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The End is Always Near by Dan Carlin

Posted on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
Topics: History, Nonfiction

Rating: 7.9/10. The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin History book by Dan Carlin, famous for the Hardcore History podcast. This book is a collection of eight loosely-related chapters, mostly related to societies in decline or apocalyptic moments in history, such as the…

Why Startups Fail by Tom Eisenmann

Posted on September 19, 2022September 19, 2022
Topics: Nonfiction, Startups

Rating: 8.4/10. Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success by Tom Eisenmann It is well known that most startups fail. This book examines common failure patterns for startups through case studies: beginning with the problems faced by early-stage startups, then another different set of problems faced by startups as they grow. The case…

An Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning by Steven J. Burton

Posted on September 13, 2022November 4, 2022
Topics: Philosophy, Textbooks

Rating: 8.1/10. Book that describes at a high level how the law works, suitable for laymen or beginning law students. The purpose of legal system is to settle disputes that arise in a complex society in a fair and peaceful way. There are competing views on how deterministic are the judgments made by the legal…

Rockonomics by Alan B. Krueger

Posted on September 6, 2022September 6, 2022
Topics: Arts and Music, Business / Finance, Nonfiction

Rating: 8.8/10. Rockonomics: A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life by Alan B. Krueger Book by an economist describing the financial realities of the music industry. Relative to how much value it provides to our lives, music is extremely cheap. The majority of Americans listen to music…

The Party by Richard McGregor

Posted on August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
Topics: China, Nonfiction

Rating: 7.5/10. The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor Book by an Australian journalist describing the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party. The politburo (“The Party”) is a secretive organization, out of sight of the common people. It comprises of only a handful of elite individuals, who are seldom…

That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph

Posted on August 17, 2022August 17, 2022
Topics: Nonfiction, Startups

Rating: 7.6/10. That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph Story of the early days of Netflix, from its founding in 1997 until its IPO in 2002. The author is a serial entrepreneur: after his previous company got acquired, he starts brainstorming new business ideas…

A History of Modern Tourism by Eric G. E. Zuelow

Posted on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022
Topics: History, Nonfiction

Rating: 7.7/10. A book describing the history of tourism, i.e., travel for leisure reasons. Although humans have migrated for thousands of years, travel for fun was not common until quite recently. In ancient times, people traveled for trade, in search of new resources, or for religious reasons, but these types of travel have a very…

The Art Question by Nigel Warburton

Posted on August 1, 2022August 1, 2022
Topics: Arts and Music, Nonfiction, Philosophy

Rating: 8.0/10. Philosophical investigation into the question of: “What is art?” This question is often asked when faced with certain postmodern art pieces, such as readymade objects like a urinal displayed in an art gallery. Bell proposes that art must have “significant form” — choices made by a human artist in order to produce an…

Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America by Michael Reid

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022
Topics: History, Nonfiction, World

Rating: 7.9/10. Book about the recent history of Latin America — despite encompassing approximately 20 countries and spanning across two continents, the countries in this region has had remarkably similar histories and has faced similar societal issues: inequality, lack of development, political instability, crime, etc. Compared to the Western World, Latin America started to fall…

Fortress Besieged (围城) by Qian Zhongshu

Posted on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022
Topics: China, Classics

Rating: 8.0/10. A classic Chinese novel of the 20th century, set in 1937, a period of chaos and disorder in Chinese history when it was being invaded by the Japanese. The main character, Fang Hongjian, is a student who studied in Europe for a few years but drifted around without earning a degree and ended…

Catching Hell by Allen Ricca with Joe Muto

Posted on July 10, 2022July 10, 2022
Topics: Business / Finance, Nonfiction

Rating: 8.2/10. Catching Hell: The Insider Story of Seafood from Ocean to Plate by Allen Ricca with Joe Muto Book by a businessman in the seafood distribution business. His business essentially buys seafood from producers and sells it to restaurants, handling warehouse and delivery operations. The author took over the business from his father: after…

Hope is Not a Strategy by Rick Page

Posted on June 26, 2022June 26, 2022
Topics: Business / Finance, Nonfiction

Rating: 7.9/10. Hope Is Not a Strategy: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale by Rick Page Guide to how to make complex sales to businesses, this is challenging because of multiple stakeholders involved on the client side, and the complex decision making process. The salesperson needs to have good understanding of the client’s…

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