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JesseLiberty

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Mobile Software programmer, author, writer, father, husband. Complete bio at jesseliberty.com/bio and complete list of social media at jesseliberty.com/find-me

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David Levering Lewis: W.E.B. Du Bois (Hardcover, 2008, Henry Holt and Co.)

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Lyndon Johnson and the American dream (1991, St. Martin's Press)

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft: Books of Jacob (2022, Penguin Publishing Group)

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JesseLiberty rated Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI): 4 stars

Ted Chiang: Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI)

Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI) by Ted Chiang

JesseLiberty rated To Paradise: 3 stars

Hanya Yanagihara: To Paradise (Hardcover, 2022, Doubleday)

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions …

JesseLiberty rated Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future: 4 stars

Paul Krugman: Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (2020, W. W. Norton Company)

Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future by Paul Krugman

JesseLiberty rated An Immense World: 5 stars

Ed Yong: An Immense World (Paperback, 2022, The Bodley Head Ltd)

An Immense World by Ed Yong

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal …

JesseLiberty rated The Virgin Suicides: 3 stars

Jeffrey Eugenides: The Virgin Suicides (Paperback, 2002, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC)

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s. The father, Ronald, is a math …

JesseLiberty rated The Situation and the Story: 4 stars

Vivian Gornick, Madelyn Buzzard: The Situation and the Story (AudiobookFormat, 2019, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance)

The Situation and the Story by Vivian Gornick, Madelyn Buzzard

JesseLiberty rated Prisoner's dilemma: 4 stars

Richard Powers: Prisoner's dilemma (1996, HarperPerennial)

Prisoner's dilemma by Richard Powers

JesseLiberty rated The Marriage Portrait: 3 stars

Maggie O'Farrell: The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover, 2022, Knopf)

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free …

JesseLiberty rated Our Own Worst Enemy: 3 stars

Tom Nichols: Our Own Worst Enemy (EBook, 2021)

Our Own Worst Enemy by Tom Nichols

A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility …

JesseLiberty rated The Catcher in the Rye: 4 stars

J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye (2001, Back Bay Books)

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …

JesseLiberty rated Battling the Big Lie: 4 stars

No cover — Dan Pfeiffer: Battling the Big Lie (2023, Grand Central Publishing)

Battling the Big Lie by Dan Pfeiffer

JesseLiberty reviewed Operation wandering soul by Richard Powers

Richard Powers: Operation wandering soul (1994, HarperPerennial)

Review of 'Operation wandering soul' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Possibly his best. Brilliant, engrossing, intelligent (in the extreme), his facility with the language and with puns, allusions and luminescent insights makes for a wonderful book. If possible, read it rather than listening to it, because so much goes by so quickly.