Author Archives: twsobey

Potholes and Pavements

Posted on October 12, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network Author: Laura Laker Completed: October 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This book was harder for me to get through than many of the others about infrastructure and … Continue reading →

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Picks and Shovels

Posted on September 9, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Picks and Shovels Author: Cory Doctorow Completed: Sept 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This is the third book in the Martin Hench series and having read the first two earlier this summer, I moved onto this one. It … Continue reading →

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The Lost Subways of North America

Posted on August 30, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been Author: Jake Berman Completed: August 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: I’ve had one or two people tell me recently that … Continue reading →

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Posted on August 22, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Author: Becky Chambers Completed: August 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: A few years ago I came across A Psalm for the Wild Built. I don’t remember how I found it, … Continue reading →

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Growing a Farmer

Posted on August 15, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land Author: Kurt Timmermeister Completed: August 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: At a recent kid’s birthday party, I was talking with a neighbor about local foods. He has … Continue reading →

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A Study in Scarlet

Posted on August 8, 2025 by twsobey

Title: A Study in Scarlet (free from Project Gutenberg) Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Completed: July 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: After deciding to keep a fiction book on my phone to read during moments of downtime, I picked a … Continue reading →

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The F-Word

Posted on August 4, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The F-Word (IV Edition) Author: Jesse Sheidlower Completed: July 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: In May, I was listening to an episode of The Allusionist podcast. Helen Zaltzman is great and her interview with Jesse Sheidlower about this … Continue reading →

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The Bezzle

Posted on July 27, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Bezzle: A Martin Hench Novel Author: Cory Doctorow Completed: July 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This summer I attended Teardown 2025 where Cory Doctorow presented. When preparing for the event, I found his Martin Hench books and … Continue reading →

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The Mechanic and the Luddite

Posted on July 18, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism Author: Jathan Sadowski Completed: July 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: I’ve been listening to This Machine Kills podcast and enjoy their take on current technology developments … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t Students Like School

Posted on July 2, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom Author: Daniel T. Willingham Completed: June 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This book was not what … Continue reading →

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