Ayla's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 11:07:00 -0700 60 Ayla's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]>
288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Ayla 4 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
author: Matt Haig
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2025/05/02
shelves:
review:

]]>
Grimms' Fairy Tales 561166 282 Jacob Grimm 014062158X Ayla 5 Would definitely recommend this.]]> 3.94 1812 Grimms' Fairy Tales
author: Jacob Grimm
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1812
rating: 5
read at: 2019/01/24
date added: 2024/10/25
shelves: books-i-own, english, fantasy, literature, standalones, i-recommend-to-you
review:
Great stories, although a bit peculiar at times!
Would definitely recommend this.
]]>
<![CDATA[A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)]]> 31076583 229 Sarah J. Maas 168119631X Ayla 0 3.77 2019 A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/07/02
shelves: to-read, series, want-to-purchase, fantasy, english
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm]]> 122934221
Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting. Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.

Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kite's Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak. We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly 'bird-brained' hens, 'conversations' between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .]]>
257 Rosamund Young 0571368271 Ayla 0 currently-reading 3.82 The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm
author: Rosamund Young
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.82
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/23
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: Expert Advice for Navigating Life's Challenges]]> 58536046 Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health in her debut book.

Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. Dr Julie Smith's expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient, whether you want to manage anxiety, deal with criticism, cope with depression, build self-confidence, find motivation, or learn to forgive yourself. The book tackles everyday issues and offers practical solutions in bite-sized, easy-to-digest entries which make it easy to quickly find specific information and guidance.

Your mental well-being is just as important as your physical well-being. Packed with proven strategies, Dr Smith's empathetic guide offers a deeper understanding of how your mind works and gives you the insights and help you need to nurture your mental health every day. Wise and practical, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? might just change your life.]]>
368 Julie Smith 0063227932 Ayla 0 to-read 3.85 2022 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: Expert Advice for Navigating Life's Challenges
author: Julie Smith
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Zusje van me 6625005 317 Barbara Voors 905226662X Ayla 0 to-read 3.08 1998 Zusje van me
author: Barbara Voors
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.08
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Vox 37796866 VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter.

On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed to speak more than 100 words daily, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial—this can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her.

This is just the beginning.

Soon women can no longer hold jobs. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard.

But this is not the end.

For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice.]]>
336 Christina Dalcher 0440000785 Ayla 0 currently-reading 3.52 2018 Vox
author: Christina Dalcher
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/06
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Can We Trust China?: A Different View on a Country in Transition]]> 61272386 China's New Normal. It now also seems that China wants to knock the mighty America off its throne on an economic, political, and military level.

And this is creating an uncomfortable feeling in the fear. A fear that is being further fueled by the news we are hearing about China's role in the coronavirus pandemic. Is that fear justified? What does the start of the Asian century mean for our future? And is the curtain falling on the West's role as a protagonist on the global stage?

In the search for answers to these questions, people often take a very firm position in either the positive or negative camp. But if we want to take advantage of the opportunities that China's transition also offers us and our economy, then a nuanced view is absolutely essential. In this book, Pascal Coppens brings clarity to the debate in an extremely fascinating way and offers the reader a well-founded and nuanced answer to that one crucial can we trust China?]]>
491 Pascal Coppens Ayla 0 4.50 Can We Trust China?: A Different View on a Country in Transition
author: Pascal Coppens
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2024/06/05
date added: 2024/06/05
shelves:
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Costa Rica (National Geographic Traveler)]]> 33939270 Travel to Costa Rica to enjoy white-water rafting, the pristine beaches of Guanacaste, vibrant San Jose, and the Nicoya Peninsula--with National Geographic as your trusted guide.

This dazzling guidebook, written by Central America travel expert Christopher P. Baker, covers all the main cities, towns, and regions of Costa Rica, helping travelers negotiate one of the world's leading destinations for eco-travel. Travel tips for San Jose, Nicoya, and Guanacaste are all fully revised and updated for this latest edition. The book outlines detailed city walks and regional drives, complete with maps and reservation information. Also included are features on geography (life in the lowland rain forest and volcanoes); Costa Rica's diversity of wildlife (butterflies, marine turtles, and snakes); and adventure activities (white-water rafting and sportfishing).

This small country is a wildlife lovers' and birders' paradise: there are more than 50 species of hummingbirds native to Costa Rica, and approximately 10 percent of the world's butterflies breed here. The country is surrounded by more than 800 miles of coastline, stretching along the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The only country in Central America with no standing army, Costa Rica enjoys continuing stability after a century of almost uninterrupted democratic government.

The National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are aimed at readers who value experiential travel. Each provides inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice for a more authentic, enriching experience of the destination at hand. These books serve a readership of active, discerning travelers, supplying information, historical context, and cultural interpretation not available on the Internet.]]>
272 Christopher P. Baker 1426218281 Ayla 0 non-fiction, dutch Definitely worth reading as it contains so much useful information about Costa Rica!]]> 3.75 2004 Costa Rica (National Geographic Traveler)
author: Christopher P. Baker
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at: 2018/06/27
date added: 2022/11/09
shelves: non-fiction, dutch
review:
Didn't read the entire book (yet), but I read it for the most part and will be taking this with me on my journey of course.
Definitely worth reading as it contains so much useful information about Costa Rica!
]]>
Wij zijn met velen 60494176 Vanaf het moment dat ze in 2017 haar entree maakte in de politiek spreekt ze zich uit. Haar zorgen over het Nederland van nu, over de tegenstellingen tussen mensen en over de polarisatie in de samenleving voeden haar onvermoeibare strijd voor verzoening, voor een land waarin iedereen mee kan doen en mensen respectvol met elkaar samenleven.
Sigrid Kaag neemt geen blad voor de mond. Waar zij spreekt � in volle zalen, op televisie, online � weet zij mensen te overtuigen. Maar er is ook een keerzijde. Ze wordt dagelijks geconfronteerd met de donkerste kanten van onze samenleving: bedreigingen, online én in haar persoonlijke leven.
In Wij zijn met velen maken we aan de hand van haar vele lezingen, toespraken en zelfs preken kennis met Sigrid Kaag. Wie is zij? Wat drijft haar? En waar wil zij met Nederland naartoe? Wij zijn met velen geeft je een boeiend inkijkje in de denkwereld van een van de meest inspirerende politici van onze tijd.]]>
160 Sigrid Kaag 9044651447 Ayla 3 books-i-own, non-fiction 3.78 Wij zijn met velen
author: Sigrid Kaag
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.78
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2022/10/29
date added: 2022/10/29
shelves: books-i-own, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Donuteconomie: in zeven stappen naar een economie voor de 21e eeuw]]> 37934304
In Donuteconomie laat econoom Kate Raworth zien hoe het mainstream economische denken ons op een dwaalweg heeft gezet. Ze tekent de routekaart die ons kan leiden naar het punt waarop in de behoefte van iedereen kan worden voorzien, zonder dat dit ten koste gaat van onze planeet. Dit alles resulteert in een alternatief en innovatief economisch model voor de 21e eeuw.]]>
352 Kate Raworth 9046823180 Ayla 0 dnf 3.94 2017 Donuteconomie: in zeven stappen naar een economie voor de 21e eeuw
author: Kate Raworth
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: dnf
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?]]> 50364458
Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.]]>
272 Michael J. Sandel 0241407605 Ayla 0 dnf 4.18 2020 The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
author: Michael J. Sandel
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: dnf
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Homo Deus: Een kleine geschiedenis van de toekomst]]> 34607729 Sapiens 70.000 jaar menselijke evolutie, maar met Homo Deus richt hij zich op de toekomst.
Met zijn kenmerkende vermenging van wetenschap, geschiedenis en filosofie onderzoekt Harari de dromen en nachtmerries van de eenentwintigste eeuw � van onsterfelijkheid tot kunstmatig leven. Hij stelt fundamentele vragen: Waar gaan we naartoe? Hoe beschermen we onze kwetsbare wereld tegen onze eigen verwoestende krachten? En als we in staat zijn door technologische vooruitgang ons lichaam en onze geest te verbeteren, wat gebeurt er dan met de mensen die zich niet laten upgraden? Wat voor sociale gevolgen zal deze tweedeling hebben?
Volgens Harari is het essentieel om meer te begrijpen van de technologische revoluties om ons heen, anders hebben we geen invloed op de koers van onze toekomst. Dit is de volgende stap in onze evolutie. Dit is Homo Deus.]]>
447 Yuval Noah Harari 9400407238 Ayla 0 3.97 2015 Homo Deus: Een kleine geschiedenis van de toekomst
author: Yuval Noah Harari
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: dutch, non-fiction, technologies-and-media, dnf
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions]]> 35415688 576 Michael L. McKinney 1284091708 Ayla 0 4.50 Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions
author: Michael L. McKinney
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2020/11/27
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Ayla 0 4.34 2003 The Kite Runner
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: english, historical-fiction, standalones, literature, books-i-own, dnf
review:

]]>
Jongeren. Klimaat. NU. 57443676
Wetenschappers, journalisten en activisten laten in dit boek zien dat ieder punt uit het manifest van levensbelang is. Er is geen tijd meer te verliezen. Jongeren roepen politici op om dit manifest voor klimaatrechtvaardigheid in het regeerakkoord op te nemen.]]>
112 Jongeren Milieu Actief 9047713753 Ayla 0 3.84 2021 Jongeren. Klimaat. NU.
author: Jongeren Milieu Actief
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: currently-reading, books-i-own, essays, non-fiction
review:

]]>
Think and Grow Rich 30186948 233 Napoleon Hill Ayla 0 currently-reading 4.19 1937 Think and Grow Rich
author: Napoleon Hill
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1937
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi]]> 31945429 ב"מתנת הכעס" מבקש ×רוּן גנדי לחלוק ×¢× ×”×§×•×¨××™× 11 שיעור×™ ×—×™×™× ×ž××œ×¤×™× ×•×™×•×¦××™ דופן שלמד מסבו, תוך ×©×”×•× ×ž×©×œ×‘ ××•×ª× ×‘×¡×™×¤×•×¨×™× ×ž×ª×•×š חייו ×”××™×©×™×™× ×•×”×™×›×¨ותו הבלתי ×מצעית ×¢× ×ž×™ שהפך ל×חת הדמויות ×”×יקוניות של המ××” ×”-20. שיעור×™ ×”×—×™×™× ×ž×¢×•×¨ר×™ ההשר××” הללו × ×•×’×¢×™× ×‘× ×•×©××™× ×וניבר×¡×œ×™×™× ×›×ž×• גילוי עצמי, זהות, התמודדות ×¢× ×›×¢×¡, דכ×ון, בדידות, חברוּת ומשפחה â€� ונדמה ×©×‘×¢×•×œ× ×”×›×וטי של ימינו ×”× ×¨×œ×•×•× ×˜×™×™× ×¢×•×“ יותר מתמיד.
×רון גנדי, יליד 1934, ×”×™×” עיתונ××™ במשך יותר ×ž×©×œ×•×©×™× ×©× ×” בטיימס ההודי, וכתב ×’× ×¢×‘×•×¨ הוושינגטון פוסט. ×‘×™×ž×™× ×לה ×”×•× ×ž×©×ž×© ×›× ×©×™× ×”×ž×›×•×Ÿ העולמי לחינוך על ×©× ×ž×”×˜×ž×” גנדי, ונוסע ברחבי ×”×¢×•×œ× ×¢×œ מנת לדבר ×¢× ×ž× ×”×™×’×™×, כמו ×’× ×¢× ×¡×˜×•×“× ×˜×™× ×•×ª×œ×ž×™×“×™ תיכון, על חשיבות ×”×©×œ×•× ×•××™-×”×לימות. ×”×•× ×ž×ª×’×•×¨ר ברוטצ'סטר, ניו יור×§.]]>
292 Arun Gandhi 1476754853 Ayla 4 to-read 4.16 2017 The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
author: Arun Gandhi
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Gift: Ten spiritual lessons for the modern world from my Grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi]]> 39339301 Be inspired in 2020 by Ghandi's ten lessons for life.Gandhi was an icon, but what would he teach us if he were alive today? ___________In this Sunday Times bestseller, his grandson Arun reveals the ten vital and extraordinary lessons his grandfather taught him, all of which are more relevant now than ever . . . Arun believes that the violence and turmoil in the world today makes Gandhi's teachings more vital than ever, and The Gift places these lessons in a modern context, shedding new light on how Gandhi's principles can - and must - be applied to today's concerns.The moving, often irreverent, story of Arun's years growing up at the iconic Sevagram ashram provides the setting for the treasured moments spent his grandfather, which are an engaging and often surprising read. These memories give a rare insight into Gandhi the man behind the icon, and reveal the motivations behind his ten inspirational lessons which we can all learn from today. From using anger for good, to knowing your own worth, we can all learn something from Ghandi and become better versions of ourselves. Formerly published as The Gift of Anger.]]> 288 Arun Gandhi Ayla 0 4.31 The Gift: Ten spiritual lessons for the modern world from my Grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi
author: Arun Gandhi
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.31
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2021/07/27
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves:
review:

]]>
Why Not Socialism? 6764834

There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn't dream of charging each other to use a soccer ball or for fish that they happened to catch. Campers do not give merely to get, but relate to each other in a spirit of equality and community. Would such socialist norms be desirable across society as a whole? Why not? Whole societies may differ from camping trips, but it is still attractive when people treat each other with the equal regard that such trips exhibit.


But, however desirable it may be, many claim that socialism is impossible. Cohen writes that the biggest obstacle to socialism isn't, as often argued, intractable human selfishness--it's rather the lack of obvious means to harness the human generosity that is there. Lacking those means, we rely on the market. But there are many ways of confining the sway of the market: there are desirable changes that can move us toward a socialist society in which, to quote Albert Einstein, humanity has "overcome and advanced beyond the predatory stage of human development."]]>
83 G.A. Cohen 0691143617 Ayla 3 Read it for my studies. 3.39 2009 Why Not Socialism?
author: G.A. Cohen
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2022/01/11
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves:
review:
Read it for my studies.
]]>
De slag om Europa 57646937
Rob de Wijk is hoogleraar internationale betrekkingen aan de Universiteit Leiden en oprichter van het Den Haag Centrum voor Strategische Studies (HCSS). In 2019 publiceerde hij De nieuwe wereldorde, dat in korte tijd uitgroeide tot een bestseller.]]>
428 Rob de Wijk 9463821694 Ayla 5 4.15 De slag om Europa
author: Rob de Wijk
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/27
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves:
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World � and Why Things Are Better Than You Think]]> 34890015 Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trends�what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).

Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.

It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.

Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. ]]>
342 Hans Rosling 1473637465 Ayla 5 books-i-own, non-fiction 4.34 2018 Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
author: Hans Rosling
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/27
date added: 2022/09/27
shelves: books-i-own, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Ayla 0 currently-reading 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/02/13
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think]]> 32998876 450 Brianna Wiest Ayla 3 Once I was about 3/4 through, most of the essays felt a bit like repeating common sense. So I skimmed through that final part.

But definitely gained some new insights from the first half of this book.]]>
3.74 2016 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
author: Brianna Wiest
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2022/02/06
date added: 2022/02/06
shelves:
review:
Some very interesting concepts and ideas, especially in the first half of the book.
Once I was about 3/4 through, most of the essays felt a bit like repeating common sense. So I skimmed through that final part.

But definitely gained some new insights from the first half of this book.
]]>
Omringd door idioten 40654673
Drijf je collega je tot waanzin met zijn overdreven liefde voor details? Botst het gematigde karakter van je geliefde met je eigen enthousiasme? Sommige mensen beweren dat zij omringd worden door idioten. Zij begrijpen hun collega’s of familie niet, hoe ze ook hun best doen. Als je echter meer inzicht hebt in het gedrag van de ander, en dat van jezelf, kun je beter met de ander communiceren.

Een veelgebruikte methode daarvoor is het aanduiden van gedragsstijlen met kleuren. Ben je bijvoorbeeld rood, dan wil je snel tot de kern van de zaak komen. Heb je voornamelijk gele kanten, dan ben je snel enthousiast, groen staat voor stabiliteit en blauwe eigenschappen hebben te maken met informatie en details.

Thomas Erikson leert je om op praktische en eenvoudige wijze dit kleurenschema toe te passen. Omringd door idioten helpt je collega’s, vrienden en familie beter te begrijpen.]]>
312 Thomas Erikson 9402755764 Ayla 4 3.49 2014 Omringd door idioten
author: Thomas Erikson
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/05
date added: 2022/02/05
shelves:
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech]]> 48676767 An award-winning Financial Times columnist exposes the threat that Big Tech poses to our democracies, our economies and ourselves

Today Google and Facebook receive 90% of the world's news ad-spending. Amazon takes half of all ecommerce in the US. Google and Apple operating systems run on all but 1% of cell phones globally. And 80% of corporate wealth is now held by 10% of companies - not the GEs and Toyotas of this world, but the digital titans.

How did we get here? How did the tech industry get to dominate our world so completely? How did once-idealistic and innovative companies come to manipulate elections, violate our privacy, and pose a threat to the fabric of our democracy? In Don't Be Evil, Financial Times global business columnist Rana Foroohar documents how Big Tech lost its soul - and became the new Wall Street.

Through her skilled reporting and unparalleled access - won through nearly 30 years covering business and technology - she shows the true extent to which the 'Faang's (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) crush or absorb any potential competitors, hijack our personal data and mental space and offshore their exorbitant profits. What's more, she reveals how these threats to our democracies, our livelihoods and our minds are all intertwined. Yet Foroohar also lays out a plan for how we can resist, creating a framework that fosters innovation while also protecting us from the dark side of digital technology.

]]>
349 Rana Foroohar Ayla 0 currently-reading 3.82 2019 Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech
author: Rana Foroohar
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/07/15
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[De meeste mensen deugen: Een nieuwe geschiedenis van de mens]]> 45995328
Maar wat als we het al die tijd mis hadden?

In dit boek verweeft Rutger Bregman de jongste inzichten uit de psychologie, de economie, de biologie en de archeologie. Hij neemt ons mee op een reis door de geschiedenis en geeft nieuwe antwoorden op oude vragen. Waarom veroverde juist onze soort de aarde? Hoe verklaren we onze grootste misdaden? En zijn we diep vanbinnen geneigd tot het goede of het kwade?

Adembenemend, weids en revolutionair � De meeste mensen deugen herschrijft niet alleen de geschiedenis, maar werpt ook nieuw licht op onze toekomst.]]>
523 Rutger Bregman 9082942186 Ayla 0 dutch, non-fiction 4.21 2019 De meeste mensen deugen: Een nieuwe geschiedenis van de mens
author: Rutger Bregman
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2021/07/14
date added: 2021/07/14
shelves: dutch, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words]]> 24108839
Beginning with ALONE and closing with WORK, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness the appropriate confusion and helplessness that accompanies the first stage of revelation.

CONSOLATIONS invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.]]>
245 David Whyte 1932887342 Ayla 0 4.47 2014 Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
author: David Whyte
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/06/15
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction, poetry
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win]]> 36549880 354 Luke Harding Ayla 0 4.18 2017 Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
author: Luke Harding
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/03/26
shelves: english, non-fiction, politics, currently-reading, journalism
review:

]]>
On the Come Up 35068618
But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all the wrong reasons.

Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it—she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be.

Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn’t always free.
--harpercollins.ca]]>
464 Angie Thomas Ayla 0 4.33 2019 On the Come Up
author: Angie Thomas
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/03/26
shelves: books-i-own, contemporary, diversity, standalones, dnf
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)]]> 17934530 Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition.

The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.]]>
195 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104093 Ayla 0 to-read 3.80 2014 Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/03/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Red Army: A Novel Of Tomorrow's War]]> 4798274 While western leaders debate the use of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Army and its Warsaw Pact Allies crash across West Germany, exploiting the NATO armies' deadly lack of preperation. In a matter of days, refugees clog the roads and the cities are in shambles. The Soviet Army wages a brutal battle for Europe - even as the hidden rivalries and divided loyalties within its ranks begon to emerge.

In this extraordinary. controversial novel, author Ralph Peters a U.S. Army intelligence officer specializing in the Soviet military - takes us inside an army of dozens of languages and ethnic backgrounds, into the belly of an armored personnel carrier, the cockpit of a MIG, and onto the bloody battlefield where sophisticated tanks duel like ancient, flame-spewing dragons.

From Chief of Staff Chibisov, fighting his ethnic heritage, to the daring tank commander Bezarin, locked in an unforgettable duel of wits with a British division, from bitter veterans of Afghanistan to raw recruits, a host of vivid characters are swept up in the chaos and drama. Some will be heroes. Some will die, and others will have their souls scarred forever.

As the HATO armies make their last, desparate stands - divided by Soviet maneuvers and their own political squabbling - Red Army thunders to a truly frightening climax.

Told entirely from a Russian point of view, Red Army is a riveting tour de force. More than a portrait of high-tech modern warfare, it is a fascingating novel of human strengths and weaknesses - a chilling look at the one army in the world that may have the power to defeat us.

]]>
337 Ralph Peters 0671676687 Ayla 0 to-read 3.90 1989 Red Army: A Novel Of Tomorrow's War
author: Ralph Peters
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1989
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Russian "Hybrid Warfare": Resurgence and Politicization]]> 36849059 notion has been undermined by conceptual vagueness and political manipulation, particularly since the onset of the Ukrainian Crisis in early 2014, as ideas about Hybrid Warfare engulf Russia and the West, especially in the media.

Western defense and political specialists analyzing Russian responses to the crisis have been quick to confirm that Hybrid Warfare is the Kremlin's main strategy in the twenty-first century. But many respected Russian strategists and political observers contend that it is the West that has been
waging Hybrid War, Gibridnaya Voyna, since the end of the Cold War.

In this highly topical book, Ofer Fridman offers a clear delineation of the conceptual debates about Hybrid Warfare. What leads Russian experts to say that the West is conducting a Gibridnaya Voyna against Russia, and what do they mean by it? Why do Western observers claim that the Kremlin engages
in Hybrid Warfare? And, beyond terminology, is this something genuinely new?]]>
288 Ofer Fridman 0190877375 Ayla 0 to-read 3.79 Russian "Hybrid Warfare": Resurgence and Politicization
author: Ofer Fridman
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.79
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Invention of Russia: The Rise of Putin and The Age of Fake News]]> 33571236 WINNER OF THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

“Fast-paced and excellently written." � New York Times

“Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis.� � The Wall Street Journal

An essential analysis to understanding Putin's playbook and understanding the real Russian threat to World order and peace

How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation.

A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the phenomenon of Valdimir Putin - his rise and astonishing longevity, his use of hybrid warfare and the alarming crescendo of his military interventions. In his new paperback preface, Ostrovsky explores how Putin influenced the US election, the Trump Putin access, and shows how Putin's methods - weaponizing the media and serving up fake news - came to enter American politics.]]>
378 Arkady Ostrovsky 0399564179 Ayla 0 to-read 3.84 2015 The Invention of Russia: The Rise of Putin and The Age of Fake News
author: Arkady Ostrovsky
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries]]> 24945323 A NPR Great Read of 2015

The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both.

On the eighth floor of an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of southwest Moscow, in a room occupied by the Federal Security Service (FSB), is a box the size of a VHS player marked SORM. The Russian government's front line in the battle for the future of the Internet, SORM is the world's most intrusive listening device, monitoring e-mails, Internet usage, Skype, and all social networks.

But for every hacker subcontracted by the FSB to interfere with Russia's antagonists abroad -- such as those who, in a massive denial-of-service attack, overwhelmed the entire Internet in neighboring Estonia -- there is a radical or an opportunist who is using the web to chip away at the power of the state at home.

Drawing from scores of interviews personally conducted with numerous prominent officials in the Ministry of Communications and web-savvy activists challenging the state, Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan peel back the history of advanced surveillance systems in Russia. From research laboratories in Soviet-era labor camps, to the legalization of government monitoring of all telephone and Internet communications in the 1990s, to the present day, their incisive and alarming investigation into the Kremlin's massive online-surveillance state exposes just how easily a free global exchange can be coerced into becoming a tool of repression and geopolitical warfare. Dissidents, oligarchs, and some of the world's most dangerous hackers collide in the uniquely Russian virtual world of The Red Web.]]>
384 Andrei Soldatov 1610395735 Ayla 0 to-read 3.89 2015 The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
author: Andrei Soldatov
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB]]> 8286936 The New Nobility, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political opposition, reassert the power of the state, and carry out assassinations overseas. At the same time, its agents and spies were put beyond public accountability and blessed with the prestige, benefits, and legitimacy lost since the Soviet collapse.

The security services have played a central� and often mysterious—role at key turning points in Russia during these tumultuous years: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan massacre. The security services are not all-powerful; they have made clumsy and sometimes catastrophic blunders. But what is clear is that after the chaotic 1990s, when they were sidelined, they have made a remarkable return to power, abetted by their most famous alumnus, Putin.]]>
320 Irina Borogan 1586488023 Ayla 0 to-read 3.70 2010 The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB
author: Irina Borogan
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism]]> 18868031 429 Ion Mihai Pacepa Ayla 0 to-read 3.96 2013 Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism
author: Ion Mihai Pacepa
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Homo Zapiens 337672 Homo Zapiens displays the biting absurdist satire that has gained Victor Pelevin superstar status among today's Russian youth, disapproval from the conservative Moscow literary world, and critical acclaim worldwide.]]> 256 Victor Pelevin 0142001813 Ayla 0 to-read 3.82 1999 Homo Zapiens
author: Victor Pelevin
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Propaganda Machine: Inside Cambridge Analytica and the Digital Influence Industry]]> 51079399 384 Emma Briant 1635575060 Ayla 0 to-read 5.00 Propaganda Machine: Inside Cambridge Analytica and the Digital Influence Industry
author: Emma Briant
name: Ayla
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/12
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Development Report on China’s New Media (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)]]> 33537130 226 Xujun Tang 9811036829 Ayla 0 to-read 5.00 Development Report on China’s New Media (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
author: Xujun Tang
name: Ayla
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Chinese Journalist: Mediating Information in the World's Most Populous Country]]> 4355857 268 Hugo de Burgh 0415405971 Ayla 0 to-read 0.0 2003 The Chinese Journalist: Mediating Information in the World's Most Populous Country
author: Hugo de Burgh
name: Ayla
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2003
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[China's Media in the Emerging World Order]]> 36811658
China’s old media � television, newspapers, radio - compete with the established powers, long thought unassailable, such as CNN and BBC. Produced in many languages on every continent, they are re-defining the agenda and telling the story China’s way. News and documentary are being followed by entertainment. The world’s biggest manufacturer of TV drama is now making its stories for export.

China’s Media tells you why and how; it investigates the Chinese media, their strengths and weaknesses, and how they are different. Abjuring the customary casual writing off of China’s media as ‘propaganda�, this book takes them seriously, explains their immense variety and diversity and enables us to get a handle on this new force in the world.]]>
350 Hugo de Burgh Ayla 0 to-read 5.00 China's Media in the Emerging World Order
author: Hugo de Burgh
name: Ayla
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Cyber-nationalism in China : challenging western media portrayals of internet censorship in China]]> 17724768 In this book, Jiang focuses upon this passion � Chinese bloggers� angry reactions to the Western media’s coverage of censorship issues in current China � in order to examine China’s current potential for political reform. A central focus of this book, then, is the specific issue of censorship and how to interpret the Chinese characteristics of it as a mechanism currently used to maintain state control.
While Cyber-Nationalism in China examines fundamental questions surrounding the political implications of the Internet in China, it avoids simply predicting that the Internet does or does not lead to democratization. Applying a theoretical approach based on the Foucauldian notion of governmentality, the book builds on current scholarship that has attempted to move beyond examining the dynamics of the socio-cultural and political use of new media technologies.
Instead, this book’s more intricate theoretical approach does not only accommodate the kind of liberal (apolitical or political) use observed on the Internet in China, but indicates that desires for political change, such as they are, are implicitly embedded in the relationship between China’s online communities and state apparatus � noting, however, that the latter claims total governance over the Internet in the name of the people.]]>
156 Ying Jiang Ayla 0 to-read 2.50 2012 Cyber-nationalism in China : challenging western media portrayals of internet censorship in China
author: Ying Jiang
name: Ayla
average rating: 2.50
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Social Media in Industrial China (Why We Post Series)]]> 32021957
Described as the biggest migration in human history, an estimated 250 million Chinese people have left their villages in recent decades to live and work in urban areas. Xinyuan Wang spent 15 months living among a community of these migrants in a small factory town in southeast China to track their use of social media. It was here she witnessed a second migration taking place: a movement from offline to online. As Wang argues, this is not simply a convenient analogy but represents the convergence of two phenomena as profound and consequential as each other, where the online world now provides a home for the migrant workers who feel otherwise ‘homeless�.

Wang’s fascinating study explores the full range of preconceptions commonly held about Chinese people � their relationship with education, with family, with politics, with ‘home� � and argues why, for this vast population, it is time to reassess what we think we know about contemporary China and the evolving role of social media.

This book is available as a free open access PDF from . Print copies are also available.]]>
240 Xinyuan Wang 1910634638 Ayla 0 to-read 4.50 2016 Social Media in Industrial China (Why We Post Series)
author: Xinyuan Wang
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Social Media in Rural China 32022063
China’s distinctive social media platforms have gained notable popularity among the nation’s vast number of internet users, but has China’s countryside been ‘left behind� in this communication revolution?

Tom McDonald spent 15 months living in a small rural Chinese community researching how the residents use social media in their daily lives. His ethnographic findings suggest that, far from being left behind, social media is already deeply integrated into the everyday experience of many rural Chinese people.

Throughout his ground-breaking study, McDonald argues that social media allows rural people to extend and transform their social relationships by deepening already existing connections with friends known through their school, work or village, while also experimenting with completely new forms of relationships through online interactions with strangers. By juxtaposing these seemingly opposed relations, rural social media users are able to use these technologies to understand, capitalise on and challenge the notions of morality that underlie rural life.

This book is available as a free open access PDF from . Print copies are also available.]]>
220 Tom McDonald 1910634697 Ayla 0 to-read 4.00 2016 Social Media in Rural China
author: Tom McDonald
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Brief Answers to the Big Questions]]> 40277241
Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding.]]>
256 Stephen Hawking 1984819194 Ayla 5 english, non-fiction
Especially loved the chapter on AI! Sounds highly probable and like Hawking says "we can only control something once we understand it".]]>
4.28 2018 Brief Answers to the Big Questions
author: Stephen Hawking
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2021/02/09
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: english, non-fiction
review:
Amazing. I believe we all have big questions like these, but rarely see them answered.

Especially loved the chapter on AI! Sounds highly probable and like Hawking says "we can only control something once we understand it".
]]>
<![CDATA[Democracy without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation Society]]> 52949973
In Democracy Without Journalism? Victor Pickard argues that we're overlooking the core roots of the crisis. By uncovering degradations caused by run-amok commercialism, he brings into focus the historical antecedents, market failures, and policy inaction that led to the implosion of commercial journalism and the proliferation of misinformation through both social media and mainstream news. The problem isn't just the loss of journalism or irresponsibility of Facebook, but the very structure upon which our profit-driven media system is built. The rise of a "misinformation society" is symptomatic of historical and endemic weaknesses in the American media system tracing back to the early commercialization of the press in the 1800s. While professionalization was meant to resolve tensions between journalism's public service and profit imperatives, Pickard argues that it merely camouflaged deeper structural maladies. Journalism has always been in crisis. The market never supported the levels of journalism--especially local, international, policy, and investigative reporting--that a healthy democracy requires. Today these long-term defects have metastasized.

In this book, Pickard presents a counter-narrative that shows how the modern journalism crisis stems from media's historical over-reliance on advertising revenue, the ascendance of media monopolies, and a lack of public oversight. He draws attention to the perils of monopoly control over digital infrastructures and the rise of platform monopolies, especially the "Facebook problem." He looks to experiments from the Progressive and New Deal Eras--as well as public media models around the world--to imagine a more reliable and democratic information system. The book envisions what a new kind of journalism might look like, emphasizing the need for a publicly owned and democratically governed media system. Amid growing scrutiny of unaccountable monopoly control over media institutions and concerns about the consequences to democracy, now is an opportune moment to address fundamental flaws in US news and information systems and push for alternatives. Ultimately, the goal is to reinvent journalism.]]>
264 Victor Pickard 019094675X Ayla 0 to-read 4.15 Democracy without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation Society
author: Victor Pickard
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[India Misinformed: The True Story]]> 44436497 250 P.Sinha 935302837X Ayla 0 to-read 3.54 India Misinformed: The True Story
author: P.Sinha
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.54
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela]]> 15811512
Few leaders in our time have been as divisive and enigmatic as the late Hugo Chavez. In Comandante, acclaimed journalist Rory Carroll tells the inside story of Chavez’s life, his time as Venezuela’s president, and his legacy. Based on interviews with ministers, aides, courtiers, and citizens, this intimate piece of reportage chronicles a unique experiment in power that veers among enlightenment, tyranny, comedy, and farce. Carroll also investigates the almost religious devotion of millions of Venezuelans who regarded Chavez as a savior and the loathing of those who branded him as a dictator. In beautiful prose that blends the lyricism and strangeness of magical realism with the brutal, ugly truth of authoritarianism, Comandante offers a cautionary tale for our times.]]>
320 Rory Carroll 1594204578 Ayla 0 to-read 3.89 2013 Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
author: Rory Carroll
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty years of fake news and misreporting (Routledge Focus on Communication and Society)]]> 39205930 158 Alan Macleod 1138489239 Ayla 0 to-read 4.50 Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty years of fake news and misreporting (Routledge Focus on Communication and Society)
author: Alan Macleod
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News and Alternative Facts]]> 50890209 Psychologist Rob Brotherton asks how can we all be smarter consumers of news?

Today we carry the news with us, getting instant alerts about events around the globe. And yet despite this unprecedented abundance of information, it seems increasingly difficult to know what's true and what's not. In Bad News, Rob Brotherton delves into the psychology of news, reviewing how psychological research can help navigate this post-truth world. Which buzzwords describe psychological reality, and which are empty sound bites? How much of this news is unprecedented, and how much is business as usual? Are we doomed to fall for fake news, or is fake news ... fake news?

Much psychological research attempts to answer the fundamental questions lurking behind fake news. How do we form our beliefs, and why do we end up believing things that are wrong? How much information can we possibly process, and what is the internet doing to our attention spans? This brilliant book presents psychological research pertaining to one of the great concerns of the age: how can we all be smarter consumers of news?]]>
288 Rob Brotherton 1472962850 Ayla 0 to-read 3.59 2020 Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News and Alternative Facts
author: Rob Brotherton
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News and the Future of Conflict]]> 52382865
Central and Eastern European states, however, have been aware of the threat for years. Nina Jankowicz has advised these governments on the front lines of the information war. The lessons she learnt from that fight, and from her attempts to get US congress to act, make for essential reading.

How to Lose the Information War takes the reader on a journey through five Western governments' responses to Russian information warfare tactics - all of which have failed. She journeys into the campaigns the Russian operatives run, and shows how we can better understand the motivations behind these attacks and how to beat them. Above all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself.]]>
272 Nina Jankowicz 1838607684 Ayla 0 to-read 4.01 2020 How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News and the Future of Conflict
author: Nina Jankowicz
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The True Story of Fake News: How Mainstream Media Manipulates Millions]]> 36535631 332 Mark Dice 1943591032 Ayla 0 to-read 4.37 2017 The True Story of Fake News: How Mainstream Media Manipulates Millions
author: Mark Dice
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/02/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Tien miljard monden: Hoe we de wereld gaan voeden in 2050]]> 55858544
In dit bijzondere boek geven tachtig Wageningse topwetenschappers een uniek inkijkje in hun grensverleggende onderzoek naar het voedselvraagstuk. Hoe maken we onze landbouw duurzamer? Wat ligt er in de toekomst op ons bord? Hoe beschermen we onze natuurlijke hulpbronnen? En wat is hierbij de rol van consumenten, bedrijven en de politiek?

Tien miljard monden neemt de lezer mee op een ontdekkingsreis langs baanbrekende ideeën op het gebied van gezond en duurzaam voedsel. Van het eten van algen en insecten tot het terugdringen van pesticiden en voedselverspilling. En van het maken van betere keuzes in de supermarkt tot het bestrijden van honger in ontwikkelingslanden. Dit boek toont het brede scala aan innovaties die nodig zijn om onze planeet te voeden en te behouden voor toekomstige generaties.

De initiatiefnemers van dit boek maken deel uit van een nieuwe generatie Wageningse voedseldenkers.

Ingrid de Zwarte is universitair docent agrarische en milieugeschiedenis en onderzoeker bij het NIOD. Eerder verscheen haar boek De Hongerwinter bij Prometheus.

Jeroen Candel is universitair docent bestuurskunde. Naast zijn onderzoek naar voedselpolitiek is hij columnist voor Foodlog en adviseert hij nationale en Europese beleidsmakers.]]>
384 Ingrid de Zwarte 9044646001 Ayla 0 to-read, dutch, non-fiction 3.32 Tien miljard monden: Hoe we de wereld gaan voeden in 2050
author: Ingrid de Zwarte
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.32
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/01/20
shelves: to-read, dutch, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]>
268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Ayla 0 to-read, english, non-fiction 4.01 2005 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
author: Steven D. Levitt
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/01/19
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction
review:

]]>
Man’s Search for Meaning 4069 Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.]]> 165 Viktor E. Frankl 080701429X Ayla 0 to-read 4.39 1946 Man’s Search for Meaning
author: Viktor E. Frankl
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1946
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/01/19
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Wuthering Heights 2785278 Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. After Mr Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine’s brother Hindley, and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights. Returning years later as a wealthy and polished man, he proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries.

The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.
]]>
344 Emily Brontë 0143105434 Ayla 1 "He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

May it be clear that this is either a book you extremely love or extremely hate. I have many, many thoughts on this book, so let's jump right into it!

All spoilers in this review will be marked of course

Short summary
The whole story centers around two houses: Wuthering Heights (the home of Heathcliff) and Thrushcross Grange (the home of the Linton’s). The Linton’s are rich, because they live in a big house with lots of rooms. Heathcliff, on the other hand, is not very rich. He lives in a farmhouse that is said to be haunted. Don't mistake this short summary for predicting an amazing plot-driven novel, as the book mainly focuses on its characters.

Expectations
This book looked quite boring (which is not completely fair when comparing it to flashy fantasy novel covers, I confess), but I had some hopes this was going to end up being one of my favourites as the Brontë sisters are amongst the most praised authors of all time. So, you could say my expectations were pretty high!

Storyline
The storyline is all. about. the. characters. "Okay," I hear you say, "could be interesting?" Well... If only the characters had some more positive characteristics to them. Now, I get that it's kind of the point with this novel to infuriate the reader and upset them because of each character's upsetting personality. This could still be the ingrediënt for an interesting classic, but this is exactly where the two reader groups I've mentioned before part their ways. On one hand, there is the group that enjoys reading about these selfish and imperfect characters. On the other hand, the group I belong to, is the group that thinks these characters are extremely annoying and not a good ingrediënt for a good novel.

Writing style
The writing style was incredibly hard to get through. I can appreciate well-formed, classic sentences in which is put some thought, but I get bored rather quickly when sentences like these go on for 400 pages.

Characters (main ones)
Catherine I is incredibly and by that I mean, incredibly annoying and frustrating to read about. She is spoiled, selfish and doesn't care about anyone around her. Except for Heathcliff, although I question her genuine love for him.
Heathcliff was actually quite interesting. Now, I'm not saying I agree with his actions and thoughts, definitely not. But I do think the complexity and evilness of his character make him interesting. I think his character would've been better complemented by putting more likeable characters around him, in this novel. I was definitely annoyed by him though, at times, during this novel.

Opinion about the ending
To be honest, I was very glad when [spoilers removed].

"I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine."
Just a smol passage portraying the dramatic love between the two loveable lovebirds.

Conclusion
I was incredibly disappointed by this novel and was incredibly bored while reading this as well. This was definitely not my cup of tea, sorry guys.

1 star]]>
3.98 1847 Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Brontë
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1847
rating: 1
read at: 2017/12/30
date added: 2020/12/14
shelves: english, historical-fiction, standalones, literature
review:
"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

May it be clear that this is either a book you extremely love or extremely hate. I have many, many thoughts on this book, so let's jump right into it!

All spoilers in this review will be marked of course

Short summary
The whole story centers around two houses: Wuthering Heights (the home of Heathcliff) and Thrushcross Grange (the home of the Linton’s). The Linton’s are rich, because they live in a big house with lots of rooms. Heathcliff, on the other hand, is not very rich. He lives in a farmhouse that is said to be haunted. Don't mistake this short summary for predicting an amazing plot-driven novel, as the book mainly focuses on its characters.

Expectations
This book looked quite boring (which is not completely fair when comparing it to flashy fantasy novel covers, I confess), but I had some hopes this was going to end up being one of my favourites as the Brontë sisters are amongst the most praised authors of all time. So, you could say my expectations were pretty high!

Storyline
The storyline is all. about. the. characters. "Okay," I hear you say, "could be interesting?" Well... If only the characters had some more positive characteristics to them. Now, I get that it's kind of the point with this novel to infuriate the reader and upset them because of each character's upsetting personality. This could still be the ingrediënt for an interesting classic, but this is exactly where the two reader groups I've mentioned before part their ways. On one hand, there is the group that enjoys reading about these selfish and imperfect characters. On the other hand, the group I belong to, is the group that thinks these characters are extremely annoying and not a good ingrediënt for a good novel.

Writing style
The writing style was incredibly hard to get through. I can appreciate well-formed, classic sentences in which is put some thought, but I get bored rather quickly when sentences like these go on for 400 pages.

Characters (main ones)
Catherine I is incredibly and by that I mean, incredibly annoying and frustrating to read about. She is spoiled, selfish and doesn't care about anyone around her. Except for Heathcliff, although I question her genuine love for him.
Heathcliff was actually quite interesting. Now, I'm not saying I agree with his actions and thoughts, definitely not. But I do think the complexity and evilness of his character make him interesting. I think his character would've been better complemented by putting more likeable characters around him, in this novel. I was definitely annoyed by him though, at times, during this novel.

Opinion about the ending
To be honest, I was very glad when [spoilers removed].

"I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine."
Just a smol passage portraying the dramatic love between the two loveable lovebirds.

Conclusion
I was incredibly disappointed by this novel and was incredibly bored while reading this as well. This was definitely not my cup of tea, sorry guys.

1 star
]]>
Eat, Pray, Love 19501
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.]]>
368 Elizabeth Gilbert 0143038419 Ayla 0 to-read, english, non-fiction 3.64 2006 Eat, Pray, Love
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/04
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Calm: Calm the Mind. Change the World]]> 25194140 Join the calm revolution: inspiration and activities showing how absolutely everyone can achieve calm in everyday life.

Modern life is hectic and relentless- trains delayed, endless emails filling the inbox, kids squabbling before bedtime... There has never been a more important time to rediscover your pause button. Calm is the book that will show you how to take back a little bit of peace, space and all-important calm. This book contains the simple tools, tricks and habits that will change the rest your life. It is a practical and pleasurable guide to twenty-first century mindfulness. Regular meditation is medically proven to be good for you - it increases focus and creativity, productivity and job satisfaction, mental and even physical health. But in reality most of us don't have time to sit on a cushion with our eyes closed for half an hour every day. And many people associate meditation with hard work and huge lifestyle shifts- you might be imagining Buddhist monks locked in a mountain retreat and living off gruel... This is where Calm comes in. Calm is about simple, achievable habits that work with the demands of your busy life instead of pretending those demands don't exist. Calm does not require specialist training- it uses abilities that every single one of us is born with, like creativity, spontaneity and simply noticing the world around you. Calm is not a set of rules that you need to worry about following or breaking. It is inspirational, practical and non-prescriptive. Onerous, time-consuming meditation might seem out of reach but everyone can achieve calm - including you.]]>
224 Michael Acton Smith 0241201950 Ayla 0 to-read, english, non-fiction 4.09 2015 Calm: Calm the Mind. Change the World
author: Michael Acton Smith
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level]]> 6391876 The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks, the New York Times bestselling author of Five Wishes, demonstrates how to eliminate the barriers to success by overcoming false fears and beliefs. Fans of Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and The Secret will find useful, effective tips for breaking down the walls to a better life in The Big Leap.]]> 224 Gay Hendricks 0061735345 Ayla 0 to-read, english, non-fiction 3.91 2009 The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
author: Gay Hendricks
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead]]> 13588356 Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.� —Theodore Roosevelt

Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts.

In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities.]]>
287 Brené Brown 1592407331 Ayla 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.29 2012 Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
author: Brené Brown
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change]]> 36072 372 Stephen R. Covey 0743269519 Ayla 0 RTC 4.16 1989 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
author: Stephen R. Covey
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1989
rating: 0
read at: 2020/10/03
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: books-i-own, english, non-fiction
review:
RTC
]]>
<![CDATA[Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature]]> 6903990
People are often cast as villains in the story of environmental degradation, seen primarily as a threat to healthy ecosystems and an obstacle to conservation. But humans are inseparable from natural ecosystems. Understanding how people think about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental sustainability as well as human well-being.

The book first summarizes theory and research on human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to nature and goes on to review research on people's experience of nature in wild, managed, and urban settings. Finally, it examines ways to encourage conservation-oriented behavior at both individual and societal levels. Throughout, the authors integrate a wide body of published literature to demonstrate how and why psychology is relevant to promoting a more sustainable relationship between humans and nature.]]>
264 Susan Clayton 1405176784 Ayla 0 3.79 2009 Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature
author: Susan Clayton
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative]]> 35187181 An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author.

For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams sets out to uncover the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain.

From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to groves of eucalyptus in California, Williams investigates the science at the confluence of environment, mood, health, and creativity. Delving into completely new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and ultimately strengthen our relationships. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever.]]>
304 Florence Williams 0393355578 Ayla 0 3.95 2017 The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
author: Florence Williams
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Environmental Psychology for Design]]> 12839216 Environmental Psychology for Design, 2nd Edition, explores these questions with an in-depth look at psychosocial responses to the built environment. Awarded the 2006 ASID Joel Polsky Prize, the first edition served as an introduction to the discipline of environmental psychology and inspired readers to embrace its key concepts and incorporate them into their practice. This 2nd edition continues to analyze the interaction between environments and human behavior and well-being, while exploring how individual differences related to age, gender, and cultural background impact that interaction. The book provides many proactive initiatives designed to minimize stress and maximize user satisfaction, helping readers to create more comfortable spaces that will both satisfy the needs of the intended occupants and expand the scope of design.]]> 367 Dak Kopec 1609011414 Ayla 0 4.07 2006 Environmental Psychology for Design
author: Dak Kopec
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, environment, english, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea]]> 40604846 Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the unchallenged rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population.

Taking us into a landscape most of us have never before seen, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick brings to life what it means to be living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today—an Orwellian world that is by choice not connected to the Internet, in which radio and television dials are welded to the one government station, and where displays of affection are punished; a police state where informants are rewarded and where an offhand remark can send a person to the gulag for life.

Demick takes us deep inside the country, beyond the reach of government censors. Through meticulous and sensitive reporting, we see her six subjects—average North Korean citizens—fall in love, raise families, nurture ambitions, and struggle for survival. One by one, we experience the moments when they realize that their government has betrayed them.

Nothing to Envy is a groundbreaking addition to the literature of totalitarianism and an eye-opening look at a closed world that is of increasing global importance.]]>
338 Barbara Demick Ayla 0 4.47 2009 Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
author: Barbara Demick
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/03
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change]]> 18594475 A witty, insightful, and groundbreaking take on one of the most urgent questions of our time: Why, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, do we still ignore climate change?

Most of us recognize that climate change is real yet we do nothing to stop it. What is the psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshall’s search for the answers brings him face to face with Nobel Prize–winning psychologists and Texas Tea Party activists; the world’s leading climate scientists and those who denounce them; liberal environmentalists and conservative evangelicals. What he discovers is that our values, assumptions, and prejudices can take on lives of their own, gaining authority as they are shared, dividing people in their wake.

With engaging stories and drawing on years of his own research, Marshall argues that the answers do not lie in the things that make us different, but rather in what we share: how our human brains are wired—our evolutionary origins, our perceptions of threats, our cognitive blind spots, our love of storytelling, our fear of death, and our deepest instincts to defend our family and tribe. Once we understand what excites, threatens, and motivates us, we can rethink climate change, for it is not an impossible problem. Rather, we can halt it if we make it our common purpose and common ground. In the end, Don’t Even Think About It is both about climate change and about the qualities that make us human and how we can deal with the greatest challenge we have ever faced.]]>
272 George Marshall 1620401339 Ayla 0 to-read 4.17 2014 Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
author: George Marshall
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/11/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Heb je nou al een vriend? 50194729
Marie Lotte Hagen en Nydia van Voorthuizen verwierven vorig jaar landelijke bekendheid met hun Instagramstory's als reactie op het boek van Jamie Li. Hun daaropvolgende pamflet Damn, honey! was een groot succes en in hun goedbeluisterde podcast geven ze toegankelijk, eerlijk en grappig feministisch commentaar op actuele zaken.]]>
283 Marie Lotte Hagen 9463491821 Ayla 0 3.99 2019 Heb je nou al een vriend?
author: Marie Lotte Hagen
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, dutch, non-fiction, feminism
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Feminist fataal: Alles wat je lekker zelf mag weten over gender, seks en je lichaam]]> 49520243
Inmiddels is Dorien journalist, dj én feminist. Feminist fataal is het boek dat ze zelf graag eerder gelezen had.

Want waarom is seksuele voorlichting vooral bangmakerij en gaat het nauwelijks over plezier? Waarom zijn mensen met een witte huidskleur bevoorrecht? En is het oppervlakkig om als feminist van glitteroogschaduw te houden?

Een toegankelijk, persoonlijk handboek voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in feminisme en aanverwante zaken als seksualiteit, gender, racisme en je lichaam.

Met inspirerende illustraties van Bodil Jane, leuke kijk-, lees- en luistertips en een handig Feminisme ABC!]]>
295 Dorien van Linge 9492478897 Ayla 0 4.02 Feminist fataal: Alles wat je lekker zelf mag weten over gender, seks en je lichaam
author: Dorien van Linge
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.02
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, dutch, non-fiction, feminism
review:

]]>
Tien klimaatacties die werken 42960287 254 Pieter Boussemaere 905908926X Ayla 0 4.35 Tien klimaatacties die werken
author: Pieter Boussemaere
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.35
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, dutch, environment, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming]]> 31624481 240 Paul Hawken 0143130447 Ayla 0 4.41 2017 Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
author: Paul Hawken
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Four Futures: Life After Capitalism]]> 22551901 An exhilarating exploration into the utopias and dystopias that could develop from present society

Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down. In Four Futures, Frase imagines how this post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both social science and speculative fiction to explore what communism, rentism, socialism and exterminism might actually entail.

Could the current rise of real-life robocops usher in a world that resembles Ender’s Game? And sure, communism will bring an end to material scarcities and inequalities of wealth—but there’s no guarantee that social hierarchies, governed by an economy of “likes,� wouldn’t rise to take their place. A whirlwind tour through science fiction, social theory and the new technologies already shaping our lives, Four Futures is a balance sheet of the socialisms we may reach if a resurgent Left is successful, and the barbarisms we may be consigned to if those movements fail.]]>
150 Peter Frase 1781688133 Ayla 0 3.77 2015 Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
author: Peter Frase
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History]]> 42118857 A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species

When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece. Atmospheric circulation patterns later on shaped the progression of global exploration, colonization, and trade. Even today, voting behavior in the south-east United States ultimately follows the underlying pattern of 75 million-year-old sediments from an ancient sea. Everywhere is the deep imprint of the planetary on the human.

From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states, Origins reveals the breathtaking impact of the earth beneath our feet on the shape of our human civilizations.]]>
352 Lewis Dartnell 1541617908 Ayla 0 4.15 2019 Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
author: Lewis Dartnell
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene]]> 36004703 Ìý
“A relentless reckoning of how we, as a species, got ourselves into the mess we’re in today, . . . told with determination and in chiseled, almost literary prose.â€â€”Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal
Ìý
Meteorites, mega-volcanoes, and plate tectonics—the old forces of nature—have transformed Earth for millions of years. They are now joined by a new geological force—humans. Our actions have driven Earth into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. For the first time in our home planet’s 4.5-billion-year history a single species is increasingly dictating Earth’s future.
Ìý
To some the Anthropocene symbolizes a future of superlative control of our environment. To others it is the height of hubris, the illusion of our mastery over nature. Whatever your view, just below the surface of this odd-sounding scientific word, the Anthropocene, is a heady mix of science, philosophy, and politics linked to our deepest fears and utopian visions.
Ìý
Tracing our environmental impacts through time, scientists Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin reveal a new view of human history and a new outlook for the future of humanity in the unstable world we have created.]]>
480 Simon L. Lewis 0300232179 Ayla 0 4.28 2018 The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene
author: Simon L. Lewis
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Winning of the Carbon War: Power and Politics on the Front Line of Climate and Clean Energy]]> 38896672
Jeremy Leggett fought for the light side for a quarter of a century as it lost battle after battle. Then, in 2013, the tide began to turn. By 2015, it was clear that the war could be won. Leggett’s front-line chronicle tells one person’s story of those turnaround years, culminating in dramatic scenes at the Paris climate summit, and what they can mean for the world.

In this updated edition, an extra chapter summarises the events of 2016 and 2017 as they appear from the vantage point of another climate summit in Paris on the second anniversary of the original.
]]>
368 Jeremy Leggett 1909979597 Ayla 0 3.82 The Winning of the Carbon War: Power and Politics on the Front Line of Climate and Clean Energy
author: Jeremy Leggett
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.82
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction, politics
review:

]]>
Ecologisch wezen 39100525 Ecologisch wezen laat Timothy Morton zien dat we niks hoeven te veranderen om ecologisch bewust te handelen. We zijn al ecologisch bewust en moeten alleen beseffen dat wij voortdurend in contact staan met de natuur. Morton heeft geen feiten nodig om te overtuigen, eerder humor en zelfspot.
In een culturele caleidoscoop schakelt hij Kant en Heidegger in als executive producers, evenals bevriende kunstenaars en muzikanten, zoals Björk. Bijna iedere bladzijde biedt ons een nieuwe kijk op de wereld.]]>
256 Timothy Morton 9025906389 Ayla 0 2.81 2018 Ecologisch wezen
author: Timothy Morton
name: Ayla
average rating: 2.81
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Waar kunnen we landen? Politieke oriëntatie in het Nieuwe Klimaatregime]]> 43069365
De klimaatkwestie behoort tot de kern van de geopolitiek en is rechtstreeks verbonden met ongelijkheid en onrechtvaardigheid. Dit blijkt uit de terugtrekking van de Verenigde Staten uit het Parijse klimaatakkoord, de toename van migratiestromen door oorlogen en klimaatmutatie en de Brexit. Het is alsof een groot deel van de elites het ideaal van een gedeelde wereld heeft opgegeven. Om weerstand te bieden aan deze situatie moeten we een gemeenschappelijke oriëntatie vinden. Daarvoor is een kaart nodig met de posities van het nieuwe politieke landschap. Bruno Latour geeft een overtuigende aanzet tot het tekenen van zo’n kaart en besluit met een pleidooi voor het Europa waarin hij zou willen landen. Kunnen we politiek herdefiniëren als wat ons terugvoert naar de aarde?]]>
132 Bruno Latour 9490334251 Ayla 0 3.83 2017 Waar kunnen we landen? Politieke oriëntatie in het Nieuwe Klimaatregime
author: Bruno Latour
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Oog in oog met Gaia. Acht lezingen over het Nieuwe Klimaatregime]]> 37917402 Oog in oog met Gaia stelt de Franse filosoof en wetenschapsantropoloog Bruno Latour dat de natuur niet langer de stabiele achtergrond vormt van ons doen en laten. We zijn toegetreden tot het tijdvak van het antropoceen. In dat tijdvak dringen de ecologische gevolgen van het menselijk handelen zich hardhandig op de voorgrond. We meenden dat er vrede heerste, maar we zijn in oorlog.

De ecologische mutatie die zich voltrekt, betitelt Latour als het Nieuwe Klimaatregime. De oude natuur wijkt voor een wezen in beweging, waarin menselijke activiteit en natuurlijke wereld talloze onverwachte verbindingen aangaan: Gaia. Latour neemt de controversiële Gaia-hypothese van James Lovelock als uitgangspunt, en zet daarnaast rechtsfilosofie en kunst in om de politieke, religieuze en wetenschappelijke dimensies van het verouderde natuurbegrip te ontwarren. Zo legt hij in dit ongemeen rijke en verrassende boek de basis voor een hoogst noodzakelijke politisering van de ecologie � voor onze terugkeer op Aarde.

Dit boek is voortgekomen uit de cyclus Gifford-lezingen in Edinburgh. De lezingen zijn uitgebreid en volledig herschreven, met behoud van de oorspronkelijke toon en stijl. Latour koppelt denken-in-actie en humor aan een fabelachtige eruditie, maar schuwt de polemiek niet.]]>
432 Bruno Latour 9490334235 Ayla 0 3.70 2013 Oog in oog met Gaia. Acht lezingen over het Nieuwe Klimaatregime
author: Bruno Latour
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World]]> 34523152
By century's end, hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world's shores as our coasts become inundated and our landscapes transformed. From island nations to the world's major cities, coastal regions will disappear. Engineering projects to hold back the water are bold and may buy some time. Yet despite international efforts and tireless research, there is no permanent solution--no barriers to erect or walls to build--that will protect us in the end from the drowning of the world as we know it.

The Water Will Come is the definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean. As he travels across twelve countries and reports from the front lines, acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell employs fact, science, and first-person, on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from what already is becoming a water world.]]>
352 Jeff Goodell 031626024X Ayla 0 4.14 2017 The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
author: Jeff Goodell
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists]]> 39791088
"We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and Maria unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for?" - Yulin Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico

In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a "just recovery."

All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organizations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island. For more information, visit .

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, documentary filmmaker and author of the international bestsellers No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, and No Is Not Enough.

"

Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the 'battle of utopias' that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico-a battle that pits a pitilessly neoliberal plutocratic 'paradise' against a community movement with Puerto Rican sovereignty at its center."
-Junot Diaz

"We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and Maria unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for?"
-Carmen Yulin Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico

"A gripping and timely account of classic 'shock doctrine' being perpetrated in Puerto Rico. Naomi Klein chronicles the extraordinary grassroots resistance by the Puerto Rican people against neoliberal privatization and Wall Street greed in the aftermath of the island's financial meltdown, of hurricane devastation, and of Washington's imposition of an outside control board over the most important U.S. colony."

-Juan Gonzalez, co-host of Democracy Now! and author of Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. "Like so many of my generation, I've been a reader of Naomi Klein's since the late 1990s, always finding something to learn from her rigorous reporting and thoughtful analysis. There's no one better to tell the story of Hurricane Maria and its global significance than Naomi. In the face of speculation, exploitation, and climate crisis, this book calls on us to recognize Puerto Rico's struggle for democracy, justice, and human life itself, as our own." -Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain

"]]>
88 Naomi Klein 1608463575 Ayla 0 4.24 2018 The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
author: Naomi Klein
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need]]> 34814047 New York Times Bestseller
National Book Award Longlist
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017

“This is one attempt to uncover how we got to this surreal political moment. It is also an attempt to predict how, under cover of shocks and crises, it could get a lot worse. And it’s a plan for how, if we keep our heads, we might just be able to flip the script and arrive at a radically better future.�
–From the Introduction

Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. His reckless agenda—including a corporate coup in government, aggressive scapegoating and warmongering, and sweeping aside climate science to set off a fossil fuel frenzy—will generate waves of disasters and shocks to the economy, national security, and the environment.

Acclaimed journalist, activist, and bestselling author Naomi Klein has spent two decades studying political shocks, climate change, and “brand bullies.� From this unique perspective, she argues that Trump is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst, most dangerous trends of the past half-century—the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism the world over. It is not enough, she tells us, to merely resist, to say “no.� Our historical moment demands more: a credible and inspiring “yes,� a roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us—one that sets a bold course for winning the fair and caring world we want and need.

This timely, urgent book from one of our most influential thinkers offers a bracing positive shock of its own, helping us understand just how we got here, and how we can, collectively, come together and heal.]]>
273 Naomi Klein 0735273995 Ayla 0 to-read, english, politics 4.10 2017 No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
author: Naomi Klein
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, politics
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change]]> 80513
Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas to elucidate for Americans what is really going on with the global environment and asks what, if anything, can be done to save our planet. Now updated and with a new afterword, Field Notes from a Catastrophe is the book to read on the defining issue and greatest challenge of our times.
]]>
240 Elizabeth Kolbert 1596911301 Ayla 0 4.01 2006 Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
author: Elizabeth Kolbert
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
The End of Nature 199359 Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth.

This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the globe is dependent on a fundamental, philosophical shift in the way we relate to nature is more relevant than ever. McKibben writes of our earth's environmental cataclysm, addressing such core issues as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the depletion of the ozone layer. His new introduction addresses some of the latest environmental issues that have risen during the 1990s. The book also includes an invaluable new appendix of facts and figures that surveys the progress of the environmental movement.

More than simply a handbook for survival or a doomsday catalog of scientific prediction, this classic, soulful lament on Nature is required reading for nature enthusiasts, activists, and concerned citizens alike.

]]>
224 Bill McKibben 0812976088 Ayla 0 3.94 1989 The End of Nature
author: Bill McKibben
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1989
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster]]> 6444492 A startling investigation of what people do in disasters and why it matters

Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster--whether manmade or natural--people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities?

In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.]]>
353 Rebecca Solnit 0670021075 Ayla 0 to-read, english, environment 3.94 2009 A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
author: Rebecca Solnit
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: to-read, english, environment
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen: Onze toekomst op een steeds warmere aarde]]> 45168480 Maar hoe erg het wordt, dat bepalen we zelf.

In Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen beschrijft Jelmer Mommers een van de grootste problemen van onze tijd: klimaatverandering. Een probleem dat bij de meesten van ons vooral een gevoel van machteloosheid oproept. Ten onrechte. Want achter de nieuwsberichten over smeltende ijskappen, uitstervende diersoorten en ontkennende politici groeit een wereldwijde beweging die laat zien: onze toekomst op aarde schrijven we zelf.]]>
237 Jelmer Mommers 9082942143 Ayla 0 RTC! 4.23 2019 Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen: Onze toekomst op een steeds warmere aarde
author: Jelmer Mommers
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2020/10/29
date added: 2020/10/29
shelves: dutch, non-fiction, environment
review:
RTC!
]]>
<![CDATA[Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems]]> 51014619
Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable.

In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect and show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of the day. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.]]>
417 Abhijit V. Banerjee Ayla 0 4.23 2019 Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
author: Abhijit V. Banerjee
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/11
shelves: to-read, english, environment, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue]]> 50623864
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.]]>
448 Victoria E. Schwab 0765387565 Ayla 0 4.16 2020 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/10
shelves: to-read, english, fantasy, historical-fiction
review:

]]>
Pleidooi voor populisme 4596331 80 David Van Reybrouck 9021434687 Ayla 0 to-read, dutch, essays 3.68 2008 Pleidooi voor populisme
author: David Van Reybrouck
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/09
shelves: to-read, dutch, essays
review:

]]>
Lolita 7604 Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.]]>
368 Vladimir Nabokov 0679723161 Ayla 0 3.87 1955 Lolita
author: Vladimir Nabokov
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1955
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/08
shelves: english, literature, standalones, dnf
review:

]]>
De bananengeneratie 48570935
Hij is een tweede generatie Chinese Nederlander, die midden in de Nederlandse samenleving staat. Toch wordt Pete ongewild herinnerd aan zijn anders-zijn. Door mensen die hem vragen waar hij nou écht vandaan komt. Of anders wel door de gemiddelde carnavalshit, Meneer Cheung uit Ik hou van Holland, of Gordon: ‘Wat ga je zingen? Nummer 39 met rijst?�

In De bananengeneratie gaat Pete in gesprek met ‘mede-bananen� die net als hij worstelen met hun Chinese Nederlanderschap. Hij praat met hen over generatieclashes, daten, discriminatie en eenzaamheid. En over het gevecht om jezelf te mogen zijn - bevrijd van clichés.]]>
286 Pete Wu 9493168034 Ayla 0 to-read, dutch, non-fiction 3.82 2019 De bananengeneratie
author: Pete Wu
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/08
shelves: to-read, dutch, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers]]> 23165612
Want de conclusie is even stevig als pijnlijk: de instellingen die ervoor moeten zorgen dat de economie functioneert, kunnen de wereld in de afgrond storten. En dat gebeurt allemaal met de beste bedoelingen door mensen die precies dezelfde zorgen hebben als u en ik, door mensen die de hypotheek moeten betalen en de kinderen op een goeie school wilden hebben. De scherpe blik en de onbevangen manier van vragenstellen zorgt ervoor dat Luyendijk als geen ander inzichtelijk maakt hoe we ervoor staan. And it is not pretty.]]>
208 Joris Luyendijk 9045028166 Ayla 0 to-read, english, non-fiction 3.86 2015 Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers
author: Joris Luyendijk
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/08
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Waarom vuilnismannen meer verdienen dan bankiers]]> 25235192
Dit is de vraag waarmee Rutger Bregman en Jesse Frederik de patstelling in het debat over ongelijkheid doorbreken. Het is hoog tijd om een oude vraag opnieuw te stellen: welke rijkdom is echt verdiend?]]>
104 Rutger Bregman Ayla 0 to-read, dutch, non-fiction 3.84 2015 Waarom vuilnismannen meer verdienen dan bankiers
author: Rutger Bregman
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/08
shelves: to-read, dutch, non-fiction
review:

]]>
Het recht van de snelste 53288287
Steekt een hert de weg over of rijden wij dwars door zijn bos heen? Waarom moeten we op een knopje drukken als we de straat over willen steken? En hoe kan het dat we steeds sneller reizen, maar geen seconde eerder thuiskomen?

Van files tot fietssnelwegen, van drempels tot deelauto's: hoe we ons verplaatsen heeft enorme invloed op de inrichting van onze straten, onze steden én onze samenleving. Het bepaalt zelfs hoe we met elkaar omgaan.

In dit boek gaan journalist Thalia Verkade en wetenschapper Marco te Brömmelstroet op zoek naar een antwoord op die ene belangrijke vraag: van wie is de straat? Ze ontdekken dat het verkeer onze publieke ruimte heeft overgenomen � en laten zien dat een radicaal andere inrichting mogelijk is.]]>
264 Thalia Verkade 9083000710 Ayla 0 to-read 4.14 2020 Het recht van de snelste
author: Thalia Verkade
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/08
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
Je hebt wél iets te verbergen 31699339 De Belastingdienst zag hoe je er kwam
Apple hield bij hoe lang je er bleef
Samsung hoorde wat je er zei
En Google wist al dat je het van plan was

“Privacy niet belangrijk vinden omdat je niets te verbergen hebt, is hetzelfde als niet geven om vrijheid van meningsuiting omdat je niets te zeggen hebt.�
Edward Snowden

In Je hebt wél iets te verbergen: over het levensbelang van privacy laten onderzoeksjournalisten Maurits Martijn en Dimitri Tokmetzis zien dat privacy het meest bedreigde mensenrecht van onze tijd is. Ze leggen bloot welke gegevens je allemaal weggeeft en aan wie. En, belangrijker nog: welke ingrijpende gevolgen dat heeft.

"Absolute wereldklasse" - Alexander Klöpping

"Noodzakelijk en meeslepend" - Beatrice de Graaf]]>
223 Maurits Martijn 908252032X Ayla 0 dutch, non-fiction, to-read 3.95 2016 Je hebt wél iets te verbergen
author: Maurits Martijn
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/08
shelves: dutch, non-fiction, to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[The Big Disconnect: The Story of Technology and Loneliness (Contemporary Issues)]]> 14568717 306 Giles Slade 1616145951 Ayla 0 3.30 2012 The Big Disconnect: The Story of Technology and Loneliness (Contemporary Issues)
author: Giles Slade
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/03
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction, technologies-and-media
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America]]> 445551
"Made to Break" is a history of twentieth-century technology as seen through the prism of obsolescence. America invented everything that is now disposable, Giles Slade tells us, and he explains how disposability was in fact a necessary condition for America's rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. His book shows us the ideas behind obsolescence at work in such American milestones as the inventions of branding, packaging, and advertising; the contest for market dominance between GM and Ford; the struggle for a national communications network, the development of electronic technologies--and with it the avalanche of electronic consumer waste that will overwhelm America's landfills and poison its water within the coming decade.

History reserves a privileged place for those societies that built things to last--forever, if possible. What place will it hold for a society addicted to consumption--a whole culture made to break? This book gives us a detailed and harrowing picture of how, by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives we may well be shortening the future of our way of life as well.]]>
336 Giles Slade 0674022033 Ayla 0 3.68 2006 Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America
author: Giles Slade
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/10/03
shelves: to-read, english, non-fiction, technologies-and-media
review:

]]>
Frictie 53349813 Tegenover het ideaal van een geautomatiseerde wereld die ons gevangenhoudt in een onzichtbaar net, stelt Miriam Rasch een herwaardering van frictie. Frictie is een geduchte strategie van hen die strijden voor emancipatie of zich teweerstellen tegen de eis van transparantie en constante communicatie. Rasch opent de weg naar ‘de-automatisering� als mogelijkheid om woorden en dingen weer als nieuw te laten schijnen. Hoe kunnen we in dataïstische tijden ons eigen verhaal blijven vertellen?]]> 240 Miriam Rasch 9403183608 Ayla 0 3.58 2020 Frictie
author: Miriam Rasch
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/09/29
shelves: to-read, dutch, non-fiction, technologies-and-media
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Uncertain Harvest: The Future of Food on a Warming Planet (Digestions, 2)]]> 48638559
In a world expected to reach a staggering population of 9 billion by 2050, and with global temperatures rising fast, humanity must fundamentally change the way it grows and consumes food. But can we produce enough food to feed ourselves sustainably for an uncertain future? How will agriculture adapt to a climate change? How will climate change determine what we eat? Will we really be eating bugs?

Uncertain Harvest questions scientists, chefs, activists, entrepreneurs, farmers, philosophers, and engineers working on the global future of food on how to make a more equitable, safe, sustainable, and plentiful food future. Examining cutting-edge research on the science, culture, and economics of food, the authors present a roadmap for a global food policy, while examining eight foods that could save us: algae, caribou, kale, millet, tuna, crickets, milk, and rice.]]>
280 Ian Mosby 0889777209 Ayla 0 to-read 4.08 Uncertain Harvest: The Future of Food on a Warming Planet (Digestions, 2)
author: Ian Mosby
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.08
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/09/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Bite Back: People Taking On Corporate Food and Winning]]> 50747048 Bite Back presents an urgent call to action and a vision for disrupting corporate power in the food system, a vision shared with countless organizers and advocates worldwide. In this provocative and inspiring new book, editors Saru Jayaraman and Kathryn De Master bring together leading experts and activists who are challenging corporate powerÌýby addressing injustices in our food system, from wage inequalityÌýto environmental destructionÌýto corporate bullying.

In paired chapters, authors present a problem arising from corporate control of the food system and then recount how an organizing campaign successfully tackled it. This unique solutions-oriented book allows readers to explore the core contemporary challenges embedded in our food system and learn how we can push back against corporate greed to benefit workers and consumers everywhere.]]>
328 Saru Jayaraman 0520289366 Ayla 0 to-read 3.74 Bite Back: People Taking On Corporate Food and Winning
author: Saru Jayaraman
name: Ayla
average rating: 3.74
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/09/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>
<![CDATA[Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time]]> 46207666 Help to transform the planet in crisis with this indispensable guide to healthy, ethical, and economically sustainable food from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Hyman, MD -- "Read this book if you're ready to change the world" (Tim Ryan, US Representative).


Food is our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet; and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies.


In Food Fix, #1 bestselling author Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture policies are corrupted by money and lobbies that drive our biggest global crises: the spread of obesity and food-related chronic disease, climate change, poverty, violence, educational achievement gaps, and more.


Pairing the latest developments in nutritional and environmental science with an unflinching look at the dark realities of the global food system and the policies that make it possible, Food Fix is a hard-hitting manifesto that will change the way you think about -- and eat -- food forever, and will provide solutions for citizens, businesses, and policy makers to create a healthier world, society, and planet.]]>
400 Mark Hyman 031645317X Ayla 0 to-read 4.08 2020 Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time
author: Mark Hyman
name: Ayla
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/09/23
shelves: to-read
review:

]]>