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“Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond

Rating: ★★★★☆  Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel (W. W. Norton, 1997). Well now I know. After 6 months, I’m still not recovered from grad school. After reading some “art for art’s sake” books, I...

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“Salt” by Mark Kurlansky

Rating: ★★★☆☆  Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History (A. Knopf Canada, 2002). If you like reading history, then you’ll enjoy the book. It’s well organized and clearly written—very accessible writing...

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“Wanderlust” by Rebecca Solnit

Rating: ★★★★★  Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking (New York: Viking, 2000). I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is beautifully written and I think hits some very powerful points. It’s not...

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“Colour” by Victoria Finlay

Rating: ★★★☆☆  Victoria Finlay, Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox (London: Sceptre, 2002). Victoria Finlay is one adventurous woman. From the Australian outback to war-torn Afghanistan, Finlay...

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“Infectious Greed” by Frank Partnoy

Rating: ★★★★☆  Frank Partnoy, Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets (Revised ed.) (New York: Public Affairs, 2009). Make no mistake, this is one daunting read. It is 450...

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“The Words We Live By” by Linda Monk

Rating: ★★★★☆   Linda R. Monk, The Words We Live By (New York: Hyperion, 2003). This book is the entire text of the US Constitution and its 27 amendments, annotated line by line with explanations,...

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“Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt”

Parley P. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985). And now for something completely different. As yet I haven’t reviewed any church-related literature, of which I...

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“Debt: The First 5,000 Years” by David Graeber

Rating: ★★★★★ David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years (New York: Melville House, 2011). I really, really enjoyed this book. This is not a manifesto. It’s an honest-to-goodness anthropological...

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“Jerusalem” by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Rating: ★★★★☆ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011). This is one serious piece of work! This 650-page tome presents an excellent high-level summary of the...

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“Story of Ain’t” by David Skinner

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ David Skinner, The Story of Ain’t: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published (New York: Harper, 2012). It’s books like this that make me question my...

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