General Thoughts My first impression about this novel was how rich and descriptive the prose was. The opulent lifestyles of the Victorian Era were intricately visualized not only in form […]
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Dale Carnegie Book Review
Book SUMMARY This is a Dale Carnegie book review. Based on the title itself, it is actually 3 books combined into one physical book. It is a series of self-help […]
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How to Negotiate Book Review
Book Summary This is a how to negotiate book review for “Negotiate to Win!” by Patrick Collins. This book is an simple guide for those who want to learn how to […]
Book Summary This book by Rolf Dobelli is a collection of 99 concise essays about different cognitive biases such as Base Rate Neglect, Sunk-Cost Fallacy, Fundamental Attribution Error, etc. In […]
What is it about? It is a heart-wrenching coming of age story and murder mystery set in the 1960s within the marshes of North Carolina. The marsh itself plays an […]
The Book in 3 Sentences It’s an art book, so it’s essentially a picture book of paintings and other visual arts like sculptures and art installations, but mostly of paintings. […]
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Book Review: DUNE
-MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS- What is it about? Dune is a massive book, both literally and figuratively. I would describe it as a family saga(of sorts), a revenge story, a space […]
Book Summary I have read the Modern Library edition of the book, which contains an introduction by Gregory Hays, from which I quote: “The questions that the Meditations tries to […]
Book Summary We default to truth and assume transparency and we disregard context when talking to strangers. One of the stories used to explain the concept of “defaulting to truth” […]
-Contains Spoilers- What is it about? It’s largely a mystery story but also a personal saga, like other Dickens novels: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, usually following the protagonist […]
