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Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)

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Transit Maps of the World: The World's First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth

by Mark Ovenden

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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

by Hannah Ritchie

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“The aim of Operation Mindfuck was to lead people into such a heightened state of bewilderment and confusion that their rigid beliefs would shatter and be replaced by some form of enlightenment.”
― John Higgs, KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money

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In the great tradition of Oprah's Book Club in the US and Richard & Judy in the UK, we've formed a book club because we want to galvanize people into ...more

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Welcome to Goodreads Ireland, a bookgroup for people from, or just interested in Ireland and Irish literature. Please introduce yourself in the Introd ...more