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- The Reluctant Politician (3)
- Tun Dr Ismail and His Time
- By Ooi Kee Beng
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- Attila the Hun (11)
- A Barbarian King and the Fall of Rome
- By John Man
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- Genghis Khan (16)
- By John Man
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- Outliers (894)
- The Story of Sucess
- By Malcolm Gladwell
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- The Architecture of Happiness (125)
- By Alain de Botton
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- The Economic Naturalist (198)
- Why Economics Explains Almost Everything
- By Robert H. Frank
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- Wisdom of Crowds (229)
- By James Surowiecki
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- Zoom (9)
- The global race to fuel the car of the future
- By Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Iain Carson
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- The Brain that Changes Itself (68)
- Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
- By Norman Doidge
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- Cool It (18)
- The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
- By Bjørn Lomborg
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Bjorn Lomborg does not deny climate change caused by man, but he does look at it dispassionately and critically examines the options available to mankind. This of course exasperates the people who see overcoming climate change as a moral imperative ("if you are not with us then you are under the pay ... (continue)
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- Kublai Khan (9)
- By John Man
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Man and civilization has progressed and flourished in spite of (in some ways, because of) the genocidal tyrants of the past. I have a lot less sympathy for subject than John Man, but I share his fascination. The most interesting part of the book is the section about Kublai Khan reaching the limits o ... (continue)
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- Microtrends (111)
- The small forces behind tomorrow's big changes
- By E. Kinney Zalesne, Mark J. Penn
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The future is more complicated than followers of Megatrends portend. I like this book for the many counter-intuitive insights into the complex and contradictory things happening in the US and around the world.
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- The Blind Watchmaker (205)
- By Richard Dawkins
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This is a book that has been on my shelf for ages. It is an easier read than I expected. Dawkins is a fine writer; he is also a great debater - see him interviewed on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijA5QGF7e6c - — Sep 20, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- Struggle for Europe (1)
- By Chester Wilmot
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- Western Heritage, The Vol. II (1)
- (Since 1648; Chpts. 13-31)
- By Steven Ozment, Frank M. Turner, Donald Kagan
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