Mignon rated Shop Class as Soulcraft: 4 stars
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford
In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an …
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Mignon rated Less medicine, more health: 5 stars
Less medicine, more health by H. Gilbert Welch
"Eat smart, exercise regularly, and get routine health screenings," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advises the public …
Mignon rated The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work: 3 stars
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain De Botton
Alain De Botton explores the world of offices and factories, convention halls, outdoor installations and transportation routes. He spends time …
Mignon rated Poseidon's Wake: 4 stars
Poseidon's Wake by Howard Hughes
Sequel to On the Steel Breeze.
Mignon rated Structures, or, Why things don't fall down: 3 stars
Mignon rated Cuckoo's egg: 3 stars
Cuckoo's egg by C.J. Cherryh
Cuckoo's Egg is a novel by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. The …
Mignon rated Intruder (Foreigner # 13): 4 stars
Mignon rated The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: 5 stars
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen …
Betrayer by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner, #12)
The twelfth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences…
In the …
Mignon rated The Pride of Chanur (Alliance-Union Universe): 3 stars
C.J. Cherryh: The Pride of Chanur (Alliance-Union Universe) (Paperback, 1982, DAW)
The Pride of Chanur (Alliance-Union Universe) by C.J. Cherryh
No one at Meetpoint Station had ever seen a creature like the Outsider. Naked-hided, blunt toothed and blunt-fingered, Tully was …
Supernova by C. A. Higgins (Book two of the Lightless trilogy)
"C. A. Higgins's acclaimed novel Lightless fused suspenseful storytelling, high-caliber scientific speculation, and richly developed characters into a stunning science …
Mignon rated A path appears: 4 stars
A path appears by Nicholas D. Kristof
"From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making …
Mignon rated Arrival of the fittest: 4 stars
Wagner, Andreas: Arrival of the fittest (2014, Current)
Arrival of the fittest by Wagner, Andreas
Renowned evolutionary biologist Andreas Wagner draws on over fifteen years of research to present the missing piece in Darwin's theory. …
Mignon rated Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future: 4 stars
Mignon rated Thinking, fast and slow: 4 stars
Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, …