Book Reviews & More
Book Review | The End of October
Based on extensive scientific research, a fictional reminder that COVID-19 is but a mild pandemic – and merely a taste what's to come
Oct 31, 2020
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11 min read
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Book Review | When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation
Are renewable energies enough to maintain the trucking industry in order to maintain the... renewable energy industry? Hmm...
Apr 30, 2017
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9 min read
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Fanfare Ciocărlia | A Retrospective
A quasi-review and sample songs from all eleven Fanfare Ciocărlia albums [part 6/6]
Mar 31, 2017
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14 min read
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Book Review | Failing States, Collapsing Systems: Biophysical Triggers of Political Violence
A review of Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed's excellent big-picture take on what he calls the “crisis of civilization” (as opposed to a “clash of civilizations”)
Feb 13, 2017
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10 min read
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Movie Un-Review | Wendell Berry, the Not-Quite Rock Star Seer
To see, or not to see the new Wendell Berry documentary, that is the question
Jan 20, 2017
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14 min read
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Book Review | The Scoop On Poop
Dan Chiras: “The most affluent have become the most effluent”; Dr. Pooper: "You humans have big brains, but you've got even bigger assholes"
Jul 1, 2016
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7 min read
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Book Review | The Oracle of Oil
A review of Mason Inman's new book, a timely inquiry into Peak Oil's progenitor
Jun 21, 2016
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9 min read
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