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Great summary of the history of #encyclopedias with lots of fascinating insights and a focus on the #EncyclopædiaBritannica. The final chapters made me aware, that not Wikipedia really ended the printed encyclopedias, but #Encarta from #Microsoft, also one of my first encyclopedias. But of course #Wikipedia finished them all of and there seems to be no possible path for an alternative now...
Weaving his own experiences into this account of Irish social, cultural, and economic change, O’Toole …
Wow, what a great book!
Weaving his own experiences into this account of Irish social, cultural, and economic change, O’Toole …
This is one of those rare books, that show you the complete picture of a country. Ireland is certainly not in the centre of my attention, and I learned so much about its recent history, it's people and the drastic changes in the last decade. Absolutely worth every minute it took to read this not very short book..
Weaving his own experiences into this account of Irish social, cultural, and economic change, O’Toole shows how Ireland, in just …
It should be one of the richest countries in the world, instead people don't get enough to eat. The book explains what happened and why it propably won't going to get better soon.
Detailed and fact-filled account of the first years of the Pandemic, full of input from scientists. Even if you read all the articles in the last years, you'll find countless new informations and much better explanations. The best summary until now.
Very interesting, very cool: I'd say a masterpice.
Read it in four days, I think that says it all. What a sad book and how wonderful it is written.