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Simon Fairbairn rated The World Atlas of Coffee: 5 stars
The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann
This book is a beautiful world guide to the brown bean. Taking the reader on a global tour of coffee-growing …
Simon Fairbairn rated Intermezzo: 4 stars
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.
Peter is …
The Art of PostgreSQL: Turn Thousands of Lines of Code Into Simple Queries by Dimitri Fontaine
The book that teaches SQL to developers: Learn to replace thousands of lines of code with simple queries!
Simon Fairbairn rated Beyond Anxiety: 3 stars
Simon Fairbairn rated Greta and Valdin: 4 stars
Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much in common. They're flatmates, beholden to the same near-unpronounceable surname, and both …
Simon Fairbairn rated The Wave: 4 stars
Simon Fairbairn rated No Bad Parts: 4 stars
Simon Fairbairn rated Clean and Green: 4 stars
Simon Fairbairn rated Iron Council (New Crobuzon, #3): 5 stars
Iron Council (New Crobuzon, #3) by China Miéville
Iron Council (2004) is a weird fantasy novel by the British writer China Miéville, his third set in the Bas-Lag …
Simon Fairbairn rated CSS: The Definitive Guide: 5 stars
Simon Fairbairn rated The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2): 5 stars
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) by China Miéville
The Scar is a weird fantasy novel by British writer China Miéville, the second set in his Bas-Lag universe. The …
Simon Fairbairn rated The Physics of Filter Coffee: 5 stars
The Physics of Filter Coffee by Jonathan Gagné
The Physics of Filter Coffee by astrophysicist Jonathan Gagné is perhaps the most significant book ever written on the science …
Simon Fairbairn rated The Ministry of Time: 4 stars
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what …
Simon Fairbairn rated Perdido Street Station: 4 stars
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …