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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 …
Political Theory, Science Fiction, and Utopian Literature by Tony Burns
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed is of interest to political theorists partly because of its association with anarchism and …
myrmidex rated The collapse of complex societies: 4 stars
The collapse of complex societies by Joseph A. Tainter (New studies in archaeology)
A survey of complex (post-hunter-gatherer, hierarchical) societies and their collapse, and the various theories proposed to account for collapse. The …
myrmidex rated October the First Is Too Late: 4 stars
myrmidex rated Immoderate greatness: 4 stars
Immoderate greatness by William Ophuls
"Immoderate Greatness* explains how a civilization's very magnitude conspires against it to cause downfall. Civilizations are hard-wired for self-destruction. They …
