parhami@ece.ucsb.edu Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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I am a Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at UCSB, USA. My passions are science, tech, and equal rights, but I'll share other human stories too.

Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
Edward Frenkel
From my backlog of book reviews. Frenkel, Edward, 'Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality,' 10-hr audiobook, read by Tony Craine, 2013. https://t.co/N2AECRZqVN Livio, Mario, 'Why? What Makes Us Curious,' 7-hr audiobook, read by Arthur Morey, 2017. https://t.co/JgZqcBsNCX https://t.co/4T7YAE5F7F
Paperback, 2014
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rubaiyat
Edward Fitzgerald
Facebook memory from May 25, 2011: Sources to enjoy the rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. https://t.co/2DDQdQ8Dpu
Hardcover, 2015
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley
Carolyn Chen
Book review: Chen, Carolyn, 'Work, Pray, Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley,' unabridged 10-hour audiobook, read by Jennifer Lim, Princeton Audio, 2022. My 3-star review of this book on GoodReads: https://t.co/knAvnYvvHI https://t.co/GitNxP3Bws
Paperback, 2023
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The Antisocial Network: The Gamestop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees
Ben Mezrich
Book review: Mezrich, Ben, 'The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees,' unabridged 7-hour audiobook, read by Fajer Al-Kaisi, 2021. My 4-star review on GoodReads: https://t.co/8FblIhKru2 https://t.co/zb3WZk0uEG
Paperback, 2022
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This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future
Jonathan Martin
Book review: Martin, Jonathan and Alexander Burns, 'This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future,' unabridged 15-hour audiobook, read by Dennis Boutsikaris, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022. My 4-star review of this book on GoodReads: https://t.co/3aMP0OrpkE https://t.co/4nlaQwjefh
Hardcover, 2022
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A Brief History of Equality
Thomas Piketty
Book review: Piketty, Thomas, 'A Brief History of Equality,' unabridged 9-hour audiobook, read by Fred Sanders, Harvard U. Press, 2022. My 4-star review of this book on GoodReads: https://t.co/Hi0VWZBLaz https://t.co/bHKovEsPfL
Paperback, 2024
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Four Minute Essays
Frank Crane
Final tweet for the day: "You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough." Frank Crane, author of 'Four-Minute Essays'
Paperback, 2014
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Claude Gueux
Victor Hugo
Final tweet for the day: The 1834 short story "Claude Gueux" contains Victor Hugo's early thoughts on social injustice, which, 30 years later, he would flesh out in his magnum opus, 'Les Miserables.' ... [1/3] https://t.co/GIAoyr6PvL
Paperback, 2016
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Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
Final tweet for the day: The 1834 short story "Claude Gueux" contains Victor Hugo's early thoughts on social injustice, which, 30 years later, he would flesh out in his magnum opus, 'Les Miserables.' ... [1/3] https://t.co/GIAoyr6PvL
Paperback, Mass Market, 2013
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
Firoozeh Dumas
A bittersweet essay by Firoozeh Dumas, author of ‘Funny in Farsi,’ describing her grief and eventual return to a functioning human after her husband of 36 years blindsided her with a divorce. https://t.co/Dw9VqIr2uP
Paperback, 2004
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