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Bird (1704 KP) created a video about track Cemetry Gates by The Smiths in The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths in Music

Jul 3, 2017  
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Cemetry Gates

  
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MusicCritics (472 KP) created a video about track Came Up by Kevin Gates in By Any Means 2 by Kevin Gates in Music

Oct 3, 2017  
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Came Up - Kevin Gates

  

A list of Bill Gates' top 10 favorite books to read to from One Grand Books! https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/bill-gates/


How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

Jordan Ellenberg

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules,...

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

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Read an exclusive interview with the author here 100,000 years ago, at least six human species...

The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

Steven Pinker

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-Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The...

The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?

The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?

Nick Lane

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Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of...

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The US has a new reader-in-chief. Bill Gates is now the natural successor to Barack Obama and Oprah. This year, Gates has several new recommendations including three memoirs:


A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian,...

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're...

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J.D. Vance

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'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE by director Ron...

The  Heart: A Novel

The Heart: A Novel

Maylis de Kerangal

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Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize Just...


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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

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The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight...

     

He's one of the world's richest and most successful men, and now that he's no longer at the helm of Microsoft, Bill Gates spends a lot of time reading.


Energy and Civilization: A History

Energy and Civilization: A History

Vaclav Smil

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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural...


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The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

Viet Thanh Nguyen

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his...

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard

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'I know why I'm doing all this,' I said. 'Everything I do in life is trying to get her back. I think...

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 2017 Arleen spends nearly all her money on...


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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

Thi Bui

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The Best We Could Do explores the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement...

     

If you want to get into board games, here's a great way to start. These are all easy to learn, and a lot of fun, and really just start to show some of the great ways board games have evolved recently.


Raiders of the North Sea

Raiders of the North Sea

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Raiders of the North Sea is set in the central years of the Viking Age. As Viking warriors, players...


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Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride

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With elegantly simple gameplay, Ticket to Ride can be learned in under 15 minutes, while providing...


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Lords of Scotland

Lords of Scotland

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The throne lies empty and the clans are restless. As a lord of Scotland with land, men and money at...


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Battle Line

Battle Line

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Two opponents face off across a 'battle line' and attempt to win the battle by taking 5 of 9 flags...


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Here are The Gateway's top five war-themed video games that make an effort to look beyond the gunfire.


Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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War rages on in the fourth edition of Activision's acclaimed war game. For the first time in the...

This War of Mine

This War of Mine

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"If you've not already played this brilliant, heart-wrenching game, then mobile is as good a place...

     
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about track The Gate by Bjork in Utopia by Bjork in Music

Oct 15, 2017  
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Björk: The Gate

For the first release from her forthcoming new album, co-produced by Arca, Björk has teamed up with a super-troupe of contributors to create a hallucinogenic new video.

  
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Andy K (10823 KP) created a video about The Great Gatsby (1974) in Movies

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What Gatsby?

  
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Andy K (10823 KP) created a video about The Ninth Gate (1999) in Movies

Nov 26, 2017 (Updated Nov 27, 2017)  
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Boris Enters the Ninth Gate