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The Belief in a Just World: A Fundamental Delusion
Melvin Lerner
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The Belief in a Just World: A Fundamental Delusion
Melvin Lerner
November 2016
14
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Waste of time
This is the kind of book I'd have eaten up when I was in my early 20s, I think. It's one of those novels of ideas, and the id...
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Demian
Hermann Hesse
November 2016
07
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A mixed bag
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Demian
Hermann Hesse
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The Storyteller: Memory, Secrets, Magic and Lies
Anna Porter
October 2016
25
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Great
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The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach
October 2016
14
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The Storyteller: Memory, Secrets, Magic and Lies
Anna Porter
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The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach
October 2016
03
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The same book, over and over again
At this point, Pressfield has made a second writing career out of inspiring others to write. This is the third book of his I'...
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September 2016
30
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Not great but still worthwhile for older men
This is a book about exercise, nutrition and mental health, geared towards retired American men. I didn't actually finish the...
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September 2016
24
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One of the most important books you'll ever read
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
August 2016
04
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Dated
Sometimes I can handle stories of the idle rich, sometimes I cannot. This is one of the latter, where I really struggled to c...
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
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The Good Soldier
Ford Maddox Ford
July 2016
22
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Adocacy, but informative advocacy
This book was written to make the case for "knowledge-based" journalism. It was sponsored by an initiative that is trying to ...
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