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John’s 2025 Year in Books
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(3.3) a rarity a book I warmed to as the century pages ticked by…Germanic mystique meets Pax Romana with a tinge of magic that seems bound to grow… Somewhat more of a medieval murder mystery for a time and centered on a surly less than sympathetic you ...more |
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“But addiction wakes up before you do, and it wants you alone.” That’s a good line but there’s 100s of comments on his addiction. The interludes are all about his addictions…and most of the chapter are about his addiction. At one point he talks about m ...more |
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| As a political jeremiad, cry de coeur, manifesto, Atlas is more prescient today than when it was written in '57. Its calls for the greatness of capitalism, the misguided attempts to sacrifice for others, and the victimization of those who achieve can ...more | |
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Here’s my criticism of this work. It’s follows the same prescriptive arc of every educational treatise there is: more research, new techniques, better teacher training and oodles of aspirational hope. People always want more money, they always think th ...more |
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(3.7) the book starts like I knew it would…the present day tease…the yakuza…the threats…the noir…”a hero is just someone who’s run out of options” Then it flashbacks to a young Jewish American from Missouri, whose schooled in Japan and decides to grab ...more |
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The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto
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Superior: The Return of Race Science:
"A deeply unscientific and idiotic book. Racism being bad translates to race doesn’t exist and “biologists shouldn’t study race” because they may find ‘racist’ conclusions."
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"This book isn't written from a neutral perspective, and doesn't discuss the scientific research in detail. Or even is up to date with latest genetic research and information. "
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“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”
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Obviously they're going to be a lot less limited in publication than fiction, and I hardly have to explain why. I just don't quite understand why no decent results come back when I Google "top nonfiction picks published in 2025"... before 2024, I'd always find at least a few I was interested in each month, but ever since then, not so much. Is it just me? If it is, throw some suggestions my way? I'd greatly appreciate it if you know of any.