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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
from Random House

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I found The Black Swan both entertaining and groundbreaking, instantly placing Nassim Taleb in the company of Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Levitt, and Daniel Gilbert, other authors who challenge fundamental assumptions about our world and how we see it.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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What can I say about this book that has not been written already? It seams the author has a view then went out to write a book that proves this view. Interesting ideas but there is not one chapter that would prove his theory wrong. I find that odd that everything points to him being right.

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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
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This (excellent) book comes with two sets of images: 1) maps of the places where the different societies mentioned lived (Easter Island, Australia, Greenland, China, etc.) and 2) Sets of plates with 40 or so additional photos. The maps are included in the Kindle edition, although they don't look too... more info

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The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits
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This is a fun way to look at the history of the world (in 400 pages) as the mental Floss crowd provides their irreverent glimpse back in time and for a few pages the Great Bush Recession. With twelve chapters divided by eras, an appendix on Oh Canada and of course that Great Bush Recession, readers... more info

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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
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I was floundering around, trying to decide what to read next. I spotted Mark Kurlansky's book on my shelf and realized it had been sitting there since 1997. "Holy mackerel", I thought, "I should have read that before now." I took it down, perched on my favorite char, and shad all my inhibitions... more info

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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
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I just bought a new copy of Huntington's Clash of Civilizations only because my original copy became too old and frayed from too many many lendings and readings. Anyone who wants a clear picture of what is going on in the world today needs to read Clash of Civilizations. Over the years, I have given... more info

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Salt: A World History
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Salt has an interesting history of formation and useage. Unfortunately we get a lot of the one and very little of the other. Looking at Mr Kurlansky's publishing history, we see that he is a food writer and this explains a lot.
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
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As non-biased reader (no Scottish roots or ties), I found this a good book. Its coverage of the Scottish Enlightenment is excellent - and this is the best part of the book. He covers both the individuals and their theories very well and its highly readable. However, after he moves on from the... more info

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The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
from Rodale Books
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Great random knowledge! This is a great book for anyone who wants to actually learn something new.

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The Wretched of the Earth (Pelican)
from Penguin Books Ltd

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Native Americans, Indians, that is, should be required to know this book. Modern post-colonial Africa is not a desirable goal, but it was shaped partly by Fanon. I'm sure that modern Africa was not part of his vision. His vision was sublime. He knew that violence would be necessary, but he had more... more info

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