Favourite Books
Economics, Society ¶
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, 2012en. [wiki] -
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Adam Smith, 1776en. -
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power.
Daniel Yergin, 1990en. [wiki] -
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World.
Daniel Yergin, 2011en. [wiki] -
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of The Twenty-first Century.
Thomas Friedman, 2005en. [wiki] -
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
John Perkins, 2004en. [wiki] -
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World.
Alan Greenspan, 2007en. [wiki] -
The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures.
Jean Baudrillard, 1970fr/1998en.
To understand human nature ¶
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We are our Brains: From the Womb to Alzheimer’s.
Dick Swaab, 2010nl/2014en. -
Das Schlafbuch: Warum wir schlafen und wie es uns am besten gelingt.
Peter Spork, 2007de (no English translation). -
Unnatural Causes.
Richard Shepherd, 2018en. -
The Seven Ages of Death.
Richard Shepherd, 2021en. -
The Unthinkable. Who Survives When Disaster Strikes — and Why.
Amanda Ripley, 2008en.
Science ¶
- Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics.
Leonard Mlodinov, 2020en.
Nature ¶
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The Best of James Herriot: Favourite Memories of a Country Vet.
James Herriot, 1982en. -
The Real James Herriot. The Authorized Biography.
Jim Wight, 1999en. -
The Bears and I. Raising Three Cubs in the North Woods.
Robert Franklin Leslie, 1967en. more1, more2, more3. -
Chiens de trainaux, compagnons du risque.
Paul-Emile Victor, 1974fr. -
Never Cry Wolf.
Farley Mowat, 1963en. [wiki]
Soul ¶
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The whole Louis L’Amour. Especially Westaward the Tide and his autobigraphy Education of a Wandering Man.
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The whole Jack London. Especially Burning Daylight and his bio novel written by Irving Stone (Sailor on Horseback).
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The Origin. A biographical novel of the life of Charles Darwin.
Irving Stone, 1980en.