Iltalukemisena luettu eskarilaiselle. Kirjassa kuvataan ihmisten maailmaa hauskasti ja oivaltavasti ulkopuolisen silmin ja eskarilainen tykkäsi arvuutella mistä on kyse. Myös Helsinkiä on kuvattu tavalla, joka herätti muistoja siellä joskus hetken asuneelle. Jokin suuri juoni jäi ehkä vähän puuttumaan, että olisi sen viidennen tähden ansainnut. Tämä ensimmäinen osa toimi hyvin hahmojen ja paikkojen taustoittajana ja lopussa lupasi lisää. Jatko-osia odotamme mielenkiinnolla.
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Suur One reviewed Ylähyllyn kaverukset Uku ja Lele by Arhippa Ristimäki (Uku ja Lele, #[1])
Suur One rated Born to run: 5 stars
Suur One reviewed The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley
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4 stars
Been a fan of Ross Edgley for a long time and followed his swim around Britain on social media when it was happening. As an adventure it was inspiring and I liked how it was tied in the book to his stoic sport science philosophy along with the fact that he read the book himself, but in the end I felt that something - I cannot put my finger on what - was left just a tiny bit lacking from a five star book.
Suur One rated The Body: A Guide for Occupants: 4 stars
Suur One rated Cult of the Dead Cow: 4 stars
Cult of the Dead Cow by Joseph Menn
The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even …
Suur One rated Hello World: 5 stars
Hannah Fry: Hello World (2019, Transworld Publishers Limited)
Hello World by Hannah Fry
"Hello World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the algorithms that …
Suur One rated Don't Even Think About It: 5 stars
Suur One rated Big Mile Cycling: 4 stars
Suur One reviewed Heroes by Stephen Fry
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4 stars
Too many names for my puny brain to follow but that follows from the subject, but I love listening to Stephen Fry's voice.
Suur One rated Above the Clouds: 5 stars
Suur One rated Last Chance to See: 5 stars
Last Chance to See by Martin Camm, Adams Douglas, Richard Dawkins
Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine as they take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures
Suur One reviewed Every Tool's a Hammer by Adam Savage
'MythBusters' Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in …
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5 stars
Being a long time Mythbusters-fan I forgot all about my other plans on what I will read/listen next when this came on Audible. The book was very well written and structured and Adam Savage read his own text in a perfect way. I guess it is easy to read words that are your own. It had high entertainment value as well as a lot of information, but I wouldn't buy this as a manual on how to make anything. It's more a question of certain philosophy towards making, selection of tools and materials and how to be effective and finish things. While I don't really like self improvement books and wouldn't call this such, it gave me some ideas and I could extrapolate the lessons to outside of the original realm of physically making things and my guess is that some of the ideas might even work. I would say …
Being a long time Mythbusters-fan I forgot all about my other plans on what I will read/listen next when this came on Audible. The book was very well written and structured and Adam Savage read his own text in a perfect way. I guess it is easy to read words that are your own. It had high entertainment value as well as a lot of information, but I wouldn't buy this as a manual on how to make anything. It's more a question of certain philosophy towards making, selection of tools and materials and how to be effective and finish things. While I don't really like self improvement books and wouldn't call this such, it gave me some ideas and I could extrapolate the lessons to outside of the original realm of physically making things and my guess is that some of the ideas might even work. I would say that there are many dimensions in this book (not even sure if all of the ones I found are intentional) and it's also an easy read and highly entertaining even without looking for profound messages.
Suur One reviewed The KLF by John Higgs
They were the bestselling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success …
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5 stars
Having listened to the KLF as a kid and heard of some of the myths, this was a very interesting read/listen which was done as it should have been when it's about KLF and not your standard popular musician / band. Highly entertaining and at the same time very good food for thought.