Tag Archives: books

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 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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Everything Is Tuberculosis

Posted on May 28, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Author: John Green Completed: May 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: I’ve been listening to John Green talk about AFC Wimbledon for year and thoroughly enjoyed reading The … Continue reading →

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The Things We Make

Posted on May 21, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans Author: Bill Hammack Completed: May 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: I found Bill Hammack a few years back when I stumbled on a video … Continue reading →

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The High Cost of Free Parking

Posted on May 1, 2025 by twsobey

Title: The High Cost of Free Parking Author: Donald Shoup Completed: Apr 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This book has been on my To Read list for several years, but the 800+ pages was always a bit daunting. When … Continue reading →

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Movement

Posted on March 15, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Movement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives Author: Thalia Verkade Completed: Mar 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: Seeing the changes that took place in the Netherlands over the last 50 years gives me hope … Continue reading →

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Everything to Play For

Posted on February 17, 2025 by twsobey

Title: Everything to Play For: An Insider’s Guide to How Videogames are Changing Our World Author: Marijam Did Completed: Feb 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: After hearing an interview with the author, I decided to check this out. I’m … Continue reading →

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It’s Never Just About the Behaviour

Posted on January 10, 2025 by twsobey

Title: It’s Never Just About The Behaviour: A holistic approach to classroom behaviour management Author: Claire English Completed: Jan 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This book did a good job articulating many of the concepts that I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →

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The Memory Palace

Posted on December 20, 2024 by twsobey

Title: The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past Author: Nate DiMeo Completed: Dec 2024 (Full list of books) Overview: Such a great collection of stories. Many were familiar to me from all the episodes of the Memory Palace … Continue reading →

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