nonfiction
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Fear No Evil: The Classic Memoir of One Man’s Triumph Over a Police State
Prime Minister Shimon Peres (left) welcomes released Prisoner of Zion Antatoly Sharansky as he steps off the Westwind plane arriving from Frankfurt at Ben-Gurion Airport.Government Press Office (Israel) [CC BY-SA 3.0] For many of us the scientific-technological revolution arrived at precisely the right time, with the world of science as a kind of castle where Continue reading
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AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
A snazzy red jacket, an evocative title, and glowing 5-star reviews. (Let’s not forget the cover blurbs by the CEOs of Microsoft and O’Reilly Media, amongst other prominent tech figures.) I have to say, when I eagerly began reading AI Superpowers, I was a little nervous – would this book live up to its Continue reading
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Finding ‘A Room of One’s Own’ – Episode 30
In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf takes us through a history of women in fiction, from the unknown poets of Elizabethan times to 18th and 19th-century writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë. This little book is for anyone interested in the life and classic writings of female authors. Sources / Further Reading:“Virginia Continue reading
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Constructive Rest and the Sad History of Orchids
Since starting my 9–5 desk job a few years ago, my already poor posture has deteriorated quite a bit, due to hunching in front of two monitors all day. The 8 hours at the desk is not the only problem…when I get home, my first instinct is to switch to my personal laptop (for blogging, Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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