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Snow Crash
Book: Snow CrashAuthor: Neal StephensonGenre: Sci-fiRating: ★★★★★ Buy now on Amazon Opening: The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He’s got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night. His uniform is black as activated charcoal, filtering the very light out of…
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Complexity
Book: Complexity: A Guided TourAuthor: Melanie MitchellGenre: ScienceRating: ★★★★ Buy now on Amazon Review: If we were to describe Complexity: A Guided Tour like a wine connoisseur, its aroma would be complex, with a hint of regret – regret that you ever thought reading this book would be a breeze! The flavour is jam-packed with…
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Sea of Tranquility
Book: Sea of Tranquility: A NovelAuthor: Emily St. John MandelGenre: Sci-fiRating: ★★★★★ Buy now on Amazon Opening: Edwin St. John St. Andrew, eighteen years old, hauling the weight of his double-sainted name across the Atlantic by steamship, eyes narrowed against the wind on the upper deck: he holds the railing with gloved hands, impatient for…
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Tender is the Flesh
Author: Agustina Bazterrica Genre: DystopianRating: ★★★★★ Opening: Carcass. Cut in half. Stunner. Slaughter line. Spray wash. These words appear in his head and strike him. Destroy him. But they’re not just words. They’re the blood, the dense smell, the automation, the absence of thought. They burst in on the night, catch him off guard. When…
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Super Pumped
Book: Super Pumped: The Battle for UberAuthor: Mike IsaacGenre: BusinessRating: ★★★★ REVIEW A riveting story of the rise and fall of Uber and Travis Kalanick. Highly recommended. What I learnt from Super Pumped: EXCERPTS / SUMMARY Scour Kalanick dropped out of ULCA to join his friends to build Scour, a search engine for p2p file…
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Empire of Pain
Book: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler DynastyAuthor: Patrick Radden KeefeGenre: HistoryRating: ★★★★★ REVIEW Empire of Pain is a family saga about the Sackler’s, the crime story about Purdue Pharma, and the systemic failures of the FDA & the justice system. Authur Sackler pioneered medical advertising and marketing. He re-conceived how drugs…