Genuinely a very upsetting book due to the casual references to some horrific and upsetting stuff. Will take a break from this one as it’s a bit heavy.
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Genuinely a very upsetting book due to the casual references to some horrific and upsetting stuff. Will take a break from this one as it’s a bit heavy.
Patrick Radden Keefe has a new book coming out on the opioid epidemic and the Sackler family’s role in it called Empire of Pain. I am very excited.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:26 pm Resurrecting this thread to say how much I enjoyed my Christmas buy of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. One of Obama’s top ten books of 2019 and rightly so. I wasn’t very up on NI recent history and it’s just such a gripping account.
Funnily enough I heard of this this week through Jon Oliver enthusing over his previous books.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:04 pmPatrick Radden Keefe has a new book coming out on the opioid epidemic and the Sackler family’s role in it called Empire of Pain. I am very excited.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:26 pm Resurrecting this thread to say how much I enjoyed my Christmas buy of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. One of Obama’s top ten books of 2019 and rightly so. I wasn’t very up on NI recent history and it’s just such a gripping account.
I’m halfway through now and it’s still the same. There seems to be a huge part of history I never knew about.
My pre-order arrived Saturday, absolutely spell-binding. I had no idea the Sacklers has basically designed the whole way drugs are marketed in the modern era (drug reps going out and schmoozing doctors etc). 1/3 in but it's beastly big.RobYob wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:52 pmFunnily enough I heard of this this week through Jon Oliver enthusing over his previous books.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:04 pmPatrick Radden Keefe has a new book coming out on the opioid epidemic and the Sackler family’s role in it called Empire of Pain. I am very excited.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:26 pm Resurrecting this thread to say how much I enjoyed my Christmas buy of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. One of Obama’s top ten books of 2019 and rightly so. I wasn’t very up on NI recent history and it’s just such a gripping account.
Reading Project Hail Mary now, about halfway. Indeed enjoyable, but with strong Martian vibes (lone guy working using sciences to fix problems).However, I really liked Artemis and would highly recommend it.
I guess a bit of both, it's not got loads of technical stuff in it, more of a high level interpretation (mainly) of the exoplanet data from Kepler to hypothesise what interesting planets there could be out there and what it would mean for potential life out there.
duncs500 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:47 pm Five Billion Years of Solitude - Lee Billings
Fairly short book about the search for habitable exoplanets intertwined with the looking back at the development of earth and how this knowledge can aid the search.
Amazing book, admittedly it's a subject I'm quite interested in, but I found it totally captivating. I could easily see myself reading it again.
It’s an incredible story. I read it cover to cover on a transatlantic flight.
Right up my street, will switch from how to win friends and influence people which is a re-write of another book essentially.Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:51 pmIt’s an incredible story. I read it cover to cover on a transatlantic flight.