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Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis by Sam Anderson

Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis

Sam Anderson

448 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0chris_mcc's review
nonfiction history sports emotional informative medium-paced
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

Andrew Leland

368 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0chris_mcc's review
nonfiction health memoir informative reflective medium-paced
The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder

The Soul of A New Machine

Tracy Kidder

297 pages • digital • 1981

5.0chris_mcc's review
nonfiction business computer science technology informative reflective tense medium-paced
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better by Jennifer Pahlka

Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

Jennifer Pahlka

336 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0chris_mcc's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

Zeke Faux

280 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0chris_mcc's review
nonfiction economics technology funny informative fast-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0chris_mcc's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective by Archie Brown

Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective

Archie Brown

350 pages • hardcover

5.0chris_mcc's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

Jesus' Son

Denis Johnson

160 pages • paperback • 1992

5.0chris_mcc's review
fiction contemporary short stories dark reflective fast-paced