Books that I've listened to for my #AcademicRunPlaylist
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Created by Ben Waber
Books that I've listened to for my #AcademicRunPlaylist
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The Oxford Handbook of Kant by Anil Gomes, Andrew Stephenson
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is a towering figure of Western philosophy, someone whose work continues to exert an influence across all …
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4 stars
Reading Wars explores heated, even murderous, political struggles over who gets to read and what they get to read. Those …
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Alaska by Claus M. Naske, Herman E. Slotnick
4 stars
The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as …
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The Cherokees by David Narrett
4 stars
A sweeping new history reveals how the Cherokees became a nation as they navigated a century and a half of …
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When Old Technologies Were New by Carolyn Marvin
5 stars
In the history of electronic communication, the last quarter of the 19th century holds a special place, for it was …
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How Luck Changes the Way We View the World by Daniel Breyer
5 stars
“You've got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” Most of us are familiar …
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The Saltwater Frontier by Andrew Lipman
5 stars
Andrew Lipman’s eye-opening first book is the previously untold story of how the ocean became a “frontier” between colonists and …
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Promise to Pay by Katie A. Moore
5 stars
Promise to Pay follows America’s first paper money—the “bills of credit” of British North America—from its seventeenth-century origins as a …
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The Trouble with Ancient DNA by Anna Källén
5 stars
In recent years, discoveries brought to light through analysis of ancient DNA—or aDNA—have made headlines around the world. While ancient …
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Fighting for a Living by Erik-Jan Zürcher
5 stars
Fighting for a Living investigates the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different …
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If You’re So Ethical, Why Are You So Highly Paid? by Alexander Pepper
5 stars
In the past 30 years, senior executive pay has increased dramatically in the UK, US and other developed countries, causing …
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An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence by David W. Bates
4 stars
We imagine that we are both in control of and controlled by our bodies—autonomous and yet automatic. This entanglement, according …
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Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World by Marcel van der Linden, Raquel Varela, Hugh Murphy
5 stars
Maritime trade is the backbone of the world’s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and …
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The History of Japanese Economic Development by Ken'ichi Oono
3 stars
This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the feudal …
