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- The Conscience of a Liberal (3)
- By Paul R. Krugman
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- Hotel Babylon (2)
- By Imogen Edwards-Jones
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Hotel Babylon

Perfect for reading on bed..especially when one's in a hotel

Very entertaining ... and actually makes me more understanding and tolerant of the occasional disappointment I personally encounter in those hotels!

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- Of Little Faith
- The Politics of George W. Bush's Faith-Based Initiatives (Religion and Politics Series (Georgetown U…
- By Amy E. Black, Douglas L. Koopman, David K. Ryden
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- Administrative Law
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- By Richard J. Pierce
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- Pride and Prejudice (213)
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- Fooled by Randomness (28)
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Fooled by Randomness

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I wish those who spend too much time chasing after fame and fortune can read it. I wish those who think that the June 4th massacre helped "stabilise" the society and make way for China's current economic "achievements" would read it, too.
One of the most enlightening ideas that this book cove ... (continue)

I wish those who spend too much time chasing after fame and fortune can read it. I wish those who think that the June 4th massacre helped "stabilise" the society and make way for China's current economic "achievements" would read it, too.
One of the most enlightening ideas that this book covers, in addition to what other aNobiians have mentioned, is that one can only see one outcome, and many people think that's all that matters (e.g. when one sees one very successful businessman, one thinks that it is due to what he did in the past, but one doesn't see that many others have done the same thing but have failed.)
Now, think about the argument some people hold that "if there was no June4 massacre, China could not have become so prosperous today". It's plain crap from humanity's point of view. Now this book tells us why from a mathematical / probabilistic point of view.

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- Talk to the Snail (2)
- By Stephen Clarke
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- Fashion Babylon
- By Imogen Edwards-Jones
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- The Language of God
- A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
- By Francis Collins
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- Athens - The Monuments Now and Then
- By Niki Drosou-Panagiotou
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- unSpun
- Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation
- By Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Brooks Jackson
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- Keeping Faith (19)
- By Jodi Picoult
- Finished on Feb 9, 2009
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