Rated De ontdekking van de vrouw: De tweede sekse van Simone de Beauvoir herverteld 10/10
Je hoeft ‘De tweede sekse’ niet te lezen. Alicja Gescinska vat alles krachtig samen in minder dan 100 bladzijden, alles ingekaderd in een grappig maar scherpe, fictieve situatie.
Wants to read Cities: The First 6,000 Years
Rated Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India 8/10
Picked this book up along with a few others to provide me a snapshot of some of the culture in India (there are many!). Really enjoyed it. Dalrymple's writing is remarkable- this is the first time I've read his writing. He's able to blend a personal narratives with deep insights into the respective practices.
Rated Micromotives and Macrobehavior 8/10
Anyone interested in everyday behavior and the social sciences should definitely pick this up and read through the first couple of chapters. But the book is a bit all over the place. Sometimes it feels like there are too many examples; other times, not enough. The framework Schelling tries to set up can be hard to follow. Nevertheless, the big ideas in the book are eye-opening and the examples are drawn from everyday life. <br/><br/>Whether you read it in its entirety or just the first couple chapters and skim the rest, I imagine you'll look at social patterns in the world with a slightly different perspective.
Wants to read A Short History of Nearly Everything
Wants to read The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Wants to read The Enigma of Reason
Wants to read Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Wants to read Boy Swallows Universe
Wants to read The Book of Chocolate Saints
Wants to read Latitudes of Longing