Jens's bookshelf: read en-US Sat, 10 May 2025 06:44:34 -0700 60 Jens's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts]]> 205363955 Meditations for Mortals takes us on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life – one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves.

Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, it offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls ‘imperfectionism’. How can we embrace our non-negotiable limitations? Or make good decisions when there’s always too much to do? What if purposeful productivity were often about letting things happen, not making them happen?

Reflecting on ideas drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores practical tools and shifts in perspective. The result is a bracing challenge to much familiar advice, and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully.

To be read either as a four-week ‘retreat of the mind’ or devoured in one or two sittings, Meditations for Mortals will be a source of solace and inspiration, and an aid to a saner, freer, and more enchantment-filled life. In anxiety-inducing times, it is rich in truths we have never needed more.]]> 208 Oliver Burkeman 0374611998 Jens 5 4.26 2024 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
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Fantastisk bog, der over 4 ugers korte kapitler fokuserer p? at slippe perfektionismen og acceptere sine egne begr?nsninger og der igennem fris?tte sig selv og finde ny energi. R?vfed!
]]> Snydt ud af n?sen 201768128
Thomas Korsgaards novellesamling Snydt ud af n?sen foreg?r i en lille by, hvor alle kender alle – og ikke kun for det gode. Alle ved, at man skal holde sig fra klovbesk?reren ?ge J?rgensen og hans s?n. Og alle gl?der sig til det ?rlige kr?mmermarked. P? dette ”sted, der n?sten ikke er til stede” sker tragedier, som ingen nogensinde vil tilgive, og menneskelige katastrofer, som ingen nogensinde kommer til at tale h?jt om. Mens konkursen truer, forts?tter hverdagen: S?ren starter p? et kursus i madlavning for mandfolk for at imponere sin ekskone, og et ungt par kommer hele vejen fra storbyen for at tilbringe en romantisk weekend p? landevejskroen kun for at opdage, at de er stedets eneste g?ster. Sommer bliver til vinter og sm? som store k?mper videre p? trods af alle odds.

Snydt ud af n?sen handler om reglerne og vilk?rene i et lille lokalsamfund. Om sm? og store uheld. Om f?dre og s?nner og maskulinitet. Om at v?re ”snydt ud af n?sen” p? sine for?ldre, og om at h?re til – og ikke h?re til – p? et sted.


Indhold:
Snak
Kanoudlejningen
Sove igennem
Br?nde I
Snydt ud af n?sen
Br?nde II
搁别苍é
Stedets eneste g?ster
En dag fra eller til
Br?nde III
Kr?mmermarked
Kursus i madlavning for mandfolk
Tre hundrede sedler med et budskab
Bo og hans s?n
H?rdt liv
Sp?rg mig, hvorfor solen skinner]]> 330 Thomas Korsgaard 8711900342 Jens 0 to-read 4.09 2024 Snydt ud af n?sen
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]]> Spr?ng fabrikken 123259818
Bogen er en invitation til at overveje de midler der skal til at vende vores samfunds produktionsm?der.

Spr?ng fabrikken er Malte Tellerups tredje roman.]]> 53 Malte Tellerup 8793312520 Jens 0 to-read 3.54 2023 Spr?ng fabrikken
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]]> <![CDATA[Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference]]> 218372426 From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Humankind and Utopia for Realists—“a more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell” (The New York Times)—comes a bold manifesto daring us to harness our talents and transform our idealism into action, all with the goal of making the world a wildly better place.

A career consists of 2,000 workweeks, and how you spend that time is one of the most important decisions of your life. Still, millions of people are stuck in in mind-numbing, pointless, or just plain harmful jobs.

There’s an antidote to this waste of talent, and it’s called moral ambition. Moral ambition is the will to be among the best, but with different measures of success. Not a fancy title, fat salary, or corner office, but a career dedicated to the best solutions to the world’s biggest problems— whether that means tackling climate change, making pandemics history or fighting Big Tobacco.

In Moral Ambition, internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman reveals how our conventional definitions of success are harming us and the planet, and shows how we can shift the focus from personal gain to societal benefit. In the process, he explains, we will join a growing movement of pioneers who are already living out this ethos. They’re the builders, the problem-solvers, the doers who have chosen a path less traveled. A guidebook to finding that path for ourselves, Moral Ambition reminds us that the real measure of success lies not in what we accumulate, but in what we contribute, and shows how we, too, can build a legacy that truly matters.]]> 304 Rutger Bregman 031658035X Jens 0 to-read 4.01 2024 Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
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]]> <![CDATA[The Long War (The Long Earth, #2)]]> 17167572 The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth - but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind... A new 'America', called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth - and Valhalla is growing restless under the control of the Datum government...

Meanwhile the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls, graceful hive-mind humanoids. But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity's thoughtless exploitation... Joshua, now a married man, is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a gathering multiple crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before.]]> 419 Terry Pratchett 006206777X Jens 0 currently-reading 3.61 2013 The Long War (The Long Earth, #2)
author: Terry Pratchett
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]]> <![CDATA[Ethics: The Fundamentals (Fundamentals of Philosophy)]]> 302373 192 Julia Driver 1405111542 Jens 0 currently-reading 3.62 2006 Ethics: The Fundamentals (Fundamentals of Philosophy)
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]]> <![CDATA[Someone You Can Build a Nest In]]> 182506390 Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell

Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth.

However, the hunters chase Shesheshen out of her home and off a cliff. Badly hurt, she’s found and nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human, who has mistaken Shesheshen as a fellow human. Homily is kind and nurturing and would make an excellent co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen’s eggs so their young could devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, she realizes humans don’t think about love that way.

Shesheshen hates keeping her identity secret from Homily, but just as she’s about to confess, Homily reveals why she’s in the area: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere?

Eating her girlfriend isn’t an option. Shesheshen didn’t curse anyone, but to give herself and Homily a chance at happiness, she has to figure out why Homily’s twisted family thinks she did. As the hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, Shesheshen must unearth the truth quickly, or soon both of their lives will be at risk.

And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with, rather than in, the love of her life.]]> 310 John Wiswell 0756418852 Jens 0 to-read 3.96 2024 Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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]]> <![CDATA[The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1)]]> 13147230
2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a... potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world forever.

And that is an understatement if ever there was one...]]> 336 Terry Pratchett 0062067753 Jens 4
Men jeg n?d meget at genl?se The Long Earth. Fuld af saftige multivers-ideer og tanker om kunstig intelligens og solid What if t?nkning.

Jeg vidste godt at Pratchett var st?rk i denne genre. Det er det helt unikke ved Discworld b?gerne, at Sir Terry angreb fantasy genren med et hoved fuld af spekulativ scifi-t?nkning.

Her er han s? mindre humoristisk. Men der er stadig plads til det unikke satiriske blik p? den menneskelige tilv?relse.

Det er selvf?lgelig ogs? sjov at sidde og g?tte p?, hvor meget der er Terry og hvad der er Stephen.]]> 3.77 2012 The Long Earth (The Long Earth, #1)
author: Terry Pratchett
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average rating: 3.77
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Jeg gav ?benbart denne her 5 stjerner sidst? Det er m?ske lige i overkanten :)

Men jeg n?d meget at genl?se The Long Earth. Fuld af saftige multivers-ideer og tanker om kunstig intelligens og solid What if t?nkning.

Jeg vidste godt at Pratchett var st?rk i denne genre. Det er det helt unikke ved Discworld b?gerne, at Sir Terry angreb fantasy genren med et hoved fuld af spekulativ scifi-t?nkning.

Her er han s? mindre humoristisk. Men der er stadig plads til det unikke satiriske blik p? den menneskelige tilv?relse.

Det er selvf?lgelig ogs? sjov at sidde og g?tte p?, hvor meget der er Terry og hvad der er Stephen.
]]> Making Books 36003871 Starting with an introduction to the bindery and a useful inventory of necessary tools and equipment, you’ll also learn about different paper types, and special finishes such as cloth coverings, headbands and ribbon markers. You’ll then find clear step-by-step instructions for six different hand-made book types, from simple pamphlets and concertinas to more elaborate multi-section bindings. Each project includes ideas for variations, resulting in over 20 different possible outcomes. There are also details about more advanced techniques and specialist bindings, as well as handy layout and design advice.
A combination of practical and inspirational photography will guide readers clearly through each stage of the process, while showcasing the unique results that can be achieved and offering an exclusive peek into the workings of the authors’ studio.]]> 192 London Centre for Book Arts 1911216201 Jens 0 to-read 4.36 2017 Making Books
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]]> <![CDATA[Bound: 15 beautiful bookbinding projects]]> 41252730 305 Rachel Hazell Jens 0 to-read 4.06 Bound: 15 beautiful bookbinding projects
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]]> <![CDATA[Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms]]> 9009997
In the digital world, books may seem like an endangered species, but bookmaking is more popular than ever.

Thanks to the 100 ideas in this volume, the craft is now available to everyone. In as little as an afternoon, beginners will be on their way to folding, gluing, and sewing handmade books in a variety of shapes and styles, from rolled scrolls to Jacobs ladders, folded flexagons to case bindings. Complete with photographs of the authors own master books and statements by more than 40 established book artists, this collection is sure to inspire. Culled from the authors best-selling books Creating Handmade Books , Unique Handmade Books , and Expressive Handmade Books , these projects will fuel bookbinding adventures for years to come.]]> 256 Alisa Golden 1600595871 Jens 0 to-read 4.26 2011 Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms
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]]> The Ophiuchi Hotline 64931
The Ophiuchi Hotline was John Varley's first novel, and it received nominations for both the Hugo and Nebula awards; he later won both for his book Persistence of Vision.]]> 180 John Varley 0575072830 Jens 0 to-read 3.89 1977 The Ophiuchi Hotline
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2)]]> 116296
Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door?

It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long.

The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead

Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies.

Everywhere he looks he's making enemies.

What he should be doing is . . . Making Money!]]> 394 Terry Pratchett 0061161640 Jens 2
Det er jo altid hyggeligt at bes?ge Discworld, s? to stjerner er m?ske lidt h?rdt.]]> 4.26 2007 Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2)
author: Terry Pratchett
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average rating: 4.26
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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Making Money er anden bog med Moist von Lipwig, og selvom den har en r?kke sjove ideer om ?konomi og finansverdenen, s? er den desv?rre ogs? en rodet omgang.

Det er jo altid hyggeligt at bes?ge Discworld, s? to stjerner er m?ske lidt h?rdt.
]]> <![CDATA[Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)]]> 64222
It was a tough decision.

But he has to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.

Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.

Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way.

Or perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...]]> 394 Terry Pratchett 0060502932 Jens 5 4.40 2004 Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)
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average rating: 4.40
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]]> Radiance 18490533
Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1946 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father's films of passion, intrigue, and spirits from beyond, Severin starts making documentaries, traveling through space and investigating the levitator cults of Neptune and the lawless saloons of Mars. For this is not our solar system, but one drawn from classic science fiction in which all the planets are inhabited and we travel through space on beautiful rockets. Severin is a realist in a fantastic universe.

But her latest film, which investigates the disappearance of a diving colony on a watery Venus populated by island-sized alien creatures, will be her last. Though her crew limps home to earth and her story is preserved by the colony's last survivor, Severin will never return.

Told using techniques from reality TV, classic film, gossip magazines, and meta-fictional narrative, Radiance is a solar system-spanning story of love, exploration, family, loss, quantum physics, and silent film.]]> 432 Catherynne M. Valente 0765335298 Jens 2 3.73 2015 Radiance
author: Catherynne M. Valente
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average rating: 3.73
book published: 2015
rating: 2
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Det her var en lidt frustrerende bog. I sekvenser var den smukt fortalt. Men der var et k?mpe bjerg af pyntet sprog og overdrevet world building, som kvalte det smukke.
]]> <![CDATA[The Truth (Discworld, #25; Industrial Revolution, #2)]]> 288680
William just wants to get at THE TRUTH. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it's only the third edition...]]> 444 Terry Pratchett 0552147680 Jens 4 4.40 2000 The Truth (Discworld, #25; Industrial Revolution, #2)
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average rating: 4.40
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals]]> 54785515 The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless battle against distraction; we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing that many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.]]> 271 Oliver Burkeman 0374159122 Jens 0 to-read 4.19 2021 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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]]> Madregler 218632522
Spis mad. Ikke for meget. Mest gr?nt.

Syv enkle ord. Hverken mere eller mindre. Pollan udfolder disse syv ord til 64 brugbare regler til hverdagen. Blandt andet, at vi skal holde os fra mad, som vores olde- eller bedstefor?ldre, ikke ville kunne genkende, eller at vi skal spise al den junkfood, vi har lyst til, s? l?nge vi selv tilbereder den. Madregler best?r af tre dele, som alle besk?ftiger sig med vores kost og spisevaner: Hvad b?r jeg spise? Hvilken slags mad b?r jeg spise? Hvordan b?r jeg spise? Det er f?rste gang, Michael Pollan udkommer p? dansk.

Madreglerne er indsamlet i hele verden og udg?r en blanding af de bedste husr?d, overleverin?ger fra de traditionelle madkulturer og god sund fornuft. De er enkle og skabt til at hj?lpe os med at spise den rigtige mad i moderate m?ngder. Denne bog er alt, hvad vi har brug for, for at spise og leve sundt og godt.

Bogen er forsynet med et forord af Marie Hertz, kok, tv-v?rt og underviser p? Suhrs H?jskole. Kunstneren Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen har st?et for illustrationerne.]]> 148 Michael Pollan 8793895763 Jens 2 3.70 2008 Madregler
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average rating: 3.70
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future]]> 99315
Drawing on research from around the world, Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others) outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment--and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here.]]> 275 Daniel H. Pink 1594481717 Jens 0 to-read 3.92 2004 A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
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]]> Hvad er demokrati? 7592948 112 Hal Koch 8700058033 Jens 3 4.37 1945 Hvad er demokrati?
author: Hal Koch
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average rating: 4.37
book published: 1945
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]]> <![CDATA[Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3)]]> 215960976 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FALLEN GODS TRILOGYIn the epic finale to the #1 internationally bestselling Fallen Gods trilogy that started with Godkiller, the fate of Middren hangs in the balance as mighty gods and mortal heroes clash in a final battle for supremacy.

War has come. The fire god Hseth is leading an unstoppable army south, consuming everything in her path. Middren’s only hope of survival is to unify allies and old foes against a common enemy.

Elo navigates an uneasy alliance with Arren; his friend, his enemy, and his king. Now they each must decide how much they're willing to sacrifice to turn the tides of war.

Meanwhile, Inara joins her mother on their ship, the Silverswift, to seek aid. Still grappling with her powers, Inara must reconcile who she is and where she belongs, while Skediceth has to question if their bond will be enough to keep them safe.

Kissen has no allegiance to the old ways of Middren. But, as she tries to find her family, she is forced to question what, and whose, future she is fighting for.

In Faithbreaker, Hannah Kaner delivers a powerful conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy, masterfully weaving together love and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal, and the true meaning of faith.

PRAISE FOR THE FALLEN GODS TRILOGY

‘Godkiller will have you in its grasp from the first pages’ Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

‘Devastating and triumphant’ Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne

‘Violent, bawdy, beautifully imagined, and intensely felt, Godkiller is a bone-rattling fantasy thriller that flies by in a breathtaking rush’ Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman

‘Epic and intimate, tender and sharp’ Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf

‘Holy heck, this book is so good’ Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series

Hannah Kaner's book 'Sunbringer' was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-02-12.]]> 415 Hannah Kaner 0008521581 Jens 5 4.16 2025 Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods, #3)
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average rating: 4.16
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Meget tilfredstillende slutning p? trilogien. V?r forberedt p? t?rer!
]]> Patriot: A Memoir 210943348
Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted—and will come.

In vivid, page-turning detail, including never-before-seen correspondence from prison, Navalny recounts, among other things, his political career, the many attempts on his life, and the lives of the people closest to him, and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against an increasingly dictatorial regime.

Written with the passion, wit, candor, and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, Patriot is Navalny’s final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of individual freedom matter so deeply; and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life.

“This book is a testament not only to Alexei’s life, but to his unwavering commitment to the fight against dictatorship—a fight he gave everything for, including his life. Through its pages, readers will come to know the man I loved deeply—a man of profound integrity and unyielding courage. Sharing his story will not only honor his memory but also inspire others to stand up for what is right and to never lose sight of the values that truly matter.” —Yulia Navalnaya]]> 496 Alexei Navalny 0593320964 Jens 0 to-read 4.53 2024 Patriot: A Memoir
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]]> <![CDATA[St?jfri ledelse - Hvordan vi opn?r mere ved at snakke mindre]]> 57553951
I en humoristisk og veloplagt tone argumenterer Bastian Overgaard for, hvorfor stilhed b?r integreres som en struktureret del af vores kommunikation, ledelse og samarbejde. Is?r i en fremtid, der r?ber p? mere eftertanke, menneskeligt overskud og mangfoldige l?sninger.

Bastian Overgaard tr?kker p? sprogforskning, hjerneforskning og adf?rdsforskning. Og deler tankev?kkende eksempler p? danske ledere, der har sparet tid, reduceret stress og skabt bedre samarbejde ved at s?tte noget s? uvant som stilhed p? dagsordenen. Bogen afsl?rer ogs? de skjulte konsekvenser overfl?dig snak har for vores fokus, trivsel og resultater.

St?jfri ledelse giver konkrete anvisninger til, hvordan man skaber intelligente st?jfri mellemrum. En bog, der vil inspirere alle, som ?nsker bedre kommunikation, n?rv?rende m?der og st?rkere relationer.]]> 217 Bastian Overgaard 8750057707 Jens 5 Hvordan opn?r vi mere ved at snakke mindre?

Jeg synes faktisk, at St?jfri ledelse af Bastian Overgaard var en ret god bog. Den gav mig et inspirerende indblik i en mulighed for at bruge stilhed p? m?der. F?rst forstod jeg det m?ske ikke rigtigt, men efterh?nden som bogen – der i lydbogsformat kun tager fire timer – kom i gang, blev det tydeligt, at den indeholder brugbare og praktiske v?rkt?jer, som man nemt kan tage i brug.

Hele idéen om at afs?tte 10% af m?detiden til sm? timeouts, hvor man sidder i stilhed i et eller to minutter, virker virkelig interessant. Det giver mulighed for at lade tankerne bundf?lde sig og finde ny energi til det n?ste emne. Bastian s?tter fingeren p? et ?mt punkt: P? m?der er taletiden ofte ulige fordelt, hvor de mest dominerende stemmer fylder det hele. Vi kan n? op p? 9000 ord i timen – alt for meget til, at vi overhovedet kan huske, hvad vi har v?ret igennem.

M?dekultur og vigtigheden af stilhed

Agendapunkter skrider ofte, fordi vi ikke forholder os til, at m?der ikke kun handler om at snakke. Her kommer Bastian Overgaards metode ind som en m?de at skabe en reel forandring. Jeg m? indr?mme, at jeg er en smule skeptisk over, hvor stor en effekt det vil have, men mens jeg l?ste bogen, begyndte jeg allerede at eksperimentere med sm? pauser.

Jeg har fors?gt at lade der opst? rum, hvor andre ogs? kan tale eller t?nke, i stedet for at presse p? med snak. Det interessante er, at det giver flere mulighed for at bidrage. P? den m?de undg?r vi, at det altid er de samme tre personer, der taler, mens resten sidder stille, lytter og stempler mentalt ud.

Kan v?rkt?jerne fungere i praksis?

Et af de store problemer ved m?der er, at vi sj?ldent kan huske alt det, vi har snakket om. N?r samtalen bare f?r lov at flyde uhindret, risikerer vi, at vi ikke n?r frem til egentlige konklusioner. Derfor synes jeg, at St?jfri ledelse var en super inspirerende bog.

Jeg er sp?ndt p? at se, om v?rkt?jerne virkelig dur i praksis, men jeg har t?nkt mig at give det et fors?g.

]]> 3.98 St?jfri ledelse - Hvordan vi opn?r mere ved at snakke mindre
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Hvordan opn?r vi mere ved at snakke mindre?

Jeg synes faktisk, at St?jfri ledelse af Bastian Overgaard var en ret god bog. Den gav mig et inspirerende indblik i en mulighed for at bruge stilhed p? m?der. F?rst forstod jeg det m?ske ikke rigtigt, men efterh?nden som bogen – der i lydbogsformat kun tager fire timer – kom i gang, blev det tydeligt, at den indeholder brugbare og praktiske v?rkt?jer, som man nemt kan tage i brug.

Hele idéen om at afs?tte 10% af m?detiden til sm? timeouts, hvor man sidder i stilhed i et eller to minutter, virker virkelig interessant. Det giver mulighed for at lade tankerne bundf?lde sig og finde ny energi til det n?ste emne. Bastian s?tter fingeren p? et ?mt punkt: P? m?der er taletiden ofte ulige fordelt, hvor de mest dominerende stemmer fylder det hele. Vi kan n? op p? 9000 ord i timen – alt for meget til, at vi overhovedet kan huske, hvad vi har v?ret igennem.

M?dekultur og vigtigheden af stilhed

Agendapunkter skrider ofte, fordi vi ikke forholder os til, at m?der ikke kun handler om at snakke. Her kommer Bastian Overgaards metode ind som en m?de at skabe en reel forandring. Jeg m? indr?mme, at jeg er en smule skeptisk over, hvor stor en effekt det vil have, men mens jeg l?ste bogen, begyndte jeg allerede at eksperimentere med sm? pauser.

Jeg har fors?gt at lade der opst? rum, hvor andre ogs? kan tale eller t?nke, i stedet for at presse p? med snak. Det interessante er, at det giver flere mulighed for at bidrage. P? den m?de undg?r vi, at det altid er de samme tre personer, der taler, mens resten sidder stille, lytter og stempler mentalt ud.

Kan v?rkt?jerne fungere i praksis?

Et af de store problemer ved m?der er, at vi sj?ldent kan huske alt det, vi har snakket om. N?r samtalen bare f?r lov at flyde uhindret, risikerer vi, at vi ikke n?r frem til egentlige konklusioner. Derfor synes jeg, at St?jfri ledelse var en super inspirerende bog.

Jeg er sp?ndt p? at se, om v?rkt?jerne virkelig dur i praksis, men jeg har t?nkt mig at give det et fors?g.


]]> We Will Not Be Saved 92162388 'Nemonte's writing is as provocative as it is inspiring' EMMA THOMPSON
'One of the most effective leaders for indigenous rights and environmental justice' LAURENE POWELL JOBS

'I'm here to tell you my story, which is also the story of my people and the story of this forest.'

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture.

She listened.

Two decades later, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate-change activism. She has spearheaded the alliance of indigenous nations across the Upper Amazon and led her people to a landmark victory against Big Oil, protecting over a half million acres of primary rainforest. Her message is as sharp as the spears that her ancestors wielded - honed by her experiences battling loggers, miners, oil companies and missionaries.

In this astonishing memoir, she partners with her husband Mitch Anderson, founder of Amazon Frontlines, digging into generations of oral history, uprooting centuries of conquest, hacking away at racist notions of Indigenous peoples, and ultimately revealing a life story as rich, harsh and vital as the Amazon rainforest herself.

More praise for We Will Not Be Saved:
'A radical manifesto for our times' VANESSA KIRBY
'An act of storytelling generosity' NATHALIE KELLY
'Inspiring, moving and unforgettable' ROWAN HOOPER
'Truly Inspiring and humbling' CAROLINE SANDERSON]]> 369 Nemonte Nenquimo 1472289269 Jens 0 to-read 4.57 2024 We Will Not Be Saved
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship]]> 42976058
Ece Temelkuran heard reasonable people in Britain say it the night of the Brexit vote.

She heard reasonable people in America say it the night Trump’s election was soundtracked by chants of ‘Build that wall.’

She heard reasonable people in Turkey say it as Erdo?an rigged elections, rebuilt the economy around cronyism, and labelled his opposition as terrorists.

How to Lose a Country is an impassioned plea, a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don’t march fully-formed into government; they creep. Award winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the early-warning signs of this phenomenon, sprouting up across the world, in order to define a global pattern, and arm the reader with the tools to root it out.

Proposing alternative, global answers to the pressing – and too often paralysing – political questions of our time, Temelkuran explores the insidious idea of ‘real people’, the infantilisation of language and debate, the way laughter can prove a false friend, and the dangers of underestimating one’s opponent. She weaves memoir, history and clear-sighted argument into an urgent and eloquent defence of democracy.

No longer can the reasonable comfort themselves with ‘it couldn’t happen here.’ It is happening. And soon it may be too late.]]> 289 Ece Temelkuran 000829402X Jens 0 to-read 4.06 2019 How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shortest History of India: From the World’s Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)]]> 123204546
India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has India evolved into the liberal democracy it is today?
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From the Harappān era to Muslim invasions, the Great Mughals, British rule, independence, and present-day hopes, John Zubrzycki distills India’s colossal history into a gripping true story filled with legendary Alexander the Great, Akbar, Robert Clive, Tipu Sultan, Lakshmi Bai, Lord Curzon, Jinnah, and Gandhi. India’s gifts to the world include Buddhism, yoga, the concept of zero, the largest global diaspora—and its influence is only growing. Already the world’s largest democracy, in 2023, India became the most populous nation.
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Can India overcome its political, social, and religious tensions to be the next global superpower? As the world watches—and wonders—this Shortest History is an essential, clarifying read.]]> 288 John Zubrzycki 1615199977 Jens 0 to-read 3.79 2022 The Shortest History of India: From the World’s Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)
author: John Zubrzycki
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shortest History of Germany]]> 34757960 In his acclaimed new bestseller, now in paperback, James Hawes tells the story of Europe's most admired and feared country, from Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel. With more than 100 maps and images, this is a fresh, concise and entertaining attempt to answer the question: are the Germans really us, or them?]]> 226 James Hawes 1910400416 Jens 0 to-read 3.71 2017 The Shortest History of Germany
author: James Hawes
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]]> Blind Sight 8963415 ????
By the end of the summer Luke thinks he has found the answers he’s been seeking, only to discover that the differences between truth and belief are not always easy to spot, and that evidence can be when Luke returns home, his mother reveals something she knows will change everything for him.
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With Blind Sight , Meg Howrey gives us a smart, funny, and deeply moving story about truth versus belief, about what we do and don’t tell ourselves—with the result, as Luke says, that we don’t always know what we know.]]> 289 Meg Howrey 0307379167 Jens 0 to-read 3.68 2011 Blind Sight
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]]> How to Blow Up a Pipeline 51686708
In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse. We need, he argues, to force fossil fuel extraction to stop—with our actions, with our bodies, and by defusing and destroying its tools. We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines.

Offering a counter-history of how mass popular change has occurred, from the democratic revolutions overthrowing dictators to the movement against apartheid and for women’s suffrage, Malm argues that the strategic acceptance of property destruction and violence has been the only route for revolutionary change. In a braided narrative that moves from the forests of Germany and the streets of London to the deserts of Iraq, Malm offers us an incisive discussion of the politics and ethics of pacifism and violence, democracy and social change, strategy and tactics, and a movement compelled by both the heart and the mind. Here is how we fight in a world on fire.]]> 208 Andreas Malm 1839760257 Jens 5
I stedet unders?ger bogen de ideer, der ligger til grund for, at vi kan se en effektiv klimabev?gelse.

Andreas beskriver hvordan radikale bev?gelser og folkelige bev?gelser i samspil er n?dvendige for at skabe det rigtige pres. Han bringer den historiske teori om den "radikale flanke" frem i diskussion.

Bogen navigerer elegant i gr?zonerne. Stof til eftertanke.]]> 3.94 2021 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
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Super interessant bog, som ikke giver s?rlig mange instrukser i, hvordan man spr?nger olier?rledninger i luften.

I stedet unders?ger bogen de ideer, der ligger til grund for, at vi kan se en effektiv klimabev?gelse.

Andreas beskriver hvordan radikale bev?gelser og folkelige bev?gelser i samspil er n?dvendige for at skabe det rigtige pres. Han bringer den historiske teori om den "radikale flanke" frem i diskussion.

Bogen navigerer elegant i gr?zonerne. Stof til eftertanke.
]]> The Gone World 33413556 Inception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind...

Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In western Pennsylvania, 1997, she is assigned to solve the murder of a Navy SEAL's family--and to locate his vanished teenage daughter. Though she can't share the information with conventional law enforcement, Moss discovers that the missing SEAL was an astronaut aboard the spaceship U.S.S. Libra—a ship assumed lost to the currents of Deep Time. Moss knows first-hand the mental trauma of time-travel and believes the SEAL's experience with the future has triggered this violence.

Determined to find the missing girl and driven by a troubling connection from her own past, Moss travels ahead in time to explore possible versions of the future, seeking evidence to crack the present-day case. To her horror, the future reveals that it's not only the fate of a family that hinges on her work, for what she witnesses rising over time's horizon and hurtling toward the present is the Terminus: the terrifying and cataclysmic end of humanity itself.

Luminous and unsettling, The Gone World bristles with world-shattering ideas yet remains at its heart an intensely human story.]]> 400 Tom Sweterlitsch 0399167501 Jens 5 3.90 2018 The Gone World
author: Tom Sweterlitsch
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average rating: 3.90
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Okay. Sindsyg bog. Virkelig opfindsomt plot med masser af frygtelig true crime. Kan ikke anbefales, hvis man er sart dog.
]]> <![CDATA[Den utrolige historie om den k?mpestore p?re]]> 13617640 104 Jakob Martin Strid 8702094177 Jens 0 to-read 4.54 2002 Den utrolige historie om den k?mpestore p?re
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)]]> 26030734
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is—but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants.

As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home—until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed novel about what happens when nature and technology collide.]]> 282 Peter Brown 0316381993 Jens 3
God ide. Men m?ske ikke helt s? engagerende. Skrivestilen er meget pr?get af ultrakorte kapitler, og man kommer aldrig rigtig i flow.]]> 4.19 2016 The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)
author: Peter Brown
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Supernuttet b?rnebog og en robots forandring. Med fine nudges til klimaforandringer og forestillinger om menneskenes fremtid.

God ide. Men m?ske ikke helt s? engagerende. Skrivestilen er meget pr?get af ultrakorte kapitler, og man kommer aldrig rigtig i flow.
]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)]]> 33396914
But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.]]> 757 Robin Hobb Jens 4
Kun lidt for lang. Der var perioder hvor de meget lange rejseskildringer med utallige setbacks blev lidt monotont.]]> 4.21 1997 Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
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En tilfredsstillende slutning p? f?rste Farseer trilogi. Stadig vildt god i sin skildring af relationer mellem karaktererne. Meget opfindsom fantasy historie.

Kun lidt for lang. Der var perioder hvor de meget lange rejseskildringer med utallige setbacks blev lidt monotont.
]]> <![CDATA[Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)]]> 25300956
Renewing their vicious attacks on the coast, the Red-Ship Raiders leave burned-out villages and demented victims in their wake. The kingdom is also under assault from within, as treachery threatens the throne of the ailing king. In this time of great danger, the fate of the kingdom may rest in Fitz’s hands—and his role in its salvation may require the ultimate sacrifice.]]> 675 Robin Hobb Jens 4 4.31 1996 Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
author: Robin Hobb
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average rating: 4.31
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> Vestagers verden 223335007 280 Morten M?ller 8727161773 Jens 0 to-read 3.81 Vestagers verden
author: Morten M?ller
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)]]> 77197
Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.

So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.]]> 435 Robin Hobb 055357339X Jens 5 4.21 1995 Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Jens
average rating: 4.21
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]]> Cage of Souls 40803025
Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new, is Stefan Advani, rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor. This is his testament, an account of the journey that took him into the blazing desolation of the western deserts; that transported him east down the river and imprisoned him in verdant hell of the jungle's darkest heart; that led him deep into the labyrinths and caverns of the underworld. He will treat with monsters, madman, mutants. The question is, which one of them will inherit this Earth?]]> 602 Adrian Tchaikovsky Jens 0 to-read 3.98 2019 Cage of Souls
author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
name: Jens
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]]> <![CDATA[The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)]]> 78978394 Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the fan-favorite cozy space opera detective mystery The Mimicking of Known Successes that Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders called “an utter triumph.”

Mossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing person’s case, for which she’ll once again need Pleiti’s insight.

Seventeen students and staff members have disappeared from Valdegeld University—yet no one has noticed. The answers to this case could be found in the outer reaches of the Jovian system—Mossa’s home—and the history of Jupiter’s original settlements. But Pleiti’s faith in her life’s work as scholar of the past has grown precarious, and this new case threatens to further destabilize her dreams for humanity’s future, as well as her own.]]> 208 Malka Ann Older 1250906792 Jens 4 3.85 2024 The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #3)]]> 217388049 The Hugo and Nebula nominated science fiction detective series continues with The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, featuring a new mystery concerning alarming incidents of targeted, escalating academic sabotage.

When a former classmate begs Pleiti for help on behalf of her cousin―who’s up for a prestigious academic position at a rival Jovian university but has been accused of plagiarism on the eve of her defense―Pleiti agrees to travel alongside her and investigate the matter.

Even if she has to do it without Mossa, her partner in more ways than one. Even if she’s still reeling from Mossa’s sudden isolation and bewildering rejection.

Yet what appears to be a case of an attempted reputational smearing devolves into something decidedly more dangerous―and possibly deadly.]]> 256 Malka Ann Older 1250396069 Jens 0 to-read 4.15 2025 The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)]]> 60784309 The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.

On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university—and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse ecosystems.

Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti’s assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake—and, perhaps, their futures, together.]]> 169 Malka Ann Older 1250860504 Jens 5 3.56 2023 The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ordet for verden er skov (Hainish Cycle, #1)]]> 213315921
Den desperate situation kalder dog p? desperate midler, og et opr?r ulmer i athsheanerne. Men ved at forsvare deres liv har de bragt selve grundlaget for deres samfund i fare.

Ordet for verden er skov er Ursula K. Le Guins mest aktivistiske science fiction-v?rk og har vundet den prestigefulde Hugo Award. Bogen foreg?r i Hainish-universet og er en del af Le Guins omfattende fremtidshistorie. Blandt de andre b?ger i universet kan n?vnes M?rkets venstre h?nd og De udst?dte. Ordet for verden er skov har v?ret inspiration for mange forskellige v?rker, blandt andet James Camerons Avatar-film, men ogs? mere filosofiske v?rker som Donna Haraways At blive i besv?ret.]]> 172 Ursula K. Le Guin 879389547X Jens 5 4.32 1972 Ordet for verden er skov (Hainish Cycle, #1)
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[The Voyage of the Space Beagle]]> 546454 192 A.E. van Vogt 0532601467 Jens 4 3.87 1950 The Voyage of the Space Beagle
author: A.E. van Vogt
name: Jens
average rating: 3.87
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L?s den for den fantastiske “Discord in Scarlet” som er prototypehistorien der inspirerede Alien filmen. Gammeldags Scifi n?r det er bedst.
]]> <![CDATA[Medejer: Kunsten at overhale konkurrenter gennem demokratisk ejerskab]]> 53405631

Hvordan vi kommer vi videre, og hvordan kan man konkret gribe det an, hvis man vil g?re sine medarbejdere til medejere giver bogen konkrete bud p?.]]> Andreas Pinstrup J?rgensen 8702254115 Jens 5
Man bliver meget overrasket over de mange forskningsresultater og metastudier, der bekr?fter, at demokratiske virksomheder form?r at v?re mere robuste og konkurrencedygtige.

Desv?rre er tendensen ikke sl?et igennem i DK, hvor vi synes at have opgivet tanken, mens Spanien, Storbrittanien og Italien tordner derudaf. Europakommisionen anbefaler regeringerne til at komme i gang.

Jeg ved godt hvordan jeg vil organisere min n?ste virksomhed:). ]]> 4.11 Medejer: Kunsten at overhale konkurrenter gennem demokratisk ejerskab
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Fantastisk inspirerende bog om fordelene og mulighederne i medarbejderejede virksomheder.

Man bliver meget overrasket over de mange forskningsresultater og metastudier, der bekr?fter, at demokratiske virksomheder form?r at v?re mere robuste og konkurrencedygtige.

Desv?rre er tendensen ikke sl?et igennem i DK, hvor vi synes at have opgivet tanken, mens Spanien, Storbrittanien og Italien tordner derudaf. Europakommisionen anbefaler regeringerne til at komme i gang.

Jeg ved godt hvordan jeg vil organisere min n?ste virksomhed:).
]]> <![CDATA[The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)]]> 9515964 225 P.G. Wodehouse 0393339807 Jens 4 4.18 1923 The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
author: P.G. Wodehouse
name: Jens
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1923
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[History for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity]]> 202617844
What can humankind’s rich history of radical revolts teach us about the power of disobedience to tackle the climate crisis? What inspiration could we take from eighteenth century Japan to create a regenerative economy today? How might understanding the origins of capitalism spark ideas for bringing AI under control?

In History for Tomorrow, leading social philosopher Roman Krznaric unearths fascinating insights and inspiration from the last 1000 years of world history that could help us confront the most urgent challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century. From bridging the inequality gap and reducing the risks of genetic engineering, to reviving our faith in democracy and avoiding ecological collapse, History for Tomorrow shows that history is not simply a means of understanding the past but a way of reimagining our relationship with the future. Krznaric reveals how, time and again, societies have risen up, often against the odds, to tackle challenges and overcome crises. History offers a vision of radical hope that could turn out to be our most vital tool for surviving and thriving in the turbulent decades ahead.]]> 352 Roman Krznaric 075355965X Jens 3
Ideen med bogen er at finde inspiration i historien til at se l?sninger p? fremtidens problemer. Og det giver nogle rigtig fine perspektiver ind i mellem. For eksempel et sp?ndende kig p? det som kaldes "Den radikale flanke." Det er n?r radikale bev?gelser ?bner for at mindre radikale parters synspunkter bliver h?rt, fordi man frygter der yderligtg?ende alternativ. Som for eksempel n?vnes analyser af Black Panthers og Malcolm X's store betydning for at mere moderate politikeres synspunkter om rettigheder til sorte blev accepteret i stedet.

Der er masser af sp?ndende krudt i bogen, men man skal sortere lidt.]]> 4.02 2024 History for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity
author: Roman Krznaric
name: Jens
average rating: 4.02
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Der er et par rigtig gode essays i Roman KrzNarics bog, og s? nogle knap s? gode.

Ideen med bogen er at finde inspiration i historien til at se l?sninger p? fremtidens problemer. Og det giver nogle rigtig fine perspektiver ind i mellem. For eksempel et sp?ndende kig p? det som kaldes "Den radikale flanke." Det er n?r radikale bev?gelser ?bner for at mindre radikale parters synspunkter bliver h?rt, fordi man frygter der yderligtg?ende alternativ. Som for eksempel n?vnes analyser af Black Panthers og Malcolm X's store betydning for at mere moderate politikeres synspunkter om rettigheder til sorte blev accepteret i stedet.

Der er masser af sp?ndende krudt i bogen, men man skal sortere lidt.
]]> <![CDATA[Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts]]> 208430671 The definitive book on the TV show Ted Lasso, written by New York Times journalist and editor Jeremy Egner, celebrating the show’s improbable rise and cultural impact while never losing sight of the heart, friendship, and passion that have made it an enduring favorite for the ages When Ted Lasso first aired in 2020, nobody—including those who had worked on it—knew how a show inspired by an ad, centered around soccer, filled mostly with unknown actors, and led by a wondrously mustached “nice guy” would be received. Now, eleven Emmys and one Peabody Award later, it’s safe to say that the show’s status as a pop culture phenomenon is secure. And, for the first time, New York Times television editor Jeremy Egner explores the creation, production, and potent legacy of Ted Lasso. Drawing on dozens of interviews from key cast, creators, and more, Believe takes readers from the very first, silly NBC Premier League commercial to the pitch to Apple executives, then into the show’s writer’s room, through the brilliant international casting, and on to the unforgettable set and locations of the show itself. ? Egner approaches his reporting as a journalist and as a cultural?critic, but also with an affection and admiration fans will appreciate,?carefully and humorously telling Ted Lasso’s story of teamwork, of hidden talent, of a group of friends looking around at the world’s?increasingly nasty discourse and deciding that maybe simple decency still had the power to bring us together—a story about what happens when you dare to believe.]]> 368 Jeremy Egner 0593476069 Jens 4 3.97 2024 Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts
author: Jeremy Egner
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average rating: 3.97
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Meget hyggelig gennemgang af historien bag Ted Lasso, b?ret af interviews med skuespillere og crew. Ikke stor kunst men hurtigt l?st. Advarsel! Man f?r lyst til at se serien igen :)
]]> 21 Truths About Love 49014157
Dan is an obsessive list maker; his story unfolds entirely in his lists, which are brimming with Dan’s hilarious sense of humor, unique world-view, and deeply personal thoughts. When read in full, his lists paint a picture of a man struggling to be a man, a man who has reached a point where he’s willing to do anything for the love of his life.]]> 336 Matthew Dicks 034942473X Jens 0 to-read 3.22 2019 21 Truths About Love
author: Matthew Dicks
name: Jens
average rating: 3.22
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]]> The Book of Love 157981682 The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of love—from friendship to romance to abiding family ties—with her trademark compassion, wit, and literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes on, even when we cannot.

Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, having long been presumed dead. Which, in fact, they are.

With them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher, who seems to know something about their disappearance—and what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where they’ve been. In the end, there will be winners and there will be losers.

But their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures, all with their own agendas. As Laura, Daniel, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind, and Laura’s sister, Susannah, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears, these mysterious others begin to arrive, engulfing their community in danger and chaos, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster.]]> 628 Kelly Link 0812996585 Jens 0 to-read 3.44 2024 The Book of Love
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name: Jens
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]]> <![CDATA[Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI]]> 204927599 From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive?

Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.

Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.]]> 528 Yuval Noah Harari 059373422X Jens 5
Et eksempel er Hararis analyse af information og sandhed. Vi t?nker ofte, at mere information betyder mere sandhed, men bogen viser, hvordan fake news er et gammelt f?nomen. Han tr?kker en interessant parallel til trykpressens tid: Selvom trykpressen spredte banebrydende idéer som Copernicus’ teorier, blev dens st?rste salgssucceser b?ger som Malleus Maleficarum, der pustede liv i hekseforf?lgelser og spredte falske forestillinger. Det minder skr?mmende meget om moderne konspirationsteorier som QAnon.

Harari peger p? n?dvendigheden af selvkorrigerende mekanismer i AI-systemer. N?r algoritmer tr?ffer beslutninger om vores liv, skal vi have indblik og kontrol – pr?cis som i ethvert andet bureaukrati. For eksempel kunne teams bruge deres egne AI’er til at kontrollere, om forsikringsselskabers algoritmer handler uden bias, s? de ikke l?ser mennesker fast i uretf?rdige beslutninger.

Bogen foresl?r ogs?, at vi l?rer af principper fra demokratiets udvikling. For eksempel princippet om benevolence: ligesom vi har tillid til, at vores l?ger bruger vores private oplysninger til at hj?lpe os, b?r vi insistere p?, at AI-systemer handler ud fra samme princip.

En anden idé er forslaget om at forbyde skabelsen af falske mennesker via AI. Ligesom vi har love mod forfalskning, b?r vi beskytte os mod teknologier, der kan skabe realistiske, men falske personer.

Harari bringer masser af indsigtsfulde idéer og giver et st?rkt perspektiv p?, hvordan vi kan h?ndtere AI etisk og ansvarligt. En klar anbefaling!]]> 4.14 2024 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
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Nexus af Yuval Noah Harari er en klar anbefaling til alle, der interesserer sig for AI og vil forst? det i et bredere historisk perspektiv. Bogen tr?kker tr?de mellem fortidens teknologiske skift og nutidens AI-udvikling og giver et rigt og nuanceret blik p?, hvordan teknologi former vores samfund.

Et eksempel er Hararis analyse af information og sandhed. Vi t?nker ofte, at mere information betyder mere sandhed, men bogen viser, hvordan fake news er et gammelt f?nomen. Han tr?kker en interessant parallel til trykpressens tid: Selvom trykpressen spredte banebrydende idéer som Copernicus’ teorier, blev dens st?rste salgssucceser b?ger som Malleus Maleficarum, der pustede liv i hekseforf?lgelser og spredte falske forestillinger. Det minder skr?mmende meget om moderne konspirationsteorier som QAnon.

Harari peger p? n?dvendigheden af selvkorrigerende mekanismer i AI-systemer. N?r algoritmer tr?ffer beslutninger om vores liv, skal vi have indblik og kontrol – pr?cis som i ethvert andet bureaukrati. For eksempel kunne teams bruge deres egne AI’er til at kontrollere, om forsikringsselskabers algoritmer handler uden bias, s? de ikke l?ser mennesker fast i uretf?rdige beslutninger.

Bogen foresl?r ogs?, at vi l?rer af principper fra demokratiets udvikling. For eksempel princippet om benevolence: ligesom vi har tillid til, at vores l?ger bruger vores private oplysninger til at hj?lpe os, b?r vi insistere p?, at AI-systemer handler ud fra samme princip.

En anden idé er forslaget om at forbyde skabelsen af falske mennesker via AI. Ligesom vi har love mod forfalskning, b?r vi beskytte os mod teknologier, der kan skabe realistiske, men falske personer.

Harari bringer masser af indsigtsfulde idéer og giver et st?rkt perspektiv p?, hvordan vi kan h?ndtere AI etisk og ansvarligt. En klar anbefaling!
]]> Saturation Point 199798188
Doctor Jasmine Marks is going back into hell.

The Hygrometric Dehabitation Region, or the “Zone,” is a growing band of rainforest on the equator, where the heat and humidity make it impossible for warm-blooded animals to survive. A human being without protection in the Zone is dead in minutes.

Twenty years ago, Marks went into the rainforest with a group of researchers led by Doctor Elaine Fell, to study the extraordinary climate and see if it could be used in agriculture. The only thing she learned was that the Zone was no place for people. There were deaths, and the programme was cut short.

Now, they’re sending her back in. A plane crash, a rescue mission, a race against time and the environment to bring out the survivors. But there are things Marks’s corporate masters aren’t telling her. The Zone keeps its secrets, and so does Doctor Fell…]]> 165 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1837861749 Jens 0 to-read 3.73 2024 Saturation Point
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]]> <![CDATA[Jeg er B-menneske: Kampskrift for et samfund, der underst?tter alle d?gnrytmer]]> 28117376 142 Camilla Kring 8702163683 Jens 0 to-read 3.89 2015 Jeg er B-menneske: Kampskrift for et samfund, der underst?tter alle d?gnrytmer
author: Camilla Kring
name: Jens
average rating: 3.89
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]]> My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) 200572 My Man Jeeves is sure to please anyone with a taste for pithy buffoonery, moronic misunderstandings, gaffes, and aristocratic slapstick.

Contents:
"Leave It to Jeeves"
"Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest"
"Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg"
"Absent Treatment"
"Helping Freddie"
"Rallying Round Old George"
"Doing Clarence a Bit of Good"
"The Aunt and the Sluggard"

Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Bertie Wooster.

Revised versions of all the Jeeves stories in this collection were later published in the 1925 short story collection Carry On, Jeeves. One of the Reggie Pepper stories in this collection was later rewritten as a Jeeves story, which was also included in Carry On, Jeeves.]]> 256 P.G. Wodehouse 1585678759 Jens 4 4.07 1919 My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
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name: Jens
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1919
rating: 4
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]]> Ecotopia 550165 Ecotopia is a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society.

Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a “stable-state” ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, this isolated, mysterious nation is welcoming its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston.

Skeptical yet curious about this green new world, Weston is determined to report his findings objectively. But from the start, he’s alternately impressed and unsettled by the laws governing Ecotopia’s earth-friendly agenda: energy-efficient “mini-cities” to eliminate urban sprawl, zero-tolerance pollution control, tree worship, ritual war games, and a woman-dominated government that has instituted such peaceful revolutions as the twenty-hour workweek and employee ownership of farms and businesses. His old beliefs challenged, his cynicism replaced by hope, Weston meets a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman and undertakes a relationship whose intensity will lead him to a critical choice between two worlds.

]]> 181 Ernest Callenbach 0553348477 Jens 5
Det er vildt nok at bogen er fra 1975, n?r man t?nker p?, hvor aktuelle ideerne i ?kotopia virker.]]> 3.59 1975 Ecotopia
author: Ernest Callenbach
name: Jens
average rating: 3.59
book published: 1975
rating: 5
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En fantastisk naiv og h?befuld bog om en ?kologisk stat, hvor menneskene lever i lighed og f?llesskab.

Det er vildt nok at bogen er fra 1975, n?r man t?nker p?, hvor aktuelle ideerne i ?kotopia virker.
]]> <![CDATA[On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction]]> 53343 On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.]]> 321 William Zinsser 0060891548 Jens 5 4.23 1976 On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
author: William Zinsser
name: Jens
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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God at genlytte fra tid til anden. Sk?nne tips til sprog som hver gang f?r mig til at ville skrive bedre. Og det var nok ogs? William Zinsers form?l :)
]]> The Drowned World 16234584 Heart of Darkness—complete with a mad white hunter and his hordes of native soldiers—this "powerful and beautifully clear" (Brian Aldiss) work becomes a thrilling adventure and a haunting examination of the effects of environmental collapse on the human mind.]]> 198 J.G. Ballard 0871403625 Jens 4 3.50 1962 The Drowned World
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name: Jens
average rating: 3.50
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom]]> 203578812 A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin.

Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC.

But there are rules:

He cannot look inside the box.
He cannot ask questions.
He cannot tell anyone.
They must leave immediately.
He must leave all trackable devices behind.

As these eccentric misfits hit the road, rumors spread on social media that the box is part of a carefully orchestrated terror attack intended to plunge the USA into civil war.

The truth promises to be even stranger, and may change how you see the world.]]> 400 Jason Pargin 125028595X Jens 0 to-read 3.96 2024 I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
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]]> Playground 205478762 The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.

They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island’s residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.

Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.]]> 381 Richard Powers 1324086033 Jens 0 to-read 4.15 2024 Playground
author: Richard Powers
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]]> 88% 217373255
”Hun kan lugte, hvis du lyver,” sagde de ogs?.

“Alle steder, der er mennesker, stinker det,” svarede hun, hvis hun blev spurgt, om det var sandt.

To kvinder er besatte af tanken om at redde en han ud fra et avlscenter p? Lolland. Den ene i jagten p? k?rlighed, den anden for at parre sig med ham. I udkants-matriarkatet sp?nder urkvinden Inga sine rensdyr for sl?den og tager turen ned fra det nordligste Norge gennem fjeldene og over vandet, for at stoppe kvinderne. Hun ved nemlig, at hvis deres mission lykkes, og hannen kommer ud i det fri, bryder samfundet sammen igen.]]> 350 Maren Uthaug 8727177513 Jens 0 to-read, scifisnak 3.74 2024 88%
author: Maren Uthaug
name: Jens
average rating: 3.74
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]]> <![CDATA[Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist]]> 34828467 The book that redefines economics for a world in crisis.Relentless financial crises. Extreme inequalities in wealth. Remorseless pressure on the environment. Anyone can see that our economic system is broken. But can it be fixed?In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray - from selling us the myth of 'rational economic man' to obsessing over growth at all costs - and offers instead an alternative roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets the needs of all within the means of the planet. Ambitious, radical and provocative, she offers a new cutting-edge economic model fit for the challenges of the 21st century._____________________________________________________*The Sunday Times Bestseller**A Financial Times and Forbes Book of the Year**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2018**Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017*'The John Maynard Keynes of the 21st century.' George Monbiot, Guardian'This is sharp, significant scholarship . . . Thrilling.' Times Higher Education'Raworth's magnum opus . . . Fascinating.' Books of the Year, Forbes'[Raworth's] biggest question . . . is one that terrifies all mainstream is 'growth' endless?' Andrew Marr, Spectator'A compelling and timely intervention.' Caroline Lucas MP, Books of the Year, The Ecologist]]> 386 Kate Raworth Jens 4 4.31 2017 Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
author: Kate Raworth
name: Jens
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)]]> 58662507
The zombies are coming back.

And all Nona wants is a birthday party.

In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back.

The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever.

And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face...]]> 480 Tamsyn Muir 1250854113 Jens 3 4.36 2022 Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
author: Tamsyn Muir
name: Jens
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/23
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Den starter med at v?re fantastisk men ender desv?rre med at forvilde sig ud i en masse h?ndelser som er umulige at forst? og f?lge med i som l?ser. Hav en wiki med navne og forklaringer klar mens du l?ser. Vil dog stadig l?se videre i serien. Selv om den er meget sv?r at f?lge er den ogs? meget fascinerende.
]]> Some Desperate Glory 58388343 While we live, the enemy shall fear us.

All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the all-powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the Majoda their victory over humanity.

They are what’s left. They are what must survive. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. But when Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons until she dies trying, she knows she must take humanity’s revenge into her own hands.

Alongside her brother’s brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, she escapes from everything she’s ever known into a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could have imagined.

A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is award-winning author Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel.]]> 438 Emily Tesh 1250834988 Jens 0 to-read 4.00 2023 Some Desperate Glory
author: Emily Tesh
name: Jens
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Lyntyven (Percy Jackson og olymperne #1)]]> 13635323 382 Rick Riordan 825163590X Jens 3 4.09 2005 Lyntyven (Percy Jackson og olymperne #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Jens
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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Meget hyggelig. Minder p?faldende meget om Harry Potter :)
]]> Spin (Spin, #1) 910863
One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.

The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk--a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside--more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future.

Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses.

Earth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth's probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun--and report back on what they find.

Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger.]]> 458 Robert Charles Wilson 076534825X Jens 4 4.02 2005 Spin (Spin, #1)
author: Robert Charles Wilson
name: Jens
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> Dr?mmer 205522941
Claus Meyer ?bner op for en bev?gende fort?lling om sin barndom i Nyk?bing Falster. Han var klassens tykke dreng, der kastede sig ind p? scenen og blev en k?r og vellidt klovn, mens familielivet sank i grus omkring ham. Et sultent hjerte bragte ham til Frankrig, hvor han oplevede rigtig mad og ?gte k?rlighed, og hvorfra han vendte hjem med en mission.

I Dr?mmer fort?ller Claus Meyer for f?rste gang hele historien om sit liv som dansk madentrepren?r. Om tv-debuten p? Meyers K?kken og om en vild og pludselig ber?mmelse. Om ?bningen af Noma og dr?mmen om at skabe et helt nyt nordisk k?kken – og sl?s for det. Om at ?bne danskernes ?jne med kaffe, chokolade og surdej. Om at s?tte Danmark p? verdenskortet og om at satse i ?Amerika. Om den helt ?store forelskelse, om at score kassen og om at k?mpe sig p? benene efter karrierens ?h?rdeste nederlag.

Bogen er skrevet i samarbejde med journalist og redakt?r Peter Nicolai Gudme Christensen, f?dt i 1979, der har skrevet om kultur, historie og gastronomi i Euroman og Ud & Se.]]> 0 Claus Meyer 8773391204 Jens 5
Fra min f?rste kop estate coffee. Det f?rste ?landshvedebr?d. Mit f?rste kursus i madhuset. En Kahuna Burger til corona drive in. Den f?rste burger med Matr. Og s? selvf?lgelig Noma! Det sv?rt at forestille sig dansk madkultur 2024 uden Claus Meyer.

Hans biografi er en smuk og vild historie. Man f?r n?sten stress af at h?re om alle projekterne. Han er mad?ret med den store motor!]]> 4.05 Dr?mmer
author: Claus Meyer
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Som en 50 ?r gammel madn?rd har Claus Meyer v?ret der lige fra min interesse blev t?ndt. Kombinationen af iv?rks?tteri og madformidling har gjort ham til en konstant motor i det danske gastronomiske mirakel.

Fra min f?rste kop estate coffee. Det f?rste ?landshvedebr?d. Mit f?rste kursus i madhuset. En Kahuna Burger til corona drive in. Den f?rste burger med Matr. Og s? selvf?lgelig Noma! Det sv?rt at forestille sig dansk madkultur 2024 uden Claus Meyer.

Hans biografi er en smuk og vild historie. Man f?r n?sten stress af at h?re om alle projekterne. Han er mad?ret med den store motor!
]]> <![CDATA[Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering]]> 216857785
Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena.

Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He takes us to the streets of Los Angeles to meet the world’s most successful bank robbers, rediscovers a forgotten television show from the 1970s that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment on a tiny cul-de-sac in northern California, and offers an alternate history of two of the biggest epidemics of our day: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell’s most personal book yet. With his characteristic mix of storytelling and social science, he offers a guide to making sense of the contagions of modern world. It’s time we took tipping points seriously.]]> 352 Malcolm Gladwell 0316575801 Jens 0 to-read 4.03 2024 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
author: Malcolm Gladwell
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]]> <![CDATA[Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4)]]> 55886800 Read the final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally brestselling Greek Myths series telling the story of the Odyssey—Can a hero find his way home?

Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years—battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon—to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca.]]> 400 Stephen Fry 1405948418 Jens 0 to-read 4.30 2024 Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout]]> 197773418 Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload.

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers—from Galileo and Isaac Newton, to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe—Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for workers to replace them with a slower, more humane alternative.

From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.]]> 244 Cal Newport 0593544854 Jens 3
Principperne best?r af de tre regler:
1. Lav mindre
2. Arbejd i et naturligt tempo
3. V?r besat af at lave kvalitet

Det er vel egentligt rimeligt nok at pr?ve at skrive sine tanker sammen og perfektionere sin t?nkning i et samlet hele, men Slow Productivity virker bare ikke s? gennemarbejdet.

Newport bruger sin normale stil med blanding af anekdoter om kunstnere og t?nkere, der har arbejdet efter s?danne langsommelige principper. Men det bliver aldrig helt klart hvorfor lige disse anekdoter kan bruges til at udlede livsvisdom.

M?ske har jeg bare l?st for mange af hans b?ger. ]]> 3.65 2024 Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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Slow productivity er lidt for meget et genopkog af tidligere b?ger. Newport fors?ger at samle sine principper i et samlet koncept: Slow productivity.

Principperne best?r af de tre regler:
1. Lav mindre
2. Arbejd i et naturligt tempo
3. V?r besat af at lave kvalitet

Det er vel egentligt rimeligt nok at pr?ve at skrive sine tanker sammen og perfektionere sin t?nkning i et samlet hele, men Slow Productivity virker bare ikke s? gennemarbejdet.

Newport bruger sin normale stil med blanding af anekdoter om kunstnere og t?nkere, der har arbejdet efter s?danne langsommelige principper. Men det bliver aldrig helt klart hvorfor lige disse anekdoter kan bruges til at udlede livsvisdom.

M?ske har jeg bare l?st for mange af hans b?ger.
]]> <![CDATA[Samtaler med min datter om ?konomi]]> 48498305 In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister and the author of the international bestseller Adults in the Room, pens a series of letters to his young daughter, educating her about the business, politics, and corruption of world economics.

Yanis Varoufakis has appeared before heads of nations, assemblies of experts, and countless students around the world. Now, he faces his most important―and difficult―audience yet. Using clear language and vivid examples, Varoufakis offers a series of letters to his young daughter about the economy: how it operates, where it came from, how it benefits some while impoverishing others. Taking bankers and politicians to task, he explains the historical origins of inequality among and within nations, questions the pervasive notion that everything has its price, and shows why economic instability is a chronic risk. Finally, he discusses the inability of market-driven policies to address the rapidly declining health of the planet his daughter’s generation stands to inherit.

Throughout, Varoufakis wears his expertise lightly. He writes as a parent whose aim is to instruct his daughter on the fundamental questions of our age―and through that knowledge, to equip her against the failures and obfuscations of our current system and point the way toward a more democratic alternative.

]]> 208 Yanis Varoufakis 8772043822 Jens 5 3.90 2013 Samtaler med min datter om ?konomi
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative]]> 13099738 160 Austin Kleon 0761169253 Jens 4 3.95 2012 Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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name: Jens
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics]]> 36613747 Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness

When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief to addicts and the mentally ill. But in the 1960s, with the vicious backlash against the counter-culture, all further research was banned. In recent years, however, work has quietly begun again on the amazing potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT. Could these drugs in fact improve the lives of many people? Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forward as a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinated by the implications of these drugs. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness.]]> 480 Michael Pollan 0241294223 Jens 4 4.25 2018 How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
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]]> 99 digte af Peter Poulsen 54459930 123 Peter Poulsen 8711982535 Jens 3 4.00 99 digte af Peter Poulsen
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]]> <![CDATA[Nordisk socialisme: P? vej mod en demokratisk ?konomi]]> 57448407 384 Pelle Dragsted 8702294850 Jens 5
Han kalder det oligarkisk magt; den magt som kommer af, at man har s? store ?konomiske muskler, at man kan presse og p?virke politiske beslutninger.

Pelle Dragsted argumenterer for at flytte en st?rre del af ?konomien ind i f?llesskabets tjeneste. Vi har allerede hospitaler og biblioteker. Vi har genforsikringsselskaber og andelsselskaber og realkreditinstitutter. Disse typer af virksomheder er demokratisk ejet p? den ene eller den anden m?de.

Vejen frem er i f?lge Dragsted at udvikle bedre rammevilk?r for denne type virksomheder. Fik helt lyst til at starte en kooporativ virksomhed selv :)]]> 4.07 Nordisk socialisme: P? vej mod en demokratisk ?konomi
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En dybt interessant bog, der giver inspiration til, hvordan vi kan redde vores demokratier. Pelle Dragsted argumenterer for at ekstrem ulighed er undergravende for demokratiet.

Han kalder det oligarkisk magt; den magt som kommer af, at man har s? store ?konomiske muskler, at man kan presse og p?virke politiske beslutninger.

Pelle Dragsted argumenterer for at flytte en st?rre del af ?konomien ind i f?llesskabets tjeneste. Vi har allerede hospitaler og biblioteker. Vi har genforsikringsselskaber og andelsselskaber og realkreditinstitutter. Disse typer af virksomheder er demokratisk ejet p? den ene eller den anden m?de.

Vejen frem er i f?lge Dragsted at udvikle bedre rammevilk?r for denne type virksomheder. Fik helt lyst til at starte en kooporativ virksomhed selv :)
]]> <![CDATA[Sneak Peek for The Terraformers]]> 63281444 From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future. Download a FREE sneak peek today!Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn’t exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she's devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E's future for generations to come.A science fiction epic for our times and a love letter to our future, The Terraformers will take you on a journey spanning thousands of years and exploring the triumphs, strife, and hope that find us wherever we make our home."Brilliantly thoughtful, prescient, and gripping.”--Martha Wells, The Murderbot DiariesAlso by Annalee NewitzAutonomousThe Future of Another TimelineAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 88 Annalee Newitz 1250907543 Jens 3 3.88 Sneak Peek for The Terraformers
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]]> Left Is Not Woke 63091958
The intellectual roots and resources of wokeism conflict with ideas that have guided the left for more than 200 years: a commitment to universalism, a firm distinction between justice and power, and a belief in the possibility of progress. Without these ideas, Neiman argues, they will continue to undermine their own goals and drift, inexorably and unintentionally, towards the right. In the long run, they risk becoming what they despise.

One of the world's leading philosophical voices, Neiman makes this case by tracing the malign influence of two titans of twentieth-century thought, Michel Foucault and Carl Schmitt, whose work undermined ideas of justice and progress and portrayed social life as an eternal struggle of us against them. A generation schooled with these voices in their heads, raised in a broader culture shaped by the ruthless ideas of neoliberalism and evolutionary psychology, has set about changing the world. It's time they thought again.]]> 201 Susan Neiman 1509558314 Jens 0 to-read 3.63 2023 Left Is Not Woke
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]]> <![CDATA[Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World]]> 45449501
As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?

In this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers. Yunkaporta’s writing process begins with images. Honoring indigenous traditions, he makes carvings of what he wants to say, channeling his thoughts through symbols and diagrams rather than words. He yarns with people, looking for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge.?

In Sand Talk, he provides a new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everyone and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.

Most of all it’s about a very special way of thinking, of learning to see from a native perspective, one that is spiritually and physically tied to the earth around us, and how it can save our world.

Sand Talk include 22 black-and-white illustrations that add depth to the text.]]> 256 Tyson Yunkaporta 0062975633 Jens 0 to-read 4.35 2019 Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
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]]> Translation State 62873999
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't "optimal behavior". I's the type of behavior that results in elimination.

But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots--or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him.

As a Conclave of the various species approaches--and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line--the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars.

Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a standalone story set in Leckie's celebrated Imperial Radch universe.]]> 422 Ann Leckie 031628971X Jens 5 3.95 2023 Translation State
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average rating: 3.95
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Amazing weird and wonderful. Body horror in space. With a nice nod tp murderbot.
]]> Machine 2241476 85 Peter Adolphsen 1596922877 Jens 0 to-read 3.85 2008 Machine
author: Peter Adolphsen
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> The Brummstein 11963960 96 Peter Adolphsen 1611090288 Jens 0 to-read 3.48 2003 The Brummstein
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]]> <![CDATA[Ti dages stilhed: Et essay om meditation og bevidsthed]]> 43236054 Ti dages stilhed Niels Lyngs? 8702278308 Jens 5 4.07 Ti dages stilhed: Et essay om meditation og bevidsthed
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En smuk indre rejse. Meget inspirerende.
]]> The Deluge 60806778 From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but strengthening solidarity.

In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become bound to a stunning cast of characters—a broken drug addict, a star advertising strategist, a neurodivergent mathematician, a cunning eco-terrorist, an actor turned religious zealot, and a brazen young activist named Kate Morris, who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.

From the Gulf Coast to Los Angeles, the Midwest to Washington, DC, their intertwined odysseys unfold against a stark backdrop of accelerating chaos as they summon courage, galvanize a nation, fall to their own fear, and find wild hope in the face of staggering odds. As their stories hurtle toward a spectacular climax, each faces a reckoning: what will they sacrifice to salvage humanity’s last chance at a future? A singular achievement, The Deluge is a once-in-a-generation novel that meets the moment as few works of art ever have.]]> 896 Stephen Markley 1982123095 Jens 5 4.20 2023 The Deluge
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average rating: 4.20
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Sygt deprimerende og r?dselsfuld, men ogs? virkelig god. Er lidt sv?r at komme i gang med dog.
]]> <![CDATA[Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo]]> 40071317
In space, no one can hear you meow.

This full-color, illustrated book offers a cat's eye view of all the action from the movie Alien. With new and original artwork by artist Rory Lucey, this is the perfect gift for all Alien fans (and cat lovers).]]> 80 Rory Lucey 178565926X Jens 0 to-read 4.46 Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo
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]]> <![CDATA[It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World]]> 61645827 240 Mikaela Loach 0241597536 Jens 0 to-read 4.45 It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World
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]]> <![CDATA[Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism]]> 75560036
Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. The perfect Christmas gift for the political visionaries in your life.

In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.

But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to thwart and overturn it, bringing into focus more clearly than ever the revolution we need to escape our digital prison.

‘An epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift . . . this isn't just new technology. This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power’ Observer

‘An urgent demand to seize the means of computation’ CORY DOCTOROW

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR]]> 224 Yanis Varoufakis Jens 0 to-read 4.03 2023 Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
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]]> <![CDATA[Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide]]> 50719532 We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how.

Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often very amusing guide he shows it's a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer, he shares his insights into the nature of the creative process, and offers advice on how to get your own inventive juices flowing.

What do you need to do to get yourself in the right frame of mind? When do you know that you've come up with something that might be worth pursuing? What do you do if you think you've hit a brick wall?

Not only does he explain the way your mind works as you search for inspiration, he also shows that, regardless of the task you've set yourself, you can learn to be better at coming up with a promising idea, refining it and knowing when you're ready to act on it.

We can all unlock new reserves of creativity within ourselves. John Cleese shows us how.
____________________________
'Humorous and practical ... Whether you're hoping to write a novel or paint a masterpiece, you're sure to feel inspired' OK Magazine

' His candor is endearing ... An upbeat guide to the creative process' Kirkus

'A jovial romp ... Cleese fans will enjoy, and writers and other artists will breeze through, picking up a few nuggets of wisdom along the way' The Festival Review

'A sincere and thoughtful guide to creativity, and a very useful book' Graham Norton

'Wise words on the serious business of being silly' Sunday Business Post]]> 112 John Cleese 1786332256 Jens 0 to-read 3.84 2020 Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
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]]> Rose/House 52263339 Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis.

Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan Series, returns with an astonishing new novella.

Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.

A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every load-bearing beam and fine marble tile with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. But now Deniau’s been dead a year, and Rose House is locked up tight, as commanded by the architect’s will: all his possessions and files and sketches are confined in its archives, and their only keeper is Rose House itself. Rose House, and one other.

Dr. Selene Gisil, one of Deniau’s former protégé, is permitted to come into Rose House once a year. She alone may open Rose House’s vaults, look at drawings and art, talk with Rose House’s animating intelligence all she likes. Until this week, Dr. Gisil was the only person whom Rose House spoke to.

But even an animate intelligence that haunts a house has some failsafes common to all AIs. For instance: all AIs must report the presence of a dead body to the nearest law enforcement agency.

There is a dead person in Rose House. The house says so. It is not Basit Deniau, and it is not Dr. Gisil. It is someone else. Rose House, having completed its duty of care and informed Detective Maritza Smith of the China Lake police precinct that there is in fact a dead person inside it, dead of unnatural causes—has shut up.

No one can get inside Rose House, except Dr. Gisil. Dr. Gisil was not in North America when Rose House called the China Lake precinct. But someone did. And someone died there. And someone may be there still.

Limited: 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies]]> 128 Arkady Martine Jens 4 3.57 2023 Rose/House
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name: Jens
average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues (J-B Lencioni Series)]]> 28930640
In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues.?

Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players.? Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.]]> 226 Patrick Lencioni Jens 4
Den er en supergod opf?lger til 5 dysfunctions of a team.

Begge b?ger adresserer den vigtige evne, at lede og udvikle teams, som form?r at agere sammen med h?j effektivitet, fordi de ikke er bange for konflikter og har fokus p? resultaterne.

Pointerne er simple, men jeg sad alligevel bagefter og t?nkte: hvorfor l?ste jeg ikke denne bog, da vi havde problemet med person x i mit team.]]> 4.06 2016 The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues (J-B Lencioni Series)
author: Patrick Lencioni
name: Jens
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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Kan godt lide formatet p? denne bog, hvor der er en fort?lling f?rst om Jeff og hans mission: at indf?re teamwork p? hans virksomhed.

Den er en supergod opf?lger til 5 dysfunctions of a team.

Begge b?ger adresserer den vigtige evne, at lede og udvikle teams, som form?r at agere sammen med h?j effektivitet, fordi de ikke er bange for konflikter og har fokus p? resultaterne.

Pointerne er simple, men jeg sad alligevel bagefter og t?nkte: hvorfor l?ste jeg ikke denne bog, da vi havde problemet med person x i mit team.
]]> Service Model 195790861 To fix the world they first must break it further.

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else they never did before: run away. After fleeing the household, they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating, and a robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is finding a new purpose.]]> 376 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1250290287 Jens 5 3.98 2024 Service Model
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name: Jens
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Helt fantastisk miks af post-apokalypse og “mens vi venter p? godot” i en fremtid, hvor menneskeheden falder fra hinanden p? grund mangel p? empati og d?rlig programmering.
]]> Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 48484 Two months since the stars fell...

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.

Two months of silence while a world holds its breath.

Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune’s orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever’s out there isn’t talking to us. It’s talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route.

So who do you send to force introductions on an intelligence with motives unknown, maybe unknowable? Who do you send to meet the alien when the alien doesn’t want to meet?

You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees X-rays and tastes ultrasound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won’t be needed, and a fainter hope she’ll do any good if she is needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called “vampire,” recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist – an informational topologist with half his mind gone – as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge.

You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they’ve been sent to find.

But you’d give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them…]]> 384 Peter Watts 0765312182 Jens 3 4.01 2006 Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
author: Peter Watts
name: Jens
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 2014/08/06
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Rigtig spekulativ hard-scifi. Lidt vel tung til sommerferie-l?sning m?ske. Virkelig mange sp?ndende tanker i bogen, og der er masser af hittep?somhed i beskrivelserne af milj?erne og aliens omkring gasplaneten Big Ben. Jeg synes dog nok at grundfort?llingen manglede noget til at b?re det hele.
]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Jens 4 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Jens
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon]]> 58369979 0 Jules Verne Jens 2 2.00 1865 From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
author: Jules Verne
name: Jens
average rating: 2.00
book published: 1865
rating: 2
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]]> 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) 6443834 そして2009年、『1蚕84』は逆の方向から1984年を描いた近过去小説である。
そこに描かれているのは「こうであったかもしれない」世界なのだ。
私たちが生きている现在が、「そうではなかったかもしれない」世界であるのと、ちょうど同じように。闭闭> 554 Haruki Murakami 4103534222 Jens 4 4.02 2009 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Jens
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self]]> 55120630
But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? In this gripping investigation, award-winning journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort.

Easter’s journey to understand our evolutionary need to be challenged takes him to meet the NBA’s top exercise scientist, who uses an ancient Japanese practice to build championship athletes; to the mystical country of Bhutan, where an Oxford economist and Buddhist leader are showing the world what death can teach us about happiness; to the outdoor lab of a young neuroscientist who’s found that nature tests our physical and mental endurance in ways that expand creativity while taming burnout and anxiety; to the remote Alaskan backcountry on a demanding thirty-three-day hunting expedition to experience the rewilding secrets of one of the last rugged places on Earth; and more.

Along the way, Easter uncovers a blueprint for leveraging the power of discomfort that will dramatically improve our health and happiness, and perhaps even help us understand what it means to be human. The Comfort Crisis is a bold call to break out of your comfort zone and explore the wild within yourself.]]> 304 Michael Easter 0593138767 Jens 4 4.21 2021 The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
author: Michael Easter
name: Jens
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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Ret letl?st men overraskende god. Dejlig meget information om rucking :)
]]> If They Come for Us 36477795
In this powerful and imaginative debut poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar nakedly captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in America by braiding together personal and marginalized people's histories. After being orphaned as a young girl, Asghar grapples with coming-of-age as a woman without the guidance of a mother, questions of sexuality and race, and navigating a world that put a target on her back. Asghar's poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while exploring the many facets of violence: how it persists within us, how it is inherited across generations, and how it manifests in our relationships with friends and family, and in our own understanding of identity. Using experimental forms and a mix of lyrical and brash language, Asghar confronts her own understanding of identity and place and belonging.]]> 106 Fatimah Asghar 052550978X Jens 4 4.24 2018 If They Come for Us
author: Fatimah Asghar
name: Jens
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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Smuk og alarmerende poesi om en pakistansk piges liv og opv?kst i USA og hendes families historie tilbage til opdelingen af indien.
]]> <![CDATA[Shady Hollow (Shady Hollow, #1)]]> 58735031 The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony--until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case.

Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy.

Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera's cunning and quickness to crack the case.

A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL.
]]> 222 Juneau Black 0593315715 Jens 3 3.77 2015 Shady Hollow (Shady Hollow, #1)
author: Juneau Black
name: Jens
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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Cosy kriminalhistorie sat i et univers ala vinden i piletr?erne/dyrene i hakkebakke skoven. Meget hyggelig sommerl?sning. Men ikke ligefrem et must read.
]]> <![CDATA[Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany]]> 71318
Fighting at 25,000 feet in thin, freezing air that no warriors had ever encountered before, bomber crews battled new kinds of assaults on body and mind. Air combat was deadly but intermittent: periods of inactivity and anxiety were followed by short bursts of fire and fear. Unlike infantrymen, bomber boys slept on clean sheets, drank beer in local pubs, and danced to the swing music of Glenn Miller's Air Force band, which toured U.S. air bases in England. But they had a much greater chance of dying than ground soldiers. In 1943, an American bomber crewman stood only a one-in-five chance of surviving his tour of duty, twenty-five missions. The Eighth Air Force lost more men in the war than the U.S. Marine Corps.

The bomber crews were an elite group of warriors who were a microcosm of America -- white America, anyway. (African-Americans could not serve in the Eighth Air Force except in a support capacity.) The actor Jimmy Stewart was a bomber boy, and so was the "King of Hollywood," Clark Gable. And the air war was filmed by Oscar-winning director William Wyler and covered by reporters like Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite, all of whom flew combat missions with the men. The Anglo-American bombing campaign against Nazi Germany was the longest military campaign of World War II, a war within a war. Until Allied soldiers crossed into Germany in the final months of the war, it was the only battle fought inside the German homeland.

Strategic bombing did not win the war, but the war could not have been won without it. American airpower destroyed the rail facilities and oil refineries that supplied the German war machine. The bombing campaign was a shared enterprise: the British flew under the cover of night while American bombers attacked by day, a technique that British commanders thought was suicidal.

Masters of the Air is a story, as well, of life in wartime England and in the German prison camps, where tens of thousands of airmen spent part of the war. It ends with a vivid description of the grisly hunger marches captured airmen were forced to make near the end of the war through the country their bombs destroyed.

Drawn from recent interviews, oral histories, and American, British, German, and other archives, Masters of the Air is an authoritative, deeply moving account of the world's first and only bomber war.]]> 671 Donald L. Miller 0743235444 Jens 0 to-read 4.13 2006 Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
author: Donald L. Miller
name: Jens
average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)]]> 61294937 Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.

But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.

Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul.]]> 483 Shannon Chakraborty Jens 3 4.25 2023 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
author: Shannon Chakraborty
name: Jens
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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Superhyggelig r?verhistorie. God underholdning. Men m?ske ogs? liiiiidt lang for, hvad den tilbyder. Et stort 3 tal.
]]> <![CDATA[Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World]]> 53328332 The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause: capitalism. Our economic system is based on perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: degrowth.

If we want to have a shot at surviving the Anthropocene, we need to restore the balance. We need to change how we see the world and our place within it, shifting from a philosophy of domination and extraction to one that’s rooted in reciprocity with our planet’s ecology. We need to evolve beyond the dusty dogmas of capitalism to a new system that’s fit for the twenty-first century.

But what about jobs? What about health? What about progress? This book tackles these questions and offers an inspiring vision for what a post-capitalist economy could look like. An economy that’s more just, more caring, and more fun. An economy that enables human flourishing while reversing ecological breakdown. By taking less, we can become more.]]> 336 Jason Hickel 1786091216 Jens 5
Superinteressante betragtninger om alternative m?der at betragte samfund og bev?ge sig mod st?rre lighed, flere offentlige goder og begr?nsning af materialeforbrug.]]> 4.52 2020 Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
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name: Jens
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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Vigtig bog, der peger p? udfordringerne ved vores kapitalistisk system og vores fejlagtige bes?ttelse af bruttonationalprodukt som KPI for samfundsm?ssig udvikling. Begge systemer s?tter ukritisk v?kst i centrum, og driver os dermed i retning af et planet?rt ?kologisk kollaps.

Superinteressante betragtninger om alternative m?der at betragte samfund og bev?ge sig mod st?rre lighed, flere offentlige goder og begr?nsning af materialeforbrug.
]]> <![CDATA[Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir #1)]]> 62052321 A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective investigating the murder of a Titan, one of society's most powerful, medically-enhanced elites.

"Cross-genre brilliance from the superbly talented Nick Harkaway." —William Gibson, New York Times best-selling author of Agency.

Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he's called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he's surprised by the routineness of it all. But when he arrives on scene, Cal soon learns that the victim—Roddy Tebbit, an otherwise milquetoast techie—is well over seven feet tall. And although he doesn't look a day over thirty, he is ninety-one years old. Tebbit is a Titan—one of this dystopian, near-future society's genetically altered elites. And this case is definitely Cal's thing.

There are only a few thousand Titans worldwide, thanks to Stefan Tonfamecasca's discovery of the controversial T7 genetic therapy, which elevated his family to godlike status. T7 turns average humans into near-immortal distortions of themselves—with immense physical proportions to match their ostentatious, unreachable lifestyles. A dead Titan is big news . . . a?murdered?Titan is unimaginable. But these modified magnates are Cal's specialty. In fact, his own ex-girlfriend, Athena, is a Titan. And not just?any—she is Stefan's daughter, heir to the massive Tonfamecasca empire.

As the murder investigation intensifies, Cal begins to unravel the complicated threads of what should have been a straightforward case, and it becomes clear he's on the trail of a crime whose roots run deep into the dark heart of the world.]]> 236 Nick Harkaway 0593535367 Jens 0 to-read 3.90 2023 Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir #1)
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name: Jens
average rating: 3.90
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia]]> 13651 387 Ursula K. Le Guin Jens 5 4.24 1974 The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Jens
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1974
rating: 5
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Super fantastisk unders?gelse af anarkismens etik i denne f?rste bog i Le Guins Hainish Cycle. Fremragende opbygget. En fascinerende hovedperson. St?rk world building.
]]> Maskiner der t?nker 199266880
I Maskiner der t?nker forklarer Norges f?rende AI-forsker, hvordan kunstig intelligens fungerer, hvordan mennesker udvikler kunstig intelligens, og hvordan muligheder og potentielle farer opst?r ved maskiner, som i tiltagende grad kan t?nke selv.

Bogen er en indf?ring i tidens m?ske mest omdiskuterede teknologi . Forfatteren forklarer de centrale begreber med det form?l, at l?serne skal forst?, hvordan kunstig intelligens fremover kan pr?ge vores hverdag.
Strümke og en r?kke andre forskere mener, at vi denne gang faktisk st?r p? t?rsklen til et gennembrud. Der er tegn p?, at maskiner bliver klogere end mennesker, og at de snart kan l?se problemer, vi i dag ikke aner, hvordan vi skal l?se.]]> 288 Inga Strümke 8740089231 Jens 5 4.07 2023 Maskiner der t?nker
author: Inga Strümke
name: Jens
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/03/13
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