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253 reviews

De zin van het leven: gesprekken over de essentie van ons bestaan by Fokke Obbema (journalist)

4.0

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger

5.0

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

5.0

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal

4.0

Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty

4.0

I like this book. I have little to zero economic knowledge and the book gave a good and thorough introduction of some important aspects of the (global) economy, what drives inequality, and how it could be fixed. And it helped me understand our current world a bit better.

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins

4.0

Thanks to this book I got a better understanding of Darwin’s theory of evolution and what makes it such a sensible theory. If you are interested in it, read this book.

Het belastingparadijs: Waarom hier niemand belasting betaalt - behalve u by Joost van Kleef, Martin van Geest, Henk Willem Smits

3.0

Leuk boek over belastingregels in Nederland en hoe deze ingezet worden door (met name) multinationals. En interessant dat ze ook het ontstaan van zaken als trustkantoren uitleggen.

Shinto: The Kami Way by Sokyo Ono, William P. Woodard

4.0

An accessible introduction to ‘the way of the gods’ or ‘the kami way’. It’s interesting to read the customs of this ‘faith’ that I knew hardly anything about. Very interesting.

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

3.0

Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future by Alice Gorman

4.0

I didn’t know space archaeology is a thing. Now I do. This accessible read introduces you to the topic. Pick it up of you’re interested.