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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Vulgarisation at it's best. Simple, concise, thoughtful. Felt like a learned more here than at my economics classes. For once, such a topic seems comprehensible, and not hidden away behind layers of jargon and nonsense.
Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-1976 by Michel Foucault
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Some lectures were fire. Sometimes difficult to grasp what is going on.
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs by Friedrich Nietzsche
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island by Emilie Yueh Yeh, Darrell William Davis
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Bit too academic for my taste. Would have loved a bit more geopolitics
Directing Actors by Judith Weston
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This book didn't inspire me, nor did it give me the urge to jump full of energy and happiness. But it is a very comprehensible and thorough book about directing. I really enjoyed the practicality of it, which is quite rare in books. It is great to get prepared for a shoot with actors, and Judith is really good at putting the readers at ease. Always reminding us of the important parts.
Noces / L'Eté by Albert Camus
fast-paced
3.0
It's nice. In the good sense of the word. It makes the world a nice place to adopt his way of seeing it.
Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity by Byung-Chul Han
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
1 or 2 chapters were a bit tedious to go through. But the rest were exquisite. His books are such nice reads, such fistfulls of thoughts to think.