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Devac  ·  1750 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's have a book thread! What have you been reading?

A Study of History by A.J. Toynbee. Picked it up last week, so far I'm liking it slightly better than Durant's approach. That said, it could be because Toynbee was translated to Polish and footnoted to hell and back, so I don't break the flow with near-constant dictionary look-ups. The English versions, both abridged (unrestricted access) and full (waitlisted), are on the archive.org.

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by S. Hawking. I actually got it around Christmas from my brother, but only recently risen to the top of the pile. It's probably the lightest book by Hawking, so take it however you like. IMO it's worth recommending for his brand of optimism alone.