Blogendorff

I like made up things

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Science Fiction Double Feature
  • About
  • Contact

Category Archives: Non fiction

Book review: Kingdom of Lies, Adventures in Cybercrime
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Kingdom of Lies, Adventures in Cybercrime

Posted on January 10, 2021 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The stories centre around different criminal and non-criminal elements, all enmeshed in either committing or combatting cybercrime Continue reading →

Book review: Irrationality
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Irrationality

Posted on December 7, 2020 by blogendorff • 1 Comment

It is very much like Thinking, fast and slow, in that it details the various ways that our brain works against us when it comes to being rational. Continue reading →

Book review: How to Suppress Women’s writing
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: How to Suppress Women’s writing

Posted on November 24, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

Joanna Russ methodically goes through the various reasons, throughout the decades, that women’s (and other marginalised groups) writing is classed as inferior. Continue reading →

Book review: Do What You Want
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Do What You Want

Posted on November 23, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

Do what you want is a history of one of my favourite bands, Bad Religion, who have been a band longer than I have been alive Continue reading →

Book review: Lost Enlightenment
Book reviews / History / Non fiction

Book review: Lost Enlightenment

Posted on November 21, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

In short, the book looks at the period of Central Asian history of greatest scientific and other enquiry, taking us on an amazing voyage across a huge breadth of time and geography. Continue reading →

Book review: Rebel Cell
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Rebel Cell

Posted on August 16, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

This is such a great book, even though the subject matter is so tough. What I love about Kat’s writing is that it is effortless, and also very funny, even when the subject matter is about cancer. Continue reading →

Book review: Because Internet
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Because Internet

Posted on August 4, 2020 by blogendorff • 1 Comment

ecause Internet looks at internet language and culture, from a linguistic perspective. Which seems a bit stuffy, but is in fact, really very interesting. I liked how lots of the way we think about language and the internet fit in neatly with linguistic theory. Continue reading →

Book review: Hello World
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Hello World

Posted on July 11, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

Essentially, Hannah Fry takes us through where algorithms already exist and how they are currently affecting our lives. She takes on a ride through areas like crime, policing, cars, health and art, highlighting the benefits but also the risks. Continue reading →

Book review: Why We’re Polarized
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: Why We’re Polarized

Posted on June 27, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

In this book, Ezra Klein sets out his analysis for why the US political system has become polarised. It’s well crafted and persuasive, using a raft of political, psychological and historical evidence to put weight behind his argument. Continue reading →

Book review: The Value of Everything
Book reviews / Non fiction

Book review: The Value of Everything

Posted on June 21, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The main argument is that we no longer have a debate about what ‘value’ means in the economy. Because of this, the economy has slowly started to become rent-seeking, maximising extracting wealth from people and companies, rather than making longterm investments. Continue reading →

Post navigation

← Older posts

Science Fiction Double Feature

Subscribe via iTunes

Categories

  • Book reviews
  • Comics
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Going out
  • History
  • Non fiction
  • Opinon
  • Podcast
  • Read Harder
  • Science Fiction
  • Top picks
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Goodreads

Blog at WordPress.com.
Blogendorff
Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel