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December 17, 2024

Review: The Wonder Weeks, Xaviera Plas-Plooij

Rating: 2 out of 5 There’s no doubt that there’s an important point in this book. I enjoyed discovering that as well as understanding…

December 14, 2024

Review: The Culture Map, Erin Meyer

Rating: 5 out of 5 Is this one of the most significant books I’ve read this year? Probably! Ms Meyer’s experience—in which refreshingly she…

May 13, 2024

Arvustus: Kuidas saavutada finantsvabadus, Kristi Saare

Hinnang: 3 / 5 Mulle jäi mõneti selgusetuks selle raamatu eesmärk. Lugejal on teada selle nimi, kuid kogu teose sisu pannakse konteksti lõppsõnas: millal…

April 27, 2024

Review: What is History?, Edward H. Carr

Rating: 4 out of 5 I am generally not the biggest fan of a meta science book. I do well—at least sometimes—with general philosophy…

October 30, 2023

Review: The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection, Bill Bryson

Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve enjoyed Mr Bryson for many years now though the majority of his travel works are very old. This…

February 18, 2023

Review: Sci-Phi, David Kyle Johnson

Rating: 5 out of 5 It’s very easy to make (describing) philosophy dull, but in this work Mr Johnson makes it accessible — science…

March 12, 2022

Review: The Power of Regret, Daniel H Pink

Rating: 5 out of 5 I learned about Mr Pink’s take on regret from a podcast I regularly listen to. The short overview the…

February 27, 2022

Review: The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything, Jonn Elledge

Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve liked Mr Elledge’s articles for a long while and this book is a somewhat natural extension to those….

February 9, 2022

Review: Swedish defensive fortress warfare in the Great Northern War 1702-1710, Ulf Sundberg

Rating: 4 out of 5 Mr Sundberg’s published dissertation looks into how Sweden failed in its preeminent task: that of fortifying it’s borders for…

December 23, 2021

Review: On Power, Robert A. Caro

Rating: 3 out of 5 I’m finding it difficult to rate this. Overall, I was disappointed but my disappointment was with the packaging and…

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