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myrmidex rated The Time Machine and War of the Worlds: 3 stars
The Time Machine and War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells OG
A compilation of the two stories by H. G. Wells, with original acknowledgements, etc., and no additional commentary.
myrmidex rated Farewell to Arms: 3 stars
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War …
myrmidex rated Mother Night: 4 stars
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War …
myrmidex rated Getting Things Done: 2 stars
Getting Things Done by David Allen
In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares …
myrmidex rated Armageddon in Retrospect: 4 stars
Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut
To be published on the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new …
myrmidex rated Midsummer Night's Dream: 4 stars
myrmidex rated Hayek's the Road to Serfdom: 3 stars
Pro Git by Scott Chacon
Pro Git is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long …
myrmidex rated Waiting for the barbarians: 4 stars
J. M. Coetzee: Waiting for the barbarians (1999, Penguin Books)
Waiting for the barbarians by J. M. Coetzee (Penguin great books of the 20th century)
For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians …
myrmidex rated A short history of progress: 4 stars
A short history of progress by Ronald Wright (CBC Massey lectures series)
Palaeolithic hunters who learnt how to kill two mammoths instead of one had made progress. Those who learnt how to …
myrmidex rated Station Eleven: 4 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of "King Lear." Jeevan …
myrmidex rated The Lessons of History: 4 stars
The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant
Written by the authors of the 10 volume The Story of Civilization, this short (fewer than 120 pages) work …
myrmidex rated The autobiography of Malcolm X: 4 stars
The autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Walter Dean Myers
Biography of the American black religious leader and activist who was born Malcolm Little, published in 1965. Written by Alex …
myrmidex rated Anarchy Works: 5 stars
Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos
Anarchism is the boldest of revolutionary social movements to emerge from the struggle against capitalism, it aims for a world …