A curated list of books Derek wants to read!
Derek's TBR Public
Created by Derek Caelin
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The Future is Degrowth by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan
Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in …
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
4 stars
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book …
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Against Nature by Lorraine Daston
Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human …
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How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
4 stars
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …
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Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make …
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Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a …
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What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature …
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Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel
5 stars
The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was …
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How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
4 stars
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …
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Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis …
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Future Histories by Lizzie O'Shea
A highly engaging tour through progressive history in the service of emancipating our digital tomorrow.
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