Rhizo's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:24:56 -0700 60 Rhizo's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Modern Money Mechanics 13183987 44 1105038319 Rhizo 0 currently-reading, tech 3.96 2009 Modern Money Mechanics
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]]> <![CDATA[The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War]]> 56898213 A Washington Post Best Book of 2021

The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Whitlock.

Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives.

Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military become mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory.

Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public’s understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains “fast-paced and vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government’s strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground.

Documents unearthed by The Washington Post reveal that President Bush didn’t know the name of his Afghanistan war commander—and didn’t want to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted that he had “no visibility into who the bad guys are.” His successor, Robert Gates, said: “We didn’t know jack shit about al-Qaeda.”

The Afghanistan Papers is a “searing indictment of the deceit, blunders, and hubris of senior military and civilian officials” (Tom Bowman, NRP Pentagon Correspondent) that will supercharge a long-overdue reckoning over what went wrong and forever change the way the conflict is remembered.]]> 368 Craig Whitlock 1982159006 Rhizo 0 currently-reading, tech 4.23 2021 The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
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]]> American Marxism 57873303 The six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin explains how the dangers he warned against in the “timely yet timeless” (David Limbaugh, author of Jesus Is Risen) bestseller Liberty and Tyranny have come to pass.

In 2009, Mark R. Levin galvanized conservatives with his unforgettable manifesto Liberty and Tyranny, by providing a philosophical, historical, and practical framework for halting the liberal assault on Constitution-based values. That book was about standing at the precipice of progressivism’s threat to our freedom and now, over a decade later, we’re fully over that precipice and paying the price.

In American Marxism, Levin explains how the core elements of Marxist ideology are now pervasive in American society and culture—from our schools, the press, and corporations, to Hollywood, the Democratic Party, and the Biden presidency—and how it is often cloaked in deceptive labels like “progressivism,” “democratic socialism,” “social activism,” and more. With his characteristic trenchant analysis, Levin digs into the psychology and tactics of these movements, the widespread brainwashing of students, the anti-American purposes of Critical Race Theory and the Green New Deal, and the escalation of repression and censorship to silence opposing voices and enforce conformity. Levin exposes many of the institutions, intellectuals, scholars, and activists who are leading this revolution, and provides us with some answers and ideas on how to confront them.

As Levin writes: “The counter-revolution to the American Revolution is in full force. And it can no longer be dismissed or ignored for it is devouring our society and culture, swirling around our everyday lives, and ubiquitous in our politics, schools, media, and entertainment.” And, like before, Levin seeks to rally the American people to defend their liberty.]]> 317 Mark R. Levin Rhizo 0 currently-reading, tech 4.16 2021 American Marxism
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]]> The Kings of Cool 147839076 Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twenty-something best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. Among the most celebrated literary thrillers, Savages was a Top 10 Book of the Year selection by Janet Maslin in The New York Times and Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly.

Now, in this high-octane prequel to Savages, Winslow reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are. Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, The Kings of Cool is a breathtak­ingly original saga of family in all its forms—fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. As the trio at the center of the book does battle with a cabal of drug dealers and crooked cops, they come to learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents’ history. A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning showdown that will force Ben, Chon, and O to choose between their real families and their loyalty to one another.]]> 0 Don Winslow Rhizo 1 in-library, on-shelf
Recommended: those that don't like multisyllabic words, or if you happen to just want a book that requires a single-digit kilojoule to be spent on thought. Both of these recommendations requires the book to be free, as it is not worth the paper it's printed on.]]> 3.75 The Kings of Cool
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I can only assume this is one of those "trashy romance" novels that went through advertising backed image reform. This attempt at writing amounted to stereotypical tropes and an empty plot line that may appeal to victims untreated Borderline Personality Disorder.

Recommended: those that don't like multisyllabic words, or if you happen to just want a book that requires a single-digit kilojoule to be spent on thought. Both of these recommendations requires the book to be free, as it is not worth the paper it's printed on.
]]> American Gods 30165203
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...]]> 635 Neil Gaiman Rhizo 0 to-read 4.11 2001 American Gods
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]]> <![CDATA[Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest]]> 40537345 We all now live in a paranoid and polarized world of Putin’s making, and the Russian leader, through guile and disruption, has resurrected Russia’s status as a force to be reckoned with. From renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a must-read dissection of present-day Russian motives on the global stage.

How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West’s distraction with its own domestic problems and US ambivalence about whether it still wants to act as a superpower? PUTIN’S WORLD examines the country’s turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians’ understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions — and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.

This book looks at Russia’s key relationships — its downward spiral with the United States, Europe, and NATO; its ties to China, Japan, the Middle East; and with its neighbors, particularly the fraught relationship with Ukraine. PUTIN’S WORLD will help Americans understand how and why the post-Cold War era has given way to a new, more dangerous world, one in which Russia poses a challenge to the United States in every corner of the globe — and one in which Russia has become a toxic and divisive subject in US politics.]]> 448 Angela Stent 1455533025 Rhizo 3 tech 4.17 Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
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]]> <![CDATA[Living a Marxist Life: Why Marx is a Drug You Should Probably Take]]> 200451618
Living a Marxist Life responds to this disconnect by framing Marxism not as a mere “theory” but as a practical philosophical truth-a lived practice that immediately changes the reality of those experimenting with it. From Frida Kahlo to Jean-Luc Godard, Pablo Picasso to Angela Davis, Marxists are not dry theoreticians but embodied agents of a process that is as intensely imaginative and joyful as it is demanding and difficult. This book, then, is a chronicle of radical change-a record of the ways our thoughts, habits, desires, actions, and emotions can be fundamentally reshaped by an encounter with Marx.

This book is not an introduction to Marx, nor a systematic defense of Marxism. Rather, it is a self-help book that calls into question the very idea of self-help, a guide to the good life that rejects normative morality, and an inspirational manual that promotes philosophy, sociology, and politics, not vague spirituality or religion, as solutions to the urgent problems that face us.]]> 200 Andrew Pendakis 1350420867 Rhizo 0 currently-reading, on-shelf 4.00 Living a Marxist Life: Why Marx is a Drug You Should Probably Take
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]]> <![CDATA[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Rhizo 2 on-shelf
If it wasn't for the decent structure this book would be an easy 1 star, the enticing writing style is the only reason it made it to ⭐️⭐️. Realistic rating: 1.5 stars.]]> 4.01 2005 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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If you intend to study the unregulated or less seen side of economics this book is not for you. If you want to be able to regurgitate half-truths and/or expired facts this book is for you. It talks about some interesting subjects, but not deep enough to quench any intellectual thirst. There is no need for me to restate what previous reviews have very accurately critiqued.

If it wasn't for the decent structure this book would be an easy 1 star, the enticing writing style is the only reason it made it to ⭐️⭐️. Realistic rating: 1.5 stars.
]]> <![CDATA[Theory of Computer 카지노싸이트: Automata, Languages and Computation]]> 4290612 436 K.L.P. Mishra 8120329686 Rhizo 0 to-read, tech 4.00 Theory of Computer 카지노싸이트: Automata, Languages and Computation
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]]> Being and Nothingness 10033 Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant philosophical books of the 20th century. The central work by one of the century's most influential thinkers, it altered the course of western philosophy. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world. Known as 'the Bible of existentialism', its impact on culture & literature was immediate & was felt worldwide, from the absurdist drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets.
Being & Nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mindset of subsequent generations. Seventy years after its 1st publication, its message remains as potent as ever--challenging readers to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom, choice, responsibility & action.]]> 688 Jean-Paul Sartre 0415278481 Rhizo 0 to-read, on-shelf 4.00 1943 Being and Nothingness
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Existentialism and Marxism (Radical Thinkers)]]> 1673363
 

A long and brilliant autobiographical interview, given to New Left Review in 1969, constitutes the best single overview of Sartre’s whole intellectual evolution. Three analytic texts on the Us war in Vietnam, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the lessons of the May Revolt in France, define his political positions as a revolutionary socialist. Questions of philosophy and aesthetics are explored in essays on Kierkegaard, Mallarme and Tintoretto. Another section of the collection explores Sartre’s critical attitude to orthodox psychoanalysis as a therapy, and is accompanied by rejoinders from colleagues on his journal Les Temps Modernes . The volume concludes with a prolonged reflection on the nature and role of intellectuals and writers in advanced capitalism, and their relationship to the struggles of the exploited and oppressed classes. Between Existentialism and Marxism is an impressive demonstration of the breadth and vitality of Sartre’s thought, and its capacity to respond to political and cultural changes in the contemporary world.]]> 302 Jean-Paul Sartre 1844672077 Rhizo 0 to-read, on-shelf 3.83 1960 Between Existentialism and Marxism (Radical Thinkers)
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]]> Writing and Difference 765346 Writing and Difference, a collection of Jacques Derrida's essays written between 1959 and 1966, has become a landmark of contemporary French thought. In it we find Derrida at work on his systematic deconstruction of Western metaphysics. The book's first half, which includes the celebrated essay on Descartes and Foucault, shows the development of Derrida's method of deconstruction. In these essays, Derrida demonstrates the traditional nature of some purportedly nontraditional currents of modern thought—one of his main targets being the way in which "structuralism" unwittingly repeats metaphysical concepts in its use of linguistic models.

The second half of the book contains some of Derrida's most compelling analyses of why and how metaphysical thinking must exclude writing from its conception of language, finally showing metaphysics to be constituted by this exclusion. These essays on Artaud, Freud, Bataille, Hegel, and Lévi-Strauss have served as introductions to Derrida's notions of writing and différence—the untranslatable formulation of a nonmetaphysical "concept" that does not exclude writing—for almost a generation of students of literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis.

Writing and Difference reveals the unacknowledged program that makes thought itself possible. In analyzing the contradictions inherent in this program, Derrida goes on to develop new ways of thinking, reading, and writing,—new ways based on the most complete and rigorous understanding of the old ways. Scholars and students from all disciplines will find Writing and Difference an excellent introduction to perhaps the most challenging of contemporary French thinkers—challenging because Derrida questions thought as we know it.]]> 362 Jacques Derrida 0226143295 Rhizo 0 to-read, on-shelf 4.01 1967 Writing and Difference
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]]> The Curse of Lono 52880 The Curse of Lono accessible to everyone.]]> 205 Hunter S. Thompson 3822848972 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.93 1983 The Curse of Lono
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]]> Hell's Angels 10882
" En France on n'a pas ça et aux Etats-unis, pays pourtant pas avare en déjantés, ils n'en ont qu'un comme lui. Même s'il n'a rien écrit depuis plus de vingt ans, Hunter S. Thompson demeure là-bas une légende. ", Eric Neuhoff, Le Figaro littéraire.]]> 295 Hunter S. Thompson 222109073X Rhizo 0 to-read 4.00 1966 Hell's Angels
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]]> The Rum Diary 18864 The Rum Diary is a tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule and anything (including murder) is permissible.]]> 224 Hunter S. Thompson 0684856476 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.86 1998 The Rum Diary
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]]> <![CDATA[The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire]]> 23165015 The WikiLeaks Files is the 1st volume that uses experts to collate the most important cables & show their historic importance. The book explores in a series of chapters covering the major regions of the world how the USA has imposed its will. It reveals how it imposes its agenda on the world: a new form of imperialism that uses a variety of tactics from torture & military action, to trade deals & “soft power,” in order to expand its influence. It shows the details of the close relationship between government & big business in promoting US goods. The WikiLeaks Files is the most comprehensive analysis of State department cables to date. Assange's introduction exposes the on-going debates on freedom of information, international surveillance & justice. Regional expert contributors include Dan Beeton, Phyllis Bennis, Michael Busch, Peter Certo, Conn Hallinan, Sarah Harrison, Richard Heydarian, Dahr Jamail, Jake Johnston, Alexander Main, Robert Naiman, Francis Njubi Nesbitt, Linda Pearson, Gareth Porter, Tim Shorrock, Russ Wellen & Stephen Zunes.
Introduction
America & the dictators
Dictators & human rights
War & terrorism
Indexing the empire/Sarah Harrison
US war crimes & the ICC/Linda Pearson
Europe/Michael Busch
Russia/Russ Wellen
Turkey/Conn Hallinan
Israel/Stephen Zunes & Peter Certo
Syria/Robert Naiman
Iran/Gareth Porter
Iraq/Dahr Jamail
Afghanistan/Phyllis Bennis
East Asia/Tim Shorrock
Southeast Asia/Richard Heydarian
South Africa/Francis Njubi Nesbitt
Latin America & the Caribbean/Alexander Main, Jake Johnston & Dan Beeton
Venezuela/Dan Beeton, Jake Johnston & Alexander Main]]> 614 Wikileaks 1781688745 Rhizo 0 to-read, on-shelf 3.85 2015 The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire
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]]> <![CDATA[Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld]]> 9083545
Inside Cyber Warfare goes beyond the headlines of attention-grabbing DDoS attacks and takes a deep look inside multiple cyber-conflicts that occurred from 2002 through summer 2009.

Learn how cyber attacks are waged in open conflicts, including recent hostilities between Russia and Georgia, and Israel and Palestine

Discover why Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, Vkontakte, and other sites on the social web are mined by the intelligence services of many nations

Read about China's commitment to penetrate the networks of its technologically superior adversaries as a matter of national survival

Find out why many attacks originate from servers in the United States, and who's responsible

Learn how hackers are "weaponizing" malware to attack vulnerabilities at the application level]]> 240 Jeffrey Carr 1449382991 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.27 2009 Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld
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]]> <![CDATA[Blockchain in Supply Chain Digital Transformation]]> 62243201 226 Trevor Clohessy 1032188782 Rhizo 0 to-read 0.0 Blockchain in Supply Chain Digital Transformation
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]]> <![CDATA[Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains]]> 59892281 The ideas behind Ethereum in the words of its founder, describing a radical vision for more than a digital currency--reinventing organizations, economics, and democracy itself in the age of the internet.

After Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin dropped out of college and launched Bitcoin Magazine>, he wrote the Ethereum white paper, which proposed an open source system that would take what Bitcoin did for money and do it for everything else: contracts, social networks, and sharing economies. Now, less than a decade later, his idea is valued at about half a trillion dollars, and it is the foundation for the weird new world of NFT artworks, virtual real estate, and decentralized autonomous organizations.

Understanding and engaging with Buterin’s ideas will be of growing importance as the consequences of his invention continue to unfold and inspire debate worldwide. These writings, collected from his essays before and during the rise of Ethereum, reveal Buterin to be a vivid and imaginative writer, and this edition includes context from media studies scholar Nathan Schneider. While many around him were focused on seeing the value of their tokens rise, Buterin was working through the problems and possibilities of crafting an Internet-native world.]]> 384 Vitalik Buterin 164421248X Rhizo 0 to-read 3.61 Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains
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]]> <![CDATA[Routing TCP/IP: CCIE Professional Development, Volume 2]]> 10810112 The definitive guide to Cisco exterior routing protocols and advanced IP routing issues―now completely updated Praised in its first edition for its readability, breadth, and depth, Routing TCP/IP, Volume II, Second Edition will help you thoroughly understand modern exterior routing protocols and implement them with Cisco routers. Best-selling author Jeff Doyle offers crucial knowledge for every network professional who must manage routers to support growth and change. You’ll find configuration and troubleshooting lessons that would cost thousands to learn in a classroom, plus up-to-date case studies, examples, exercises, and solutions. Routing TCP/IP, Volume II, Second Edition covers routing and switching techniques that form the foundation of all Cisco CCIE tracks. Its expert content and CCIE structured review makes it invaluable for anyone pursuing this elite credential. While its examples focus on Cisco IOS, the book illuminates concepts that are fundamental to virtually all modern networks and routing platforms. Therefore, it serves as an exceptionally practical reference for network designers, administrators, and engineers in any environment. · Review core inter-domain routing concepts, and discover how exterior routing protocols have evolved · Master BGP’s modern operational components · Effectively configure and troubleshoot BGP · Control path attributes and selection to define better routes · Take full advantage of NLRI and routing policies · Provide for load balancing and improved network scalability · Extend BGP to multiprotocol environments via MP-BGP · Deploy, configure, manage, troubleshoot, and scale IP multicast routing · Implement Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM): Dense Mode, Sparse Mode, and Bidirectional · Operate, configure, and troubleshoot NAT in IPv4-IPv4 (NAT44) and IPv6-IPv4 (NAT64) environments · Avoid policy errors and other mistakes that damage network performance This book is part of the CCIE Professional Development series, which offers expert-level instruction on network design, deployment, and support methodologies to help networking professionals manage complex networks and prepare for the CCIE exams. Networking BGP, Multicast, and NAT]]> 1152 Jennifer Carroll 1587054701 Rhizo 0 to-read 5.00 2015 Routing TCP/IP: CCIE Professional Development, Volume 2
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]]> Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 583354 944 Jeff Doyle 1587052024 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.55 1998 Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex]]> 34220713 The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built.
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.
A visionary intelligence officer, William Godel, realized that the key to winning the war in Vietnam was not outgunning the enemy, but using new information technology to understand their motives and anticipate their movements. This idea--using computers to spy on people and groups perceived as a threat, both at home and abroad--drove ARPA to develop the internet in the 1960s, and continues to be at the heart of the modern internet we all know and use today. As Levine shows, surveillance wasn't something that suddenly appeared on the internet; it was woven into the fabric of the technology.
But this isn't just a story about the NSA or other domestic programs run by the government. As the book spins forward in time, Levine examines the private surveillance business that powers tech-industry giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, revealing how these companies spy on their users for profit, all while doing double duty as military and intelligence contractors. Levine shows that the military and Silicon Valley are effectively inseparable: a military-digital complex that permeates everything connected to the internet, even coopting and weaponizing the antigovernment privacy movement that sprang up in the wake of Edward Snowden.
With deep research, skilled storytelling, and provocative arguments, Surveillance Valley will change the way you think about the news--and the device on which you read it.]]> 384 Yasha Levine 1610398025 Rhizo 0 to-read, tech 4.27 2018 Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chinese Information War: Espionage, Cyberwar, Communications Control and Related Threats to United States Interests]]> 17848002 200 Dennis F. Poindexter 0786472715 Rhizo 0 to-read, tech 3.36 2013 The Chinese Information War: Espionage, Cyberwar, Communications Control and Related Threats to United States Interests
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]]> <![CDATA[Rust In Practice, Second Edition: A Programmers Guide to Build Rust Programs, Test Applications and Create Cargo Packages]]> 212099926 Learn to Build Rust Programs, Test Applications and Create Your Own Cargo Packages with latest Rust 1.77


"Rust In Practice, Second Edition" is an updated book that builds on the previous edition's excellent foundation and is intended to help readers progress from novice to proficient Rust developers. This new edition comes with Rust 1.77 version that goes deeper into Rust's core and advanced capabilities, making it suitable for learners at all levels.




Beginning with a basic introduction to Rust syntax and semantics, the Second Edition provides a clearer and more detailed explanation of Rust's distinctive ownership model and type system.Readers will thoroughly explore control flow, error management, and Rust's main data types, laying a solid foundation for more advanced topics. The book includes additional chapters on smart pointers, sophisticated error handling techniques, and the complexities of concurrency and parallelism, which address real-world programming issues. The book covers how to incorporate asynchronous programming features into projects, how to utilize and maintain Cargo, and a more in-depth look at Rust's standard library and the external crates ecosystem.




"Rust In Practice, Second Edition" is intended to serve as both a learning tool and a reference for developing high-performance applications. It is packed with professional advice, clear explanations, and practical examples. This book will not only teach you Rust programming, but it will also help you design software that is strong, simple, efficient, and easily maintainable.

 

Key LearningsMaster Cargo and its extensive command suite to streamline project builds and dependency management.Deepen your grasp of Rust's type system, emphasizing ownership and borrowing to efficiently manage memory.Utilize advanced traits and generics to create flexible, reusable software components.Leverage closures, iterators, and asynchronous programming for high-performance, multi-threaded applications.Utilize collections, enhance string operations, and execute effective I/O.Explore sophisticated macro usage for metaprogramming and strategies to avoid unsafe code.75+ practical examples showcasing Rust's latest features and best practices.Apply rigorous testing methods across diverse Rust applications, with new testing frameworks and methodologies. 

Table of ContentWhy Rust!Getting Ready with Rust EnvironmentMost Essentials of RustStructsEnums and Pattern MatchingExploring Ownership and BorrowingCargo, Crates and PackagesCargo CommandsRust Standard LibrarySmart Pointers and Reference Cycles
]]> 341 Rick Tim 8119177398 Rhizo 0 to-read, tech 0.0 Rust In Practice, Second Edition: A Programmers Guide to Build Rust Programs, Test Applications and Create Cargo Packages
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]]> <![CDATA[American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road]]> 31920777 The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it.

In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything—drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons—free of the government’s watchful eye.

It wasn’t long before the media got wind of the new Web site where anyone—not just teenagers and weed dealers but terrorists and black hat hackers—could buy and sell contraband detection-free. Spurred by a public outcry, the federal government launched an epic two-year manhunt for the site’s elusive proprietor, with no leads, no witnesses, and no clear jurisdiction. All the investigators knew was that whoever was running the site called himself the Dread Pirate Roberts.

The Silk Road quickly ballooned into $1.2 billion enterprise, and Ross embraced his new role as kingpin. He enlisted a loyal crew of allies in high and low places, all as addicted to the danger and thrill of running an illegal marketplace as their customers were to the heroin they sold. Through his network he got wind of the target on his back and took drastic steps to protect himself—including ordering a hit on a former employee. As Ross made plans to disappear forever, the Feds raced against the clock to catch a man they weren’t sure even existed, searching for a needle in the haystack of the global Internet.

Drawing on exclusive access to key players and two billion digital words and images Ross left behind, Vanity Fair correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Nick Bilton offers a tale filled with twists and turns, lucky breaks and unbelievable close calls. It’s a story of the boy next door’s ambition gone criminal, spurred on by the clash between the new world of libertarian-leaning, anonymous, decentralized Web advocates and the old world of government control, order, and the rule of law. Filled with unforgettable characters and capped by an astonishing climax, American Kingpin might be dismissed as too outrageous for fiction. But it’s all too real.]]> 328 Nick Bilton 1591848148 Rhizo 1
The author glosses over the unlawful actions by DEA, DoJ, IRS, and other 3LA agents, and the farce of the trial. He does not adequately address (if at all) the prospect that there are multiple Dread Pirate Robert admins, with multiple witnesses stating such.

He does not address that the The FBI has consistently maintained that it was "able to locate the Silk Road servers through a misconfiguration of the site's login interface, which inadvertently revealed the server's IP address." However, some computer science experts and defense attorneys have raised doubts about this explanation, suggesting that the FBI or an assisting agency like the NSA might have used other methods, such as monitoring internet ports or scanning the entire internet for SSL servers. I find this to be a very dire omission, one that ignores the serious implications for US Citizens.

The heavy handed judgement handed down to Ross lacked any critique. Here was a kid who made a website, who made the mistake of having what I would call a Good Idea, which required a small handful of dropkick federal employees who themselves were charged, most notably Agent Carl Force (aka Nob), who was charged and sentenced for extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice related to his role in the Silk Road investigation. For this Good Idea (which can be debated lowers street violence and proves The War on Drugs unwinnable) Ross was given a double life sentence plus 40 years. The DoD used the United States Marine Corp to invade Panama in order to to arrest Noriega who was subsequently sentenced to 20 years (17 years for good behavioir). This imbalance of justice seemed to not cross author Nick Biltons mind, along with many other things such as an interview with Lyn Ulbricht.

I would not recommend this book to anyone, unless you were to approach it in a fictional manner. There is no unique and true information that cannot be found elsewhere for free such as news articles and witness statements. Instead, I would recommend the documentary "Deep Web" by Alex Winter and narrated by Keanu Reeves (yes, Bill & Ted) and to follow Ross on the platform you prefer now that he is free. Watch his talk at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, and hopefully, and eventual book(s) by Ross himself. Do anything beside read this book.

See other reviews below to see the plethora of information the author did not include, adding to the reason why this should be reshelved from True Crime to Fiction (Young Adult section).]]> 4.39 2017 American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
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This book, although written at a acceasible level, is poorly researched and quite biased.

The author glosses over the unlawful actions by DEA, DoJ, IRS, and other 3LA agents, and the farce of the trial. He does not adequately address (if at all) the prospect that there are multiple Dread Pirate Robert admins, with multiple witnesses stating such.

He does not address that the The FBI has consistently maintained that it was "able to locate the Silk Road servers through a misconfiguration of the site's login interface, which inadvertently revealed the server's IP address." However, some computer science experts and defense attorneys have raised doubts about this explanation, suggesting that the FBI or an assisting agency like the NSA might have used other methods, such as monitoring internet ports or scanning the entire internet for SSL servers. I find this to be a very dire omission, one that ignores the serious implications for US Citizens.

The heavy handed judgement handed down to Ross lacked any critique. Here was a kid who made a website, who made the mistake of having what I would call a Good Idea, which required a small handful of dropkick federal employees who themselves were charged, most notably Agent Carl Force (aka Nob), who was charged and sentenced for extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice related to his role in the Silk Road investigation. For this Good Idea (which can be debated lowers street violence and proves The War on Drugs unwinnable) Ross was given a double life sentence plus 40 years. The DoD used the United States Marine Corp to invade Panama in order to to arrest Noriega who was subsequently sentenced to 20 years (17 years for good behavioir). This imbalance of justice seemed to not cross author Nick Biltons mind, along with many other things such as an interview with Lyn Ulbricht.

I would not recommend this book to anyone, unless you were to approach it in a fictional manner. There is no unique and true information that cannot be found elsewhere for free such as news articles and witness statements. Instead, I would recommend the documentary "Deep Web" by Alex Winter and narrated by Keanu Reeves (yes, Bill & Ted) and to follow Ross on the platform you prefer now that he is free. Watch his talk at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, and hopefully, and eventual book(s) by Ross himself. Do anything beside read this book.

See other reviews below to see the plethora of information the author did not include, adding to the reason why this should be reshelved from True Crime to Fiction (Young Adult section).
]]> <![CDATA[The Truth About Crypto: A Practical, Easy-to-Understand Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain, NFTs, and Other Digital Assets]]> 59364063 A TOP FINANCE BOOK OF 2022 by THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB A SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS FINALIST A straightforward, practical guide to the newest frontier in investment strategy—crypto—from #1 New York Times bestselling author and personal finance expert Ric Edelman. Blockchain and bitcoin are here to stay—and as the Bank of England stated, this new technology could “transform the global financial system.” No wonder PWC says blockchain technology will add $2 trillion to the world’s $80 trillion economy by 2030. Indeed, blockchain technology and the digital assets it makes possible are revolutionary, the most profound innovation for commerce since the invention of the internet. And yet, the average investor—and the investment advisors who manage two-thirds of all their money—aren’t aware of all this, or of the incredible investment opportunities now available. Fortunately, Ric Edelman, one of the most influential experts in the financial field, shows investors how they can engage and thrive in today’s new investment marketplace. Featuring the prophetic insights you’d expect from one of most acclaimed financial advisors, The Truth About Crypto is fun to read and easy to understand—and most importantly gives readers the sound, practical advice we all need to succeed with this new asset class. Best of all, Edelman shows how blockchain works, the difference between digital currency and digital assets, and a comprehensive look at every aspect of the field. This book is a must-read guide if you want to achieve investment success today.]]> 385 Ric Edelman 1668002345 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.58 The Truth About Crypto: A Practical, Easy-to-Understand Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain, NFTs, and Other Digital Assets
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]]> <![CDATA[Build Your Own Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Distributed Ledger Technology (Management for Professionals)]]> 54336249
How do I build a blockchain? How do I mint a cryptocurrency? How do I write a smart contract? How do I launch an initial coin offering (ICO)? These are some of questions this book answers. Starting by outlining the beginnings and development of early cryptocurrencies, it provides the conceptual foundations required to engineer secure software that interacts with both public and private ledgers. The topics covered include consensus algorithms, mining and decentralization, and many more. 

“This is a one-of-a-kind book on Blockchain technology.  The authors achieved the perfect balance between the breadth of topics and the depth of technical discussion.  But the real gem is the set of carefully curated hands-on exercises that guide the reader through the process of building a Blockchain right from Chapter 1.” Volodymyr Babich, Professor of Operations and Information Management, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University"An excellent introduction of DLT technology for a non-technical audience. The book is replete with examples and exercises, which greatly facilitate the learning of the underlying processes of blockchain technology for all, from students to entrepreneurs.” Serguei Netessine, Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania"Whether you want to start from scratch or deepen your blockchain knowledge about the latest developments, this book is an essential reference. Through clear explanations and practical code examples, the authors take you on a progressive journey to discover the technology foundations and build your own blockchain. From an operations perspective, you can learn the principles behind the distributed ledger technology relevant for transitioning towards blockchain-enabled supply chains. Reading this book, you'll get inspired, be able to assess the applicability of blockchain to supply chain operations, and learn from best practices recognized in real-world examples." Ralf W. Seifert, Professor of Technology and Operations Management at EPFL and Professor of Operations Management at IMD ]]> 290 Daniel Hellwig 3030401421 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.88 Build Your Own Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Distributed Ledger Technology (Management for Professionals)
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]]> Candy 29488
He met Candy amid a lush Sydney summer. Gorgeous, sexy, free-spirited Candy. They fell in love fast, lots of laughter and lust, the days melting warmly into each other. He never planned to give her a habit. But she wanted a taste. And wasn't love, after all, about sharing lives? Candy had a bit of money and in the beginning, everything was beautiful. Heady, heroin-hazed days, the world open and inviting. But when the money ran out, the craving remained, and the days ceased their luxurious stretch.

But there was still love. Only now, it was a threesome. Heroin had its own demands, its own timetable, and thoughts of nabbing the next fix hurled them into each day. Then, when desperation sets in, Candy will stop at nothing to secure a blast, as she and her lover become hostage to the nightmarish world of addiction.

Painful, sexy, tender, and charged with dark humor, Candy provocatively charts the daily rituals of two lovers maintaining a long-term junk habit. Told in stunningly vivid prose and set against the backdrop of suburban and urban Australia, Candy is both an electrifying and frightening glimpse of contemporary life and love.]]> 304 Luke Davies 0345423879 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.13 1997 Candy
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]]> <![CDATA[Bare-Metal Embedded C Programming: Develop high-performance embedded systems with C for Arm microcontrollers]]> 221035354 Become proficient in designing and developing embedded systems and reduce reliance on third-party libraries

Key FeaturesLearn to develop bare-metal firmware for Arm microcontrollers from scratchUnderstand hardware intricacies to minimize your dependency on third-party librariesNavigate microcontroller manuals with ease and learn to write optimized codePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionBare-Metal Embedded C Programming takes you on an unparalleled journey to equip you with the skills and knowledge to excel in the world of embedded systems. The author, with over a decade of hands-on experience in engineering, takes a unique, practical approach to teach you how to decode microcontroller datasheets so that you’re able to extract vital information for precise firmware development. Register manipulation will become second nature to you as you learn to craft optimized code from scratch.

The book provides in-depth insights into the hardware intricacies of microcontrollers. You'll navigate user manuals and documentation with ease, ensuring a profound understanding of the underlying technology. The true uniqueness of this book lies in its commitment to fostering independent expertise. Instead of simply copy pasting, you'll develop the capability to create firmware with confidence, paving the way for professional-grade mastery.

By the end of this book, you'll have honed your skills in reading datasheets, performing register manipulations, and crafting optimized code, as well as gained the confidence needed to navigate hardware intricacies and write optimized firmware independently, making you a proficient and self-reliant embedded systems developer.

What you will learnDecode microcontroller datasheets, enabling precise firmware developmentMaster register manipulations for optimized Arm-based microcontroller firmware creationDiscover how to navigate hardware intricacies confidentlyFind out how to write optimized firmware without any assistanceWork on exercises to create bare-metal drivers for GPIO, timers, ADC, UART, SPI, I2C, DMA, and moreDesign energy-efficient embedded systems with power management techniquesWho this book is forWhether you're an experienced engineer seeking in-depth expertise in decoding datasheets, precise register manipulations, and creating firmware from scratch, or a software developer transitioning to the embedded systems domain, this book is your comprehensive guide. It equips you with the practical skills needed for confident, independent firmware development, making it an essential resource for professionals and enthusiasts in the field.

Table of ContentsSetting Up the Tools of the TradeConstructing Peripheral Registers from Memory AddressesUnderstanding the Build Process and Exploring the GNU ToolchainDeveloping the Linker Script and Startup FileThe "Make" Build SystemThe Common Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS)The General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) PeripheralSystem Tick (SysTick) TimerGeneral-Purpose Timers (TIM)The Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter ProtocolAnalog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)]]> 698 Israel Gbati 1835463568 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.33 Bare-Metal Embedded C Programming: Develop high-performance embedded systems with C for Arm microcontrollers
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]]> <![CDATA[Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies]]> 21820378
This book will help you learn everything you need to know about decentralized digital money, which is one of the most exciting technical revolutions in decades. Just as the Internet has transformed dozens of industries - from media and entertainment to retailing, travel and many more - decentralized digital money, in the form of crypto-currencies, has the ability to transform the foundations of money, credit and financial services. It also has the power to transform other social activities and institutions that we don't usually associate directly with money, such as corporations, governance, voting and the law.

As the first successful digital currency, bitcoin is the natural starting point for anyone interested in decentralized digital money, its implications and applications. Mastering Bitcoin describes the technical foundations of bitcoin and other cryptographic currencies, from cryptography basics, such as keys and addresses, to the data structures, network protocols and the consensus mechanism ("mining") that underpin bitcoin. Each technical topic is explained with user stories, elegant analogies and examples, and code snippets illustrating the key concepts. The first two chapters offer a broad and accessible introduction to bitcoin that is intended for all audiences, from new non-technical users to investors and business executives seeking to better understand bitcoin. The remainder of the book dives into the technical details of bitcoin's operation and is aimed at professional developers, engineers, software and systems architects, systems administrators and technically-minded people interested in the inner workings of bitcoin and comparable crypto-currencies. Mastering Bitcoin is intended to be used as a reference book for technical professionals, as a self-study guide for bitcoin entrepreneurs, and as a textbook for university courses on bitcoin and digital currencies.

Bitcoin is still in its infancy, and yet it has already spawned a multi-billion dollar, global economy that is growing exponentially. Both new and established companies are adding bitcoin as a payment method, and investors are funding a flurry of new bitcoin and related startups. Mastering Bitcoin can help you become part of this vibrant new economy. The time to get started is now.]]> 296 Andreas M. Antonopoulos 1449374042 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.32 2014 Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
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]]> Crime and Punishment 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky Rhizo 0 to-read 4.26 1866 Crime and Punishment
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]]> The Anarchist Cookbook 251547 160 William Powell 0974458902 Rhizo 1
The review they posted below is far more valuable in thought and information than the book.

I would not recommend this book to anyone. There are far better sources of information, and far more radical books. ]]> 3.48 1971 The Anarchist Cookbook
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I was going to write a review but @sologdin nailed it with far more detail and attention I could ever muster. From the woefully inadequate Anatchist doctrine to the out-dated and/or outright false information provided will only assist those pursuing A Darwin Award.

The review they posted below is far more valuable in thought and information than the book.

I would not recommend this book to anyone. There are far better sources of information, and far more radical books.
]]> <![CDATA[Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel]]> 25159062
How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the 300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of the strategy and tactics used by corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola.

And what can government learn to combat this scourge? By analyzing the cartels as companies, law enforcers might better understand how they work—and stop throwing away 100 billion a year in a futile effort to win the “war” against this global, highly organized business.

Your intrepid guide to the most exotic and brutal industry on earth is Tom Wainwright. Picking his way through Andean cocaine fields, Central American prisons, Colorado pot shops, and the online drug dens of the Dark Web, Wainwright provides a fresh, innovative look into the drug trade and its 250 million customers.

The cast of characters includes “Bin Laden,” the Bolivian coca guide; “Old Lin,” the Salvadoran gang leader; “Starboy,” the millionaire New Zealand pill maker; and a cozy Mexican grandmother who cooks blueberry pancakes while plotting murder. Along with presidents, cops, and teenage hitmen, they explain such matters as the business purpose for head-to-toe tattoos, how gangs decide whether to compete or collude, and why cartels care a surprising amount about corporate social responsibility.

More than just an investigation of how drug cartels do business, Narconomics is also a blueprint for how to defeat them.]]> 288 Tom Wainwright 1610395832 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.14 2016 Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel
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]]> <![CDATA[Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet]]> 16153182
Now, in what is sure to be a wave-making new book, Assange brings together a small group of cutting-edge thinkers and activists from the front line of the battle for cyber-space to discuss whether electronic communications will emancipate or enslave us. Among the topics addressed are: Do Facebook and Google constitute "the greatest surveillance machine that ever existed," perpetually tracking our location, our contacts and our lives? Far from being victims of that surveillance, are most of us willing collaborators? Are there legitimate forms of surveillance, for instance in relation to the "Four Horsemen of the Infopocalypse" (money laundering, drugs, terrorism and pornography)? And do we have the ability, through conscious action and technological savvy, to resist this tide and secure a world where freedom is something which the Internet helps bring about?

The harassment of WikiLeaks and other Internet activists, together with attempts to introduce anti-file sharing legislation such as SOPA and ACTA, indicate that the politics of the Internet have reached a crossroads. In one direction lies a future that guarantees, in the watchwords of the cypherpunks, "privacy for the weak and transparency for the powerful"; in the other lies an Internet that allows government and large corporations to discover ever more about internet users while hiding their own activities. Assange and his co-discussants unpick the complex issues surrounding this crucial choice with clarity and engaging enthusiasm.]]> 192 Julian Assange 1939293006 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.74 2012 Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet
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]]> <![CDATA[Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City]]> 17262737 Explore Everything is both an account of his escapades with the London Consolidation Crew as well as an urbanist manifesto on rights to the city and new ways of belonging in and understanding the metropolis. It is a passionate declaration to "explore everything," combining philosophy, politics and adventure.]]> 320 Bradley L. Garrett 1781681295 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.68 2013 Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City
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]]> <![CDATA[Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers]]> 10330304
In a feat of daring reportage, Potter gets onto the flight deck with these outlaws and tells the story of their fearless missions. Dodging gunfire, Potter is taken from place to place by men trafficking everything from illicit weapons to emergency aid, making enemies everywhere but no reliable friends. As the world changes, we see the options for the crew first explode, then slowly diminish, until, in a desperate maneuver, they move their operations to the most lawless corners of Africa, where they operate to this day.

The story of these outlaws is a microcosm of the world since the end of the cold war: secret contracts, guerrilla foreign policy, and conflicts too thorny to be handled in public. Potter uses the story of these men to articulate an underground history of the globalized world. At once thrilling, provocative, and morally circumspect, this book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in espionage, or in how the world works today.]]> 336 Matt Potter 1608195309 Rhizo 3 on-shelf 3.60 2011 Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers
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]]> <![CDATA[Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias]]> 199405 Richard Barbrook, John Perry Barlow, William E. Baugh Jr., David S. Bennahum, Hakim Bey, David Brin, Andy Cameron, Dorothy E. Denning, Mark Dery, Kevin Doyle, Duncan Frissell, Eric Hughes, Karrie Jacobs, David Johnson, Peter Ludlow, Timothy C. May, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Nathan Newman, David G. Post, Jedediah S. Purdy, Charles J. Stivale]]> 451 Peter Ludlow 0262621517 Rhizo 3 on-shelf 3.69 2001 Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias
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]]> <![CDATA[How To Make a Living Outside the System - Business and Economics Freedom Liberty Agorism]]> 11710577 51 Tarrin P. Lupo 1937311074 Rhizo 1 on-shelf 3.58 2011 How To Make a Living Outside the System - Business and Economics Freedom Liberty Agorism
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]]> Walden & Civil Disobedience 116020 Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings—as well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty—have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.]]> 320 Henry David Thoreau 0451529456 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.96 1849 Walden & Civil Disobedience
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]]> No Logo 647 No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. First published before the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, this is an infuriating, inspiring, and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing, and the anti-corporate movement.

As global corporations compete for the hearts and wallets of consumers who not only buy their products but willingly advertise them from head to toe—witness today's schoolbooks, superstores, sporting arenas, and brand-name synergy—a new generation has begun to battle consumerism with its own best weapons. In this provocative, well-written study, a front-line report on that battle, we learn how the Nike swoosh has changed from an athletic status-symbol to a metaphor for sweatshop labor, how teenaged McDonald's workers are risking their jobs to join the Teamsters, and how "culture jammers" utilize spray paint, computer-hacking acumen, and anti-propagandist wordplay to undercut the slogans and meanings of billboard ads (as in "Joe Chemo" for "Joe Camel").

No Logo will challenge and enlighten students of sociology, economics, popular culture, international affairs, and marketing.

"This book is not another account of the power of the select group of corporate Goliaths that have gathered to form our de facto global government. Rather, it is an attempt to analyze and document the forces opposing corporate rule, and to lay out the particular set of cultural and economic conditions that made the emergence of that opposition inevitable." —Naomi Klein, from her Introduction]]> 528 Naomi Klein 0312421435 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.89 2000 No Logo
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]]> <![CDATA[The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality]]> 41189926 A "razor-sharp" introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument for modern socialism (Naomi Klein) -- and explains how its core tenets could effect positive change in America and worldwide.


In The Socialist Manifesto, Bhaskar Sunkara explores socialism's history since the mid-1800s and presents a realistic vision for its future. With the stunning popularity of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans are embracing the class politics of socialism. But what, exactly, is socialism? And what would a socialist system in America look like? The editor of Jacobin magazine, Sunkara shows that socialism, though often seen primarily as an economic system, in fact offers the means to fight all forms of oppression, including racism and sexism. The ultimate goal is not Soviet-style planning, but to win rights to healthcare, education, and housing, and to create new democratic institutions in workplaces and communities. A primer on socialism for the 21st century, this is a book for anyone seeking an end to the vast inequities of our age.]]> 288 Bhaskar Sunkara 1541617398 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.59 2019 The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
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]]> On War 117031 On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work’s first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, political leaders, and intellectuals. First published in 1976 and revised in 1984, Michael Howard and Peter Paret’s Princeton edition of Clausewitz’s classic work has itself achieved classic status and is widely regarded as the best translation and standard edition of On War in English. This feature-rich edition includes an essay by Paret on the genesis of Clausewitz’s book, an essay by Howard on Clausewitz’s influence, and an essay by Bernard Brodie on the continuing relevance of On War. In addition, Brodie provides a lengthy and detailed commentary on and guide to reading On War, and the edition also includes a comprehensive index.]]> 732 Carl von Clausewitz 0691018545 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.98 1832 On War
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]]> <![CDATA[American Continental Philosophy: A Reader (Studies in Continental Thought)]]> 859604 408 Walter Brogan 0253337291 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.00 2000 American Continental Philosophy: A Reader (Studies in Continental Thought)
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]]> <![CDATA[Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship]]> 11498447  
Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Around the world, the champions of this form of expression are numerous, ranging from art historians such as Grant Kester, curators such as Nicolas Bourriaud and Nato Thompson, to performance theorists such as Shannon Jackson.

Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as “social practice.” Claire Bishop follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the development of a participatory aesthetic. This itinerary takes in Futurism and Dada; the Situationist International; Happenings in Eastern Europe, Argentina and Paris; the 1970s Community Arts Movement; and the Artists Placement Group. It concludes with a discussion of long-term educational projects by contemporary artists such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Tania Bruguera, Pawel Althamer and Paul Chan.

Since her controversial essay in Artforum in 2006, Claire Bishop has been one of the few to challenge the political and aesthetic ambitions of participatory art. In Artificial Hells , she not only scrutinizes the emancipatory claims made for these projects, but also provides an alternative to the ethical (rather than artistic) criteria invited by such artworks. Artificial Hells calls for a less prescriptive approach to art and politics, and for more compelling, troubling, and bolder forms of participatory art and criticism.]]> 390 Claire Bishop 1844676900 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.14 2012 Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship
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]]> <![CDATA[AIQ: How People and Machines are Smarter Together]]> 39328092
From leading data scientists Nick Polson and James Scott, what everyone needs to know to understand how artificial intelligence is changing the world and how we can use this knowledge to make better decisions in our own lives.

Dozens of times per day, we all interact with intelligent machines that are constantly learning from the wealth of data now available to them. These machines, from smart phones to talking robots to self-driving cars, are remaking the world in the 21st century in the same way that the Industrial Revolution remade the world in the 19th century.

AIQ is based on a simple if you want to understand the modern world, then you have to know a little bit of the mathematical language spoken by intelligent machines. AIQ will teach you that language—but in an unconventional way, anchored in stories rather than equations.

You will meet a fascinating cast of historical characters who have a lot to teach you about data, probability, and better thinking. Along the way, you'll see how these same ideas are playing out in the modern age of big data and intelligent machines—and how these technologies will soon help you to overcome some of your built-in cognitive weaknesses, giving you a chance to lead a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life.]]> 288 Nick Polson 1250182166 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.13 2018 AIQ: How People and Machines are Smarter Together
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]]> <![CDATA[Webtopia: The world wide wreck of tech and how to make the net work]]> 46016379 275 Peter Lewis 1742244467 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.35 Webtopia: The world wide wreck of tech and how to make the net work
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]]> The System of Objects 22616 A tour de force of the materialist semiotics of the early Baudrillard.

The System of Objects is a tour de force—a theoretical letter-in-a-bottle tossed into the ocean in 1968, which brilliantly communicates to us all the live ideas of the day.

Pressing Freudian and Saussurean categories into the service of a basically Marxist perspective, The System of Objects offers a cultural critique of the commodity in consumer society. Baudrillard classifies the everyday objects of the “new technical order” as functional, nonfunctional and metafunctional. He contrasts “modern” and “traditional” functional objects, subjecting home furnishing and interior design to a celebrated semiological analysis. His treatment of nonfunctional or “marginal” objects focuses on antiques and the psychology of collecting, while the metafunctional category extends to the useless, the aberrant and even the “schizofunctional.” Finally, Baudrillard deals at length with the implications of credit and advertising for the commodification of everyday life.

The System of Objects is a tour de force of the materialist semiotics of the early Baudrillard, who emerges in retrospect as something of a lightning rod for all the live ideas of the day: Bataille's political economy of “expenditure” and Mauss's theory of the gift; Reisman's lonely crowd and the “technological society” of Jacques Ellul; the structuralism of Roland Barthes in The System of Fashion; Henri Lefebvre's work on the social construction of space; and last, but not least, Guy Debord's situationist critique of the spectacle.]]> 224 Jean Baudrillard 1844670538 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.06 1968 The System of Objects
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]]> <![CDATA[Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)]]> 13591862 176 Christopher Kul-Want 1848314175 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.53 2013 Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)
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]]> <![CDATA[Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason]]> 2788874 Discourse on the Method, this small, vain, vindictive, peripatetic, ambitious Frenchman destroyed 2000 years of received wisdom & laid the foundations of the modern world. At the root of Descartes’ method was skepticism: "What can I know for certain?" Like-minded thinkers around Europe passionately embraced the book--the method was applied to medicine, nature, politics & society. The notion that one could find truth in facts that could be proved, & not in reliance on tradition & the Church's teachings, would become a turning point in human history. In an age of faith, what Descartes was proposing seemed like heresy. Yet Descartes himself was a good Catholic, who was spurred to write his incendiary book for the most personal of reasons: He'd devoted himself to medicine & the study of nature, but when his beloved daughter died aged 5, he took his ideas deeper. To understand the natural world one needed to question everything. Thus the scientific method was created & religion overthrown. If the natural world could be understood, knowledge could be advanced, & others might not suffer as his child did. The great controversy Descartes ignited continues to our era: where Islamic terrorists spurn the modern world & pine for a culture based on unquestioning faith; where scientists write bestsellers that passionately make the case for atheism; where others struggle to find a balance between faith & reason. Descartes’ Bonesis a historical detective story about the creation of the modern mind, with twists & turns leading up to the present day—to the science museum in Paris where the philosopher’s skull now resides & to the church a few kilometers away where, not long ago, a philosopher-priest said a mass for his bones.]]> 319 Russell Shorto 038551753X Rhizo 0 to-read 3.74 2008 Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
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]]> How to Bomb the U.S. Gov't 32616919
It's everything you know and love about MDE, and more, in traditional 2D format, so you can print it out and have something to look @ after the inevitable "Russian" EMP attack. Cheers gents.

744 Extremely Funny Pages. You will laugh out loud more than once--we guarantee it. This is the product of four years hard labor: raw primo content that is too unchained and unshackled for sketches or video format. It's our magnum opus and best work and we are damn proud. Fourteen dollars is a high price especially since you have less than a thousand dollars in your checking account and you eat noodles and McDonald's every night, but you will be provided with HOURS of CLEAN laughs and smiles. Not to mention you will be really and truly supporting the hell out of independent comedy.

I think that's enough text but this thing is so fowcking good I just have to write another paragraph. Every time I touch it is like my first kiss. Charls had tears in his eyes flipping through it last night. We hope you like it man--we hope you find something in here to believe in, to bite into, to use against your enemies, to uplift all Mankind (the wrestler).]]> 744 Sam Hyde Rhizo 4 in-library 4.25 How to Bomb the U.S. Gov't
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]]> Skinema 1079264 288 Chris Nieratko 1576873846 Rhizo 4 on-shelf 3.83 2007 Skinema
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]]> <![CDATA[Delta Four: Australian Riflemen in Vietnam]]> 3161676 313 Gary McKay 1864481668 Rhizo 3 on-shelf 3.64 1996 Delta Four: Australian Riflemen in Vietnam
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]]> AK47: The Story of a Gun 2539799 210 Michael Hodges 1596922869 Rhizo 2 on-shelf 3.55 2008 AK47: The Story of a Gun
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]]> Chickenhawk 63699  
More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death—the extreme emotions of a "chickenhawk" in constant danger.

"Very simply the best book so far about Vietnam." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]> 512 Robert Mason 0143035711 Rhizo 4 on-shelf 4.20 1983 Chickenhawk
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union]]> 21857933
As prize-winning historian Serhii Plokhy reveals in The Last Empire , the collapse of the Soviet Union was anything but the handiwork of the United States. On the contrary, American leaders dreaded the possibility that the Soviet Union—weakened by infighting and economic turmoil—might suddenly crumble, throwing all of Eurasia into chaos. Bush was firmly committed to supporting his ally and personal friend Gorbachev, and remained wary of nationalist or radical leaders such as recently elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Fearing what might happen to the large Soviet nuclear arsenal in the event of the union’s collapse, Bush stood by Gorbachev as he resisted the growing independence movements in Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasus. Plokhy’s detailed, authoritative account shows that it was only after the movement for independence of the republics had gained undeniable momentum on the eve of the Ukrainian vote for independence that fall that Bush finally abandoned Gorbachev to his fate.

Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union’s final months and argues that the key to the Soviet collapse was the inability of the two largest Soviet republics, Russia and Ukraine, to agree on the continuing existence of a unified state. By attributing the Soviet collapse to the impact of American actions, US policy makers overrated their own capacities in toppling and rebuilding foreign regimes. Not only was the key American role in the demise of the Soviet Union a myth, but this misplaced belief has guided—and haunted—American foreign policy ever since.]]> 522 Serhii Plokhy Rhizo 0 currently-reading, on-shelf 4.19 2014 The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
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]]> <![CDATA[Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension]]> 27272504    After a thorough analysis by the top experts, the answers still elude us. 
   You don’t understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here’s a neither do the geniuses at Apple or the Ph.D.’s at Toyota—not perfectly, anyway. No one, not lawyers, doctors, accountants, or policy makers, fully grasps the rules governing your tax return, your retirement account, or your hospital’s medical machinery. The same technological advances that have simplified our lives have made the systems governing our lives incomprehensible, unpredictable, and overcomplicated. 
   In Overcomplicated , complexity scientist Samuel Arbesman offers a fresh, insightful field guide to living with complex technologies that defy human comprehension. As technology grows more complex, Arbesman argues, its behavior mimics the vagaries of the natural world more than it conforms to a mathematical model. If we are to survive and thrive in this new age, we must abandon our need for governing principles and rules and accept the chaos. By embracing and observing the freak accidents and flukes that disrupt our lives, we can gain valuable clues about how our algorithms really work. What’s more, we will become better thinkers, scientists, and innovators as a result. 
   Lucid and energizing, this book is a vital new analysis of the world heralded as "modern" for anyone who wants to live wisely.]]> 256 Samuel Arbesman 1591847761 Rhizo 0 currently-reading, on-shelf 3.50 2016 Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension
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]]> The Communist Manifesto 30474 The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels' revolutionary 1848 summons to the working classes, is one of the most influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property, or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which capitalism is overthrown. Their vision transformed the world irrevocably, and remains relevant as a depiction of global capitalism today.]]> 288 Karl Marx 0140447571 Rhizo 3 3.67 1848 The Communist Manifesto
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]]> <![CDATA[Critique of Dialectical Reason, Vol 2]]> 148365
Volume Two’s theoretical framework is a logical extension of the predecessor’s. As in Volume One, Sartre proceeds by moving from the simple to the from individual combat (through a perceptive study of boxing) to the struggle of subgroups within an organized group form and, finally, to social struggle, with an extended analysis of the Bolshevik Revolution. The book concludes with a forceful reaffirmation of dialectical of the dialectic as ‘that which is truly irreducible in action’.]]> 498 Jean-Paul Sartre 1844670775 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.11 1985 Critique of Dialectical Reason, Vol 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Critique of Dialectical Reason, Vol 1: Theory of Practical Ensembles]]> 783324 Critique of Dialectical Reason, an intellectual masterpiece of the twentieth century, now republished with a major original introduction by Fredric Jameson. In it, Sartre set out the basic categories for the renovated theory of history that he believed was necessary for post-war Marxism.

Sartre’s formal aim was to establish the dialectical intelligibility of history itself, as what he called ‘a totalisation without a totaliser’. But, at the same time, his substantive concern was the structure of class struggle and the fate of mass movements of popular revolt, from the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century to the Russian and Chinese revolutions in the twentieth: their ascent, stabilisation, petrification and decline, in a world still overwhelmingly dominated by scarcity.]]> 864 Jean-Paul Sartre 1859844855 Rhizo 0 to-read, on-shelf 3.70 1960 Critique of Dialectical Reason, Vol 1: Theory of Practical Ensembles
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]]> <![CDATA[Genetics: A Conceptual Approach]]> 3172164 832 Benjamin A. Pierce 0716779285 Rhizo 1 3.85 1997 Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
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]]> <![CDATA[Mr. Robot: Red Wheelbarrow: (eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt)]]> 29873086 MR. ROBOT with this new in-world fiction book by series creator and showrunner Sam Esmail and series writer Courtney Looney—the first and only book to tie in to USA’s Golden Globe® Award-winning series. The book will tell a brand-new story, reveal secrets from the show’s second season, and tease developments to come. With removable items from the world of the show, the book will give readers a chance to hold a piece of the series in their own hands.
 

MR. ROBOT is a psychological thriller that follows Elliot (Rami Malek, The Pacific), a young programmer, who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader (Christian Slater, Adderall Diaries) of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. The New York Times called it “relentless, sensational, and unabashedly suspenseful,” the New Yorker called it “terrific” and listed it among the year’s best TV, and Rolling Stone said it’s “easily the year’s most audacious drama” and the “best TV show of 2015.” Stars Rami Malek and Christian Slater took home a Critics’ Choice® Award and a Golden Globe Award, respectively, and the show itself received a Golden Globe Award and a Critics’ Choice Award for best television drama, along with the prestigious Peabody award.


]]> 160 Sam Esmail 1419724428 Rhizo 4 4.30 Mr. Robot: Red Wheelbarrow: (eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt)
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]]> <![CDATA[Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10]]> 711901

This is the story of fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. But it is also, more than anything, the story of his teammates, who fought ferociously beside him until he was the last one left-blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and still breathing. Over the next four days, badly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him, then crawled for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in by a Pashtun tribe, who risked everything to protect him from the encircling Taliban killers.


A six-foot-five-inch Texan, Leading Petty Officer Luttrell takes us, blow-by-blow, through the brutal training of America's warrior elite and the relentless rites of passage required by the Navy SEALs. He transports us to a monstrous battle fought in the desolate peaks of Afghanistan, where the beleaguered American team plummeted headlong a thousand feet down a mountain as they fought back through flying shale and rocks. In this rich , moving chronicle of courage, honor, and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers one of the most powerful narratives ever written about modern warfare-and a tribute to his teammates, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.]]> 390 Marcus Luttrell 0316067598 Rhizo 1
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There has been some conflict over the number of Taliban forces involved in the engagement. In Luttrell's own official after-action report filed with his superiors after his rescue, he estimated the size of the Taliban force to be around 20–35. Luttrell claims in his book that during the briefing his team was told around 80 to 200 fighters were expected to be in the area. Initial intel estimated approximately 10 to 20. Official media reports from the military estimated the size of the Taliban force to be around 20 as well, while in the Medal of Honor citation for Murphy, the Navy cited 30–40 enemies. In the Summary of Action related to the same citation, the Navy cites an "enemy force of more than 50 anti-coalition militia". In his book, Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers – the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan, military journalist Ed Darack cites a military intelligence report stating the strength of the Taliban force to be 8–10. The military intelligence estimate cited by Darack is based on research sourced from intelligence reports, including aerial and eye-witness studies of the battlefield after the fact, including the men sent in to rescue Luttrell, as well as reports from Afghan intelligence. - This book gives a bad name to the truly Silent Professionals.

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]]> <![CDATA[American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History]]> 11887020
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war—of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.

American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.

Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.]]> 502 Chris Kyle 0062107062 Rhizo 2 4.00 2012 American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
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]]> <![CDATA[Introducing Kant: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)]]> 25182253 335 Christopher Kul-Want 1848319681 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.20 1996 Introducing Kant: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)
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]]> The Prince 28862
1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people.
2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him.
3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed lose.
4. Without faith and religion, man achieves power but not glory.
5. Prominent citizens want to command and oppress; the populace only wants to be free of oppression.
6. A Prince needs a friendly populace; otherwise in diversity there is no hope.
7. A Prince, who rules as a man of valor, avoids disasters,
8. Nations based on mercenary forces will never be solid or secure.
9. Mercenaries are dangerous because of their cowardice
10. There are two ways to fight: one with laws, the other with force. The first is rightly man’s way; the second, the way of beasts.]]> 144 Niccolò Machiavelli 0937832383 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.85 1513 The Prince
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]]> <![CDATA[Beginning Postmodernism (Beginnings)]]> 1903454 300 Tim Woods 0719052114 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.86 1999 Beginning Postmodernism (Beginnings)
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression]]> 31212971
In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make "personal success" virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig deeper―rethinking the very foundation of our social system.

In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world's largest grassroots social movement―The Zeitgeist Movement―draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the 21st century.

Arguing against the long-standing narrative of universal scarcity and other pervasive myths that defend the current state of affairs, The New Human Rights Movement illuminates the structural causes of poverty, social oppression, and the ongoing degradation of public health, and ultimately presents the case for an updated economic approach. Joseph explores the potential of this grand shift and how we can design our way to a world where the human family has become truly sustainable.

The New Human Rights Movement reveals the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system. This book warns against what is in store if we continue to ignore the flaws of our socioeconomic approach, while also revealing the bright and expansive future possible if we succeed.

Will you join the movement?]]> 448 Peter Joseph 1942952651 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.31 The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression
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]]> <![CDATA[The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language]]> 232743 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think.

The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of “things aid” and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault’s own methodological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now.

Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutely indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time.]]> 256 Michel Foucault 0394711068 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.14 1969 The Archaeology of Knowledge and The Discourse on Language
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]]> <![CDATA[The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human 카지노싸이트s]]> 119561 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

With vast erudition, Foucault cuts across disciplines and reaches back into seventeenth century to show how classical systems of knowledge, which linked all of nature within a great chain of being and analogies between the stars in the heavens and the features in a human face, gave way to the modern sciences of biology, philology, and political economy. The result is nothing less than an archaeology of the sciences that unearths old patterns of meaning and reveals the shocking arbitrariness of our received truths.

In the work that established him as the most important French thinker since Sartre, Michel Foucault offers startling evidence that “man”—man as a subject of scientific knowledge—is at best a recent invention, the result of a fundamental mutation in our culture.]]> 416 Michel Foucault 0679753354 Rhizo 0 to-read, on-shelf 4.13 1966 The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human 카지노싸이트s
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]]> <![CDATA[Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason]]> 51933 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 – from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the “insane” and the rest of humanity.]]> 299 Michel Foucault 067972110X Rhizo 0 to-read 4.08 1961 Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
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]]> <![CDATA[Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison]]> 80369 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

Barely two hundred and fifty years ago a man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by the most influential philosopher since Sartre compels us to reevaluate our assumptions about all the ensuing reforms in the penal institutions of the West. For as he examines innovations that range from the abolition of torture to the institution of forced labor and the appearance of the modern penitentiary, Michel Foucault suggests that punishment has shifted its focus from the prisoner's body to the soul — and that our very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.

Lucidly reasoned and deftly marshaling a vast body of research, Discipline and Punish is a genuinely revolutionary book, whose implications extend beyond the prison to the minute power relations of our society.]]> 333 Michel Foucault 0679752552 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.23 1975 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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]]> <![CDATA[Kill Chain: Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins]]> 22320458 320 Andrew Cockburn 0805099263 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.81 2015 Kill Chain: Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
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]]> <![CDATA[Linux Appliance Design: A Hands-On Guide to Building Linux Appliances]]> 657148
Linux Appliance Design shows how to build better appliances-appliances with more types of interfaces, more dynamic interfaces, and better debugged interfaces. You'll learn how to build backend daemons, handle asynchronous events, and connect various user interfaces (including web, framebuffers, infrared control, SNMP, and front panels) to these processes for remote configuration and control. Linux Appliance Design also introduces the Run-Time Access library, which provides a uniform mechanism for user interfaces to communicate with daemons.

Learn to:
Separate your user interfaces from your daemons Give user interfaces run time access to configuration, status, and statistics Add professional network management capabilities to your application Use SNMP and build a MIB Build a web-based appliance interface Build a command line interface (CLI) Build a framebuffer interface with an infrared control as input Manage logs and alarms on an appliance Companion CD includes a prototype appliance-a home alarm system-that supports the book's lessons.]]> 385 Bob Smith 1593271409 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.81 2007 Linux Appliance Design: A Hands-On Guide to Building Linux Appliances
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]]> <![CDATA[Building Embedded Linux Systems]]> 1117201 416 Karim Yaghmour 059600222X Rhizo 0 to-read 3.90 2003 Building Embedded Linux Systems
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]]> The Command Line Crash Course 18808731 75 Zed A. Shaw Rhizo 0 to-read 3.79 2012 The Command Line Crash Course
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]]> Learn Ruby the Hard Way 13418158
Learn Ruby The Hard Way is a translation of the original "Learn Python The Hard Way" to teaching Ruby, with the translation done by Rob Sobers. "Learn Python The Hard Way" has taught hundreds of thousands worldwide how to code in Python, and this book uses the same proven method for Ruby. When you are done with this book you will have the skill to move on to other books about Ruby and be ready to understand them.]]> 173 Zed A. Shaw Rhizo 0 to-read 3.62 2011 Learn Ruby the Hard Way
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]]> Learn C The Hard Way 13136685 380 Zed A. Shaw Rhizo 0 to-read 3.98 2015 Learn C The Hard Way
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]]> Learn Python The Hard Way 8341335
The title says it is the hard way to learn to write
code but it’s actually not. It’s the “hard” way only in that it’s the way people used to teach things. In this book you
will do something incredibly simple that all programmers actually do to learn a language:

1. Go through each exercise.
2. Type in each sample exactly.
3. Make it run.

That’s it. This will be very difficult at first, but stick with it. If you go through this book, and do each exercise for
1-2 hours a night, then you’ll have a good foundation for moving on to another book. You might not really learn
“programming” from this book, but you will learn the foundation skills you need to start learning the language.
This book’s job is to teach you the three most basic essential skills that a beginning programmer needs to know:
Reading And Writing, Attention To Detail, Spotting Differences.]]> 210 Zed A. Shaw Rhizo 0 to-read 3.87 2010 Learn Python The Hard Way
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]]> <![CDATA[Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)]]> 30200931 Transform Your Ideas into High-Quality Python Code! Zed Shaw has perfected the world's best system for becoming a truly effective Python 3.x developer. Follow it and you will succeed--just like the tens of millions of programmers he's already taught. You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, Zed Shaw taught you the basics of Programming with Python 3. Now, in Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way, you'll go far beyond the basics by working through 52 brilliantly crafted projects. Each one helps you build a key practical skill, combining demos to get you started and challenges to deepen your understanding. Zed then teaches you even more in 12 hours of online videos, where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code. First, you'll discover how to analyze a concept, idea, or problem to implement in software. Then, step by step, you'll learn to design solutions based on your analyses and implement them as simply and elegantly as possible. Throughout, Shaw stresses process so you can get started and build momentum, creativity to solve new problems, and quality so you'll build code people can rely on.
Manage complex projects with a programmer's text editor Leverage the immense power of data structures Apply algorithms to process your data structures Master indispensable text parsing and processing techniques Use SQL to efficiently and logically model stored data Learn powerful command-line tools and skills Combine multiple practices in complete projects
It'll be hard at first. But soon, you'll just get it--and that will feel great! This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you'll go beyond merely writing code that runs: you'll craft high-quality Python code that solves real problems. You'll be a serious Python programmer. Perfect for Everyone Who's Already Started Working with Python, including Junior Developers and Seasoned Python Programmers Upgrading to Python 3.6+ Register your product at for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE]]> 240 Zed A. Shaw 0134123484 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.80 2016 Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)]]> 35561829 You Will Learn Python 3!

 

Zed Shaw has perfected the world’s best system for learning Python 3. Follow it and you will succeed—just like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else.

 

In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, you’ll learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you’ll learn how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. Zed then teaches you even more in 5+ hours of video where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises.

Install a complete Python environment Organize and write code Fix and break code Basic mathematics Variables Strings and text Interact with users Work with files Looping and logic Data structures using lists and dictionaries Program design Object-oriented programming Inheritance and composition Modules, classes, and objects Python packaging Automated testing Basic game development Basic web development It’ll be hard at first. But soon, you’ll just get it—and that will feel great! This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you’ll know one of the world’s most powerful, popular programming languages. You’ll be a Python programmer.

 

This Book Is Perfect For

Total beginners with zero programming experience Junior developers who know one or two languages Returning professionals who haven’t written code in years Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple, crash course in Python 3]]> 319 Shaw Zed A. 0134693906 Rhizo 0 to-read, tech 3.94 Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)
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]]> The Ego and Its Own 416318 432 Max Stirner 0521450160 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.06 1844 The Ego and Its Own
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]]> <![CDATA[Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto]]> 37758635
In the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value of commodities—food, healthcare and housing—towards zero.

Improvements in renewable energies will make fossil fuels a thing of the past. Asteroids will be mined for essential minerals. Genetic editing and synthetic biology will prolong life, virtually eliminate disease and provide meat without animals. New horizons beckon.

In Fully Automated Luxury Communism, Aaron Bastani conjures a vision of extraordinary hope, showing how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9 billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology, and establish meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society merely heralds the real beginning of history.]]> 278 Aaron Bastani 1786632624 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.67 2018 Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
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]]> Nomadology: The War Machine 609122 160 Gilles Deleuze 0936756098 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.17 1986 Nomadology: The War Machine
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]]> <![CDATA[Proust and Signs: The Complete Text (Theory Out of Bounds)]]> 777380 188 Gilles Deleuze 081663257X Rhizo 0 to-read 4.27 1964 Proust and Signs: The Complete Text (Theory Out of Bounds)
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]]> Foucault 765338 157 Gilles Deleuze 0816616752 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.10 1986 Foucault
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]]> Cinema 1: The Movement-Image 150558 A revolutionary work in philosophy and a book about cinema that identifies three principal types of image-movement using examples from the work of a diverse group of filmmakers including Griffith, Eisenstein, Cassavetes, and Altman.

First published in France in 1983, this is at once a revolutionary work in philosophy and a book about cinema. For Deleuze, philosophy cannot be a reflection of something else; philosophical concepts are, rather, the images of thought, to be understood on their own terms. Here he puts this view of philosophy to work in understanding the concepts—or images—of film.

Cinema, to Deleuze, is not a language that requires probing and interpretation, a search for hidden meanings; it can be understood directly, as a composition of images and signs, pre-verbal in nature. Thus he offers a powerful alternative to the psychoanalytic and semiological approaches that have dominated film studies.

Drawing upon Henri Bergson’s thesis on perception and C. S. Peirce’s classification of images and signs, Deleuze is able to put forth a new theory and taxonomy of the image, which he then applies to concrete examples from the work of a diverse group of filmmakers—Griffith, Eisenstein, Pasolini, Rohmer, Bresson, Dreyer, Stroheim, Buñuel, and many others. Because he finds movement to be the primary characteristic of cinema in the first half of the twentieth century, he devotes this first volume to that aspect of film. In the years since World War II, time has come to dominate film; that shift, and the signs and images associated with it, are addressed in Cinema 2: The Time-Image.]]> 264 Gilles Deleuze 0816614008 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.11 1983 Cinema 1: The Movement-Image
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]]> What Is Philosophy? 118319 What Is Philosophy? in English marks the culmination of Deleuze's career.

Deleuze and Guattari differentiate between philosophy, science, and the arts, seeing as means of confronting chaos, and challenge the common view that philosophy is an extension of logic. The authors also discuss the similarities and distinctions between creative and philosophical writing. Fresh anecdotes from the history of philosophy illuminate the book, along with engaging discussions of composers, painters, writers, and architects.

A milestone in Deleuze's collaboration with Guattari, What Is Philosophy? brings a new perspective to Deleuze's studies of cinema, painting, and music, while setting a brilliant capstone upon his work.]]> 253 Gilles Deleuze 0231079893 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.18 1991 What Is Philosophy?
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]]> Difference and Repetition 765337 350 Gilles Deleuze 0231081596 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.27 1968 Difference and Repetition
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]]> <![CDATA[A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia]]> 118316
A Thousand Plateaus is part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. A Thousand Plateaus provides a compelling analysis of social phenomena and offers fresh alternatives for thinking about philosophy and culture. Its radical perspective provides a toolbox for nomadic thought and has had a galvanizing influence on today's anti-capitalist movement.

Translated by Brian Massumi]]> 632 Gilles Deleuze 0816614024 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.32 1980 A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
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]]> <![CDATA[Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia]]> 118317 400 Gilles Deleuze 0816612250 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.17 1972 Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
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]]> The Myth of Sisyphus 91950 The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning.]]> 192 Albert Camus 0141182008 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.25 1942 The Myth of Sisyphus
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]]> The Fall 11991
The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. The Fall explores themes of innocence, imprisonment, non-existence, and truth. In a eulogy to Albert Camus, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books.]]> 147 Albert Camus 0679720227 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.07 1956 The Fall
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]]> The Plague 11989
It tells the story from the point of view of a narrator of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter, chapter 5 of part 5. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author's distinctive absurdist point of view.

The book tells a gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel, eloquently understated and epic in scope, and a parable of ageless moral resonance, profoundly relevant to our times. In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. It gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims to almost unearthly extremes of suffering, madness, and compassion.

The Plague is considered an existentialist classic despite Camus' objection to the label. The novel stresses the powerlessness of the individual characters to affect their destinies. The narrative tone is similar to Kafka's, especially in The Trial, whose individual sentences potentially have multiple meanings; the material often pointedly resonating as stark allegory of phenomenal consciousness and the human condition.]]> 308 Albert Camus Rhizo 0 to-read 4.05 1947 The Plague
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]]> The Stranger 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Rhizo 0 to-read 4.04 1942 The Stranger
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]]> <![CDATA[Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ]]> 43150

Twilight of the Idols, 'a grand declaration of war' on all the prevalent ideas of his time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. It also prepares the way for The Anti-Christ, a final assault on institutional Christianity. Yet although Nietzsche makes a compelling case for the 'Dionysian' artist and celebrates magnificently two of his great heroes, Goethe and Cesare Borgia, he also gives a moving, almost ecstatic portrait of his only worthy opponent: Christ. Both works show Nietsche lashing out at self-deception, astounded at how often morality is based on vengefulness and resentment. Both combine utterly unfair attacks on individuals with amazingly acute surveys of the whole contemporary cultural scene. Both reveal a profound understanding of human mean-spiritedness which still cannot destroy the underlying optimism of Nietzsche, the supreme affirmer among the great philosophers.

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]]> The Will to Power 31785 The Will to Power, compiled from the notebooks, is one of the most famous books of the past hundred years, but few have studied it. Here is the first critical edition in any language.

Down through the Nazi period The Will to Power, was often mistakenly considered to be Nietzche’s crowning systematic labor; since World War II it has frequently been denigrated. In fact, it represents a stunning selection from Nietzsche’s notebooks, in a topical arrangement that enables the reader to find what Nietzsche wrote on nihilism, art, morality, religion, the theory of knowledge, and whatever else interested him. But no previous edition—even in the original German—shows which notes Nietzsche utilized subsequently in his works, and which sections are not paralleled in the finished books. Nor has any previous edition furnished a commentary or index.

Walter Kaufmann, in collaboration with R. J. Holilngdale, brings to this volume his unsurpassed skills as a Nietzsche translator and scholar. Professor Kaufmann has included an approximate date of each note. His running footnote commentary offers information needed to follow Nietzsche’s train of thought, and indicates, among other things, which notes were eventually superseded by later formulations. The comprehensive index serves to guide the reader to the extraordinary riches of this book.]]> 575 Friedrich Nietzsche 0394704371 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.06 1901 The Will to Power
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]]> Twilight of the Idols 851994 Twilight of the Idols presents a vivid, compressed overview of many of Nietzsche’s mature ideas, including his attack on Plato’s Socrates and on the Platonic legacy in Western philosophy and culture. Polt provides a trustworthy rendering of Nietzsche’s text in contemporary American English, complete with notes prepared by the translator and Tracy Strong. An authoritative Introduction by Strong makes this an outstanding edition.]]> 128 Friedrich Nietzsche 0872203549 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.04 1889 Twilight of the Idols
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]]> <![CDATA[Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]]> 451565 428 Friedrich Nietzsche 0521567041 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.24 1878 Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
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]]> <![CDATA[On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo]]> 132626 367 Friedrich Nietzsche 0679724621 Rhizo 0 to-read 4.17 1887 On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo
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]]> Ecce Homo 479356 144 Friedrich Nietzsche 0140445153 Rhizo 0 to-read 3.87 1908 Ecce Homo
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