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Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World by Bruce Schneier

Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World

Bruce Schneier

296 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction politics science technology informative medium-paced
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

239 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0ryanhafener's review
nonfiction essays history memoir informative reflective medium-paced
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World by Anthony M. Amore

The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

Anthony M. Amore

264 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.0ryanhafener's review
nonfiction art history true crime informative medium-paced
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury

Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

Laney Salisbury

327 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

4.5ryanhafener's review
nonfiction art history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.25ryanhafener's review
nonfiction memoir reflective sad medium-paced
The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better by Daniel Koretz

The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better

Daniel Koretz

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.75ryanhafener's review
nonfiction education informative reflective fast-paced
Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

Carol Leonnig

542 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.75ryanhafener's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

Nicole Perlroth

491 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0ryanhafener's review
nonfiction technology tense slow-paced
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

3.0ryanhafener's review
nonfiction economics history politics informative tense slow-paced
Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth by Ingrid Robeyns

Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

Ingrid Robeyns

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.5ryanhafener's review
nonfiction economics politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced