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Book review: Monsters of River and Rock: My Life as Iron Maiden’s Compulsive Angler, by Adrian Smith
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If you are like me—and based on how search algorithms work, you probably are a little bit like me—you may not know Iron Maiden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden] from Megadeath [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megadeth]. Let's just assume that 80s metal is

Elizabeth
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Book review: Luster, a Novel, by Raven Leilani
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Certain books make you uncomfortable from page 1. Luster by Raven Leilani [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374194327/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=theindent-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0374194327&linkId=aef41e76b1e4c6caf24cec975bd48c92] is one such book and, by way

Elizabeth
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Book Review: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
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Greenlights, the first book by Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey, is filled with memorable vignettes from his 50-year life (most of which are hilarious), his poetry (entertaining), and bumper stickers (ok fine).

Elizabeth
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The Robots Are Coming: Grappling with Our AI Future
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A superintelligent computer seizing control of the world's nuclear arsenal. Robots for every human need, from housecleaning to filing your taxes. A dystopian future in which social scores determine who you marry, what job you get, and where you live. These may sound like plots for this year&

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Book Review: Birth of a Theorem by Cédric Villani
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Have you ever thought about your ideal guest list for the best dinner party imaginable? One with never-ending conversation on a range of topics? Mine would include several favorite authors and artists. However, no truly amazing dinner party would be complete without a cohort of mathematicians (and a few physicists,

Elizabeth
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What Happens When We Read Like David Bowie
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Our minds are the sum of what we absorb from our environment, who we surround ourselves with, and how we choose to spend our days. We aren't what we eat; we are what we read, see, hear, smell, do, and eat. Each human mind is the totality of

Elizabeth
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Book Review: Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom by Ken Ilgunas
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Ah, the coming of age adventure memoir - one of my favorite genres. Ken Illgunas's book Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom [https://amzn.to/2ECamTA] shares plot points with others in the genre: boy becomes disillusioned with modern American society and disdains

Elizabeth
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Book Review: The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
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Bananas, it turns out, don't grow on trees, but instead are large herbs and are best classified as berries. The plant, which is actually a tall grass, can grow - from a cutting and not a seed - twenty inches in twenty-four hours. The banana we eat in

Elizabeth
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