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Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age by Bruce Watson

Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

Bruce Watson

304 pages • hardcover

3.0oatila's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being by William Davies

The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being

William Davies

320 pages • hardcover • 2015

3.0oatila's review
nonfiction economics politics psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball by Noam Cohen

The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball

Noam Cohen

224 pages • hardcover • 2017

4.0oatila's review
nonfiction business history technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy by Stian Westlake, Jonathan Haskel

Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy

Stian Westlake, Jonathan Haskel

288 pages • hardcover • 2017

3.0oatila's review
nonfiction business economics challenging informative slow-paced
Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein

Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite

Jake Bernstein

352 pages • hardcover

4.0oatila's review
nonfiction business crime politics true crime tense fast-paced
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova

The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time

Maria Konnikova

352 pages • hardcover • 2015

3.0oatila's review
nonfiction business psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos

Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

Jonathan B. Losos

368 pages • hardcover • 2017

5.0oatila's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money by Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermaier

The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermaier

384 pages • paperback • 2016

4.0oatila's review
nonfiction business economics politics informative mysterious tense slow-paced
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us by Richard O. Prum

The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us

Richard O. Prum

448 pages • hardcover • 2017

4.0oatila's review
nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe by Thomas Levenson

The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe

Thomas Levenson

229 pages • hardcover • 2015

4.0oatila's review
nonfiction history science informative reflective fast-paced