|Code: Version 2.0}} - {{author|Lawrence Lessig}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves}} - {{author|Brian Arthur}} <br>
{{br|The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves}} - {{author|Brian Arthur}} <br>


===Bad books about technology===
===Bad books about technology===
{{bookreview|Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization}} – {{author|Parag Khanna}} and {{author|Ayesha Khanna}} <br>
{{br|Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization}} – {{author|Parag Khanna}} and {{author|Ayesha Khanna}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Singularity is Near}} - {{author|Ray Kurzweil}} <br>
{{br|The Singularity is Near}} - {{author|Ray Kurzweil}} <br>


===Business and process engineering===
===Business and process engineering===
{{bookreview|Blockbusters: Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} - {{author|Anita Elberse}} <br>
{{br|Blockbusters: Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} - {{author|Anita Elberse}} <br>
{{bookreview|Enterprise 2.0}} – {{author|Andrew MacAfee}} <br>
{{br|Enterprise 2.0}} – {{author|Andrew MacAfee}} <br>
{{bookreview|Steve Jobs}} - {{author|Walter Isaacson}} <br>
{{br|Steve Jobs}} - {{author|Walter Isaacson}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right}} - {{author|Atul Gawande}} <br>
{{br|The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right}} - {{author|Atul Gawande}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Design of Business: Why Design is the Next Competitive Advantage}} - {{author|Roger Martin}} <br>
{{br|The Design of Business: Why Design is the Next Competitive Advantage}} - {{author|Roger Martin}} <br>
{{br|Rework}} - {{author|Jason Fried}}
{{br|Rework}} - {{author|Jason Fried}}


===Writing and the law===
===Writing and the law===
{{bookreview|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One}} - {{author|Stanley Fish}} <br>
{{br|How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One}} - {{author|Stanley Fish}} <br>


===Good books about philosophy and psychology===
===Good books about philosophy and psychology===
{{bookreview|Man’s Search for Meaning}} - {{author|Viktor Frankl}} <br>
{{br|Man’s Search for Meaning}} - {{author|Viktor Frankl}} <br>
{{bookreview|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind}} - {{author|Julian Jaynes}} <br>
{{br|The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind}} - {{author|Julian Jaynes}} <br>
{{bookreview|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} - {{author|Daniel Kahneman}} <br>
{{br|Thinking, Fast and Slow}} - {{author|Daniel Kahneman}} <br>
{{bookreview|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance}} - {{author|Robert M. Pirsig}} <br>
{{br|Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance}} - {{author|Robert M. Pirsig}} <br>
 


===Bad books about philosophy ===
===Bad books about philosophy ===
{{bookreview|Affluenza}} - {{author|Oliver James}} <br>
{{br|Affluenza}} - {{author|Oliver James}} <br>
{{br|The God Delusion}} - {{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br>
{{br|The God Delusion}} - {{author|Richard Dawkins}} <br>


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