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No cover — Allen Steck, Steve Roper: The Best of Ascent (1993, Sierra Club Books)

Lisa Maria Marquis: Everyday Information Architecture (2019, A Book Apart)

Bessel van der Kolk MD: The Body Keeps the Score (2014)

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Daniel Deogun, Dan Bergh Johnsson, Daniel Sawano: Secure by Design (2019, Manning Publications Company)

Derek Fisher: Application Security Program Handbook (2022, Manning Publications Co. LLC)

Dylan Shields: AWS Security (2022, Manning Publications Co. LLC, Manning)

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Brooks, Arthur C.: From Strength to Strength (2022, Center Point Large Print)

Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-five ; The sirens of Titan ; Player-piano ; cat's cradle ; Breakfast of champions ; Mother night (Hardcover, 1980, Octopus/Heinemann)

Viktor Frankl: Man's search for meaning (1970, Beacon Press)

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pcalvin rated Making Globalization Work: 3 stars

Joseph E. Stiglitz: Making Globalization Work (Hardcover, 2006, Allen Lane)

Making Globalization Work by Joseph E. Stiglitz

[This book] focuses on policies that truly work, offering fresh new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate, …

pcalvin rated A Concise History of India: 3 stars

Thomas R. Metcalf: A Concise History of India (2001)

A Concise History of India by Thomas R. Metcalf

pcalvin rated The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life: 4 stars

Twyla Tharp: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (2008)

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp

pcalvin rated Fantastic Voyage: 4 stars

Raymond Kurzweil, Terry Grossman: Fantastic Voyage (Plume)

Fantastic Voyage by Raymond Kurzweil, Terry Grossman

pcalvin rated The spectator bird: 3 stars

Wallace Stegner: The spectator bird (1990, Penguin Books)

The spectator bird by Wallace Stegner (Contemporary American fiction)

pcalvin rated Äta djur: 4 stars

Äta djur by Jonathan Safran Foer

pcalvin rated A town called Malgudi: 4 stars

A town called Malgudi by R.K. Narayan

pcalvin rated The Monk and the Riddle : 4 stars

Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback: The Monk and the Riddle (Hardcover, Harvard Business School Press)

The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback

pcalvin rated The intelligent investor: 5 stars

Benjamin Graham: The intelligent investor (2003)

The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham

pcalvin rated Footnotes in Gaza: 5 stars

Joe Sacco: Footnotes in Gaza (Hardcover, 2008, Jonathan Cape)

Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco

pcalvin rated Palestine: 5 stars

Palestine by Joe Sacco

pcalvin rated South of the border, west of the sun: 4 stars

Haruki Murakami: South of the border, west of the sun (Paperback, 2006, Vintage)

South of the border, west of the sun by Haruki Murakami

Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. …

pcalvin reviewed Bobby Orr: my game by Bobby Orr

Bobby Orr: Bobby Orr: my game (1974, Little, Brown)

Review of 'Bobby Orr: my game' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Hey, I was a 9-year-old when I got this for my birthday. It was my favorite book for years. Times and heroes have changed, but he's still one of my heroes.

pcalvin reviewed The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone by Robin Lee Graham

Robin Lee Graham: The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone (1974)

Review of 'The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Another of those books that I loved as a child. I'm pretty sure this is the one that gave me my rebellious traveling bug.

pcalvin rated John Knowles's A separate peace: 4 stars

Neil Baldwin: John Knowles's A separate peace (1984, Barron's)

John Knowles's A separate peace by Neil Baldwin (Barron's book notes)

A guide to reading "A Separate Peace" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and …