A curated list of books Derek wants to read!
Derek's TBR Public
Créée par Derek Caelin
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A Memory Called Empire de Arkady Martine
5 étoiles
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
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The Future is Degrowth de Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan
Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in …
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Children of Time de Adrian Tchaikovsky
5 étoiles
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's …
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Pleasure Activism de adrienne maree brown
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make …
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities de Jane Jacobs
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book …
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How to Do Nothing de Jenny Odell
3 étoiles
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …
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Against Nature de Lorraine Daston
Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human …
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How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century de Erik Olin Wright, Michael Burawoy
What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it?
Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, …
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Far from the Light of Heaven de Tade Thompson
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a …
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What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature …
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Fabric of Civilization de Virginia Postrel
The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was …
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism de Benedict Anderson
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism is a book by Benedict Anderson about the development of …
