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The chapter comparing the early warning radar system at Fylingdales RAF station, the coastal chain of observation posts established by the Romans and a church window depicting Armageddon is worth the price alone.

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A fair-minded analysis of the ever morphing worldwide labor force—an early entry in burgeoning popular literature on the gig economy.

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His writing in Energy is no less clear and informative; he's able to explain difficult concepts without patronizing the reader.

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The experiment could be a useful one, though it will darken the hearts of the dark lords—a winning argument all its own.

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“The Perfectionists” succeeds resoundingly in making us think more deeply about the everyday objects we take for granted. It challenges us to reflect on our progress as humans and what has made it possible. It is interesting, informative, exciting and emotional...

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“Gunflint Burning” is unexpectedly compelling, given that it’s mostly a dispassionate account of logistics. The text is full of acronyms. An incident commander is an IC; an operations section chief is an OSC. It’s wonky, but also a credible way to tell the story.

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This is an exhausting, one-note book, but the tinny, grating note Pein repeatedly strikes may nonetheless be one the world needs to hear more often.

NY Times

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Charlotte and Ben are both thrust into unfair emotional situations. But as this wonderful novel unfolds they find out how the world works: its unfairness, to be sure, but also its gratifications.

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His renunciation of tech’s tightening stronghold is consistently cogent, as is the viable, counterbalancing arsenal of pragmatic solutions that he provides at the end of the book.

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Though it is obvious which side Timms and Heimans are on, they are also happy to point out when new-power models can falter, or where old-power institutions maintain operational advantages. They are not, in other words, tribal, but are clear and expert on the direction of travel.

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An edifying and entertaining history of the rise of the computer age and the women who made it possible. A good choice for fans of Hidden Figures.

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Freeman handles all of this material with the seriousness it deserves. If “Behemoth” can feel a little slow-going at times, that’s partly because of the knottiness of the history Freeman lays out, as well as his honorable refusal to resort to simplistic notions of grand progress or portentous doom.

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Despite the book’s decidedly British flavor, its subject, food, is universal, and so should be its appeal.

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Mr Cannadine offers a comprehensive analysis, in particular, of high politics. Some of the big characters of the age are lost—Dickens and Brunel are somewhat absent—but he knits together the often diverging grand imperial, national and social histories with skill.

The Economist

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Kaku has a real gift for this kind of popular science; he is able to render complex ideas in a manner that is sophisticated while still feeling accessible. The concepts at work here are big ones, and there’s no denying that some basic scientific knowledge is helpful, but the book as a whole is both entertaining and easily understandable.

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Drawing on varied examples across centuries and continents, Roma Agrawal’s “Built” seeks to tell this untold history — for, as the author claims, the “engineered universe is a narrative full of stories and secrets.”

NY Times

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Levine’s arguments aren’t entirely persuasive, but readers will be forgiven for hereafter not wanting to entrust too much information to the likes of Google, Facebook, and Amazon, to say nothing of the feds.

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“Brotopia” is a well-researched history of how Silicon Valley became a glorified frat house — beginning with a fascinating story about Lena Soderberg, a onetime Playboy centerfold, whose face and bare shoulders became the benchmark for image processing quality.

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...Keen celebrates such startups as an online networking platform that connects former prisoners with job opportunities...Valuable insights on preserving our humanity in a digital world.

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Waste, restoration, and efforts to use a scarce resource wisely: Doyle speaks well to issues that are as pressing today as in the first years of the republic.

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