Rob Henderson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Germany: A Winter's Tale: Deutschland: Ein Wintermärchen
Heinrich HeineRob Henderson“Christianity has somewhat mitigated that brutal Germanic love of war. Should that subduing talisman—the cross—be shattered, a play will be performed in Germany which will make the French Revolution look like an innocent walk in the park." —Heinrich Heine (1834)
Paperback, 2016
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James ClearRob HendersonBest books I read in 2020 1. Atomic Habits by @JamesClear “If you show up at the gym 5 days in a row—even for 2 minutes—you're casting votes for your new identity. You’re not worried about getting in shape. Youre focused on becoming the type of person who doesn’t miss workouts” https://t.co/EpW9tgdiHi
Hardcover, 2018
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Julius Caesar
William ShakespeareRob Henderson"Would that he were fatter!" Shakespeare's Julius Caesar thought thin men were dangerous For him, all men are hungry, either for food or power. If prosperous men aren’t tempted by food, then… https://t.co/OI4V6RAMO2
Paperback, Mass Market, 2004
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. PutnamRob HendersonBowling Alone by Robert Putnam "Surveys in the 1940s and 1950s found that younger people were happier than older people. By 1975 age and happiness were essentially uncorrelated. By 1999, however, younger people were unhappier than older people." https://t.co/xZONe7fXcE https://t.co/K808UPK4ay
Paperback, 2020
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Evolution: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
Robin DunbarRob HendersonRobin Dunbar on whether evolution implies that there is no such thing as free will: https://t.co/Yj7zJtQK8U
Paperback, 2020
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The Lessons of History
Will DurantRob Henderson“Heaven and utopia are buckets in a well: when one goes down the other goes up; when religion declines Communism grows.” —Will and Ariel Durant (The Lessons of History)
Paperback, 2010
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Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
Ashley MearsRob Henderson@NicoleBarbaro Life and Death in Shanghai (Nien Cheng) Very Important People (Ashley Mears; part ethnography, part memoir) Undisputed Truth (Mike Tyson) Down & Out in Paris and London (Orwell) Isaiah Berlin: A Life (Michael Ignatieff)
Paperback, 2021
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Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships
Robin DunbarRob HendersonFriends by Robin Dunbar "loneliness is an evolutionary alarm signal that something is wrong...Even just the perception of being socially isolated can be enough to disrupt your physiology...that, if unchecked, can lead to a downward spiral and early death" https://t.co/AtFZlJAT30 https://t.co/VjJ0Qva6Tf
Paperback, 2023
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My Uncle Oswald
Roald DahlRob HendersonThe Roald Dahl censorship stuff reminds me that My Uncle Oswald is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. https://t.co/sNhiv9nAw1
Paperback, 2012
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellRob Henderson"Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of power is power." —George Orwell (1984)
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
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