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Talk like TED The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s top minds Carmine Gallo Global Evaluation: 4 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 2 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 I approached this book intending to grasp and detect some of the most important secrets while speaking in front of people and “Talk like TED” has definitely ...

Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil Hannah Arendt Global Evaluation: 4.5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 4 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 Eichmann in Jerusalem was, and to some extent still is, a quite controversial book written by the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt. Already by the time of its p...

Zero The Biography of a dangerous idea Charles Seife Global Evaluation: 4.5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 2 out of 5 Insight: 4 out of 5 One Sentence Summary This is the story of zero, from its birth in ancient times to its growth and nourishment in the East, its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its ascendance in the W...

Stories of Your Life and Others ##### Ted Chiang Global Evaluation: 4.5 out of 5 Global Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 Insight: 5 out of 5 One Sentence Summary “Stories of Your Life and Others” is a collection of science fiction short stories by Ted Chiang that explores deep philosophical and scientific questions through ima...

In the following I list some of the questions/trivia regarding the literature section. The interested reader can contact me at the52ndbook@gmail.com Question: Which Victor Hugo novel was adopted into a Disney animated movie? Answer: Notre Dame ...