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Book Review: The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr
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Book Review: The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr

Posted on January 24, 2023January 25, 2023 by Brad Shorr

The Shallows, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr, originally published in 2010, with an updated afterword (2020). “Of all the sacrifices we make when we devote ourselves to the Internet as our universal medium, the…

33 Unforgettable Books
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33 Unforgettable Books

Posted on November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 by Brad Shorr

After writing my short review of an 18-year-old ER episode I couldn’t forget,  I started thinking about books I’ve read over the years that similarly stuck in my mind. I came up with 33 of them. This is by no…

Book Review: The Kingdom of God Is Within You, by Leo Tolstoy (Authorized Translation by Constance Garnett)
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Book Review: The Kingdom of God Is Within You, by Leo Tolstoy (Authorized Translation by Constance Garnett)

Posted on February 19, 2022June 8, 2022 by Brad Shorr

Leo Tolstoy’s non-fiction book The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a forceful argument for non-violent resistance — and against organized religion, governments, and the entirety of pagan civilization under which we have lived for thousands of years. Throw Christianity and…

Book Review: The Illustrated Longitude, by Dave Sobel and William J. H. Andrews
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Book Review: The Illustrated Longitude, by Dave Sobel and William J. H. Andrews

Posted on January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 by Brad Shorr

Longitude, first published in 1995, is a best-selling, award-winning  book about how Europeans figured out how to determine longitude at sea during the 18th and early 19th centuries. As early as the time of Columbus, Europeans relied heavily on sea…

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