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John's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:16:49 -0700 60 John's bookshelf: all 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Essential Basho 405254 Narrow Road to the Interior, along with three less well-known works and over 250 of Basho's finest haiku. The translator has included an overview of Basho's life and an essay on the art of haiku.]]> 184 Matsuo Bashō 1570622825 John 0 to-read 4.35 The Essential Basho

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]]> <![CDATA[Beyond the Things Themselves: Economic Aspects of the Italian Race Laws]]> 51070786
In this important study, Ilaria Pavan carefully analyzes the economic aspects of Jewish persecution and the community’s struggle before, during, and after World War II. She exposes the persecutory intentions and mechanisms of the Italian regime and discusses the long series of provisions, decrees, and laws that severely afflicted the Jewish community. The diligent and rigorous application of the rules by officials and bureaucrats, including the expropriation of houses, businesses, and land, as well as their exclusion from workplaces and professions, and then, during the period of 1943–1945, the confiscation and looting of personal possessions, left the Jews shattered.

Moreover, even the conclusion of the war did not provide the anticipated relief. For Italian Jews, the road to reintegration and the return of seized properties was long and difficult, characterized by contradictory and insufficient laws, lack of empathy by clerks, and general indifference to the violations suffered in the long years of persecution. Based on many sources—government documentation, letters, and survivors’ memoirs—Pavan depicts in detail both the persecution and the reintegration stages, and devotes ample space to the voices of the victims.]]> 320 Ilaria Pavan 9653085972 John 0 to-read 3.50 2022 Beyond the Things Themselves: Economic Aspects of the Italian Race Laws

Beyond the Things Themselves: Economic Aspects of the Italian Race Laws

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]]> Flowers for Algernon 18373 Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence – a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?]]> 311 Daniel Keyes 015603008X John 0 to-read 4.21 1966 Flowers for Algernon

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]]> <![CDATA[Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder]]> 188013 Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder is a self-help guide that helps the family members and friends of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) understand this self-destructive disorder and learn what they can do to cope with it and take care of themselves. It is designed to help them understand how the disorder affects their loved ones and recognize what they can do to get off the emotional roller coasters and take care of themselves.]]> 258 Paul T. Mason 157224108X John 4 3.96 1998 Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

author: Paul T. Mason
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I didn't know a lot of these things or had heard many stories like this. I feel I gained a wider perspective and have a little bit more than 0 knowledge now on what someone who lives differently may go through. All experiences are different. I read this back in 2019 when I had people claim they had to 'walk on egg shells around me' and would be scared/concerned about how my behavior in the future could effect them. Out of love and respect I thought I'd find out how they felt and any resources to help me better communicate with them.
]]> <![CDATA[Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland]]> 6987 Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic makeup of the British Isles and its descendants, taking readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales to the resting place of "The Red Lady" of Paviland and the tomb of King Arthur. Genealogy has become a popular pastime of Americans interested in their heritage, and this is the perfect work for anyone interested in finding their heritage in England, Scotland, or Ireland.]]> 340 Bryan Sykes 0393062686 John 0 to-read 3.77 2006 Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

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]]> <![CDATA[Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany]]> 3303724 190 Mildred Allen Butler 0561001456 John 0 to-read 3.80 1967

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]]> <![CDATA[Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity)]]> 400065
Historians and poets, Victorian novelists and contemporary feminists have seen Hypatia as a symbol―of the waning of classical culture and freedom of inquiry, of the rise of fanatical Christianity, or of sexual freedom. Dzielska shows us why versions of Hypatia's legend have served her champions' purposes, and how they have distorted the true story. She takes us back to the Alexandria of Hypatia's day, with its Library and Museion, pagan cults and the pontificate of Saint Cyril, thriving Jewish community and vibrant Greek culture, and circles of philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, and militant Christians. Drawing on the letters of Hypatia's most prominent pupil, Synesius of Cyrene, Dzielska constructs a compelling picture of the young philosopher's disciples and her teaching. Finally she plumbs her sources for the facts surrounding Hypatia's cruel death, clarifying what the murder tells us about the tensions of this tumultuous era.]]> 176 Dzielska 0674437764 John 0 to-read 3.74 1993 Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity)

Hypatia of Alexandria (Revealing Antiquity)

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]]> <![CDATA[Anne of Austria: Queen of France]]> 2716515 Book by KLEINMAN, RUTH 368 Ruth Kleinman 0814204295 John 0 to-read 3.80 1985

author: Ruth Kleinman
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]]> <![CDATA[Node.js Beyond the Basics: Advanced topics about the Node.js runtime]]> 37921437 99 Samer Buna John 0 to-read 5.00

Node.js Beyond the Basics: Advanced topics about the Node.js runtime

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]]> <![CDATA[A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality]]> 54303302 This book is for anyone who wants to learn about asexuality, and for Ace people themselves, to validate their experiences.

Asexuality is often called The Invisible Orientation. You don’t learn about it in school, you don’t hear “ace” on television. So, it’s kinda hard to be ace in a society so steeped in sex that no one knows you exist. Too many young people grow up believing that their lack of sexual desire means they are broken – so writer Molly Muldoon and cartoonist Will Hernandez, both in the ace community, are here to shed light on society’s misconceptions of asexuality and what being ace is really like. This book is for anyone who wants to learn about asexuality, and for Ace people themselves, to validate their experiences. Asexuality is a real identity and it’s time the world recognizes it. Here’s to being invisible no more! ]]> 72 Molly Muldoon 1620108593 John 0 to-read 4.07 2022 A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality

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]]> <![CDATA[Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall]]> 43212935 Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence

“[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk’s hard-fought struggle in East Germany.” — The New York Times Book Review

“A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world.” — Rolling Stone

“Original and inspiring . . . Mr. Mohr has written an important work of Cold War cultural history.” — The Wall Street Journal

“Wildly entertaining . . . A thrilling tale . . . A joy in the way it brings back punk’s fury and high stakes.” — Vogue

It began with a handful of East Berlin teens who heard the Sex Pistols on a British military radio broadcast to troops in West Berlin, and it ended with the collapse of the East German dictatorship. Punk rock was a life-changing discovery. The buzz-saw guitars, the messed-up clothing and hair, the rejection of society and the DIY approach to building a new in their gray surroundings, where everyone’s future was preordained by some communist apparatchik, punk represented a revolutionary philosophy—quite literally, as it turned out.

But as these young kids tried to form bands and became more visible, security forces—including the dreaded secret police, the Stasi—targeted them. They were spied on by friends and even members of their own families; they were expelled from schools and fired from jobs; they were beaten by police and imprisoned. Instead of conforming, the punks fought back, playing an indispensable role in the underground movements that helped bring down the Berlin Wall.

This secret history of East German punk rock is not just about the music; it is a story of extraordinary bravery in the face of one of the most oppressive regimes in history. Rollicking, cinematic, deeply researched, highly readable, and thrillingly topical, Burning Down the Haus brings to life the young men and women who successfully fought authoritarianism three chords at a time—and is a fiery testament to the irrepressible spirit of revolution.]]> 384 Tim Mohr 1616209798 John 0 to-read 4.12 2017 Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall

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]]> <![CDATA[Algorithmic Number Theory: Lattices, Number Fields, Curves and Cryptography (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, Series Number 44)]]> 6006931 664 J.P. Buhler 0521808545 John 0 to-read 4.50 2008 Algorithmic Number Theory: Lattices, Number Fields, Curves and Cryptography (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, Series Number 44)

Algorithmic Number Theory: Lattices, Number Fields, Curves and Cryptography (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, Series Number 44)

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]]> <![CDATA[Lattice Theory (COLLOQUIUM PUBLICATIONS (AMER MATHEMATICAL SOC))]]> 6494017 420 Garrett Birkhoff 0821810251 John 0 to-read 4.33 1940

Lattice Theory (COLLOQUIUM PUBLICATIONS (AMER MATHEMATICAL SOC))

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]]> <![CDATA[Lattice Theory: First Concepts and Distributive Lattices (Dover Books on Mathematics)]]> 6848853 240 George Grätzer 048647173X John 0 to-read 4.40 2009

Lattice Theory: First Concepts and Distributive Lattices (Dover Books on Mathematics)

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]]> <![CDATA[Philippine Social History: Global Trade & Local Transformations]]> 769219 Alfred W. McCoy 0824808037 John 0 to-read 4.12

Philippine Social History: Global Trade & Local Transformations

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]]> <![CDATA[Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era, 1900-41]]> 3004055 369 Alfred W. McCoy 9711510022 John 0 to-read 3.78 1985

Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era, 1900-41

author: Alfred W. McCoy
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (Dispatch Books)]]> 31944721 359 Alfred W. McCoy 1608467732 John 0 to-read 4.15 2017

In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (Dispatch Books)

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]]> <![CDATA[Woman and Russia : First Feminist Samizdat]]> 13437451 Book by 103 T. Goricheva 0907179029 John 0 to-read 4.50 1979

Woman and Russia : First Feminist Samizdat

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]]> <![CDATA[Women and Russia: Feminist Writings from the Soviet Union]]> 2105146 273 Tatyana Mamonova 0807067091 John 0 to-read 4.27 1984

Women and Russia: Feminist Writings from the Soviet Union

author: Tatyana Mamonova
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]]> The Story of My Life 821611 The inspiring account of Helen Keller’s triumph over deafness and blindness, and a testament to the power of an indomitable will

An American classic rediscovered by each generation and popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Helen Keller’s story has become a symbol of hope for people all over the world.

Published when Keller was only twenty-two, The Story of My Life portrays the wild child who is locked in the dark and silent prison of her own body. With an extraordinary immediacy, Keller reveals her frustrations and rage, and takes the reader on the unforgettable journey of her education and breakthroughs into the world of communication. From the moment Keller recognizes the word “water” when her teacher, Anne Sullivan, finger-spells the letters, we share her triumph as “that living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!”

The Story of My Life remains startlingly fresh and vital more than a century after its first publication, an unparalleled chronicle of courage and determination.]]> 240 Helen Keller 0553213873 John 0 to-read 4.08 1902

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]]> The Diary of a Young Girl 48855 Anne Frank’s Diary has become a timeless classic; a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and a moving testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

In 1942, as the Nazis occupied Holland, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her Jewish family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until they were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived in the cramped “Secret Annexe” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they endured hunger, boredom, the strain of close quarters, and the constant fear of discovery and death.

Through it all, Anne documented her experiences in a diary filled with vivid observations. At times thoughtful, poignant, and even unexpectedly funny, her writing offers a remarkable window into the strength and vulnerability of the human spirit. It’s both a compelling self-portrait of a bright, spirited young woman and a heartbreaking glimpse of a life that should have been far longer.]]> 283 Anne Frank John 0 4.19 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl

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]]> Tales of Bygone Days 34663384 Debbie Mumford 1370004117 John 0 to-read 0.0

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]]> <![CDATA[The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian]]> 693208
Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.

With a foreward by Markus Zusak & interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney
]]> 230 Sherman Alexie 0316013684 John 0 4.05 2007 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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]]> <![CDATA[Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader]]> 57005158 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America's largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader

In 1984, soon-to-be college dropout Michael Dell hid signs of his fledgling PC business in the bathroom of his University of Texas dorm room. Almost 30 years later, at the pinnacle of his success as founder and leader of Dell Technologies, he found himself embroiled in a battle for his company's survival. What he'd do next could ensure its legacy--or destroy it completely.

Play Nice But Win is a riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry--and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. With humor and humility, he recalls the mentors who showed him how to turn his passion into a business; the competitors who became friends, foes, or both; and the sharks that circled, looking for weakness. What emerges is the long-term vision underpinning his success: that technology is ultimately about people and their potential.

More than an honest portrait of a leader at a crossroads, Play Nice But Win is a survival story proving that while anyone with technological insight and entrepreneurial zeal might build something great--it takes a leader to build something that lasts.
]]> 336 Michael Dell 0593087747 John 0 to-read 4.01 Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

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]]> <![CDATA[It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood]]> 40909450 The host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, tells the story of growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid in this young readers' adaptation of his bestselling adult memoir Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.

Trevor Noah shares his story of growing up in South Africa, with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child like him to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government.]]> 304 Trevor Noah John 0 to-read 4.35 2019 It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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]]> Transcendent Kingdom 58208946 Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.

Gifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her.

But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive. Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut.]]> 290 Yaa Gyasi 1984899767 John 0 to-read 4.09 2020 Transcendent Kingdom

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]]> <![CDATA[You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays]]> 57797675 Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution of her distinctive style as an archivist and author.

You Don't Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world's most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military, and school integration, Hurston's writing articulates the beauty and authenticity of Black life as only she could. Collectively, these essays showcase the roles enslavement and Jim Crow have played in intensifying Black people's inner lives and culture rather than destroying it. She argues that in the process of surviving, Black people re-interpreted every aspect of American culture--modif[ying] the language, mode of food preparation, practice of medicine, and most certainly religion." White supremacy prevents the world from seeing or completely recognizing Black people in their full humanity and Hurston made it her job to lift the veil and reveal the heart and soul of the race. These pages reflect Hurston as the controversial figure she was--someone who stated that feminism is a mirage and that the integration of schools did not necessarily improve the education of Black students. Also covered is the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing her lover, a white doctor.

Demonstrating the breadth of this revered and influential writer's work, You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays is an invaluable chronicle of a writer's development and a window into her world and mind.]]> 465 Zora Neale Hurston 0063043858 John 0 to-read 4.00 2022

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

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]]> The Complete Maus 15195
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in “drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust” (The New York Times).

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek’s harrowing story of survival is woven into the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century’s grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. Maus studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.]]> 296 Art Spiegelman 0141014083 John 0 to-read 4.58 1992 The Complete Maus

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]]> <![CDATA[Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race]]> 50892327
In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe—but the story didn’t end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both men and women and even other species, and that the modern world is on pace to become an infertile one.

How and why could this happen? What is hijacking our fertility and our health? Count Down unpacks these questions, revealing what Swan and other researchers have learned about how both lifestyle and chemical exposures are affecting our fertility, sexual development—potentially including the increase in gender fluidity—and general health as a species. Engagingly explaining the science and repercussions of these worldwide threats and providing simple and practical guidelines for effectively avoiding chemical goods (from water bottles to shaving cream) both as individuals and societies, Count Down is “staggering in its findings” (Erin Brockovich, The Guardian) and “will serve as an awakening” ( The New York Times Book Review ).]]> 304 Shanna H. Swan 1982113669 John 0 to-read 4.01 2021 Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race

Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race

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]]> <![CDATA[We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy]]> 33916061
But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period--and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation's old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective--the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president.

We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates's iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including Fear of a Black President, The Case for Reparations and The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration, along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates's own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.]]> 367 Ta-Nehisi Coates 0399590560 John 0 to-read 4.37 2017 We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

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]]> <![CDATA[Captain America, Vol. 2: Captain of Nothing]]> 43210911
COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA 7-12]]> 144 Ta-Nehisi Coates 1302911953 John 0 to-read 3.61 2019

Captain America, Vol. 2: Captain of Nothing

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]]> <![CDATA[Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter in America]]> 40919943
COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA 1-6, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 (AVENGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA) 1 (CAPTAIN AMERICA STORY)]]> 152 Ta-Nehisi Coates 1302911945 John 0 to-read 3.68 2019 Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter in America

Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter in America

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]]> The Water Dancer 43982054 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here and here.

Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known.

So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures.

This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.]]> 416 Ta-Nehisi Coates John 0 to-read 4.03 2019

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]]> <![CDATA[Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement]]> 344652 528 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw 1565842715 John 0 to-read 4.37 1996

Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement

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]]> <![CDATA[Twenty Years of Critical Race Theory: Looking Back To Move Forward]]> 23128447 100 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw John 0 to-read 4.33

Twenty Years of Critical Race Theory: Looking Back To Move Forward

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]]> <![CDATA[The Race Track: How The Myth of Equal Opportunity Defeats Racial Justice]]> 15824256
The celebrated authors of this timely intervention chart the long history of racism in law, health care, housing, criminal justice, employment, economic crises (including the subprime crisis), and school admissions. In accessible terms, they then provide a framework for understanding how and why structural racism thrives in the in systematic racial profiling, the school-to-prison pipeline, housing segregation, and widespread “implicit bias.” Arguing that there is no magic bullet, no one-size-fits-all solution to racial injustice, The Race Track champions an “intersectional” path―pioneered by Kimberlé Crenshaw―one that will appeal to people of all races who want to know how to speak the language of racial justice in an environment where many stubbornly claim we have already achieved it.]]> 272 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw 1595588825 John 0 to-read 3.60 2013 The Race Track: How The Myth of Equal Opportunity Defeats Racial Justice

The Race Track: How The Myth of Equal Opportunity Defeats Racial Justice

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]]> <![CDATA[Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected,,]]> 25142970 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw John 0 to-read 4.15 2015

Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected,,

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]]> <![CDATA[Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women]]> 30131461 111 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw John 0 to-read 4.49 2022

Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women

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]]> <![CDATA[Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics]]> 34091623 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw John 0 to-read 4.66 1989 Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics

Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics

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]]> <![CDATA[On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw]]> 13236124
In this incisive introduction to Crenshaw’s groundbreaking work, readers will find the key essays and articles that have defined the concept of intersectionality collected together for the first time. Crenshaw explores how a holistic analysis of discrimination gives rise to a more nuanced understanding of salient social forces. This long-awaited volume examines the Central Park jogger case, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, LGBT activism, Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas, and other significant matters of public interest. In each case, her analysis challenges and exposes the intricate social dynamics among individuals and groups whose identities are increasingly layered.

This new account covers the evolution of the meaning of intersectionality over the course of two decades and how this concept has radically changed the face of social justice activism. On Intersectionality is compulsory reading from one of the most brilliant critical race theorists of our time.]]> 320 Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw John 0 to-read 4.42 2019 On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw

On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw

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]]> <![CDATA[Offshore Central Asia (ThirdWorlds)]]> 34498121 136 John Heathershaw 1138045756 John 0 to-read 0.0

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]]> <![CDATA[Undermining American Hegemony: Goods Substitution in World Politics]]> 56848214 270 Morten Skumsrud Andersen 1108844979 John 0 to-read 0.0

Undermining American Hegemony: Goods Substitution in World Politics

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]]> <![CDATA[Current History (Russia and Eurasia Book 109)]]> 24865068 79 Samuel Charap John 0 to-read 0.0 2010

Current History (Russia and Eurasia Book 109)

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]]> <![CDATA[Ranking the World: Grading States as a Tool of Global Governance]]> 23585413 256 Alexander Cooley 1107098130 John 0 to-read 3.50 2015

Ranking the World: Grading States as a Tool of Global Governance

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]]> <![CDATA[Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations]]> 6966155

Building on important advances in economics and law, Alexander Cooley and Hendrik Spruyt develop a highly original, interdisciplinary approach and apply it to a broad range of cases involving international sovereign political integration and disintegration. The authors reveal the importance of incomplete contracting in the decolonization of territories once held by Europe and the Soviet Union; U.S. overseas military basing agreements with host countries; and in regional economic-integration agreements such as the European Union. Cooley and Spruyt examine contemporary problems such as the Arab-Israeli dispute over water resources, and show why the international community inadequately prepared for Kosovo's independence.

Contracting States provides guidance to international policymakers about how states with equally legitimate claims on the same territory or asset can create flexible, durable solutions and avoid violent conflict.]]> 280 Alexander Cooley 0691137242 John 0 to-read 4.67 2009 Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations

Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations

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]]> <![CDATA[Base Politics: Democratic Change and the U.S. Military Overseas]]> 3111737 328 Alexander Cooley 0801446058 John 0 to-read 3.70 2008

Base Politics: Democratic Change and the U.S. Military Overseas

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]]> <![CDATA[Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires, States, and Military Occupations]]> 256726 208 Alexander Cooley 0801443865 John 0 to-read 3.10 2005

Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires, States, and Military Occupations

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]]> <![CDATA[Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia]]> 29563721
Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia’s international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security.

Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored.]]> 290 Alexander Cooley 0300208448 John 0 to-read 3.69 2017 Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia

Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia

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]]> <![CDATA[Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order]]> 44224472
In Exit from Hegemony , Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon develop a new, integrated approach to understanding the rise and decline of hegemonic orders. Their approach identifies three distinct ways in which the liberal international order is undergoing fundamental transformation. First, Russia and China have targeted the order, positioning themselves as revisionist powers by establishing alternative regional institutions and pushing counter-norms. Second, weaker states are hollowing out the order by seeking patronage and security partnership from nations outside of the order, such as Saudi Arabia and China. Even though they do not always seek to disrupt American hegemony, these new patron-client relationships lack the same liberal political and economic conditions as those involving the United States and its democratic allies. Third, a new series of transnational networks emphasizing illiberalism, nationalism, and right-wing values increasing challenges the anti-authoritarian,
progressive transnational networks of the 1990s. These three pathways erode the primacy of the liberal international order from above, laterally, and from below. The Trump administration, with its "America First" doctrine, accelerates all three processes, critically lessening America's position as a world power.]]> 304 Alexander Cooley 0190916478 John 0 to-read 3.79 Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order

Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order

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]]> <![CDATA[Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia]]> 15249481 over one of the volatile areas in the world: the long border region stretching from Iran through Pakistan to Kashmir. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's most respected Central Asia experts, explores the dynamics of the new competition over the region since 9/11. All
three great powers are pursuing important goals: basing rights for the US, access to natural resources for the Chinese, and increased political influence for the Russians. But Central Asian governments have proven themselves powerful forces in their own right, establishing local rules that serve to
fend off foreign involvement, enrich themselves and reinforce their sovereign authority. Cooley's careful and surprising explanation of how small states interact with great powers in this vital region greatly advances our understanding of how world politics actually works in this contemporary
era.]]> 272 Alexander Cooley 0199812004 John 0 to-read 3.83 2012 Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia

Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia

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]]> <![CDATA[East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute (Contemporary Asia in the World)]]> 9727676 Focusing on the role of the "tribute system" in maintaining stability in East Asia and in fostering diplomatic and commercial exchange, Kang contrasts this history against the example of Europe and the East Asian states' skirmishes with nomadic peoples to the north and west. Although China has been the unquestioned hegemon in the region, with other political units always considered secondary, the tributary order entailed military, cultural, and economic dimensions that afforded its participants immense latitude. Europe's "Westphalian" system, on the other hand, was based on formal equality among states and balance-of-power politics, resulting in incessant interstate conflict.

Scholars tend to view Europe's experience as universal, but Kang upends this tradition, emphasizing East Asia's formal hierarchy as an international system with its own history and character. This approach not only recasts our understanding of East Asian relations but also defines a model that applies to other hegemonies outside the European order.

]]> 240 David C. Kang 023115318X John 0 to-read 3.74 2010 East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute (Contemporary Asia in the World)

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]]> The Vienna Circle 3352776 900 Friedrich Stadler 3211832432 John 0 to-read 4.33 2001

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]]> <![CDATA[Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: Conversations Recorded by Friedrich Waismann]]> 337501 129 Friedrich Waismann 0064973107 John 0 to-read 4.20 1967

Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: Conversations Recorded by Friedrich Waismann

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]]> <![CDATA[The Voices of Wittgenstein: The Vienna Circle]]> 337500 608 Friedrich Waismann 0415056446 John 0 to-read 4.50 2003

The Voices of Wittgenstein: The Vienna Circle

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]]> <![CDATA[Empiricism And Sociology (Vienna Circle Collection)]]> 1707972 M. Neurath 9027702594 John 0 to-read 3.86 1973

Empiricism And Sociology (Vienna Circle Collection)

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]]> <![CDATA[The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle]]> 52579167 From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraordinary group of philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe's history

On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot him dead on the university steps. Some Austrian newspapers defended the madman, while Nelböck himself argued in court that his onetime teacher had promoted a treacherous Jewish philosophy. David Edmonds traces the rise and fall of the Vienna Circle--an influential group of brilliant thinkers led by Schlick--and of a philosophical movement that sought to do away with metaphysics and pseudoscience in a city darkened by fascism, anti-Semitism, and unreason.

The Vienna Circle's members included Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, and the eccentric logician Kurt Gödel. On its fringes were two other philosophical titans of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper. The Circle championed the philosophy of logical empiricism, which held that only two types of propositions have cognitive meaning, those that can be verified through experience and those that are analytically true. For a time, it was the most fashionable movement in philosophy. Yet by the outbreak of World War II, Schlick's group had disbanded and almost all its members had fled. Edmonds reveals why the Austro-fascists and the Nazis saw their philosophy as such a threat.

The Murder of Professor Schlick paints an unforgettable portrait of the Vienna Circle and its members while weaving an enthralling narrative set against the backdrop of economic catastrophe and rising extremism in Hitler's Europe.]]> 313 David Edmonds 0691164908 John 0 to-read 4.02 2020 The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle

The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle

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]]> <![CDATA[Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science]]> 34848865 A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and science
Inspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present the latest theories in mathematics, science, and philosophy and to build a strong foundation for scientific investigation. Composed of such luminaries as Kurt Gödel and Rudolf Carnap, and stimulated by the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, the Vienna Circle left an indelible mark on science.

Exact Thinking in Demented Times tells the often outrageous, sometimes tragic, and never boring stories of the men who transformed scientific thought. A revealing work of history, this landmark book pays tribute to those who dared to reinvent knowledge from the ground up.
]]> 480 Karl Sigmund 0465096956 John 0 to-read 4.14 2015 Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science

Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science

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]]> <![CDATA[Napoleon: A History of the Art of War. Volume 2: From the beginning of the Consulate to the end of the Friedland Campaign, with a detailed account of the Napoleonic wars]]> 448557 598 Theodore Ayrault Dodge 1402195176 John 0 to-read 4.69 2006 Napoleon: A History of the Art of War. Volume 2: From the beginning of the Consulate to the end of the Friedland Campaign, with a detailed account of the Napoleonic wars

Napoleon: A History of the Art of War. Volume 2: From the beginning of the Consulate to the end of the Friedland Campaign, with a detailed account of the Napoleonic wars

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]]> <![CDATA[Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership]]> 13259872 Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world—Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar—waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight, when, and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Each general had to be a battlefield tactician and more: a statesman, a strategist, a leader.

Tactics change, weapons change, but war itself remains much the same throughout the centuries, and a great warrior must know how to define success. Understanding where each of these three great (but flawed) commanders succeeded and failed can serve anyone who wants to think strategically or has to demonstrate leadership. In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss explains the qualities these great generals shared, the keys to their success, from ambition and judgment to leadership itself.

The result of years of research, Masters of Command is based on surviving written documents and archeological evidence as well as the author’s travels in Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, and Tunisia in the footsteps of Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar.]]> 320 Barry S. Strauss 1439164487 John 0 to-read 3.96 2012 Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership

Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership

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]]> <![CDATA[The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal]]> 40003 But, above all, it is the clash of personalities that fascinate him: the great debates in the Senate, the series of Roman generals who prove no match for Hannibal, the historic meeting between Scipio and Hannibal before the decisive battle.
Livy never hesitated to introduce drama and moral lessons into his History of Rome; in the ten books dealing with the war with Hannibal, he had an immense theme worthy of his immense talents.]]> 711 Livy 014044145X John 0 to-read 4.15 -27 The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal

The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal

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]]> Adaptive Leadership 18792711
The agile software movement has now been around for a full decade. As coauthor of the original Agile Manifesto, Jim Highsmith has been at its heart since the beginning. He’s spent the past decade helping hundreds of organizations transition to agile/lean. When it comes to agile, he’s seen it all–in a variety of industries, worldwide.

Now, in Adaptive Leadership , he has compiled, updated, and extended his best writings about agile and lean methods for a management audience. Highsmith doesn’t just reveal what’s working and what isn’t; he offers a powerful new vision for extending agility across the enterprise.

Drawing on what’s been learned in application development, this guide shows how to use adaptive leadership techniques to transform the way you deliver complete solutions, whatever form they take. You’ll learn how enterprise agility can enable the ambitious organizational missions that matter most; how leaders can deliver a continuous stream of value; how to think disruptively about opportunities, and how to respond quickly by creating more adaptive, innovative organizations.

Coverage includes
Discovering and executing new business opportunities far more quickly
Delivering complete business solutions earlier, and iterating them more often
Organizing for innovation, and systematically managing opportunity flow
Clarifying the degree of strategic, portfolio, and operational agility you need, and focusing on your highest-value transformations
Creating cultures that actually can adapt and learn
Reinvigorating the roots of agile value and values
Understanding IT’s changing value proposition, and retraining your people accordingly
Integrating economics, products, and social responsibility
Choosing metrics that guide agility, not counterproductive traditional metrics
Understanding the financial implications of technical debt
Optimizing business value by doing less–and guiding the process with ”NOT to do“ lists
Speculating intelligently when you can’t plan away uncertainty
Customizing management to each project’s needs (because not all projects should be equally agile)]]> 124 Jim Highsmith John 0 to-read 3.88 2013 Adaptive Leadership

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]]> <![CDATA[Edge: Value-Driven Digital Transformation]]> 43567723 How people work together when major, fast-paced responses are necessary How organizations allocate and monitor investment funds for initiatives based on their vision and goals How organizations learn to adapt fast enough to thrive Agile leader Jim Highsmith and his colleagues explain how EDGE embraces an adaptive mindset in the face of market uncertainty, a Lean Value Tree that encourages value linkage from vision to detailed initiatives, incremental rather than big upfront funding, and a focus on collaborative decision-making rather than artifacts and burdensome processes. Next, they illuminate EDGE's emphasis on managing change and transforming organizations by adjusting investment to reflect new strategies and reduce risk. You'll gain practical insight for leveraging EDGE in your organization, drawing on the unmatched experience of its creators and their pioneering clients.]]> 256 Jim Highsmith 0135263077 John 0 to-read 4.17 Edge: Value-Driven Digital Transformation

Edge: Value-Driven Digital Transformation

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]]> <![CDATA[xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code]]> 337302 xUnit Test Patterns is the definitive guide to writing automated tests using xUnit, the most popular unit testing framework in use today. Agile coach and test automation expert Gerard Meszaros describes 68 proven patterns for making tests easier to write, understand, and maintain. He then shows you how to make them more robust and repeatable--and far more cost-effective. Loaded with information, this book feels like three books in one. The first part is a detailed tutorial on test automation that covers everything from test strategy to in-depth test coding. The second part, a catalog of 18 frequently encountered "test smells," provides trouble-shooting guidelines to help you determine the root cause of problems and the most applicable patterns. The third part contains detailed descriptions of each pattern, including refactoring instructions illustrated by extensive code samples in multiple programming languages. Topics covered include
Writing better tests--and writing them faster The four phases of automated tests: fixture setup, exercising the system under test, result verification, and fixture teardown Improving test coverage by isolating software from its environment using Test Stubs and Mock Objects Designing software for greater testability Using test "smells" (including code smells, behavior smells, and project smells) to spot problems and know when and how to eliminate them Refactoring tests for greater simplicity, robustness, and execution speed This book will benefit developers, managers, and testers working with any agile or conventional development process, whether doing test-driven development or writing the tests last. While the patterns and smells are especially applicable to all members of the xUnit family, they also apply to next-generation behavior-driven development frameworks such as RSpec and JBehave and to other kinds of test automation tools, including recorded test tools and data-driven test tools such as Fit and FitNesse.

Visual Summary of the Pattern Language
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Refactoring a Test
PART I: The Narratives
Chapter 1 A Brief Tour
Chapter 2 Test Smells
Chapter 3 Goals of Test Automation
Chapter 4 Philosophy of Test Automation
Chapter 5 Principles of Test Automation
Chapter 6 Test Automation Strategy
Chapter 7 xUnit Basics
Chapter 8 Transient Fixture Management
Chapter 9 Persistent Fixture Management
Chapter 10 Result Verification
Chapter 11 Using Test Doubles
Chapter 12 Organizing Our Tests
Chapter 13 Testing with Databases
Chapter 14 A Roadmap to Effective Test Automation
PART II: The Test Smells
Chapter 15 Code Smells
Chapter 16 Behavior Smells
Chapter 17 Project Smells
PART III: The Patterns
Chapter 18 Test Strategy Patterns
Chapter 19 xUnit Basics Patterns
Chapter 20 Fixture Setup Patterns
Chapter 21 Result Verification Patterns
Chapter 22 Fixture Teardown Patterns
Chapter 23 Test Double Patterns
Chapter 24 Test Organization Patterns
Chapter 25 Database Patterns
Chapter 26 Design-for-Testability Patterns
Chapter 27 Value Patterns
PART IV: Appendixes
Appendix A Test Refactorings
Appendix B xUnit Terminology
Appendix C xUnit Family Members
Appendix D Tools
Appendix E Goals and Principles
Appendix F Smells, Aliases, and Causes
Appendix G Patterns, Aliases, and Variations
Glossary
References
Index
"]]> 833 Gerard Meszaros 0131495054 John 0 to-read 3.95 2003 xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code

xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code

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]]> <![CDATA[Refactoring to Patterns (Addison Wesley Signature Series)]]> 85041
This book introduces the theory and practice of pattern-directed refactorings: sequences of low-level refactorings that allow designers to safely move designs to, towards, or away from pattern implementations. Using code from real-world projects, Kerievsky documents the thinking and steps underlying over two dozen pattern-based design transformations. Along the way he offers insights into pattern differences and how to implement patterns in the simplest possible ways.

Coverage includes: A catalog of twenty-seven pattern-directed refactorings, featuring real-world code examples Descriptions of twelve design smells that indicate the need for this book s refactorings General information and new insights about patterns and refactoringDetailed implementation mechanics: how low-level refactorings are combined to implement high-level patterns Multiple ways to implement the same pattern and when to use each Practical ways to get started even if you have little experience with patterns or refactoring

"Refactoring to Patterns" reflects three years of refinement and the insights of more than sixty software engineering thought leaders in the global patterns, refactoring, and agile development communities. Whether you re focused on legacy or greenfield development, this book will make you a better software designer by helping you learn how to make important design changes safely and effectively.
"]]> 367 Joshua Kerievsky 0321213351 John 0 to-read 4.05 2004 Refactoring to Patterns (Addison Wesley Signature Series)

Refactoring to Patterns (Addison Wesley Signature Series)

author: Joshua Kerievsky
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]]> Continuous delivery 8686650 Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award!Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process. This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Through automation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration between developers, testers, and operations, delivery teams can get changes released in a matter of hours-- sometimes even minutes-no matter what the size of a project or the complexity of its code base. Jez Humble and David Farley begin by presenting the foundations of a rapid, reliable, low-risk delivery process. Next, they introduce the "deployment pipeline," an automated process for managing all changes, from check-in to release. Finally, they discuss the "ecosystem" needed to support continuous delivery, from infrastructure, data and configuration management to governance. The authors introduce state-of-the-art techniques, including automated infrastructure management and data migration, and the use of virtualization. For each, they review key issues, identify best practices, and demonstrate how to mitigate risks. Coverage includes - Automating all facets of building, integrating, testing, and deploying software - Implementing deployment pipelines at team and organizational levels - Improving collaboration between developers, testers, and operations - Developing features incrementally on large and distributed teams - Implementing an effective configuration management strategy - Automating acceptance testing, from analysis to implementation - Testing capacity and other non-functional requirements - Implementing continuous deployment and zero-downtime releases - Managing infrastructure, data, components and dependencies - Navigating risk management, compliance, and auditing Whether you're a developer, systems administrator, tester, or manager, this book will help your organization move from idea to release faster than ever--so you can deliver value to your business rapidly and reliably.]]> 463 Jez Humble 0321601912 John 0 to-read 4.20 2010 Continuous delivery

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]]> <![CDATA[Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale]]> 18167218
Through case studies, you’ll learn how successful enterprises have rethought everything from governance and financial management to systems architecture and organizational culture in the pursuit of radically improved performance. Adopting Lean will take time and commitment, but it’s vital for harnessing the cultural and technical forces that are accelerating the rate of innovation.

* Discover how Lean focuses on people and teamwork at every level, in contrast to traditional management practices
* Approach problem-solving experimentally, by exploring solutions, testing assumptions, and getting feedback from real users
* Lead and manage large-scale programs in a way that empowers employees, increases the speed and quality of delivery, and lowers costs
* Learn how to implement ideas from the DevOps and Lean Startup movements even in complex, regulated environments]]> 352 Jez Humble 1449368425 John 0 to-read 4.24 2014 Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale

Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale

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]]> <![CDATA[Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems]]> 22512931
Microservice technologies are moving quickly. Author Sam Newman provides you with a firm grounding in the concepts while diving into current solutions for modeling, integrating, testing, deploying, and monitoring your own autonomous services. You'll follow a fictional company throughout the book to learn how building a microservice architecture affects a single domain.

Discover how microservices allow you to align your system design with your organization's goals
Learn options for integrating a service with the rest of your system
Take an incremental approach when splitting monolithic codebases
Deploy individual microservices through continuous integration
Examine the complexities of testing and monitoring distributed services
Manage security with user-to-service and service-to-service models
Understand the challenges of scaling microservice architectures]]> 473 Sam Newman 1491950358 John 0 to-read 4.19 2014 Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems

Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems

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]]> <![CDATA[Agile IT Organization Design: For Digital Transformation and Continuous Delivery]]> 23616091 ]]> 304 Sriram Narayan 0133903354 John 0 to-read 4.09 2015

Agile IT Organization Design: For Digital Transformation and Continuous Delivery

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]]> Infrastructure as Code 35898534 July 2017 Infrastructure as Code has emerged as a best practice for automating the provisioning of infrastructure services. This paper describes the benefits of Infrastructure as Code, and how to leverage the capabilities of Amazon Web Services in this realm to support DevOps initiatives. DevOps is the combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increases your organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity. This enables your organization to be more responsive to the needs of your customers. The practice of Infrastructure as Code can be a catalyst that makes attaining such a velocity possible. This documentation is offered for free here as a Kindle book, or you can read it in PDF format at ]]> 57 AWS Whitepapers John 0 to-read 4.22 Infrastructure as Code

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]]> <![CDATA[Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud]]> 26544394
Ideal for system administrators, infrastructure engineers, team leads, and architects, this book demonstrates various tools, techniques, and patterns you can use to implement infrastructure as code. In three parts, you'll learn about the platforms and tooling involved in creating and configuring infrastructure elements, patterns for using these tools, and practices for making infrastructure as code work in your environment.

Examine the pitfalls that organizations fall into when adopting the new generation of infrastructure technologies
Understand the capabilities and service models of dynamic infrastructure platforms
Learn about tools that provide, provision, and configure core infrastructure resources
Explore services and tools for managing a dynamic infrastructure
Learn specific patterns and practices for provisioning servers, building server templates, and updating running servers]]> 336 Kief Morris 1491924357 John 0 to-read 4.11 2015 Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud

Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud

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]]> <![CDATA[Understanding Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile]]> 35784015 69 Jonny Schneider 1491980478 John 0 to-read 4.36

Understanding Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile

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]]> <![CDATA[Enterprise Agility: Being Agile in a Changing World]]> 40722911 Enterprise Agility is practical framework for enhancing Agility and equipping your company with the tools to survive.

Key Features Prepare your company to navigate the rapidly-moving business world Enhance Agility in every component of your organization Build a framework that meets the unique requirements of your enterpriseBook DescriptionThe biggest challenge enterprises face today is dealing with fast-paced change in all spheres of business. Enterprise Agility shows how an enterprise can address this challenge head on and thrive in the dynamic environment. Avoiding the mechanistic construction of existing enterprises that focus on predictability and certainty, Enterprise Agility delivers practical advice for responding and adapting to the scale and accelerating pace of disruptive change in the business environment.

Agility is a fundamental shift in thinking about how enterprises work to effectively deal with disruptive changes in the business environment. The core belief underlying agility is that enterprises are open and living systems. These living systems, also known as complex adaptive systems (CAS), are ideally suited to deal with change very effectively.

Agility is to enterprises what health is to humans. There are some foundational principles that can be broadly applied, but the definition of healthy is very specific to each individual. Enterprise Agility takes a similar approach with regard to it suggests foundational practices to improve the overall health of the body—culture, mindset, and leadership—and the health of its various people, process, governance, structure, technology, and customers. The book also suggests a practical framework to create a plan to enhance agility.

What you will learnDrive agility-oriented change across the enterpriseUnderstand why agility matters (more than ever) to modern enterprises Adopt and influence an Agile mindset in your teams and in your organization Understand the concept of a CAS and how to model enterprise and leadership behaviors on CAS characteristics to enhance enterprise agility Understand and convey the differences between Agile and true enterprise agility Create an enterprise-specific action plan to enhance agility Become a champion for enterprise agilityRecognize the advantages and challenges of distributed teams, and how Agile ways of working can remedy the rough spotsEnable and motivate your IT partners to adopt Agile ways of workingWho this book is forEnterprise Agility is a tool for anyone with the motivation to influence outcomes in an enterprise, who aspires to improve Agility. Readers from the following backgrounds will chief executive officer, chief information officer, people/human resource director, information technology director, head of change program, head of transformation, and Agile coach/consultant.

Table of ContentsFast-Paced Change - Threat or Opportunity?From Agile to AgilityEnterprise as a Living SystemMindset and CultureLeadershipOrganization StructureProcessPeopleTechnologyGovernanceCustomerDistributed TeamsTechnology PartnersFramework for ActionFacilitating Change]]> 492 Sunil Mundra 1788991222 John 0 to-read 4.07 2018 Enterprise Agility: Being Agile in a Changing World

Enterprise Agility: Being Agile in a Changing World

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]]> <![CDATA[Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach]]> 44144493
Authors Neal Ford and Mark Richards help you learn through examples in a variety of popular programming languages, such as Java, C#, JavaScript, and others. You'll focus on architecture principles with examples that apply across all technology stacks.]]> 422 Mark Richards 1492043451 John 0 to-read 4.22 2020 Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

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]]> <![CDATA[Digital Transformation Game Plan: 34 Tenets for Masterfully Merging Technology and Business]]> 45689183 361 Gary O'Brien 1492054399 John 0 to-read 4.17

Digital Transformation Game Plan: 34 Tenets for Masterfully Merging Technology and Business

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]]> <![CDATA[The Mamba Mentality: How I Play]]> 40230101 The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most intelligent, analytical, and creative basketball players ever.

For the first time, and in his own words, Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel. Readers will learn how Bryant studied an opponent, how he channeled his passion for the game, how he played through injuries. They’ll also get fascinating granular detail as he breaks down specific plays and match-ups from throughout his career.

Bryant’s detailed accounts are paired with stunning photographs by the Hall of Fame photographer Andrew D. Bernstein. Bernstein, long the Lakers and NBA official photographer, captured Bryant’s very first NBA photo in 1996 and his last in 2016—and hundreds of thousands in between, the record of a unique, twenty-year relationship between one athlete and one photographer.]]> 208 Kobe Bryant 0374201234 John 0 to-read 4.27 The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

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]]> <![CDATA[Kobe Bryant (Amazing Athletes)]]> 2632684 32 Jeff Savage 0822513005 John 0 to-read 4.43 2000

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]]> <![CDATA[Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend]]> 57326269 A profound remembrance of a life of greatness cut short

In 20 seasons in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Kobe Bryant ascended from teenaged rookie to 18-time all-star and five-time NBA champion. The superstar known as The Black Mamba left his mark on basketball and popular culture as a fierce competitor who inspired those around him and never settled for less than the best.

These moments and memories are collected in Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to the Basketball Legend, a fully illustrated commemorative book celebrating Bryant’s life and career. Featuring more than 100 photographs and written coverage from the pages of Sports Illustrated, this new volume provides readers a complete portrait of the international basketball superstar who transcended his sport to become a cultural icon.

Relive every moment including the 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997, consecutive NBA Finals MVP awards in 2009 and 2010, the unforgettable 60-point farewell game, and the poignant tributes that followed Bryant's shocking death alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others in a 2020 helicopter crash.

This commemorative book features Sports Illustrated’s best written coverage of Kobe Bryant, including pieces by Phil Taylor, Jack McCallum, Lee Jenkins, and more.]]> 232 Sports Illustrated 1629379492 John 0 to-read 4.56 Kobe Bryant: A Tribute to a Basketball Legend

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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality]]> 57693524
“Every superhero needs an origin story.” –Jeff Pearlman

The inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture―with never-before-heard interviews.

Kobe Bryant’s death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that helicopter crash, which also took the life of his daughter Gianna, unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture, and by tracing and telling the oft-forgotten and lesser-known story of his early life, The Rise promises to provide an insight into Kobe that no other analysis has.

In The Rise , readers will travel from the neighborhood streets of Southwest Philadelphia―where Kobe’s father, Joe, became a local basketball standout―to the Bryant family’s isolation in Italy, where Kobe spent his formative years, to the leafy suburbs of Lower Merion, where Kobe’s legend was born. The story will trace his career and life at Lower Merion―he led the Aces to the 1995-96 Pennsylvania state championship, a dramatic underdog run for a team with just one star player―and the run-up to the 1996 NBA draft, where Kobe’s dream of playing pro basketball culminated in his acquisition by the Los Angeles Lakers.

In researching and writing The Rise , Mike Sielski had a terrific advantage over other writers who have attempted to chronicle Kobe’s life: access to a series of never-before-released interviews with him during his senior season and early days in the NBA. For a quarter century, these tapes and transcripts preserved Kobe’s thoughts, dreams, and goals from his teenage years, and they contained insights into and told stories about him that have never been revealed before.

This is more than a basketball book. This is an exploration of the identity and making of an icon and the effect of his development on those around him―the essence of the man before he truly became a man.]]> 372 Mike Sielski 1250275725 John 0 to-read 4.01 The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

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]]> Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 50
Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly desolate and alone. Exhausted, terrified, and hungry, Brian struggles to find food and make a shelter for himself. He has no special knowledge of the woods, and he must find a new kind of awareness and patience as he meets each day's challenges. Is the water safe to drink? Are the berries he finds poisonous?

Slowly, Brian learns to turn adversity to his advantage--an invading porcupine unexpectedly shows him how to make fire, a devastating tornado shows him how to retrieve supplies from the submerged airplane. Most of all, Brian leaves behind the self-pity he has felt about his predicament as he summons the courage to stay alive.

A story of survival and of transformation, this riveting book has sparked many a reader's interest in venturing into the wild.]]> 208 Gary Paulsen John 0 3.79 1987 Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

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]]> <![CDATA[Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War]]> 18490752
Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he’d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happy in his role as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty. Now, in this unsparing memoir, meticulously fair in its assessments, he takes us behind the scenes of his nearly five years as a secretary at war: the battles with Congress, the two presidents he served, the military itself, and the vast Pentagon bureaucracy; his efforts to help Bush turn the tide in Iraq; his role as a guiding, and often dissenting, voice for Obama; the ardent devotion to and love for American soldiers—his “heroes”—he developed on the job.

In relating his personal journey as secretary, Gates draws us into the innermost sanctums of government and military power during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, illuminating iconic figures, vital negotiations, and critical situations in revealing, intimate detail. Offering unvarnished appraisals of Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Presidents Bush and Obama among other key players, Gates exposes the full spectrum of behind-closed-doors politicking within both the Bush and Obama administrations.

He discusses the great controversies of his tenure—surges in both Iraq and Afghanistan, how to deal with Iran and Syria, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” Guantánamo Bay, WikiLeaks—as they played out behind the television cameras. He brings to life the Situation Room during the Bin Laden raid. And, searingly, he shows how congressional debate and action or inaction on everything from equipment budgeting to troop withdrawals was often motivated, to his increasing despair and anger, more by party politics and media impact than by members’ desires to protect our soldiers and ensure their success.

However embroiled he became in the trials of Washington, Gates makes clear that his heart was always in the most important theater of his tenure as secretary: the front lines. We journey with him to both war zones as he meets with active-duty troops and their commanders, awed by their courage, and also witness him greet coffin after flag-draped coffin returned to U.S. soil, heartbreakingly aware that he signed every deployment order. In frank and poignant vignettes, Gates conveys the human cost of war, and his admiration for those brave enough to undertake it when necessary.
Duty tells a powerful and deeply personal story that allows us an unprecedented look at two administrations and the wars that have defined them.]]> 640 Robert M. Gates 0307959473 John 0 to-read 3.90 2014 Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

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]]> Where There Is Danger 44196183 Winner of the 2015 Prix Valery Larbaud

Writer, professor, translator and editor Luba Jurgenson lives between two languages--her native Russian and her adopted French. She recounts the coexistence of these two languages, as well as two bodies and two worlds, in an autobiographical text packed with fascinating anecdotes. Living bilingually can be uncomfortable, but this strange in-between state can equally serve as a refuge and inspire creativity. Jurgenson sheds light on this little-explored territory with lively prose and a keen awareness of her historical and literary context. Language, identity, translation, and the self: all are intertwined. The ceaseless journey of bilingualism is at last revealed. 2015 winner of the Prix Valery Larbaud.]]> 104 Luba Jurgenson 1644690403 John 0 to-read 3.00 Where There Is Danger

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]]> <![CDATA[How Insurgency Begins: Rebel Group Formation in Uganda and Beyond (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)]]> 54082938 200 Janet I. Lewis 1108479669 John 0 to-read 3.50

How Insurgency Begins: Rebel Group Formation in Uganda and Beyond (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

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]]> <![CDATA[String Theory, Volume 2: Superstring Theory and Beyond]]> 462269 552 Joseph Polchinski 0521672287 John 0 to-read 3.67 1998

String Theory, Volume 2: Superstring Theory and Beyond

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]]> <![CDATA[String Theory, Volume 1: An Introduction to the Bosonic String]]> 449579 424 Joseph Polchinski 0521672279 John 0 to-read 4.12 1998

String Theory, Volume 1: An Introduction to the Bosonic String

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]]> <![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe]]> 545280
Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But the deadliest form is almost too scary to think about-a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city.

In this urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusions. First, if policy makers in Washington keep doing what they are currently doing about the threat, a nuclear terrorist attack on America is inevitable. Second, the surprising and largely unrecognized good news is that nuclear terrorism is, in fact, preventable. In these pages, Allison offers an ambitious but feasible blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks, if we are willing to face the issue squarely.]]> 275 Graham T. Allison 0805078525 John 0 to-read 3.71 2004 Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

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]]> <![CDATA[Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis]]> 418380 416 Graham T. Allison 0321013492 John 0 to-read 4.04 1971

Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis

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]]> <![CDATA[Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)]]> 16248652 Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy.When Lee Kuan Yew speaks, presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, and CEOs listen. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House; British prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair have recognized his wisdom; and business leaders from Rupert Murdoch to Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, have praised his accomplishments. This book gathers key insights from interviews, speeches, and Lee's voluminous published writings and presents them in an engaging question and answer format.

Lee offers his assessment of China's future, asserting, among other things, that "China will want to share this century as co-equals with the U.S." He affirms the United States' position as the world's sole superpower but expresses dismay at the vagaries of its political system. He offers strategic advice for dealing with China and goes on to discuss India's future, Islamic terrorism, economic growth, geopolitics and globalization, and democracy. Lee does not pull his punches, offering his unvarnished opinions on multiculturalism, the welfare state, education, and the free market. This little book belongs on the reading list of every world leader--including the one who takes the oath of office on January 20, 2013.]]> 224 Graham Allison 0262019124 John 0 to-read 4.26 2013 Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

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]]> <![CDATA[Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?]]> 31125556 CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap, a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. This phenomenon is as old as history itself. About the Peloponnesian War that devastated ancient Greece, the historian Thucydides explained: “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” Over the past 500 years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times. War broke out in twelve of them. Today, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable America and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promise to make their countries “great again,” the seventeenth case looks grim. Unless China is willing to scale back its ambitions or Washington can accept becoming number two in the Pacific, a trade conflict, cyberattack, or accident at sea could soon escalate into all-out war.

In Destined for War, the eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison explains why Thucydides’s Trap is the best lens for understanding U.S.-China relations in the twenty-first century. Through uncanny historical parallels and war scenarios, he shows how close we are to the unthinkable. Yet, stressing that war is not inevitable, Allison also reveals how clashing powers have kept the peace in the past — and what painful steps the United States and China must take to avoid disaster today.]]> 364 Graham Allison 0544935276 John 0 to-read 4.15 2017 Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

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]]> <![CDATA[A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile]]> 215398 288 Agate Nesaule 0140261907 John 5 4.18 1995

A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile

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One of the best books I've read. It has made me think deeply.
]]> <![CDATA[The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II]]> 29502453 Don Brown, a former U.S. Navy JAG officer and Special Assistant United States Attorney, is the author of eleven bestselling legal and military books. His work includes the novel Treason (2005) and the exposé Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of Team Seal Six (2015), a highly detailed account of the most deadly American loss-of-life in the Afghan War—the shoot-down of a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter carrying thirty Americans, including seventeen members of the vaunted SEAL Team Six.

]]> 352 Don Brown 1621575063 John 0 to-read 4.05 2017 The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II

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]]> Society and Solitude 2671377 320 Ralph Waldo Emerson 1596052740 John 0 to-read 3.86 2001

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]]> <![CDATA[Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America]]> 58816216 Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Rubén Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana López, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sanchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, René Saldaña Jr., Laura Perez, Justine Narro, Daniel García Ordáz, and Anna Meriano.

In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican American. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today’s young readers.]]> 223 Margarita Longoria 0593204999 John 0 to-read 4.09 2021 Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America

Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America

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]]> Memoirs of Hadrian 12172 347 Marguerite Yourcenar 0374529264 John 0 to-read 4.27 1951

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]]> The Auction 58989163
To the world, Sasha is young, famous, and the symbol of what’s wrong with a money-first society. To the Big 7 companies that control the fate of America’s youth, she’s a sure thing, and they all want a piece of her. But Sasha wants to choose her destiny.

Whether you're an Auction elite such as Sasha or someone stuck in the bottom tier of society, whose life is worth nothing to the Big 7, having a mind of your own is dangerous. As society threatens to crack under the weight of the Auction, Sasha and her fellow candidates face decisions that will define their lives—if they get to keep them.

Perfect for fans of "The Hunger Games" and "America Inc.," this riveting story explores the dark side of capitalism and what happens when a person’s future becomes a commodity.]]> 327 Tom Galvin 1737515016 John 0 to-read 3.64 2021 The Auction

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]]> <![CDATA[Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence]]> 50131136 The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom

“Eloquent, clear and profound—this volume is a classic for our times. It draws our attention away from the bright shiny objects of the new colonialism through elucidating the social, material and political dimensions of Artificial Intelligence.”—Geoffrey C. Bowker, University of California, Irvine

What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? In this book Kate Crawford reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased racial, gender, and economic inequality. Drawing on more than a decade of research, award‑winning science, and technology, Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the energy and minerals needed to build and sustain its infrastructure, to the exploited workers behind “automated” services, to the data AI collects from us.

Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a political and a material perspective on what it takes to make artificial intelligence and where it goes wrong. While technical systems present a veneer of objectivity, they are always systems of power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.]]> 288 Kate Crawford 0300209576 John 0 to-read 3.93 2020 Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence

Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence

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]]> <![CDATA[Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill]]> 437622 Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an astounding truth: Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries, and quite possibly worse than asylum patients did in the early nineteenth century. With a muckraker's passion, Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. Tracing over three centuries of "cures" for madness, Whitaker shows how medical therapies have been used to silence patients and dull their minds. He tells of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practices of "spinning" the insane, extracting their teeth, ovaries, and intestines, and submerging patients in freezing water. The "cures" in the 1920s and 1930s were no less barbaric as eugenic attitudes toward the mentally ill led to brain-damaging lobotomies and electroshock therapy. Perhaps Whitaker's most damning revelation, however, is his report of how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies in an effort to prove the effectiveness of their products. Based on exhaustive research culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, numerous interviews, and hundreds of government documents, Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to be "insane," and what we value most about the human mind.]]> 334 Robert Whitaker 0738207993 John 0 to-read 4.18 2002 Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill

Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill

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]]> <![CDATA[The End of Men: And the Rise of Women]]> 13593564 Essential reading for our times, as women are pulling together to demand their rights— A landmark portrait of women, men, and power in a transformed world.

“Anchored by data and aromatized by anecdotes, [Rosin] concludes that women are gaining the upper hand." – The Washington Post

Men have been the dominant sex since, well, the dawn of mankind. But Hanna Rosin was the first to notice that this long-held truth is, astonishingly, no longer true. Today, by almost every measure, women are no longer gaining on men: They have pulled decisively ahead. And “the end of men”—the title of Rosin’s Atlantic cover story on the subject—has entered the lexicon as dramatically as Betty Friedan’s “feminine mystique,” Simone de Beauvoir’s “second sex,” Susan Faludi’s “backlash,” and Naomi Wolf’s “beauty myth” once did.

In this landmark book, Rosin reveals how our current state of affairs is radically shifting the power dynamics between men and women at every level of society, with profound implications for marriage, sex, children, work, and more. With wide-ranging curiosity and insight unhampered by assumptions or ideology, Rosin shows how the radically different ways men and women today earn, learn, spend, couple up—even kill—has turned the big picture upside down. And in The End of Men she helps us see how, regardless of gender, we can adapt to the new reality and channel it for a better future.]]> 310 Hanna Rosin 1594488045 John 0 to-read 3.42 2012 The End of Men: And the Rise of Women

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]]> The End of Men 53717123 Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unforgettable debut from a remarkable new talent that what would life truly look like without men?Only men are affected by the virus; only women have the power to save us all. The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland--a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is dismissed as hysterical. By the time her warning is heeded, it is too late. The virus becomes a global pandemic--and a political one. The victims are all men. The world becomes alien--a women's world.What follows is the immersive account of the women who have been left to deal with the virus's consequences, told through first-person narratives. Dr. MacLean; Catherine, a social historian determined to document the human stories behind the "male plague;" intelligence analyst Dawn, tasked with helping the government forge a new society; and Elizabeth, one of many scientists desperately working to develop a vaccine. Through these women and others, we see the uncountable ways the absence of men has changed society, from the personal--the loss of husbands and sons--to the political--the changes in the workforce, fertility and the meaning of family.In The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird creates an unforgettable tale of loss, resilience and hope.]]> 416 Christina Sweeney-Baird 0385696639 John 0 to-read 3.73 2021

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]]> <![CDATA[Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience]]> 58330567 Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown's singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.

Brown shares, "I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves."]]> 301 Brené Brown 0399592555 John 0 to-read 4.32 2021 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

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]]> Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1) 36546966 Move without a sound. Steal without a trace.

Willa, a young night-spirit, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the cabins of the day-folk under cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. It's dangerous work--the day-folk kill whatever they don't understand--but Willa will do anything to win the approval of the padaran, the charismatic leader of the Faeran people.

When Willa's curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in the day-folk world, she calls upon the old powers of her beloved grandmother, and the unbreakable bonds of her forest allies, to escape. Only then does she begin to discover the shocking truth: that not all of her day-folk enemies are the same, and that the foundations of her own Faeran society are crumbling. What do you do when you realize that the society you were born and raised in is rife with evil? Do you raise your voice? Do you stand up against it?

As forces of unfathomable destruction encroach on her forest home, Willa must decide who she truly is, facing deadly force with the warmest compassion, sinister corruption with trusted alliance, and finding a home for her longing heart.]]> 384 Robert Beatty 1368005845 John 0 to-read 4.19 2018 Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1)

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