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Vinod Khosla recommended How to Change Your Mind in Books (curated)

 
How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan | 2018 | Health & Fitness, Mind, Body & Spiritual, Science & Mathematics
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"A fun exploration of psychedelic drugs, especially for someone who has never tried them."

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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
David S. Landes | Business & Finance, History & Politics, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
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"A best-selling exploration of why some nations achieve economic success while others don’t. As you can imagine, it’s complicated."

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When the Emperor was Divine
When the Emperor was Divine
Julie Otsuka | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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"I love this poem of a novel. It’s a stunningly rendered exploration of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII."

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"… a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter."

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Matthew Weiner recommended Belle de Jour (1968) in Movies (curated)

 
Belle de Jour (1968)
Belle de Jour (1968)
1968 | Drama
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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"Catherine Deneuve plays a housewife caught between definitions as either the subject or object of fantasy in Luis Buñuel’s genre-defying exploration of identity, sex, and reality."

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 11, 2017
An exploration of all things Bourbon, a toast to history’s greatest women, and a guide to medicinal cocktails – these are The Spirits Business top books for autumn 2017.

This season The Spirits Business explores the distilleries of the Scottish Highlands, as well as guides to perfecting cocktails with Bourbon, and a nerd-friendly cocktail book that’s out of this world


Good Together: Drink & Feast with Mr Lyan & Friends

Good Together: Drink & Feast with Mr Lyan & Friends

Ryan Chetiyawardana

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Good food, good drink, good company - that's the recipe for a good time. Good Together sees Mr Lyan...

Women's Libation!: Cocktails to Celebrate a Woman's Right to Booze

Women's Libation!: Cocktails to Celebrate a Woman's Right to Booze

Merrily Grashin

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he perfect mix of punny humor, feminist verve, and practical instruction, Women's Libation! is a...


Food and drink history gender studies
1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die

1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die

Dominic Roskrow

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1001 Whiskies You Must Try Before You Die takes you on a fascinating global whisky tour - from...

The Bourbon Bartender: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the American Spirit

The Bourbon Bartender: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the American Spirit

Jane Danger and Alla Lapushchik

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Bourbon must be made in America and aged for at least two years in charred new American oak barrels...


food and drink
Straight Up: Where to Drink & What to Drink on Every Continent

Straight Up: Where to Drink & What to Drink on Every Continent

Neil Ridley and Joel Harrison

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How great would it be to have access to the world's experts to help you choose the coolest and most...

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about A Way Out in Video Games

Oct 29, 2017  
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A Way Out Official Gameplay Trailer

A Way Out offers something for everyone - may it be lean back or intense gameplay moments, action, adventure, exploration, puzzles, chase, stealth.

  
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 21, 2017
From an exploration of raising a transgender child to an imagined re-telling of famous murders in the 19th century, these are some of the best new conversation-starters.

If you’re struggling to recommend a novel for your next book club, The Independent has compiled a list of accessible, exciting and original books to get the conversation started.


Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

Laura Barnett

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One day. Sixteen songs. The soundtrack of a lifetime. Alone in her studio, Cass Wheeler is taking...


Fiction Contemporary Music
See What I Have Done

See What I Have Done

Sarah Schmidt

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When her father and step-mother are found brutally murdered on a summer morning in 1892, Lizzie...

The Other Hoffmann Sister

The Other Hoffmann Sister

Ben Fergusson

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Gripping historical fiction from the prize-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier Shortlisted...


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The Dry

The Dry

Jane Harper

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'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read...Read it!' David Baldacci 'Packed with sneaky moves...

This is How it Always Is

This is How it Always Is

Laurie Frankel

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This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a...


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Ad Astra (2019)
Ad Astra (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
James Gray's sci-fi epic is a grounded exploration of man as much as it is a thrilling, albeit slow-burning, odyssey through space.

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InfernalNinja (49 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of No Man's Sky in Video Games

Jun 10, 2020 (Updated Jun 11, 2020)  
No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky
2016 | Action/Adventure
Near endless exploration (3 more)
Character Customization
Developers continually update content
Cross platform multiplayer
Somewhat repetitive/ grindy mechanics (2 more)
Most interaction is limited to dialogue boxes
Procedural generation could use more variety