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Joe Mancini

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A unique and fascinating counter factual history

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Reviewed: 12-18-24

Kaleidoscopic, dramatic, humorous and endlessly entertaining, Civilizations is populated by characters familiar and strange in situations that turn history on its head. Strongly recommended!

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A kaleidoscopic treatment of mind and music

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Reviewed: 12-02-24

As a composer who has Parkinson’s disease, this book spoke to me in a way that was deeply personal yet full of profound scientific insights. Brilliant!

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Twists of time and perception

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Reviewed: 11-19-24

Perhaps you have heard of Laurent Binet, the virtuoso French novelist, son of a historian, who bends time and space in this story of the life and death of Reinhard Heidrich, Nazi gauleiter of Czechoslovakia, filled with contemporary references, this is superbly translated and read I highly recommend it.

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Excellent concise history

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Reviewed: 10-22-24

Craig Symonds presents a fast-moving and complete history of the U.S. Navy up to today.

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A look inside the life and work of a great doctor

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Reviewed: 08-14-24

There is a great level of detail and many, many momentous events and situations, a living history of our time.

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Time stands still

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Reviewed: 02-09-24

A gripping and timely account of how authoritarians almost won prior to WWII and a warning for us today.

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A fine addition to the canon

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Reviewed: 12-22-23

You know much of the story but not all of it. Mr, Symonds fills in details you may not know.

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A vivid and exciting account

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Reviewed: 08-29-23

In the Anglo world we don’t pay that much attention to these early Portuguese voyages of discovery and conquest, Fascinating and well read, Highly Recommended!

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Science told in context

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Reviewed: 05-30-23

From Anaximander through Galileo to Einstein and Heisenberg the story of humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the universe and our place in it.

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Wise, humane and perceptive

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Reviewed: 02-07-23

Written at the end of the previous decade, the author still manages to anticipate some of the stresses and strains we face today. Recommended.

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